Opaline and Gilt Bronze Bowl, Antique Charles X Period.

Opaline bowl with gilt bronze mounting, 19th century, Napoleon III period. A Napoleon III period cup, 19th century, in two-coloured opaline, gilt brass mount. H: 31cm, W: 40cm, D: ...

Bohemian Opaline Overlay and Gilt Bronze Bowl, 19th Century. A 19th century Napoleon III period cup in Bohemian opaline overlay and gilt bronze. H: 2...

Louis XV style gilt bronze and crystal bowl, Napoleon III period. A Napoleon III period gilt bronze and crystal bowl in the Louis XV style. h: 14cm, w: 44cm, d: 23.5cm

White opaline bowl, 19th century A Charles X period white opaline cup, 19th century, gilt bronze. Measures: H: 11 cm, W: 20 cm, D: 13.5 cm.    

Cup in blue turquoise opaline mounted in gold bronze, Charles X period, 1830-1840 Measures: W 20cm, D 14cm, H 13cm.

A gilt bronze and violet crystal square bowl, very fine chasing of the bronze, 19th century, Napoleon III period. H: 7 cm, W: 18 cm, D: 15 cm

A gilt-bronze bowl, qing dynasty, qianlong period. The beautiful bowl is showcasing palace courtyard daily life scenes and is heavily adorned all ar...

A white opaline cup on small pedestal and gilt bronze mount finely chiseled with flowers. Both handles shaped in pigeons resting on curved branches and bent to drink. The pure shape and silhouette, like the delicate colour give this cup a great elegance. Called "opal crystals" from the Empire, and later "opalines", this name designates several types of coloured glassware produced in France in the 19th century. The oldest opal crystals are lead glasses mixed with dyes. The old opacification recipes adapted to lead glass produce an opalescent material, known as "soap bubble" or "soapy opaline". Opal colours" are the other shades that result from the addition of metal oxides to this basic opal composition. These lenses, which are pink in colour, called "hydrangea" and then "pigeon's throat", obtained with gold salts, or "turquoise" blue thanks to cobalt or copper oxides, are often mounted in gilt bronze. The beautiful frames, finely chiselled with palmettes, interlacing or gothic-inspired motifs, house...

A supremely elegant Art Nouveau piece, this beautiful decorative bowl was masterfully crafted in France at the turn of the last century. Ornate bronze doré adorns two sides, handle a...

This is an antique decorative bowl. A Japanese, bronze censer from the Edo period, dating to the 18th century, circa 1750. Pleasingly decorative dish with animal and scroll detail D...

Large Charles X period gilt bronze and malachite clock French, circa 1830 Measures: Height 62cm, width 54cm, depth 20cm This fine mantel clock is a superb example of the Charles...

Antique (early 20th century) French cut glass centerpiece bowl of the highest quality with bronze mounts in the style of Baccarat. Apparently unsigned. Very good condition.