Pietra Dura Ashford Derbyshire Black Marble Candlestick

A stunning post modern Rosenthal Studio-Linie porcelain candlestick designed and signed by acclaimed French artist Gilbert Portanier (b. 1926) decorated in abstract designs in the Liguria pattern and dating from around 1980. The conical shaped candlestick is of simple hollowed out form and of funnel shape with the raised narrow top forming the candle holder. The candlestick is decorated with abstract designs in lustre colors with gilding on a matt dark lilac blue ground and is signed within the design. With printed makers...

A stunning and exceptional pair German Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) pewter floriform candlesticks by renowned makers Orivit and dating from around 1900. The candlesticks, made in Cologne...

A stylish German jugendstil silver dwarf candlestick by JD Schleissner Sohne and dating from around 1910. The candlestick is mounted on a square base raised on four ball shaped feet with a ridged edge and domed centre supporting a cylindrical candle holder...

A exceptional quality and heavy gauge Italian silver modernist twin candlestick by Pampaloni of Florence with London silver import marks for 2003. The candlestick stands on thick flat rounded base with a narrow rounded column stem supporting a undulating asymmetrical silver strip mounted with two rounded candle sconces...

An Ashford (Derbyshire) black marble pen tray, of rectangular form with two pen trays and a small circular well centred under a bronze handle in the form entwined serpents, the pen trays decorated with inlaid pietra dura borders. English, circa 1850. Ashford marble is a type of limestone which can be polished to a glossy black finish. It is quarried in only two sites in Derbyshire and has been used as a decorative building material since Bess of Hardwick commissioned a chimney piece of Ashford stone for Chatsworth. In the 18th century Henry Watson...

This is a wonderful Derbyshire Ashford pietra dura obelisk, inlaid with lillies, circa 1880 in date. The obelisk is beautifully inlaid with a Pi...

A pair of English Derbyshire Pietra Dura obelisks. Specimen stones have been inlaid into the Derbyshire black marble in the form of flowers and leaves. Set on a stepped black marble ...

A pair of Louis XV style Derbyshire blue John with bronze doré candlesticks. French, circa 1860.