Ormolu Decorative Objects

An extraordinary and high quality French 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu three piece clock and candelabras garniture set. Each raised by square tapered fluted feet with fine acanth...

A charming and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Cranberry Glass and Gilt Metal box. The wonderful square lidded box is raised by four Gilt Metal butterfly shaped feet s...

Pair of Empire-Style Egyptian Caryatid Two-Light Ormolu and Patinated Candelabra, France, 20th Century  A pair of exquisite Empire-style Egyptian Caryatid Two-Light Ormolu and Patin...

This is a stunning pair of Adam Revival antique gilded ormolu triple branch candle wall lights, dating from the Circa 1840. Each wall light has a tapering body, supporting a spiral ...

A beautiful and high quality French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal urn. The urn is raised by a square base with elega...

A Palatial Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Six Light Malachite Candelabra Finely casted gilt bronze and rococo and foliate arms above a spiraled carved malachite body with bronze handles, supported on thick square bases. Malachite is a semi-precious stone and also a valuable copper ore, hydrous copper carbonate. It is a beautiful green earth stone...

A beautiful 19th century Chinese Export porcelain urn with striking French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu mounts. The urn is raised by an elegant square ormolu base with concave c...

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Three Piece Cobalt Blue Sèvres Style Clock Set Comprising: a round clock with a final with two birds; a pair of five-light candleabra with sc...

An important Garniture de Cheminée in the manner of Henry Dasson Constructed in well cast and chased gilt bronze, with 'Sevres' type 'jewelled...

A Pair of French Ormolu Mounted Variegated Marble Cassolettes, 19th Century Description: Each peche d’alap cassolette topped with an ormolu pineapple finial surmounting the dome top...

Louis XV style gilt bronze figural caviar server centerpiece, Paris, late 19th century, the base stamped "B" several times. 19" H x 23" W x 17" D. Provenance: From a New York City Co...

Sevres Ormolu-Mounted Covered Vase of impressive size depicting cupid and two cherubs in a lush and colorful garden on both sides. The glazed painting applied bursts with bright and ...

A Large Gilt-Bronze Four-Glass Mantel Regulator Calendar Clock. The architectural case composed of two columns supporting a stepped top. The front and back with bevel glazed doors. The enamel clock...

A very fine quality 19th century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and champlevé enamel clock garniture, the four sided clock having four enamel col...

A stunning and very high quality French mid-19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble clock, stamped L. Oudry, Paris. The c...

A very good quality, 19th century French gilded ormolu and champleve enamel clock garniture. The clock has a cherub on either side, an urn with swags to the top, 'C' scroll and folia...

Monumental Sèvres style ormolu mounted porcelain vase of the Four Seasons French, c.1895 Height 152cm, diameter 45cm Set on a polychrome ground, dominated by a rare and fitting beige ground, which is accentuated and banded with strips in green, this beautiful and monumental porcelain vase...

An ovoid gilt bronze urn adorned with cast swagged garlands, bows and acanthus leaves housing a white enamel clock face with Roman hours and Arabic minutes and marked ‘De La Fontaine...

A large Sèvres style, mounted and gilt, painted porcelain vase French, Early 20th Century Height 132cm, diameter 37cm This exquisite piece is a beautiful Sèvres style porcelain ...

An attractive Parisian mantle clock in the Louis XVI manner Retailed by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Constructed in Carrar...

The central circular dial surmounted by two love birds, the lower section with two cherubs on either side, and decorated with garlands of flowers and scrolling features throughout.

A sensational and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Alabaster and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by a beautiful fluted Alabaster b...

A Very Large 19th Century Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box, Attributed to Baccarat. This incredible large crystal box is all hand-diamond cut and attri...

Are antique French Louis XV ormolu mantel clock of Hannibal and Scipio signed Amant. This rare and unusual clock, in extremely fine condition an...

A Nice Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and French Crystal Lamps Fine cut crystal bodies with bronze mounts standing on lion paw feet. Deta...

Antique French pair of candlesticks, beautiful finely chiseled ormolu (solid bronze gilt with fine gold) Louis XVI style pattern. Our model is richly ornamented with pearls and acant...

A fine Pair of 19th century Japanese Imari Porcelain and French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Thirteen-Light Celadon Torchere Candelabra. The bottle-shaped Japonisme vases with a Royal red background, decorated with parcel-gilt and black soaring eagles in the hunt within a forestall scene. Each Vase fitted and surmounted with a French 19th century Louis XV Style 13-Light scrolled candelabrum and all raised on a circular pierced gilt-bronze plinth. circa: 1880. Imari Porcelain (????) is the name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyushu. They were exported to Europe extensively from the port of Imari, Saga, between the second half of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. The Japanese as well as Europeans called them Imari. In Japanese, these porcelains are also known as Arita-yaki (???). Imari or Arita porcelain has been continously produced up through the present day. Characteristics Though there are many types of Imari, Westerners' conception of Imari in the popular sense is associated only with a type of Imari produced and exported in large quantity in mid-17th century. This type is called Kinrande. Kinrande Imari is colored porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze. The color combination was not seen in China at that time. Traditional Ming dynasty color porcelain used dominantly red and green, probably due to scarcity of gold in China, whereas gold was abundant in Japan in those days. The subject matter of Imari is diverse, ranging from foliage and flowers to people, scenery and abstractions. Some Imari design structures such as kraak style were adopted from China, but most designs were uniquely Japanese owing to the rich Japanese tradition of paintings and costume design. The porcelain has a gritty texture on the bases, where it is not covered by glaze. There is also blue and white Imari. Kakiemon style Imari is another type of Imari, but it tends to be categorized separately in Europe. History "Imari" was simply the trans-shipment port for Arita wares. It was the kilns at Arita which formed the heart of the Japanese porcelain industry. Arita's kilns were set up in the 17th century, when kaolin was discovered in 1616 by the immigrant Korean potter, Yi Sam-pyeong (1579–1655). (He may also be known by the name, "Kanage Sambei".) Yi Sam-Pyeong, along with his extended family of 180 persons, left Korea on the offer of a privileged position in Japan. This decision was made after the occurrence of certain Japanese invasions of Korea. After Yi Sam-Pyeong's discovery, his kilns began to produce revised Korean-style blue and white porcelains, known as "Shoki-Imari". In the mid-17th century there were also a lot of Chinese refugees in Northern Kyushu due to the turmoil on Chinese continent, and it is said one of them brought coloring technique to Arita. Thus Shoki-Imari developed into Ko-KutaniImari. Ko-Kutani was produced around 1650 for both export and domestic market. Blue and white porcelain continued to be produced and they are called Ai-Kutani. Ko-Kutani Imari for the export market usually adopted Chinese design structure such as kraak style, whereas Ai-Kutani for the domestic market were highly unique in design and are accordingly valued very much among collectors. Ko-Kutani style evolved into Kakiemon style Imari, which was produced for about 50 years around 1700. Imari achieved its technical and aesthetic peak in Kakiemon style, and it dominated European market. Blue and white Kakiemon is called Ai-Kakiemon. Kakiemon style transformed into Kinrande in the 18th century. Kinrande used blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze, and later some other colors. Imari began to be exported to Europe because the Chinese kilns at Ching-te-Chen were damaged in the political chaos and the new Qing dynasty government stopped trade in 1656–1684. Exports to Europe were made through the Dutch East India Company, but the designation "Imari Porcelain" in Europe connotes Arita wares of mostly Kinrande Imari. Export of Imari to Europe stopped in mid-18th century when China began export to Europe again, since Imari was not able to compete against China due to high labor cost. By that time, however, both Imari and Kakiemon style were already so popular among Europeans, Chinese export porcelain copied both Imari and Kakiemon style, which is called Chinese Imari. At the same time, European kilns, such as Meisen also tried to copy Imari and Kakiemon. Export of Imari surged again in late 19th century (Meiji era) when Japonism flourished in Europe. Thus in western world today, two kinds of Imari can...

A Pair of Late 19th Century Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Iridescent Vases Each of elongated baluster form, finely painted romantic scene , the reverse a river scene with a castle in ...

Late19thC Ebonised & Ormolu Mounted Jardiniere Stand - of tapered Aesthetic form with lion paw feet and circular top - 15" diam (13" at the top) x 37.5"h

A fine quality pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Vases mounted as lamps in mottled blue-ground glaze. Resting on square ormolu base with garland band and ormolu banded ...

A fine quality Pair of Sevres ormolu-mounted Gilt Bronze, hand painted with extensive gilt highlights, cobalt blue porcelain vases. Signed Bertren of Balluster form painted with an a...

A very impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Royal marble and ormolu urn. Raised on a marble base with canted corners and ormolu moulded band. The urn rests on four ormo...

A Wonderful French 19th Century Marble & Ormolu Bronze Mounted Cherub / Putti Holding A Lyre Seated Above A Branch With Foliage Large And Extremely Well Executed Clock By Monbro Aine...

A Fine Ormolu mantle Clock after a Design by Thomire. This theme is constantly repeated during the Directoire & Empire period. Thomire is known to have used this model. The quality ...

A fine 19th Century French Clock Garniture, the Clock with bronze solider surmounted on a domed top with urn finials on four rouge marble pillars, over pierced decorated base on a sh...

A Fantastic Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt-Bronze and Lapis Lazuli Six Light Candelabra Each vase surmounted with central square candelabrum issuing five acanthus scrolled branches....

This large mantel clock is an excellent piece of refined neoclassical design by the acclaimed Deniere et Fils firm. Deniere was one of the leading ...

Diana the Hunteress and her Nymphs Important sculptural group in white enamelled porcelain representing the Goddess Diana the Hunteress and her Nymphs, with her pack of dogs Resting ...

Late 19th century gilt bronze and turquoise Sèvres porcelain 'Jeweled' three-piece clock set The clock surmounted by a covered urn, the c...

This exquisite late 19th-century jardinière exemplifies the Samson famille rose style, renowned for its vibrant colours and intricate floral motifs. Crafted from fine porcelain, it f...

A beautiful original antique French clock modelled in the Louis XVI style as two charming cherubs carrying the clock on laurel wreaths. The pendulum with applied musical motifs, swin...

A Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Nine-Light Candelabra. The impressive pair of candelabrum, each on a floral stem base surmounted with nine scrolled candle-ar...

PRESENTING a FABULOUS Original and Rare, Art Deco Brass and Black Enamel Photo Frame. Probably French and made circa 1925-30. Brass/Ormolu Frame with inset black enamel panels. Th...

The bronze urns rest on an ormolu flaring foot which rests on a two step bronze square base. The ormolu handles in the form of dolphins are applied to each side and encircling each i...

A spectacular and monumentally scaled true pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and patinated bronze candelabras. Each seven arm candelabra is raised by a most impressive ...

A rare French Empire Gout d'Egypt mantle clock depiciting the Goddess Isis, in ormolu, red or rouge griotte marble and patinated bronze, known as the Thomas Hope Clock. This very rar...

Stunning and extremely rare Chamberlains Worcester Cabinet or Wall Plate of Museum quality. Second quarter of the Nineteenth Century. The central rectangular reserve depicts a superb hand painted miniature of the English National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London. This miniature is firmly attributed to be the work of painter Humphrey Chamberlain. Researched done by us shows no other similar has survived. This exquisite piece of rectangular outline with lavish gold scrolling detail and twin handles with similar detail. Height: (entire overall as shown in image one) 9.25” (23.5cm). Width: (entire) 13.25" (33.5cm). Condition: Superb condition with no losses to porcelain and no wear to gilding. Base marks in puce “The National Gallery” and “Chamberlains Worcester” In 1783, Robert Chamberlain (c.1736–98), head of the decorating department for Dr John Wall at Warmstry House, left the company to start his own porcelain decorating business in King Street, Worcester. At first he bought blank undecorated porcelain from other factories such as Caughley in Shropshire, but by the late 1780’s he was making his own wares at a new factory...

Neoclassical style French malachite and gilt bronze mantel clock French, late 19th century Dimensions: Height 48cm, width 30cm, depth 15cm This neoclassical Louis XVI style mant...

An attractive and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu box. This beautiful rectangular Crystal box showcases lattice cut patterns and a reeded O...

An exceptional late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted marble three-piece clock set By Ferdinand Gervais The lyre shaped case surrounded with bronze roses, acanthus and lilys, a ...

Napoleon III Period neoclassical style three-piece clock set. French, 19th century Dimensions: Height 58cm, width 47cm, depth 19cm Comprised of a mantel clock and two flanking c...

A wonderful very fine French doré bronze and etched cut crystal centerpiece / jardinière with swags, bows and torches. Believed to be baccarat, unsigned.

Fine Pair of Louis XVI Style Ormolu Wall Lights, Not Electrified France, circa 1900s This fine pair of Louis XVI-style ormolu wall lights is a stunning example of early 20th-century...

Art Deco gilt bronze sculpture of the 'Theban Dancer' by CJR Colinet French, circa 1925 Measures: Height 55cm, width 59cm, depth 23cm The important Fr...

This exquisite pair of Regency two light candelabra are attributed to the renown maker Apsley Pellatt. The circular stepped bases with diamond cut colum...

An exceptional large 19th century French figural clock set after a model by Jean Antoine Houdon. Mounted with a large bronze model of a cupid holding a gilt bow and arrow, upon a naturalistic base with flowers and doves, supported on a rouge marble and ormolu mounted circular base with inset clock. Each candelabra modeled with a sitting putti holding a branch with two lights in each hand, raised upon a circular ormolu mounted rouge marble base. Signed: Houdon, circa 1860 Dimesions: Clock Height 36? (91 cm) Width 15? (38 cm) Depth 20? (20 cm) Candelabra Height 26? (66 cm) Width 12? (30 cm) Depth 9? (22 cm) Jean-Antoine Houdon a French neoclassical portrait...

Fine French late 19th century three-piece clock garniture comprising of a pair of candle sticks and clock in a matching set. The garniture boldly cast with rococo influence in the Lo...

A striking and high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze, ormolu, Rouge Griotte, and black Belgian marble busts attributed to F...

Pair of Antique French Marble Obelisks with Ormolu Mounts C1890 Measures - 23.75"H x 7.25"W x 7.25"D. A stunning pair of antique French obelisks crafted from fine marble, dating...

French Art Nouveau bronze dore grandfather clock with marble & onyx pedestal top and base. *Not working