1840s Decorative Objects

Metal bound Swedish " wedding " box. H 22cm x W 59cm x D 44cm

H 30cm x W 60cm x D 45cm Metal bound Swedish " wedding " box. Sweden 1840 circa 5kg

Painted with swags of flowers.

A fine and unusual French antique Grand Tour table thermometer in patinated bronze. Set upon a naturalistic trefoil shaped patinated bronze base with...

A large and very finely cut-glass Victorian bowl.

This box is an unusually large and decorative example of the work of this factory. It is the largest and best quality box of this type that we have ever offered. Both highly ornament...

A pair of Egyptian porphyry and bronze candelabra after Charles-Antoine Bridan, each comprising a bronze figure and two candle branches set on a cylindrical porphyry base with ormolu...

Heading : Tunbridge ware glove box attributable to George Burrows c1845 Date : c1845 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Central stylised foliate mosaic...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of restored antique circa 1840 Pugin Gothic style display stands A very good looking and decorati...

Heading : Tunbridge ware rosewood box Date : c1840 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Mosaic image of a butterfly within keylines. Geometric marquetry bord...

A male portrait bust in the Roman manner by Lawrence MacDonald (1799-1878) Carved in Carrara marble, rising from a round socle supporting a waisted column, the bust having resemblances to Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington as a young man. Signed by the artist, 'L. MacDonald, Romae, 1847'. Dated 1847 Dimensions: H: 26 in / 65 cm W: 19.5 in / 49 cm D: 10 in / 26 cm Lawrence MacDonald (1799-1878) Macdonald worked as an ornamental sculptor for the architect James Gillespie Graham before entering the Trustees' Academy, Edinburgh, in 1822. In Rome, in 1823 he was one of the founders of the British Academy of Art. He returned to Edinburgh in 1826 and became a member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1829. Four years later he settled in Rome, and from 1844 he worked in Bertel Thorvaldsen's former studio. He became the city's most fashionable portrait sculptor and, according to the Art Journal, his studio was filled with 'the peerage done into marble, a plaster galaxy of rank and fashion'. His sitters included the essayist Henry Taylor...

Pair delightful Italian Grand Tour bronze candlesticks In the form of male and female - left and right - Egyptian figurines Dated circa 1840 Great patina to the bronze with polychrom...

A Louis-Philippe ormolu centerpiece case, circa 1845 The round centerpiece case with three dolphin supports on a concave-sided base Measures: Height 12.5 in. (31.75 cm.) Diameter...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely large circa 1840 primate wood dugout bowl with twin recessed handles What a thing, the timber patina is absolutely sublime, this wou...

A pair of 19th century bronze and ormolu candelabra, with beaded nozzles held by well cast winged cherubs perched on spheres, ending on square plinth bases.

Large Tunbridge ware box with herringbone pattern inlaid parquetry. Circa 1840, England.

Nathaniel Mills. A very rare Castle Top Vinaigrette depicting a scarce view of Warwick Castle from the River Avon. Made in Birmingham in 1847 by Nathaniel M...

A fine early Victorian Boulle-work and ebony inkstand after George Bullock, of circular form with an overall design of tortoiseshell camellias against pewter leaves on a brass ground...

Twin handled double lipped vase. Finely painted with feathers and handles terminating with molded masks.