1860s Decorative Objects

Excellent Meisse porcelain group of the 19th century: Visibly drunk Silenus, crowned with a wreath of vines, sitting on a donkey and supported by a young Bacchante walking beside him...

Original pair of Napoleon III Empire vases brass, France, 1860. Original condition. Nice applications.

Large casket, rosewood solid and veneered, France circa 1860/70, brass handle embedded in the lid, brass inlays, nice division inside (originally for tokens and cards), restored cond...

Each with rocaille galleried shelf over a pair of phoenix birds over trailing icicles and C-scrolls.

The plaster cast of a herm with the head of Dionysos has a beautiful green patina and sits on a mahogany base France circa 1860-1870.

French “Manufacture de Porcelain de Sevres” and Victor Paillard (French 1805-1886), mid to late 19th century. Pair of blue ground floral decorated porcelain urns, painted by Charles ...

A very large Georgian or Victorian mahogany gallery or magnifying glass. The circular glass within a mahogany frame, the baluster handle screwing into a brass bracket in the rim. Eng...

An antique oak and mahogany grandfather clock by W Prior Skipton with a swan-neck pediment with an attractively decorative arched painted dial with date and seconds dial. It has a 30...

Swirled green Agate box, Continental, circa 1860.  

French watch Napoléon III Original label on the back 1867 Important French watch III with original label of the retailer beautiful back of the watch. The ...

Pair of Louis XVI-inspired curved shape cassolettes with godrons, in green granite and chiseled and gilded bronze, in the Rocaille style, attributed to Maison Millet. The lid is topp...

Beautiful oval-shaped bowl with flared edges, in engraved crystal with floral interlacing decoration. It is enclosed in an elegant openwork frame in chiseled and gilded bronze with e...

Alpine roebuck head with beautiful roebuck horns out of carved wood and colored Skillfully elaborated carving, alpine, probably Bavaria original version.

Grand Tour bronze of the god Ajax from Greek mythology. Very detailed with a beautiful patina.

Pair of large Japanese Imari pattern covered vases, circa 1860. With over-all fluting.

A fine transitional style gilt-bronze and Sèvres style porcelain mounted Jewelry box on stand, attributed to Alphonse Giroux. This exquisite pe...

English Victorian silver plate tea caddy, circa 1860 In shape of a beehive. Also can be used as a box.

Pair of Baccarat opaline vases, 19th century A pair of Baccarat opaline vases with flowers decorations, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Cont...

German porcelain eagle, Meissen, circa 1860.

Charming pair of baluster shaped vases made in Valentine porcelain, with openwork handles enhanced with gold. They are decorated on the front with ...

Nègre du Soudan bronze bust with marble base after Charles Henri-Joseph. Made in France, c. 1860's. Dimensions: 39"H x 24"W x 13"D

We are delighted to offer for auction this stunning antique circa 1860 Grand Tour bronze statue of Place Vendome Column with Napoleon on top in so...

A fine pair of large antique French Louis XVI Sevres style cobalt blue porcelain and dore bronze mounted vases with wreaths, flowers, and ribb...

White glazed ceramic depicting Erminia among shepherds. Erminia is shown from the side, standing with her robe in the wind, helmet under her arm, and shield at her feet; she is stret...

A most important antique English silver plated centerpiece / six-light candelabra by the top-notch silversmith, Elkington and Co. with a date letter (F) for the year 1868. In the ...

19th century carved oak log box, profusely carved all over, the top having a coat of arms with dragons either side, the hinged top opening to reveal a large st...

Antique French dore bronze 2nd Empire stamps box, Napoleon III Era, circa 1850s.

A 19th century Royal Cobalt Blue Meissen Pate Sur Pate vase of a Maiden seated on a Centaur. Beautifully decorated in cobalt blue, salmon pink, 2...

An incredible and quite large Jeweled 19th-century Viennese enamel on silver cornucopia. This elaborate piece is constructed entirely of silver, with its surface meticulously covere...

Pair of English porcelain turquoise ground three-footed vases, Minton, Dated 1865. Each Horn-shaped leg with a different cameo bust. Impressed Minton.

A Fabulous and Monumental Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Baccarat White Opaline Crystal Baluster Form Flower Decorated Vases Mounted as Lamps. Each of these crystal lamp...

A marvelous 19th century English Dore bronze mounted crystal bowl centerpiece with dore bronze bird handles, signed on the bottom, Osler. The crystal bowl...

Ceramic vase Napoleon III period.         

Late 19th c., France, a pair of Napoleon III gilt bronze and champlevé candelabra. Four neoclassical column supports are surmounted by five candle cups, on an enamel decorated plinth. Both are unmarked. The beautifully decorated square base is delicately referenced in the square elements under the candle cups and between the column supports. These candelabras are of superb quality. The four champlevé panels on the sides of each base are beautifully executed. The direction of the design alternates around the sides of each candelabra. Champlevé Enameling: A decorative technique that fuses a powdered glassy material into a recess in a metal surface through the application of heat. Dimensions: 9.5"h x 9"squ Condition: Good, some areas of wear to gilding with spots of verdigris and wax residue. The enamel is well preserved. Provenance: A Private Collection: The Carlyle Hotel, NYC The Carlyle originated in 1930 as one of the city's premier residential hotels and became a cooperative building combining a hotel with luxury apartment rentals...

Signed Machauld et Eug. Cornu – G. Viot et Cie Fondeurs Bust of a Greek goddess, made entirely of silvered bronze and gilded bronze. The tiara and collar necklace ornating the bust are finely decorated with stylized floral motifs of polychrome champlevé enamel. It rests on a molded base and square plinth made in red griotte marble. The sculptor Eugène Cornu (1827-1899), installed in Paris at N.29 rue Popincourt, after having worked as a designer and then director for the renowned company Tahan, worked closely with the « Compagnie des Marbres Onyx...

his sophisticated bronze bust depicts the ancient Greek poetess Sappho (620 B.C. - 550 B.C.), known for her lyrical poetry. Crafted in dark green patinated bronze with plaster eyes, ...

Pair of Victorian cut glass shaft and globe decanters engraved with fruiting vine.

An unusual 19th century French Baccarat Prismic pattern crystal centerpiece and four-light dore bronze candelabra set. The centerpiece bowl is French Baccarat crystal, the finest cry...

Very rare Meissen allegorical group of the 19th century: Ceres, the Roman goddess of the earth (Greek: Demeter), seated beneath a group of tr...

Tebako box with three compartments in golden and nashi-ji lacquer, decorated with golden, red, and kirigane lacquer, golden persimmon tree leaves, among rocks. The compartments are of increasing size from the top. The decoration is in continuity. Persimmon has been cultivated in southern China for more than 2500 years and is believed to have been introduced to Japan in the 8th century. The veneer is a tree with very hard wood, similar to ebony. According to a legend, one specimen survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, close to the epicenter. It is therefore in Japan a symbol of strength and longevity. It is also the national fruit of the country. It is eaten as a traditional dish during New Year's Day celebrations. Tebako literally means "portable box...

An Incredible and Rare Pair of 19th Century French Islamic Style Patinated Bronze Alhambra Vases, Stamped Tiffany & Co. The vases draw inspiration from Islamic design and the Nas...

XIX Century child wax bust. Curious bust in wax representing a child of the xix century on wooden base total measurements: 22 cm height only the bust 16 cm.

French Bronze and Crystal Shell-Shaped Box, circa 1860

Mid 19th century sterling silver footed centerpiece bowl with exterior floral band design details and gold wash interior. The centerpiece bowl is in great antique condition. Minor we...

Dial signed H. Houdebine, Fabricant de Bronzes, Rue de Turenne 64, Paris and clockwork signed Japy Frères & Cie – Médaille d’Honneur A very fine neo-Greek style clock set made u...

A very good quality classical Italian bronze statue of a mother and child.

Pair of Bronze and Crystal Two-Light Candelabra, circa 1860

A stunning and very fine papier mâché jewellery cabinet dating to circa 1860, mid-Victorian in era. The box is inlaid all over with tiny tiles ...

Large pair of antique Victorian brass candlesticks having a shaped turned column and raised on a square stepped base Measures: H 27.5cm W 10.5cm D 11cm Date 1860.  

An exceptional centerpiece signed Christofle artwork is silver-plated bronze with a very nice patina. The artistic part is a work of achievement; the base is pierced, composed of bra...

A 19th Century French Baccarat Opaline Crystal Vase with Hand-Enameled Floral Decoration and Gilt Highlights. This baluster-form vase features a trumpet-shaped neck, rounded shoulde...

Pair of delft bird boxes, circa 1860.

A very fine antique French chinoiserie, doré bronze, and Imari porcelain three-piece clock graniture. The porcelain is marvelously hand-painted with intricately designed flowers, pea...

This vase was executed by the Baccarat manufacture, which presented several pieces with similar decoration at the 1867 World’s Fair; it can therefore be dated to this period. Founde...

Signed Diehl à Paris. Wood and silvered copper inkwell. Central drawer ornamented with an escutcheon and flanked by two small lateral drawers forming two containers, surmounted by a lid representing a nestling. Central niche ornamented with a winged creature. Inkwell flanked by two felines. Toped by a penholder representing a Moorish head resting on an eagle claw. This exceptional piece was realized thanks to the collaboration of ornemanist J. Brandely, sculptor E. Frémiet and cabinet-maker C.-G. Diehl. The motif of the fantasy creature dear to Diehl, is to be seen on the famous cabinet made by him in 1867 and now exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Inv. 1989.197). Arriving in Paris in about 1840 Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) founded his cabinet making and decoration firm at 19 rue Michel-le-Comte in 1885. His workshops produced elegant little pieces of furniture in rosewood and thuja and novelties with bronze and porcelain embellishments (see “Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle”, D. Ledoux-Lebard, Ed. de l’amateur, 1982, p.164). It was his luxury boxes, however (liqueur cellarettes, cigar cabinets, games boxes, cashmere cases, jewelry cases) which assured Diehl’s renown (see “l’Art en France sous le Second Empire”, Exposition Grand-Palais, Paris, 1979, p.133). Already rewarded with a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, he exhibited a jardinière with china columns and a liqueur cabinet at the Industrial Arts Exhibition in 1861. In collaboration with the designer Jean Brandely (active from 1867 until 1873), Diehl renovated his decorative repertory and created astonishing pieces of furniture in the Grecian style which had a dazzling success at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867, where his cabinets also won a silver medal. Certain motifs were so typical of Diehl’s work that they received extensive commentary by the art critic J. Mesnard in his book “Les Merveilles de l’Exposition Universal de 1867” (vol. II, pp. 133 & 149). He writes of a table of which “the pendant bearing hooks and the fan shaped radiating motif which ornaments the entablature are engraved with love” (p. 133) and a jewelry case where “The head in fine Grecian style makes up the essential part of the fine gilt bronze ornamentation” (p. 149). For this Universal Exhibition Diehl also formed a partnership with two famous sculptors: Emile Guillemin (1841-1907) who carved the relief for a mahogany sideboard with galvanic gilt bronzes (Orsay Museum, Paris, Inv. O.A.O. 992) and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) who executed the low relief for a cedar medal cabinet...

With porcelain vessels in the iconic sevres cobalt blue, encasedin lavish dore bronze armatures,this pair of louis XVI styles urns epitomizes the masterful craftsmanship and refined ...

Large Louis XVI-style pendulum clock France, late 19th century Bronze, gilt. On gyratory feet, a tapered, partially latticed case with lion masks, drapery, and scale decoration on th...

One of the most exceptional trade signs that still exists is highly decorated with early, original paint and gold leaf. A rare small size, American circa 1860. H 20", in excellent crisp condition. This clock trade sign...

Pair of cloisonné enamel square vases attributed to A. Giroux, with flared neck decorated on the belly with flowering lambrequins with oriental patterns on a blue and golden geometric. The mount in patinated and gilded bronze is composed of an openwork frieze on the neck, side grips with Fô dog heads forming the handles, the whole resting on four feet in the shape of elephant heads. Alphonse Giroux and Company, famous curiosity and luxury goods shop was situated in Paris, at No. 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré and in business from the time of the Consulate until the end of the Second Empire. The company was founded by Francois-Simon-Alphonse and continued in 1838 by his two sons, Alphonse-Gustave (1810-1886) and André (1801-1879). The father became a close associate of the royal family and specialized in the manufacture of refined items for gifts. Kings Louis XVIII and then Charles X were both supplied with gifts for « The Children of France » by Giroux. Making progressively small furniture, they were mentionned for the first time in 1837 in the class « cabinet...

An elegant French centerpiece from the Napoleon III era, crafted in gilt bronze and adorned with opaline glass. Dating to the 19th century, this exquisite piece exemplifies refined d...