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Very Large 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Celeste Blue Ground Porcelain Box
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Celeste Blue Ground Porcelain Box with Watteau Scene Cartouches. This box consists of signature celeste blue ground of Sèvres porcela...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
'African Venus' Bronze Sculpture by C. Marnyhac, France, Circa 1878
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptional life-size two patina bronze figure, representing a young African woman taming a snake, dressed with a feathered loincloth and a long drape in her hair, and wearing Afr...
Category
French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Monumental French Ormolu Mted Bust of Alexander The Great, F. Girardon, 1800s
By François Girardon
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental and Rare 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Multi-Marble Bust of Alexander The Great, After The Model by Francois Girardon. Drawing inspiration from the renowned "Bust of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)" housed in the esteemed Palace of Versailles, this monumental work of art showcases exceptional craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail, serving as a testament to the creator's artistic prowess.
Central to this magnificent sculpture is the resplendent red marble face, neck, and hair of Alexander the Great. Capturing the youthful essence of the conqueror, the sculptor depicts him as a young man with a clean-shaven countenance, his moderately long curls delicately cascading from beneath a remarkably unadorned helmet, save for a magnificent plume. The red marble harmoniously accentuates the life-like features of Alexander, imparting an air of regal elegance to the composition.
Adding to the allure of this remarkable sculpture is an ormolu robe cascading over Alexander's shoulders, exuding an aura of nobility and power. Of particular note, the breastplate bears an embossed ormolu mask of a deity in profile, surrounded by elegantly sweeping acanthus leaves, paying homage to the influential forces that shaped the life of this great conqueror. Once again, the sublime combination of precious metal and marble amplifies the robe's magnificence, further accentuated by the presence of an ormolu body chain swaying gracefully from Alexander's left shoulder to his right hip.
The selection of marbles for the cuirass and plinth serves as an additional testament to the artist's commitment to crafting a visually striking and harmonious composition. The grey marble cuirass complements the overall color scheme of the bust while providing a subtle contrast to the red marble features. At the neck, a pleated ormolu linen undergarment discreetly peeks out, showcasing the artist's meticulous attention to intricate details and enhancing the sculpture's depth. The original Alexander The Great Bust...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vaso in Porcellana di Meissen Blu Cobalto Oro e Policromia del 1800
Located in Milano, MI
Vaso in porcellana di Meissen blu cobalto, oro e policromia, realizzato nel XIX Secolo
Ø cm 14 h cm 30
La porcellana di Meissen è considerata uno dei primi e più pregiati esempi di...
Category
German Empire Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture - The Dancing Faun of Pompeii
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique bronze sculpture of a dancing Faun.
The statue was made at the end of the 19th century, after a famous statue from ancient Greek period, called 'The Dancing Faun ...
Category
French Classical Roman Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Gilt Bronze Jewellery Casket & Miniature 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique gilded ormolu serpentine shaped jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date.
The top, front, sides and back are beautifully cast and tooled in gilt bronze. The ...
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Very Rare Antique Baccarat Glass Paperweight with complex Millefiori
By Baccarat
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very Rare and Elegant Antique Baccarat Glass Paperweight with complex Millefiori, made in France probably during the 1870s. (Not signed)
Beauti...
Category
French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Comtoise Morbier Tall Case Clock
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice Comtoise Morbier tall clock in a floral paint decorated Pine case, France - late 19th century. Rings on the hour and two minutes after the hour...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
19th Century Parisian Mantel Clock in Louis XVI Style, signed Lepine, circa 1870
Located in Greven, DE
Mantel Clock in Louis XVI style
Paris
Ormolu, glass, marble
around 1870
Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 24 x 17 cm
Description:
Extremely high quality and finely crafted Parisian pend...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Circa 1870 Napoleon III French Tea Caddy
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870 Napoleon III French Tea Caddy. Fine quality with Old Paris Porcelain fittings - 2 tea caddies & a sugar caddy. The box is inlaid with engraved brass. Each porcelain caddy ...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
19th Century Large Majolica Jardiniere with 2 Ducks Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Rare large majolica jardiniere with 2 ducks signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870.
Category
French Rustic Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of French Porcelain and Bronze Candle Holders Napoleon III
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of candlesticks in French Sevres style porcelain and hand-painted bronze, made in the second part of the 19th century. Two little cracks are present, as shown in the pictures.
...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Bronzen Sculpture Boy Playing with Whippet by Jules Moigniez
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique refined bronze sculpture of boy playing with a hoop and a stick go with a Whippet/Greyhound dog. It has the original patina, signed on the base: Jules Moigniez. Made in Fr...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th Century English 8 Day Fusee Brass & Glass Dome Skeleton Clock, 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A good & large antique 19th century eight day single fusee skeleton clock, under a glass dome, circa 1870.
The clock has just been serviced and o...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Brass
Large 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock Guibal Paris
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine and large Louis XVI style French mantel clock, from the end of the Napoleon III period, 1870-1880. The clock is bronze casted and has a fire-gilded finish, the dial is enamele...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu, Brass, Bronze, Enamel
Jewelry box painted with mythological and geometric motifs, Italy, 19th century
Located in Brescia, IT
Description
Two-door poplar wood jewelry box painted on all sides with mythological and geometric motifs. Interior to 5 drawers arranged in a honeycomb pattern. At the base of the b...
Category
Italian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Renaissance Style Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver, Enamel
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Figure of a Phoenix, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Figure of a Phoenix, circa 1875
Category
Chinese Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Ceramic Japanese Design Casket
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual antique English Aesthetic Movement majolica ceramic Japanese design casket by renowned makers Joseph Holdcroft and dating from the 1870’s.
At the time there was ...
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Pair French Duck Egg Bleu Sevres Urns 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique pair of French Sevres porcelain twin masque head handled lidded urns with dome lids, in the Louis XV manner, Circa 1870 in date.
The vases with a duck...
Category
French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century black forest carved wood casket
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 19th Century black forest caved wood casket, having wonderful crisp carving throughout, the hinged top lifting up to reveal a large compartment space, has the origin...
Category
British Black Forest Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Murano Glass Paperweight - Pen Holder
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique paperweight, handmade from multi colored glass, in the shape of a rooster. On top a small vase, probably intended to hold a pen. ...
Category
Italian Belle Époque Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Antique French Black Gutta-Percha Photo Frame, Napoleon III Period, circa 1870
Located in Paris, FR
Antique French photo frame in Gutta-Percha, stylized decorations Napoleon III period, circa 1870. Antique frame width: 5 cm / 1.96 in. Antique glass...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
19th Century Italian Wood Mannequin, Circa 1870-1880
Located in Milano, IT
Mannequin
Sculpted and carved wood
Italy or France, second half of the 19th century.
It measures 25.59 x 6.29 x 3.54 in (65.5 x 16 x 9 cm)
It weighs 2.2 lb circa (1 kg circa)
St...
Category
Italian Other Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Gentleman's Mahogany and Brass Campaign Jewelry Box
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
High quality English mahogany and brass fine jewelry box that was likely used for stationary as well. Attention to detail, originality and surviving k...
Category
English Campaign Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Circa 1870 Pair of English Cast Iron Lion Doorstops
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A pair of cast iron doorstops - lions rampant with shields. Well modelled. A true facing pair. English, c.1870.
13 1/2" h., 9 1/2" w., 2 5/8" d.
Whitehall Antiques is a family busin...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Pair of Paris Porcelain Vases, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Lovely pair of amphora vases in Paris porcelain, with polychrome rotating decoration of lilacs, roses, clematis, fuchsias and other natural flowers, on a white background. The foot a...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
1900's Two Danish Hand-Crafted Art Nouveau Vases by P. Ipsens Enke
Located in Knebel, DK
1900's Two Hand-Crafted Danish Hand-Crafted Art Nouveau Vases by P. Ipsens Enke
The hand-crafted Danish art nouveau Lybian styled vases by P. Ipsens Enke were designed in 1875 and ...
Category
Danish Art Nouveau Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Figure of Narcissus 1870, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Grand Tour patinated bronze figure of Narcissus, dating from the last quarter of the 19th Century.
Narcissus was a hunter in Greek mythology and he was di...
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Japonisme Ormolu Vases E. Lièvre, Executed by F. Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
An important and monumental pair of very fine 19th century French Japonisme/Orientalist ormolu vases designed by Edouard Lièvre and Executed by Ferdinand Barbedienne. Each body with an oval shape, finely sculpted in a floral design, fringed by orientalist style handles with cartouches, the neck surmounted by a circular pierced scrolling dragon frieze. Each vase resting on a group of four orientalist style jeweled elephant...
Category
French Japonisme Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Rose Medallion Canton Porcelain Punch Bowl w/ Multiple Cartooges
Located in New York, NY
A Chinese Export Rose Medallion Famille Rose canton porcelain punch bowl with multiple cartooge panels. The exterior of this gorgeous bowl ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
A French 19th Century Mantel Clock “cupid with a drum”
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French 19th Century Mantel Clock “cupid with a drum”
Chased Ormolu and Patinated Mantelpiece designed as a putto on clouds playing a drum containing movement with enamel dial.
Rest...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Swiss 8 Air Gonçalo Alves Musical Box 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Swiss 8 airs Gonçalo Alves cylinder music box, manufactured by Qualite Excelsior Sondrite Extra Puissant Harmonie, circa 1870 in date.
The Goncalo Alves case is inlaid and crossbanded with boxwood inlay and superb marquetry decoration of musical instruments. It is raised on a plinth base and is fitted with brass carrying handles.
The music box features a 28cm cylinder playing eight tunes with arrow and adjustable lyre damper, with handwritten "Tremolo a Zither" play sheet and makers plate for Qualite Excelsior Sondrite Extra Puissant Harmonie.
Condition:
In excellent working condition, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 28 cm x Width 66 cm x Depth 22 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 11 inches x Width 2 foot, 2 inches x Depth 9 inches
Music box
(also musical box) is a 19th/20th century automatic musical instrument that produces sounds by the use of a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc so as to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb. They were developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and called carillons à musique...
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Allegories of Art, French 19th Century Large Jewelry Casket After Clodion
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Napoleon III Jewelry Casket
In chiseled and silvered bronze, decorated with putti scenes in the style of Claude Michel dit Clodion (...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Doulton Lambeth Exceptionally Rare Pair Impasto Arrabian Pattern Vases, 1879
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptionally rare Doulton Lambeth Impasto pair of bottle vases marked Arrabian by F M Collins (Mrs Vale) dated 1879.
F M Collins was a Faience Depart...
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
A Rare Drocourt No. 14993: Carriage Clock and Calendar
Located in London, GB
A Drocourt No. 14993: Carriage Clock circular enamel dial against a gilt mask, The movement bearing Drocourt’s stamp and number
We are pleased to offer this fine and very rare carri...
Category
French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Sterling Silver Horseshoe Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta case in the form of a horseshoe; an addition to our equestrian related silverware collection
This fine antique Victorian sterling silver vesta case is realistically modelled in the form of a horseshoe.
The surface of the body is embellished with embossed decoration reproducing the details of the horseshoe accented with bands of bright cut engraved undulating decoration.
This fine Vesta case is fitted with a functional revolving rowel enhanced spur wheel striker to one side.
The plain shaped hallmarked hinged cover features a subtly curved thumbpiece which secures to the opposing hinge of the hallmarked serrated panel/match striker.
Condition
This antique horseshoe...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
George Jones Majolica Egyptian-style Sphinx Bowl
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica figural bowl with a mythological theme which features two Egyptian sphinxes seated on a mottled oval base supporting a bowl...
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Antique Limoges Royal Blue Ormolu Mounted Casket Box 19h Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Limoges ormolu mounted rectangular bombe' shaped table casket, circa 1870 in date and bearing the Limoges marks on the underside.
The Royal Blue c...
Category
French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
The « Nymphs » Bowl by A-E Carrier-Belleuse and H. Journet & Cie, France, c 1878
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Carrier et H Journet et Cie, 24 bd des Italiens, Sté des Onyx and numbered 2326
Diameter Base : 44 cm (17,3 in.) ; Diameter bowl : 49 cm (19,3 in)
Important and rare circular...
Category
French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Pair of Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Renaissance Style Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver, Enamel
Large Swedish Wabi Sabi Antique Decorative Wooden Bowl Tray Produced Mid 1800s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare large Swedish antique and decorative wooden bowl / tray in a wabi sabi style with handles produced in Sweden mid / late 1800s.
Original condition with a greyish patina.
Dimen...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Birch
Rare Minton Majolica Posy Vase, circa 1875
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Minton Majolica Posy small vase modelled as three upright yellow bamboo canes all supported on an earthy ground.
Category
English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Continental Silver, Mother-of-Pearl and Jeweled Fantastical Bird, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
In Renaissance Style with various shaped applied stones and strap-like figures in front and back, the silver lid opens as box.
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
19th Century Wooden Letter Rack - Napoleon III
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique letter rack, made of Black ebonized wood, with brown patinated brass trims.
Made in the late Napoleon III period in France, around 1870-1880.
Bombay shaped fron...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Victorian Set of Four Sterling Silver Candlesticks
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, composite set of four Victorian English sterling silver candlesticks in the Charles II style; an addition to our Victorian silverware collection.
...
Category
Great Britain (UK) Charles II Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
French Bronze Figure of Lady Playing a Lute, Adrien Etienne Gaudez, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed Gaudez (1845-1902). On a rotating circular plinth.
Category
French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Islamic Hispano Moresque Lustre Pottery Mamluk Nasrid Candlestick 1870
By The Cantagalli Workshop
Located in Portland, OR
Incredibly rare/unique & monumental antique Mamluk/Nasrid Islamic pottery copper lustre candlestick, circa 1870.
This incredible pottery candlestick follows the the form of a 14th C...
Category
Spanish Islamic Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pr. 19th Century Antique Bohemian White Over Clear Crystal Maiden Portrait Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of 19th century Louis XVI style Bohemian white over clear crystal maiden portrait vases with hand-painted gilt décor. Each is beautifully hand-painted with gorgeous maidens lo...
Category
Czech Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Antique French Sevres Cobalt Blue Porcelain Jewellery Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique French Sevres ormolu mounted cobalt blue soft paste porcelain jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date.
The shaped hinged ormolu mounted cover is superbly de...
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Henry Fugere (1872-1944) Egyptian dancing bronze, Signed H. Fugère on base
By Henri Fugère
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Henry Fugere (1872-1944)
Egyptian dancing bronze sculpture with antique green patina. Signed on the base.
Proof of old edition. Original Portor...
Category
French Art Deco Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Majolica Bamboo Cache Pot Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Bamboo & leaves Cache Pot Sarreguemines signed Sarreguemines Majolica circa 1870.
Category
French Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Antique Pair Grand Tour Borghese Bronze & Siena Marble Campana Urns 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb antique pair of Grand Tour bronze and Siena marble Borghese Campana urns, circa 1870 in date.
This pair of patinated bronze campana urns are after the Borghese models with...
Category
Grand Tour Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Antique Renaissance Style Ormolu Gilt Bronze Candelabras
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine pair of French candelabras, made of fire-gilt bronze, in Renaissance style. Each candlestick has three candleholders. This pair of candelabra's are original for a fire mantel....
Category
French Renaissance Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Christopher Dresser for Thomas Webb Large ‘Clutha’ Art Glass Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large Arts & Crafts ‘Clutha’ art glass bowl designed by Christopher Dresser (British, 1834-1904) attributed to Thomas Webb and dated 1879. The bowl is of distinctive wide rounded s...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Strike Repeat Alarm Carriage Clock by Drocourt for E. White
Located in London, GB
This gorge styled carriage clock was made by Drocourt for E. White in c.1870, at a time when Edward White had a well-deserved reputation for making and retailing clocks of the premier league...
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique Pair French Grand Tour Neo Classical Bronze Urns 19th C
Located in London, GB
This superb pair of French Neo Classical Grand Tour bronze urns are most elaborate and finely detailed, Circa 1870 in date.
They have a flared neck with foliate casting and a beaded...
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
English Brass and Polished Steel Skeleton Clock Under Glass Dome Webber, C. 1870
By Webber
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass skeleton clock under original glass dome with a polished steel roman numeral dial, fuse chain movement, and affixed to an oval carved wood felt base with four bun feet....
Category
English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel, Brass
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Figure of a Phoenix, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Figure of a Phoenix, circa 1875
Category
Chinese Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Snow Antique 19th C White Parian Ware Vase with Berries and Leaves
By Minton
Located in New Orleans, LA
Snowy White Parian Ware Vase decorated with berry clusters, leaves and arches with a ruffled neck.
This is a breathtakingly lovely and feminine vase.
...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Posey Holder or Tussy Mussy from 1878
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield, 1878 by Roberts & Belk, this very attractive, Victorian, antique, sterling silver Posey holder, or tussy mussy, has scroll pierced...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dionysius Marble Sculpture, 19th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Large head of Dionysus sculpture in white marble, 19th century.
Category
Italian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
19th Century Parisian Mantel Clock in Louis XVI Style, signed Lepine, circa 1870
Located in Greven, DE
Mantel Clock in Louis XVI style
Paris
Ormolu, glass, marble
around 1870
Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 24 x 17 cm
Description:
Extremely high quality and finely crafted Parisian pend...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Antique Brass and Copper inlaid Betel Nut Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Philippine Brass and Copper inlaid Betel Nut Box. The top lifts to reveal 2 hinged compartments that held the betel leaf, areca nut. Top is ...
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century Anamilier Bronze Entitled "Ewe And Lamb" by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
Wonderful 19th Century animalier bronze group of a standing ewe with her feeding lamb beneath her, the bronze with excellent rich brown patina and very fine hand chased surface detai...
Category
Art Nouveau Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Brown Westhead Moore & Co Majolica Kittens Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore and Co Majolica vase which features two cats or kittens playing with a ball, around a boot rested on a tasseled cushion base. Colou...
Category
Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Victorian Vienna Clock in Walnut
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn2498 Victorian, figured walnut Vienna clock, having enamelled dial with Roman numerals, original hands and second dial (the seconds hand only takes 45 ...
Category
European Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Napoleon III Game Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique wooden game box from the French Napoleon III period. The wood is inlaid with a brass emblem and brass piping, this gold color contr...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of Early Period Makuzu Kozan Takauki High-Relief Vases
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning pair of ceramic vases with gilt, paint and high-relief decoration by imperial artist Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916, also known as Miyagawa Kozan) circa 1876-81 (late Meiji period). These vases belong to early period (1876-1881) of Kozan's repertoire, during which time the high relief sculpturing (known as Takauki ware) was used as a distinguished technique on top of the traditional gilt and paint ornaments of satsuma ware. Due to the relatively limited production and the fragile nature of these wares, not a large quantity of the examples remained in the first place, not mentioning a fine matching signed pair in such impressive sizes.
Not only a rarity, this pair of vases is also superb in workmanship, thus the fine example of the work from that short and unique period of the artist's career before he switched to the underglaze period. In a conceptually mirrored fashion, the surface is richly decorated with flying cranes among large lotus leaves and flower, like an idyllic aqua scenery of pure poetry on a circular scroll. The high-relief appliques were rendered and composed in realistic fashion but with a dramatic touch. They are literally about to break the surface free, alive and in motion. The dark colors of the glaze were used to set a moody tone. The approach to create this type of ornamentations is more akin to sculpturing an ink painting in three-dimension than ceramic making. It is not hard to imagine the demand of both the artistry and the technique.
Both vases were signed as "Makuzu Kozan Kiln" and each further with another name and seal, which are most likely the individual artist involved in the making process. Similar signatures can be seen in the reference book below.
For similarly Takauki vases, see Miyagawa Kozan Makuzu...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Rare 19th Century English Majolica Duck Tureen William Brownfield
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century English Majolica duck on nest tureen attributed to William Brownfield.
The duck is brown, green and grey, the interior of the tureen is aqua turquoise like several...
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British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Vanity Case with Crystal Boxes and Sterling Silver Lids by George Betjemann 1870
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful feathered walnut, brass bound, vanity box by the famous makers “Betjemann & Sons” of London. This vanity box has several compartments and the attention to detail is fabulou...
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English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
French Bronze Three Branch Candlesticks / Candelabra, Cherubs, circa 1870, Pair
Located in Bath, GB
A most magnificent pair of late Victorian three-branch candelabra dating to circa 1870. Having been lovingly professionally restored, the ormolu and silvered finishes are now bright ...
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French Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Théodore Deck (1823-1891) Large Pair of Faience Vases circa 1870
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Théodore Deck (1823-1891) Large Pair of Faience Vases circa 1870
Large pair of polychrome enameled faience baluster shape vases
Rich decoration of garlands of flowers and ribbons on...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience
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