1870s Decorative Objects

A bronze figural clock by Deniere, Paris, circa 1870. Modeled as Cupid seated on his bow and quiver, a dove at his rear, the enamel dial signed Deniere Ft...

Silver marked London, 1876, Maker George Fox. The maker of the ceramic is Hannah Barlow.

An exquisite Chinese porcelain joss stick holder dating to the early 19th century, crafted in the renowned famille rose palette. This piece is beautifully shaped in the form of a cap...

A French Napoléon III pair of three-lights candelabras Ormolu-mounted Rare Fluorite also called Fluorspar Vases The baluster shape body flanked by two arms and surmounted by a lid en...

Hallmarked in Sheffield, 1878 by Roberts & Belk, this very attractive, Victorian, antique, sterling silver Posey holder, or tussy mussy, has scroll pierced...

Beautifully crafted Biedermeier pencil box from Germany mid - late 19th century. The casket is leather wrapped, embossed and has a push button closure. From the inside the box is lac...

Clock, Cartel in Louis XV style, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Contact us before ordering to confirm product availability. Measures: H: 45 cm, W: 22 cm, D: 14 cm.

A wedgwood black and gilt basalt covered Potpourri vase, circa 1870.

This is a Swedish Mora clock, Norrland model. New battery works have been installed with a Reproduction face. You have a choice of chimes, a volume nob, a ...

19th Century Golden Oak Humidor A great fun piece dating from 1870, designed to look like a bank safe The Cigar box has 3 drawers to the interior and brass fittings inside and out...

Mahogany mantel clock in a break arch case with brass columns to either side, brass inlay to the front and surmounted by four brass finials. Beautifully d...

This colorful tartan plaid box is hand decorated with shades of green; orange; red and yellow. It retains the original paint in very good condition. A new...

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...

A fine 19th Century Edwards and Roberts dome-shaped satinwood box with a lower drawer is elegantly adorned with vases and floral swags and cross-banded in rosewood. It is beautifully...

A Large & Important French 19th C. Louis XVI Style Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Jardiniere. This magnificent piece is of a baluster form wi...

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...

A large Louis XV style rosewood veneered casket with gilt bronze mountings. The box has a gilt rosewood veneer on all sides and is mounted in chevrons. The corners are underlined by ...

A Royal Worcester porcelain “variety” vase, made in 1876 in the japonisme style. The forced opening of Japan to trade in 1854 led to a craze for E...

Pair of 19th Century French Napoleon III Period Bronze & Brass Urns represent the mastery of metal sculpture exhibited by the French during this wonderful era and are of a nice s...

Bronze Sculpture. This specific work is originally titled "Fleur des Champs" (Flower of the Fields). • Production: During this era, famous sculptors like Moreau sold the rights to t...

Japonesque sterling silver vase. Made by Tiffany & Co. in Union Square, New York. Lozenge pillar bowl on 4 scroll-mounted rectilinear volute-scroll supports. Engraved ornament: Flowe...

Charming and refined 19th-century agate box, crafted from beautifully figured natural agate and mounted with elegant gilt bronze fittings. Small in scale yet highly decorative, this ...

This amazing hand carved folky original blue painted dough bowl is in fine condition and super rare color to find.The blue paint is undisturbed and super patina.It was found in New E...

A Napoleon III desk set in marble and ormolu. This is a beautiful and flamboyant desk tray set created in Paris France during the Napoleon III per...

A large French dore bronze mounted banded agate box with velvet interior lined shelves, dating to the late 19th century. The exterior is constructed from rectangular banded agate pan...

Delightful mid 19th Century French Animaliers bronze study of a playful Greyhound and King Charles Spaniel, with rich brown rubbed to a golden colour and fine hand chased surface det...

A Gorgeous & Rare Pair of French Palace-Sized Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain Royal Sphinx Figures with Incised Sèvres Marks. These large Sèvres biscuit porcelain figures depict a compleme...

A charming English 19th century leather baby bear with glass eyes.

Striking 19th century Italian coffret crafted in richly ebonized wood, adorned with marble panels and finely cast gilt bronze appliqués. The architectural form is enhanced by inset ...

A fine and impressive antique pair of Victorian English cast sterling silver deer and stag models on a plinth; an addition to our animal related silverware collection. These fine antique Victorian cast sterling silver table ornament...

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...

A Beautiful and Quite Unusual Meissen Porcelain Reticulated Centerpiece with Rams Heads Handles, Lions paw feet, and Wreath Border. The centerpiece is formed as a circular reticulat...

Made circa 1870 by John Sherwood & Sons, and carrying a diamond registration mark for 28th of January 1870, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Silver Plate Biscuit Box, is spherical...

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...

Wonderful pair of Italian Baroque paperweights from the 1800s. The pair is made with a truly binding Onyx base. The onyx stone has been carved to make the paperweights semi-equal. Ab...

rench Napoleon III Bronze & Glass Mantel Clock By Vincenti & Cie Circa 1870 Dimensions : 19" Tall X 9.25" Wide X 6" Deep This stunning clock was made Vincenti & Cie in the late 19t...

A Magnificent & Rare Black Forest Carved Wood Wall Clock, representing owls. High carving quality and very realistic. Germany, circa 1870. Dimensions: Height 35" Width 17" Depth 6...

Bust of Seneca likely made in the Naples area of Italy. Now seated on a faux porphyry base. Loss of a section of bronze at base of neck.

A large and impressive Theodore Deck Earthenware bottle form vase in the Islamic/Iznik Taste, Impressed "TD" 1870 on the bottom. The narrow circular neck is decorated with dark blue,...

French Regence style cartel in Boulle marquetry in première partie, with a red tortoise shell background. Architectural shaped case, standing on a base with four flattened balls foliaged feet with chiseled motifs on the middle. On each side a glass shows the inner part of the clock and is framed with water leaves frieze in gilt and chiseled bronze. Other motif in gilt bronze such as flowers, beaded acanthus leaves, mascarons, pelmets, swags and music trophies...

A Pair of 19th Century, Napoleon III, French F. Barbedienne Signed Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Tri-Footed Vases, with Mythical Beast/Dragon Heads Each vase is formed with a flared t...

This beautiful urn (or vase) was crafted in 1875 by the famous Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. The urn exhibits the fine detailing and gilding that Sèvres Porcelain was renowned for in the 18th and 19th century. The inside of the urn is signed, ‘S.73’, ‘DECORE A SEVRES/ RF/ 75’. The conical porcelain urn has been painted a speckled royal blue colour and decorated with parcel gilt, navy floral motifs. The body is ornamented around its base with stylised leaf forms, and its centre features a large painting of a flower. Navy porcelain...

A Pair of Large French Baccarat Blue and Green Crystal Gilt Bronze Mounted Vases. This pair of large cylindrical vases was produced by the Baccarat crystal works in France, known fo...

Great pair of antique French candelabras with gilt branches mounted on blue glass vases Four branches to each urn Love the quirky winged insect - hornet? - mounts on the glass Base a...

American cast iron Napoleon doorstop standing on a three-tiered step back squared plinth, Late 19th century.

19th c., France, an ormolu, gilt and polychrome enameled porcelain encrier or inkwell in pot form. It is decorated with flowering vines, the gilt bronze top with wells for writing im...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver card case; part of our diverse Asian silverware collection The anterior surface of this rare Chinese silver card case is ornamented with chased oriental figures amidst bamboo and foliate designs, accented with a fenced area and simplified structures, all on a matte background. The ornamentation incorporates a vacant shield shaped cartouche. The posterior surface of this silver card case is embellished with an exceptional chased decorated segmented iconic Chinese dragon design amidst clouds, also all on a matte background. The rounded sides of this antique silver cigarette case...

Silver mounted striated agate box, circa 1870.

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...

Marked Gorham Sterling.

Hallmarked in London in 1870 by Robert Hennell IV (with one branch bearing marks for Robert Hennell III in 1840), this wonderful, Antique, Sterling Silver Pair of Candelabra, are sup...

Marked: English, London, 1870, Maker: Robert Garrard.

Georges GARDET (1863-1939)., Hunting bronze. Naturalia., Group of deer and trots in the forest. Bronze proof with dark patina., Founder: Ferdinand Barbedienne., Height: 60 cm.

An exceptional, fine and impressive, large antique Victorian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver tea caddy has an oval shaped form. The upper and lower portions of the body are encompassed with impressive bright cut engraved broad overlapping leaf decorated borders accented with a band of scallop and trefoil ornamentation in addition to protruding stylized leaf designs to the incurves of the body. The body of this large tea caddy...

Signed on the dial A. Beurdeley Paris Mechanism signed J LEFEBVRE FILS PARIS Rare Louis XVI style clock in mercury-gilded and patinated chiseled bronze and white marble. In the form of an arched pediment, it is decorated with four Cupids, two carrying a garland of flowers highlighting the dial, and two others symbolizing the coronation of Science. The molded base in white marble, with a double recess, is decorated with a ribboned torus, a frieze of ribboned oak leaves and interlacing, and rests on six flattened ball feet. Related work : In 1774, the bronze-caster Robert Osmond (1711-1789) designed a first model known as “architectural drawing” illustrating The Coronation of Science. Also called The Children of France, it is decorated with a putti crowning a young girl drawing with a compass and delivered to Versailles by Lépine, clockmaker to the King since 1762, for the apartment of Madame Royale in the Princes’ Wing, on December 28, 1778. (see photo attached) This clock is described in the inventory of Versailles clocks...

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...

A Pair of 19th Century Grand Tour bronzes after the original sculptor, Claude Michael Clodion. The male and female Satyr Bacchus themes with putti and the adult figures with an origi...

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 ...

A substantial Chinese bronze cloisonné urn dating to around 1870, featuring richly colored inlays and classic ring handles. The piece includes its ori...

A pair of French ormolu-mounted candelabra featuring Chinese blanc de chine figures of Guanyin, dating from the 19th century. Each figure is rendered in white-glazed porcelain, seate...