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Period: 1870s
19th C Meissen Porcelain Allegorical Group of Three Putti with Musical Motifs
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful 19th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical grouping of three putti with musical Motifs. One putti is seen with a trumpet in his hand, the other putti is seen playing a ly...
Category

German Rococo Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Country Ladies Garden Trug, English, Outdoor Tool Carry, Victorian, 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique country ladies garden trug. An English, pitch pine outdoor tool carry, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870. Strikingly figured and wonderfully practical, id...
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British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Pine

English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A lovely bow front tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with mother of pearl flowers and topped with a silver badge. English, circa 1870.
Category

English Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver

Two bronze sculptures by Auguste Louis Lalouette "Les Duellistes"
Located in Paris, FR
Two bronze proofs with golden patina by Auguste Louis Lalouette (1826-1883), depicting "Le Défi" on a marble base. The duelists, dressed in 16th-century fashion, are dressed with gre...
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French Gothic Revival Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Victorian Antique Oak Cased Wall Clock by Lund & Blockley of London
By Lund & Blockley
Located in Devon, GB
A fine quality antique, Victorian oak cased wall timepiece by this well-known clockmaking partnership. The substantial circular solid oak case has a surround to the dial, exceptional...
Category

British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak

GERMANY 1870 Black Forest Oversized Cigar Humidor Box In Solid Carved Oak Wood
Located in Miami, FL
A German cigar humidor box carved in oak wood. This is a fabulous oversized black forest humidor box created in northern Europe, most probably in Germany or Switzerland, back in the...
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German Black Forest Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Very Fine 19th Century Rococo Parcel Gilt Bronze Candelabrum, France, Circa 1870
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A stunning & superbly cast 19th century parcel gilt candelabrum in the Rococo taste, showing a sculptural central column of entwined bronze & parcel gilt bronze, rising from a pierce...
Category

French Rococo Revival Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

A Pair of Meissen Porcelain Pug Dogs with Gilt Bell Collars & One w/ Child
Located in New York, NY
A Wonderful Large Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures of Pug Dogs with Gilt Bell Collars on Blue Porcelain Ribbons, One Dog with a Child. Exquisitely hand-painted with rea...
Category

German Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

NAPOLEON III Antique 1870 French Desk Tray Set In Gray Marble And Gilt Ormolu
Located in Miami, FL
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...
Category

French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Gold, Ormolu

Antique Pair French Grand Tour Bronze & Siena Marble Tazze 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb antique pair of French Grand Tour bronze and Siena marble mounted tazze, Circa 1870 in date. This pair of patinated bronze campana urns are after the Borghese models with ...
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Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Mid Victorian Burr Walnut Jewellery Box
Located in Altrincham, GB
Mid Victorian Burr Walnut Jewellery Box/Collectors Cabinet with 4 Drawers behind Mirrored Doors on Plinth Base - 11"w x 9"d x 17"h
Category

English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Walnut

Antique English Bronze, Brass and Glass Inkstand / Inkwell, circa 1870 Victorian
Located in Bath, GB
A truly unusual and quite spectacular Victorian inkstand made from cast polished bronze standing on cast reticulated feet. The gallery around the back is also pierced or reticulated ...
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English Late Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

French Ormolu and Blue Porcelain Four Seasons Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
French ormolu and blue porcelain mantel clock. The blue porcelain with blue ground and decorated with baskets of flowers, fruit and doves, ...
Category

French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of Porcelain Blue Cachepots by Vieux Paris, 19th Century Classical Motif
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is an unusual pair of 19th century decorative hand-painted porcelain cachepots with hand-painted classical bust decoration made by Vieux Paris / Old Paris. Molded "Bamboo" faux ...
Category

French Classical Roman Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Eliza Simmance Doulton Lambeth Medieval Portrait Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement art pottery vase decorated with medieval portraits of a king and queen by acclaimed and sought after artist Eliza Simmance and dated 187...
Category

English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

19th Century Italian / Sicilian Large Hand-Crafted Puppet Marionette
Located in London, GB
19th Century Italian / Sicilian Large Hand-Crafted Puppet Marionette In the rare form of an Arabic clothed gentle with long turned up moustache. The head, hands and feet are all h...
Category

Italian Folk Art Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Pine

Italian, Giltwood Finials
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A dramatic pair of hand-carved, gessoed and 22k gold gilded, urn-form balustrade finials surmounted by flame forms. Each on a tapered foot with a pe...
Category

Italian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Gesso, Wood

Italian, Baroque Revival, Velvet Upholstered Large Footed Box, ca. 1875
Located in Atlanta, GA
upholstered in original velvet and metallic trim, square in shape with a slanted hinged top, the interior also upholstered, raised on elaborately carved lions paw feet
Category

Italian Baroque Revival Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Velvet

Enameled cast-iron planter, Emaillerie du Bourget, France, circa 1875 / 1880
Located in Paris, FR
Rare and important enameled cast-iron planter decorated with stylized blue and coral foliage on a white background, inspired by the earthenware of the Manufacture Royale de Rouen. Em...
Category

French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Enamel, Iron

French Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
French Ormolu Mantel Clock French mantel clock housed in an ormolu case with stepped base and decorated feet, floral, wreath and cherub decoration. To the side of the dial is a class...
Category

French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ormolu

Pair 19th century candelabra styled in the form of medieval knights
Located in Wijnegem, BE
Pair 19th century Napoleon III gilded - and silver-plated bronze candelabra styled in the form of medieval knights in armor on hexagonal marble bases. France c. 1870s Dimensions: H...
Category

French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Large Patinated Bronze Figure of Ondine
Located in London, GB
This intriguing statue depicts the water nymph Ondine, an enduring and popular figure in a multitude of European mythological traditions. Originally conceived as group of water deiti...
Category

French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Animalier French Bronze 'Pheasant & Weasel' by Jules Moigniez
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive late 19th century French animalier bronze group of a Pheasant surprised by a weasel, both animals heightened with original gilding and raised on a naturalistic...
Category

French Other Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Antique Brass Bound Umbrella Walking Stick Stand 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant antique Victorian brass bound mahogany walking stick stand, circa 1870 in date. The stand is of cylindrical shape, features three brass bands, a pair of ormolu l...
Category

Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Mahogany

Mintons Majolica Putti Flower Holder Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica flower holder which features a putti wearing drapes, carrying a cornucopia vase. Colouration: green, turquoise, white, are predo...
Category

English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Majolica Leaves Vase Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica vase with leaves and geometrical pattern signed Sarreguemines circa 1870. H / 2. inches , D / 2.5 inches.
Category

French Aesthetic Movement Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Stunning Pair of Rare Original Victorian Solid Miniature Bronze Bust Statues
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of very rare original Victorian bronze busts of a man and women in period dress, circa 1870. A sublime pair in exquisite condition for the age, they are solid bronze busts...
Category

French Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Italian Marble Bust of Caesar Augustus
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely carved head with Turquin blue marble socle. Smooth soft patina to the stone. Turquin marble was used in ancient Rome for flooring , bathtubs etc. It was used often in the Fren...
Category

Italian Grand Tour Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Carrara Marble

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

Wonderful Victorian Jeweled Paste Set Frame
Located in Riverdale, NY
Wonderful and rare Victorian paste set frame from the mid-late 19th century. An extraordinary and massive piece of "jewelry" for your tabletop. Beautifully...
Category

British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal, Brass

A Théodore Deck (1823-1891) Enamelled Faience Vase circa 1870
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An earthenware blue enamelled vase by Théodore Deck with two lateral coves Archaic Chinese Style Impressed Uppercase Mark TH.DECK under the base For similar pieces referred to Th...
Category

French Japonisme Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Faience

Pair of Grand Tour Armorial Dore Bronze Bookends/Paperweights
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique 19th century Louis XVI style marble mounted dore bronze armorial Bookends/paperweights depicting "Peace and Music". Each is beautiful...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Minton Majolica Shell Flower Holder
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica flower holder which features a scallop shell supported by seaweed on a rocky base. Coloration: cream, brown, green, are predomin...
Category

English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Figurine Faux Clock Scottish Couple
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique circa 1870s Staffordshire porcelain figurine in the shape of a man and woman in Scottish clothing seated above a faux clock.
Category

Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Meissen Two Children Seasons Figurines The Fall Model F 24 Acier, circa 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen lovely pair of children season's rococo figurines - The Fall: Girl and boy with wine grapes, both supporting themselves on marble column Ma...
Category

German Rococo Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Brutalist candle holder part arte3, Spain, 1970
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Large and superb Brutalise candlestick designed and made by arte3 around the 70s in Spain. Design aluminum candlesticks that can accommodate two candles. Rare decorative object, very...
Category

Spanish Hollywood Regency Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Clock, Cartel in Louis XV Style
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Clock, Cartel in Louis XV style, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Measures: H: 45 cm, W: 22 cm, D: 14 cm.
Category

European Louis XV Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

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

French Napoleon III Bronze Bacchus Putti Clock, 1870s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Napoleon III bronze Bacchus putti clock, France, 1870s Height: 7.4"(18.8cm), Width: 6.1"(15.5cm), Depth : 3.3"(8.4cm). In perfect working order. Very good condition !
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French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Royal Worcester Yellow Ground Porcelain Vases, Dated 1877
Located in New York, NY
Decorated in relief with Asian emblems and flowers. Both with impressed marks and one with additional green mark.
Category

English Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Carrare Bust Nubian Polychrome Late 19th Century Signed Marchetti
Located in palm beach, FL
Bust sculpted in Carrara marble. Nubian polychrome is extremely well-executed giving a realistic effect. A white veil is attached by a golden fibula. Red ma...
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Italian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Carrara Marble

Rye Pottery Sussex Pig Drinking Vessel, circa 1870
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare and unusual antique miniature Rye pottery figure of a Sussex Pig decorated in mottled brown glazes with a removable head. The pig is in excepti...
Category

British Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Pottery

Pair Thomas Sergent Palissy Majolica Mythological Vases
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Thomas Sergent Majolica vases with a mythological theme which feature a river scene around the sides, with putti, dolphins, reeds and s...
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Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

Elegant Patinated and Gilt Bronze Portico Clock Circa 1875
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An elegant neoclassical bronze portico clock. The patinated bronze with gilt bronze accents with round white porcelain dial. The four columns on each side with a plinth base at the...
Category

French Neoclassical Revival Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Majolica Leaves Vase Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica vase with leaves and geometrical pattern signed Sarreguemines circa 1870. H / 2.7 inches , D / 2 inches.
Category

French Aesthetic Movement Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Turquoise Bamboo Vase Christopher Dresser design Minton real Pair circa 1879
Located in Paris, FR
Large pair of Turquoise-glazed earthenware vases designed by Christopher Dresser for the Minton manufactory, dated 1879. Each vase is shaped as a stylised turquoise bamboo, with rais...
Category

English Arts and Crafts Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Pair Large French Griffin Architectural Giltwood Statues
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of majestic French 19th century carved 23k giltwood mythological Griffin sculptures. Expertly carved. These impressive one of kind griffin sculptures (or statues) were architect...
Category

French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

James Hadley Royal Worcester Rare Majolica Camel & Howdah
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare and unusual antique Royal Worcester majolica pottery figure of a camel and howdah by renowned potter James Hadley (British, 1837-1903) and dated 22nd June 1870. James H...
Category

English Arts and Crafts Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica, Pottery

An Elegant Pair of Antique French, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figure Candelabra
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An elegant pair of antique French, guilt and patinated bronze figure candelabra from the 1870s the pair with two different patinated bronze bust centers with the rest in its brillian...
Category

French Aesthetic Movement Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Classic flower vase, metal fire-gilded enamel painting, Napoleon III 1870 France
Located in Wien, AT
Stunning flower vase, made out of metal, elaborately hand enamel painted, the base is firegilt, a French masterpiece, made around 1870 at the time of Napoleon III. This vase is a tr...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Pair of Ferdinand Barbedienne Low Handled Bronze Borghese Urns
Located in Hastings, GB
Glorious and incredibly rare pair of 19th century gilt bronze low handled urns modelled after the original Borghese vase by Giovanni Zoffoli (c1785-1845) cast by Barbedienne in the ...
Category

French Classical Greek Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Large Minton Majolica Wine Cistern, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Modelled by Louis-Francouis Jeannest (1813-1857). Literature: Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, 1989, p. 64, illustrated...
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Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Italian Louis XVI Style Carved Wood Planter
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian Louis XVI style carved wood planter. Our elegant antique Italian Louis XVI style carved painted and parcel gilt planter, jardiniere or cachepot has a lovely dra...
Category

Italian Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Antique French Satinwood Ecarte Playing Card Box, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A very fine antique French satinwood "Ecarte" playing card box, circa 1870 in date. The slightly domed hinged cover decorated with cut-steel pinwork and inscribed Ecarte and opening...
Category

French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Satinwood

French ormolu and hand painted porcelain on a cobalt blue ground
Located in London, GB
French ormolu and blue porcelain mantel clock. The blue porcelain with blue ground and decorated with swags of flowers and having jewelling...
Category

French Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ormolu

Minton Majolica Pottery Boy Holding a Basket Probably for Salt
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique Minton Majolica pottery figure of a boy holding a basket, probably for salt, and dating from around 1879. The figure stands raised on a rounded rockwork base with a tree stump with the boy leaning on the stump and dressed in period costume with a jacket and knee length shorts and wearing a rounded hat with ribbon. He holds a basket in front of him and is hand painted in naturalistic Majolica colors in typical yellows, greens, blues, browns and natural skin tones. The base has stamped Minton marks to the rim along with date marks with the inner base decorated in typical Minton turquoise...
Category

English High Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Pottery

Late 19th Century Napoleon III Ebonized Cigar Cabinet
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A stylish Napoleon III cigar cabinet, crafted with ebonized wood, brass inlays, and a distinctive medallion at the top, this late 1800s piece reflects the refined style of the Napole...
Category

French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Cara Baker Doulton Lambeth Thistle Shaped Leaf Pattern Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful Doulton Lambeth aesthetic movement thistle shaped vase applied with stylized leaf and floral designs by Clara Baker and dated 1878. This nice early stoneware...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Brownfield Majolica Putti Figural Posy Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brownfield Majolica posy holder which features a putti carrying a bunch of wheat. Stood beside a wicker basket. Colouration: green, cream, yellow, ...
Category

Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Nantucket Lightship Half Bushel Basket
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Nantucket Lightship "Peck" or Half Bushel Basket, attributed to Captain Henry F. Coffin (Nantucket: 1813 - 1889), a very large peck measure b...
Category

American Folk Art Antique 1870s Decorative Objects

Materials

Rattan, Wood

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