1880s Decorative Objects

A finely modelled **19th-century Italian Grand Tour bronze of Narcissus, probably Neapolitan**, after the celebrated antique discovered at Pompeii in 1862 and today more commonly i...

Pair of French porcelain covered jars, Samson, circa 1880. Chelsea style.

A wall clock or cartel, in carved wood, with scrolls and flowers, probably edelweiss, in the dial, the pendulum and the hands, all three in pewter. Very nice work, decorative, art n...

Beautifully proportioned and elegantly understated, this charming set of five late nineteenth-century opaline glass apothecary jars offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of Vic...

With berries and foliage in high relief. Signed D. Simon.

A pair of French 19th century patinated bronze candlesticks attributed to Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892). Candlesticks measure 5.25" wide, 5.25" deep and 12.5" high About The Mak...

Very rare Large 19th Century French Majolica Roosters Jardinière Saint Amand. The other side with poppies. 19 inches L.

Bronze group of a Whippet and Pekingese dogs, inscribed P.J. Mene.

Small French Ormolu Cartel clock in a finely decorated case. Enamel dial with Roman numerals and original gilded hands. Eight day Fr...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very decorative pair of circa 1880 English hand carved wooden horses. A good looking well made and decorative pair, they would look amazing...

A very good late 19th century Imari bowl from Japan that's decorated at the bottom with a signature.

Quality antique 19th century Lord Nelson toby jug, having a quality 19th century toby jug, with Lord Nelson dressed in traditional clothing raised on a circular shaped base written '...

A striking pair of hand carved alabaster urns featuring the face of Mercury, sinuous foliate arms, rims of acanthus leaves, on a stepped base.

Pair of French Gilt Bronze mounted Rouge Griotte Marble Urns in the Louis XVI taste, late 19th Century, have female masks and draped swages, rising on a socle plinth base. Dimension...

A Fine Pair of Louis XV style Cassolettes, ormolu mounted Fleur de Peche Marble Lidded Urns with flame finial and raised on paw feet with t tripartite base. France, circa 1880. Dimen...

An absolutely fabulous grand tour scent box with four ruby red scent bottles with stoppers. The bottles are with fine brass mounts on the body and the tops have several scenes of mon...

Bernson was a renowned self-taught artist from Santa Barbara. Celebrated for his burled and gnarled wood decorative pieces, one of his ornaments hung from the White House Christmas t...

A beautiful pair of 19th century antique grand tour patinated bronze dogs seated on siena marble plinths. Each dog is beautifully cast and hand-chiseled with meticulous craftsmanship...

Nice old decorated salt glaze stoneware jug stamped 1 MILLER & WOODARD STRASBURG VA. There are chips and cracks present, and pictured. "1" gallon capacity mark, cylindrical form with...

Pair Designer 19thc c1880 French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Figural Cherub Cavorting Candelabrum. Signed porcelain inserts. These are beautiful! Note the superior quality, the cherubs are...

Oval champleve decorated four glass mantel clock. French four glass mantel clock housed in a brass oval shaped case with sky blue ch...

An unusual antique Baccarat crystal and Dore bronze-mounted oval shaped centrepiece, the removable oval shaped crystal bowl, beautifully hand-cut and engraved with floral and vine de...

Extremely large, hand molded, painted, and majolica-glazed, relief sculpture "Tondo" (meaning "art in the round") after famed Renaissance artist, Andrea della Robbia...

French Red Tortoiseshell Boulle clock, Samuel Marti, Paris. Red tortoiseshell case inlaid with fine brass decoration surmounted by an ormolu finial, ormolu mounts and standing on raised bracket feet. The front of the case with glazed viewing aperture behind a central ormolu mount. The sides of the case decorated with fishscale fret decoration. Gilded and chased dial with individual blue enamel numerals and original ‘blued’ steel hands. Eight day French movement with starburst pendulum, anchor escapement and outside countwheel, striking the hours and halves on a silvered bell. The backplate stamped H & F, Paris and marked for Samuel Marti, Paris, number 4005. C.1880 ‘Samuel Marti & Cie’ were well known French clockmakers working from their premises at Le Pays De Montbeliard Paris from just before 1860. They were awarded the medaille de bronze...

Hallmarked in London in 1883 by Aldwinckle & Slater, this fine pair of Victorian, antique sterling silver candlesticks, are in the George I style, plain in design, and with hexagonal...

An exceptional and highly decorative French Majolica elephant sculpture created by Delphin Massier in Vallauris, France, circa 1880. Modeled as an African elephant carrying an elabor...

One of a kind Mercury-gilt bronze sculpture, ormolu, Louis XV style, Napoleon III era, France. It features a scene depicting a putto playing a drum, enthroned by a large shell or sca...

PR. MANNER OF CLODION FIGURAL PATINATED CANDELABRA Manner of Michel Claude Clodion (French 1723-1814), pair of French Louis XVI style six light g...

Very fine rosewood gentleman's toiletry box, English, ca. 1880

Guglielmo Pugi (1858–1941) – Tall Alabaster Sculpture of a Young Girl with Tambourine, Florence, 1880s. Discover an elegant 19th-century Italian sculpture by Guglielmo Pugi, a renow...

A patinated bronze sculpture reproduction of the Laocoon group by the Napolitan world famous Fonderia Chiurazzi, Italy 1880-1900. Rediscovered in 1506 in Rome The Laocoon Group is believed to be created sometime between 42-20 BCE by three sculptors from Rhodos – Hagesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus, after the work of more ancien Hellenistic sculptors. Recreated and issued (with several sizes and creative variations) by Fonderia Chiurrazzi, this piece is more than just an incredibly precise and expressive reproduction of the iconic antic sculpture...

This exquisite pair of antique Italian bronze busts represents the timeless allure of the Grand Tour era, featuring depictions of Dionysus and Ariadn...

French Vernis Martin mantel clock with ormolu mounts. Beautifully decorated case featuring floral swags and foliage with central love...

France, circa 1880 A late nineteenth century French red toleware wall clock, the enamel dial signed 'Paul Garnier, Paris' and bearing Roman numerals, the top with a polished brass r...

With an open container as his backpack and with detachable hat.

Meissen quite rare figurine group: the so-said German Bacchus Excellently painted & modelled (the details are stunningly sculptured = finest modelling) Design: -- Johann Carl Sc...

An extremely rare and probably unique, dish applied with two open-mouthed quasi-simian creatures arm-wrestling created by Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers and dated 1884...

An unusual pair of three light late Victorian silvered mounted, cut glass candle sconce, stamped F&C OSLER. The arm plate supporting two s shaped ...

L. Grégoire – Bronze proof with shaded brown patina – 19th-century sculpture – No. 1715 A fine bronze cast with a nuanced brown patina, depicting an ...

A Meiji period bronze vase with two frogs against a rough textured ground, signed ‘Hyakusei’, Japanese, circa 1880.    

A very impressive & large antique French bronze neoclassical robed lady. We would date this to around the 1880-1900 period. It is of extremely fine quality, depicting the figure...

This is a salesman sample of a Demilune English chest. It has four doors with an ivory bar handle. It is all inlaid around the top and the bottom. It sits on four legs. Circa 1800s.

A very attractive walnut 'Black Forest' clock with mountain rescue dogs, The clock set into a rocky outcrop surmounted by a pair of dogs, one wearin...

A 19th century Japanese, Meiji period, bronze planter. Beautiful decorated with dragon handles.

A pair of French Rococo candelabra in gilt bronze, known as Ormolu or Doré. Late 19th Century or earlier. Each candelabra has 6 candle hold...

Rookwood pottery was established based upon Arts and Crafts ideals positing the celebration and elevation of pottery as an art form. Both professional and amateur decorators and potters were instrumental in the success of what became an art industry and the nations first Internationally recognized art pottery. It is marked 1885, 61 and W. Rookwood's font, Form # 61 and the use of W to indicate white clay are well known to Rookwood collectors and have been identified in most publications concerning the pottery dating back to Peck's books. Sometimes we just can't figure out who decorated them. Many of the decorators were married society ladies and some used their spouse's initials or names on pots. I have been unable to identify what appears to be M AED in under-glaze initials. Nor does the pencil notation which appears M.E. Foster (or Foote) turn up in my review of the literature, including The Ladies God Bless 'em. The quality of the decoration is high and represents the interest in Japonisme and Aesthetic Movement art. The four cobalt lined vertical panels recall vertical Japanese woodblock prints and the gold tracery and rim is surprisingly present with only modest wear to the high points and minor bleed through of the under-glaze around the lip. (shown). It is important to note that unless or until the decorator is identified, it is impossible to assert that the decoration is by a Rookwood artist. Many amateur ladies and gentlemen, particularly members of the Cincinnati Pottery...

Very large double snake handle vase in baluster form on a mounted funnel-shaped stand, handles in the form of coiled snake pairs raised on the side, white and cobalt blue base, fine ...

A very unusual 19th century antique French orientalist/Moorish silvered bronze, gilt bronze and champleve enamel figural clock, signed Boulez, marks on movement ROBLIN & FILS FRERES,...

Japonesque mixed metal cooper chamberstick. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1882. Round bowl socket, raised hand-hammered well, and bracket handle with scroll terminal. Scalloped rim...

Large Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar 'Tabac d'Obourg' with Brass Lid, Circa 1880–1910 A wonderfully decorative and highly unusual large Delft tobacco jar bearing the inscription "TABAC D'OB...

A very fine & attractive French porcelain & gilt bronze mantle clock. A superb dial & very finely painted urn surmounting the clock. To each side of the dial further painted panels. ...

An anatomical sculpture in plaster, depicting a skinned man standing on a round base in a classic raised arm pose. use for an anatomical study. Italy circa 1880

You are viewing a lovely antique English gilt and marble mantel clock Surmounted by a chubby gilt cherub with wings Very ornate casting to the gilt Clock face dial bears the signatur...

This superb gorge cased carriage clock is beautifully gilded, with a crisp white enamel dial and a roman chapter ring and outer arabic minutes. The eight day two train movement is regulated by a slivered English lever platform escapement, striking on a blued steel gong, with hour repeat button. The case is numbered 10135 throughout, this coupled with the maker’s mark showing the dates of awards on the front plate, means we can date the clock to between 1878 and 1889. The front and back plates are both marked with Jacot stamps. The front with the medal stamp listing the exposition awards Jacot had won. Bronzes in 1855 and 1862, and silver medals in 1867 and 1878. This stamp did not change until 1889 when Jacot junior won the companies first gold medal. The back plate shows the parrot trademark stamp with the initials HJ which came into use in 1878. The back of the dial is also signed by the enameller and numbered with the serial number. This is a very thoroughly marked and numbered clock in excellent condition. Henri Jacot...

Limoges Enamel Box Gamet Circa 1880 This remarkable Limoges enamel box exemplifies the artistry that made the French city one of Europe’s most celebrated centers of the fire arts. H...

A large mahogany peana from the 19th century, decorated with gilded bronzes, in good state of conservation. This piece is distinguished by its elegance and refinement, typical of the...

A magnificent and highly decorative 19th-century French jardinière, finely executed in the celebrated Boulle marquetry tradition and combining luxurious materials with the exceptiona...

Antique pair of white marble busts of children on variegated marble bases. One child looking to Sinister and one to Dexter. Very nice quality sculpti...

CW5883. Antique French Giltwood Sunburst Wall Clock signed C. Detouche, a Paris. Dimensions: Diameter 27 1/2" Depth 7" A striking antique French sunburst wall clock featuring an i...

A very fine gilt bronze and marble clock featuring a lion. Marble case, ornate face with enameled Roman numerals. France, circa 1880 Dime...