1880s Decorative Objects

Workshop plaster representing a lying cow. France, circa 1880

Napoleon III music box with 8 bee melodies including 4 complications. Ability to play and replay loops melodies. Possibility to add to engage a resonator and or activate small bees t...

These are large, French and of excellent quality. From acorn finials to square stepped bases, this pair exude quality unmistakably. They have the de luxe look of items from the Belle...

A Highly Important Pair of French Japonisme Ormolu, Patinated Bronze & Cloisonné Vases, by Christofle & Cie. Christofle & Cie is a renowned French silver and metalwork manufacturer f...

Beautiful pair of white porcelain vases richly decorated with beautiful polychrome floral compositions and butterflies enhanced with gold on a blue background, framed by golden porce...

With two pairs of shell-form coupes and four candle holders with a central circular bowl. Marked Doulton Burslem.

Hallmarked in London in 1889 by Barnards, this attractive Victorian, antique, sterling silver biscuit box, has swirled and sunken half fluting, in the Queen Anne style. It has a flus...

A Pair of 19th century French Ormolu Mounted Marble Centerpieces, Attributed to E. Lievre, Signed on the Bottom. Each bulbous-bodied centerpiece is set on Chinese-style ormolu bases,...

A Monumental and Exceptionally High Quality 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted and Rouge Marble Jardiniere, attributed to ROBERT FRÈRES. The urn is of baluster form with ormolu saty...

Rare pair of gilded and silvered bronze candle holders with engraved shafts decorated with rings embellished with colored cabochons in imitation of semi-precious stones. The religious character of these candles is recalled by the presence of angels in medallions in the center of the shaft, and by the presence of members of the Holy Family in a mandorla on each side of the tripod foot. A rich bestiary of fantastic animals inspired by the Middle Ages adorns the whole. The abundance of details transforms these candle holders from simple utilitarian objects during a religious celebration into a decorative artwork. Biography : Placide Poussielgue-Rusand (1824-1889) is a Parisian goldsmith and bronze maker known above all for his liturgical objects (chalices, ciboriums, patens, monstrances, etc.) and church bronzes...

A 19th century Louis XVI style clock garniture, a so called 'Garniture de Chemineé'. The mantle clock with two matching vases const...

A rare surviving example of 19th century American perfumery, this Lazell, Dalley & Co. “Heliotrope” perfume bottle dates to the 1880s. The clear glass bottle retains its original lab...

Introducing an exquisite and important French bronze sculpture by the renowned artist E. Martin. This stunning piece, depicting a Neapolitan fisherman boy playing with his dog, is a ...

Pair of Japanese bronze bookends, circa 1880.

A set of three 19th century black forest carvings of bears in different poses, all three bears are in very good condition and having lovely crisp carving. Circa 1880.  

Charles Frodsham, Clockmaker to the Queen Fine French Hour Repeating Carriage Clock in Original Leather Travelling Case French, circa 1880. A fine quality French gilt bronze carriage...

 A unusual late 19th Century wood carved antelope, with naive expression on his face and in a spread stance, finished in his original brightly coloured decoration. Circa 1880. H: 9...

Art Nouveau Brass Planter This is a lovely big beaten brass pot, it has a good rounded shape with stylised handles The cauldron is in good...

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 Egyptian Motif Vases, circa 1880.

Beautiful silvered bronze neo-Greek style bowl in a circular shape, adorned on the body with female masks in the antique style and on the sides with handles in the shape of busts of ...

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...

Elevate your space with this stunning 19th-century Neo-Gothic pedestal. Crafted from gilded bronze and wood, this antique piece captures the grandeur and intricate design elements of...

We are is delighted to offer for sale this rather lovely antique original circa 1880 black forest wood jewellery box A very good looking and well made piece, it is hand carved all...

Decor of double lucky signs and lotus ribbons in underglaze blue, height including lid approx. 24 cm.  

A Fantastic and Quite Rare Pair of 19th Century Amberline Moser Crystal Vases with Hand-Enameled and Hand-Gilt Decoration. Each of oviform, in tran...

A monumental and highly decorative majolica urn with lid, richly modeled with winged female caryatid handles and opposing ram’s heads joined by elaborate fruit and flower swags. Exec...

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...

LARGE 19TH CENTURY TERRACOTTA 122 CM LARGE WHITE PAINTED TERRACOTTA DEPICTING A LADY WITH A LETTER AND A MASK IN HER HANDS SUGGESTING A THEATRICAL ATMOSPHERE. MEASUREMENTS 122X40 X30 cm

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...

Hallmarked in Edinburgh in 1888 by Marshall & Sons, this very attractive, Antique Sterling Silver Scent Bottle, is ornate in design, featu...

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...

Artfully decorated silver gilded table clock by a Viennese master: Flat, rectangular corpus containing the musical mechanism, standing on four elaborately decorated volute feet attac...

Charming Grand Tour bronze sculpture dating from the 19th century, depicting Hermes, the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology, seated in a contemplative pose upon a rocky outcrop...

This life-sized terracotta sculpture of the classical Greek figure, Hebe, is a truly beautiful piece. Daughter of Zeus and Hera, Hebe was the go...

Carrara marble sculpture made by Dante Zoi (1840-1917). Signed Dante Zoi. Italy, CIRCA 1880.

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

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...

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...

Emile Gallé for St. Clement, Nancy. Antique art nouveau bowl in hand-painted faience with feet shaped like spruce cones. Approx. 1880. Measures: 32 x 26 x 12 cm. Damaged with lar...

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...

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.

Large Japanese Hirado Porcelain Blue & White grouping of Shi Shi dogs playing, Meiji Period Modeled as a pair of shishi playfully wrestling, the grou...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Large Meiji period bronze tiger by Genryusai Seiya, striding forward with teeth bared, the bronze patinated to imitate tiger stripes, with in...

A very stylish Aesthetic Movement Doulton Lambeth floral design Vase made for the Art Union of London by renowned artist Emily E Stormer and dating from around 1885. The stoneware va...

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

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

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...

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 '...

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