18th Century Decorative Objects

18th century Italian, distressed, hand carved and painted figure of Christ on crystal with mica and tourmaline with natural forming baroque pearl. The figure of Christ came off of a ...

Beautiful 18th century gilded Italian candlestick prickets. Used in a church during a time when candlelight was the only form of illumination, the backs are still modified to push a...

A very nice example, with sublime colours and painting. Klapmuts in Famille Rose is something you don't see very often. Lovely and beautiful piece. Additional information: Material...

Sharing with you this beautiful Bowl. Arita early 18th century. Underglaze blue and overglaze red Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Peri...

Large set of Chinese Porcelain Saucers. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates, Tea Bowls & Cups, Tea Drinking Region ...

Step back in time with this exquisite find: the lid of a rare hatbox dating back to the early 18th century, circa 1740. Crafted from solid wood and ado...

Large Size and Lovely and high Quality Kangxi dinner set in Imari palette. The plates all depict a Floral design in the border and part of central plate. Additional information: Mat...

Sharing with you this unusual and magnificent plate from the Meiji period (19th century). It has a very interesting and lovely imari scene Unmarked at the base. Condition 1 edge wi...

A very nicely decorated Set of 5 dishes in imari palette, Kangxi Period. Flower scene. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Decoration Type / Colour: Blue & White ...

Tall vintage Italian ceramic apothecary jar. Has words 'Sulph Comu' on front. Floral and bow motif in colors of blue, yellow and green on off wh...

A very nicely decorated set of 6 dishes in Blue and white with a lovely and high quality landscape scene. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Chi...

18th century faceted & gilt blown glass perfume bottle; England. Lacks stopper/cork. 5 1/2" x 1 1/4". Whitehall Antiques is a family business that has been a major source for the se...

Marble sculpture depicting "Saint Cristofer" 18th century Marble base. Some defects Good condition for the age Measures: 36 x 14 x 7 cm.

Neoclassical 18th Century ormolu and marble lyre clock French, Louis XVI period Height 64m, width 27cm, depth 12cm This exquisite mantel clock was ...

An excellent and unusual serving dish for the Islamic market. Qianlong or Jiaqing in our opinion. A very nice and unusual decoration. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & ...

Carved oak sculpture of a Saint, 18th century, Louis XV. An 18th century Louis XV carved oak sculpture of a Saint. H: 58cm, W: 20cm, D: 20cm

This piece as a hot water serving charger, 18th century, Qing period. We all know the hot water dishes but a piece of this size is unique in the history of our company. The idea is t...

A rare and evocative Swedish hand-carved wooden bowl, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. Crafted from birch, this rustic vessel embodies the timeless beauty of the wabi...

Antique 18th Century French mantle clock, crafted from gilt bronze and marble, was made by one of the leading Parisian clockmakers of ...

Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment base with coordinating pyrite and a baroque pearl on a lucite base. The fragment was originally part of a hand-carved piece in a historical I...

A very nicely decorated set of 5 large plates. Dating to circa 1700-1720 A scene of pine tree, linghzi fungus and rocks. A great birthday present with wishes for an old age, longevi...

Signed: Joseph Gay Horloger du Roy A Turin The movement is contained in a white marble obelisk which is surmounted by an armillary sphere finial. The front with a panel chased wit...

A very nice example with a lovely scene. Rather unusual. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Tea Bowls & Cups, Tea Drinking Color: Other Maker: Qianlong (17...

Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded candlestick with pyrite in matrix on a coordinating chalcopyrite mineral base. The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a ...

This is outstanding pair of French 18th century Candle reflector or Flambeau. It is uncommon to find reflectors that have retained their original stan...

18th century Italian gold leaf altar stick with a Chesapecten plated fossil scallop shell and natural forming Baroque pearls. The Chesapecten plate...

An extremely rare Louis XVI mantel clock 'a cremaillere', a movement driven by its own weight, where the moving drum barrel is running down an inclined whi...

Pair of Italian Rococo (18th Cent) gold painted life size hanging cupid figures.

Italian Neo-classical 9(18th Century) painted wooden figure of a cupid with a gilt robe and hair, with an arm stretched out (AS IS-missing some hand and feet carvings)

18th century Italian gold leaf wood candlestick with a coordinating antique wallpaper base decorated with polished jasper stones. The gold leaf cand...

Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick mounted with galena and pyrite deposits. The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian church in Italy...

18th century Spanish Conquistador carved wood figure. 18th century Carved and painted wood Spanish Conquistador figure or sculpture. This beautif...

A savage or folk-art figure in bronze on a (recent) bluestone base. The figure with his long pointed beard is wearing a cape with hood. In front is a cross. In his hands he holds a ...

Large decorative antique 18th century 2-piece reliquary or monstrance case to hold a religious relic. This is a large case, 87cm high, 38cm wide and 20cm deep (34.3" x 15" x 7.9")...

A fine and rare pair of French Louis XVI silvered bronze candlesticks. The seemed sticks with a bright polished finish and with removable bobeches. France, ca 1780 Dimensions...

18th-century Italian gilded candlestick fragment with pyrite in matrix on a polished agate base. The fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian church in ...

Copper handmade kettles from a Danish manor house and signed, circa 1750 - 1770.

A wonderfull and high quality painted imari Charger with richly decorated scene. The base border is very nicely decorated. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Reg...

18th-century distressed Italian mecca gilt arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base. The arrow was once part of a decorative motif in an artistic depiction in historic ...

A wax sculpture (wax modeling) of a Saint bust. The sculpture is mounted on an ebonized fruitwood base, with a rectangular base, with a raised part highlighted by a carved and gilded...

French 18th century Sevres porcelain covered, handled oval dish, decorated in blue with classic hand-painted picnic scene on either side, framed in gold. Floriate decoration framed ...

The basic form of this two-tiered box with handle has remained unchanged for 1,000 years. Stacked boxes were commonly used as portable containers for food or ...

This beautiful engraving named La boudinière, is made by Jacques Philippe LeBas after the work of David Teniers II. This engraving represents a kitchen interior divided by partitions. In the foreground, there is the carcass of a half pig hanging. This carcass is placed in front of a bread oven...

Decorated in various colours with a landscape scene. Typical plate for the period around 1720-1730 when the potter in Jingdezhen mastered all types of decorations and started combini...

Delft polychrome vase from the 18th century.

Hand Carved Wood Holder Planter Vase Jardinière Cachepot Decorative Antiques LA . Large 18th / 19th century Hand carved wood mortar and pestle originally created for the corn and cof...

An 18th century Meissen porcelain subject representing a monkey and its young. An 18th century Meissen porcelain subject, circa 1760, depicting a monkey and its young. H: 15cm, W: 1...

Maiolica sugar bowl Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1770-1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). It measures 3.54 x 4.52 x 3.54 in (9 x 11,5 x 9 cm) Weight: 0.394 lb (0.179 kg) State of conservation: small and slight chips on the edges. The small sugar bowl has a swollen and ribbed body resting on a flat base. The cap-shaped lid follows the rib of the container and is topped with a small knob in the shape of a two-colored fruit. The sugar bowl is painted “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) with the characteristic floral motif of bunches and isolated semis. An example which closely corresponds to this one is kept at the Civic Museum in Lodi (G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia, Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137). This decorative style represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and later introduced by Antonio Ferretti to Italy. The production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple. The Ferretti family started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725. The forefather Simpliciano started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces starting from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59). In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory. In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, was able to commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables, both with or without contour lines, as well as in purple or green monochrome. After efforts to introduce more industrial production techniques to the sector succeeded, even the Ferretti manufacture, in the last decade of the eighteenth century, started heading towards decline despite its attempts to adapt production to neoclassical tastes. In 1796 the Napoleonic battle for the conquest of the Lodi bridge over the Adda definitively compromised the furnaces. Production resumed, albeit in a rather stunted manner, until Antonio's death on 29 December 1810. (M. L. Gelmini, pp. 28-30, 38, 43 sgg., 130-136 (for Simpliciano); pp. 31 sgg., 45-47, 142-192 (for Antonio). Bibliography G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi Milano e Pavia Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137; C. Baroni, Storia delle ceramiche nel Lodigiano, in Archivio storico per la città e i comuni del circondario e della diocesi di Lodi, XXXIV (1915), pp. 118, 124, 142; XXXV (1916), pp. 5-8; C. Baroni, La maiolica antica di Lodi, in Archivio storico lombardo, LVIII (1931), pp. 453-455; L. Ciboldi, La maiolica lodigiana, in Archivio storico lodigiano, LXXX (1953), pp. 25 sgg.; S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, pp. 17 sgg.; A. Novasconi - S. Ferrari - S. Corvi, La ceramica lodigiana, Lodi 1964, ad Indicem; Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia (catal.), Milano 1964, p. 17; O. Ferrari - G. Scavizzi, Maioliche italiane del Seicento e del Settecento, Milano 1965, pp. 26 sgg.; G. C. Sciolla, Lodi. Museo civico, Bologna 1977, pp. 69-85 passim; G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981; M. Vitali, in Storia dell'arte ceramica...

A mantel clock made during the Empire period 1790-1820 in France. Made from burnished gilt bronze. The Greek God Apollo is playing the lyre with his feet resting on a guilded stool.

A Fine hand-carved and Lacquered wood figure of a Luohan Arhat, Buddha' disciple. Seated in royal ease on a standing lion, wearing long flowing robes. China, Kangxi Kingdom 1661-17...

A superb quality French ormolu grande sonnerie pendule d'officier with alarm by Le Roi & Fils. The ormolu case profusely decorated with floral swag friezes and oval floral mounts to the sides, entwined serpent handle, resting on on four paw feet. The white enamel Arabic...

Sharing with you this unusual and magnificent bowls from the Meiji period (19th century). It has a very interesting and lovely blue, red and gold scene Unmarked at the base. Condit...

A very nicely decorated plate. Great decoration. Japanese version on Chinese 17th century Ko Akae piece. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japa...

An early silvered brass four-piece Standish with a scalloped edge base and handle.

Very evocative piece of decor, a real old world relic of nobility and or wealth. Noted as a Swiss Swirl Wine Can by last collector owner, but could also be Austrian or German made. V...

This large 2-handle pot, hand-thrown in Grottaglie, Puglia, dates back to the early-to-mid 1800s. Crafted from ceramic, it was originally used as a domestic confit pot for preserving...

A very nice and beautiful Bowl. The Nabeshima kilns were the earliest makers of porcelain in Japan and the clan's artisans have continued their excellence for nearly 400 years. Nabeshima ware...

Pair of 18th century Italian mecca carved figurative candleholders on rutile in a crystal quartz matrix. The pair originally come from a historic church in Italy. They are thought to...

Magnificent 18th-century neoclassical-style clock, finely crafted in white marble and gilt bronze. It features a central putto beneath an elegant canopy supported by four columns. Th...

Unusual pair of two small Delft earthenware cows with enamel. They had rough life but still very nice. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Europe...