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Period: Mid-18th Century
Pair of figures: Jupiter and Juno, or Zeus and Hera. Bow Porcelain C1752
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
She stands barefoot, wearing a long-sleeved robe in white, deep pink and washed pale yellow and partly edged with gold; a red and gilt-topped sceptre in her right hand, an outsize pe...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Indian 18th Century Teak Guardian Lion Carving with Traces of Original Paint
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indian carved teak wood guardian lion sculpture from the mid-18th century, with traces of original paint. Handcrafted in India during the 1740s-1760s in order to take place in a monument, this teak architectural carving features a guardian lion, his teeth resting on a man's head. The sculpture shows traces of its original paint, while carving technique presents a great attention to details. The flat top suggests this was used as a column base, perhaps in a temple. With its expressive character and original paint, this Indian mid 18th century carved lion figure...
Category
Indian Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Italian Wood Ringtone and Alarm Table Clock with Gilt Bronze
Located in IT
18th century, Italian Louis XV wood ringtone and alarm table clock with gilt bronze
This table clock was made in the north of Italy (Genoa) 18th century, Louis XV era. The case, t...
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Pair of Derby Frill Vases, circa 1760
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Pair of Derby Frill Vases and Covers, circa 1765. The bodies each applied with female masks on two sides, surrounded by applied flowers. The covers each decorated with a...
Category
English Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Lions. Bow Porcelain C1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An attractive pair of lions, in the white; possibly based on a Chinese original.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$17,000 / set
Bowl Large Dairy Fruitwood Folk Vernacular, 18th Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An exceptional, large 18th century treen turned fruitwood dairy bowl with a rich lustrous patina
Provenance: Collection of the late Geoffrey Harley, Pickwick End, Corsham
The f...
Category
English Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Autumn, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1755
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From a series of figures representing The Four Seasons, Autumn is shown as a young man squeezing grapes into a cup, symbolic of harvest time, and recalling classical representations ...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Angel's Head Sculpture Handcarved in Wood
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Angel's head sculpture handcarved in wood.
Category
Spanish Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Wood Hand Carved Planter Vase Jardinière Cachepot Antique
Located in Ventura, CA
Wood Hand Carved Planter Vase Jardinière Cachepot Antique, this one-of-a-kind Hungarian Corn Grinder stands as a captivating statement piece for any home....
Category
Hungarian Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Winter, from the Four Seasons, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A personification of Winter, from The Four Seasons.
Unusually fine condition for a figure of this period.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
A Lion, passant gardant, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A lion, seated on its haunches, one paw up. Perhaps a heraldic reference; although the stump does not appear in heraldry, it is required in order to keep the paw in position during f...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Dutch Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah, The Netherlands, circa 1730.
The backplate is pierced and embossed with floral motifs around the vessel in the center...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$2,784 Sale Price
20% Off
George III Rococco Pressed Tortoiseshell, Ormolu, Bilston/Battersea Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
An extremely rare antique English George III Rococo pressed tortoiseshell, ormolu and Battersea enamel snuff box. This beautiful oblong box is in pristine condition and has been well...
Category
English Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Figure, Sportsman Toper, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1751
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Probably an early prototype, the largely open base showing an apparently unique structure described by Watney as ‘a favourite primitive buttressed by a strong overall cone-shape and further strengthened by a cut-out additional layer inside the base in the manner of pastry making.’ (Freeman Collection, Forward, 1982).
Toper is an old English word for a drunk.
Annulet Mark.
Prov: Taylor Coll, Albert Amor...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$4,900 Sale Price
30% Off
Grand Scale, 18th Century, English Document Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An impressive, solid wood, period, hinge-top document box completely covered in tole and incised brass with delicate foliate designs throughout. The inside lined in a vibrant, scarle...
Category
English Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique French Louis XV Ormolu Mounted Tortoiseshell Patch or Rouge Box
Located in London, GB
A lovely little antique French Louis XV casket of scarlet tortoiseshell with superb ormolu mounts. Set on ormolu paw feet and with a profusion of ormolu mounts this lovely little box...
Category
French Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Carved or Cast Stone Fruits: Final Price
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique Italian carved stone fruits triumph for Garden or for the top of the staircase,
ref. M/108.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
18th Century Meissen Figures "Children Dancing"
Located in Basildon, GB
A Pair of 18th Century Meissen Figures "Children Dancing", modelled in the commedia dell'arte style as a young girl and boy dancing. Raised over simple rococo bases with applied flow...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,482 / set
Flame Mahogany 18th Century Georgian Bracket Clock by T Coxworthy
Located in London, GB
A fine 18th century eight day bracket or table clock by Thomas Coxworthy, with a brass bound flame mahogany veneered case and silvered dial. The arched silvered dial has both Roman and Arabic numerals, which at its centre has the smaller calendar dial, and above, a strike/silent dial.
The eight day movement has a verge escapement - a feature of early clocks...
Category
English Georgian Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Meissen Mushroom Seller "Pilzverkäufer" with blue eyes, circa 1747
Located in Basildon, GB
Mid 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, Rare blue eyed Mushroom Seller "Pilzverkäufer". Model Number 864, by Johann Joachim Kaendler, circa 1747
Crossed swords mark and model n...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Fortune Teller Figure. Bow Porcelain C1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A young woman standing with the remains of a staff in her left hand, and in apparent apprehension as her future and fortune is being read by an exotic, enigmatic, bearded figure, app...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$14,700 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century Meissen Turkish Pair holding sweetmeat / table salt bowls
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain, Pair of Turkish figures holding sweetmeat / table salt bowl. These sweetmeat figures were made around 1745, the original models being done by J F Eber...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
English 18th Century Gold-Mounted Agate Snuff-Box
Located in Paris, FR
Agate box or snuff-box in of circular form with gently bombé sides, the gold mounted lid is chased with scrollwork.
Probably Georges II period.
Unmarked gold...
Category
English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Gold
Pair of Bronze Cherubs on Marble Bases
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine pair of mid-18th century French bronze cherubs standing contrapposto, one playing an instrument and the other holding a knife opening a oyster shell. Both standing besides tre...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
$20,690 / set
Figure of The Vintner's Companion, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1748
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Moulded in a dense body in typical muses modeller style and with slightly drab glaze. She stands by a fruiting vinestock and carries an open basket of grapes in her right hand, her e...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$4,690 Sale Price
30% Off
Fine George II Silver Basket
By Frederick Kandler
Located in London, GB
An absolutely wonderful example of the classic George II period (1727-1760) fruit basket with its finely detailed cast and applied mounts and hand-pierced sides illustrating all the ...
Category
English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$23,173
Figure of Pointing Boy by Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1751
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Presumably based on the work of the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy (1597-1643), also known as Il Fiammingo.
A small series of Chelsea figures from the late 1740s was also ba...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$5,250 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of 18th Century Italian Putti Candles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice pair of Italian carved wood Putti that hold candles. The base is 7" x 7". The wing spread is 12". From a beautiful home in Santa Barbara.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
$4,850 / set
Pair of 18th Century Italian Polychrome Candle Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully carved and painted. Nice patina. From a beautiful house in Santa Barbara. They do hold candles on a spike.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Rare, Antique, French, Chocolate Marble Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant, bow front, lift top, hand carved marble box with two, round compartments. The sinuous base is mirrored in the stepped, overhanging top which is surmounted by a relief carved...
Category
French Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Figure of Autumn
Located in London, GB
A fine Meissen figure of Autumn modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, circa 1750.
Category
European Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
$6,620
Playing children, hand carved
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Hand carved playing children, original painted white.
There is missing a part, a tree of life or something similar (see picture 6).
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
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