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Period: Mid-18th Century
Chinese Porcelain Tea Bowl Hand Painted Famille Rose Qing Qianlong, circa 1760
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a finely hand painted Chinese porcelain tea bowl from the 18th century, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795. The bowl is well decorated, continuously around the body ...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Delft Charger Hand Painted Mid-18th Century, Circa 1765
Located in Katonah, NY
This beautiful blue and white Dutch Delft charger shows a vibrant and detailed garden scene hand-painted in shades of cobalt blue. The decoration is crisp. The artist gave life to t...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Delft

18th Bridal Jug Grey Picher "Cantaro" from Calanda, Spain, Terracotta Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Rare grey pitcher ‘cantaro’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain. A rare piece from a Private collection, circa 1750. Other examples can be seen in...
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Spanish Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

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Terracotta

18th Century English Treen Yew Wood Lidded Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
Lovely 18th century Georgian lidded jar or condiment pot hand carved and turned from a beautiful piece of yew wood. Rich and warm patina from age and use...
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English Georgian Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Yew

Important Cultural and Decorative Object, Germany Around 1750
Located in Milan, IT
A plaster sculpture depicting a skull is placed above the base of a plinth in the shape of a column, made of fir wood and finished with pastiglia (refined plaster) and gilded gold. ...
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German Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Antique Carved Walnut Figural Relief
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Antique carved walnut figural relief. A carved walnut figural relief depicting a lady swathed in drapery with flowers, possibly Flemish.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Steel

Antique Cup from 18th Century in Qianglong Period, China
Located in Norton, MA
Antique cup from 18th century China. A supper and rear antique from the Qianglong period. Measures: height is 2 1/2", 2 1/2" in diameter, and 3 1/4" wide ...
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Chinese Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Lantern Handheld Portable Carrying Brass Repousse Georgian Glazed Candle
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Rare survival of a personal object made for practical everyday use. Although they would have been made in fairly significant numbers, surviving handheld, portable brass lanterns fo...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

George II Decorative Antique Sterling Silver Basket Edward Aldridge London 1753
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1753 by Edward Aldridge, this attractive, George II, Antique Sterling Silver Sweetmeat Basket, features slat piercing, rope borders, and a twist handle. The b...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Chinese Famille Rose Tobacco Leaf Tea Bawl Cup & Saucer Porcelain
Located in Norton, MA
Fine quality Chinese antique tobacco leaves, double-handled Cup & Saucer Porcelain, one of the most prized of Chinese Export patterns, in 18TH CENTURY. Circa 1760-70; strong vivid ov...
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Chinese Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Cartel and its Console in Boulle Marquetry and Gilt Bronze, Louis XV Period
Located in Paris, FR
Cartel with its base in Boulle marquetry and gilt bronze. The gilded bronze in moving foliage and scrolls of flowers are of rocaille style. The circular frame in finely chiseled bron...
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French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Six Italian Gilded Wall Cadleholders Set of Six Foliate Sconces
Located in Milan, IT
From Northern Italy a rare set of six 18th century gilt wrought iron arms, candle holders, hanging lantern brackets suitable as sconces, if you wire them. These iron arms are fully handmade with curved scrolling iron structure, decorated with  elegant gilt wrought iron acanthus leaves and gildwood balls and bobeches.. Good age related condition, the six arms have the same shape and structure but slightly different sizes, with minor losses, missing giltwood balls in four of item. The gilding of the arms is in good condition, excellent feature in case of their use as sconces, overturning the irons compared to their original use. Some small lacks in the leaves of the crowns of the bobeches, as visible in the picture details. Northern Italy, 1700. Originally these Italian artworks were arms that, fixed in a ring placed on the wall, were used to hold the chains of votive lamps...
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Italian Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Louis XVI Painted Tole Lavabo
Located in Essex, MA
Urn form with a ball finial with domed cover flanked by scrolled handles, square base with brass spigot.
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French Louis XVI Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Tin

Swedish Historical Wooden Trough, Sweden, 1732
Located in Utrecht, NL
This beautiful tråg, Swedish for trough, is a simple, clean example of 18th century of Swedish folklore. It shows the handiwork that it cost to make i...
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European Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Dry-Edged Figure of a Ewe, Derby Porcelain Works, circa 1752
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Derby was able to produce exceptional work, and these vases are a brilliant example of what they were capable of, when making for the top of the market. The body, the modeling, and t...
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English Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

George II Ebonised English Bracket Clock by Thomas Wagstaffe, London
Located in Norwich, GB
George II bracket clock by Thomas Wagstaffe, London Ebonised bell top case surmounted by a hinged brass carrying handle standing on a raised plinth...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Fruitwood

18th Century Blue and White Chinese Nanking Cargo and Cafe-au-lai Porcelain Bowl
Located in Brea, CA
An 18th century Chinese Nanking cargo blue and white and cafe -au-lait porcelain bowl, decorated to the interior with sprays of flowers and leaves, with ...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Pair French 18th Century Soft-Paste Porcelain Pots Made by Mennecy
Located in Katonah, NY
Provenance: A New England Estate Hand-painted in the 18th century circa 1765 these beautiful Mennecy Porcelain soft-paste pomade pots are rare. Pots like this held rich creams and l...
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French Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century French Hand Carved Giltwood Lion
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French hand carved giltwood lion.
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French Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Pair of Vintage Gold Lacquered Wood Jewel Boxes
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid pair of antique 18th century wooden jewelry boxes of fine French manufacture. The jewelry boxes have baroque shapes and are very curvy yet edgy, creating a perfect mix. The jewelry boxes are made of green and gold lacquered wood, which creates a very elegant effect. The central body contains two small storage drawers...
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French Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

18th Century Dutch Sterling Silver and Cut Crystal Glass Perfume Cylinder Bottle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Mid 1700's cut crystal encased ornate sterling silver cylindrical shaped Dutch cologne or perfume scent bottle showing multiple scenes of vernacular life in 1700's Europe. Has a make...
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Dutch Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chinese Yongzheng Rouge De Fer Porcelain Rooster Vase, 1723-1735
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptionally fine and rare Chinese Yongzheng period vase of quatrefoil form decorated with a pair of roosters perched on rocks, surrounded by a pair of large butterflies, insects and sprays of flowers in rouge de fer...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain Figurine of Mother and Childrens, Hand Painted, 18th Century, Meissen
Located in Lantau, HK
A figurine of a mother and two children, the girl playing the flute German, Meissen, mid-18th century, marked for Meissen, porcelain, Germany with double crossed swords in under-glaz...
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German Classical Roman Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Pair of Brass Candlesticks, Georgian
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A very nice pair of Georgian brass candlesticks. The bases are square with cut corners and the sticks are of seamed construction.
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British Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Sculpture of a Carrousel Horse, Italy, 1750
Located in Milan, IT
An old Italian wooden sculpture of a rampant carrousel horse. Modern metal base. Measure refers to the horse only. Italy, 1750 ca.
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Italian Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron

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...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

1750 Circa, a Pair of Mounted Porcelain Karp Shaped Vases
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of mounted porcelain Karp shaped vases. Gilt - Bronze Mounted Blue Enameled Stoneware, Chinese 18th Century, the Mounts are Louis XV, Circa 1750...
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Chinese Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Gold, Gold Leaf, Enamel, Bronze

Pair of Silvered Wooden Reliquaries from France, Circa 1750
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of silvered wooden reliquaries are from France, circa 1750. The backs are still preserved by wax seals, indicating that the relics were never removed. Each reliquary has...
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French Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver

Antique Pair of English Sterling Silver Candle Holders
By Philip Garden
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive pair of antique George II English cast sterling silver candlesticks, an addition of our ornamental Georgian silverware collection. These impressive antique G...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Japanese Edo Period Blue Red Green Porcelain Charger, circa 1730
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite mid-18th century Japanese porcelain charger, first half of Edo period (1603-1868). It depicts the traditional "sho-chiku-bai" or "Three Friend's of Winter" motif in cobalt ...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Gold

Madonna Carved Wood Sculpture Gold Leaf and Polychrome, Spain, Mid-18th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A wood sculpture wonderfully carved depiction of the Virgin Mary with Jesus Child gilded with gold leaf and polychrome painted, Spain, mid-18th century...
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Spanish Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Gold Leaf

Louis XV Gilt Japanned Domed Casket First Half 18th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). Decorated overall with figures, bu...
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French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron

Renaissance Style circa 1790 German Sterling Silver Gilt Snuff Box
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). Germany, circa 1740 Of rectangular...
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German Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver

Antique 18th Century George II English Brass Petal Base Single Candlestick
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique George II English candlestick. With a 8 lobed petal base, turned shaft, and integral bobeche. Simply a fine period candlestick! Dat...
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British George II Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Armorial Chinese Export Porcelain Creamer 1750s
Located in Norton, MA
Made from Circa 1750s; Chinese export creamer with "Nunquam Non-Paratus" motto over crest or coat of arms. Creamer measures approx. 3 3/4" tall x 6" from spout to handle. The Arm of...
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Chinese Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

George III Bracket Clock by Christopher Bullock, London
Located in Norwich, GB
George III bracket clock by Christopher Bullock, London Finely figured mahogany bell top case with four ‘pineapple’ finials surmounted by a h...
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English Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Mahogany

Ancient Boxwood Micro Carving Deposition, First Half of the 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood micro carving Deposition Central Europe, first half of the 18th century It measures: the sculpture 7.40 x 5.31 x 0.6 in (18.8 x 13.5 x 1.6 cm); w...
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European Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Boxwood

c.1765 Ormolu and Patinated Horse Clock by Lenoir
Located in Greenlawn, NY
Maker: Etienne Lenoir Case: The ormolu and patinated case features a prancing horse with a finely textured finish, a wellcast snail, scrolling foliage above framing the clock ...
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French Louis XVI Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

18th Century Dutch Delft Earthenware Vases Pieter van den Briel’t Fortuyn
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Two 18th century delft earthenware vases signed VB (Pieter van den Briel 't Fortuyn, 1753-1759) In original condition, no restorations as you can see on the photo's. VB mark : Van ...
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Dutch Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of French Mid-18th Century Biscuit Porcelain Louis XV Vases and Pedestals
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of French Biscuit Porcelain decorative Louis XV vases and pedestals, mid 18th century Standing on a round, fluted foot a pear-shaped vase wit...
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French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Italy 18th Century Italy Richard Ginori Doccia Pair of Porcelain Sauce Bowls
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an elegant pair of porcelain sauce bowls with floral drawings in red and blue. It is beautiful for a table dressing or to collect. The production of this well known Italian...
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Italian Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Antique 18th Century George II English Brass Petal Base Single Candlestick
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English candlestick. With a 8 lobed petal base, turned shaft, and integral bobeche. Simply a fine period candlestick...
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British George II Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Antique German Silver Candle Holders
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique German cast silver candlesticks; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. These impressive antique German cast silver candlesticks have a panelled, shaped form. The plain faceted capitals are encircled with applied moulded girdles and bands of tooled decoration. The waisted section of each column features tiered knops to the upper and lower portions. The columns of these 18th century silver candlesticks...
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German Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver

Georgian Sterling Silver Tea Caddies
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive pair of antique Georgian English sterling silver tea caddies - boxed; an addition to our silver teaware collection These magnificent, fine and impressive antique Georgian silver tea caddies each have an oblong, bomb shaped form. The surface of each antique tea caddy is embellished with impressive chased and embossed scrolling floral and foliate decoration, incorporating paralleling undulating borders framing each side. The decoration to the body of each incorporates two cartouches, one displaying the contemporary engraved coat of arms depicting an oval escutcheon supported by a savage and a greyhound collared and chained, displaying firstly a stag's head and secondly three bars below three roundels. The coat of arms bears the motto 'Data fata secutus' - Following the destiny allotted to me*. These heraldic markings are surmounted with the crest of a mountain in flames, surmounted with the motto 'Luceo non uro' - I shine, not burn*. The cartouche to the opposing side of each caddy is ornamented with an impressive contemporary engraved crest of a greyhound courant. The remaining two sides of each impressive antique caddy...
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British George II Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

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Sterling Silver

Meissen the Lucky Parents Model E 81 Michel Victor Acier Rococo made c. 1773
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous figurine group: The Lucky Parents, created by Michel Victor Acier (c. 1770-72) Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark (bottom not glazed) First qu...
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German Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century English Treen Yew Wood Mortar and Pestle
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century English treen mortar and pestle hand turned and carved from yew wood with the rich and warm patina that only comes with age and use. Beautifully carved by hand from a si...
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English Georgian Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Yew

18th Century Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Tureen and Cover
Located in Brea, CA
18th century 36cm blue and white Chinese porcelain tureen cover, with rock form scrolling handle to lid and lotus pods to the b...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian hand carved and painted wood Madonna statue depicts the virgin Mary in contemplative prayer, and poised in triumph over evil. Orig...
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Italian Baroque Revival Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Georgian Single Handed Longcase Clock by John Baker, Sevenoaks
Located in Norwich, GB
Oak longcase clock by John Baker of Sevenoaks. Slim oak case standing on a raised plinth with long trunk door and a rich patina and original brass escutcheon. The pull forward hood is flanked by integral pillars with gilded capitals and quarter pillars to the rear. Ten inch brass dial with corner spandrels, finely matted centre with beautifully engraved birds and original iron single hand, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals signed ‘John Baker, Sevenoaks’. Thirty hour, rope driven birdcage movement with brass pillars and outside countwheel strike on a large centrally mounted bell, circa 1735 ‘Kent clockmakers and watchmakers’ by Michael Pearson lists John Baker as having made a tavern clock which is now in the Maidstone museum but was most probably originally made for the Rose and Crown...
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English Georgian Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak

Grand Scale, 18th Century, English Document Box
Located in Newport Beach, 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...
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English Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

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Brass, Metal

John White / Paul De Lamerie Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Candlesticks, 1739
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1739 by John White, this exquisite pair of George II, Antique Sterling Silver Candlesticks, are cast and are each engraved with an original crest. Each candle...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

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Sterling Silver

Early Meissen Cupid Group Around 1750, Allegory of Spring, with Additional Base
Located in Vienna, AT
Four scantily clad cupids grouped on a rock, partly flowers, partly holding flower arrangements in their hands, the flowers as a typical attribute of the Meissen spring representatio...
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German Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Bronze Mounted German Porcelain Figure of a Lady with Dog, Meissen, circa 1750
Located in New York, NY
Marked Meissen. With 18th century French gilt bronze mounts. Modeled by Friederich Elias Meyer.
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German Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Candleholders Italian Tall Rococo Period 18th Century, Italy
Located in New York, NY
A pair of candleholders made during the Rococo period in Italy. Decorated with carvings and hand painted in silvery gold color and light coral red.  
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Italian Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

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Wood

Pair of First Period Worcester "Brocade" Pattern Dishes
Located in Katonah, NY
Known as the "Brocade" pattern, the design on these exquisite eighteenth-century dishes is complicated yet delicate. The inspiration for this pattern comes from seventeenth-century...
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English George III Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

English Lantern Clock for the Ottoman Empire, 1730
Located in Rijssen, NL
A fine 18th century English brass and iron lantern clock. Signature: William Kipling, London The clock consists of going and striking trains, as well as ...
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Central American Other Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

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Iron, Brass

Important 18th Century French Horn and Gilt Bronze Bracket Clock Signed Marchand
Located in Rome, IT
An early Louis XV green stained horn and gilt bronze-mounted bracket clock, the clock second quarter of 18th century, the dial inscribed 'Causard Her du Roy a l...
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French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Pilaster Carving
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Pilaster Carving is a marvel of the wood sculptor's art! Hand-carved from a solid block of old-growth oak to last for centuries, the artist has skillfully depicted angel...
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Italian Baroque Revival Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Objects

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Oak

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