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A 19th Century Brass Bound Mandalay Teak Campaign Dressing Box, Burma Circa 1860
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
These boxes were made for British military officers who were posted in Burma (now Myanmar) & India during the days of British rule.
The brass & copper bound teak case is profusely ...
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Burmese British Colonial Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
19th Century French Napoleon III Burl Walnut Marquetry and Bronze Plant Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a room with this elegant antique jardinière. Created in France circa 1870, and oval in shape, the planter stands on cabriole legs decorated with acanthus leaf motifs at the ...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Early Primitive Robin Egg Blue Painted Tool Knife Box, 1860s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
This is a fabulous blue tool carrier, with original robins egg blue paint, original and natural wear. It's rare to find original paint! It is square naile...
Category
American Primitive Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
French Caen Stone Architectural Fragment
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A mid 19th century French Caen stone architectural fragment reputedly from a church destroyed in WWII. With its beautiful cream tone and cr...
Category
Classical Greek Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Antique Pair of Vases Opal Glass Opaline 19th Century
Located in Rostock, MV
Exquisite Hand-Decorated White and Blue Opaline Glass Vases with Gold, Enamel, and Jewel Beads – France, Circa 1860
These stunning white and blue opal glass...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Antique Regency period bronze figure of a Sphinx on a Sienna marble base
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th Century well-cast Model of the Sphinx of Giza mounted on veined marble base.
Category
English Egyptian Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mid 19th Century Inkwell in the Form of a Pocket Globe
Located in London, GB
A fantastic inkwell in the form of a pocket globe, dating from the mid 19th century.
Category
English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
Scandinavian hand painted folk art pine box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Scandinavian hand painted folk art pine box circa 1850.
Fine example of traditional Swedish hand painted woodenware.
Slight dome topped lid which opens to reveal a unfitted interio...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Skein Swift
Located in Greenwich, CT
A handsome 19th century swift with beautiful fruitwood base on ball feet and matching turned acorn finial, brass centre rod and wooden collapsible ribs with original silk ties. Used ...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$3,900
Italian Carved Wood and Painted Reclining Lion
Located in Essex, MA
With a green bronzed reclining lion with gold leaf mane seated on a faux marble base. Estate of Los Angeles Dealer John Nelson.
Category
European Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
English Tole Floral & Butterfly Decorative Bucket with Egyptian Handles, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
English tole floral and butterfly decorative painted bucket with flanking Egyptian revival gilt handles, Mid-19th century.
Category
English William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Tin
Antique Oversized Cash /Storage Box 1850's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1461 Antique wood cash box with iron handles
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Stone Garden Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
Category
Chinese Rustic Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Granite
Leila and the Giaour Gilded Bronze Clock, France, Circa 1830
Located in PARIS, FR
Dial signed Polti Frères
Measures: With base or glass: Height 61 cm (24 in.), width 51,5 cm (20.3 in.), depth 23.5 cm (9,2 in.)
Without base: Height 52 cm (20,5 in.), width 42 cm (16.5 in.), depth 12.5 cm (4.9 in.)
Important philhellenic clock in burnished and amati gilded bronze, finely chiseled, representing on the terrace a couple elegantly dressed in "the turkish style", and richly decorated with foliage, scrolls and flowers. The feet, decorated with water leaves, rest on an oval wooden base covered with a globe.
The theme of the clock comes from The Giaour, a fragment of a Turkish Tale, an English poem by Lord Byron published in may 1813 which tells the thwarted love of a Venetian, the Giaour – term by which the Turks designate infidels and especially Christians – and of Leila, a slave belonging to Hassan’s seraglio, military leader of a Turkish province. The betrayal of Leila discovered, she will be thrown into the sea and her lover will avenge her by killing Hassan, then taking refuge in a monastery.
Symbol of prestige and modernity, the decorative clocks are a reflection of the taste of the era of a wealthy bourgeoisie and may be the subject of diplomatic gifts or between individuals.
Beyond the purely decorative aspect of such objects, watchmaking in the 19th century is part of a subtle mix of political, historical and literary references.
This philhellenic movement converning the West finds a particular echo in France, one of the countries with the United Kingdom and Russia having suported the Greeks during their war of independance (1821-1830) to free oneself from the grip of the Ottoman Empire. Many clocks...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$12,876 Sale Price
55% Off
19th Century Carved Carrara Marble Panel on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This sculptural carved Carrara marble panel is a fragment from 19th century England. It is beautifully carved with various decorative embellishments including a mask to the top, bird...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Steel
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Clock with Bacchante and Satyrs
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Louis XVI style clock with Bacchante and musical satyrs. The body of the clock features two young satyrs in gilded bronze each holding twin horns; they lean back against the shaped w...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Signed Osler Epergne Silver Bronze Centerpiece w/ Winged Griffins Crystal Vases
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a rare and spectacular example of F. & C. Osler's workmanship. The Osler firm was founded in Birmingham, England, in 1807. Thomas Osler and a partner produced small ornaments, followed by glass prisms and parts for chandeliers. In 1831, Osler's sons, Follett and Clarkson, assumed control of the business, which was eventually reorganized as F. & C. Osler. They moved to new premises in Birmingham, and in 1852 they opened their own glass factory so that they no longer had to rely on others for their glass. A perfect round and low centerpiece this will be the focal point of any table setting. The plateau base is engraved with a star cutting creating a bright eye-catching center. Ready for your favorite flowers in the removeable, easy to clear trumpet vases.
Category
English Belle Époque Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Silver, Bronze
A fine pair of unusual ormolu mounted Chinese porcelain vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine pair of unusual ormolu mounted Chinese porcelain vases, each painted in famille rose enamels and gilt, of baluster form with a pleated neck and fo-dog handles, applied with gi...
Category
Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
British Antique Brass Marquetry Toilette Box with History and Many Drawers
Located in Sweden, SE
According to motto "Perseverantia et Amicis" (Perseverance and Friends) with Bird (dove) holding olive-branch, this amazing, luxurious "necessaire" comes from family ofacknowledged L...
Category
British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair Of Chased And Gilded Bronze Chenêts After A Model By Jacques Caffieri
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair Of Chased And Gilded Bronze Chenêts After A Model By Jacques Caffieri, Paris 19th century
Category
French Louis XV Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Gold Lacquer Inro Decorated with a Lake Landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
Inro with four gold lacquer boxes, decorated with a lake landscape. Accompanied by a bronze ryusa manju.
Small boxes formed of compartments that fit one on top of the other, inro (? ?) are traditional Japanese clothing...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer
Victorian Black Marble Mantel Clock with Rouge Marble Columns c.1860
Located in Worcester, GB
Victorian Black Marble Mantel Clock with Rouge Marble Columns, Attributed to F. Marti, France, c.1860
A handsome mid-19th century French mantel clock housed in a finely constructed E...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Mid 19th Century Page Turner in the Form of a Monkey
Located in London, GB
What a wonderful page turner. Realistically carved in the form of a monkey, the turner has that beautiful smooth patina from years of handling.
Probably French CIRCA 1840.
Category
French Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Meissen Commedia Dell'Arte Group Harlequin Family by J.J. Kaendler Germany c1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Commedia dell'Arte figure group from the 19th century:
Harlequin and Columbine with child dancing in a circle: Harlequin in green jacket with golden buttons and white ruff...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Group of Commedia Dell"arte, Harlequin and Columbine Dancing
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen Porcelain Group of Commedia Dell"arte, harlequin and columbine dancing. This example depicts Harlequin dancing...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chrome Yellow Shaker Box with Original Surface
By Shakers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oval Shaker box in chrome yellow paint with four swallowtail joints.
Northeastern United States, 19th century.
Completely original, dry, untouched surface.
Measurements: 3 1/8” ...
Category
American Shaker Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Maple, Pine
Pair of Antique Bronze Grand Tour Townley Vases
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A matching pair of 19th century bronze Grand Tour scale models of the Townley Vase, after the marble 2nd century Roman antique.
Circa 1870, these antique urns are in good condition,...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Beautiful 19th Century Apache Figurative Olla Shaped Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache figural basketry olla designed 14 male and female figures and 8 dogs. After an olla was filled to the brim with wild grass seeds such as chia or amaranth, or domestic plant pr...
Category
American Native American Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope with Cubework c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware writing slope with cubework
Date : c1840
Period : Victoria
Origin : Probably Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central perspective cubework with van dyk...
Category
British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
After the Antique, Grand Tour Bronze of Aristotle
Located in Montreal, QC
The philosopher in oratorical pose, with an urn of his writings at his feet.
A 19th century casting, good crisp quality on marble base.
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A mid 19th century Italian grand tour Sorrento marquetry box circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
A very fine Italian marquetry box dating to circa 1860 and made in the Sorrento region of Italy where local craftsmen were renowned for making ...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Austrian Antique Religious Wood Sculpture Praying Angel
Located in Boca Raton, FL
19 th c Austrian Antique handcarved wood religious sculpture of a praying angel, kneeling on. One knee on a wood base. Remnants of silver paint. Split of wood in the middle due to wo...
Category
Austrian Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Victorian Walnut Bracket Clock by Barraud & Lund, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Victorian Walnut Bracket Clock by Barraud & Lund, Cornhill, London
Victorian bracket clock housed in a finely figured walnut case with stepped pediment surmounted by ribbed brass de...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
English Egyptian Revival Mantel Clock with Fusee Movement by Moore of London
Located in London, GB
A fabulous and very rare antique English, Egyptian revival mantel clock with fusee movement by John Moore and Sons of London. This clock has a number of very unusual features. Constr...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique mid 19th Century Rosewood tea caddy
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a 19th century handmade Rosewood tea caddy. This tea caddy has his original glass disposable in the center with two compartments on either side. The tea caddy stands on four ...
Category
American American Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
19th Century Hand Carved Alabaster Goblets with Dionysus Head
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour hand carved alabaster vase in goblet form with Dionysus head on one side. Elegant decorative and well crafter delicate piece, circa 1850s.
Property from esteemed interi...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Very rare 4 tunes overture music box (attr. to Lecoultre)
By LeCoultre & Cie 1
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very nice and early overture music box, probably by Lecoultre (alltough unsigned).
The key wind mechanism plays 4 overtures with a nice and bright tone on a very fine comb. The fad c...
Category
Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Marcello Fantoni style. Stunning brutalist sculpture, Italy, 1950s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Brutalist sculpture in Marcello Fantoni's style, 50s. Made of copper metal cut with a torch and welded together the pieces that form it, creating a body of purely brutalist phantasma...
Category
Italian Brutalist Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Iron
Gilded Wood Carving, Draped Angel, Austria About 1800
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Gilded Wood Carving, Draped Angel, Austria About 1800
Category
Austrian Classical Greek Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Napoleon III Gilt Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a wonderful Napoleon III ormolu mantle clock from the estate of a Los Angeles collector from around 1860. There is a zaftig little boy perched at the top of the clock, and f...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Tyrolean Tole Figural Vases
Located in Essex, MA
Featuring a male and female in traditional dress. The woman carrying a bucket and the man with a walking stick. Each with tall hats and with flower vases on their backs. Provenance ; The original Pickfair Estate in Beverly Hills Ca. From the personal collection of Mary Pickford...
Category
European Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Tin
$6,800 / set
Covered Vase with Atlantes, attr. to A. Giroux, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful ovoid-shaped covered vase in patinated bronze with golden highlights, with rich rotating decoration in relief. The lid, symbolizing Night, is decorated with a turtle, a moon, a dragon flying among the clouds ; and the belly, symbolizing the Day, is decorated with a rising sun, mountainous landscapes, and cherry tree branches.
The whole, topped with a flamed seed, is supported by three African-type atlantes dressed in a loincloth.
Historical and artistic context
This work of art combines elements of Japonism and Orientalism, two important movements representative of the taste of the time for exoticism. Indeed, this taste for Chinoiserie was revived at the end of the 19th century following the Franco-English military campaign against the imperial army in China in 1860. Napoleon III’s French troops bring back part of the treasure from the Summer Palace, constituting in 1863 the famous Chinese Museum of Empress Eugénie at the Palace of Fontainebleau. First in painting, the movement quickly spread to decorative arts and furniture.
This craze for the Far East is encouraged in France by the diffusion of Chinese ornamental works renewing the interior decoration of the luxurious Parisian residences of a clientele eager for something new.
It was also under the Second Empire that the Orientalists were propelled to the forefront. Emperor Napoleon III, aristocrats as well as wealthy bourgeois in search of exoticism fill the order books of the most renowned artists. It is then not the predominantly academic style of the Orientalists that counts but above all the exoticism that they show to a fascinated public.
Biography
Alphonse Giroux and Company, famous curiosity and luxury goods shop was situated in Paris, at No. 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré and in business from the time of the Consulate until the end of the Second Empire. The company was founded by Francois-Simon-Alphonse and continued in 1838 by his two sons, Alphonse-Gustave (1810-1886) and André (1801-1879). The father became a close associate of the royal family and specialized in the manufacture of refined items for gifts. Kings Louis XVIII and then Charles X were both supplied with gifts for « The Children of France » by Giroux. Making progressively small furniture, they were mentionned for the first time in 1837 in the class « cabinet...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th Century bronze and ormolu stag lustre candlesticks
Located in London, GB
Antique pair of mid-19th century bronze and ormolu lustre candlesticks having leaf canopies above “branch” stems raised on moulded plinth bases mounted with antlered stags.
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Castle Top Card Case, Scott Memorial, Sterling Silver, Nathaniel Mills 1844
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1844 by Nathaniel Mills, this fine quality, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Castle Top Card Case, features a high relief chased scene of The Scott...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of English Mason's Ironstone Covered Vases, Circa 1830
Located in New York, NY
Decorated in various tones of blue on a gray ground with stylized birds and flowers with gilt highlights, with dolphin handles and twin dolphin finials.
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Mid 19th Century French Gilt Bronze "Rabbits at their Burrow" by Emile Truffot
Located in London, GB
Charming mid 19th Century French gilt bronze study of two rabbits standing in alert positions outside their burrow. The bronze exhibiting excellent han...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Chinoiserie Ormolu and Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Graniture
Located in New York, NY
A very fine antique French chinoiserie, doré bronze, and Imari porcelain three-piece clock graniture. The porcelain is marvelously hand-painted with intricately designed flowers, pea...
Category
French Chinoiserie Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Charming Vintage Gentleman's Library Telescope
Located in Chicago, IL
A vintage gentleman's library telescope
Not sure exactly of it's age. Estimated Mid Victorian Period ( 1860-1880). Uncertain to maker and origin.
...
Category
Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Lion Bronze Sculpture on Wood Base
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique lion bronze sculpture on a round wood base.
I've not found signature, but it is a French statue.
nr. O/7561
Category
French Other Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Mid 19th Century Hand Chiseled Marble Jesus On The Cross Italy
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Highly detailed crafted by hand in the 19th century by Italian craftsmen from white marble for a Roman Catholic Church in the United States
Mounted outdoors for over a hundred years...
Category
Italian Other Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century English Chinoiserie Box with Bronze Feet
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous 19th century English chinoiserie box with bronze feet. Featuring a beautiful decorative hand painted design. So pretty! Note: As is.
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Pair Figurel French Bronze Ormolu Marble Classical Maiden Female Figure
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning French chisel cast Patinated Bronze Classical standing Figures, draped in clothing. Mid to late Nineteenth Century. Firmly attributed to the work of Louis Valenti...
Category
French Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century French Weathered Iron Campana Form Garden Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a backyard or a patio with this elegant pair of classical Roman antique urns. Crafted in France circa 1850, each vase stands on a square base with pedestal over a gadrooned ...
Category
French Classical Roman Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian Brass Bound Oak Cigar Humidor 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stylish antique Victorian oak brass and cedar lined tabletop cigar humidor circa 1860 in date.
The rectangular box features a lift out tray and adjustable divisions with sunken handles to the sides and a hinged lid with a central brass shield.
Complete with the original Bramah lock and key.
It would make a beautiful gift to any connoisseur of fine cigars.
Condition:
In excellent condition. As an antique items, the humidor shows signs of use commensurate with age, these minor condition issues are mentioned for accuracy and, as seen in the accompanying photographs, it displays beautifully.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 19.5 x Width 44 x Depth 29
Dimensions in inches:
Height 8 inches x Width 1 foot, 5 inches x Depth 11 inches
Humidor
is any kind of box or room with constant humidity that is used to store cigars, cigarettes, orpipe tobacco. For private use, small wooden or acrylic glass humidor boxes for a few dozen cigars are used, while cigar shops may have walk-in humidors.
Humidors can be used to store other goods for which a certain level of humidity is desirable; the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball team stores game balls in a large humidor at their home stadium, Coors Field, to counteract the effects of Denver's high altitude and generally low humidity. Humidors of all sizes use hygrometers to keep track of the humidity levels.
Classification of humidors
Walk-in humidor - most common in cigar bars or stores. One room is built as or converted to a humidor where all the cigars are stored.
Cabinet humidor - usually placed on the floor as a piece of furniture. Typically holds 1000-5000 cigars.
Table humidor - often quite heavy, though portable in theory, it's usually kept in one location. Capacity ranges from three hundred to a few thousand cigars. It usually comes with a polished wood exterior, marble, leather or combination of exotic elements, and glass top.
Personal humidor - semi-regular cigar smokers will sometimes keep a small humidor in their homes for personal storage, special events, or aesthetic characteristics of the humidor itself . Usually contains 20-75 cigars. This may also be known as a "Desktop Humidor".
Travel humidor - portable and made for carrying cigars enough for the outing or event, usually 2 to 10 cigars.
Oak
is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus - Latin "oak tree" having approximately 600 extant species. Oak wood has a density of about 0.75 g/cm3, great strength and hardness, and is very resistant to insect and fungal attack because of its high tannin content. It also has very appealing grain markings, particularly when quartersawn. Oak wood is very durable, easy to maintain and resistant to wear and tear which is why it can be easily handed to the next generations if taken well care of.
Oak wood virtually lasts forever and you can still admire oak furniture in museums and palaces even if it was made many centuries ago. Oak has been prized since the Middle Ages for use in interior panelling of prestigious buildings such as the debating chamber of the House of Commons in London and in the construction of fine furniture.
Bramah
is London's oldest security company. Established at 124 Piccadilly, London in 1784, and today based in Marylebone, London and Romford, Essex.
Bramah made their first lock in 1784 and the patent was awarded in 1787. The designer was Joseph Bramah. Joseph Bramah was a leading inventor of the industrial revolution, patenting over 18 new ideas, including a new valve for the water closet (toilet), the hydraulic pump, a fountain pen, and a fire engine.
Bramah also introduced a beer hand pump for use at the bar, to prevent fluid loss when barmen went downstairs to pour a new jug! Due to the quality of his manufacturing, his name became a by-word amongst British Engineers for engineering excellence and many of his inventions are on display in the Science Museum in London. You can find one of his original toilets still working in Osborne House, Queen Victoria's home on the Isle of Wight.
The Bramah lock was unique and advanced property and valuables protection enormously. Indeed it was 50 years ahead of any Chubb lock...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak, Cedar
Pair of Large and Exotic Paris Porcelain Vases, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large and exotic Paris porcelain vases, circa 1840. With exotic figures in riverscapes.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Charles X, Candlesticks, France, C. 1835
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of beautiful fire-gilt and painted candlesticks on a three-pass stand and three candle arms with removable spouts. A fantastic and original patina.
Category
French Charles X Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$4,530 / set
Fine Pair of 19th C French Porcelain Vases with Hand Painted Chinese Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine pair of French Jacob Petit style porcelain 19th century vases with elaborate hand painted scenes of Chinese figures.
Category
French Belle Époque Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Terracotta Sculpture Composition Signed Charles Cordier
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a lady's office with this elegant antique figure. Sculpted in France, circa 1870, the terracotta composition depicts two young female beauties looking at two love birds. Wonderful details throughout. The sculpture is in excellent condition commensurate with age and use, and adorns a rich patinated clay finish. Signed in the back, Cordier, and listed in the Benezit (see last picture).
Charles Henri Joseph Cordier (1827-1905) was a French sculptor of ethnographic subjects. Cordier was a student of the Beaux-Arts in Paris and entered the workshop of Rude in 1847. He traveled extensively in Africa. He is known for his polychrome sculptures in the later realist phase of Orientalism. Charles Cordier (Best known for his orientalist statues...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
19th C. Pair of Louis XV Gilt Bronze Candlesticks with French Royal Coat of Arms
By Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Located in PARIS, FR
A 19th century finely chiseled pair of French Louis XV gilt bronze figural candlesticks in the manner of Juste-Aurèle Meissonier, famous 18th cnetury French designer.
Height 12.40 i...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$6,199 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Santos Head
Located in London, GB
19th Century Santos Head
We are proud to offer a rare example of a religious 19th Century hand carved Santos head. With polychrome paint still intact in...
Category
French Edwardian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
$2,333
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African Travel Plans on Hold? This Ardmore Leopard Vase Brings the Beauty of the Savanna to You
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Zoë Powell’s Magnolia 05 Vessel Is Handmade from Clay She Unearthed Herself
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.
8 Ways to Breathe New Life into a Space with Plants
The pair behind the Instagram account @houseplantclub share their tips for making any room of the house gloriously green.
Paris Gallerist Sandy Toupenet Gets Fired Up over 20th-Century Ceramics and Inventive New Makers
Her space on the city’s Left Bank mixes mid-century pieces by the likes of Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso with whimsical contemporary creations.
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