Baroque Decorative Objects
BAROQUE STYLE
The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
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Style: Baroque
18th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Wood Statue of a Saint
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Spanish Colonial statue of a male saint in carved and polychromed wood. The saint's face has a beatific expression and the eyes are made of gl...
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Mid-18th Century Philippine Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Carved Wood and Polychromed Figure of Baby Jesus
Located in Ballard, CA
18th century exceptional Italian carved wood and polychromed figure depicting baby Jesus holding the world in his hand, he has halo made from sterling silver and the globe is also sterling silver.This piece would have originally been dressed in an elaborate gown and would have been changed into different attire depending on the holy season. Extremely detailed and the carving is exceptional. this piece came from a very reputable merchant in Verona, I did inherit it from my mother in Law...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
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Silver
18th Century Italian pair of torcheres
Located in Ballard, CA
Stupendous very rare pair of Italian Torcheres, beautifully painted, the top of the torcheres are adorned by an extravagant tree of candle holders, with hand carved tassels and gilde...
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1750s Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
18th Century Wrought Iron Italian Antique Hobnail Safe Strong Box Bar Cabinet
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful and rare example of late 18th century Italian master blacksmith craftsmanship, this antique studded safe with typical all-around hobnails and great wrought iron details, pr...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
Large 18th Century, Italian Carved Wooden Wing of a Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful large Baroque angel-wing . Extremely rare to find in this size.
Very decorative item placed on a wooden base.
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered small losses and old repairs.
Me...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
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Wood
Spanish 18th Century Hand Carved Wooden Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful hand carved baroque angel figure. .
Spain, circa 1750-1800
Weathered. small losses and old repair.
Measurement here below includes the wooden base.
H:57cm W:18cm D:20,5cm
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
French 18th Century Hand Carved Baroque Winged Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful hand carved winged angel head with its original color and gilding.
France, circa 1750
Weathered and small losses and old repair. Treated against woodworm.
Measurement here...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
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Wood
Small Italian 18th Century Hand Carved Wooden Baroque Angel Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful small hand carved Baroque angel fragment. Unique period piece with traces of its old color .
Italy, circa 1750
Weathered. Several small losses.
Measurement here below inc...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Carved Oak Panel Depicting Two Angels And An Eagle
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered oak panel depicting two baroque angels and an eagle standing on rams heads .
Weathered and small losses, most likely it was once part of a larger panel.
France ci...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
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Oak
18th Century French Carved Oak Panel Depicting Two Angels And An Eagle
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered oak panel depicting two baroque angels and an eagle standing on rams heads .
Weathered and small losses, most likely it was once part of a larger panel.
France ci...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
French, 18th Century Carved Stone Head Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Magnificent carved stone head fragment with a very beautiful and strong expression.
France, circa 1750.
Beautiful weathered and small losses.
Measurement is with the wooden base.
H:3...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Italian 18th Century Hand Carved Baroque Winged Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful Hand carved winged angel.
Italy, circa 1750-1800
Weathered small losses and old repairs.
Measurement here below inclusive the wooden base.
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Table Cigarette Case “Venus with Cupid” miniatures and citrine quartz Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with slightly rounded lid with perforation and fine hand engravings. In the center, a beautiful rectangular mi...
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1930s Italian Vintage Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz, Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Italian 18th century baroque Carved Wooden Silvered Panel / Coat Of Arms
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing baroque panel depicting a crowned reliquary . Beautiful weathered with traces of its original silver, gilding and colour.
Italy circa 1750
Weathered, small losses .
Measureme...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of Silvered Bronze Photophores, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
This model of Regence style hurricane lamps evolved in the early 18th century. It is a type of candlestick designed to shield candle flames from wind. They were used to illuminate te...
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Late 20th Century French Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Crucifix, Bronze, iron, and wood, Lombardy, mid-17th century
Located in Milano, IT
Crucifix
Lombardy, mid-17th century
Bronze, iron, and wood
Sculpture: 33 cm height x 35 cm width x 10 cm depth at the knees;
Cross: 42.12 in height x 19.68 in width (107 cm x 50);
Ba...
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Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Dramatically Large Carved, Gilded and Polychrome Spanish Baroque Frame
Located in New York, NY
A dramatically large carved, gilded and polychrome Spanish Baroque period frame.
The top edge decorated with carved gadroons; the black polychrome frieze decorated with estofado (th...
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1630s Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Paint
Vintage Venetian Gentleman Candleholder, Murano, Italy
Located in Doraville, GA
Vintage Venetian gentleman candleholder, hand crafted in Murano, Italy. The maker is attributed to Barovier & Toso from probably the mid 1950's. The candleholder is in very good cond...
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1950s Italian Vintage Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
18th Century, Italian Carved Giltwood Wing of a Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Baroque hand carved giltwood angel-wing. Rare and very decorative item placed on a wooden base, Italy, circa 1750. Weathered. Measurement is inclusive the wooden base.
H:22...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Italian Carved Giltwood Wing of a Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Baroque hand carved wooden angel-wing. Rare and very decorative item placed on a wooden base, Italy, circa 1750. Weathered. Measurement is inclusive the wooden base.
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Spanish 18th Century Hand Carved Wooden Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful hand carved Baroque angel. Unique period piece with traces of its old paint .
Spain, circa 1750
Weathered. Several small losses and old repair.
Measurement here below in...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Carved Oak Panel Depicting Two Angel With Coat Of Arms
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered oak panel depicting two baroque angels holding a coat of arms.
Weathered and small losses, most likely it was once part of a larger panel.
France circa 1750. trea...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Small 18th Century French Carved Stone Baroque Head Of A Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Lovely small carved stone head of a Saint with a great expression.
France, circa 1750. Weathered. measurements include the wooden base
H:20cm W:8,5cm D:10,5cm
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Italian 18th Century Carved Giltwood Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Baroque angel. Unique period piece made out of wood . Hand-carved and gilt
Italy, circa 1750-1800
Weathered. Small losses ( finger missing) and old repairs.
Measurement he...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Small Italian 18th Century Hand Carved Wooden Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful small hand carved Baroque angel. Unique period piece .
Italy, circa 1750
Weathered. Several small losses and old repair.
More photo's available on request.
Measurement her...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Centrotavola in Porcellana di Meissen 1860 - 1924
Located in Milano, MI
Centrotavola in Porcellana di Meissen dipinta a mano, epoca 1860 - 1924. Sono presenti due lievi crepe interne come mostrato nelle foto.
Ø cm 28 Ø cm 25 h cm 10
La porcellana di M...
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Early 1900s German Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large 18th Century, Italian Carved Wooden Wing of a Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful large Baroque angel-wing . Extremely rare to find in this size.
Very decorative item placed on a wooden base.
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered small losses and old repairs.
Me...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Travel Inkwell in leather with a Count`s Crown, probably early 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very charming Travel Inkwell in leather with a Count`s Crown, probably early 18th Century. Nice patina with some wear. See pictures.
Wear consistent with age and use.
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Early 18th Century European Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Sheet Metal
17th-18th Century Italian Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Madonna
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Large carved wooden reliquary bust of a Madonna. Beautiful traces of color. Small losses and without the relics. Silver/silvered central piece ...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Abruzzi Maiolica Albarelli, circa 1700
Located in Basildon, GB
An Abruzzo maiolica 'albarelli' in good condition.
White tin glaze, waisted cylindrical form decorated in blue, with a classical figure of a putto surrounded by trees and flowers.
...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Maiolica
Large Amphora Vase Majolica Figurative Subject Crocodile Hunt Rubens Policrome
Located in Recanati, IT
Majestic majolica Amphora vase, with a height of 183 cm (72 in) and a diameter of 52 cm (20,5 in): a unique piece, entirely handmade and hand-painted in Gubbio, Central Italy, in 1995. Its surface is decorated with a splendid and detailed reproduction of the famous "The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt", painted by Peter Paul Ruben's (1615).
The body of the vase shows remarkable technical capabilities, given its size and complexity. The amphora is divided into three parts: the base, the central body and the neck. The rarity of majolica artworks of this size lies in the technical difficulty of managing the entire creation process given the large size, both for the making of the terracotta artifact and the subsequent decorating phase. During the first firing of the clay biscuit the risk of breakage is very high and also during the second firing of the color majolica hides many pitfalls, this explains the rarity of artworks of this size, the difficulty of the decorations and consequently their value.
Description of the reproduction painted :
Peter Paul Rubens created the canvas oil painting entitled The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt between 1615–16. The hunt takes place on the banks of the Nile, as indicated by a palm tree in the background. As hippopotami and crocodiles were considered dangerous nuisances, their destruction was a duty performed by noblemen. The hunting party comprises three men in orientalizing costume—mounted on Arabian horses, who hunt with lance and sword—and two valets clad in roughly-hewn jerkins—one of whom has been killed by one of the beasts. The enraged hippopotamus tramples the crocodile, as both are attacked by the hunters and hounds...
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1990s Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
1950 Archimede Seguso Murano Cornucopia, Teal with Aventurine Gold Base & Scroll
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An opulent and expressive piece by renowned Murano master Archimede Seguso, this 1950s cornucopia-shaped glass sculpture blends traditional Italian grandeur with mid-century elegance...
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1950s Italian Vintage Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
White Marble Bust Of Louis XIV of France
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th/19th Century French White Marble Bust of King Louis XIV, whose reign marked the height of absolute monarchy in Europe. The commanding sculpture swivels on round plinth, and at 3...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
17/18th Century French Baroque Carved Oak Angel Head on Wings
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered oak winged angel head,
France, circa 1650-1750
Weathered, small losses and old repair.
Measurements include the wooden base.
H:37,5cm W:37,5cm D:8,5cm
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17th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Baroque Candleholders
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique Baroque giltwood candleholders for in total 6 candles, Italy, circa 1750-1780. Weathered, repairs and losses.
More pictures available on request. Measurement individual.
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Portuguese Baroque Madonna and Child Sculpture, 17th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This late 17th-century Portuguese Baroque sculpture in polychromed wood depicts the Madonna holding the Christ Child, carved with exquisite detail and spiritual grace.
The Virgin is...
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Late 17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Spanish 18th Century Carved Wooden Baroque Angel Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful hand carved wooden ornament depicting two angel holding a laurel wreath. Unique period piece .
Spain, circa 1700-1750
Weathered. Small losses and old repairs.
Measurement ...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Spanish 17th/ 18th Century Hand Carved Wooden Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful hand carved standing Baroque angel figure. Unique period piece with its original paint .
Spain, circa 1650-1750
Weathered. small losses .
Measurement here below includes ...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
18th Century Dutch Walnut & Iron Polychromed Domed Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th-century Dutch Walnut and Iron Polychrome Domed Table Box
Netherlands, 18th century or older
A 18th-century Dutch walnut and iron polychrome domed table box, likely retaining i...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Large 17/18th Century Italian Carved Carrara Marble Baroque Angel Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered marble baroque angel.
Italy 17/18th century. Weathered, losses and old repairs.
More pictures are available on request.
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
French 17/ 18th Century Carved Wooden Baroque Panel Depicting A Saint And Angels
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique panel depicting a Saint figure and Angels. Wonderful layers of its original color,
France, circa 1650-1750 . Weathered, small losses.
Treated against woodworm.
Measurements in...
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17th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
17th Century Carved Wood Silver Gilt Polychrome Figure of Saint John
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Saint John the Evangelist figure created in the workshop of Franz Matthias Hiernle in Mainz, Germany. The superbly carved and highly decorated slender figure, in an elegant and...
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17th Century German Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Spanish 17th/ 18th Century Hand Carved Wooden Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful hand carved standing Baroque angel figure. Unique period piece with its original paint .
Spain, circa 1650-1750
Weathered. .
Measurement here below includes the wooden ba...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
18th Century Blue Swedish Baroque Long Case Clock
Located in Kramfors, SE
Blue baroque long case clock from the mid to late 18th century, between 1770 and 1790. The clock is Swedish and made from Swedish pine with the original blue paint as well as the aut...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
Vintage Jewelry Music Box Hand-Made in Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Italian large footed music box in light gold color with top finely hand painted and wood inlaid with foliages floral decor, brass hardware.
Small Vintage Italian handcrafted ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Early 20th Century Bronze Knight Sculpture Electrified Table or Desk Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A solid bronze parcel brass knight sculpture candelabra later converted to electrified table lamp with large frosted glass torch flame shade.
It takes on Edison E27 light bulb.
Tot...
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Early 20th Century Portuguese Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Brass
18th Century or Earlier Brass - Iron Bound Continental Lockbox
Located in Lomita, CA
There is a fantastical quality to this casket lockbox with its dramatic presentation. It has brass rings with lions' (or wolves) heads and a latch/escutcheon. The size and complexity of the latch suggest that it was designed to keep prying hands away. But it has a very interesting look that many people will like. The style and appearance suggest Continental origins, and appraisers say it was produced in the 18th century or earlier.
The baroque casket...
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Early 18th Century European Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
17th Century Italian Faience Apothecary Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
17th Century Italian Faience ceramic apothecary jar. Bright colors of yellow, green and dark blue on cream background. In writing is "VG To BASILICO". There is a label affixed to bot...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Period Rectangular Giltwood Italian Salvator Rosa Style Frame
Located in Roma, IT
Salvator Rosa last 17th century giltwood frame.
Internal measurements cm 24 x 32.5
Pure example of Italian Salvator Rosa gild wood frame of 17th century.
"Salvator Rosa" is the famo...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Early Italian Polychrome Majolica Albarello, Late 17th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian Polychrome Majolica Albarello, Late 17th Century.
Category
1690s Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Frame
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Frame
Solid wood carved frame, applied with gilt mouldings. The ebonized border is decorated with gilt foliate scrolls. The frame is covered in ve...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Late 17th Century German Silver Beaker
Located in Firenze, IT
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Maker's mark unidentified, Nürnber...
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1690s German Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
18th Century Bridal Jug Red Picher "Cantaro" from Calanda, Spain Terracotta Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Rare red pitcher ‘cantaro’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain, circa 1750 a rare piece from a Private collection. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza.
With g...
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Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Venetian Bronze Statuette of St. Jerome, 18th/19th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bronze statuette of St. Jerome, or St Hieronymous, in the manner of the Venetian sculptor Alessandro Vittorio (1525-1608) by the lost wax technique of bronze casting, which leaves a ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pill Box pocket engraved and enamel Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large square pocket pill box with rounded corners and sides, in 925/1000 sterling silver with very fine hand engraving in baroque style, fire enamell...
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1970s Italian Vintage Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
18th Century Baroque Polychrome Wood Candle Sticks
Located in Hastings, GB
Outstanding pair of 18th century polychrome painted, hand carved wooden pricket candlesticks, from a South German church, late 1700's.
Remnants of historic wax drips, could be eas...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
18th Century Rare Terracotta Hand Carved French Biot Pot
Located in Miami, FL
This fabulous handmade terracotta pot originated in the Provençal town of Biot and was used to store olive oil. In perfect condition, the photo...
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1780s French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
FRENCH 18th Century Perfumed Scents Necessaire Box In 18Kt Yellow Gold & Carving
Located in Miami, FL
French perfumed scents necessaire from the 18th century.
This is a fantastic and very rare 18th century necessaire box for perfumed scents, created in the kingdom of France during t...
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1750s French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold
Centrotavola in Porcellana di Rosenthal Bianco e Oro Anni 60
By Rosenthal
Located in Milano, MI
Centrotavola in porcellana di Rosenthal bianco e oro, realizzato negli anni '60
Ø cm 37 Ø cm 21 h cm 14
Rosenthal è un produttore tedesco di prodotti in porcellana molto noto e ris...
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1960s German Vintage Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century, Heavily Carved Bone Inset & Iron Mounted Spanish Vargueno
Located in Atlanta, GA
Spanish, 18th century or earlier.
An 18th century Spanish bargueno or vargueno traveling desk, used for storing documents, jewels, or sewing box. The six drawer chest is inset with ...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Pair of Antique Hand-Carved and time-worn European Church Candlesticks
Located in Leesburg, VA
Pair of Antique Hand-Carved and time-worn European Church Candlesticks
Anonymous
Probably France; 18th century
Giltwood, silvered, iron
Approximate size: 21.5 (h) x 5.5 (w) x 5.5 (...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood
Baroque Style Large Italian Crystal Vase With Grotesque Engravings
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Before describing the object under consideration, we must make an important clarification; the artifact, one of many that we will publish over time, is part of the museum collection of a historic Florentine crystal grinder that unfortunately closed recently. It is the Marcello Galgani & Son company, whose completely manual and artisanal work has not withstood the disproportionate advance of mass-produced mechanical processes! Marcello Galgani began his craft as a grinder and restorer in 1960; as the years went by, Marcello mastered and became familiar with particular techniques and shapes, resulting in the production of objects that manage to retain the freshness of grinding and engraving, the warmth and softness of light, and the inimitable flavor of unique artifacts. After several years, his son Lorenzo, who grew up among crystals, also entered the business and immediately became passionate about this ancient craft with skill and ability. Stimulated by the aesthetic sense of the past, father and son, set up a workshop in which the shapes they researched and created themselves are mouth-blown by traditional Tuscan glassmakers in Empoli, then ground and engraved using ancient sixteenth-century techniques, with motifs born from the Galgani's inexhaustible imagination or culturally inspired by designs of objects seen and studied in Florentine museums (Uffizi, Galleria Palatina, Museo degli Argenti, etc.). Marcello and Lorenzo Galgani were also Masters in the difficult art of restoration, bringing rare and precious objects back to life. As mentioned the company recently closed and disposed of all its last production, and only Marcello's old private museum collection remained, which includes unique and special objects created over time, a collection that the craftsman made available to us for a planned sale. All of the objects were made entirely by hand with old grinding wheels, but there were mainly two tools that allowed the creation of masterpieces: the right hand and the left hand of the master craftsman. Ancient glassmaking techniques were used for all the ground and engraved products: first, the object was ground with an emery wheel fed continuously by a jet of abrasive sand and water, then re-polished with a very fine-grained sandstone wheel also fed with water; the engravings were done freehand using as many as 10-15 small stone wheels for each design (flowers, branches, animals, etc. ); then the object was polished and shined; we must make, at this point, an important clarification on these last two operations: towards the end of the 1960s acid crystal polishing was devised, the object was immersed and rotated in a solution of sulfuric acid, fluoridic acid and water and in a short time all the defects left by the previous processes were eliminated, it was a fast, industrial operation that allowed to lower costs considerably, with discrete but not excellent results. But for Galgani's products polishing is done with a cork bark wheel wet with water and pumice, to make the surfaces more transparent, and finally polishing was achieved with a felt wheel wet with a paste of water, iron oxide, and cerium oxide. This series of processes takes an average of two days of work( sometimes much longer) for each object, each engraving or grinding is the result of the creative inventiveness of the two artisans, inventiveness that transforms crystal into reality material of the highest aesthetic value and inestimable value. All the items in the entire collection have never been used; they were part of the exhibition. Large crystal vase; the decorations, in baroque style represent a series of "grotesques" The object is "a unique piece" signed by the Master, it was created in Marcello Galgani's workshop in 1983 and made with the techniques (grinding, engraving and polishing) that we explained in the description; for the shape, the Master was inspired by a vase present in a painting, preserved in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence by the sixteenth-century painter Jacopo Ligozzi...
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Italian Rectangular Green Onyx Marble Box with Gilded Feet, 50ss
Located in Roma, IT
A box as precious as the jewels it could contain inside, almost certainly hand-carved in Italy with the highest quality onyx marble. Although this jewelery box dates back to the 1...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Metal
18th Century Italian Blue & White Faience Albarelli Apothecary Jar Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A remarkable pair of two antique European tin-glazed earthenware apothecary jars. circa 1770
Originally used as medicinal pottery jars that held ointments and dry drugs at apothecar...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Baroque gilded painting frame in wood, France ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / gilded frame / wood / Antique / Baroque / Rococo
A stunning gilded wooden painting frame, crafted in France around 1900. This piece has some some small signs of use ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Japy Freres Louis XV Baroque Gilt Bronze Antique French Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning original antique French clock by Japy Frères. It is beautifully made in gilded bronze in the Louis XV style. Waisted case with a fretted front to allow a glimpse of the pe...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Macaw Parrot Porcelain Bird Figure
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Deco tall Italian animal Figurine Ceramic Parrot Macaw on a tree trunk
Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed
Design: Cacciapuoti style...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
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