Louis XV Decorative Objects

Pair of French Louis XV style (19th century) gilt bronze Bacchus and Bacchante figures holding nine-arm candelabra.

Louis XV style ormolu mounted long case clock by lenoirLenoir French, Late 19th Century Height 250cm, width 67cm, depth 36cm This splendid Louis XV style long case clock was crafted in the late 19th century by E. Lenoir, and is shaped in a tall violoné form, surmounted by a gilt bronze figure of the deity of Time. Taking inspiration from Classical mythology, the circular dial made in enamel is signed 'Lenoir / A Paris,' which is in turn set above a gilt motif of putti within clouds blowing horns. A heart-shaped glass...

A pair of French Louis XV style bronze doré candelabra, late 19th century. These large and very decorative candelabra are very nice quality. They are cast bronze that is gold plated...

Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore compotes with 3 tier scalloped white opaline bowls on triangular base with griffins and cupids (PRICED AS Pair)

A good quality large pair of Louis XV style green marble urns, having gilded ormolu scrolling handles with foliate and ribbon swags.

19th century French "Boulle" mantel clock, Louis XV style. French Boulle style clock with tortiose shell and inlay. Gilt bronze case mounts of ro...

Louis XV style Cartel clock in gilt bronze with painted porcelain dial. The case has been re-gilded, and features typical rocaille ornament such as laurel leaves and berries, flowers...

Pair of two-arm bronze wall-mounted candelabras in a classical style and featuring a laurel leaf design. France, circa 1940.

A very fine and palatial pair of French 19th- 20th century Louis XV style ebonized and gilt bronze-mounted cartel clock and matching barometer by La Maison Cam Opticien. The pair sim...

Pair of stunning Louis XVI style 19th century bronze 24-carat gold-plated six-arm figural candelabras. Each having five arms forming a large candelabra supported by a man and the mat...

A mantel clock in the Louis XV manner. Constructed in white Carrara marble and gilt bronze; the rectangular form base having bowed ends, rises from gilt toupie feet and has opposed gilt sphinxes and gilt bronze foliate mounts to the facia; the two train clock...

An elegant French gilded wood barometer with thermometer (period Louis XV, Circa 1760). Barometer has been fitted with a new mercury tube, ...

A carriage clock in the Louis XV manner The ornate and shaped gilt bronze case having putti at the angles, surmounted by two winged putti, one proffering a laurel wreath; dressed ...

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...

Unusual faux pair of large repoussé copper candlesticks in the style of Louis XV. Dimensions provided below are for the taller candlestick. The smaller one measures (in centimeter...

Spectacular pair of monumental crystal, rock crystal and brass candelabra. Electrified. Great Scale And Proportions.

Two girandoles in gilded bronze with crystal pendants on a round "red griotte" marble base, representing a nymph and a satyr in a very young age. Very fine work in the style of the...

A good pair of candelabra in the Louis XVI manner. Constructed in Carrara marble and gilt bronze; the square stepped bases having incurved angles, and supporting bronze socles dre...

After Clodion. Pair of bronze ewers with two patinas representing bacchanalia scenes after Clodion. Circular base with gadroon piedouche decora...

A Pair of large Antique French Gilt Bronze & Patinated Vase Form Candelabras. Each with a vase form shaped body with central relief under a 12 branch candelabrum. Standing on a tr...

The cover and base inset with gouache miniatures of the front and back of a chateau, signed Andre inv. with tortoiseshell lined interior maker's mark JG cross between, Paris, 1762-1768.

This very unusual candelabra made in France combines the elegance of the Louis XV period with the modernism so prevalent in France at the time. Constructed of a colored marble spher...

French Sevres biscuit porcelain bust after Versailles original signed "1703-1768 Coustou." The bust portrays King Louis XV's Queen consort Mar...

A Fine Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet Mid 18th Century Attributed to Jean-François Oeben The shaped marble top over a shaped cabinet with tulipwood, kingwood & parquetry throughout, with tambour shutters revealing a re-fitted interior with 6 graduating drawers, all over four cariole legs ending in gilt bronze sabots. Height 41 in. Width 38 in. Depth 20 in. Jean-François Oeben, ébéniste du roi in 1754 and maître in circa 1761. Jean-François Oeben was a sub-tenant of charles-joseph boulle (1688–1751) in the galleries of the louvre from 1751, and in 1754 was granted lodgings at the gobelins and then at the arsenal in 1756. he was appointed ebéniste du roi in 1754 and was therefore able to work outside guild restrictions. he was a protégé of the marquise de pompadour, the marquis de marigny and the duc de choiseul. his identifiable works span less than ten years. his earliest pieces are in the louis xv style (e.g. small table, 1756–8; munich, residenzmus.), and he seems even to have completed some pieces started by jean-pierre latz (e.g. pair of corner cupboards...

Pair of 19th century French Louis XV style gilt bronze candelabras. Outstanding finely detailed pair of antique French Napoleon ...

This imposing pair of bronze figural six-light candelabra, one modelled as a putto, the other as a satyr, is in the manner of Clodion. Each is mounted on fluted and garlanded column...

Pair of amphorae, 20th century, Louis XVI style, Wong Lee 1895 Elegant pair of amphorae made in the early 1900s, in ceramic decorated with floral motifs, ornaments and bronze base. G...

A fine and early clock set by the famous maker Japy Freres, in full working order. It is of superb quality in fine gilded bronze-mounted with delicately painted Sèrves style porcelai...

A pair of late 18th century French tole floral sconces with white porcelain flowers. The paint appears original.

An Important and Palatial French Louis XV Style 19th Century Gilt-Bronze and White Marble Cherub Mantel Clock, attributed to Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley, the casting and gilding by Graux-Marly, Paris, the movement by P. Marti et Cie. The large and impressive marble and two-tone finely chased gilt-bronze (Ormolu) and white marble body, with its original superb quality mercury satin-gilt and burnished gilt (ciselé et doré au mat), surmounted by two reclining cherubs amongst clouds, one holding a triumphant floral wreath, the other a floral bouquet strand, flanked to each side by floral swags and attributes of Love, with kissing doves, on a shaped base with a further cloud-borne cherub, above a scrolling foliate frieze and garlands of flowers, with a bow, a quiver, trumpets and arrows protruding through within the clouds, raised on toupie feet. The beautifully decorated circular white enamel dial with gold fleur-de-lis' jewels, with Roman and Arabic numerals, signed "Graux Marly, Paris - Rue du Parc-Royal, 8". The bell striking movement stamped: "S. Marti et Cie. Médaille de Bronze". Circa: Paris, 1870's. The Jules Graux's Foundry was based at 8 rue du Parc-Royal from 1860, they exhibited at the last national exhibition in Paris in 1849 and again Paris in 1855. At the London exhibition of 1862 their entry was described as, "bronzes d'ameublement, cheminée et garniture de cheminée, lustres, vases, statues, groupes, objets de service de table, gueridon de malachite." They are recorded as exporting 35% of their production and as having made bronzes for the Hotel de la Commission. They also contributed to the Paris exhibition of 1867. By 1870 his sons M Graux-Marly took over the business from their father and, from then on, their works were stamped GRAUX-MARLY or GRAUX-MARLY FRÈRES. The foundry in renown for producing high-quality bronze castings, chasing and gilding, including clocks, candelabra, statuettes and other fine decorative works of art. Jules Graux - Graux-Marly Fondeurs also cast bronzes for many of the most renowned sculptors of the day, including but not limited to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827-1875), James Pradier - born Jean-Jacques Pradier (Swiss/French, 1790-1852), Emmanuel Frémiet (French, 1824-1910), Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1887), Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (French, 1847-1919) as well as reproducing important and popular antique, from the Renaissance and later models. Related Literature: P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIX Siecle, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, page 660. Beurdeley, Alfred Emmanuel Louis (French, 1847-1919): Work at first with his father in Paris and eventually succeeded him. He kept the shop at rue Louis-Le-Grand and had worked at Nos. 20 ˆ 24 rue Dautancourt. The business continued in its traditional style with very few variations, until it was closed in 1895 and the remaining contents of the company were sold at the Galerie Geroges Petit. Beurdeley exhibited at the 1878 Exhibition. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Tardy, The Most Beautiful French Clocks, Paris, 1994, pp. 162-163 for illustrations of similar eighteenth century dial know as à la dauphine by Cotteau and Dubuisson. Ottomeyer/Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen I, Munich, 1986. The model of this clock can be found in the Beurdeley sale in 1895, 6-9 May: Catalogue of Furniture and Works of Art made in the workshop and under the direction of M.A. Beurdeley, lot number 46, described as Pendule de style Louis XV, en marbre blanc, avec groupes d'amours dans le goût de Boucher, tenant des guirlandes de fleurs en bronze ciselé et doré au mat. Le socle en marbre blanc est enrichi de rinceaux et de guirlandes en bronze doré Haut. 68 cent. Larg. 68 cent. It was acquired by M. Martin Fuld for 1600 francs or. This model can also be found in the Catalogue des modèles pour bronzes d'art, meubles de style et de grande décoration provenant de la Maison A.Beurdeley, from 19-22 October, 1897 under the lot number 50, described as: Pendule Louis XVI...

Dimensions- H: 6 1/2in W: 6in D: 6in This French Turn of the Century blue opaline and bronze ormolu 2 piece perfume bottle is made of the highest quality! If you look closely at th...

Belle Epoque ormolu-mounted Japanese palace vase in monochromatic white glazed porcelain, of elongated trumpet form with ruffled flaring rim abov...

Pair of Limoges 'St Cloud 1725-40' Blanc de Chine Cachepot/Wine Coolers France, Circa 1980s Made expressly for the MMA- Metropolitan Museum...

Elegant and rare pair of wooden sculptures depicting Putti, left and right. Carved in an excellent way in every detail and gilded entirely with pure gold leaf. Works of high It...

Very fine quality French 19 century Louis XV style gilt bronze and porcelain Figurative Clock. With porcelain figures and flowers.

A pair of 20th century marble and bronze cassolettes featuring floral swags and satyr heads.

Rectangular music box in gilded brass and polychrome enamel. The music box is adorned on the sides with translucent blue enamel panels and medallions depicting representing an alpine...

The outstanding mantel clock is in the style of Louis XV – Louis Seize (1774-1792). Royal breath appears in each motif. Almost the entire upper part of the clock is inlaid with ormol...

This is a rare item. The planer can be used as a small planter and also has a small jewery drawer. The piece is small and measures 21 tall x 12 wide x 7 deep.

A magnificent pair of antique French candelabra in the manner of Juste Aurele Meissonier (Italian, 1695-1750). Beautifully formed as acanthus wrapped stems, with swirling acanthus ar...

Pair of candelabra in the style of Louis XV in gold gilt bronze 19th century period Napoleon III. The middle bobeche will accommodate a candle.   

French Louis XV-style (19th Century) oval bronze dore cupid design centerpiece with double scroll handles.

François Viger, reçu maître horloger reçu maître en 1744 Case Attributed to Robert Osmond (1711-1789), reçu maître fondeur en janvier 1746 Im...