Napoleon III Decorative Objects

A fine 19th century French Napoleon III marquetry jardinière, or cache pot, made with inlaid veneers of burled walnut with mother of pearl inlay and ebonized trim. Bronze mounted wit...

Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Three-Piece Clock Set, circa 1870, comprising: a clock surmounted by two-handled urn with a circular dial inset with enameled numerals, with acanthus scrolls...

This exquisite French Napoléon III black lacquer box is a fine 19th-century desk accessory distinguished by its elegant proportions and Boulle-style decorative cartouche. Crafted wit...

A very unusual and quite monumental antique French Louis XVI style Napoleon III ormolu mantel clock by Maison Marquis, the Movement by Languereau, Paris, 1860: surmounted by an urn i...

The Oath: bronze sculpture with a brown patina, of a young man, sword in hand, taking an oath The round base is titled and signed by the artist: Oscar Ruffony. Swiss sculptor, but a...

Giorgio Salimbeni Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Photo Frame, Florence, 1970 Elegant rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver, gold plated, and richly decorated wi...

This exceptional pair of vases is the result of the collaboration between Louis Constant Sevin, drawer and designer, and Ferdinand Barbedienne, bronze maker and founder of the famous...

A 19th Century French Napoleon III marquetry box, hand-crafted of walnut and burl veneers with ebonized trim. Fine mother-of-pearl and brass inlay medallion on lid, perfect for monog...

Elegant Napoleon III period tea caddy, finely decorated with intricate mother-of-pearl inlay forming a geometric clover pattern on the lid, framed by delicate brass stringing. The ri...

19th Century French Crystal and Bronze Vase Beautiful, elegant and rare small jewellery box in crystal and gilded bronze. It has a top opening with a clip closure. The upper part of ...

This beautifully detailed Napoleon III fire-gilt bronze figural mantel clock is from France, circa 1860-1880. Featuring a graceful maiden in classical dress seated upon a boulder whi...

This sophisticated gilt bronze mantel clock is an elegant piece of mid-19th century design, beautifully cast and gilded and set with two delicate Sèvres style porcelain panels. The clock case's finest feature is the charmingly naturalistic scene at its top, showing a full-length sculpture of a female figure sitting with a basket and two doves. They are displayed on a naturalistic, oval-shaped plinth, which is decorated all around its exterior with painstakingly intricate foliate motifs. Either side of the plinth there are two Sevres style porcelain panels, each of which shows a winged putto. One putto is shown writing, while the other is shown holding a dove. Each is set inside a turquoise blue border decorated with delicate gilt scrolls. In the centre of the plinth sits the clock dial, which is enamelled and contains Roman numerals. It is signed 'Prize Medal 1851 / Miroy Fres Brevetes / Paris' after the clock's maker, Miroy Freres...

This elegant apothecary lidded jar is made out of porcelain and was made in France in 1870 ca. The apothecary jar is hand painted and hand gilt. It is decorated with two palm trees b...

Meissen porcelain sculpture, 19th century, Napoleon III period. 19th-century sculpture from the Napoleon III period, titled: *I Make Them Light*, Meissen porcelain, triangular base....

A late 19th century French Napoleon III marquetry jardinière with inlaid veneers of mahogany and exotic woods, in a lattice pattern. Bronze mounted with two handles, gallery and trim...

A superb boiled cardboard catchall or fruit bowl from the Napoleon III era. Its refined scallop shell shape, adorned with delicate golden tile motifs on a black background, perfectly...

Large bronze sculpture with a brown patina, representing a naked woman, sitting in an armchair, a pencil in one hand, a vase in the other, surrounded by antiques. Signature of the...

Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Footed Shell Dish/Vide-Poche France, circa 1870s An exquisite Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Footed Shell Dish/Vide-Poche from France, circa the 1870s. This...

A striking and highly decorative pair of large French Napoleon III cassolettes, crafted in the late 19th century. Each piece features finely cast and chiseled ormolu (gilt bronze) m...

Beautiful bronze frame dating from the Napoleon III period. The busts of a man and a woman are represented on each side of the frame. Beautiful decoration of a Medici on the top of ...

Beautiful gilded bronze clock with lively decoration in the rococo style: flowers and foliage, putti Clock which is composed to be seen from all sides; dial with numbers in porcelai...

Single Tea Caddy Compartment From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to bring to market this Antique French Boulle Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy o...

A fine pair of 19th century antique French bronze cherub statues/sculptures on marble plinths, circa 1860. Each sculpture is very finely c...

A beautiful antique letter rack, made of Black ebonized wood, with brown patinated brass trims. Made in the late Napoleon III period in France, around 1870-1880. Bombay shaped fron...

Bronze bust of Grecian woman wearing helmet on square shaped base (French 19th Cent)

Pair of vases in black marble and parts in polished brass Napoleon III France Base cm.12x12.

An exceptional example of Théodore Deck’s most iconic work, glazed in his turquoise bleu Deck and conceived in the Chinese manner. An applied lion-mask with a suspended ring enhances...

Inkwell in gilded bronze and crystal from the second half of the 19th century Original gilding in perfect condition 19th century, Napoleon III 8.2 x 10.6 cm, total height 8.2 cm

A Large and Exceptional Napoleon III Period Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture. By Denière, Paris. Comprising a mantle clock and pair of eight-light...

Rectangular with rounded corners table box for cigarettes in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamels on a radial guilloché an...

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19th century French brass Jardinière or planter. Lovely antique French Napoleon III heavy weight brass jardiniere, planter or cachepot. This fantastic French planter is beautifully d...

Small Meissen porcelain group, allegory of the arts, 19th century, Napoleon III era. 19th-century Meissen porcelain group, allegory of the arts: music, painting, sculpture, and lite...

French Mantel Clock Paris, circa 1870 Black marble with gilt bronze mounts Dimensions: H × W × D: 41 x 23 x 12 cm Description: Case in black marble with richly chased and gilt bro...

Personal pocket magnifying glass in 925/1000 silver with translucent enamel in two-tone stripes on guilloche and hand-engraved in the French Empire Napoleon III style, second half of...

A late 19th century French Napoleon III marquetry jardinière, or cache pot, with inlaid veneers of mahogany and walnut and burled elm. Bronze mounted with two handles, gallery and tr...

An imposing and finely crafted pair of mid-19th-century French girandoles in the Louis XVI Revival style, each modeled as a standing classical caryatid in richly gilded bronze, suppo...

Large octagonal table frame for round photos diameter cm. 7, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on sunburst guilloche, with Napoleon III French Empire style borders and ornaments. External cm. 17 x 17. Weight gr. 483. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1978 on the inspiration of previous artefacts from the early 1900s and manufactured in Florence at the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enameling firings at approximately 750 < 800° C. It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include: manufacturer's mark: 391FI metal mark fineness:925 Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif". With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe. Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style. Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai). Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations. Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...

A 19th century French casket, jewellery box made during the Napoleon III period and bearing the engraved signature “Alph. Giroux à Paris”. Maison Alphonse Giroux was one of the most ...

A large pair of French polychrome and gilt painted biscuit figurines of a mandolin player and a singer. The woman is wearing a green sack-back gown with white flowery etched inner dr...

Sèvres porcelain box, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Box, Sèvres porcelain box, gilt brass mount, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Dimensions : H: 7 cm, W: 15 cm, D: 10 cm Co...

Pair 19thc French Napoleon III Candlesticks by Baccarat France. Moulded glass in an amber tone. Enamel floral work. This color is scarce. Baccarat Medallion...

Large Napoleon III period gilt bronze mantel set, cloisonné with red and pink enamel, 19th century. Napoleon III period mantel set, 19th century, in gilt bronze, cloisonné with red ...

A charming French alabaster sculpture created in France during the late 19th century, this delightful work depicts a monkey quietly smoking a pipe, blending humor, craftsmanship, and...

The black inkstand with a molded lion decoration with a shell pen tray. The two glass inkwells on either end.

AUGUSTE LEMAIRE, C. 1880. Exquisito y monumental reloj de sobremesa en bronce dorado y cincelado; esfera de bronce dorado repujada y con numeración romana esmaltada sobre piezas de ...

A pair of Chinese "Family Rose" Bowls, in a French ormolu gilt pedestal mount with side handles. The bronze mounts are made in France, 1870-1880. The pair is in good condition. No c...

Monumental French hand blown glass demijohn or carboy with a rich, green glass color. Featuring a large neck with the glass nearly 1" thick where it was...

Fake book concealing a small liqueur cabinet from the early 20th century, Napoleon III style, comprising two liqueur decanters with four small crystal glasses, one decanter broken at...

Marble bowl, 20th century, Napoleon III style. A 20th century grey marble bowl in the Napoleon III style. Dimensions : H: 24cm, D: 35cm Contact us before ordering to confirm produc...

Exquisite 19th Century Mantel Clock – Planchon Paris This exceptional mantel clock, crafted by the renowned Planchon manufactory in Paris during the second half of the 19th century,...

Pair of 19th-century vases made of opaline glass and gilded regule, from the Napoleon III period. Pair of 19th-century vases from the Napoleon III period, made of opaline glass and ...

This charming French majolica cache pot by Saint-Clément beautifully captures the exuberance and craftsmanship of late 19th-century ceramic design. Dating from the Napoleon III perio...

Standout pair of large 19th century French faience earthenware lidded urns handcrafted in classic form featuring tassel form handles, flame finials and hand decorated floral designs ...

19th century patinated bronze sculpture of a Basset hound, animal sculpture, signed Barye, antique cast, red marble base. Dimensions : H: 14.5cm, W: 23cm, D: 10cm Please contact us...

Pair of Napoleon III Fire-Gilt Ormolu Curtain Tiebacks with Classical Female Busts, Palais Royal, Paris, 1870s An exquisite pair of French Napoleon III ormolu curtain tiebacks, dati...

Beautiful antique vase by the french sculptor Eugène Lelièvre (March 13th 1856 - January 24th 1945). Exceptional silver plated bronze work. Th...

Antique French Napoleon III period candlestick made of bronzed spelter, late 19th Century. This antique candleholder features a design draped with chains and is supported by a three-...

This exceptional Pair of Urnes Vases second parts of the XIXs , Provenance Castle Near the district of Biarritz ! 1. Historical and cultural signifi...

Rectangular pill box with 2 slightly rounded sides, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with a miniature hand-painted by the painter Romano Buccioni depicting a “pastoral” scene ...