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Renaissance Decorative Objects

RENAISSANCE STYLE

Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.

Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.

Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.

Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.

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Style: Renaissance
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, A Rare and Important Bronze Bust of Michelangelo
Located in New York, NY
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, (1824 1887) A Rare and Important Patinated Bronze Bust of Michelangelo On A Rouge Marble Base. Presenting an extraordinary and highly collectible ma...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze, Wrought Iron

Old frame with meerschaum hand-carved Madonna and child, 1880 France
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Old frame with meerschaum hand-carved Madonna and child, 1880 France Statue in Oval Frame This is a beautiful black frame made around 1880 with a beautiful carving in meerschaum (a...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Blown Glass, Nutwood, Foam

Pair Of 19th Century Ormolu & Bronze Ewers In The Renaissance Style
Located in Dublin, IE
With classical scenes depicting frolicking cherubs in relief, the top surmounted with a musical bronze cherub on a vine cast handle with bird and ram masks on a domed and vine cast c...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique 19th Century Italian Maiolica Pot of the Renaissance Style
Located in Dallas, TX
Vivid colors, hand-painted in the Renaissance style, enhance this large maiolica pot from the 1800’s. Maiolica is tin-glazed pottery from Italy that has been decorated over a white background. This pot is considered an istoriato, which is to say that the pot has been decorated with figures, rather than strictly geometric patterns or floral designs. The maiolica does incorporate floral and foliate motifs, with white flowers that have yellow centers surrounded by blue rings. There are also yellow flowers that are depicted in various stages of nyctinasty (the closing of flowers during the night). The flora is all connected by a series of green and yellow curled leaves. Behind the vegetation is a dark blue background. There are two portraits inside large yellow cartouches that are painted in the middle of the pot. The first is a bearded man, dressed in a light brown tunic...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Maiolica

Massive Antique Carved Hardwood Bust Of Shakespeare
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Rare European Hardwood (Believed to be Elm) wall-mount Bust of the justly famous Playwright, Writer and Actor William Shakespeare (April 1564-April 1616). Unmistakeable with his po...
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19th Century European Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Hardwood

16th Century Italian Maiolica Faience Dish with a Young Man Portrait
Located in Milan, IT
Mid-16th Century Italian Maiolica Dish hand-painted in blue and ocher yellow color with a profile young man portrait in the center. The maiolica col...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Maiolica

Italian Alabaster Figure of The Medici Lion, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Italian Alabaster Figure of the Medici Lion Late 19th century Italian carved alabaster 'Grand Tour' souvenir sculpture, after the antique, "The Medici Lion". Carved alabaster mode...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Alabaster

16th century Italian carved wooden polychromed statue of Saint Francis
Located in TEYJAT, FR
A wonderful original piece of the Renaissance Period - a carved wooden polychromed figure / statue of Saint Francis. This piece was found in France but most probably originated in 1...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Petrified Wood

Early English Agate and Gilt Sterling Silver Jar Bowl or Salt Cellar
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique Early 19th Century English Solid Gilt Sterling Silver and Agate Bowl. The silver base has high quality English silver stndard and master mark's. Please see images attached ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Agate, Sterling Silver

Pair of Large Paris Porcelain Vases by Jacob Petit
Located in BARSAC, FR
Rare pair of Paris porcelain vases composed of a cubic base on a flared base and surmounted by a Medicis style vase with a generous belly. Superb decor on an orange and white back...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Antique Continental Basalt & Brass Basketweave Box - Possibly Wedgwood
Located in Atlanta, GA
Continental, early 20th century. A antique oval box made of brass and other metals. The box has a basketweave pattern to the exterior and an affixed basalt plaque to the top. The pl...
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Early 20th Century British Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Brass

Red Ceramic and Gilt Bronze Antique Ewer Urn
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very ornate French antique ewer urn with a gleaming, red ceramic jug body and gilt bronze foot and trimmings, dating from the beginning of the 20th century ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Italian Renaissance Carved Wooden Angel Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian renaissance hand carved wooden "putto" angel head, circa 15th Century Width 14 inches / height 14 inches / depth 4 inches 1 available in stock in Italy Order reference #: FAB...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Wood

Pair Of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Onyx And Ormolu Urns/Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. onyx and ormolu urns/ewers. The pair are raised on square onyx plinths below circular ormolu bases with reeded borders and palm...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Onyx, Ormolu

17th Century Stoneware Salt Glazed Jug Free Shipping!
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Wonderful stoneware Jug from the 17th century. In good condition. A perfect item for the Wabi Sabi, Natural looking interiors.
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17th Century German Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Stoneware

Gilt Bronze Champleve and Capodimonte Porcelain Pair of Small Urns
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of Champleve and Capodimonte porcelain small urns. It depicts a pair of urns with colorful champleve pattern of flowers and scrolls at the ne...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Bronze Pharmacy Mortar Italy-17° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant bronze mortar from the 17 century from Italy dated 1630. Really rare mortar due to his big size. In very good condition and beautiful patina.
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Nude Male Bronze Sculpture Fountain
Located in Malibu, CA
Bronze male sculpture signed. Fonderia Giorgio Sommer Calabritto Napoli Thomas, sculptor, lived and worked in the Naples area, and especially on Capri, from 1889 to 1906. Given this ...
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20th Century Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

Pair of Important Vases, Manufacture De Savona, Late 17th/Early 18th Century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Large and important pair of vases from the Savona factory. Both vases have side handles ending in dragons. The reserves on the side are decorated with figurative scenes and architect...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Earthenware

Pair of French Faience Vases by Jules Vieillard
Located in Winter Park, FL
Pair of 19th century French faience vases by Jules Vieillard of Bordeaux. Italian Renaissance style decoration depicting Venus. Mint condition. Mark to underside: JVB. Please refer t...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Faience

Roman Relief Pottery Vase
Located in Islamabad, PK
Pottery was an important part of daily living in ancient Rome. As Romans used earthenware for most purposes, a huge quantity of utensils - cooking pots, amphorae and fine wares were ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Limestone, Carrara Marble

Italian 19th Century Renaissance White Glazed Porcelain Figural Group Sculpture
By Carlo Ginori, Capodimonte, Giambologna
Located in Firenze, IT
This compelling Italian 19th century white glazed porcelain sculpture depicts ‘The Rape of the Sabines’, after a monumental work by the Renaissance artist, Giambologna (1529-1608) th...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Italian Neapolitan Hand-painted Blue and White Ceramic Albarello, 1800s
Located in Roma, IT
This wonderful Albarello was found in a palazzo in Naples and dates from the mid 1800s. It would once have been used for herbal remedies or spices but today makes for a wonderful dec...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Vase by Bottega Vignoli Hand Painted Glazed Earthenware Italian
Located in London, GB
Orvieto Vase, full-fire reduction faience earthenware 26 x 34 cm, unique piece, 2017. A unique and stylish gift idea for the upcoming Holidays! Bottega Vignoli is a brand of artistic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Ceramic

Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Elaborately Decorated Terracotta Pitcher
Located in Allentown, PA
This is an Italian renaissance revival ornately decorated terra-cotta pitcher. This vessel features extraordinary hand-painted figures and flora around the entire surface of this pie...
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1920s Italian Vintage Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

Agnolo di Polo Firenze 1470 - Arezzo 1528' - Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Agnolo di Polo (Firenze 1470 - Arezzo 1528) Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Around 1510-1520 Painted and gilded terracotta 55.5 x 24 x 16.5 cm San Nicholas de Tolentino is represe...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

Early 20th Century Marble and Alabaster Bust of Beatrice
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a marble and alabaster bust of Beatrice. It depicts a small, but heavy bust of an Italian lady dressed with a Renaissance style cost...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Alabaster, Marble

Late 19th Century Renaissance Style Pedestal / Vase stand
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A green patinated pedestal in Renaissance style. The column is made of carved wood, with gilded garlands, heads and panel-moldings. A beautiful piece of furniture to set up a large v...
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1890s French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Rare Miniature Frame, Rome 17th Century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Rare gilded wooden frame qualified by a polychrome painted metal band with tiny foliage ornaments. Silver metal sconces chiselled with cherub heads between scrolls. Rome, 17th Two co...
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Inkwell, After Michelangelo Laurent De Medici, In Bronze And Red Marble
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
After Michelangelo Laurent de' Medici, spectacular red marble inkwell surmounted by a sculpture and three bronze cups with brown patina. Signed F Barbedienne founder, Collas Paris me...
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1880s French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze

Antique Renaissance Style Wooden Carved Pieta Sculpture with Mary & Christ
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In a Renassaince style. Possibly Northern European or German. In the form of the Virgin Mary cradling the lifeless mortal body of Jesus Christ after his removal from the cross. This is known as the Pietà - the sixth of the "Seven Sorrows of Mary" and a common depiction in sculpture. Carved out of several joined wood blocks. Simply a wonderful antique Religious sculpture...
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Early 20th Century Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Pair of Monumental Carrara Marble Candlesticks, Rome, 17th Century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
These monumental candlesticks are absolutely rare in this execution. They are divided into four segments in a multiple way and perfectly rotated. They are connected to each other by ...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Carrara Marble

Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Wood Figures of Cherubs/Putti
Located in Chicago, IL
Meticulously carved from beechwood, this cherub pair recalls the iconic Renaissance style of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Better recognized by their Italian name, putti—the singular putto refers to the Latin putus, meaning “boy” or “child”—these types of figures often recur in religious artwork as symbols of God...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Beech

Skeleton Clock, under Globe, York Minster Cathedral, Period: Xxth
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Beautiful and rare fireplace clock, skeleton, representing York Minster from Franklin MInt collector cloks. It is made of brass protected from dust by a ...
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20th Century Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Snuff Box Perforated Lid, Embossed and Engraved Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated lid, embossed and engraved by hand, with fine round miniature diameter cm. 3.8 hand painted in tempera on veg...
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1970s Italian Vintage Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Marble and Alabaster Group Sculpture of Ariadne over a Panther
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an alabaster group sculpture of the Cretan princess and daughter of the king Minos of Crete, Ariadne seated over her panther. Her left elbow is over the head of the panther a...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Alabaster

Florentine Leather Casket, 16th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Florentine leather casket Italy, Tuscany 16th century leather, iron and wood. Very rare boiled leather box incised on a wooden core; iron lock. The central shield is divide...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron

Early 1900s French Antique Bronze and Marble Urn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This extraordinary French antique urn is a striking piece, expertly crafted from a combination of bronze and marble and preserved in great condition...
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Early 1900s French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze

Sensual Realistic French Sculpture of Male Nude Mythological Figure Hercules
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Impressive realistic plaster statue of a muscular nude male that sits on top of a square block base. The elegant design shows intricate detail and quality craftsmanship. Incredibly s...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Plaster

Bronze Pot, 16th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb Flemish Renaissance bronze pot from the 16th century. Superb patina and in very good condition.
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16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Pair 19th Century Renaissance Revival Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th century Renaissance Revival Bronze Candlesticks are a wonderful example of the transition from the ancient Gothic style to the blossoming Rena...
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1870s French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Wooden Statue of a Monk with a Bible and a Ciborium, 16th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
very beautiful oak sculpture representing a monk with a ciborium and a bible in hand - Germany -16 century Old trace of polychromy Sculpture of good quality with fine hands, be...
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16th Century German Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Oak

True Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze & Ormolu Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and patinated bronze ewers. Each ewer is raised by a superb circular reeded base with a fine spiral fluted socle sh...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu and Etched Glass Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and etched glass vases. Each vase is raised by a circular base with lovely scrolled foliate designs on a hammered backgr...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Ormolu

Pyx. Carved and Polychrome Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pyx. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 16th century. Box with a circular base and a frustoconical body that has a vaulted lid topped with a knob with a molding, it is made of carved wood and preserves traces of gilding on its outer surface and also on the interior (lid and base). In this area it is decorated with some vegetable-themed carvings on the lid and winged angel heads joined by curved textiles reminiscent of garlands on the front of the body. Typologically, the shape of the piece is reminiscent of silver pyxes...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Other

16th Century Bronze and Gilded Copper Box
Located in Brescia, IT
Bronze and gilded copper box, Central Europe, 16th century Dimensions: 13 x 17.2 x 12.2 cm Resting on the ground by means of four spherical feet in...
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16th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Copper

European Renaissance Style Jewelry Box Steel and Golden Steel Key Blue Velvet
Located in Miami, FL
Middle age Gothic European Renaissance style for the jewelry box in steel with golden parts. We recognize middle age figures all around and on the top of the box and the renaissance architectural...
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1960s French Vintage Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Steel

Pair Of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu And Marble Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and Brèche Violette marble urns. Each urn is raised by a circular base with a fine mottled border and b...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Marble, Ormolu

16th Century, Carved, Gilded and Polychrome Wooden Frame
Located in Brescia, IT
by LUCA MOMBELLO (Orzivecchi, 1518/1520 - 1588/1596) Carved, gilded and polychrome wooden frame Water gilding Brescia (Italy), mid-16th century Outside cm 125x106x9 B...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Griffin Head, Italy, 16th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Griffin head Italy, 16th century On a modern metal stand Measures: 20 x 29 x 21 cm (without the stand) The griffin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion, the head an...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Marble

Pair of Renaissance Silvered Bronze Candelabras
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An imposing pair of tall, silver-plated bronze four-light candelabra in the late 19th century Renaissance style. Each piece is very ornately engraved, with intricate palmettes, scrol...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Silver Plate, Bronze

Amazing Italian Bowl Made of Agate and Gilded Silver with Stones 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing Italian Bowl Made of Agate and Gilded Silver With Stones 19th century Neo-Renaissance agate bowl with acanthus leaf rim rests on four legs depicting winged chimeras. Moun...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Stone, Agate, Silver

Antique bronze Inkwell
Located in Brescia, IT
Lost wax cast bronze inkwell, 16th century Central oval-shaped vase for ink masterfully decorated by four masks with different physiognomies and expressions. Supporting the sa...
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16th Century Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Saint Paul, Carved and Polychromed Wood. Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish school of the sixteenth century. "Saint Paul". Carved and polychrome wood. Devotional image of a round piece carved in wood, polychrome and gilded, representing the Apostle ...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Other

20th Century French Stone Lion with Shield on Pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th century French stone lion holding a shield on a pedestal. A 20th century lion carved from stone holding a crest carved with a lion with wearing a crown. It is a representation o...
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Early 20th Century French Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Cast Stone

Pair of Medici, Tuscany Pot with Handles, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF MEDICI - TUSCANY POT WITH HANDLES, early 20th century. Measures: HEIGHT 45cm LENGTH 78cms DEPTH 50cm WEIGHT 20Kg MATERIALCast-iron NOTE 01 Oval base 36 X 24 Good c...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Iron

Pair of Large Italian Cast Iron Goblets End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF LARGE ITALIAN CAST IRON GOBLETS end 19th century HEIGHT 57cm WIDTH 64cms DEPTH 49cm ROUND BASE DIAMETER Ø 23 cm good conditions.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Iron

Saint John the Baptist Sculpture, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint John the Baptist 18th century Portuguese sculpture from the 18th century. in polychrome wood. The figure is represented standing with the lamb. Small flaws. Measure: ...
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18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects

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Wood

Renaissance decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.

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