Rococo Revival Decorative Objects

The larger easel stands nearly twenty inches tall, crowned with a sculptural female bust and framed in deeply cast scrollwork. It reads almost as an object on its own — strong vertic...

German Rococo silver shoe ornament. Imported to England in 1897 by Benjamin Phillips. Chased scroll and floral ornament. Shell-capped upturned elf toe, open laced front, and plain hi...

German Rococo silver shoe ornament, ca 1900. Chased floral ornament. Upturned elf toe, open laced front, and plain high heel. Marks include fineness stamp 800 and Hanau maker’s stamp...

A stunning pair of large, brass candle sconces from the earliest part of the 19th century, made in the Netherlands. These immense Dutch fixtures have extraordinary scroll form arms t...

Swedish Nickel Silver Sugar Sprinkler Östberg Lenhardtsons Stockholm A highly refined and decorative Swedish nickel silver sugar sprinkler, attributed to Östberg & Lenhardtsons Nya ...

A one of a kind english twin fusee carriage clock by James Moore French. The eight day movement has a large English jewelled level escapement with compensated bimetallic balance. The movement is wound and set through a round glazed door at the back and can be regulated from the outside as the fast/slow arm extends through the back of the case with rack striking the hour and half hour on blued steel gong with trip repeat. The gilt dial is signed as is th back plate of the movement, the centre of the dial is engraved with foliate scroll work with a roman chapter and breguet style moon hands. The unusual case of case bronze in a rococo revival style is finely chased with fluted sides flanked by Cariatids with a swag of fruit and flowers strung between them, th handle is formed of two dolphins. James Moore French was born in 1781 in County Antrim, Ireland. He was the son of Dr Hugh French and Sarah (née Arundel) French who married his father in 1763 and died in 1783, two years after James’s birth. In 1784, the year after Sarah’s death, Dr Hugh French married a widow named Judith Woodward who was to raise the young James French as her own, alongside his own and his half siblings. As a young man, James French moved from Ireland to London, where he worked with a relative, Peter Moore...

A very fine pair of antique 19th century French handpainted porcelain style pot-pourri urns, Veuve Perrin, Marseilles. The urns were designed to receive fragrant pot pourri, each lid is surmounted with a gilded acorn shape finial and having pierced decoration to allow the fragrant aromas to diffuse. The body of each urn is very finely handpainted with two bucolic/farming scenes and on the other side figural subjects in a pastoral setting. Above the handpainted panels...

A set of dining table decorative objects including an antique silver cup, decorative fruit cup or sugar bowl on foot, and a pair of silver candle holders...

Neo-Renaissance Nickel Silver Pedestal Bowl by Adolf Braese, Stockholm, circa 1913–1922 This exceptional Neo-Renaissance nickel silver pedestal bowl is a distinguished example of ea...

Belle Epoque Rococo 950 silver jardiniere centerpiece, ca 1900. Bombe oval bowl with wide and tapering rim. Embossed twisted fluting and applied round frames (vacant) with scallop sh...

The porcelain factories of Dresden are renowned for this type of decorative piece and this monumental vase would have been at least one of a pair or part of a three or five piece mantle garniture at some point in its history. Alone, it is stunning. It is hand painted, but the painting is minimal when compared to other earlier examples, especially from the Meissen factory. This covered urn was created in Germany with colorful scenes during the early 20th Century. The covered lid surmounted by a gilt metal foliate finial, the baluster body with two scrolled gilt metal handles painted with a detailed figural setting in a salon with two couples listening to musical instruments their companions play within gilt ecru encrusted borders. Beautiful. This type of porcelain became collectible in the 1960s and reached the height of the market in the 1990s. Since then, fashions have changed greatly, but this is still a statement piece that endures in wonderful condition. and so prices have fallen quite dramatically especially in a traditional auction. However, this is still an impressive piece, signed indistinctly, on a circular socle atop a square raised plinth base. Marked with the underglaze blue Dresden mark...

This jewelry box is built similar to a Roman/Greek Pantheon with 17 Silver bordered hand painted enamel panels. The panels are embellished with romantic pastoral couple scenes and po...

Charming clock in the shape of a Rocaille-inspired cartel in chiseled and gilded bronze. Scalloped marine-inspired decor representing a trophy with oars, dolphins, reeds and flowers ...

Rich in detail and decorative presence, this pair of 19th-century giltwood carvings presents a lush cascade of roses and foliage in full relief. Originally conceived as architectural...

Lucot for Sevres, France. Large amphora-shaped vase in faience and bronze. Sevres Bleu decoration with gold accents. Scene Galante. Hand-painted. Signed by Lucot. Late 19th century....

German Rococo 800 silver box, ca 1900. Oval. Sides straight with chased leafing and flowering scrollwork; bead-and-reel and imbricated leaf borders. On cover top, plein-air naughtine...

Wonderful pair of 19th century brass, or bronze, winged putti figures - European, probably Italian or French in origin. Each figure has been later mounted on iron square bases, both ...

Important two-handled ceramic vase with lid made by the master decorator Antonio Vaccari in 1962 for the CE-AS factory in Albisola, Italy. The vase features a decoration in ancient L...

Antique Meissen porcelain figurine. Boy with flower basket. Model 149. Approx. 1900. Measures: 12.8 x 6.5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. 1st factor...

Pink Flowers Duet Vase in Clear Murano Glass and Gold Leaf Venice Italy 1970s. Completely handcrafted in the 1970s, this vase is the result of the finest blown glass technique from M...

This is a stunning and very rare pair of vases made by Coalport in around 1845. The vases have rich gilding in the Persian Revival style, combined with very English floral reserves of freely painted flower bouquets on a puce ground. Incorporated into the gilding on the back of the vases is a very English swan...

Antique Meissen porcelain figure. A noble gentleman with a gold watch. Late 19th century. Measures: 19 x 9 cm. In excellent condition. Signed. 1st F...

German Pure Silver Candlesticks, 19th Century Elegant pair of candlesticks made of the highest grade silver (marked 1000), crafted in the Neo-Rococo style of the second half of the 1...

German porcelain figurine. Young gardener. 20th century. Measures: 14.6 x 6 cm. In very good condition. Minimal chips on the rake. Stamped.

Meissen Porcelain, Captive Cupid (“Je le captive”) An exquisite Meissen porcelain figurine depicting a captive Cupid, a delicate and rare allegory of subjugated love. The winged ch...

This piece is an antique French Louis XV Rococo–style wall sconce crafted in gilt brass designed as a decorative wall-mounted candle holder. Description Type: Single-arm wall-mounte...

Elegant, festive silver vessel in an oval shape on a stepped base with projecting, pierced rocaille elements, pierced decoration also on the upper rim of the wall with irregular edge...

Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers. Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase. Meissen, Germany. Porcelain figurine of boy with basket...

On offer is a stunning pair of potpourri vases with covers made by H&R Daniel in about 1840. The vases are in the Rococo Revival style, and have a deep maroon ground and reserves wit...

French Candle holder Ceramic France 1970s in twisted ceramic Blue Color

Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Belgium by A. de Lambert. High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade) Unusual design...

Royal Crown Derby, England. Hand-painted porcelain figure. "Fruitseller". 1930s. Measures: 11 x 6.5 cm. In good condition. Minimal chips on the fruit. Stamped.

Heading : Pair Rococo Revival Silver Plate Candelabra Date : c1880 Period : Victoria Origin : England or possibly France Decoration : Five light , four branches eash decorated with a...

Turn-of-the-century German Rococo 800 silver box. Rectilinear with tapering sides and chamfered corners with scroll supports. Cover hinged, raised, and ...

19th-century patinated bronze sculpture of a child holding a birdcage based on a design by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, France By: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (in the style of) Material: bronze...

Stunning large antique Dresden porcelain vase in the shape of an urn, featuring a luscious pink color with gilded accents and a courting scene. Signed / hallmarked " Dresden " with w...

A rare, small blue and white Parian porcelain vase made by G. Grainger & Co. circa 1839. This petite vase, a rare style made by G. Grainger & Co. Worcester circa 1839, features a design of oak leaves carved in relief on an unglazed porcelain ground and accentuated with hand-painted blue Rococo details. The interior of the vessel is glazed and has a lovely, delicate laurel design encircling the mouth of the vessel. The Grainger porcelain...

Rosenthal, Germany. "Sanssouci", cream coloured vase decorated with figures and gold decoration. Approx. 1930s. In perfect condition. First factory quality. Marked. Dimensions: ...

Augustus Rex, Germany. Antique hand-painted porcelain figure. Girl with flowers and fruit. 19th century. Measures: 11 x 5.5 cm. In good condition. Minimal chips. Signed.

German Rococo 800 silver box, ca 1900. Hexagonal with straight sides; garlands on stippled ground in rectangular frames, and flowerhead rim. Cover gently raised; large rondel with ch...

Eugène Blot (French, 1830-1899) "An Evening at The Opera House" a fine and rare French 19th century polychrome and parcel-gilt spelter figure of a lady seated backwards on her knees ...

Clock in brass, "La Fontaine", France, circa 1900. In good condition, some were.

A fine French 19th century patinated spelter bust figure of a young wearing a head scarf. The young lady, in a brown-copper patina, posing with a right-side gaze and wearing a beaded...

Hallmarked in London in 1811 by William Fountain this dramatic George III antique sterling silver pair of candlesticks is executed in the Rococo Revival style, featuring highly detai...

Bronze, dark-brown patina, unmarked. Measures: Height: 23” Width: 14” The notion of an “American Rococo” seems a contradiction in terms. The very word rococo is as French as Camembert. It connotes a style that reigned along with Louis XV in the aristocratic decadence of the 18th Century. It was garlanded, nonchalant, associated with erotic marshmallow nudes by Francois Boucher and foppish courtiers costumed as shepherds pretending they understood Jean-Jacques Rousseau when all they really wanted was romantic dalliance in the formal gardens of Versailles. In the history of painting it produced but one great artist, Antoine Watteau. By contrast, Americans of the period are remembered as the flinty inheritors of New England Puritans, full of rectitude and having not a moment for furbelow or frippery. Such few painters as were around included hard-nosed realists like John Singleton Copley and Charles Willson Peale. Well, as it turns out, life once again acts according to the principle of paradox. There was an American rococo. It came to us indirectly via England disguised under the name Chippendale. Now for the first time the style receives comprehensive survey in the exhibition “American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament.” Jointly organized by New York’s Metropolitan Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, it opens here Sundaywith a spread of some 170 works of decorative art and a conscientious catalogue with essays by Met and LACMA curators Morrison H. Heckscher and Leslie Greene Bowman. There are at least two ways of looking at the decorative arts. Connoisseurs appreciate their design and craftsmanship. Those of sociological bent examine objects of material culture for their revelations of history and the temper of the times. Actually neither view is complete without the other. Stylistically the rococo reveals a longing for intimacy in its small scale and an urge to organic nature in its love of stylized vines, tendrils, tiny flowers and seashells. If it were a new manner being promoted by Madison Avenue today it would probably be called “Baroque Lite.” There is an ease about the style that makes it airy, but it has an underlying formality that bespeaks lives of gentrified cultivation rather than beer-bellied sloth. It’s fascinating to examine the flintlock firearms on view and find these weapons of death shaped and decorated with the most exquisite care by wood carvers and metal engravers. All of this is completely consistent with the main currents of 18th-Century European thought. In France, Rousseau sang the virtues of nature and the noble savage like a present-day ecologist. In England, John Locke...

SMALL PAIR OF EDWARDIAN, TWO-ARM, GILT-BRASS & GLASS WALL SCONCES IN THE ROCOCO STYLE - The lightness, elegance, and an exuberant use of curving and floral ornamentation are chara...

German Rococo sterling silver trinket box, ca 1930. Round with hinged cover. On cover top, in high relief, are two cherubs seated in the grass: One play...

Five Point Silver Candelabras that are 29 oz each with 800 marking and Made in Italy stamp.

A stunning & superbly cast 19th century parcel gilt candelabrum in the Rococo taste, showing a sculptural central column of entwined bronze & parcel gilt bronze, rising from a pierce...

An impressive pair of French gilt bronze three-light candelabra in a foliate motif, signed “Henry Dasson et Cie 1892” on the base. Henry Dasson. Henry Dasson (c. 1825–1896) was a nin...

A French Rococo Revival period walnut planter from the late 19th century, with carved Rocailles motifs and tin liner. Created in France during the last quarter of the 19th century, t...

The term Vieux Paris, or "Old Paris" porcelain does not refer to one particular maker, but is used to describe French porcelain pieces made by one of more than thirty manufacturers o...

A late 19th century French gilded bronze clock on a gilded wood base. On the left side of the Rococo-style base which resembles rolling wave...

An exquisite 19th-century circular porcelain plaque, finely hand-painted and signed by Félicie Palade Bonnal, a renowned French porcelain portraitist celebrated for her delicate, emo...

A large William IV period bronze & ormolu Pentray having cutglass inkwells and central urn with leaf and shell border & carrying handles, supported on bold leaf scrolled feet.

Elevate your tablescape or mantel with this beautifully cast gilded brass candelabra, featuring a rich Rococo revival design that exudes old-world charm. With sweeping acanthus leave...

German Rococo silver trinket box with cherub frolics, ca 1900. Oval; lobed and bellied. On sides, scrolled frames with garlands on stippled ground. Cover hinged and tabbed; on top, i...

Pair of 19th century Seven Lights Weathered Italian Candelabras in Amazing Condition

Solid wood hand-carved with rich rococo elements. Roman dial. Glazed. Clockwork should be checked for accuracy.

Impressive in size (1 meter / 3.28 feet), this striking pair of 19th century Sèvres style porcelain ewers / vases demonstrate a high level of detail and quality in both the metalwork...