Gilt Decorative Objects

This magnificent clock set is signed ‘Le Roy’, most likely for Le Roy et fils. Founded in 1785, Le Roy et fils was an acclaimed French clock-making firm...

Pair of Chinese Canton Enamel Jardinières with Gilt Decoration and Figural Reserves This elegant pair of Chinese Canton enamel jardinières features a deep dark-green ground richly em...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Provenance Private Estate Vienna, Austria supplied by Galleria Camiciotti, Florence, Italy A pair of French ormolu candelabra by Henry Dasson, dated 1880. ...

Byzantine style gilt bronze and champlevé enamel clock garniture by Raingo Frères French, late 19th century Measures: Clock: Height 55cm, width 34cm, depth 25cm Candelabra: Height 67cm, width 31cm, depth 28cm The present clock set is by Raingo Frères, one of nineteenth-century France’s leading producers of luxury clocks...

This is a unique custom surfboard featuring a marquetry deck incorporating 24 carat gold leaf, designed and hand-crafted by the w o o d p o p studio which specialises in marquetry an...

19th Century French pink marble and ormolu clock set French, Late 19th Century Clock: Height 46cm, width 23cm, depth 18cm Candelabra: Height 44.5cm, width 22cm, depth 20cm This unusual three-piece clock garniture combines stunning pink marble with ormolu classicised decoration. Featuring ornate pierced gilt brass hands, the porcelain dial of the mantel clock is framed with a floral motif that complements the tones of the marble. The clock is covered with elegant gilt-bronze classical decoration: surmounting the dial is an ormolu torch and laurel...

Beautiful pair of Imari porcelain cups with French lost-wax cast and gilded bronze mounts. The bronze mounts are rich and elegant, depicting plant shoots with handles surmounted by small birds, which give class and refinement. The Imari cups...

Pair Antique Vienna Bronce Bears on a Crystal Rock Item e7337 A pair of beautiful gilt bronze statues of wandering bears on a crystal rock. A magnificent, realistic example of the fa...

A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu clock garniture, the clock having a classical urn finial with garlands, ribbons and foliate decoration. The white ename...

A good quality late 19th century French gilded Ormolu Gran Tour influenced gilded Ormolu ink well, having classing motifs and Roman Centurion bust embo...

This very handsome gilt bronze and glass inkwell will make any desk look important. Signed, Tiffany Studios guarantees quality. The design is of the metalwork is striking and the g...

Pair of Empire Period Gilt Bronze Candlesticks, France, early 19th century (circa 1805–1815). Each candlestick is formed with a tapering cylindrical shaft rising from a broad circula...

Figural Art Nouveau Muse Perfume Bottle, Pat. July 1900, Attributed to Schafer & Vater, Germany A rare and ethereal figural Art Nouveau perfume bottle, attributed to Schafer & Vater...

A powerful and contemplative sculptural work of our Lord Jesus with strong presence and spiritual depth. This expressive terracotta bust of Christ is a hand-modeled sculptural work ...

Pair of George II Caryatid Bronze Candlesticks English Circa 1795

French Art Nouveau Bronze Letter Opener, Feather and Pinecone Motif, 1890s to early 1900s A wonderful and original French Art Nouveau...

A beautiful French polychrome patinated dore bronze and silvered bronze with Algerian onyx mounted centerpiece, attributed to Eugene Cornu. This beautifu...

A beautiful, gilded bronze statue of Padma Sambhav, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism. This statue is very finely made showcasing every detail from top to base, with hand painted facia...

Second Empire green glass inkwell circa 1870 .rare color .Encased in gilt metal Empire styled mounts ,swans drinking from a fountain. The lid shows a woman with bust . The ovoid gree...

Each of trumpet shape with applied allegorical figures of Napoleon III. These beautiful porcelain vases are distinctive for their bright, fresh color palette and trumpet shaped ne...

An Important Early 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Mantle Clock By Andre-Antoine Ravrio and Mesnil Modeled with a large and beautiful gilt bronze figure of recumbent...

Eugene Provost (1836-1885) France, 19th century, a charming gilt and silvered bronze sculpture depicting two putti moving a chariot with grapes and vines, on a rectangle shaped base.

Striking carriage clock with a gilt-brass corniche case by Grohé, circa 1880. A most attractive eight-day striking carriage clock, signed on...

Louis XVI Style set of Gilt Bronze and Enamel Sconces by Gherardo Degli Albizzi. This fine set of wall sconces is crafted entirely of gilded bronze and decorated with elements typica...

Pair of impressive antique rectangular glass vases with gilt metal mounts with various neoclassical motifs, including dancing maidens with tambourine, cornucopia, floral and ribbon s...

This picture frame is designed in the style of the famed Russian jeweller Fabergé. The frame is rectangular in profile with a surface profusely ornamented with brilliant blue guilloc...

A masterful large classical statue in cast bronze of a beautiful young woman in stride wearing a flowing ionic chiton. The exquisite casting of ...

A Pair of Wooden Italian Baroque Putti Sculptures. Putti are hand-carved and retain traces of their original gilded and polychrome finish. Each depicts a cherubic child with softly m...

This stunning clock expertly showcases the ingenuity of its maker, Ferdinand Barbedienne, and its smart styling in the opulent Napoleon III style will make it an excellent addition t...

A remarkable 19th century French Sèvres porcelain centerpiece vase, made in France in the early to mid-19th century, combining masterful hand-painted artistry with lavish gilt decora...

A magnificent and grand late Victorian Austrian desk set, made from cast bronze, beautifully finished in gold. The cast Owl is a figural inkwell ...

This listing features a Limoges style cobalt blue handled centerpiece with gilt bronze and hand painted ornamentation. There are no visible markings to suggest that this is an origin...

A finely carved C19th French Napoleonic giltwood eagle, modelled with outstretched wings, sitting on a carved circular painted base.

Beautiful antique (late 19th century) French porcelain and ormolu bronze centerpiece bowl in the Louis XV Sevres style with cobalt blue glaze, cartouches depicting courting lovers on...

The bodies of this exquisite pair of Louis XVI-style cassolettes, along with a complementary clock, are crafted from exceptional specimens of white marble, each measuring almost a fo...

Pair of gilded and sculpted bronze candelabra with four branches each. The branches curve to form trumpets and foliated scrollwork on one end and sockets on the other end. The socket...

Fine Orientalist planter of rectangular form in Algerian onyx and finely chiselled and gilded bronze. The upper section, shaped in an arabesque profile, is accentuated by a frieze of...

Each with six curved candle branches, the reeded column raised on a foliate shell and griffin tripartite base and decorated with hanging chains. Bearing the marks for the year 1865. Literature: Elkington and Company, formed by the brothers George and Henry, was founded in the 1830s, after perfecting their newly patented method of electro plating in gold and silver, for which their first patent was granted in 1840. They exhibited at the European and British nineteenth century Great Exhibitions, and were given permission by Queen Victoria in 1868 to copy the collection of Royal Plate...

Gilded bronze candleholder by Pierre Casenove. Signed on the bottom piece. Has some wear on some joints.

A very fine gilt-bronze wall clock and matching barometer with Sèvres Plaques. The dial of the clock signed ‘JULIEN LEROY A PARIS’, the barometer dial signed ‘PASSEMANT AU LOUVRE’. The eight day strike Wall Clock and its matching Barometer, both have a terminal in the form of a pineapple drop with acanthus leaf scroll detail. Above this is a Sèvres panel of a cherub in a garden, rising to a white enamelled dial with Arabic and Roman numerals flanked by cascading relief moulded fruit from a further Sèvres panel of a cherub in flight below a ribbon tied pediment. This companion clock and barometer are fine nineteenth century examples of a pair originally supplied to Madame du Barry in 1769 by the marchand mercier Simon-Philippe Poirier. They were then described as ‘Un Baromètre & Thermomètre, de Passement, montés très richement en bronze dorés d’or moulu et ornés de trois plaques de porcelaine de france à Enfants en miniature cy 10561I.’ It is interesting to note that the original design was made to allow either of three porcelain plaques, depicting putti with astrolabes. Eighteenth century models are now in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. French, Circa 1880. Literature: De Bellaigue, G. The James A. de Rothschild Collection...

Handcrafted Khatam wooden box with very delicate micro mosaic marquetry from the ancient Persian technique of inlaying from arrangements of so many delicate pieces of wood, precious wood, and delicate miniatures paintings. This beautiful Middle Eastern Persian style box is covered inside and out with fine Moorish micro mosaic marquetry. Indo Persian Moorish style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid. Intricate inlaid Asian Indian box with floral and geometric Islamic Moorish Sadeli design in a square shape form with inlay marquetry, very fine artwork, lined in red velvet. Museum collector piece like the one in Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum. The repeating geometric patterns of Sadeli Mosaic are what give it beauty and richness. This decorative technique is a type of micro mosaic featuring repeating geometric patterns. A highly skilled craft, it has had a long history in India and the Middle East with early examples dating back to the 16th century. In the 1800s, it became popular as a decoration on a variety of boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since Bombay became a center of making them, they became known as Bombay boxes...

Vintage set of 3 pottery or ceramic candle holders features rounded, elongated Modernist silhouettes with strong Art Deco and Streamline Moderne influence. The candle holders are de...

French Victorian blue/green opaline oval shaped vase with a gilt scalloped edge and handles having a bird & floral design.

Finely cast gilt-bronze candlestick of circular form, centered by a taper socket mounted upon a faceted rock crystal plinth. The socket is encircled by naturalistically modeled oak l...

Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain clock garniture French, 19th century Measures: Clock height 46cm, width 29cm, depth 24c...

This beautiful Gothic Revival style porcelain clock was made by the prestigious French firm Dagoty and Honore, founded by the esteemed porcelain makers Pierre-Louis Dagoty and Edouard Honore...

Stunning and small six light chandelier with gilt bronze cherub and swan sculptures. This top quality made, 19th century candle pendant or small chandelier could be perfect for you...

Late 19th century perfume bottle and opium flacon crafted of porcelain and multicolored enamels, with gilt and chiseled bronze pierced moun...

Introducing an extraordinary 19th-century gilt bronze sculpture of Fortuna, masterfully created after the famed Italian Renaissance sculptor Giambologna (1529-1608). This impressive piece embodies the grace and elegance of Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck and fortune. The sculpture is intricately cast and gilded, reflecting the high level of craftsmanship inspired by Giambologna's iconic works. Fortuna is depicted in a dynamic pose, raised on a beautifully mottled antique marble plinth...

Small, rectangular, enamel coffer decorated with mythological scenes that are framed with spiraling lines of ormolu and attached with flowers at the corners. The Rape of Proserpina by the god Pluto adorns the lid. The front and back of the box are decorated with images of Diana being woken by her nymphs and the Rape of Europa. The sides have images of Mercury educating Cupid and a bath scene...

An antique French gold gilt bronze male 'putti' figure sculpture atop a marble column, Belle Epoque, circa late-19th century, France. A substantial patinated gold gilt bronze male 'p...

Late 19th century french Louis XVI ormolu gilt bronze mantel clock by Lemerle-Charpentier & Cie. By: Lemerle-Charpentier & Cie. Materi...

This clock set is designed in the Egyptian Revival style, which was in vogue in Europe and America in the 19th century. The fashion was kick-started by Emperor Napoleon I’s campaign in Egypt in 1798-1799. This led to the publication of ‘Le Description de l’Égypte’ (The Description of Egypt) in 1809 (and a second edition in 1830), which documented various aspects of Egyptian culture, including the pyramids, antiquities, ancient and modern buildings, Egyptian clothing...

This elegant antique mantel clock is of the Art Nouveau period, and is set within a fine rectangular wooden case embellished with gilt bronze (ormolu) borders and floral decorations. The clock was made by renowned Parisian maker E. Colin & Cie, and its central circular wooden dial...

Pair of French gilt bronze mounted porcelain vases French, late 19th century Measures: Height 28cm, width 14cm, depth 10cm This wond...

Large, French, St Louis Crystal ribbed glass vase decorated with a fine gold enamelled Convolvulus flower. The top with fine gilded feathering. The base of the vase with a gilded rin...

Italian Mid-Century Gilt & Patinated Bronze Turtle Hinged Box, circa 1960s This finely modeled Italian mid-century turtle box exemplifies the period’s fascination with naturalis...

A very cool set of four 4.13" tall bronze Japanese geisha figurines, circa 1960s. The pieces are heavy for their stature, solid and have a gorgeous patina. They would make a great mi...

Monumental “The Guy Fawkes Family” Patinated Bronze Sculpture by A. Souer A monumental late twentieth-century Latin American studio bronze, signed A. Souer, The Guy Fawkes Family is...

Rare and wonderful antique clock from the early 1800s. Marked: S. Devaulx, Paris. Having an impressive, stylish and sizable antique clock like this gracing your mantel piece or sid...