French Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Three-Piece Garniture

Impressive Italian gilt bronze mounted cobalt blue porcelain jardinière centerpiece, circa 1900. The large and exaggerated ovoid cobalt blue porcelain body is flanked by two beautiful lion's heads with handles, supported by gilt bronze lion feet...

Attractive large pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted marble urns. Each round ormolu rim over flared neck on ovoid form body flanked ormolu swan handles, all resting on marble...

Exceptional Late 19th Century French Louis XV Style ormolu and Sevres style porcelain 3 piece clock garniture set Dial marked: Richond / Boult. / Montmartre 21 Paris; Movement marke...

Lovely French Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted commode. Late 19th-early 20th century. Serpentine-fronted mottled marble top, above a veneer...

Outstanding pair of 19th century French gilt bronze mounted two-door meuble d'appui cabinets. The greyish black marble tops over two gilt bronze-mounted doors, revealing a shelf, fl...

Beautiful 19th century pair of French gilt bronze and porcelain covered urns mounted to lamps. Rich blue porcelain urn portraying several playful cupid scenes flanked by ormolu masks...

19th century Regency revival porcelain with gilt bronze mantel clock on stand with a pair of neoclassical revival ormolu mounted one handled am...

This clock set contains a mantel clock and a pair of candelabra. Unusually, the clock and candelabra are constructed entirely of gilt bronze. The bronze dial of the mantel clock is i...

With its exquisite paintings of putti playing sports in Arcadian landscapes, this ‘bleu celeste’ garniture demonstrates the exceptional beauty and high-quality craftsmanship of Sevre...

High Quality Sèvres-style Ormolu mounted porcelain and cobalt blue ground three piece garniture. The Sèvres-style centerpiece hand painted, jeweled, gilt-bronze mounted and cover. Th...

With its delightful painted representations of the four seasons and bacchanalian scenes, this ‘bleu celeste’ garniture demonstrates the technical excellence of Sevres factory porcelain. On top of this, the porcelain vases are beautifully decorated with gilt bronze (ormolu) mounts, expertly cast by Henri Picard, the manufacturer and gilder to Emperor Napoleon III. This garniture is comprised of a central jardinière and a pair of flanking vases. The jardinière features a wide porcelain body, which is topped by a gilt bronze guilloche-patterned neck. This is fitted with two geometric handles, which terminate in cherubs masks. The jardinière body is finely decorated with a continuous painting of putti playing together in a woodland setting. One putti holds the pinecone-tipped staff carried by followers of Bacchus (or Dionysus), the god of wine and ecstasy. Several putti ride on a goat, led on a harness by other putti. This painting is edged with jewelled and parcel gilt decoration, set against a bright ‘bleu celeste’ ground. The jardinière stands on a shaped gilt bronze stem, its top encircled by a band of stiff leaves, its middle by a laurel wreath, and its foot by beading. The jardinière is placed on a square gilt bronze plinth, which is decorated with grape-form finials, hung draperies and foliate motifs, and is set on four beaded toupie feet. The pair of vases are similar to the jardinière in their design. They feature ovoid ‘bleu celeste’ porcelain bodies, which are decorated with continuous paintings of the four seasons, within gilt and jewelled frames. Winter is depicted in a scene showing putti huddled together on a sleigh in a snowy landscape, and autumn by cherubs reaping crops with a sickle. Spring is shown by cherubs wearing flower wreaths and dancing while holding garlands, and summer by putti picking grapes and drinking wine. The vases’ bodies are topped by pointed gilt and jewelled ‘bleu celeste’ porcelain lids, crowned by gilt bronze grape finials. Like the jardinière, the vases are fitted with gilt bronze cherub...

Louis XVI Style, Three Piece Clock Garniture, Gilt Bronze, Marble, France, 1920s A finely cast bronze and marble clock set depicting Leto and her Children Apollo and Diana. The set ...