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Louis XV Vases and Vessels

LOUIS XV STYLE

The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.

Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.

Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.

During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.

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Style: Louis XV
19th Century French Louis XV Bronze Silver Plated Oval Jardinière Center Piece
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant bronze silver plated jardinière was created in Paris, France, circa 1870. The oblong antique planter sits on small curved feet and leaves, over a scalloped apron decorat...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Silver Plate, Bronze, Zinc

Pair of 19th Century French Polished Iron Planter Boxes Jardinieres
Located in Dallas, TX
Stage your backyard or garden with this elegant pair of antique planters. Crafted in France circa 1850 and rectangular in shape, each jardinière stands on small feet decorated with a...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Iron

Pair Of Chased And Gilded Bronze Chenêts After A Model By Jacques Caffieri
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair Of Chased And Gilded Bronze Chenêts After A Model By Jacques Caffieri, Paris 19th century
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Wood

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Iron Outdoor Planter Boxes Jardinieres
Located in Dallas, TX
Stage your front door with this elegant pair of antique planters. Crafted in France circa 1880 and oval in shape, each jardinières stands on h...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Iron

Large 19th Century French Sevres Ormolu Mounted Porcelain Covered Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive 19th century French 'Sevres' ormolu mounted painted porcelain covered urn. Cobalt-blue baluster form with tooled gilt bordering cartouche centered with hand painted romantic scene depicting a standing man and two ladies. The reverse side with landscape scene within a tooled gilt bordered cartouche. An intricately detailed gilded bronze wreath, wings and hinged ring handles flank each side of urn, conforming socle base with a gilt bronze rim with continuous acanthus leaf detail, gilt bronze shapely plinth. The lid with monogram E within blue interlaced L's Se`vres mark. Inscribed: Offert par le due de Richelieu a la princesse de lamballe...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Cartel clock and wall-mounted console in Louis XV style, in red horn
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Cartel clock and wall-mounted console in Louis XV style, in red horn, with movement by Bailly L’aîné, Paris.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Horn

Mid-Century French Louis XV Hand Painted Faience Oval Jardinière from Rouen
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Rouen, France circa 1940, the antique ceramic planter sits on escargot feet over a scalloped apron. The oblong planter dressed with elegant s...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Faience

Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Black Belgian and Pietra Dura marble vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and large scale Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Black Belgian and Pietra Dura marble vase. This wonderful vase is raised on a square Belgian marble base below a circu...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Stone, Belgian Black Marble

Pair of Louis XVI Double Carp Vases
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Pair of 18th c Blue Enameled Stoneware Double Carp vases with mid 19th c French Gilt Bronze mounts. Excellent provenance with receipts from Ermenault-Mo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

19th Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Vase with Lid from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique vase was created in Rouen, France circa 1850; the colorful, ceramic vessel stands on small scrolled feet, and features a cone lid with finial at the pediment, em...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Japanese Imari Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This clock set contains three pieces: namely, a mantel clock and a pair of flanking candelabra. The mantel clock is designed about a Japanese porcelain vase, known as Imari ware. This white ground vase, painted in reds and blues and ornamented with foliate forms, functions as the clock case, the dial centrally mounted and encompassed by Rococo style gilt bronze motifs. This vase is supported by a gilt bronze base, which is profusely ornamented with gilt bronze acanthus leaves, garlands, and, most distinctly, a pair of putti. The vase is mounted with lion head handles to each side, also of gilt bronze, while the lid of the vase is topped by a gilt bronze finial in the form of a putto. The candelabra are similarly decorated and of similar construction, each one being built about a smaller Imari...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu, Bronze

19th Century Famille Verte Chinese Porcelain Lidded Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very decorative 19th century Famille Verte Chinese porcelain lidded urn. The urn has a wonderful design of water lilies with butterflies and assorted foliage amidst a yellow backgr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

"The Flower Garden" Gilded Bronze Planter, France, 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Louis XV period Rocaille planter in chiseled and gilded bronze, scalloped with asymmetrical decoration of acanthus leaves and scrolls, and an openwork shell in its center. A...
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

19th Century Pair of Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Sarrancolin Marble Urn and Cover
Located in New York, NY
A pair of fine quality Louis XV ormolu-mounted Sarrancolin marble urn and cover. Each with a bulbous body on a stepped plinth. Origin: French? Date: 19th century? Dimension: 2...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century French Sevres Style Jeweled Porcelain Urns/Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine quality pair of 19th century French Sevres style hand painted Jeweled porcelain ormolu mounted covered vases/urns. Each urn with a turquoise ground, painted with classica...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

18th Century Nevers Faience 'Pot a Oranger'
Located in Basildon, GB
Nevers Faience 'Pot a Oranger' adorned with painted Asian house scene and a flowered decoration in shades of blue (camaieu bleu). Circa 1750 tin-glazed p...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Faience

Exceptional Lidded Vase Lindner Porcelain Chinoiseries Unique Sample Piece
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing glazed hand painted lidded vase made in Germany by Lindner Porcelain, a well known Manufactory for extraordinary items. This is a heavy va...
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1980s German Vintage Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu and Marble Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and Sarrancolin marble lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a beautiful pierced ormolu base with exceptio...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Vases in Manner of Sèvres
Located in London, GB
This Sèvres style porcelain vases in this pair are mounted with gilt bronze. The overall design scheme is exceptionally ornate, the bronze casting and the painted porcelain betraying...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Brèche Violette Marble and Ormolu Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional French 19th century Louis XV st. Brèche Violette marble and ormolu urn. The impressive urn/trophy is raised by a square ormolu base with concave corners and decorative...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Marble

Japanese 19th Century Imari Porcelain And French Louis XV St. Ormolu Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and extremely decorative Japanese 19th century Imari porcelain and French Louis XV st. Ormolu centerpiece/urn. This stunning centerpiece is raised by a circular pierced...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Pair of French Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of French gilt bronze mounted porcelain vases French, late 19th century Measures: Height 28cm, width 14cm, depth 10cm This wond...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Three-Piece Louis XV and Sèvres Style Clock and Ewer Set
Located in London, GB
Antique Three-piece Louis XV and Sèvres style clock and ewer set French, late 19th century Dimensions: Height 36cm, width 34cm, depth 12cm Consisting of a central mantel clock a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Large French Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Vase
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very impressive French Porcelain vase ornated with applied polychromed flower clusters, with ormolu base and rim. 19th Century Measures: Height 26" x width 12" x depth 12". CW5127
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

19th Century French Hand Painted Faience Ewer Vase from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
This tall, antique "Aiguiere" (ewer) was sculpted in Rouen, France, circa 1860. This delicate, ornate ceramic pitcher has one large handle, a sloped spout, four feet and an elegant s...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Faience, Ceramic

Fine Pair of Patinated Bronze Bacchanalian Vases
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of patinated bronze bacchanalian vases, after Clodion. Cast after the design by Clodion, the vases are modelled with masks depicting chimerical ibex flanked by laurel ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Exceptional Fürstenberg Pedestal Medici form Twin Handled Urn Vase Unique Sample
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing glazed hand painted urn vase made in Germany by Furstenberg Porcelain, a well known Manufactory for extraordinary items. This is a heavy vase but you can also use it as a ...
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1980s German Vintage Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

French Serves-Style Porcelain & Gilt Bronze Cassolettes Urns
Located in Downingtown, PA
French Serves-style porcelain & gilt bronze ormolu cassolettes urns, Circa 1880-1900 The French porcelain ormolu bronze mounted cassolettes urns have...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Patinated Bronze or Metal Bacchanalian Vases with Marble base
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful pair of patinated bronze Bacchanal vases. The vases are modeled with masks depicting chimeric ibexes, flanked by laurel garlands, above which are finely carved reliefs of...
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Early 20th Century German Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Metal, Ormolu

19th Century French Hand Painted Porcelain Vase with Snake Handles from Gien
By Gien
Located in Dallas, TX
Created in France circa 1890 by the faiencerie de Gien, the antique vase is round in shape and stands on a circular base decorated with bird and leaf ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Paris Pink Porcelain Covered Urns
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair are charmingly painted in oval reserves with mother and child within a gilt jeweled border, and verso with wild flowers. Each domed cover is painted correspondingly with a ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Large Imari Porcelain Planter, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Japanese porcelain and French gilded bronze mount. Important Imari Porcelain planter with a polychrome and golden decoration of cranes, carp and lion, on a blue vermiculated backgro...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Fine French 19th Century Napoleon III Sèvres Style Porcelain Urn Signed Ch Fuchs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Napoleon III Sèvres style porcelain and ormolu-mounted covered urn, the 360 degree painted urn centered with an 18th century romantic scene of two ladies a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Silver Plated Metal Planter in Louis XV Style
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Silver plated metal planter in Louis XV style, early 20th century. Measures: H 14 cm, L 37 cm, D 12 cm.  
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Pair of Antique French Copper Bath Warmers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare pair of 18th Century French bath warmers handcrafted with copper and iron in utilitarian yet sculptural form, still functional and miraculously retaining the original lids.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Copper, Iron

Ewer Early 20th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very nice ewer, carafe from the early 20th century. The body is made of smooth glass while the foot, handle and spout are made of pewter, a very rare element and one of the oldest kn...
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Tin

Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Mounted Cassolettes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine Pair of Louis XV style Cassolettes, ormolu mounted Fleur de Peche Marble Lidded Urns with flame finial and raised on paw feet with t tripartite base. France, circa 1880. Dimen...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

Pair Ormolu Bronze Mounted Cobalt Blue Porcelain Urns in Sevres Louis XV Style
Located in New York, NY
Our Sevres Louis XV style vases with cobalt blue glazes feature extensive gilt designs including the Louis XV coat of arms with three fleur-de-lis in shie...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Pair Sevres style porcelain lidded vases, C19th.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of Turquoise coloured, Sevres style lidded vases. Each having this wonderful twisted reeds decoration, with hand painted flowers, gilded scrolling motifs between....
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Antique French 2 Piece Blue Opaline and Bronze Ormolu Perfume Bottle
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 6 1/2in W: 6in D: 6in This French Turn of the Century blue opaline and bronze ormolu 2 piece perfume bottle is made of the highest quality! If you look closely at th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze, Ormolu

Clodion, Pair of Ewers in Bronze with Two Patinas, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
After Clodion. Pair of bronze ewers with two patinas representing bacchanalia scenes after Clodion. Circular base with gadroon piedouche decora...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Important Pair of Cassolettes in the Louis XV Style, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
" Important Pair of Cassolettes in the Louis XV Style, 19th Century. " Pair of patinated bronze cassolettes, marble base, Louis XV style, Napoleon III period, large decoration, Lion...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Porcelain & Ormolu Mounted Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and large scaled pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Samson porcelain and ormolu mounted lidded urns. The pair are raised by a scalloped ormolu base with designs o...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Pair of Antique French Transitional Ormolu-Mounted Rouge Griotte Marble Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique French transitional ormolu-mounted rouge griotte marble covered vases or urns Last quarter of the 19th century attributed to Henry Dasson Each with domed lid with...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Griotte Marble, Ormolu

Silver Plated Metal Planter in Louis XV Style
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Silver plated metal planter in Louis XV style, early 20th century. Measures: H 16 cm, L 44 cm, D 14 cm.  
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Large Sèvres Style Porcelain Urn
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Sèvres style porcelain urn raised on a bronze plinth. France, circa 1880. Measures: Height 25" x width 11". CW5129.
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Painted Tin Planter, Louis XV Style, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Painted tin planter, Louis XV style, 19th century. Painted tin planter in the Louis XV style, 19th century. H: 9cm, W: 22.5cm, D: 16cm
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Napoleon III Gilt Bronze-Mounted Green Ground Porcelain Jardinière
Located in Paris, FR
French 19th century gilt bronze-mounted porcelain jardinière. It is decorated on the exterior with a couple in a landscape on one side and with a bird on a branch on the other side. ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

French late 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vase. This unique vase is raised on a lily pad shaped base supported by three 'C' scrol...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Ormolu

French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Glazed Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and glazed Porcelain lidded centerpiece/urn. The Turquoise colored lidded bowl is made of Chinese glazed porcelain and is r...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Early 20th Century French Hand Painted Faience Jardinière from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table or a mantel with this elegant, Louis XV bowed jardinière. Crafted in northern France, circa 1920, and oblong in shape, this antique planter sits on four scrolled fee...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Faience

Pair of 18th Century Chinese Porcelain Vases with French Doré Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
An incredible pair of Louis XVI style 18th century Chinese porcelain vases with 19th century French doré bronze mounts. The porcel...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

French Long Chenet Fire Fender with Putti, 19 Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Sensational and unique 19c French Louis XV style gilt bronze and steel large fire fender. On each corners depicting two cherubs in seated and reclin...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze, Steel

Pair of Imari Porcelain and French 19th Century Louis XV st. Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and large scaled pair of early 19th century Imari urns mounted on French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu bases. Each impressive vase is raised b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Chinese Export Porcelain And Ormolu Lidded Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautifully detailed French 19th century Louis XV st. Chinese export porcelain and Ormolu lidded urn. This wonderful lidded pot pourri urn is supported by four foliate Ormolu feet ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century Sevres Style Vases After The Sevres Vase Grec A Ornements
Located in Long Branch, NJ
These vases were made in France in the late 19th century and are modeled after the Sevres vase Grec A Ornements with painted royalty around the rim of each. The vases are gorgeously ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Gilt-Bronze and Cloisonné Garniture with Angels Figures, France, 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt-bronze and cloisonné garniture with angels figures, France, 19th century.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze, Enamel

Pair of Vase in Porcelain with Ormolu Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of porcelain with ormolu bronze. Probably did by the very famous manufacture of samson porcelain.  
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Louis Xv vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.

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