Impressive Pair of Granite and Gilded Bronze Urns, France, 20th Century

Measures: Height : 29 cm (11,4 in.) ; width : 61,5 cm (24,2 in.) ; depth : 55,5 cm (21,8 in.) Total height : 139 cm (54,7 in.) Important pair of rare Greek...

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...

Signed F. Barbedienne & Cie Height : 31,5 cm (12,4 in.) ; Width : 12 cm (4,7 in.) ; Depth : 10,5 cm (4,1 in.) Charming baluster-shaped ewer in gilded bronze decorated with red and blue polychrome cloisonné enamel. Two beaded handles connect the body to the slender neck, ending in a flared pouring spout, and it rests on a circular piedouche. The whole is decorated with abundant engraved decoration of foliage interlacing. Barbedienne and the Cloisonné enamel : Ferdinand Barbedienne continuously innovated and he revived the use of enamel on art works during the second half of the 19th century. The Sèvres Manufacture enamel workshop had ever tried it in 1854-1855, but Barbedienne was the one who succeeded to join enamel to an industrial decorative objects production. From 1858 “At Mr Barbedienne’s, enamels in copper ornaments have got their former prestige back” (Les bronzes de la Maison Barbedienne, C. Simon, in L’Art du XIXe siècle, 1858, n°21, p. 252). The Barbedienne Company had now an enamel workshop where objects ornamented with oriental style or medieval style enamels were made. Four years after, Barbedienne’s cloisonné...

Rare pair of Louis XVI style wall-lights in chiseled and gilded bronze and marble. They are each composed of a barrel made of acanthus leaves supporting a truncated vase in Bleu Turq...

This rare Pidocchioso grey porphyry vase, of antique form, which closely relate those visible on a design of an urn attributed to Louis-Jean Desprez (1743...

Elegant pair of Louis XVI style three-lights sconces in chiseled and gilded bronze signed Denière. Composed of foliages, the branches mounted in arabesques are linked to the fluted b...

A rare pair of late 19th-early 20th century french bronze-mounted pink granite urns. Each domed lid with pinecone finial, each side with winged female...

A striking pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze and granite urns. Each urn is raised by a square granite base with a foliate wrap around patinated bronz...

A phenomenal pair of early 20th century French cast bronze Roman-style urns with volute handles decorated with goose heads, and a frieze in low-relief depicting a man and woman chasi...

Gorgeous pair of large scale granite urns. Measure approximate 21.5 height x 16 width x 16 depth. Almost 10 inch opening at top. Have been used as planters. The body has Classic...

A mid-20th century bronze urn. Dimensions: H 21cm W 15.5cm D 10cm Origin: English Date: Circa 1940 Item Number: 1903242

PAIR OF FRENCH MUGS Bronze 20th Century French, in bronze from the beginning of the 20th century. decorated with plant motifs, fantastic animals and m...