Antique Second Empire French Doré Gilt Bronze Vases or Urns

A fine pair of large German porcelain vases. By Rosenthal. With a bulbous body and flaring neck. Each with 4 floral sprays on a white ground with intricate gilt vine accents throughout. The neck is cream or ivory colored. Both the rim and the footrim are gilt, and each color change from white to cream is separated by a gilt line. Marked to the base of each for Rosenthal / Selb-Plossberg...

A fine pair of French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks. With intricate raised decoration in the form of geometric and foliate patterns. The middle of each candlestick is fluted and ...

A Fine and very solid pair of early 19th century brass Continental candlesticks. Likely Northern European (or possibly Russian) in origin. ...

A fine antique French bronze mounted porcelain vase. The body in a deep pink with gilding to the rim and foot rim, a Rococo gilt patterns framing the central cartouche, and a centra...

A superb pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze and ormolu vases. Each vase is raised by a square patinated bronze base with concave corners a...

A pair of late 19th century patinated bronze vases after Claude-Michel Clodion. After Claude-Michel Clodion Each vase of tapering form applied with two grotesque masks hung with la...

Pair of important Russian gilt bronze and metal vases Russian, circa 1820 Dimensions: Height 98cm, width 43cm, depth 38cm This monumental pair of vases are exquisitely crafted in gilt bronze and metal. They both feature twin scrolled handles, which are decorated with leaves and foliate patterns, as well as classical profiles at the top. These touch the ormolu rims, which feature an egg and dart pattern. The body of each vase is of ovoid form and features further ormolu mounts, including a thick band underneath the waisted neck, twin dog heads at the base of the handles, flowers, stars and more Classical masks with foliate scrolls. The vases are supported by square plinths, with socle form bases and decorations of fluted ribbing and scrolled foliate forms. Heavily inspired by the neoclassical style, which was popular in Russia in the late 18th and 19th centuries, the vases are decorated with gilt bronze relief scenes which allude to motifs in classical mythology. On a rich burgundy ground, the metal body of the vases show figures flanked by palm trees. One vase shows a woman dressed in a classical draped fabric garment playing two flutes and leaning on a pedestal with twirling ivy, while a baby stands...

These urns are extremely high quality in decoration and casting. True Neoclassical gilt bronze grand tour objects and what makes it better? A PAIR!.