Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 19

French 18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Handled Vases, Relief Putto on Marble Base

About the Item

This pair of French Louis XVI ormolu handled vases date back to late 18th century (1700s) These exceptional camapana urn shaped gilt bronze vases were created with the ancient traditional technique of the lost-wax casting (à la cire perdue) and mercury gilding that allows a great precision and finesse in the details. The body feature a Greco-Roman inspired Bacchanalia scene, the low relief frieze is wonderfully hand chieseled in the round. Musicians cherubs or putto are playing and dancing behind a chariot pulled by a goat. Grape and vine leaves casted and chiseled in high relief adorn the necks while the top rim displays a decorative wrap around band with egg and dart pattern. Gadrooned foliate-cast hammered feet complete the impressive cast artwork, all signs of high quality of execution by a master bronze worker. The handles with an essential shape but refined workmanship attach to the mouth of the vase and run along the entire body. The vases rest on a molded Belgian black solid thick marble base. These lavish vases will make a statement in any home. They display a beautiful intricately detailed scenes and naturalistic representation of the various types of flowers and foliage. The eye is immediately drawn to a wide range of alternating textures from the soft skin of cherubs' faces and bodies to a goat's rippled fur or horns. Incredible attention to details such as the fine veins of leaves. The gold of the mercury gilding is to die for, matte and smooth gold to increase its reflectance all this was obtained thanks to the use of multiple tools and bronze gilding techniques. Both the manufacturing and the mercury gilding show that these artifacts are the work of master chiseller and gilder, very much in the style of Pierre Gouthière. Ormolu is the technique of applying finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam to an object of bronze. The mercury is driven off in a kiln leaving behind a gold coating. The French refer to this technique as bronze doré and in English it is often referred to as gilt bronze. It is a finishing technique which adds an overall gold look to any object without the massive cost and impracticality of making an object out of solid gold. Mercury was outlawed in the 1830’s in France Dimensions: H. 31 D.22 cm Marble base: 16x16 cm
  • Similar to:
    Pierre Gouthiere (Maker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.21 in (31 cm)Diameter: 8.67 in (22 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Style:
    Louis XVI (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1770 circa
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Firenze, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Galleria Antonio Esposito di Chiara Esposito-Florence1stDibs: LU950336487132
More From This SellerView All
  • Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Carved and Lacquer Wall Mounted Console Tables
    Located in Firenze, IT
    Pair of Italian Louis XVI period hand carved and lacquer wood wall mounted console tables from the late 18th century with scrolled elaborately pierce-carved floral motifs. Pierced hand carvings and scalloped openwork in the form of acanthus leaves and rosettes lacquered in shades of pale blue and ocher yellow are the enchanting features of these Italian Louis XVI period wall mounted consoles with a matching colors faux marble painted top, all with a delightfully curved shape and antique original patina. These one of a kind Tuscan wall mount tables, featuring wonderful shape and great scale, are equipped with a generously deep top convenient for displaying collectibles, whilst legs are reminiscent of a delicate cabriole style, with carved foliage motif adorning them. This pair of neoclassical consoles will be a great statement piece of furniture in a living room but also very comfortable in an entrance or to furnish the hallway or mudroom with a useful yet extremely decorative piece. This attractive pair of Italian carved wood display tables must be mounted to a wall, therefore feet need not touch the floor for support, allowing for various height options depending upon your needs. These unusual wall tables come from a Tuscan villa, they were once the friezes that adorned a huge portal now turned into consoles who have lacquered ancient wooden tops to perfectly to combine perfectly with the original frieze painting thanks to the addition of antique wooden tops...
    Category

    Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Console Tables

    Materials

    Wood

  • 18th Century Italian Murano Clear Glass and Blue Trimmed Blown Glass Bottles
    By Lavorazione Arte Murano
    Located in Firenze, IT
    This wonderful antique late 18th century (1780 circa) Murano blown clear glass set of four lidded bottles recalling a genie bottle shape, is made of the most thin and see-through gla...
    Category

    Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Glass

    Materials

    Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass

  • 19th Century Capodimonte Polychrome Porcelain Incense Burners Vases with Flowers
    By Capodimonte
    Located in Firenze, IT
    An exquisite pair of early 19th century Italian Capodimonte Rocococ style polychrome porcelain incense burners in the form of urn shaped vases with two handles and pierced lids. The...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Vases

    Materials

    Porcelain

  • 1950s White Murano Vase with Gold Flecks, Blue Flowers and Transparent Handles
    By S.I.V.A
    Located in Firenze, IT
    This gorgeous mid-century modern Italian Murano hand blown vase has an elegant milky white background with gold flecks and light blue flower patterns with its original label of S.I.V...
    Category

    20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass

    Materials

    Blown Glass

  • Italian 19th Century Ginori Glazed and Parcel Gilt Porcelain Armorial Vase
    By Carlo Ginori
    Located in Firenze, IT
    This truly exceptional and rare antique early 19th century Ginori two handles hand-painted porcelain vase is inspired by those that the Medici, Florence's ruling family during the Renaissance, used to put in their homes, gardens and courtyards. The white porcelain background is richly decorated in the round with royal blue and 24-karat parcel-gilt details throughout. A large, completely gilded band decorates the upper and lower part of the vase that features two white and gold fluted handles each with two gold men’s masks finals that join the body of the vase. Two multicolored hand painted coats of arms of a noble Italian family featuring an armor with red, rose, green and yellow feathers and a rampant lion are painted at the very centre among the gold painted foliage both framed by an oval gilt band. The gilding on this stunning neoclassical centrepiece...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Vases

    Materials

    Porcelain

  • Italian Antiques Louis XIV Urn Lacquer and Gilt Vases
    Located in Firenze, IT
    Sourced in a sumptuous Roman villa, never before seen on the antiques market, these Italian large scale Louis XIV urn vases originally used as enormous palm holders exude royalty, a ...
    Category

    Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Urns

    Materials

    Gold Leaf

You May Also Like
  • A Pair of Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Porphyry Vases, 19th Century
    By Pierre Gouthiere
    Located in Spencertown, NY
    The mounts are similar to those by Gouthière. The one vase having more speckling of white in the porphyry than the other.
    Category

    Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Vases

    Materials

    Porphyry, Ormolu

  • 18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Pot Pourri Sevres Vases, C.1770
    Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Antique late-18th century French Louis XVI ormolu mounted on porcelain two-handled potpourri vases with covers. Each lid pierced and terminating with pinecone finial, body mounted with upright handles terminating in lion marks, on a laurel cast foot...
    Category

    Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Vases

    Materials

    Ormolu

  • Pair of French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Vases
    Located in West Palm Beach, FL
    A very attractive and high quality pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Verde Antico marble and ormolu Medeci style vases. Raised by a square marble plinth, the column base ...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases

    Materials

    Marble, Ormolu

  • Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble, Bronze and Ormolu Vases
    Located in West Palm Beach, FL
    An exquisite and most unusual pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Black Belgian marble, silvered bronze and ormolu vases. The pair are raised by a mottled Black Belgian marble ...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases

    Materials

    Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

  • Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Vases
    Located in West Palm Beach, FL
    A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu vases. Each elegant vase is raised by fine curved block feet below the rectangular base with charming rosettes and fitted...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases

    Materials

    Ormolu

  • French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble and Ormolu Lidded Urn
    Located in West Palm Beach, FL
    A stunning and impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. marble and ormolu lidded urn. The urn is raised on a circular base decorated with acanthus leaves and an ormolu band above...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Urns

    Materials

    Marble, Ormolu

Recently Viewed

View All