Ormolu Vases

Large Sèvres-style gilt-bronze mounted porcelain vase with pedestal French, Early 20th Century Vase: height 162cm, width 63cm, depth 48cm Stand: height 66cm, width 48cm, depth 48c...

Pair of Empire-style marble and ormolu vases by Raingo French, Late 19th Century Height 37cm, width 22cm, depth 18cm This superb pair of vases combines stunning veined grey marble...

A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres-Style Cobalt Blue Ground Porcelain Vases and Covers. Signed 'H. Desprez'. Each of baluster form. One painted to the front with Louis XV a...

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...

This pair of Grand Tour era ewers are in the 'oinochoe' shape and date to circa 1870. The pair are miniature in size and comprise of ormolu (gilt bronze), malachite, onyx and hardsto...

A most impressive and monumentally scaled French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu, Porcelain, and Onyx vase. This eye catching vase is raised on a high quality pierced Ormolu socle ...

A beautiful pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. Vert de Patricia marble, black Belgian marble, and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by a square base with a central foliate o...

Two neoclassical style Russian cut glass and ormolu vases, Russian, 20th century Dimensions: Height 37cm, width 20cm, depth 13.5cm Each vase has an ...

An elegant and high quality French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Crystal and Ormolu vase. The stunning vase is raised by a circular Ormolu base with swaging laurel garlands tied b...

A unique and large scale pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Glass and Ormolu vases. This stunning pair of vases are raised by Ormolu bases in the design of intertwined scrolli...

This Sevres style porcelain vase is beautifully painted with an image of Napoleon I on horseback. In this painting, Napoleon visits his men, some of whom are wounded, in what appears to be a military camp. He is seen, leading a group of mounted soldiers, on a white horse, respectfully doffing his bicorne hat to his troops. The painting is signed ‘F. Amblet’. This oval painting is given an elaborate gilded decorative border, reminiscent of a giltwood frame. These beautiful gold foliate patterns continue onto the base of the vase, as well as the top, where we see a pair of griffins. The vase is fitted with two handles, cast as double French imperial eagle heads, which spring from classical female masks, each wearing with winged helmets. ‘M.re IMPle de Sevres’ is painted its base. This antique Napoleonic vase...

This is a beautiful antique pair of French Louis Revival Sèvres "Bleu Celeste" porcelain and ormolu mounted twin handled vases, circa 1880 in date. They are superbly decorated in ...

Pair of Russian neoclassical style cut glass and gilt bronze vases Russian, 20th century Measures: Height 38cm, width 22cm, depth 14cm Each vase has an ovoid ruby coloured cut g...

A charming and high quality Baltic 19th century Charles X Period Opaline Glass, Semi Precious Stone and Gilt Metal garniture set. This stunning three piece set of vases are raised on...

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...

A fine and Large Pair of 19th century Orientalist Motif French Ormolu and Champlevé Enamel Vases with Foo Lion Handles of Magnificent quality and condition, Attributed to F. Barbedie...

An elegant pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. onyx and ormolu urns/ewers. The pair are raised on square onyx plinths below circular ormolu bases with reeded borders and palm...

A fine pair of Sèvres-style napoleonic gilt bronze mounted cobalt-blue ground porcelain vases. Signed by the artist 'H. Desprez Sevres'. Each vase is of inverted ovoid form finely painted all-over with Napoleonic battle...

A pair of gilt bronze and champlevé enamel vases Constructed from solid fire-gilded bronze, the miniature decorative vases supported on square plinths rising from paw feet, the co...

This fantastic clock garniture is a truly exceptional piece of design, which takes after the elegant beauty of the work of the Sevres porcelain Manufactory. Comprising a set of three...

A striking pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and etched glass vases. Each vase is raised by a circular base with lovely scrolled foliate designs on a hammered backgr...

Pair Louis XVI Style Cobalt Sevres Style Ormolu Mounted Vases France, circa 1900s This elegant pair of Louis XVI-style cobalt Sevres-style ormolu-...

Two Chinese style enameled gilt and patinated bronze urns French, circa 1880 Measures: Height 44.5cm, width 27cm, depth 20cm Each urn, or va...

19th C. Sevres Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Blanc Background Vase France, Circa 1890, Sevres Style A beautiful 19th-century Sevres Louis XVI style vase, made in France circa 1...

An exceptional and important pair of exhibition quality gilt bronze mounted Sèvres-style porcelain vases and covers. Signed ‘Lucot’. This exceptional pair of vases are of inver...

A charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat crystal vase. The vase is raised by four fine foliate feet below the circular ormolu and silvered bronze tray. The tray is decor...

A fanciful and large scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vase. This stunning and most impressive Baccarat Crystal vase is supported by three richly de...

A striking pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vases. Each most elegant vase is raised by a wonderfully executed base with three richly chased p...

Pair of antique Chinese café au leit porcelain and ormolu vases Porcelain: Chinese, 18th Century Ormolu: French, Late 19th Century Height 33cm, width 23cm, depth 18cm The porcela...

A rare and important pair of late 18th century quartz lidded vases, each with wonderful gilded classical ormolu scrolling foliate mounts and handles, te...

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 ...

Antique French Empire Period Crystal and Ormolu Centerpiece with Figural Serpent and Sphinxes, Circa 1815-1825.

A high quality pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze, Ormolu, black Belgium and Rosso Antico marble ewers. The pair of urns are raised by square Belgium marble...

Large gilt bronze, ruby red and clear cut glass vase French, 20th century Height 80cm, diameter 36cm The brightly coloured ruby red glass f...

A beautiful and substantial pair of French white and blue art glass vases on gold gilt bronze/brass ormolu and white marble bases, circa early-20th century, France. The white art gla...

A very impressive 19th century Chinese rose medallion / canton vase / lamp, having wonderful gilded ormolu scrolling foliate Rococo style mounts with putti seated on either side. The...

This beautiful vase was created in France, in the period when Napoleon III was Emperor (1852-1870). It is designed in the style of Sèvres Manufactory porcelain. Sèvres goods are often beautifully hand painted with pastoral and mythological scenes, and marine subjects. These tended to be set within finely parcel gilt and jewelled frames, offset against turquoise ‘bleu celeste’ or navy 'bleu Sèvres' grounds. The porcelain vase is of classical Amphora form, with a slender elongated neck, a large ovoid body with a slightly waisted base, and a splayed foot. The vase is topped by a porcelain crown, which is navy coloured and decorated with gilding, porcelain ‘jewels’ and a gilt bronze (ormolu) pinecone finial. The navy vase...

A Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Marble Vases In the Louis XVI Style Each vase of ovoid shape carved from pure Carrara marble, on incurved bases and waisted socles with stiff-leaf borders, extensively ormolu-mounted with a shaped spout emanating a mermaid-styled handle and draped laurel swags. French, circa 1890 These vases are desirable not only for their use of a pure white marble...

Pair of gilt bronze mounted krater-form bisque porcelain vases French, 19th century Measures: Height 43cm, diameter 26.5cm The pair of vases...

A hand painted and ormolu-mounted ‘Sèvres’ Porcelain urn in the Louis XVI Manner The characteristic bleu celeste Sèvres-style porcelain body of oblate and bulbous form with gadro...

Drawing from the luxury of Sèvres Porcelain and Louis XV's famed bleu céleste service from Versailles, this elegant French porcelain vase features the trademark shade of blue and medallions revealing scenes of flora and fauna, including pheasants and swans. Adorned with gilt accents on the lip and body of the octagonal vase...

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...

Near pair of porcelain vases with chinoiserie detailing French, late 19th century Measures: Height 80cm, width 38cm, depth 30cm   These large and impressive elongated-body vases...

A high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Grotto marble and ormolu vase. The urn is raised by a square base with a decorative ormolu band below a fine berried laurel orm...

A Nice Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and French Crystal Lamps Fine cut crystal bodies with bronze mounts standing on lion paw feet. Deta...

A striking pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal vases. Each vase is raised by an elegant square base with a reeded wrap around ormolu band and scrolled palmettes feet. The beautiful crystal vases...

19th century pair of crystal rectangular, tapered to the top, highly gilt adorned "raised" cast and repousse and applied; three dimensional decoration of French origin, consistent wi...

Pair neoclassical Paris Porcelain gilt vases. Exceptional pair of large white and gilt painted campana form urns with strigilated patterning on body dow...

French Champlevé Enamel, Onyx & Ormolu Bud Vase with Applied Bee, Circa 1880 A rare and exquisitely detailed French champlevé enamel bud vase, dating to the late 19th century and in...

An exceptionally fine pair of English Staffordshire Porcelain mantle vases now converted to electric table lamps of medium proportions, Circa 1860. Of traditional bulbous outline ...

Pair of Napoleon III Opaline Glass and Ormolu Tassel Vases Paris, circa 1870s Enhance your collection or interior with this exquisite pair of Napoleon III...

A fine Pair of 19th century Japanese Imari Porcelain and French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Thirteen-Light Celadon Torchere Candelabra. The bottle-shaped Japonisme vases with a Royal red background, decorated with parcel-gilt and black soaring eagles in the hunt within a forestall scene. Each Vase fitted and surmounted with a French 19th century Louis XV Style 13-Light scrolled candelabrum and all raised on a circular pierced gilt-bronze plinth. circa: 1880. Imari Porcelain (????) is the name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyushu. They were exported to Europe extensively from the port of Imari, Saga, between the second half of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. The Japanese as well as Europeans called them Imari. In Japanese, these porcelains are also known as Arita-yaki (???). Imari or Arita porcelain has been continously produced up through the present day. Characteristics Though there are many types of Imari, Westerners' conception of Imari in the popular sense is associated only with a type of Imari produced and exported in large quantity in mid-17th century. This type is called Kinrande. Kinrande Imari is colored porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze. The color combination was not seen in China at that time. Traditional Ming dynasty color porcelain used dominantly red and green, probably due to scarcity of gold in China, whereas gold was abundant in Japan in those days. The subject matter of Imari is diverse, ranging from foliage and flowers to people, scenery and abstractions. Some Imari design structures such as kraak style were adopted from China, but most designs were uniquely Japanese owing to the rich Japanese tradition of paintings and costume design. The porcelain has a gritty texture on the bases, where it is not covered by glaze. There is also blue and white Imari. Kakiemon style Imari is another type of Imari, but it tends to be categorized separately in Europe. History "Imari" was simply the trans-shipment port for Arita wares. It was the kilns at Arita which formed the heart of the Japanese porcelain industry. Arita's kilns were set up in the 17th century, when kaolin was discovered in 1616 by the immigrant Korean potter, Yi Sam-pyeong (1579–1655). (He may also be known by the name, "Kanage Sambei".) Yi Sam-Pyeong, along with his extended family of 180 persons, left Korea on the offer of a privileged position in Japan. This decision was made after the occurrence of certain Japanese invasions of Korea. After Yi Sam-Pyeong's discovery, his kilns began to produce revised Korean-style blue and white porcelains, known as "Shoki-Imari". In the mid-17th century there were also a lot of Chinese refugees in Northern Kyushu due to the turmoil on Chinese continent, and it is said one of them brought coloring technique to Arita. Thus Shoki-Imari developed into Ko-KutaniImari. Ko-Kutani was produced around 1650 for both export and domestic market. Blue and white porcelain continued to be produced and they are called Ai-Kutani. Ko-Kutani Imari for the export market usually adopted Chinese design structure such as kraak style, whereas Ai-Kutani for the domestic market were highly unique in design and are accordingly valued very much among collectors. Ko-Kutani style evolved into Kakiemon style Imari, which was produced for about 50 years around 1700. Imari achieved its technical and aesthetic peak in Kakiemon style, and it dominated European market. Blue and white Kakiemon is called Ai-Kakiemon. Kakiemon style transformed into Kinrande in the 18th century. Kinrande used blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze, and later some other colors. Imari began to be exported to Europe because the Chinese kilns at Ching-te-Chen were damaged in the political chaos and the new Qing dynasty government stopped trade in 1656–1684. Exports to Europe were made through the Dutch East India Company, but the designation "Imari Porcelain" in Europe connotes Arita wares of mostly Kinrande Imari. Export of Imari to Europe stopped in mid-18th century when China began export to Europe again, since Imari was not able to compete against China due to high labor cost. By that time, however, both Imari and Kakiemon style were already so popular among Europeans, Chinese export porcelain copied both Imari and Kakiemon style, which is called Chinese Imari. At the same time, European kilns, such as Meisen also tried to copy Imari and Kakiemon. Export of Imari surged again in late 19th century (Meiji era) when Japonism flourished in Europe. Thus in western world today, two kinds of Imari can...

A Wonderful Murano Italian Yellow Art Glass Bowl With A Sterling Ormolu Palm Tree Leaf Mounted Reading "Daniel Made In Italy Laminato Ag"

A Wonderful Murano Italian Green Art Glass Vase With A Sterling Ormolu Palm Tree Leaf Mounted Reading "Daniel Made In Italy Laminato Ag"

A Wonderful Murano Italian Blue Art Glass Vase With A Sterling Ormolu Palm Tree Leaves Mounted Reading "Daniel Made In Italy Laminato Ag

A Wonderful Murano Italian Yellow Art Glass Vase With Sterling Ormolu Oval Mounted Plaque Reading "Daniel Made In Italy MC Ag 1g 105"

A most elegant and small scale pair of French 19th century purple glass and Ormolu mounted vases. The pair are raised on square Ormolu bases ...

The vases in this pair feature the striking combination of Kangxi era (circa 1700) porcelain with later 19th century French gilt bronze. This type of combination—of Chinese porcelain...

An elegant pair of French 19th century Belle Époque period Neo-Classical st. ormolu and green marble urns. The urns are raised on circular mottled bases with bottom ormolu plates...

Stunning pair of unusual hand painted glazed porcelain lidded vases of bulbous outline, of Continental origin, possibly one of the factories in the Sevres region in France. Last half...