Rare Louis XVI Russian Ormolu Mounted Agate Vase with Dore Bronze Swan Handles

An exquisite pair of Russian Louis XVI style doré bronze mounted hand-diamond cut amethyst crystal double swan handle vases. The doré bronze swan handles are beautifully matted and burnished finished with hand-chiseled and hand-chased details to the neck, wings, and body. The waisted doré bronze neck and base are finished in two-tone matted and burnished doré bronze and are further hand-chiseled and hand-chased. The amethyst crystal is hand-diamond cut with prismatic lattice patterns as well as feathered decorations in the midsection of the vase. The Amethyst Crystal vases are attributed to the Imperial Russian...

A beautiful pair of 19th century Louis XVI style French ormolu-mounted white porcelain and doré bronze ram's head handle covered bowls. Each bowl is of t...

A Magnificent Pair of 19th Century Antique Russian Ormolu Mounted Crystal Double Swan Handle Vases. With a small diameter of bronze at the base, the vase widens as it ascends to the...

A Fantastic Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze Mounted Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Potpourris. Each dark blue ground porcelain body is beautifully hand-enamel...

Unique piece purchased in France. Gorgeous Green Marble See detailed photos

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

A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CRYSTALLINE GREY MARBLE VASES, CIRCA 1785. The socle bases 19th century.

These truly exceptional and rare antique Louis XVI period vases have been sculpted from agate, a precious and highly sought-after stone. The vases are set on square agate bases with gilt bronze laurel wreath socles. The burgundy and claret agate bodies of the vases are mounted with gilt bronze acanthus leaf ornamentation, and twin lion masks joined by draped swags above. The lids of the vases are mounted with gilt bronze, surmounted by pine cone finials. The vases' design is attributed to the late 18th century, French clockmaker Martin Baffert. Baffert worked with a number of Parisian bronziers including Jean-Nicholas Fremont, Nicolas-Guillaume Jourdan and Francois-Robert Leguel, who assisted in the creation of his designs. This pair of vases is very similar to another pair of vases which Baffert designed, which form part of a clock garniture currently in the Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor. The Rothschild vases...