Gold Leaf Platters and Serveware

Géode Square Plate by Matthieu Gicquel Dimensions: D 29 x W 29 x H 3 cm. Materials: Optical glass and gold leaf. Weight: 6 kg. Each piece is numbered. Please contact us. Praise for the moment Light shines through the glass. Details are revealed one by one: here a light bubble rises, there a changing reflection. To seek to understand Matthieu Gicquel’s glass art - because what we’re really talking about here is touching the senses of the material, of the work - is first and foremost to follow the path mapped out by Junichiro Tanizaki in In Praise of Shadows. For him, «[...] we forget what is invisible to us, we regard as non-existent what cannot be seen»; yet the creator’s entire will lies in this need to reveal to us what seems absent, to give substance to the mystery from a material so common that we no longer pay attention to it. Two words-concepts of Japanese origin-form the original basis of Matthieu Gicquel’s artistic philosophy: wabi-sabi and Yûgen. The first is the powerful idea that beauty is to be found in the banal, the everyday, the vile. To the European eye, at first glance, it seems hard to grasp: what beauty is there in a chipped bowl...

Géode Rectangular Plate by Matthieu Gicquel Dimensions: D 21 x W 46 x H 3 cm. Materials: Optical glass and gold leaf. Weight: 7 kg. Each piece is numbered. Please contact us. Praise for the moment Light shines through the glass. Details are revealed one by one: here a light bubble rises, there a changing reflection. To seek to understand Matthieu Gicquel’s glass art - because what we’re really talking about here is touching the senses of the material, of the work - is first and foremost to follow the path mapped out by Junichiro Tanizaki in In Praise of Shadows. For him, «[...] we forget what is invisible to us, we regard as non-existent what cannot be seen»; yet the creator’s entire will lies in this need to reveal to us what seems absent, to give substance to the mystery from a material so common that we no longer pay attention to it. Two words-concepts of Japanese origin-form the original basis of Matthieu Gicquel’s artistic philosophy: wabi-sabi and Yûgen. The first is the powerful idea that beauty is to be found in the banal, the everyday, the vile. To the European eye, at first glance, it seems hard to grasp: what beauty is there in a chipped bowl...

Géode Round Plate by Matthieu Gicquel Dimensions: D 32 x W 36 x H 3 cm. Materials: Optical glass and gold leaf. Weight: 7 kg. Each piece is numbered. Please contact us. Praise for the moment Light shines through the glass. Details are revealed one by one: here a light bubble rises, there a changing reflection. To seek to understand Matthieu Gicquel’s glass art - because what we’re really talking about here is touching the senses of the material, of the work - is first and foremost to follow the path mapped out by Junichiro Tanizaki in In Praise of Shadows. For him, «[...] we forget what is invisible to us, we regard as non-existent what cannot be seen»; yet the creator’s entire will lies in this need to reveal to us what seems absent, to give substance to the mystery from a material so common that we no longer pay attention to it. Two words-concepts of Japanese origin-form the original basis of Matthieu Gicquel’s artistic philosophy: wabi-sabi and Yûgen. The first is the powerful idea that beauty is to be found in the banal, the everyday, the vile. To the European eye, at first glance, it seems hard to grasp: what beauty is there in a chipped bowl...

Fine porcelain tray with handles by Camille Le Tallec, Paris. The Rococo style platter features scrolled edges and has hand painted motifs in 24K Gold Leaf with colorful floral bouquets. Makes an elegant serving tray for entertaining and is perfect as a cake or dessert platter...

Early 20th century english foilate oval form platter w/ Classic Greco Roman Wrestlers.Gold gilt on the rim with an intricate transferrer border. Black ground with white figure drawn ...

Coalport (Attributed) - 'Pansy' - Antique ceramic single handled botanical serving platter with apple green borders and gilded decoration - featuring a hand painted floral specimen t...

COALPORT (Attributed) - 'Fuchsia' - Antique ceramic twin handled botanical serving platter with apple green borders and gilded decoration - featuring a hand painted floral specimen t...

COALPORT (Attributed) - 'Geranium' - Antique ceramic twin handled botanical serving platter with apple green borders and gilded decoration - featuring a hand painted floral specimen ...

Coalport (Attributed) - 'English Hawthorn' - Antique ceramic single handled botanical serving platter with apple green borders and gilded decoration - featuring a hand painted floral...

COALPORT (Attributed) - 'Lungwort' - Antique ceramic single handled botanical serving platter with apple green borders and gilded decoration - featuring a hand painted floral specime...

Gorgeous large Mid-Century Modern Murano glass centerpiece with aventurine gold and silver flecks attributed to Dino Martens and Aureliano Toso, Italy, 1960s. Handblown smoked black ...

Set of eight vintage Japanese stoneware dishes, in the shape of bamboo with gilded interior. Each piece sold individually. Please ...

Lidded porcelain plate dating to 19th century France with red, white, and blue floral decorations and gilt trim.

Set of four porcelain oyster plate by Marx Gutherz of Austria. The plate is square in shape and features six wells, decorated in pink, with floral design in each of the corners, and ...