Copper Furniture

Jonas Bohlin 'Oxid' Raw Copper Outdoor Wall Light for Örsjö. Executed in raw unlacquered copper with an opaline glass diffuser. An incredibly refin...

This exceptional table lamp was designed by Harald Notini in the mid 1920s and produced by Arvid Böhlmark’s Lampfabrik in Sweden. The lamp is model 6834 and is pictured in Böhlmark’s...

This 1930s Art Deco pendant light features a classic opal glass schoolhouse globe paired with an ornate cast brass fitter in a warm copper finish. The crown showcases acanthus leaf d...

Bertoia Sonambient sculpture. Offered is a beautifully unique sculpture by Bertoia studios (Val). Titled "4 Love Clover of Sound". The piece is made of Beryllium Copper...

Called a "lampe bouillotte" in French, this late eighteenth century Louis XVI period lamp was originally used for the card game of the same name, la bouillotte, which became popular ...

This mid-20th century hanging lantern light fixture is a stunning blend of rustic charm and architectural presence. Crafted from copper, it features eight glass-paneled sides, each w...

The Mid-Century Modern Italian door handle, circa 1960, is a collaboration between Paolo de Poli (1905–1996), an enameller and painter, and architect Gio Ponti. Made from blue enamel...

Four Panel Room Divider Screen with Aubusson Carpets - 20th Century A beautiful four panel room divider decorated with fine Aubusson carpets depicting a lush Italian landscape. This...

Antique English Arts & Crafts Copper Oval Mirror C.1900 Superb repousse hammered trailing foliate design. An excellent example. In very good condition commensurate with age. Minor f...

A British cantilever wall lamp made from copper tube and a spun and mirror polished copper conical shade. Reach of the cantilever can be specif...

Antique Chinese cloisonné enamel round box with lid depicting floral patterns. A white base tone and colorful floral all around, from the 19th century.

**Two (2) available, each sold separately. An Irish brass bucket with iron handle, circa 20th century, Republic of Ireland. Brass bucket is oblong with flexible iron handle and copp...

19th century still life painting after Pieter Claesz (1597-1660) Dutch. This outstanding 19th century oil painting on copper shows an amazing intuitiv...

This is a beautiful large pair of Regency inspired copper cachepots with lids. This pair of copper pots have beautifully detailed handles on either side and each standing on three be...

An antique French (or Belgian) brass cooking pot with a handle for suspending over the fire, dating to the second half of the 19th century. The exterior has a beautiful patina includ...

Art nouveau lamp circa 1910. Brass and copper base. Iridescent glass tulip signed Quezal. In perfect condition and electrified. Total height: 38.5 cm Base diameter: 15.5 cm Width: 30 cm Quezal Art Glass Quezal Art Glass – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2003 By Malcolm Mac Neil Some of the most beautiful and alluring art glass made in America during the early part of the 20th Century was made by the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company. Often in the shape of blossoming lilies with brilliant gold interiors and colorfully decorated with floral and other motifs inspired by nature, Quezal art glass ranks right alongside the iridescent glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Frederick Carder. Quezal artisans created an extensive range of decorative and useful items, including vases, compotes, finger bowls, open salts, candle holders, and shades for lighting fixtures, which are equivalent in terms of beauty and quality of craftsmanship to Tiffany’s Favrile and Carder’s Aurene glass. In recent years, glass collectors have discovered anew the special charms and appeal of Quezal art glass, and collector desirability for this lovely glassware has increased dramatically. The Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company was incorporated a century ago, on March 27, 1902. It was founded by Martin Bach, Sr., Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Bach, Lena Scholtz, and Adolph Demuth. The factory was located on the corner of Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Maspeth, Queens, New York. In October 1902, the trademark “Quezal” was successfully registered. By 1904, roughly fifty glassworkers were employed at the works. Martin Bach, Sr. was the president, proprietor, and guiding force behind this successful company. Born in 1862 in Alsace-Lorraine to German parents, he emigrated to the United States in 1891. Before his emigration, Bach worked in Saint-Louis, France, at the Saint-Louis Glass Factory. After Bach arrived in this country, he was hired by Louis C. Tiffany as the latter’s first batch-mixer or chemist at the newly established Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, in Corona, Queens. After a period of about eight years, Bach left Tiffany and established his own glassworks. By this time, Bach had already started his small family. He and his German-born wife, Anne-Marie Geisser, whom he married in the fall of 1889, in Paris, France, had three children. Two daughters, Jennie and Louise, were born in France and a son, Martin, Jr., was born in Corona. Bach was assisted by Thomas Johnson, an English immigrant, and Maurice Kelly, a native of Corona, both of whom were gaffers or master glassblowers. Johnson and Kelly helped pave the way for Quezal’s early accomplishments and later recognition. Thomas Johnson, like Bach, was a founding member and also previously employed by Louis C. Tiffany. Johnson’s association with Quezal, however, was relatively short lived. Around 1907, Johnson left for Somerville, Massachusetts, where he became involved in making Kew Blas glass, under William S. Blake at the Union Glass Company. Maurice Kelly’s tenure with Quezal was also brief. Kelly worked at Quezal from January 1902 until July 1904, but by November 1904, he was making Favrile glass at Tiffany Furnaces, where he would happily remain until 1918. To this day, the belief still exists that there once existed a man named Quezal, who worked for Louis C. Tiffany, and it is after him that Quezal glass is named. In truth, however, the founders of the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company named the company and its products after one of the world’s most beautiful birds, the elusive and rare quetzal, which dwells in the treetops of the remote tropical forests of Central America. A rare company promotional brochure provides a vivid description of the quetzal: Of all the birds of the America’s, it is the most gorgeous. No more splendid sight is to be seen in all the world than a quezal, flying like a darting flame through the depths of a Central American forest. Its back is of a brilliant metallic green, so vivid it shines even in the twilight of the woods like a great emerald and its breast is a crimson so deep and bright that every motion of the wonderful creature is a flashing of rubies among the trees and giant creepers. It bears a true golden crown upon its head – a helmet of bright yellow and green, shaped just as the helmet of old Aztec kings were shaped. Its tail is composed of lacelike plumes, extending more than two and one-half feet beyond its body. The quezal was certainly an appropriate designation for the company’s resplendent glassware. One of the most prized characteristics of Quezal art glass is the shimmering and dazzling brilliance reflected in the iridescent surfaces on the interior as well as exterior of the glass. The radiant rainbow colors in metallic hues, including gold, purple, blue, green, and pink, to name only a few, were certainly inspired by the quetzal and its feathers. Not surprisingly, lustrous feathers, in shades of opal, gold, emerald, and blue, are among the most common decorative motifs encountered on Quezal glass. The enduring hallmark of Quezal art glass is its unique expression of the Art Nouveau style, based on organic shapes and naturalistic motifs coupled with technical perfection in the execution. Vases, compotes, drinking vessels, and shades for lighting fixtures were often fashioned to resemble flowers such as crocuses, tulips, calla lilies, casablanca lilies, and jack-in-the-pulpits. Variously colored inlaid threads of glass, pulled and twisted by hooks, simulate naturalistic floral and leaf patterns, lily pads, clover leafs, and vines. Opal, gold, and green colors prevail and the glass is generally opaque. Red is the rarest color of all. Compared with Tiffany’s Favrile glass, the crisp, vivid, and colorful decoration of Quezal art glass is distinctively precise, symmetrical, and restrained. Other Quezal wares recall shapes and styles favored in ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome, as well as the Italian Renaissance and the Georgian period in England. This is especially true of classic-shaped vases and bowls of translucent amber glass, which have a single surface color such as iridescent gold or blue. Still, others were inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese forms. The Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Alvin Silver Manufacturing Company in Sag Harbor, Long Island, purchased Quezal art glass, which they in turn embellished in their shops with silver overlay decoration in the fashionable Art Nouveau style and later resold. Gorham’s silver overlay designs mostly include stylized floral motifs. Alvin’s silver designs are wonderfully organic. One sumptuous design is of a group of sinuous iris blossoms with carefully articulated petals surrounded by attenuated meandering vines. Collectors should note that not all silver-deposit pieces are marked with a maker’s mark since the silversmith had to be quite careful not to damage the glass underneath. A rare 1907 retail catalog survives from Bailey, Banks, and Biddle Company, a luxury goods retailer in Philadelphia, which reveals original retail prices of Quezal art glass. A surprising revelation provided by this catalog is that Quezal art glass was nearly twice as expensive as comparable French imported glass made by such renowned firms as Gallé and Daum. Hock glasses, a stemmed glass used primarily for drinking German white wine, were sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $75. Fingerbowls were also sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $100. These high retail prices were nearly the same as those charged for Tiffany’s Favrile glass, and suggest Quezal art glass was also marketed towards the high-end or luxury market. Electricity was a brand new invention in the late 1800s and American glass manufacturers developed novel approaches for concealing the electric light bulb, which was rather harsh to the eye and perhaps unflattering to the domestic interior. Tiffany, Steuben, and Quezal responded to this need with the most extraordinary and beautiful art-glass shades, all of which were  hand-made and exquisitely fashioned. Many other companies also made art glass shades for table and floor lamps, electroliers, hallway fixtures, and wall sconces, but it was Quezal that excelled in this area and was the most prolific. Quezal art glass shades were available in an infinite variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and decorations. Some shades are formed and decorated as lilies while others are bell-shaped and have ribbed or textured decoration. Rims are usually plain but sometimes are notched or ruffled. Common motifs include feather or hooked feather, leaf and vine, applied flowers, drape, fishnet, King Tut, and spider webbing. The workmanship shown on most Quezal shades...

This exquisite old Tibetan praying wheel, crafted from wood and copper, stands at a height of 37.5 cm and features a diameter of 12.5 cm. Originating from Tibet during the middle of ...

Floor lamp in the style of Louis Katona exemplifies Art Deco sophistication through geometric form and quality materials. The distinctive green glass rondelle features an intricate g...

An exceptionally rare pair of 1884 copper-plated lion andirons designed by Arthur Osborne for the Boston firm of Wellington & Burrage Household Art Rooms. While Osborne is more known...

An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table In the manner of Stickley Brothers USA, Circa 1900 Solid quarter sawn oak, with original hammered cop...

Large antique George III quality copper kettle having a quality shaped handle and spout and lift off lid with original finale. Measures: 29.5 x 22 x 22cm Date 1800.  

Chic mid century set of twelve napkin rings handcrafted in silver on hammered copper in modern form featuring stone clad toucans. Signed Emilia Castillo on the bottoms.

A rare and exceptional antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts writing desk By Gustav Stickley (original label present) USA, Circa 1900 Solid qua...

Decorative and Jewelry Box in Metal and Copper Silver Color and Gold France 20th Century. On the lid, we discover relief work. A scene of with characters having a banquet in the coun...

A Japanese copper planter with cloisonne enamel. The nearly rectangular beige planter with a blue dot pattern below the neck and above the base. Raised on four legs. Adorned with pol...

Islamic Arabic calligraphy circular tray with silver overlay. Round Egyptian brass tray overlaid with metal silver and copper Islamic calligraphy ...

This Mid 20th Century Cachepot or Bucket was made from copper in the mid 1900's. The piece features two intricately scrolled handles attached by rivets to its round hand hammered cop...

An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table By Gustav Stickley USA, Circa 1910 Quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardware. Measure...

A minimal, pivoting mirror in patinated bronze. Hand crafted in the North to order. Custom sizes and finishes are available. Supplied with two screw fixing points to rear face. Lar...

An impressive pair of early 20th century candlesticks executed in hammered brass combined with contrasting patinated metal elements. The design is strongly architectural, with three ...

Antique Large Hammered Solid Copper with Wrought Iron Handled Bucket 18" L x 14" W x 9" H

Design Classic from the Art Déco Era. Table lamp, model "Mazda" France 1920s - 1930s. The wooden shaft and the wooden base have been professionally painted in high-gloss Black lacqu...

Stilnovo flush mount ceiling light model 1243. Italy 1960s. Stilnovo label. Made of copper and enameled metal. Five candelabra sockets. Rewired for US. Black enamel restored. FREE US...

beautiful 1950s brass, copper and glass chandelier made in italy.

Vintage Copper Fire Screen 24"x24" – Add classic elegance and safety to your fireplace with this ornate, hand-crafted copper fire screen. Featuring a beautifully embossed lion and sc...

Set of 8 very large outdoor wall lamps in copper and glass, manufactured by Boréns, Sweden, 1970s. The lamps are probably custom made and consist of three light sources on a large p...

Vintage Hand Hammered Copper Syrian Middle Eastern Large 44" Round Figural Engraved Serving Tray. Great to use as a table top. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 4" H x 44" Diam...

Splendid 17th-century Italian painting by unknown artist, but certainly a follower of Caravaggio, relying on style and drawing. The painting has a very beautiful gilded wooden frame, with a subtle greek with spheres and an overlying rectangular frame with sinuous flowers on each corner, very elegant and beautiful. The painting depicts one of the most depicted religious scenes ever, the scourging of Christ, and is entirely done in oil on copper. The scourging of Jesus is an episode narrated in the Gospels (Mk15:15-16; Mt27:26-27; Lk23:16-26; Jn19:1-17[1]). Scourging is a flogging, particularly bloody, by means of sticks, rods or cat-o-nine-tails, the latter instrument consisting, in the Roman typology, of a short stick to which were secured several strings ending in metal claws, leads and bone splinters that caused tremendous lacerations and fractures to the tortured person. Chains are used in this scene, both to immobilize Jesus Christ and to flog him, as we can see in the upper right hand of the scourger. According to some personal research, it turned out that the actual scourging of Christ was mostly depicted at the column, while this Christ is on the ground, so presumably Christ here is scourged during the Way of the Cross at one of those stages where he fell. The painting has a very dark coloring, which is why this painting is believed to faithfully follow Caravaggio's style of dry, authoritarian brushstrokes. The painting shows a figure agonizing on the ground that continues to receive beatings and floggings of all kinds, representing Christ; his face is crucified in a loquacious expression of pain, he turns his eyes to heaven as if to invoke God, but at the same time those same eyes admonish the wickedness and arrogance inherent in humanity. Christ has one hand resting on the ground in the act of holding himself, while the other takes a completely unnatural stance against the barren ground. His body appears hardened to wanting to parry the blows, his legs are curled up on his knees as he takes kicks from the soldier above him. Christ is depicted pinned down from the neck with a very large and strong black iron bolt held by the other soldier. The soldier on the right in the foreground wears a one-shoulder tunic with an orange tunic and blue pants. On his feet he wears gray shoes, at his waist he has a belt with an iron helmet...

Old and Large Hand Hammered Footed Copper Bucket/Stockpot with 3 Brass Claw Feet, CO#003 Made in the Republic of Ireland, 1950s. 11.25" Dia, 11.25" to th...

Turkish tin copper tray table on wooden folding stand Turkish Persian Mameluke style tinned copper tray table. Very nice unusual Asian dark bron...

Large Bertoia Studios 10-Rod 'B-2700' Brass, Copper & Silver Sound Sculpture. A lyrical and musical sound sculpture with certificate of authenticity signed b...

Pair 1960's Mid Century Floor (or tall table) Lamps in the manner of Stewart Ross James for Hansen or Paul Evans. Probably by Laurel Lamp Co. This interesting pair of lamps is each...

1890s Belle Époque bronze sculpture of a young fisherman 'Pêcheur' by the sculptor Adolphe-Jean Lavergne, France By: Adolphe-Jean Lavergne Material: bronze, copper, metal Technique:...

A small painted plaster sculpture depicting a skull resting on a small red silk quilted cushion. The cushion, which depicts a child's skull, is supported by a thin gilded copper wire...

A Japanese Meiji era copper vase with cloisonne enamel. Circa 1900. The nearly round vase is in beige with a red dotted pattern below the neck and above the base. Adorned with polych...

An antique Japanese Meiji Era copper and enamel napkin ring. Circa: early 20th century. The ware is enameled with polychrome images of Phoenix birds surrounded by foliage, and scroll...

A reclaimed vintage Industrial explosion proof iron and copper cage light ceiling pendant. A solid metal light fixture with timeless desig...

Poul Henningsen PH 4.5/4 Pendant Lamp, Patented, Denmark, 1930s An original PH 4.5/4 pendant lamp designed by Poul Henningsen, Denmark, dating from the 1930s, produced under Henning...

A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts nine-drawer triple dresser or credenza By L. & J.G. Stickley, "Harvey Ellis" Collection USA, Circa Late 20t...

Late 19th century copper pot or bucket with rolled lip, iron handle, dovetailed seams at sides with brass solder and soldered hinges for handle. Great scale and ideal size to hold ...

Globally sourced and carefully curated, the Le Monde/Estate collection of furnishings, home decor, sculptures, mirrors, wall panels, pots, vases, bowls, and other accessories celebra...

Antique 19th Century etched copper photogravure plate, mounted on wood. The photo plate features a stately house with columns, with trees in the foreground. Photogravure is a way o...

A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts entry table or vanity dressing table with mirror In the manner of Stickley USA, Circa Late 20th Century Beautiful quarter sawn oak, with inset ...

French Copper Wall Lantern. With recently introduced opaque glass. Wired and PAT tested. Stamped Claude Lefebvre France, circa 1920. Height - 42cm Width - 27cm Depth - 18cm Please ...

A lovely early 20th-Century French wrought iron umbrella or stick stand with the original copper liner. It's a fine quality hand crafted piece that would be stunning in an entryway f...

Extremely rare, highly decorative and elegant Mid-Century Modern 'Plate' or 'Tallerken' pendant lamp or hanging light. With wonderful light effect. Designed by Poul Henningsen for Lo...

Remarkable 20th century Art Nouveau cabinet or buffet from the period in Austria around 1900. Designed and produced by the famous art furniture factory of August Ungethüm (signed) in...

Part of our Lumfardo Luminaries contemporary collection, this LUhans patinated un-lacquered copper indoor outdoor sconce is inspired by Scandina...

A rare and exceptional pair of Arts & Crafts candlesticks attributed to Rivière Studios, New York, circa 1910. Expertly crafted in solid copper, each candlestick features a finel...

This 19th-century French copper pot is a fine example of traditional cookware from the era, blending beauty with utility. Handcrafted from thick copper with a warm, time-worn patina,...