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Material: Ormolu
A Magnificent French C. 1870 Ormolu-Mounted Green Painted Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Queens, NY
A Magnificent French Ormolu-Mounted Green Painted Chinoiserie Commode with Original Marble Top, 19th Century
An exceptional French ormolu-mounted commode, richly decorated in vibran...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Italian Ormolu Mounted Malachite Lidded Casket 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb quality antique Italian Ormolu mounted Malachite jewellery casket, circa 1900 in date.
The rectangular casket is veneered in panels of malachite, the hinged lid is mounted ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Bronze, Ormolu
Exquisite Neo-Grec Ormolu & Champleve Enamel Jardiniere by Barbedienne & Sévin
Located in Queens, NY
A French Neo-Grec Ormolu and Champlevé Enamel Jardinière by Ferdinand Barbedienne and Louis-Constant Sévin, circa 1870
An outstanding ormolu-mounted and champlevé enamel jardinière,...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
A Magnificent Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Vases
Located in Queens, NY
A Magnificent Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Vases
A superb pair of French Louis XVI style ormolu vases, exquisitely cast and richly decorated in the Neoclassical taste. Each...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Boxed Cartier Crystal Ice Bucket Sterling Silver-Gilt Tongs 20th Century
By Cartier
Located in London, GB
An elegant vintage Cartier ice bucket, presented in its original fitted box, complete with sterling silver-gilt ice tongs. This piece was retailed as part ...
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20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver, Ormolu
French Baccarat Crystal Patch Box with Sulfide Cameo of Psyche, 1840-1860
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Baccarat Crystal Patch Box with Sulfide Cameo of Psyche
France, circa 1840–1860
Dimensions: 1.75" diameter × 0.75" high
A rare mid-19th-century F...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique French Walnut & Marble Louis-Philippe Walnut Commode Chest Drawers 1840
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique French Louis-Philippe figured burl walnut & marble top commode, chest of drawers, circa 1840.
The commode is in excellent condition, it is made from the finest vi...
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1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Ormolu Rosewood Marquetry Partner's Writing Table Desk
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine quality antique French rosewood & kingwood marquety inlaid & ormolu mounted partner's writing table or Bureau Plat, in the manner of Jacques Dubois, circa 1860.
This very...
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1860s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Antique Ormolu and Limoges Enamel Jewellery Box
By Limoges
Located in Newark, England
LIMOGES ENAMEL PANELS
From our Decorative collection, we are delighted to offer this French Napoleon III Ormolu and Enamel Jewellery Box. The Jewellery...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Exceptional C19th French Boulle Mantle Clock
Located in London, GB
A very Important French Ormolu Mounted Boulle Mantel Clock
Inlaid Brass in The Regency Style
Each Corner Decorated with Recumbent Horses
Nice Large Dial 8 and a half inches surround...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$29,886 Sale Price
20% Off
Impressive Empire Style Malachite and Ormolu Center Table After Desmalter
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Long Island City, NY
An impressive empire style malachite and ormolu center table after the imperial model by Francois Honore Georges Jacob-Desmalter, 1770-1841.
"AUX CARIATIDES", Empire style round m...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
An Early 19th Century French Satinwood and Ormolu Tric Trac Table
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1840
An exceptional early nineteenth century goncalo alves tric trac table, with gilt ormolu mounts and stylised swags to the corners, with satinwood backgammon playin...
Category
19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis Revival Dining Table and 6 Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful dining set comprising an antique French Louis Revival dining table, Circa 1920 in date, and a beautiful set of six Gondola Dining Chairs C1950.
This antique Fre...
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20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Photo Frame - Louis XVI Style - Ormolu Bronze
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Elegant and refined 19th century French photo frame in the Louis XVI style. Crafted in bronze with exquisite ormolu (gilt bronze) finish, the frame features finely cast details inclu...
Category
1870s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Art Nouveau Ormolu and Satin Glass Trinket Jewelry Box, France, circa 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous glass trinket box with ormolu mounts. No restoration has been carried out on this charming little trinket box, which remains in very stabile and functioning condition, wea...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Vitrine Table, C. 1880
Located in Long Island City, NY
A French Louis XVI style Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Vitrine Table, C. 1880, attributed to Paul Sormani.
Very good quality, nice ormolu mounts throughout, presents very well.
Measure...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Louis Revival Dining Table and 6 Empire Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful dining set comprising an antique French Louis Revival dining table, Circa 1920 in date, and a beautiful set of six Gondola Dining Chairs C1950.
This antique Fre...
Category
20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Famille Rose Medalion Canton Cantonese Chinese Porcelain Ormolu Vase Urn
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and very large Chinese Canton famille verte ormolu mounted porcelain vase of museum quality, from the city of Canton, is decorated in the so-called Famille Verte manner, mid...
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19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Vintage Ormolu Mounted Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage ormolu mounted terrestrial library globe, dating from the second half of the 20th Century.
The globe is raised on a highly decorative walnut tripod stand which is fit...
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Late 20th Century English Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Pair 19th Century Ebonized Empire Style Black Hair Hide Armchairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th Century ebonized mahogany Empire style fauteuil with winged caryatids, newly upholstered in a deep espresso hairhide.
Category
Late 19th Century European Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Lady's Ormolu Bronze Dore Jewellery Box Casket Maison Boissier Paris
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning French chisel cast Medieval revival Bombe shaped Lady's Jewlery Casket of Museum quality, made during the second quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Firmly attribu...
Category
Early 19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century empire revival mahogany pier mirror
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century empire revival mahogany pier mirror circa 1870.
Excellent quality pier mirror using the finest mahogany. Architectural cornice top with cresent shape which showcases t...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Martin Benito Crystal Vodka Server, Benito Crystal & Ormolu Liquor Server
By Martin CF Benito, Cristal Benito
Located in Miami, FL
Martin Crystal Vodka Server,
Monumental Caviar Bowl Crystal and Ormolu or Bronze Dore Dolphin Centerpiece
by Cristal Benito,
Monumental Cristal Benito Fabergé Style Server with Vodk...
Category
20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique German Casket Trinket Box Ormolu Glass Satin Nuremberg Souvenir, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous glass trinket box with some ormolu adornments. The hinged top featuring a City view of the Nuremberg Castle. No restoration has been carried out on this charming little tr...
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Early 1900s German Hollywood Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$96 Sale Price
40% Off
Vintage Monumental Pair Ormolu Twin Branch Wall Lights Sconces mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a monumental French pair of antique Louis XVI Revival gilded ormolu quadruple branch wall lights, mid-20th century in date.
A large pair of very ormolu wall sconces, each w...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Louis XVI gilt bronze - ormolu candlesticks - 19th century - 11" 3/4
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Antique French pair of candlesticks, beautiful finely chiseled ormolu (solid bronze gilt with fine gold) Louis XVI style pattern. Our model is richly ornamented with pearls, gadroons...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$3,351 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Four Italian Dining Chairs Empire Style Red Gold Upholstery 20th Century
Located in Milano, MI
A set of four solid walnut chairs in the fabulous Empire style with ormolu decorations, made in Italy in the 20th century, in good condition.
The walnut frame is beautiful in color ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$1,914 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique Large Vernis Martin Bombe' Display Cabinet 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A stunning large antique French wood Vernis Martin five panel display cabinet in the Louis XV manner and of extravagantly shaped Bombe form, circa 1870 in date, with exquisite hand painted decoration and exquisite ormolu mounts.
It has five decorative Vernis Martin panels with beautiful hand painted decoration, the central panel depicting a courting couple and the others with classical figures in pastoral country scenes. The central panel bears the artists signature, Le Brun.
The large central clear serpentine glazed door opening to a large capacious cupboard below, flanked by clear glazed serpentine panels, with further shaped glass on the sides.
It is smothered in gorgeous gilded ormolu mounts, the shaped apron with foliate mounts and sabots, standing on cabriole legs. The mirror backed interior is fitted with glass shelves, the lower shelf lined with golden velvet, to display your collection of china or silver beautifully.
This magnificent piece is in excellent condition and the quality and attention to detail throughout is second to none.
Add a touch of unparalleled style to your home.
Condition:
In really excellent original condition having only been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
height 193 x width 115 x depth 50
Dimensions in inches:
height 6 foot, 4 inches x width 3 foot, 9 inches x depth 1 foot, 8 inches
Vernis Martin
is a lustrous lacquer substitute widely used in the 18th century to decorate furniture and such personal articles as brisé fans...
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1870s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Marble Top Ormolu Bombe Shape Inlaid Tulip-wood Commode
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality antique French Louis XV style marble top & ormolu mounted tulipwood & kingwood bombe shape commode chest, circa 1900.
The serpentine shaped top having the original var...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Vintage Pair of French Glass & Ormolu Table Lamps 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant pair of vintage French ormolu and glass table lamps, mid 20th century in date.
These elegant lamps have a sophisticated moulded glass body with splendid high-lig...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Inlay & Ebony Game Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This beautiful ebonized game table from 19th century France will be eye catching in any space! In its folded state as a console table, an intricate urn and floral crest with inlay br...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Antique French Bacarrat Ormolu with Glass Tantalus Cave a Liqueur 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite antique French Napoleon III Bacarrat ormolu and glass Cave a Liqueur, or tantalus, circa 1860 in date.
The Cave a Liqueur features an ormolu case with glass panels and an 'up and over' lid enclosing a gilt bronze frame containing sixteen small glasses and four decanters with stoppers, on all on finely cast paw feet. One decanter with a Bacarrat label to the underside
The glasses and decanters are beautifully engraved with geometric decoration.
As seen in the upcoming Ridley Scott historical film Napoleon.
It is an absolutely superb set which is sure to attract a lot of attention.
Condition:
In really excellent condition with no damage, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 29 x width 37 x depth 30
Dimensions in inches:
Height 11 inches x width 1 foot, 3 inches x depth 1 foot
Baccarat
In 1764 King Louis XV of France gave permission to found a glassworks in the town of Baccarat in the Lorraine region in eastern France to Prince Bishop Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Laval...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vernis Martin French Antique Commode Chest Marble Top.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Vernis Martin French Antique Commode Chest Marble Top
Charming early 20th century French Louis XV style kingwood side cabinet in the ...
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Style Twelve Branch Ormolu Chandelier
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Style Twelve Branch Heavy cast Brass and Ormolu Chandelier. Great vintage condition. This heavy cast brass Jewel will not rust.
Measures 28" in d...
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Early 20th Century American Louis XIV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Antique French Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Clock by Achille Brocot
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A magnificent early ormolu (finely gilded bronze) and Sèvres style porcelain clock by renown maker Achille Brocot. It is mounted with delicately painted Sèvres style porcelain with a...
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19th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine French Ormolu Crown Frame with Tinted Photograph, circa 1890–1910
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine French Ormolu Crown Frame with Tinted Photograph, circa 1890–1910
A richly detailed French ormolu (gilt bronze) portrait frame, surmounted by a regal crown finial and finely de...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Pair Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Chinese Fo Dog Vases Urns
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Chinese Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Vases of traditional baluster outline, of unusually quite good size proportions, (see last image in situ) mid...
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19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Ebonised Boulle Ormolu Desk Cabinet Bonheur du Jour Kunst Mobel Denmark
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique Napoleon III French style ebonzied Boulle & ormolu Bonheur du Jour by Nordisk Kunst & Mobel-Etablissement, Copenhagen Denmark, 1903. In remarkable condition.
Thi...
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Early 1900s Danish Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair 19th Century Italian Empire Consoles
Located in Houston, TX
A stately pair of 19th Century Italian Empire white marble top mahogany consoles supported by ebonized caryatid columns.
Category
19th Century Italian Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Early 19th Century French Mantel Clock, signed Ferey au Havre, Ormolu
Located in Greven, DE
Small mantel clock with bas-relief
France
Bronze, enamel
early 19th century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 33 x 19 x 9 cm
Description:
Antique, fire-gilt portal clock with figurative, Gre...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Antique Pair French Bleu Celeste Sevres Urns 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique pair of French Sevres style porcelain and ormolu mounted twin handled urns, in the Louis XV manner, Circa 1870 in date.
The bleu celeste...
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1870s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Very Large Neoclassical Style Ormolu Gold Malachite Green Glass Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Very Large Neoclassical Style Ormolu Gold Malachite Green Glass Display Cabinet
French, 20th Century
Height 250cm, width 368cm, depth 76cm
An exceptional statement piece, this gran...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Antique Georgian Long Case Grandfather Clock Higgs & Evans London Spanish Market
By Robert and Peter Higgs of London
Located in Portland, OR
A fabulous investment quality antique George III Flame mahogany & gilt bronze eight day movement tall case grandfather clock, by Robert & Peter Higgs & David Evans, made for the Span...
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1770s English George III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Signed Baccarat Gilt Bronze And Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This beautifully proportioned 19th Century signed Baccarat chandelier, originally candle powered has been electrfied.
The gilt bronze frame ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock Garniture
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A very fine Louis XVI style figural mantel clock with matching flanking candelabra. The clock is bronze casted and has an ormolu f...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Period Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock with Candelabras
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A finely bronze fire-gilded ormolu mantel clock set with matching candelabras. Rich ornate with typical Louis XVI mounts, floral garlands, scr...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu, Enamel
Antique Aesthetic Period Bur Maple Edward & Roberts Writing Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant antique aesthetic period burr maple and ebonized writing table, stamped 'EDWARDS & ROBERTS' Circa 1870 in date.
This elegant desk is crafted from the most beaut...
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19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Baccarat Crystal & Ormolu Figural Putti Centerpiece
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Figural Putti Centerpiece
France, circa 1890s
A stunning Baccarat crystal and ormolu figural putti centerpiece is a masterful example of late 19th-centur...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bronze Clock with Sèvres Porcelain
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine quality Louis XVI style bronze ormolu mantel clock. The case is made of gilt brass and bronze ormolu casted ornaments, Roman numerals in white enameled cartouches. On top of t...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Gilt-Bronze Lacquer Low Table
Located in Huntington, NY
Two 19th Century, Brown/Red “tinta Negra” gilt decorated lacquer panels mounted on a gilt-bronze frame.
Frame tightened panels touched up & waxed
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$3,920 Sale Price
39% Off
19th Century Parisian Mantel Clock in Louis XVI Style, signed Lepine, circa 1870
Located in Greven, DE
Mantel Clock in Louis XVI style
Paris
Ormolu, glass, marble
around 1870
Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 24 x 17 cm
Description:
Extremely high quality and finely crafted Parisian pend...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Ormolu and Glass Souvenir Trinket Jewelry Box, Maria Zell, Austria, circa 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous glass top trinket box made of ormolu. The hinged top featuring a view of the church of Maria Zell place of pilgrimage in Austria. No restoration has been carried out on th...
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Early 1900s Austrian Hollywood Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French gilt mantle clock with sevres plaques
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century French gilt mantle clock with sevres plaques circa 1890.
Fine quality ornate french clock surmounted with a lady in traditional french dress leaning on an architectural window and ship building tools. Enamel clock face...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
19th century French ormolu and marble figural mantel clock
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century ormolu and marble figural mantel clock circa 1870.
Parisian made mantel clock with 'foy a paris' marked on the white enamel clock face...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Ormolu Mounted Credenza
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian burr walnut ormolu mounted credenza having a burr walnut serpentine shaped top, ormolu mounted burr walnut frieze above a single door with a ova...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$5,702 Sale Price
25% Off
A true pair of Japanese 19th century Coromandel Laquered and Ormolu doors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and most attractive true pair of Japanese 19th century Coromandel Laquered and Ormolu doors. The two doors, and original door jambs, are elegantly decorated by richly carved...
Category
19th Century Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gueridon by Henry Dasson.
By Henry Dasson
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gueridon by Henry Dasson.
Sophisticated 19th century ormolu and Mahogany Gueridon after Adam Weisweiler (1750-1810). The Gueridon, fashioned in the L...
Category
19th Century Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mantle Clock Garniture Set
Located in Forney, TX
A luxurious French Louis XVI style gilt bronze ormolu and alabaster (onyx-marble) three piece mantle clock and garniture set, possibly attributed to Raingo Freres.
The fine quality antique originating in France in the late 19th century, exquisite Parisian work, exceptionally executed in opulent, elegant, and sophisticated King Louis XVI style, timeless neoclassical taste, comprising: classical architectural case mantel clock, having pointed bronze doré finial, flanked by scrolled foliates and lyre motifs, fancy enamel dial with Arabic numerals, inscribed F. Lapointe, Paris, eight-day time-and-strike movement signed Samuel Marti 1900 (Paris, 1870-1890), original Apollo mask sun-burst pendulum hanging below clock drum, flanked by matched pair of two arm candlestick garnitures, each with matching scrolled foliates and lyre finial, tapering column support with two candle nozzles, rising on stepped molded base, terminating in patinated brass disc feet.
Markings:
Pendulum stamped "R" "1721" ormolu on clock & garnitures stamped "1321"; possibly attributed to R. Freres / Raingo Freres.
Dial signed by French enameller "F. Lapointe, Paris"
Movement stamped by the firm of well-known French clockmaker Samuel Marti et Cie, Paris, second half of 19th century.
Dimensions: (approx)
As pictured:
18.5" High, 36" Wide, 5.5" Deep; 27.5 lbs total.
Clock:
18.5" High, 13" Wide, 5.5" Deep;
Candelabra garnitures: (each)
12" High, 8" Wide, 4.25" Deep;
Condition:
Presents splendidly. Great original unrestored antique condition. Currently not operating as it's lacking a suspension spring. Retaining bell, pendulum, and key. Losses to decorative elements. Wear consistent with age and use.
To ensure the clock arrives as beautiful as it leaves here, and due to the rather delicate nature of antique clocks...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
French Perfection! A most impressive and very fine quality vintage Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry inlaid bureau plat.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in the manner of important...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Tulipwood Marquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique 19th century French Louis XV tulipwood and marquetry, ormolu mounted bureau plat, serpentine shaped writing table, circa 1880.
The table having an inset brown & red hu...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Ormolu Clocks, Lamps and Other Furniture and Decorative Objects for Sale
Antique ormolu furniture and decorative objects can be incorporated into a variety of spaces, and while demand for the material and/or technique was at its peak in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, ormolu is still widely loved by designers and collectors today.
What is ormolu?
Ormolu is a brilliant form of decorative trickery. To the untrained eye, ormolu clocks, jewelry boxes and other ormolu furniture and decor look like they're made of solid gold. But those in the know recognize ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — as having been essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
“Most commonly, ormolu refers to a bronze object that has been covered with gold, typically 18 karat or 24 karat,” explains Jamie Sinai, director of the antiques specialist Mayfair Gallery, in London. “For that reason, ormolu is sometimes called gilt bronze or, in French, bronze doré. Strictly speaking, however, the term ormolu also denotes the technique of applying gold to a metal.”
“The word comes from the French or moulu, which translates as ‘ground or powdered gold’ — the form the gold takes before it is applied to a metal surface.”
From the court of King Louis XVI to that of Napoleon I, the French elite snapped up furniture mounted with ormolu, as well as sconces, candelabra and table lamps made from the material. “As the French reputation for supreme art, architecture and furniture developed, the craze for ormolu spread across Europe,” adds Sinai.
Today, antiques collectors and interior designers continue to prize ormolu for its extraordinary craftsmanship and history-infused glamour.
“This wondrous material was highly sought after in France as the ultimate luxury. It magically resembled solid gold and sparkled under candlelight,” says Sinai.
Find antique ormolu furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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Antique Marble Lion
Antique Meissen Clocks
Antique Mill Stone
Antique Ming Horses
Antique Nautical Table
Antique Norwegian Cabinet
Antique Pairpoint Silver
Antique Pine Blanket Box
Antique Puppet
Antique Ribbon Case
Antique Sea Chest
Antique Sea Shell Art