Ormolu Furniture

This is an antique serving dish. A French, cut glass and ormolu presentation centrepiece or fruit bowl in the Empire manner, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890. Wonderf...

This is a beautiful antique Victorian solid walnut open breakfront dwarf bookcase, circa 1860 in date. It is fitted with six adjustable shelves, has a central open bookcase with mou...

An extravagant Gilt Bronze and Pietra Dura jewellery casket, Circa 1860 in date. The stunning ormolu casket of circular form, inset with hardstone...

An exquisite French Directoire Bureau Plat or Library Table, Circa 1920. Features a rectangular form made from kingwood with a black tooled lea...

Absolutely stunning hand carved Swiss Black Forest possibly Walnut wood (sometimes confused with Irish Bog Oak from Ireland) Ladys or Gentlemans Jewelry Casket of oval outline. Mid t...

A superb impressive ormolu mounted ebonised three train mantel clock, chiming on 8 bells with a gong, of large size Retailed by Green of Landport, circa 1880 in date. The caddy top ...

Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from France, circa 1900 A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid fe...

Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from France, circa 1900 A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid fe...

This is a fabulous petite antique French Sevres ormolu mounted cobalt blue soft paste porcelain casket, Circa 1870 in date. The shaped hinged ormolu mounted cover is superbly decora...

A very fine and rare late 19th century antique cut crystal glass Baccarat jewelry box, dresser box or casket with hinged lid, bronze ormolu mounts and 24 carat delicately hand-painte...

Mantel Clock Urania - Allegory of astronomy Montpellier Bronze, marble, enamel circa 1825 Dimensions: Height x width x depth: 37 x 31 x 10 cm Description: Beautiful mantel clock designed by the famous Parisian bronzier Jean Andre Reiche...

An Exceptionally Fine Pair French Ormolu and patinated Bronze early Victorian Single Light Candlesticks of tall slender form and fairly standard proportions, now converted to a Stunn...

Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from Lyon, circa 1900 A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid feat...

Large Lyra pendulum clock with ram’s heads France Mahogany, bronze c. 1825 Dimensions: H x W x D: 59 x 28 x 15 cm Description: A large and exquisitely crafted lyre clock made of m...

A 19th-century pair of French Sèvres-style porcelain cabinet vases executed in the Louis XVI taste, circa 1880, with rose Pompadour ground and finely cast ormolu mounts. Petite in ...

An exceptional French bronze ormolu mounted turquoise jeweled Sèvres Porcelain clock set by Raingo Fres, Paris, circa 1880. Comprising of a clock in vase form and a pair of five-l...

A charming and highly decorative pair of Louis XV style occasional or side tables, crafted in the 20th century with elegant parquetry tops framed by pierced brass galleries. Raised o...

This is a beautiful antique Napoleon III gilded ormolu and Limoges enamel jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date. The hinged lid having a beautiful finely painted miniature Limoges en...

A striking late 19th-century French Japonisme centerpiece or planter, exquisitely crafted in richly glazed cobalt blue porcelain and lavishly mounted in finely chased gilt bronze. Da...

This exquisite antique tabletop picture frame beautifully combines Art Nouveau elegance with strong Japonist influence. Crafted from gilt bronze, it features a striking contrast betw...

A splendid and extravagant 19th antique French ebonized and ormolu mounted marble top credenza sideboard cabinet, Napoleon III, circa 1860. This exquisite quality antique French cre...

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...

An exceptional pair of Louis XVI style french ormolu-mounted parquetry and marquetry side tables, 20th century, in the manner of RVLC. Made with the highest quality woods, finest ...

A finely cast French patinated bronze bust depicting Menelaus, the legendary King of Sparta and one of the principal heroes of Homer's Iliad, executed after an important classical pr...

An exquisite antique Louis XVI style bonheur du jour (lady's desk), crafted from rich mahogany and adorned with elegant ormolu mounts. Dating to approximately 1890, this piece featur...

This is a beautiful antique French Empire Revival "fauteuil du bureau", desk chair, Circa 1880 in date.   The square back and seat has been upholstered in an elegant in black leather...

Pair of French Régence–Style Ormolu & Tôle Planters with Classical Allegorical Figures, Early 19th Century Four pieces: a pair of Tole & Ormolu vases and a pair of tin liners...

A gorgeous antique 19th Century French ormolu glass trinket box, circa 1860. This miniature box has the original tufted silk lining, thick beveled ...

A superb Napoleon III Revival Ormolu Mounted Empire mahogany pedestal desk circa 1930 in date. This imposing Empire Revival pedestal desk is mounted with fine ormolu neo-classical m...

A monumental French Empire style console table featuring an extraordinary combination of richly gilt ormolu and vibrant malachite decoration, inspired by the grand decorative vocabul...

Ebonized Italian Empire style side chair featuring brass ormolu, claw feet, and a lattice-work back. This piece has a newly upholstered feather down seat cushion. 20" Seat height inc...

This is a fabulous antique French Sevres ormolu mounted cobalt blue soft paste porcelain jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date. The shaped hinged ormolu mounted cover is superbly de...

A thoroughly delightful pair of antique French Empire mahogany, ormolu and marble-topped bedside cabinets, circa 1830 in date. They are freestanding, finished on all four sides and ...

An exceptionally elegant late 19th-century antique French clear cut crystal jewelry box or dresser casket, measuring 13 cm in height, 11 cm in length, and 8 cm in width. Sculpted fro...

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...

This is a wonderful antique French Limoges panelled ormolu hand-mirror, signed by the artist Joseph Meissonnier, Circa 1890. The circular frame has a pierced scrolling foliated b...

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 pa...

A stunning, fine quality vintage French gilt bronze ormolu mounted marquetry inlaid rosewood extension dining table by J.P. Ehalt. Exquisitely handcrafted using only the finest materials and highest level of craftsmanship, the mid-century antique reproduction lavishly finished in Neoclassical Louis XVI taste, having an extensively inlaid oval shaped top, richly decorated marquetry at the center features intricate floral motif, wonderfully designed and exceptionally executed built-in hide-a-way extension leaves that rest under the table in the manner of Maison Jansen, sliding out to extend the length of the table from 72 to 107 inches. The frieze luxuriously decorated with gilt bronze mounted running ornamentation with beaded trim, accented by stylized foliate gilded bronze embellishments, above fluted tapered legs. Signed J.P. Ehalt (Jean-Pierre Ehalt) Circa 1960s; France JP Ehalt...

A beautiful quality Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Jewelry Casket, made in Germany in c. 1900, firmly attributed to renowned maker Erhard & Sohne. The highly elaborate ormolu metal case...

Very rare cobalt blue opaline crystal French dresser box with ormolu mountings. A very fine piece resting on paw feet.

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

An exquisite 18th century Dutch Bombe Kast or linen press in fine Cuban mahogany with all of the original bronze d'ore mounts. From the mid-1700s, this Kast stylistically follows the...

This is an impressive and rare antique French Régence wood and ormolu mounted commode, circa 1720 in date. The stunning breche violette marble top ...

Antique French Ormolu Mounted Green Opaline Egg Form Covered Box. The egg form opaline box rests in a gilt bronze nest of grapes and leaves. The box opens to reveal a small compartment.

PAIR French very stylish Regency Ormolu and Bronze Miniature Candlesticks, internally fully weighted, complete with their original firm fitting drip pans. Each triangular base below ...

An exceptional pair of French Empire period candlesticks executed in finely chased fire-gilt ormolu and contrasting dark patinated bronze, dating to the early 19th century. Each cand...

This is a beautiful antique gilded ormolu serpentine shaped jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date. The top, front, sides and back are beautifully cast and tooled in gilt bronze. The ...

This is an elegant antique pair of Italian, Lombardy Milanese Ferrarese walnut, burr walnut and ebonized commodes, or bedside chests crafted in Milan, circa 1780 in date.   They are ...

A fine quality early 19th century antique French Empire mahogany marble top commode, with Neo-Classical ormolu mounts, circa 1810. The commode is of the finest quality, the top is ma...

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...

A beautiful Regency Revival flame mahogany dining table dating from the mid 20th century. The table is of fabulous quality, in excellent condition, can comfortably seat ten and is h...

Napoleon III Patinated Bronze & Ormolu Crown, France, Circa 1870 A rare and unusual Napoleon III patinated bronze and ormolu crown from France, circa 1870. This distinctive work fea...

Two 19th Century, Brown/Red “tinta Negra” gilt decorated lacquer panels mounted on a gilt-bronze frame. Frame tightened panels touched up & waxed

An elegant and exquisitely executed French crystal casket from the Charles X period, circa 1825, attributed to Baccarat and mounted in superb fire-gilt ormolu. The rectangular crysta...

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...

French Champlevé Enamel & Ormolu Letter Rack, Late 19th Century A richly ornamented French champlevé enamel and gilt bronze letter rack, dating to the late 19th century. This jewel-...

French first Empire period Secretaire à Abattant, also known as a drop-front secretary, fall front or cantilevered desk. Under the dark grey marble top is a secret, entablature drawe...

An outstanding quality antique gilded bronze & Sevres porcelain French 3 piece, 8 day clock garniture with candelabra, by Brocot & Delettrez, Paris, circa 1870. The clock with an 'egg' shaped urn made of cobalt blue Sevres porcelain with a hand-painted panel with a neo-classical beauty and a cupid, the rear is painted with gilt birds & floral decoration. The urn with gilt bronze handles to the sides held in the mouths of lion's masks, the clock below also with sumptuously decorated with gilded cobalt porcelain panels, the clock dial with black Roman numerals & is finely painted with two horses and a chariot with a putti falling out of the chariot. The clock has two winding arbors one for the 8 day time wind the other for a chime, the clock chimes the hours on a soft delicate sounding bell, the clock is in full working order and was recently professionally cleaned. The clock is complemented with a pair of gilt bronze & cobalt blue Sevres porcelain four branch vasiform candelabras, decorated with oval panels to the front with putti & Neoclassical maidens, the back panels finely painted with birds, each candelabra is in two sections and raised on gilt bronze bases with corbel brackets & acanthus leaf feet. The bronze casting is very likely by the Barbedienne Foundry in Paris, as the quality is outstanding, the clock is stamped "BD" for Achille Brocot (1817-1878) and Jean-Baptiste Delettrez (1816-1887), they were two of the most important French clock makers of the mid to late 19th century, please see some biography below. The clock is mechanically & cosmetically in excellent condition, and was recently overhauled by a clock-smith, the porcelain & ormolu are also in excellent condition, one of the very best investment quality gilt-bronze & Sevres porcelain clock garnitures by the top French makers of the period, circa 1870. This garniture will be professionally crated for shipping. Delettrez and Achille Brocot, son of the respected clockmaker Louis-Gabriel Brocot, established the clockmaking company "Brocot et Delettrez" in Paris on 20 October 1851, with premises at 62 Rue Charlot Paris. Jean-Baptiste Delettrez worked alongside Achille Brocot for several years and their clock movements are considered to be the most effective made during the late 19th century. Their specialty was a range of clocks based on the innovations of Brocot père and his other son Antoine, but generally of Achille's greatly advanced original design, some having a unique single-arm double-wheel escapement, some having a temperature-compensated pendulum, some having two dials, one of which showed the time and the other which showed a calendar and often other information such as phases of the moon, times of sunrise & sunset in Paris, etc. The firm was awarded a 1st class prize at the Paris World Exposition of 1857 for a commercial clock...

This fabulous gilt bronze fixture is by the renowned firm of Edward F.Caldwell. It features Empire motifs including acanthus leave, foliate wreaths and pine cone finials.

Dimensions - H: 35 3/4 in W: 46 1/2 in D: 22 1/2 in An important and highly refined 18th century French Louis XV bronze ormolu mounted marquetry inlaid commode, stamped “CB Dubois ...