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Material: Ormolu
Large Antique French Ormolu & Beveled Glass Roses Jewelry Casket or Dresser Box
Located in Pearland, TX
A stunning antique French brass ormolu beveled glass footed jewelry casket or dresser box with hinged lid and lovely flower shaped handle. Newly relined with ivory velvet. This fine ...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair French 19th-Century Louis XV-style Marquetry & Ormolu Mounted Side Cabinets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine Pair of French 19th-Century Louis XV-style Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Meuble d'Appui Side-Cabinets with marble tops. Each single-door satinwood veneer side cabinet is c...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Antique French Louis XV Style One Door Nightstand, Marble Top and Ormolu Mounts
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th/early 20th c. antique French Louis XV style inlaid rosewood nightstand with rouge marble top and ormolu mounts. A one door nightstand opening to the right and featuring bea...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

A French 19th Century Pot-Pourri Covered Vase
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French 19th Century Pot-Pourri Covered Vase Large pot-pourri covered and ormolu-mounted ceramic vase Resting on an ormolu base simulating a perfume burner with posts in claws. L...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Marble Top Mahogany Table
Located in Huntington, NY
Marble Top Mahogany Table, Louis XV Style Quadruped & Column Base on Brass Castors With Gilt-Bronze Galley & Gray Marble Top.
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Late 19th Century European Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Brass, Ormolu

Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Chest of Drawers By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XV Style Chest of Drawers By François Linke François Linke Surmounted by a Brèche d’Alep marble top above a pair of short drawers, a...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Rococo Style Two Drawer Bombe Commode with Marble Top and Ormolu Mounts
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 20th c. antique Rococo style burlwood two drawer commode featuring a serpentine façade characteristic of Rococo design. Bombe in shape on all three sides, the chest stands on c...
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Early 1900s Italian Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair Of 19th Century Siena Marble & Ormolu Mounted Three Light Candelabra
Located in Dublin, IE
A beautiful pair of 19th century French Sienna Marble and ormolu candelabra, each with three out swept decorative leaf capped candleholders above a central tapering circular marble s...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Siena Marble, Ormolu

Antique Pair English Country House Victorian Brass Fireplace Fire Dogs Andrions
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Stylish Example of an Early Victorian Country House Style Identical Pair of Heavy Duty Polished Brass Fire Dogs, Chenets or Andirons of unusually generous proportions. Mid Nineteen...
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19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

Antique Pair English Country House Victorian Brass Fireplace Fire Dogs Andrions
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Stylish Example of an Early Victorian Country House Style Identical Pair of Heavy Duty Polished Brass Fire Dogs, Chenets or Andirons of unusually generous proportions. Mid Nineteen...
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19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

Antique Pair English Fleur de Lis Victorian Brass Fireplace Fire Dogs Andrions
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Elegant and quite Stylish Example of an Early Victorian Country House Style Identical Pair of Heavy Duty Polished Brass Fire Dogs, Chenets or Andirons of compact proportions. Mid ...
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19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

Baccarat Crystal & Ormolu Figural Putti Centerpiece
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...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

The Astronomy Lesson French Empire Mantel Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent French Empire ormolu mantel clock features the iconic Neoclassical genre scene often referred to as "The Astronomy Lesson." A popular motif during this period, Emper...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Enamel, Ormolu

Maison Forest Signed French Louis XVI Style Writing Table - Late 19th Century
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and very fine quality 19th century French bureau plat by renowned Parisian ébéniste Maison Forest. Maison Forest is one of the most famous french cabinetmakers of the 19th a...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

19th C. French Gilt and Porcelain Inkwell - Estate of Barbara J. Walters
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c., France, an ormolu, gilt and polychrome enameled porcelain encrier or inkwell in pot form. It is decorated with flowering vines, the gilt bronze top with wells for writing im...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair of Regency Glass Cornucopia
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Regency Glass Cornucopia - The hand blown blue glass is in excellent undamaged condition and sits on the original white statuary marble plinth ...
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1820s English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Italian 18th century Chinoiserie st. hand painted Cartonnier desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most unique Italian 18th century Chinoiserie st. hand painted patinated Wood, Gilt, Ormolu and leather Cartonnier Desk. This wonderful desk is raised on four tapered c...
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18th Century Italian Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

A French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu & Mahogany End Table, Attr. Dasson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany and Satinwood Gueridon Round End Table with Marble top, Attributed to Henry Dasson (French, 1825-1896). The si...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Bold Belgian Black Fireplace with Ormolu
Located in London, GB
A large and imposing fireplace in Belgian black marble. This striking fireplace has a very deep shelf which rests on freestanding fluted columns which are mounted with ormolu capital...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Transitional Style Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Transitional Style Lacquer Cabinet Marble top above a bronze mounted drawer, with a double door with lacquered landscape scenes that opens fo...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

A Louis XV Style Desk Travelling Cartel Clock circa 1875
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Desk Travelling Cartel Clock in chiseled and gilded bronze Rocaille decoration of scrolls, acanthus leaves and lyre Enamel dial signed Lenoir in Paris Plate mechanism No. 13287 and w...
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1870s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Enamel, Ormolu

French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, green marble side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, and green Verde Antico marble side table. This wonderful table is raised by four slender taper...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th century Transitional st Mahogany, Ormolu and Viola marble side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and finely detailed French 19th century Transitional st. Mahogany, Ormolu and Viola marble side table, attributed to Francois Linke....
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Seven Light Basket Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Seven Light Basket Chandelier The beaded bronze crown with a reticulated design, flowing beads leading down to a basket with drop crystals,...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu

Ormolu Antique French Rococo Cartel Wall Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A magnificent and very large original antique French Rococo cartel wall clock. Asymmetrically modelled in the Louis XV style, the dial bursting through the swirling clouds as the sun...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces, signed Sormani
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces, signed Sormani. Each two arm sconce is centered by an elegant tapered backplate with a fine fol...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

A Pair of Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of gilt and patinated bronze candelabra, each with a female figure Holding two coronets on base, treangular with elaborate filagree mounts. Frances. Circa 1830
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th century Belle Epoque Rouge Griotte marble & Ormolu centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stately and statement making French 19th century Belle Epoque period Rouge Griotte marble and Ormolu centerpiece/urn, in the manner of Barbedienne. This large scale centerpiece is ...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Griotte Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Sterling Silver Gilt Canteen In Louis XV Ormolu Kingwood Vitrine 105pc
Located in Germantown, MD
French Louis XVI Style Crested Gilt-Silver Assembled Flat Table Service in a Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Fitted Vitrine cabinet. Enjoy one the greatest combination of top ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Sterling Silver, 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.
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Late 19th Century European Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair English Regency Ormolu Bronze Crystal Lusters Candlesticks Candelabra 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Stylish Pair of English Regency Period Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Weighted Table or Mantle Single Light Lustres of superb craftsmanship and quality. First quarter of the Nineteent...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze

18th-Century Gilt Bronze & Egitto Serpentino Urn After Pierre Gouthière
Located in New Orleans, LA
This 18th-century gilt bronze & Egitto Serpentino urn is modeled after the opulent design of one of the last gilders of the Versailles Court, Pierre Gouthière. An identical urn is he...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Empire Salesman Sample Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Empire mahogany and birch salesman sample chest of drawers, circa 1820. With a rectangular birch top, a protruding frieze drawer, two larger lower...
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1820s European Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French Empire Venus And Cupid Mantel Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This splendid French Empire gilt bronze mantel clock features an exquisitely detailed scene of Venus and Cupid sharing a tender moment. Depicting the story of the goddess consoling h...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Neo-Gothic Gilt Bronze Pricket Candlestick
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning Late Victorian Neo-Gothic gilt bronze altar stick pricket candlestick. Late 19th to early 20th century, the Continental European antique features an exceptionally executed...
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Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Large French Ormolu & Glass Hanging Wall Jewelry Casket Box, circa 1900
Located in Pearland, TX
A stunning antique early 20th-Century French wall mounted gilt brass ormolu and beveled glass hanging jewelry casket box with hinged door. It's very rare to find one that hangs on th...
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Early 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique French Ormolu and White Marble Louis XVI Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful classical clock made in the style of Louis XVI by Samuel Marti. Stunning ormolu (finely gilded bronze) mounted on a marble base. It is decorated with an inset laurel swag...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Nice Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Transitional Style Parquetry Cabinet
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Nice Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Transitional Style Parquetry Cabinet Marble top above two doors. each door centered by a Bacchus mask within sunburst veneer, the corner...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Very Interesting Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Twelve Light Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Very Interesting Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Twelve Light Chandelier The long neck winding down to a flame and a small tier of four arms, the body intricately designed with fle...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Edward F. Caldwell Massive Patinated Bronze Triton Figural 5-Light Sconces, Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
A Massive Pair of Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Patinated Bronze Triton Figural Five-Light Sconces, attributed to Edward F Caldwell And Co, New York 20th Century. This pair is large ...
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20th Century American Louis XV Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze, Metal

19th C. Joseph E. Zwiemer Kingwood, Satine and Bois de Bout Marquetry Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, SATINE AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TEA-TABLE BY JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER (GERMAN-FRENCH, 1848-1925), PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY. UNDERSIDE OF LO...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique French Ormolu and White Marble Clock - Cherubs
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful original antique French clock modelled in the Louis XVI style as two charming cherubs carrying the clock on laurel wreaths. The pendulum with applied musical motifs, swin...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Antique Pair French Ormolu Bronze Dore Edwardian Candlesticks Candelabra 19th Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish Pair of early Edwardian French heavy gauge Ormolu Single Light Table Candlesticks of outstanding quality and generous proportions. Each with shaped spreading bases with hi...
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19th Century French Edwardian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Late 19thC Gilt Bronze Mounted Table Lamp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19th century gilt metal mounted table lamp, the burgundy porcelain body of tapering form with applied gilt metal acanthus feet leading to cherub masks - 14" diam x 26"h - The la...
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1890s English High Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

A Very Fine Quality 19th Century French Pair of Candlesticks
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Very Fine French 19th Century Pair of Candlesticks In ormolu, very finely chiseled and decorated with knotted garlands, branches of leafy flowers, spokes of hearts, leaves of water...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

A Pair of French Maurin Green Marble and Ormolu Mounted Urns and Covers
Located in London, GB
Presenting a magnificent pair of French Maurin green marble urns and covers exuding opulence and grandeur in the Louis XVI style, dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. Ea...
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Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

English Louis XV Style Table by Town & Emanuel, London
By Town & Emanuel
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XIV-style side table of fruitwood with inlaid top, sides, and legs, ormolu trim around top, on legs and feet, single long drawer at one end, remarkable surviving Town & Emanuel paper label on drawer bottom, England, 1830-1849 LONDON 105 NEW BOND STt. Bo. of Town & Emanuel Manufacturers OF BUHL MARQUETRIE, RESNER & CARVED FURNITURE, TRIPODS, SCREENS &c. OF THE FINEST & MOST SUPURB DESIGNS OF THE TIMES OF LOUIS 14TH. SPLENDID CABINETS & TABLES INLAID WITH FINE SEVRE & DRESDEN CHINA &c. BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY Old paintings, Bronzes, Carvings, Oriental & Other China, Jewelry & Curiosities, Bought & Exchanged, Buhl & Antique Furniture Repaired...
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19th Century English Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique Louis XVI Breche d'Alep Marble Fireplace Mantel with Bronze Ormolu
Located in Stamford, CT
Fabulous Louis XVI antique fireplace mantel in Breche d'Alep marble with beautiful bronze ormolu enrichments. A deep and generous mantel above with beautiful designs in the marble ma...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock by Achille Brocot
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning original antique French clock by the renown maker Achille Brocot. It features exquisite Sèvres Style porcelain with pompadour rose pink ground. Beautifully modelled in the...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

19th Century Empire Johnson Hartig Libertine Yellow Modern Toile Chaise
Located in Houston, TX
A period 19th Century American Empire chaise newly upholstered in Schumacher Johnson Hartig Libertine Yellow Modern Toile Chaise. This heavy yellow and white cotton fabric is a layer...
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19th Century American American Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Baccarat Ormolu And Cut Glass Liqueur Casket
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental 19th-century ormolu liqueur casket is exemplary of the masterful craftsmanship of the famed luxury firm Baccarat. The doors open to reve...
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19th Century French Other Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Italian Empire Style Commode
Located in Houston, TX
1900s Italian Empire mahogany chest of drawers with gilt bronze ormolu, keys and black marble top.
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19th Century Italian Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

19th Century Ebonized Empire Bergére
Located in Houston, TX
A 19th Century Empire bergére chair newly stylized with a matte ebonized finish and newly upholstered silky black Italian long hair hide.
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19th Century Italian Empire Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Seven Light Basket Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Seven Light Basket Chandelier The large bronze crown with flowing beads leading down to a basket with drop crystals, seven tiered interio...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu

French Empire Marble Bronze Statue Ormulu Black Mantel
Located in New York, NY
Ornate French Empire style mantel carved from white statuary marble, with gold plated ormulu. Prominent bronze female satyr figures are positioned on each side, while an ormulu patte...
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19th Century European Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Palatial Set of Four French 19thCentury Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Wall-Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Palatial Set of Four French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Gilt-Bronze Three-Light Wall Lights (Sconces). The tall elongated ormolu sconces with a back plate in the...
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Early 1900s French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Napoleon III Ormolu Engraved Casket
Located in New Orleans, LA
This serpentine-shaped engraved ormolu jewelry casket is an exquisite Napoleon III work of art. Reminiscent of works by Alphonse Giroux, a renowned purveyor of fine goods to the Fren...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

Early 20thC Louis XVth Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Altrincham, GB
Early 20thC Louis XVth Style Kingwood Bureau Plat with fine gilt bronze mounts applied to cabriole legs by - Lysberg & Hansen – Copenhagen - 56"w x 30"h x 30"d - The Copenhagen firm ...
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1910s Danish Louis XV Vintage Ormolu Furniture

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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.

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