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Material: Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful circular base with three fine seashell shaped supports ...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French three piece garniture set, signed by the Lemerle-Charpentier foundry
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely detailed and high quality French 19th century Regence st. Ormolu three piece garniture set, signed by the Lemerle-Charpentier foundry. This monumental garniture set cons...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and high very quality French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal chandelier. The thirty-six arm chandelier is centered by a beautiful solid botto...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
A Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Hand-Diamond Cut Crystal Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Large Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Hand-Diamond Cut Crystal Vases Turned-to-Lamps. Each lamp features hand-diamond cut crystal bodies with a prismatic lattice patter...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
19th Century French Rouge Marble & Ormolu Clock Garniture
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine 19th Century French Clock Garniture, the Clock with bronze solider surmounted on a domed top with urn finials on four rouge marble pillars, over pierced decorated base on a sh...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Griotte Marble, Ormolu
A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu lamps. Each truly stunning lamp is raised by a mottled and stepped Onyx base with a pierced b...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
Dutch Delft Blue and White Lamp
By Delft
Located in New York, NY
Dutch Delft blue and white lamp. Beautiful large Delft faience vase mounted as a lamp with bold floral decoration and borders with spectacul...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
An antique Louis XVI style writing desk with beautiful patina. Hand crafted in France in the early 20th century, featuring a rich mahogany finish adorned with gilt bronze ormolu moun...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Ormolu Barometer/Thermometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. kingwood and ormolu barometer/thermometer, signed F. Linke. The barometer is centered by a fine richly chased f...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
True Pair Of Italian 19th Century Neoclassical St. Marble & Ormolu Wall Plaques
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality true pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Rosso Antico marble and ormolu wall plaques. Each striking plaque is framed within a circular mottled ormolu border with a fine seashell reserve at the top flanked by beautiful foliate movements. At the center are the handsome Roman soldier and the elegant maiden set on their original Rosso Antico marble backgrounds...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, and Ormolu side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, and Ormolu side table. This wonderful kidney shaped freestanding side table is raised on four finel...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stately and very attractive French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal centerpiece. The centerpiece bowl is raised by front and back "S" scrolled pierced supports...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
19th Century Samson Paris Porcelain Trinket Box
By Samson & Cie
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous French 19th century Samson Paris Porcelain Trinket Box probably by Edme Samson.
Marked on the base with “Made in France” and unmistakably in the style and manner of Samson.
The lid features hand painted floral bouquets on an ivory porcelain background with gold edging, surrounded by a sky blue lid with gold web or crackling effect.. The lid is hinged and the lid and base are edged in floral gilt metal mounts with Fleur De Lis clasp. It sits on 4 gilt metal or ormolu feet. The sides are likewise hand decorated.
This wonderful antique hand painted box is just bursting with History. Inspired by Edme Samson of Samson & Co., Paris. we believe (based upon the markings and natural aging) that it was made between 1880– 1890 in France and was meant to resemble an antique of a much earlier period. It is very similar to Sevres pieces with it’s color, decoration and design.
Samson specialized in reproducing antiques from the 1600 and 1700s. One of his most interesting works was his Heraldic or Armorial pieces. With this medium sized box, he was not only copying the larger porcelain caskets or coffin boxes...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful pair French 19th century neo-cassical ormolu and patinated bronze lamps. Each lamp is raised on a square ormolu base with a reeded patinated bronze column. Above ormolu u...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlaid Bookcase
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Very Large and Impressive Gilt-Bronze Mounted and Marquetry Inlaid Bookcase.
Signed to the lock on the central door ‘Les Fils Chambon’.
This very fine marquetry bookcase has a...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Grand Tour Ormolu Bronze Dore Marble Urn Vase Centerpiece 19thC
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Superb Example of French lidded grand tour ormolu & bronze cast heavy duty model of a two handled Urn of Museum quality. First quarter of the Nineteenth Century, possibly Regency per...
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Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted amaranth bureau plat, Circa 1860 in date.
The shaped top has a decorative gilt ...
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1860s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Gorgeous Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk!
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant Louis XV Style Flat Desk – Black Lacquered with Gilded Bronze Decoration
This exceptional Louis XV-style Flat Desk is a refined example of classic craftsmanship and French e...
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Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Clock Garniture
Located in London, GB
This large and impressive clock garniture set consists of a central clock and a pair of flanking vases. The three pieces are extremely finely decorated with painted cartouches of fly...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Bronze-Mounted Sèvres Style Champlevé Enamel Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of fine quality bronze-mounted Sèvres style porcelain champlevé enamel vases. The hand painted medallions depicting cherubs and floral motifs surrounded by raised gilt enamel. T...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Fine Sevres Porcelain and Ormolu Antique French Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A fine, early antique French clock by André Hoffmann of Paris, the movement by Vincenti et Cie, circa 1850. It is beautifully made in ormolu (fir...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century Raingo Frères Ormolu Bronze Cartel Wall Clock with Cherub
Located in Madrid, ES
Exhibiting the fine design and craftsmanship of French clockmakers Raingo Frères (Raingo Brothers), this impressively large clock, measuring over 1 meter tall ( 3 feet +), is an example of the “Second Rococo” period beginning circa 1830, when the highly ornate "Cartel" style of the early 18th century came back into fashion. The clock is crowned at top center by the figure of a putto or cherub, holding in one hand a dove and the other a garland of flowers. This allegorical figure can represent innocence or purity, and was a popular subject for sculptors of the 19th century. The term "Cartel clock" comes from the French "Pendule à Cartel" meaning roughly "clock in a frame for the wall" - the word "Cartel" meaning in this context "decorative frame". These clocks were almost always made from gilt bronze (also known as "ormolu") and highly decorated.
The clock is complete and includes a winding key, and will be checked by our specialist clockmaker to ensure it is functioning properly before shipping.
Established in the early 1800s, Raingo Frères was one of the leading makers of precision clocks...
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Mid-19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
$22,116 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique French Ormolu & Sevres Porcelain 3 Piece Clock Candelabra Garniture 1870
Located in Portland, OR
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...
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1870s French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular white Carrara marble base with a beaded...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Wonderful Turn of the Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Six-Leg Grand Erard Piano
Located in Long Island City, NY
A wonderful turn of the century gilt bronze mounted Louis XVI style six-leg Grand Erard piano
Beautiful satinwood veneer, bronze mounts, standing on six legs centered by a stretcher.
The movement stamped with Erard serial number 93712 and patent stamps, the interior of the case further stamped F. TURBEC/A LEMOINE, and M. BECKER.
Erard is the oldest and most prestigious French piano manufacturer. The firm was founded by Sebastian Erard...
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$95,000 Sale Price
24% Off
1950s Arturo Pani Ormolu Steel Side Tables Mexico City
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration a pair of side tables. Attributed to Arturo Pani. Ormolu Steel-Bronze Side Tables, Mexico City circa the 1950s.
Unmarked
23.75 in diameter x 17.75 height
Sup...
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1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Steel, Ormolu, Gold Leaf
French Faux Green Marble and Gold Painted Pedestal
Located in Astoria, NY
French Faux Green Marble and Gold Painted Pedestal, 20th century, the square top above a paneled tapering column, with applied scrolled decoration on a square stepped plinth. 48.25" ...
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20th Century European Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
French porcelain and gilt bronze mounted writing desk
French, 19th Century
Height 116cm, width 91cm, depth 51cm
This stunning bonheur du jour was made in France during the 19th...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Bronze and Etched Frosted Glass Hall Lantern
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Late 19th/Early 20th Century French Bronze and Etched Frosted Glass Hall Lantern
Of ovoid shape with four sunburst etched glass panels, b...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Large Ormolu Mounted Pedestals After François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of ormolu mounted marquetry pedestals. After a model by Francois Linke.
Each with a marble top above bombé sides inlaid with loose floral bouquets, the angles mounted with lion-pelts suspending laurel swags and drapery, on short foliate-clasped cabriole legs with paw-cast sabots.
François Linke: ‘Modèle Tête De Lion’
Laurel-festooned in celebration of 'abundance through labor' and hung with lion-pelts recalling Hercules's labors , there is perhaps no greater admired nor more frequently imitated master work of French furniture than Jean-François Oeben's and Jean-Henri Riesener's celebrated Bureau du Roi...
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20th Century European Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
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Ormolu
Antique Malachite Ormolu & Bronze Mantel Clock Silk Suspension Movement, 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb quality antique French malachite, bronze and ormolu mantel clock dating from Circa 1850 in date.
It features Louis XVI seated on an ormolu throne chair whilst reading a book.
The clockmakers name is inscribed on the backplate. It is of high quality and is in excellent clean and running condition having been fully overhauled by our clockmaker. Pendulum is original. The movement bearing the serial number 29, made and signed by Japy Fils 1849. It has an early French silk suspension...
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1850s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
pair of Italian Louis XV st. Walnut, Kingwood, and Ormolu commodes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. Walnut, Kingwood, and Ormolu commodes. Each wonderfully detailed end table/chest is raised by slender c...
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19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Center Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A spectacular French mid-19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and marble center table. The rectangular frame is crowned with a slab of Calacatta type marble in ethereal veining of g...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of English Regency Side Chairs attributed to Morel & Hughes, circa 1815
By Morel and Hughes
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Pair of circa 1815 English Regency period side chairs attributed to renowned cabinetmakers Morel & Hughes having parcel-gilt and gilt-metal mounted rosewood 'klismos-form' frames; th...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A Palatial 19th Century French Second Empire Ormolu Mounted Bronze Garniture Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Palatial 19th Century French Second Empire Ormolu Mounted Bronze and Green Marble Three Piece Garniture Set
circa 1820.
Origin: France
Measures: Clock
Height 32"
Width 21"
Dept...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Large 19th Century Continental Neoclassical Between Dresser Vanity Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An extensively filled 19th century ormolu-mounted ebonized wood dresser vanity box fitted with silver gold washed lidded glass gars and sewing tools. The ...
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1880s European Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A Pair of Napoléon III 'Corinthian' Pedestals, Attributed Maison Millet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Marble 'Corinthian' Pedestals, Attributed to Maison Millet.
Each with square rouge griotte marble top and column. The Corinthian capitals fine...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Empire Ormolu Portrait Sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte, in Landscape C. 1875
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Empire Ormolu Portrait Sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte, Circa 1875
Presenting a distinguished Empire Ormolu Portrait Sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte, dating to circa 1875. Standing ...
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19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Henri Jacot Carriage Clock with Strike Repeat Function
Located in Amersham, GB
This superb gorge cased carriage clock is beautifully gilded, with a crisp white enamel dial and a roman chapter ring and outer arabic minutes. The eight day two train movement is regulated by a slivered English lever platform escapement, striking on a blued steel gong, with hour repeat button.
The case is numbered 10135 throughout, this coupled with the maker’s mark showing the dates of awards on the front plate, means we can date the clock to between 1878 and 1889.
The front and back plates are both marked with Jacot stamps. The front with the medal stamp listing the exposition awards Jacot had won. Bronzes in 1855 and 1862, and silver medals in 1867 and 1878. This stamp did not change until 1889 when Jacot junior won the companies first gold medal. The back plate shows the parrot trademark stamp with the initials HJ which came into use in 1878.
The back of the dial is also signed by the enameller and numbered with the serial number. This is a very thoroughly marked and numbered clock in excellent condition.
Henri Jacot...
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1880s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Steel, Ormolu
Excellent Quality 19th Century Gilt Bronze Surtout De Table on Low Stands
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Excellent Quality Mid 19th Century Gilt Bronze Four Piece Surtout De Table on Low Stands
This wonderful plateau cast with a grapevine bronze gallery, cen...
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Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Chinese Export Porcelain And Ormolu Lidded Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautifully detailed French 19th century Louis XV st. Chinese export porcelain and Ormolu lidded urn. This wonderful lidded pot pourri urn is supported by four foliate Ormolu feet ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Beautiful Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze, Enamel and Sèvres Style Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Beautiful Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Mounted White Sèvres Style Vases
Gilt bronze tops above a long neck with raised gold designs. The painted fron...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
Fine Ormolu and Cut Glass Empire Period Chandelier
Located in Steyning, West sussex
The ormolu finely decorated corona hung with swags of icicle drops and strings cascading down to a corresponding main band supporting fifteen candle branch arranged on two tiers the ...
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1810s French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu chandelier. The eight arm chandelier is centered by a finely detailed bottom acorn final amidst beautiful a...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large 19th C. Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th Century Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box, Attributed to Baccarat. This incredible large crystal box is all hand-diamond cut and attri...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, faux painted Porphyry and Bleu Turquin marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by a wonderfully executed triangular shaped ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$15,300 / set
19th Century, French, Kingwood Marquetry Corner Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality French, 19th century, kingwood marquetry inlaid corner cabinet, having its original Breccia marble top, the inlaid decoration of flowers and gilded ormolu mounts. The ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Outstanding Antique French Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Freestanding Centre Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian french kingwood and ormolu mounted freestanding centre table
having a quality unusual chinoiserie shaped top with a brass edge. The centre tab...
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1880s French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Mahogany Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Neo-Classical st. mahogany center table. The table is raised by fine circular tapered legs with ormolu sabots and their original casters. Above eac...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Paris Porcelain & Ormolu Mounted 3 Piece Garniture Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and monumental Paris porcelain ormolu mounted three piece garniture set with hand-painted scenes and delicate gilt decoration, Circa...
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Early 1900s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany and Ormolu Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most decorative French 19th century Empire St. mahogany and ormolu center table. The circular table is raised by fine bun feet below elegant scrolled legs with hand...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Empire Style Two Tier Pedestal
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Empire Style Two Tier Pedestal
The Vert marble with a reticulated bronze gallery top leading to a tripod of legs headed by Egyptian bron...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Pink Porcelain Mantel Clock, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French 19th Century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and 'Severs' style pink porcelain mantel clock. In the form of a vase with an inset clock face, an eight day dur...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Empire Patinated and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique French Empire patinated and gilt bronze mantel clock
French, early 19th century
Measures: Height 55cm, width 43cm, depth 13cm
This fine Empire period mantel clock is wro...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of American 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sconces Signed Caldwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable and extremely decorative pair of American 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Wedgwood sconces signed Caldwell. Each two arm sconce is centered by a charming tassel an...
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19th Century American Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Wonderful Pair of Late 19th Century Two Tone Bronze Candelabra after Clodion
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Fine Pair of Late 19th Century Two Tone Bronze Nine Light Candelabra After Clodion
After Clodion
Each cast as a female and a male figure from a bacchanale upholding eight scroll branches with a central branch in the form of a quiver, on a bronze mounted circular base of granite.
Claude Michael Clodion, [1738-1814], was the son-in-law of sculptor Augustin Pajou; he trained in Paris in the workshops of Lambert Sigisbert Adam, his maternal uncle and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, the most successful sculptor of the time. After winning the Prix de Rome, he moved to Italy, sharing a studio with Jean-Antoine Houdon and studying antique, Renaissance, and Baroque sculpture.
In 1771 Clodion returned to Paris, where he continued to produce mostly in terracotta. He also worked with his brothers in other media, decorating objects...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Granite, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Chinese Japanese Bronze Inkwell Male Bust Pair French Ormolu Desk Set
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very stylish patinated bronze desk inkwell modelled as a bust of a Chinese or Japanese figure wearing a straw hat, together with a pair French ormolu Inkwells. Both items are late 19...
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19th Century Chinese Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Vintage Pair of French Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Tables 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of vintage French Louis Revival ormolu mounted side tables, mid-20th century in date.
The square shaped "rosso levanto" marble tops are framed with decora...
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1950s French Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Ormolu Mounted Celadon Porcelain and Pâte-sur-pâte Vase-Form Lamp
Located in London, GB
Ormolu mounted celadon porcelain and pâte-sur-pâte vase-form lamp
French, Late 19th Century
Measures: height 52cm, width 23cm, depth 17cm
Consisting of gilt-bronze handles and m...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style White Carrara Marble and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by ormolu foliate designed topie feet. The octagonal white Carrara mar...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, 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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