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Material: Ormolu
French Pair of Period Louis XV Tole, Ormolu and Porcelain Flower Wall Sconces.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
French Pair of Period Louis XV Tole, Ormolu and Porcelain Flower Wall Sconces.
Very rare pair of appliques in finely chiseled gilded bronze with...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Style Ormolu and Bronze Chandelier
Located in London, GB
French Empire style ormolu and bronze chandelier
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 100cm, diameter 64cm
This chandelier is a beauti...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Large 19th Century Bronze and Gilded Figural Candelabra by Denière
Located in London, GB
An Important Pair of Patinated & Gilt bronze Figural Candelabra
By Denière of Paris & Henri Picard
Modelled by Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887)
Constructed from patinated and gilt bron...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Set of 3 Ormolu Wall Lights Appliques 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine set of three antique twin branch ormolu wall lights with urn shaped finials, leaf-sheathed scroll branches and fasces backplates dating from Circa 1900.
Add an elegan...
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20th Century Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Rare 20th Century Mahogany Dressing Table with Electrical Lights
Located in London, GB
A remarkable ladies dressing table made by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. of London for his Highness Nawab Sir Sadiq Mohammed Khan Abbasi the V of Bahawalpur.
Constructed in mahogany in the form of a kneehole desk with a modesty screen, rising from Chippendale style carved bracket feet, the banks of pedestals fitted with lockable faux drawers to the left, concealing a safe, and drawers to the right, fitted with ormolu chased swan neck handles; the lockable and hinged panelled top rising to reveal an adjustable triptych bevelled dressing mirror, with provisions for a pair of scallop shaded electrical lights, and having an enclosed body, fitted with an array of cut-glass unguent bottles, all with silver tops, Hall marked for 1929/30, enamelled with an Art Deco design, and bearing wonderfully detailed portraits of His Highness in regal dress...
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20th Century English Art Deco Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of Roman Grand Tour Bronze & Ormolu Snake Serpent Motif Vases/ Ewers/Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Roman Grand Tour Bronze and Ormolu Serpent Motif Vases/ Ewers/Urns
Italy, circa 1880s
A beautiful pair of Roman Grand Tour Bronze and Ormolu Serpent Motif Vases, Ewers, and...
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Champlevé Enamel Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very fine quality 19th century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and champlevé enamel clock garniture, the four sided clock having four enamel col...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
$11,632 / set
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and monumentally scaled French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier. This impressive thirty-two light chandelier is centered by a wonderful Cr...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XVI Period Gilt Bronze and Agate Vases
By Martin Baffert
Located in London, GB
These truly exceptional and rare antique Louis XVI period vases have been sculpted from agate, a precious and highly sought-after stone. The vases are set on square agate bases with gilt bronze laurel wreath socles. The burgundy and claret agate bodies of the vases are mounted with gilt bronze acanthus leaf ornamentation, and twin lion masks joined by draped swags above. The lids of the vases are mounted with gilt bronze, surmounted by pine cone finials.
The vases' design is attributed to the late 18th century, French clockmaker Martin Baffert. Baffert worked with a number of Parisian bronziers including Jean-Nicholas Fremont, Nicolas-Guillaume Jourdan and Francois-Robert Leguel, who assisted in the creation of his designs. This pair of vases is very similar to another pair of vases which Baffert designed, which form part of a clock garniture currently in the Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor. The Rothschild vases...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Agate, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Inlaid Nest of Tables
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French inlaid nest of tables. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1930’s.
The quality is fantastic, this is beautifully made with gorgeous inlays on...
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1930s French Louis XV Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$951 / set
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu clock. The clock is raised by elegant block feet with fine fluted and les oves designs. Impressive mirrored ...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Cabinet By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Cabinet By François Linke
François Linke – Index no. 1108
Surmounted with a Brèche d’ Alep marble top, above a frie...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Coffret
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality French mid-19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat crystal and ormolu centerpiece coffret inscribed BREVETE SGDG. The large scale box is raised by charming ormolu feet with a unique foliate, tied bamboo and ball design below a wrap around bamboo designed ormolu band. At the center is a scrolled ormolu plate...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Petite French Louis XV Style Three Drawer Chest / Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Louis XV style petite three drawer chest with ormolu trim. Top has a scalloped edge Very nice inlaid details. Perfect little side table / drinks table.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Ormolu Picture Frames
By Christofle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque period ormolu picture frames signed and stamped Christofle. Each free standing picture frame displays beautiful intricately detailed swaging fabric garlands at the base with lovely richly chased blooming flowers tied at the center with a charming ribbon and draped over knobs at each side. Elegant laurel branches center a fine rosette at each side set on a hammered background with wrap around reeded bands and delicate beaded borders. The striking pierced top crown displays exceptional richly chased berried laurel branches tied with a ribbon all in a superb satin and burnished finish.
Christofle is a renowned manufacturer of fine silver founded in Paris by Charles Christofle in 1830. Artists and designers such as the famous Parisian Silversmith Antoine Perrin (AP), Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, Gio Ponti, Andrée Putman and Richard Hutton...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in London, GB
French Empire gilt bronze clock
French, early 19th century
Measures: Height 38cm, width 27cm, depth 10cm
This fine gilt bronze man...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Champleve Ormolu Ewers Signed Rochette 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine & large pair of 19th century antique French Sevres Porcelain, ormolu and champleve enamel, handpainted ewers, signed "C. Rochette", circa 1890.
Each ewer having a finely cast & gilded bronze rococo handle, each neck is decorated with exquisite champleve enamel. Each ewer having a dark blue porcelain baluster shaped body, with two oval hand-painted reserves each with a courting couple signed "C. Rochette", both reserves are surrounded with lavish gilding & at the base of each painted panel are the Sevres interlaced L's. To the rear are corresponding panels also finely handpainted with landscape scenes, the ewers are raised on champleve socle bases and with onyx plinths below.
Condition of both ewers is excellent, a very beautiful pair of exqusite late 19th century Sevres ewers...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, 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
Antique Victorian Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Envelope Card Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique Victorian ormolu-mounted envelope card table, circa 1880 in date.
The card table is made from superb quality Gonçalo Alves, has the most striking musical...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Bronze Equestrian Figure of Joachim Murat on Marble Base
Located in Milano, MI
Antique French bronze knight figure, very finely cast bronze figure of a knight on a horse, a mid-19th century Joachim Murat figure on prancing horse, mounted on a green marble shaped base, probably inspired to a famous painting and depicting the king of Naples and of Two Sicilies...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Red Vulcano Onyx and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. red Vulcano onyx and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square base with fine ormolu ball feet and a ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
19th Century French Vitrine
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French kingwood, marble topped vitrine having shaped glass to the front and sides. Beautiful ormolu mounts and raised on cabriole legs. The the manner of 'Linke.'.
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1890s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$7,527 / set
Rare 19th Century English Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Bonheur du Jour of exhibition quality, in the Louis XV manner attributed to Holland & Sons
Lovingly constructed in Bois Citronnier, and Purpleheart woods, with exten...
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1860s English Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Vernis Martin Vitrine Display Cabinet 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique French wood and Vernis Martin vitrine cabinet, in the Louis XV manner, Circa 1880 in date, with exquisite hand painted decoration and exquisite ormolu moun...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Antique French Marble Top Wine Tables
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of antique French marble top wine tables, dating from around the 1930’s period.
The quality is outstanding and they are a very useful size. The marble tops have gor...
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1930s French Louis XV Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$1,300 / set
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Ormolu and Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality French 18th century Louis XV period ormolu and crystal chandelier. The chandelier is centered by a charming and finely cut hand blown crystal ball below a tier of cut crystal pendants. Each of the fifteen elegantly scrolled arms are adorned with clear and amethyst color cut crystals...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Biedermeier Swedish Birch Ormolu Mounted Sofa Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stylish antique Swedish birch Biedermeier sofa table with ebonized detail, circa 1820 in date.
The table features a rectangular top w...
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1820s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat crystal and ormolu eighteen light chandelier. This unique chandelier is centered by a solid crystal ball leading up to a richly chased ormolu finial, below a large crystal sphere...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique French Gilt Bronze Cartel Wall Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful Louis XVI style classical cartel wall clock, superbly made in gilded bronze. Of elegant design, with draped laurel swags, rams heads and a glazed aperture below the dial ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Outstanding Antique Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality Antique Victorian porcelain and ormolu mounted kingwood card/console table by G T Morant, Bond Street, London having a...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Other, Ormolu
19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Cabinet by François Linke
Located in London, GB
An Ormolu-mounted and mahogany parquetry cabinet
by François Linke
Constructed in the Louis XV transitional manner, in mahogany parquetry work, and dressed with ormolu mounts of ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Early 19th century inlaid walnut Rococo bombe chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century inlaid walnut bombe commode circa 1790.
Fine quality Swedish rococo revival commode with the typical bombe shape of bulging out in the middle and curving in at the base...
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19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large Pair of Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and Blue Ceramic Vases
Located in London, GB
The two vases are of large, ovoid form, and feature fluted bodies which are crafted in ceramic with a mottled blue colouring. The vases are mounted with twin gilt bronze scrolling ha...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Rock Crystal & Ormolu Girondoles Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. rock crystal and ormolu girondoles lamps. Each two arm Marie Antoinette lamp is raised by a pierced scalloped triangular base with elegant scrolled foliate feet with fine rosettes and crystal pendants below three curved supports. At the center is a rare and exquisite rock crystal perfume bottle...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Marie Antoinette chandelier. This fantastic eight arm twenty light chandelier i...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, 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
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain & Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu candelabras. The richly decorated pair of seven arm candelabras are supported by f...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Mid 19th Century Transitional St. Kingwood, Marble, and Ormolu Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely French mid 19th century Transitional st. Tulipwood, Kingwood, ormolu, and Brèche Violette marble secretary desk. The desk is raised by fine cabriole legs with elegant pieced...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Clock Garniture By Prosper Roussel Of Paris
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning ormolu and onyx mantle clock with garniture. Surmounted by a seated cupid on a octagonal shaped base with a wreath border, twin barrel movement striking on a bell ,an enamel dial with the hours and minutes in Roman numerals respectively, the dial signed Prosper Roussel...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
Charles-Guillame Diehl and Jean Brandely Museum Quality Neo-Grec Torchères, 1870
Located in New York, NY
A Highly Important Pair of Charles-Guillame Diehl and Jean Brandely Museum Quality Ormolu and Porcelain Mounted Ebony Neo-Grec Torchères / Pedestals circa 1870.
Majestic and exempla...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Rare and Palatial Pair of Gilt Bronze and Malachite Seven Light Torcheres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Rare and Palatial Pair of Mid 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Malachite Six Light Torcheres
The body of baluster form above a gilt bronze mounted circular and square base, the neck mounted with flowers and foliage leading up to seven tiered bronze acanthus arms.
Malachite is a semi-precious stone and also a valuable copper ore, hydrous copper carbonate. It is a beautiful green earth stone with irregular black banding. It is easily recognized by its color, green streak, and silky or velvety luster. It was used to make beautiful jewelry and to adorn only the finest pieces of furniture. In the 18th and 19th centuries malachite was popular with Russian Czars...
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Mid-20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Large Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
A pair of large ormolu mounted Sèvres style porcelain vases.
French, late 19th century.
Measures: height 130cm, width 45cm, dept...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Mythological Figural Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Nine-Light Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
A pair of tall figural bronze nine light candelabras. A male satyr and female baccante in a dark green patinated bronze, holding spiral-fluted ormolu cornucopias dripping in grapes t...
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Late 19th Century Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany And Ormolu Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu buffet. The buffet is raised on lovely circular tapered fluted legs with fine mottled Ormolu sab...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Specimen Wood Louis XV Marquetry Ormolu Round Tilt-Top Table 1870
By Joseph Cremer
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique French Louis XV style, circular tilt-top marquetry pedestal tripod table, with gilt bronze ormolu mounts, attributed to Joseph Cremer circa 1870.
The round rosew...
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1870s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Large 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Celeste Blue Ground Porcelain Box
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Celeste Blue Ground Porcelain Box with Watteau Scene Cartouches. This box consists of signature celeste blue ground of Sèvres porcela...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Neoclassical Style Ormolu Mounted Porphyry Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Neoclassical style ormolu mounted porphyry vases
French, 20th Century
Height 125cm, width 48cm, depth 38cm
Exuding timeless elegance and inspired by Neoclassical des...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Porphyry, 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
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Russian Revival Rose Pink Porcelain Jewellery Casket 20th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful large Vintage Russian Revival porcelain and ormolu mounted jewellery casket in rose pink, dating from the last quarter of the 20th century.
This highly decorat...
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1970s Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
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
Pair of French Louis XV Style Doré Bronze Dogs on Malachite Plinths
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 3in W: 4 1/4in D: 2 7/8in
This exceptional pair of French Doré bronze dogs on malachite plinths/bases are an amazing example of high quality antique smalls. Finding a pair in this good of condition is highly uncommon. Malachite Was believed to have healing factors in Europe during the Renaissance and later people saw malachite as a sign of wealth and power due to its rarity. Most pieces made with malachite whether it was a piece of furniture or a pair of bronze dogs...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Pair of French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Candlesticks Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Stylish Pair of Patinated Ormolu Bronze Dore Electric Table or Mantle single light Lamps of French origin, professionally re-wired for electricity, mid Nineteenth Ce...
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19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Napoleon III Period Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XVI style Napoleon III period ebonized fruitwood, exotic woods, ormolu and leather center table. The table is raised by elegant circular fluted legs with foliate top caps and fine toupie shaped feet. Each leg displays a block reserve with inlaid exotic wood designs framed in beaded ormolu bands. The legs are connect by a striking curved X-shaped stretcher with a central inlaid floral motive and decorative beaded ormolu borders. At the frieze is a masterfully inlaid exotic wood floral marquetry framed within a beaded ormolu band, flanked by richly chased square foliate ormolu rosettes. The top displays its original burgundy colored gold tooled leather framed...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A monumental and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu chandelier. This large scale twelve arm twelve light chandelier is centered by a topie shaped hexagonal bottom ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Bookmatched Cabinet with Marble Top by François Linke
Located in London, GB
A Bois Citronnier Meuble d'Entre Deux
By François Linke
Constructed from satiné quarter-veneered bois citronnier, with rosewood crossbanding and ormolu mounts, the rectangular ca...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Empire Style Mantel Clock, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and stylish early 19th Century gilded ormolu and green marble mantle clock, having two classical maidens either side feeding Rams, an Eagle above the circular white...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century AD Mougin Parisian Napoleon III Clock & Garniture Set
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent, large, and original, French three piece mantel set from the late 19th century.
The Napoleon III Second Empire period, Neoclassical style antique clock having an urn form finial with sculptural gilded bronze mounts, over architectural case made of the most beautiful variegated specimen marble, with various shades of salmon pink and white, black and silver veining, pierced flower blossom ormolu mounted columns flank the hand enameled fancy dial with Provincial figural scene, signed Guinchard & Martin, Castres, glass door with beaded gilt brass bezel, housing the high-quality eight day time and strike movement stamped AD Mougin...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu vase/planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu vase/planter. This stunning vase is raised by a two step Ormolu socle which supports the mottled pink and green Sévres Porcelain...
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19th Century French Louis XVI 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
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
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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