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Material: Ormolu
Italian 18th century Louis XV period Giltwood, Ormolu and patinated wood chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and extremely decorated Italian 18th century Louis XV period patinated, Giltwood and Ormolu chest. This wonderful two door chest is raised by four square patinated legs di...
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18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large 19th Century Raingo Fres, Paris Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French 19th Century gilded ormolu and patinated bronze clock garniture, having a pair of seven branch flower like candelabra, being supported by putti, raised on circular plinth bases with scrolling decoration.
The clock having bronze patinated mother and three children, one sculpting, one painting and the other reading. Mounted on this beautiful gilded ormolu base with flowers, shells and foliage.
The eight day duration clock chimes on the hour and half hour and is signed; Raingo Fres...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$13,639 / set
Empire Style Burlwood Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Mid 20th century Empire style leather top desk constructed with hardwood and burl wood veneers featuring ormolu, three drawers and stretcher.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$11,800
Lovely French Satinwood and Brass Semanier Lingerie Chest
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Pretty French antique lingerie chest having 4 drawers, marble top and fancy brass hardware including on the two front feet. Nice medium size sc...
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Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Rococo Revival Ormolu Three-Light Candelabra
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Louis XV Style Rococo Revival Ormolu Three-Light Candelabra.
Finely cast in the Rococo Revival style this fine pair of English candelabra...
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19th Century English Rococo Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Special and Palatial Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Bois Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke
François Linke – Index Numbe...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 'Japonsime' Blue Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair Of 'Japonsime' Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Powder-Blue Porcelain Vases, Mounted As Lamps. By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris.
Each with a square shaped body. The sides decorated with ...
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19th Century French Japonisme Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Champleve Enameled French Porcelain Vase with Ormolu Mounts c. 1880s
Located in New York, NY
Fine French Champleve Enameled Porcelain Vase with a saucer base and Ormolu Mounts
An elaborately ornamented foliate cast porcelain vase with ormolu scroll form handles flanking tw...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Display Cabinet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Display Cabinet With Wedgwood Porcelain Plaques.
The upper section has a s...
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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
Large Antique Late 19th Century French Cut Glass and Bronze Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Large antique late 19th century French cut glass and bronze chandelier
French, c. 1880
Dimensions: Height 250cm, diameter 200cm
Consisting of 27 lights, this splendid chandelier...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Porcelain Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI St. ormolu and porcelain clock. The small scale clock is raised by fine tapered fluted legs below striking richly chased block rosettes cente...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French First Empire Period, circa 1805, ‘Secretaire Abattant’
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most powerful and of the highest quality French First Empire period, Circa. 1805, "Secretaire Abattant'. The secretary is solid Cuban mahogany and fire gilded ormolu mounts with tw...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A Pair French 1st Empire Period Ormolu & Verde Antico Marble Figural Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
A Fine and Unusual Pair of French 1st Empire Period Doré Bronze and Verde Antico Marble Figural Neoclassical Five-Arm Candelabra. Each candelabrum features a tall central shaft issui...
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1810s French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Ormolu Inkwell Signed Van De Voorde
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: Height: 6 1/2 in Width: 15 3/4 in Depth: 9 in
This antique French Louis XV style bronze ormolu inkwell is truly a sight to be seen! If we take a look at the photos prov...
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20th Century French Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted / Cut Glass Empire Style Centerpiece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Step into the splendor of the 19th century with this exceptional Empire-style tableware centerpiece, a captivating union of gilt bronze mounts and cut glass that epitomizes the opule...
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1880s French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large Pair of French Restauration Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Candelabra, Horses
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large and fine pair of French restauration ormolu and patinated bronze four-light candelabra, with Marly Horses, after Guillaume Coustou, circa 1820.
Very fine, elegant and chic...
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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
pair of French 19th century Charles X st. Ormolu and Malachite floor lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality pair of French 19th century Charles X st. Ormolu and Malachite floor lamps. This stunning pair of torchières is raised by a striking triangular bases w...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu sconces. Each three arm sconce is centered by beautiful backplates with richly chased foliate designs, lo...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A Nice Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Marble Pedestals
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Nice Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Marble Pedestals
The square rouge marble top above a circular neck, the tapering columnar support mounted with gilt bronze arrow...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Ormolu Three-Piece Garniture Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extraordinary and high quality French 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu three piece clock and candelabras garniture set. Each raised by square tapered fluted feet with fine acanth...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fantastic Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Thirty-Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fantastic late 19th century gilt bronze thirty-six-light chandelier.
This palatial chandelier with a central floral stem, above three putti cir...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair French Ormolu Sconces, 19 Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Exquisite pair of 19 century French louis XV style ormolu 4 light sconces.
Each surmounted with a ribbon, above intricate ormolu foliage and mythical mask, issuing two reeded candelabra arms with dragonfly wings and unique camel heads...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$12,000 / set
Pair Of French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality pair of French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu sconces. Each five arm sconce starts at the backplate with a single scrolled arm protruding from berried foliage an...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Enamel Miniature Carriage Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze and enamel miniature carriage clock
French, late 19th Century
Clock: Height 11cm, width 5.5cm, depth 5cm
Case: ...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Four-Arm Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and green Porphyry, four arm candelabras. Each large scale candelabra is raised by a square ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Porphyry, Ormolu
Sevres Porcelain Table Clock
Located in Newark, England
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OVAL SHAPE TABLE CLOCK WITH BRASS BRACKET
From our European Ceramics collection, we are delighted to offer this Sevres Style Porcelain Tab...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Marble Candelabra by Sormani of Paris
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
A Remarkable Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Marble Candelabra
by Sormani of Paris
After the originals by Jean-François Lorta (1752-1837)
Residing at the Louvre
Constructed from the unusual...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Porphyry, Ormolu
Pair of Antique Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu-Mounted Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Sèvres porcelain ormolu-mounted vases
French, 18th Century
Height 50cm, diameter 21cm
Dating from the 18th century, t...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
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
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
An Interesting Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal “Grotesque” Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Interesting Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Twenty Six Light “Grotesque” Chandelier
A unique Gothic Style, drop crystal, basket chandelier with different “Grotesque” faces and designs. Twenty four tiered perimeter lights (including 6 lanterns) and two tiered interior lights.
Artists began to give the tiny faces of the figures in grotesque decorations strange caricatured expressions, in a direct continuation of the medieval traditions of the drolleries in the border decorations or initials in illuminated manuscripts. From this the term began to be applied to larger caricatures, such as those of Leonardo da Vinci, and the modern sense began to develop. It is first recorded in English in 1646 from Sir Thomas Browne: “In nature there are no grotesques”. By extension backwards in time, the term became also used for the medieval originals, and in modern terminology medieval drolleries, half-human thumbnail vignettes drawn in the margins, and carved figures on buildings (that are not also waterspouts, and so gargoyles) are also called “grotesques”.
A boom in the production of works of art in the grotesque genre, characterized the period 1920–1933 of German art. In contemporary illustration art, the “grotesque” figures, in the ordinary conversational sense, commonly appear in the genre grotesque art...
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Early 20th Century French Gothic Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze
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
Vintage Louis XV Style Inlaid Convertible Card and Checkerboard Games Table
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 20th C. Louis XV style convertible games table with a floral and checkerboard inlaid tabletop with ormolu bound edge. The tabletop rotates and opens to a green felt lined squar...
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1930s French Louis XV Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Kingwood Marquetry Coffee Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Kingwood Marquetry Coffee Table, the inlaid top with ormolu mounted rim above four cabriole legs with ormolu mounts and tips. 28" H x 30.75" W x 22.75" D. Provenance:...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$950 Sale Price
47% Off
Antique Paul Sormani Signed Parisian Napoleon III Period Glove Box
By Paul Sormani
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce very fine quality Napoleon III Period (1852-1870) gilt bronze ormolu mounted inlaid glove box by important Parisian ébéniste Paul Sormani (1817-1877)
Exquisitely hand-cra...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and Ormolu desk in the style of Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and Ormolu desk, in the style of François Linke. The exceptional desk is raised by elegant cabriole le...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Ornate Cut Glass & Ormolu Centrepiece Dish 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful vintage cut glass and ormolu dish that would make a stunning centrepiece, late 20th Century in date.
The craftsmanship is second to none throughout all aspects of this ...
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1990s English Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Ormolu and Glass Souvenir Trinket Jewelry Box, Worlds Fair Lyon, France 18940s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from Lyon, circa 1894
A charming French antique casket from circa 1890s with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid fea...
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1890s French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Clock Set with Roman Centurion and Candelabra
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century French gilded ormolu and green marble clock garniture. Having a pair of four branch candelabra with classical busts to t...
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19th Century French Classical Roman Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Royal Vienna Painted Porcelain Urn and Cover
Located in New York, NY
Highly important pair of royal Vienna painted porcelain urn and cover
Painted with two large allegorical scenes. Cobalt blue ground with gold raised decoration and two handles. Sign...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$45,000 / set
Interesting Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Basket Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Interesting Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Fifteen Light Basket Chandelier
Bronze rope and bow designs along the body and arms, crystal beaded body and basket, nine perimeter and six tiered interior lights.
Details:
Height – 38 inches / 97cm
Diameter – 24 inches / 61cm
Lights – 15
If you are looking for a chandelier, a lantern or sets of sconces, Charles...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
French 18th century Regence Period Mahogany, Ormolu and marble commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most attractive French early 18th century Regence Period Mahogany, Ormolu and Rouge Royale marble commode, circa 1720. This stunning chest is raised on cabriole le...
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18th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Large French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Presentoir Centerpiece
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Presentoir Centerpiece.
High quality French 19th century Louis XVI style bronze ormolu presentoir centerpiece. Raised on th...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Bacarrat Ormolu & Glass Tantalus Cave a Liqueur 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite antique French Napoleon III Bacarrat ormolu and glass Cave a Liqueur, or tantalus, circa 1860 in date.
The Cave a Liqueur features an ormolu case with glass pa...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Two-Tier Pastry Table
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in Long Island City, NY
An interesting late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted two-tier pastry table
Round marble-top table centered with an upper tier with a p...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th-Century Louis XV Style Figural Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palatial French 19th-Century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze mounted tulipwood marquetry three-drawer bureau-plat cartonnier with Dual clock-works by Lenoir, Paris, surmounted wit...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
An Exceptional Suite of Champleve Enamel Ormolu Candelabra by Sevin, Barbedienne
Located in Queens, NY
Illuminating Heritage: An Important "Exhibition" Suite of Four Ferdinand Barbedienne and Louis-Constant Sevin Champlevé Enamel and Ormolu Eight-Light Candelabra/Lamps
This monumenta...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Antique Regency Chamberlains Worcester Plate Centerpiece National Gallery London
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and extremely rare Chamberlains Worcester Cabinet or Wall Plate of Museum quality. Second quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
The central rectangular reserve depicts a superb hand painted miniature of the English National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London. This miniature is firmly attributed to be the work of painter Humphrey Chamberlain.
Researched done by us shows no other similar has survived.
This exquisite piece of rectangular outline with lavish gold scrolling detail and twin handles with similar detail.
Height: (entire overall as shown in image one) 9.25” (23.5cm). Width: (entire) 13.25" (33.5cm).
Condition: Superb condition with no losses to porcelain and no wear to gilding. Base marks in puce “The National Gallery” and “Chamberlains Worcester”
In 1783, Robert Chamberlain (c.1736–98), head of the decorating department for Dr John Wall at Warmstry House, left the company to start his own porcelain decorating business in King Street, Worcester. At first he bought blank undecorated porcelain from other factories such as Caughley in Shropshire, but by the late 1780’s he was making his own wares at a new factory...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair French/Chinese 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Porcelain Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted blue-glazed enamel over bronze vases with allegorical masks, rings and wreaths. The porcelain is...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$24,950 Sale Price / set
49% Off
19th C. French Putti Motif Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Celadon Vase, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Putti Motif Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Celadon Vase, Now as a Lamp
A graceful 19th-century Chinese celadon-glazed porcelain vase, later mounted in France with finely cast gilt br...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Antique Ormolu Mantle Clock
Located in London, GB
An attractive Parisian mantle clock in the Louis XVI manner
Retailed by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company
Constructed in Carrar...
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19th Century English 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
Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu & Opaline Palais Royal Candelabra
By Palais Royal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th-century French Ormolu and Opaline Palais Royal Candelabra, circa 1865
France, 19th century
A rare find, this matched pair of 19th-century French candelabra is a capti...
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Mid-19th Century French High Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$4,760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Of Fine Charles X Ormolu Candelabra
Located in Kent, Dover
A fine pair of French Charles X ormolu (gilt-bronze) candelabra, beautifully and crisply cast, with hand burnishing in places. With three branches and a central flambe. Acanthus deco...
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1830s French Charles X Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$4,141 / set
Pair of Patinated Bronze or Metal Bacchanalian Vases with Marble base
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful pair of patinated bronze Bacchanal vases.
The vases are modeled with masks depicting chimeric ibexes, flanked by laurel garlands, above which are finely carved reliefs of...
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Early 20th Century German Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal, Ormolu
Antique Louis XVI Mahogany & Ormolu Marble Top Ladies Desk C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique Louis XVI Mahogany & Ormolu Marble Top Ladies Desk with Faux Book Front C1920.
Measures ...
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20th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
An empire mantel clock "AU PORTEFAIX" after Jean andre reiche
Located in Harrington Park, NJ
MANTEL CLOCK "Au bon sauvage" or "PORTEFAIX",
late Empire, after a design by J.A. REICHE (Jean-Andre Reiche, 1752-1817), Paris, 19th century. Gilt ...
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1810s French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$9,000 Sale Price
40% Off
Large Fleur de Pêche Marble and Ormolu Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
Large Fleur de Pêche marble and ormolu antique fireplace
French, 19th Century
Height 121cm, width 188cm, depth 63cm
This stunning fireplace combines unusual Fleur de Pêche marble with sculptural ormolu mounts. The fireplace consists of a panelled frieze, below which is the wide serpentine opening. The twin jambs are canted in form, and are supported by footblocks. The use of the historic Fleur de Pêche marble is particularly pleasing: featuring deep veining in a palette of cream, purple, and brown, the marble was highly popular for opulent 19th century design, adorning elite interiors such as the main hall of the Napoleon III apartments in the Louvre.
The fireplace is adorned with several ormolu mounts. A large Rococo scallop shell form decorates the centre of the marble frieze, trailed by acanthus leaves. The upper sections of the jambs are applied with female terms, whose bodies dissolve into further acanthus-style forms. The bottom sections also feature gilt-bronze decoration, with further scallop shell designs.
The fireplace also features a cast-iron inset, decorated with geometric designs.
The fireplace clearly takes inspiration from the Rococo-style fireplace in the Council Cabinet in the King’s Apartments at Versaille, which was designed in the late 18th century by Jacques Verberckt and Jacques Caffiéri. Whilst the deep red marble of the Versailles fireplace...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Iron, Ormolu
Crystal and Ormolu Lion Head Ring-Handle Ice Bucket
Located in New York, NY
Crystal and ormolu lion head ring-handle ice bucket. Elegant diapered crystal basin with gilt rim and finely chased lion ring handles perfect for chillin...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, 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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