Ormolu Furniture

A very fine French Louis XV style ormolu and jasperware-mounted mahogany single door vitrine, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The two upper front corners surmounted with or...

A stunning French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany, ormolu, and Rosso Levanto marble buffet and matching vitrine cabinets, likely by Mercier Frere...

An Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Desk Chair, By Kahn, Paris. Incised ‘L. KAHN’ to the back of the mounts. The bow-shaped top rail applied with a gilt-bronze anthemion m...

A Napoleon III Gilt and Silvered Bronze, Onyx and Champlevé Enamel Figural Three-Piece Clock Garniture. By Eugène Cornu for the Société des Marbres Onyx d'Algerie, the figure cast fr...

This fabulous signed twelve light gilt bronze and crystal chandelier by Edward F. Caldwell and Company is of the finest quality. It features beautifully chased Neo-classical motifs ...

German Elfinware box with roses peeking from blue forget-me-not flowers. The base of the box has an ornamental ormolu design.

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...

A Fine Pair of French 19th/20th Century Empire Revival Style Exotic Mahogany Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Wall Mounting Demi-Lune Consoles fitted with green d'Alps marble tops, attribut...

Fine Pair of Italian Gilt Bronze Wall Lights or Appliques in the French Empire Style Italian - Circa 1880 These lovely wall lights are conceived as notched arrows with lion mask pl...

An stunning pair of bouquet vase six light candelabras with branches modeled after fresh lilies and poppies. A set of crisply cast and expertly modeled mythological mermaid figures w...

French Empire period ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock representing Ceres. The crowning of Ceres is a stunning clock of very fine quality and with totally original fire gilded...

A magnificent Renaissance style clock by the renown Parisian clockmaking firm of Le Roy &Fils. Beautifully modelled in finely gilded bronze and finely decorated with exquisite polychrome champlevé enamel. The case is formed with an arched swan neck pediment surmounted by a turret with elaborate finial. To the sides are charming figures of cherubs clutching the baluster turned pillars. A third cherub is seated above the dial. The dial is also gilded bronze with champlevé enamel and is complete with original finely blued steel hands. The clock is decorated in the round with a frosted glass rear door. Please note that this type of clock does not have a glazed bezel to cover the dial. The French movement is of high quality and is by Vincenti et Cie. It is in excellent clean and running condition having been fully overhauled by our clockmaker. Pendulum is original. It runs for 8 days and strikes the hours and halves on a bell. We have a video of the clock, please ask and we will send you a link. Condition of the case is excellent, the original gilding is particularly good with only minor wear where the clock has been handled and some light marks and discolouration. The rear most bun feet are missing however the clock sits very well without them. Rear frosted glass has some marks. Enamel is very good. Established by Basile Charles Le Roy in 1785, the firm of Le Roy et Fils became a well-established and renowned clockmaker. Basile had been Napoleon's master clockmaker, and along with his son Charles-Louis, he worked for Princess Pauline and the Duke de Bourbon as well. Examples of the firm's work are included in all of the major world collections. The firm was located at the Palais Royale from 1785, the year of its founding, through the death of Charles-Louis at Versailles in 1865. A shop was opened in London, in 1854 at 296 Regent Street under the name of Le Roy and Son. The name was later changed to Le Roy and Fils...

A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Credence, Designed By Edouard Lievre, Attributed To Paul Sormani, In the neo-Renaissance style, the spreading pediment with Vitruvian scroll-fitted frieze, c...

A striking an high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu chandelier, attributed to Baccarat. The twelve light chandelier displays a bottom Crystal bell s...

An attractive and most elegant French 19th century Belle Époque period Louis XVI st. commemorative plaque of Napoleon Bonaparte and Joséphine de Beauharnais, signed Andrieu. This won...

A pair of Louis XV period Meissen porcelain vases, formed in openwork lattice and mounted with original gilt bronze ormolu. Each vase rises from a pierced rocaille ormolu base into a...

A truly stunning and resplendent French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat crystal and ormolu chandelier. This air balloon shaped chandelier has a unique and very rare cut Baccarat ...

A Wonderful Murano Italian Green Art Glass Vase With A Sterling Ormolu Palm Tree Leaf Mounted Reading "Daniel Made In Italy Laminato Ag"

A striking and extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Moucheté Mahogany and ormolu mounted buffet. The buffet is raised by fluted square tapered legs with attractive fit...

A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres-Style Cobalt Blue Ground Porcelain Vases and Covers. Signed 'H. Desprez'. Each of baluster form. One painted to the front with Louis XV a...

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...

AUGUSTE LEMAIRE, C. 1880. Exquisito y monumental reloj de sobremesa en bronce dorado y cincelado; esfera de bronce dorado repujada y con numeración romana esmaltada sobre piezas de ...

A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted baby grand Piano by Gaveau à Paris. Serial number 67874. This fine baby grand piano has a quarter-veneered top with a stiff leaf cas...

A fine pair of Louis XVI period patinated bronze, ormolu and marble three-lights candelabras. The 3 lights are held by Bacchantes who stand on a bleu Turquin marble (grey dove). High...

An elegant and high quality French 18th century Louis XVI Period Mahogany, Ormolu and Gris St. Anne marble buffet. This wonderful buffet is raised on five circular tapered solid Maho...

Louis XVI style ormolu and rouge griotte marble clock set French, 1867 Clock: height 67cm, width 46cm, depth 28cm Candelabra: height 81cm...

Stunning pair of Matthew Boulton style candelabras in ormolu Stand in at nearly three feet tall so large pair The elegant foliate branches terminate in acanthus-leaf sconces, support...

A large and impressive pair of Empire style gilt-bronze and burr, Amboyna Mirrors, By Maison Krieger. Each mirror is over 328 cm high (129 inches) and ...

Rare pair of blue glass and ormolu lustre George III candlesticks in their original and untouched condition. The circular blue glass cylinders are mounted on an ormolu base with bead...

A striking and high quality pair of French 19th century Empire style cornucopia vases. Each vase features a gracefully fluted cut crystal horn rising from a finely chased ormolu moun...

A fine Pair of 19th century Japanese Imari Porcelain and French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Thirteen-Light Celadon Torchere Candelabra. The bottle-shaped Japonisme vases with a Royal red background, decorated with parcel-gilt and black soaring eagles in the hunt within a forestall scene. Each Vase fitted and surmounted with a French 19th century Louis XV Style 13-Light scrolled candelabrum and all raised on a circular pierced gilt-bronze plinth. circa: 1880. Imari Porcelain (????) is the name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyushu. They were exported to Europe extensively from the port of Imari, Saga, between the second half of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. The Japanese as well as Europeans called them Imari. In Japanese, these porcelains are also known as Arita-yaki (???). Imari or Arita porcelain has been continously produced up through the present day. Characteristics Though there are many types of Imari, Westerners' conception of Imari in the popular sense is associated only with a type of Imari produced and exported in large quantity in mid-17th century. This type is called Kinrande. Kinrande Imari is colored porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze. The color combination was not seen in China at that time. Traditional Ming dynasty color porcelain used dominantly red and green, probably due to scarcity of gold in China, whereas gold was abundant in Japan in those days. The subject matter of Imari is diverse, ranging from foliage and flowers to people, scenery and abstractions. Some Imari design structures such as kraak style were adopted from China, but most designs were uniquely Japanese owing to the rich Japanese tradition of paintings and costume design. The porcelain has a gritty texture on the bases, where it is not covered by glaze. There is also blue and white Imari. Kakiemon style Imari is another type of Imari, but it tends to be categorized separately in Europe. History "Imari" was simply the trans-shipment port for Arita wares. It was the kilns at Arita which formed the heart of the Japanese porcelain industry. Arita's kilns were set up in the 17th century, when kaolin was discovered in 1616 by the immigrant Korean potter, Yi Sam-pyeong (1579–1655). (He may also be known by the name, "Kanage Sambei".) Yi Sam-Pyeong, along with his extended family of 180 persons, left Korea on the offer of a privileged position in Japan. This decision was made after the occurrence of certain Japanese invasions of Korea. After Yi Sam-Pyeong's discovery, his kilns began to produce revised Korean-style blue and white porcelains, known as "Shoki-Imari". In the mid-17th century there were also a lot of Chinese refugees in Northern Kyushu due to the turmoil on Chinese continent, and it is said one of them brought coloring technique to Arita. Thus Shoki-Imari developed into Ko-KutaniImari. Ko-Kutani was produced around 1650 for both export and domestic market. Blue and white porcelain continued to be produced and they are called Ai-Kutani. Ko-Kutani Imari for the export market usually adopted Chinese design structure such as kraak style, whereas Ai-Kutani for the domestic market were highly unique in design and are accordingly valued very much among collectors. Ko-Kutani style evolved into Kakiemon style Imari, which was produced for about 50 years around 1700. Imari achieved its technical and aesthetic peak in Kakiemon style, and it dominated European market. Blue and white Kakiemon is called Ai-Kakiemon. Kakiemon style transformed into Kinrande in the 18th century. Kinrande used blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze, and later some other colors. Imari began to be exported to Europe because the Chinese kilns at Ching-te-Chen were damaged in the political chaos and the new Qing dynasty government stopped trade in 1656–1684. Exports to Europe were made through the Dutch East India Company, but the designation "Imari Porcelain" in Europe connotes Arita wares of mostly Kinrande Imari. Export of Imari to Europe stopped in mid-18th century when China began export to Europe again, since Imari was not able to compete against China due to high labor cost. By that time, however, both Imari and Kakiemon style were already so popular among Europeans, Chinese export porcelain copied both Imari and Kakiemon style, which is called Chinese Imari. At the same time, European kilns, such as Meisen also tried to copy Imari and Kakiemon. Export of Imari surged again in late 19th century (Meiji era) when Japonism flourished in Europe. Thus in western world today, two kinds of Imari can...

An exceptional French 19th century neo-classical st. Baccarat crystal and ormolu vase. The vase is raised by handsome paw feet below the circular ormolu base with a fine mottled bord...

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...

A lovely pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candlesticks. Each candlestick is raised by a circular base with designs of various insects and reeded bands within a foliate...

Antique 19th Century French beautifully cast pair of gilt bronze fireplace chenets. These chenets are adorned in themes of leisure, music, art...

A spectacular French mid-19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat crystal and ormolu centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by a square and mottled ormolu base with concaved corners and a...

A handsome Chinese 19th century Porcelain and French Louis XVI st. Ormolu mounted lamp. This striking Oxblood colored Porcelain urn mounted into a lamp is raised on a French 19th cen...

A fine and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Onyx urn. This wonderful lidded urn is raised on a tripod shaped pink Onyx base supported on Ormolu bun feet belo...

A Beautiful Neoclassical 8 Candelabra Light, (5 Arm And 3 Interior) French Gilt Bronze With Red Art Glass Baltic Chandelier Decorated With Ormolu Bows On The Bronze Frame And Cascad...

A spectacular pair of French 19th century marble and ormolu columns, signed Sormani. The Fleur de Pêcher marble columns are on a square base with a finely chased laurel wreath bottom...

An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI St. white Carrara marble and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square base with a fine bottom ormolu fille...

A very unusual and rare pair of Meissen Schneeballen and intricately ormolu mounted potpourri vases with covers. The vases are supported by finely...

Antique French Louis XV transitional ormolu-mounted tulipwood & marquetry Bonheur Du Jour, Roger Vandercruse (dit Lacroix) , circa 1770. The desk is finely inlaid on all sides, ther...

This is a gorgeous Victorian Grand Tour amboyna, ebonised and ormolu-mounted Bonheur Du Jour or Ladies Writing Desk, circa 1860 in date. This superb cabinet would have been used to ...

The oval foliate back plates with trumpet arm of the finest quality ormolu, supporting a pillar cut crystal container, issuing five pressed one piece candle arms and central candle h...

A very rare 19th Century well figured mahogany and kingwood leather top ladies writing desk of neat proportions, exceptional quality with rich patination and grain. This stunning pi...

A fine pair of George III cut glass candlesticks, the circular ormolu base of the finest quality, decorated with ball bead, bellflower and scroll bands, mounting the jasper-ware drum...

A handsome and most impressive pair of French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Empire st. Birch and Ormolu armchairs. This exceptional pair of throne chairs are raised by front squar...

A pair of Louis XIV style gilt-bronze mounted calamander breakfront side cabinets, the Algerian brèche sanguine marble tops above a cupboard door incorporating Japanese lacquer panels, Edo period 17th century, opening to reveal a single adjustable shelf, on later spiral fluted tapering feet. Circa 1830 English Footnote: These opulent English cabinets, conceived in the Louis XIV style, employ an array of exotic materials which when coupled with the finely chased gilt-bronze mounts point to a commission of some importance. The vivid brèche sanguine marble tops were mined in Algeria - a source of exceptional marbles championed by British diplomat and naturalist Sir Lambert Playfair (1828 –1899) following a visit in 1880 – and the highly prized Japanese lacquer panels would have originally formed part of an Edo period chest...

A very elegant antique French Louis XV style inlaid Kingwood cylinder bureau, desk, circa 1870. This very fine serpentine or bombe shaped desk is finely inlaid with parquetry panels ...

A Fine Ormolu mantle Clock after a Design by Thomire. This theme is constantly repeated during the Directoire & Empire period. Thomire is known to have used this model. The quality ...

A handsome and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Tulipwood, Charmwood, and ormolu desk. The five drawer desk is raised by slender square tapered legs with fine...

A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany and tulipwood marquetry gueridon side-table. The circular top inlaid with a floral design marquetry and sy...

A stunning true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and marble urns mounted into lamps, signed LÉON BOUCHER. Each lamp ...

A Very Fine French 19th century Louis XV Style gilt-bronze mounted fruitwood floral marquetry center table or desk with drawer, by Ébéniste Louis Gradé, Gr...

A stunning and high quality French 19th century Napoleon III Period Louis XVI st. Ebony, Ormolu, Giltwood and Rouge Griotte marble cabinet. This exquisite two door single drawer cabi...

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze, Vernis Martin And Satinwood Parquetry Side Cabinet, Attributed to François Linke. Of trapezoid outshape with an inset brocatelle d'Espagne marble top...

A Nice Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Transitional Style Parquetry Cabinet Marble top above two doors. each door centered by a Bacchus mask within sunburst veneer, the corner...

This elegant Louis XVI-style bureau plat, crafted from rich mahogany wood and adorned with exquisite ormolu bronze mounts, epitomizes classic French sophistication. The desk features...

Exceptional Louis XVI style gilt bronze and malachite grandfather clock French, late 19th century Measures: Height 250cm, width 54cm, depth 33cm This superb longcase clock is a wonderful example of the Belle Époque impetus to draw inspiration from the styles of the past. The clock, crafted during the late nineteenth century—though the malachite finish is later—is inspired by a famous eighteenth-century original. The clock is of traditional form, which a cubic clock case inset with an enamel dial and a gilt bronze bezel cast with signs of the zodiac. The central section of the clock includes a window, which reveals the pendulum inside, while the lower section is in the form of a plinth. The malachite veneer is wonderfully varied, with lighter and darker shades of the stone utilised to add visual interest. The clock is surmounted by a sculpture in gilt bronze of Apollo in his chariot, pulled by a quadriga of horses. The dial is signed for Rosel Bruxelles...