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Material: Ormolu
19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier. This exquisite Montgolfière shaped twelve arm, nineteen light chandelier is cent...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Girandole Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. electrified Baccarat crystal and ormolu Girandole lamps. Each five arm, two light lamp is raised by a fine circular ormolu base wi...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Grand French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock in the Empire Style
Located in London, GB
Constructed in bronze, patinated and gilt; the rectangular form case supported on engraved oblate spherical feet, the frieze dressed with a row of female masks capping pillars, linke...
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19th Century English Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI-Style Marquetry Commodes
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent pair of French commodes captures the refinement of the Louis XVI style. A highly detailed parquetry design is inlaid into the commodes’ facades and centered by beaut...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$198,500 / set
French 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece. This wonderful oval centerpiece is raised on a pierced Ormolu base decorated ele...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Blue over White Double Overlay Ormolu Mounted Cased Glass Rectangular Box
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Antique Blue over White Double Overlay Ormolu Mounted Cased Glass Rectangular Box. With a beautiful geometric design cased underneath the top blue layer, which protrudes ...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$2,100 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Ormolu Bust of Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome
Located in London, GB
This remarkable ormolu bust of the iconic Roman Emperor Julius Caesar is the epitome of neoclassical style design, and was originally intended as an overdoor decoration. Overdoors - ...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$16,403 Sale Price
20% Off
Important Regency Period Dish Light
By Hancock & Rixon
Located in Steyning, West sussex
The top ormolu corona surmounted with four classic regency hanging chains these supporting a knurled and pieced leaf decorated band this surmounted by a bronzed and ormolu mounted fo...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Special Late 19th Century Bronze Firescreen by Maison Bouhon Frères for Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
An unbelievable and special late 19th century gilt bronze firescreen by Maison Bouhon Frères for François Linke
Bouhon Frères for François Linke.
The cartouche-shaped frame cornered by espagnolettes and centered by two love doves perched on acanthus leaves and roses, with a lyre crossed with a quiver of arrows. The sculptural Mounts designed by Leon Message
Stamped BF (Bouhon Frères) and B&C 40 to the backside of the bronze mounts.
Maison Bouhon Frères was an important French producer of fine fireplace tools in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Once known as Maison Clavier, Maison Bouhon Frères was already a well-established and reputable firm by 1900, known for their fine bronze and wrought iron fire accessories...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Wire, Ormolu
Antique Pair of Mid-19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Mid-19th Century bronze & ormolu Candlesticks having reeded sconces above leaf scrolled reeded tapering stems with leaf scroll & lion’s paw triform bases.
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Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Marble Urn / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style marble and gilded ormolu urn / lamp. Having classical semi nude female ormolu figures on either side. One being with cloven hoofs the...
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19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Rococo Cartel Wall Clock, in the Louis XVI Style
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and patinated bronze sun burst cartel wall clock. Depicting cherubs among clouds and sun rays. The white enamel clock fac...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
pair of French late 19th century Neo-Classical st. Marble and Ormolu urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most elegant pair of French late 19th century Neo-Classical st. Campan Vert marble and Ormolu urns. Each most striking urn is raised by a square Campan Vert marble bas...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Encrier Inkwell by Boin Taburet
By Boin-Taburet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze, mahogany and porcelain Encrier (Inkwell). The oval mahogany base surmounted with an ormolu mounted trim, dual-trays and fi...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$6,450 Sale Price
56% Off
A Fine Ormolu And Bronze Empire Chandelier
Located in Steyning, West sussex
The patented bronze frame mounted with finely chased ormolu, issuing six eagle heads supporting candle nozzles and save-alls, suspended on three chains from a foliated corona.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Empire Style Gilt-Bronze and Mahogany Five-Piece Salon Suite
Located in London, GB
French Empire style gilt-bronze and mahogany five-piece salon suite
French, Late 19th Century
Sofa: Height 107cm, width 162cm, depth 65cm
Armchair: Height 101cm, width 68cm, depth 6...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$26,246 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of French Charles X Ormolu and Bronze Campagna Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Charles X ormolu mounted patinated bronze Campagna urns set with medallions on plinth bases. (mid 19th Cent) (PRICED AS Pair)
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th century French ormolu and crystal Marie Antoinette chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional 19th century French Louis XVI Marie Antoinette style gilt bronze mounted crystal 12 light chandelier. The chandelier is centered...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Rouge Griotte Marble Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI style ormolu and rouge griotte marble clock set
French, 1867
Clock: height 67cm, width 46cm, depth 28cm
Candelabra: height 81cm...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Griotte Marble, Ormolu
$49,211 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Louis XVI Style Parquetry Secrétaire, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted parquetry and marquetry fall-front Secrétaire with a marble top.
Stamped to the carcass ‘10298’.
This elegantly shaped Secrétaire is deco...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Crystal Plafonnier Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and finely detailed French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal plafonnier chandelier. This stunning four light plafonnier is centered by an Ormolu acorn bottom...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
18th Century French Gilt Bronze & Marble Clock By Rouvière A Paris c.1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Crafted in France during the late 18th century, around 1790-1800, the "Venus Et Amour" mantel clock epitomizes the elegance of the Louis XVI style. Carved from pristine white marble ...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Empire mantel clock of the Astronomy Lesson by Jean-Andre Reiche
Located in London, GB
French Empire Antique ormolu & verd antico marble mantel clock of "The Astronomy Lesson" by Jean-Andre Reiche. The fire and mercury gilt ormolu is in excellent condition and is entir...
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1810s Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamps. Each wonderful candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised on a circular Ormol...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock - Gun Dog
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning ormolu clock by Achille Brocot & Delettrez, celebrating hunting and fishing. Finely made in mercury fire gilded Bronze Doré and mounted with Sèvres style porcelain. It fea...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Glass centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Glass centerpiece. This attention grabbing centerpiece is raised by a lattice cut circular Glass pedestal sup...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Antique French Marble Top Bedside Chests
Located in London, GB
A stunning pair of antique French marble top bedside chests. They were made in France and date from around the 1900-1920 period.
The quality is fan...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$1,572 / set
Pair of French Empire Bronze Dore Ram Head Candelabras
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Empire bronze dore 6 arm candelabras with 3 ram heads and 3 claw feet supported on a 6 sided triangular base. (PRICED AS Pair)
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by a square bas...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Ormolu & Lacquered Bombé Commode with Onyx Marble Top
By Bernard II van Risamburgh
Located in London, GB
A Louis XV Style Lacquer Commode
After the design of BVRB
Constructed from bois noirci with vernis martin decorated panels in the manner of oriental lacquer, the commode of bombé form is profusely dressed with Rococo gilt bronze mounts, supported on elegant scrolled sabot feet, with acanthus espagnolettes to the corners, the front housing two sans-traverse drawers decorated with an oriental landscape within an ormolu tripartite frame of acanthus C-scrolls, rocaille motifs, and issuing foliate handles; the whole surmounted by a double-moulded and shaped onyx marble top.
French, circa 1890
Dimensions: H: 33.5 in / 85 cm W: 54.5 in / 138 cm D: 23 in / 58 cm
BVRB, the stamp used by Bernard van...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and frosted Glass chandeliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and frosted Glass chandeliers, after a model by Pierre Gouthière for Marie Antoinette. Each exquisite ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque period ormolu and Baccarat crystal centerpiece. The centerpiece i...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Moucheté Mahogany, ormolu, and Gris St. Anne marble commode. The three drawer chest is raised by beautiful topie shaped legs with fin...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Beaded Basket 13-Light Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Beaded Basket Thirteen Light Chandelier
A crystal beaded crown and basket bottom, six perimeter lights with rose shades, six lower interior lights ...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Belle Époque Mahogany & Ormolu-Mounted Vitrine Attr. Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Louis XV style Belle Époque mahogany and tulipwood ormolu-mounted vitrine cabinet with a Brêche violette marble top, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The ...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$21,895 Sale Price
54% Off
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Belle Époque Ormolu-Mounted Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style Belle Epoque ormolu-mounted satine, kingwood and burlwood two-door cabinet, the mounts by Ferdinand Barbedienne, fitted with a shaped Breccia Colorata marble top above a Vitruvian scroll frieze, centered by two doors flanked by putti and griffin mounts, the interior with two shelves, on four tapering fluted legs, the backs of the mounts stamped 'FB'. Paris, circa 1890-1900.
Ferdinand Barbedienne (French, 1810-1892) Was a highly important and prolific bronze founder of furniture mounts and more commonly, bronze sculpture including figures, animals, urns, clocks and candelabra. His signature Varied from hand written capitals to stamp in capitals,- Bronzes cast bear...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
$24,850 Sale Price
44% Off
c1810 Georgian Regency Cut Glass Ormole Candelabra / Candle Holders
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1810 Pair Expertly Cut Glass w/ Ormolu Candelabra/ Candle Holders. The cut glass is extraordinary, the Ormolu shines. This is a high quality piece of Gorgian history.
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1810s English Georgian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Empire Bronze Ormolu 4 Light Candelabra Table Lamps, Manner Rabiat, a Pair
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Manner of Claude-Francois Rabiat. Each modeled as a classical maiden holding aloft a basket of fruit issuing four candlearms on raised engine turned column and plinth base.
Shade me...
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19th Century Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century Japanese Imari Porcelain Centerpiece with Ormolu Mounts
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th Century Japanese Imari Porcelain Centerpiece with Ormolu Mounts.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
American 20th century Ormolu and Glass chandelier, by Charles J. Weinstein, 1930
By Charles J. Weinstein 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most unique American 20th century Art Deco st. Ormolu and Glass pendant chandelier, by Charles J. Weinstein, circa 1930. This truly stunning pendant named the L'etiolé...
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20th Century American Art Deco Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Pair of Regency Cut-Glass Storm Lighs Attributed to John Blades
By John Blades
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A large pair of Regency storm lights on pillar and file cut foot with diamond cut base supporting corresponding drop hung drip pans issuing storm shades engraved with flowers and oak...
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1830s British Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI St. ormolu and Sevres porcelain centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by an elegant ormolu base with fine foliate feet, beautiful richly chased frolicking lovebirds and a striking fluted socle shaped pedestal support adorned with superb swaging berried laurel garlands tied with ribbons and flanked by charming winged cherubs amidst scrolled acanthus leaves. The exceptional oblong shaped cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain bowl...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
An Exceptionally Large Pair of Regency Lustre's By John Blades
By John Blades
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A superb quality pair of cut glass ormolu mounted lustre's, cut overall with pillar and diamond cutting, the double ogee base supporting drip pans and candle nozzles hung with the fi...
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19th Century English Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Early 20th Century Holy Water Font - France - Onyx, Bronze and Crystal
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Elegant French holy water font dating from circa 1900–1910, crafted from richly veined onyx, adorned with an ormolu gilt bronze relief depicting the Virgin Mary with Child, and fitte...
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Early 1900s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Centerpiece Attributed to Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu centerpiece attributed to Henry Dasson. The centerpiece is raised by an exceptional and most decorative...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Antique Ormolu Mantel Clock by Leroy Commemorating Napoleon Bonaparte
By LeRoy
Located in London, GB
This fine mantel clock is cast entirely in ormolu by celebrated Parisian clockmaker Leroy and commemorates the return of Napoleon's ashes to France in 1840. The clock is set on a rectangular, tiered base with four decorative feet. The lower tier is centred with a sleeping lion above a plaque showing the scarf, sword and hat of Napoleon. There is a relief plaque above the lion showing a ship off St Helena (the location of Napoleon's exile) and to either side further decorations formed as martial trophies. To the top of the plaque is a portrait medallion of Napoleon with winged cherubs and the letter 'N'. The circular dial of the clock, signed 'Leroy a Paris', is set to the centre above the base within an ormolu border and flanked by the figures of France and an eagle to either side. Between them they hold an urn, which bears the inscription 'Ste Helene / 5 Mai 1821'. The figure of France holds a flag inscribed 'France 1840.'
This clock was produced in 1840 by Parisian clockmaker Leroy et fils...
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1840s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$38,275 Sale Price
20% Off
French Neoclassical Style Enamel, Onyx, and Gilt Bronze Pedestal Clock
Located in London, GB
French neoclassical style enamel, onyx, and gilt bronze pedestal clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 125cm, width 36cm, depth 30cm
This beautiful pedestal clock has...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
$49,211 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Bronze, Marble, & Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Patinated Bronze, Ormolu, and Rouge Griotte marble urns. Each impressive urn is raised by an octagonal Ro...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Settee
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Settee.
France, Circa 1890.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Monumental Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra by Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Monumental gilt and patinated bronze candelabra by Beurdeley
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 273cm, width 90cm, depth...
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Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$382,756 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Continental 19th century etched Crystal and Ormolu box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A delightful and most charming Continental 19th century etched Crystal and Ormolu box. This wonderful lidded ruby red Crystal box features diagonal checkerboard etching on the unders...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
American Victorian Cut Glass and Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
Victorian cut-glass and gilt bronze six-light chandelier, the rope twisted stem centers a frosted and cut-glass pear-shaped globe with foliate finial and with five ornately scrollin...
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Early 20th Century American Rococo Revival Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Style Kidney Trestle Gilt Brass Gallery Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
Add luxurious elegance and sophistication with this exquisite French Louis XVI style kingwood marquetry table a ecrire (writing table).
Dating to the late 19th / early 20th century,...
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Early 20th Century European Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Onyx, Ormolu and Cloisonné urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and high quality French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Onyx, Ormolu and Cloisonné urn. The most decorative urn is raised by four Ormolu scrolled foliate feet supporting...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Enamel, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Vitrine, Manner of François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Rosewood, Mahogany and Kingwood Single Door Vitrine, in manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The u...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$25,950 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Early 19th Century Blue John Cassolettes with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair early 19th Century Blue John cassolettes with ormolu mounts each with an ovoid body applied with decorative mounts and scrolling foliate handles, beneath a removable cover toppe...
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Antique Hardstone and Ormolu Mounted Cabinets by Béfort Jeune
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique hardstone and ormolu mounted cabinets by Béfort Jeune
French, Late 19th Century
Height 151cm, width 112cm, depth 52cm
This outstanding pair of cabinets was crafted b...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass, Ormolu
$164,038 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Mirror Surtout De Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Mirror Surtout De Table
Circular form, cast with a grapevine bronze gallery and fruit filled centerpieces...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Empire Style Black Stone and Ormolu Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Each candleholder of columnar form surmounted with ormolu stiff-leaf capitals and with acanthus-wrapped base, on pedestal bases with outswept scrolling feet. Fitted with two brass bulb sockets. Adjustable. Later mounded as a lamps. With duck blue...
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Late 19th Century Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Stone, Brass, Ormolu
Antique Eclectic Style Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Henri Picard and Denière et Fils
Located in London, GB
Antique eclectic style gilt bronze clock set by Henri Picard and Denière et Fils
French, late 19th century
Dimensions: Clock height 78cm, width 36cm, depth 24cm, candelabra height ...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$38,275 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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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