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Material: Ormolu
Pair 19th Century French Sevres Style Candelabra
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pair late 19th century French sevres style porcelain and gilded ormolu five brach candelabra, with scrolling foliate decoration, turquoise g...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Patinated Bronze And Ormolu Statue Of A Horse And Groom
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and majestic French 19th century patinated Bronze and Ormolu statue of a horse and groom, modeled after the horses of Marly. The spectacular horse is draped in a saddle...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A Continental 19th century bronze & ormolu statues by Emile Guillemin
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and high quality true pair of small scale Continental 19th century patinated, silvered bronze and ormolu statues by Emile Guillemin. Each statue is raised by a circular mott...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ebony, Ormolu and Marble pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ebony, Ormolu, Hardstone, Brass, and white Carrara marble pedestals. Each truly impressive single d...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Stone, Marble, Ormolu
A Louis XVI Style Cartel Clock and Companion Barometer
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Jasperware Mounted Cartel Clock and Companion Barometer, After the Model Attributed to Pierre Gouthière.
The clock and barometer each surmounted by...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood and Ormolu Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and ormolu side table. The one drawer table is raised by slender cabriole legs with fine foliate ormolu sabots a...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Marquetry Inlaid Bombé Pedestal in the Louis XV Style by Millet
Located in London, GB
An Elegant Marquetry Pedestal
By Maison Millet of Paris
Of elegant bombé form with bookmatched kingwood crossbanding and a bois de bout floral marquetry panel on a bois satiné ground, the corners dressed with acanthus ormolu mounts terminating in sabot feet; surmounted by a brèche violette molded marble top. The back of the mount bearing "MB" for Blaise Millet.
French, circa 1900
Dimensions: H: 49 in / 125 cm W: 14 in / 35 cm D: 14 in / 35 cm
Millet et Cie
Founded in 1853 at 11 rue Jacques- Coeur, and, after 1897, working from 23 Boulevard Beaumarchais, describing themselves as furnishers of 'meubles, bronzes d'art, genre ancien et moderne', according to their trade card; they were awarded numerous honours a Gold Medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and at the 1900 exposition, a Grand Prix for their efforts. Maison Millet is consistently ranked alongside Beurdeley, Dasson, and Sormani as one of the top Parisian furniture...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Large Antique Gilt Bronze Wall Lights after François Rémond
By François Rémond
Located in London, GB
Pair of large antique gilt bronze wall lights after François Rémond
French, 19th Century
Height 103cm, width 47cm, depth 27cm
Inspired by the artistry of François Rémond (1747–1812)...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$19,760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Large French Neoclassical Ormolu, Glass and Marble Pedestals
Located in London, GB
Pair of large French Neoclassical ormolu, glass and marble pedestals
French, 20th century
Height 112.5cm, width 36cm, depth 36cm
These exceptional pieces are a pair of large Fre...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$24,152 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th century Biedermeier Empire/Neo-Classical st. Desk by Francois Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality Continental 19th century Biedermeier Empire/Neo-Classical st. Burl Walnut, Ebonized Fruitwood, Giltwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat by Francois Li...
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19th Century Unknown Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Large Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Samson Porcelain Candelabra
By Samson & Cie
Located in London, GB
A pair of large Louis XV style gilt-bronze and Samson porcelain candelabra
French, Late 19th century
Measures: Height 68cm, width 54cm, depth 36cm
Crafted with great artistry and skill by the Samson porcelain manufactory in late nineteenth century France, these exceptional candelabra feature superb full-length porcelain subjects set within elaborate gilt-bronze lighting branches. Made in the Louis XV style, each pair, symmetrical to each other in design, consists of five-lighting branches, a mount for the porcelain, and elegantly sculpted bases.
The porcelain figures are that of a man and woman playing musical instruments, wistfully gazing towards each other while they stroll and play; he plays a variation on the bagpipes, probably the French cabrette, while she plays a large guitar-like stringed instrument. They stand 68cm in height and bear the Samson mark to the underside. Beautiful pieces, the porcelain figures of which can stand separately, they are wonderful examples of French antique...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$27,445 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain three-piece garniture suite
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain three-piece garniture suite
French, Late 19th Century
Vases: height 44cm, width 21cm, depth 16cm
Urn: 38cm, width 33cm, depth 29cm
Attributed to Pi...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$49,402 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal centerpiece
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal centerpiece. This stunning centerpiece bowl is raised by beautiful acanthus leaf support...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Louis XV Style Thirty-Three-Light Ormolu Figural Chandeliers
Located in Cypress, CA
Extravagant pair of Louis XV style thirty-three-light ormolu figural chandeliers, 20th century. The top ball is surrounded by beautifully decorated ormolu bows with intertwining flor...
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20th Century French Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Monumental Pair of Sevres Style Ormolu Mounted Vases
Located in New York, NY
A fine and important monumental pair of Sevres gilt bronze mounted, hand painted with extensive gilt highlights, cobalt blue porcelain vases and cover with lovers and landscapes on o...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Period Flame Mahogany and Parcel-Gilt Cabinet
Located in Pembroke, MA
A striking French flame mahogany cabinet with finely-chased gilt-bronze mounts, detached side columns, with an upper drawer and two lower doors (each door ornamented...
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19th Century French First Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$10,500 Sale Price
32% Off
Ormolu and Glass Souvenir Trinket Jewelry Box, City of Meran, Italy, circa 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous glass top trinket box made of ormolu. The hinged top featuring a City view of Meran. No restoration has been carried out on this charming little trinket box, which remains...
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Early 1900s Italian Hollywood Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$55 Sale Price
75% Off
Pair of Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Malachite and Ormolu Obelisks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive and very high quality Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. malachite and ormolu mounted obelisks. Each obelisk is raised by a square malachite...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
An Interesting 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Giallo di Siena Marble Fireplace
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Interesting and Rare Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Giallo di Siena Marble Fireplace
The moulded marble mantle shelf above a intricately carved central frieze with scrolli...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze, Wrought Iron, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century ormolu candlesticks finely engine-turned throughout, having urn shaped nozzles above tapering stems ending on circular bases. (Now converted to lamps)
...
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Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Charles X Period Mantel Clock in Ormolu and Patinated Bronze
Located in London, GB
A very smart and stylish antique French Charles X period mantel clock in ormolu and patinated bronze with original ormolu throughout and surmounted by a fine ormolu urn on a stepped base. The clock signed on the dial "Mallet Hr. de Mg le Duc d'Orleans". The clock is set on decorated ormolu block feet and is constructed of patinated bronze with ormolu mouldings and applied ormolu mounts. A fine ormolu moulding is above the base and above this is a fine mount of a lyre surrounded by volumes of book and laurel. To the top of the clock is a superb ormolu urn decorated with scenes of putti playing, or holding an arrow of love or patting the dog...
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1820s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Mahogany Bonheur du Jour
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze and mahogany bonheur du jour
French, Late 19th Century
Height 117cm, width 78cm, depth 54cm
Made in France in the late 19th century, this elegant bonheu...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$35,130 Sale Price
20% Off
Two French Malachite and Gilt Bronze Circular Side Tables
Located in London, GB
Two French malachite and gilt bronze circular side tables
French, c. 1900
Height 69cm, diameter 62cm
These elegant circular side tables (French: ‘guéridons’) were crafted in ...
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Early 20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
$30,739 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Two‑Light Sconces, Attributed to P.E. Guerin
By P. E. Guerin
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Louis XVI Style Ormolu Two‑Light Sconces, Attributed to P.E. Guerin, 20th Century
A finely cast and chased pair of Louis XVI style gilt‑bronze (ormolu) two‑light wall sconce...
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Late 20th Century American Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Secrétaire À Abattant
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Impressive Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted secrétaire à Abattant, In The Manner Of André Charles Boulle.
This drop-front writing cabinet or secrétaire à abattant is finishe...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Pair French Ormolu Marble Kingwood Rosewood Marquetry Desks Side Tables
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Identical Pair of French Single Drawer Kingwood Writing Desks or Side Tables of oval form and unusual small proportions of outstanding quality, last quarter of the Nineteent...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu urns. Each exceptional lidded urn is raised by a solid square Onyx base over an Ormolu bottom su...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Fleur de Pêcher marble and Ormolu pedestal. This exquisitely decorative pedestal is raised on a square marble base with Or...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Empire Style Cut Crystal and Ormolu Chandelier.
By Baccarat
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th Century French Empire Style Finest Cut Crystal and Ormolu Chandelier.
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Boulle Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking high quality French 19th century Napoleon III period ormolu, tortoiseshell, and brass inlaid Boulle clock. The clock is raised by handsome ormolu paw feet with acanthus le...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis Philippe Period Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu fountain
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality French 19th century Louis Philippe Period Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu water fountain. This most elegant fountain is raised by a square Ormolu base with a top decorative band of palmettes all below the cut diamond shaped Crystal support. The elongated Baccarat Crystal dispenser...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Continental Bronze and Ormolu and White Marble Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
A fine quality pair of Continental bronze & ormolu Candlesticks, having engine turned nozzles raised on black marble stems ending on white marble circular bases.
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Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ormolu and Ebony Wall Plaques
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most decorative pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Ebony decorative wall plaques. Each wall decor retains its original rectangular mottled Ebony...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI marquetry inlaid centre table.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style Marquetry and Parquetry inlaid centre table, having trellis pattern to the top and frieze, cross banding and the central panel...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Satin Dore Bronze Hanging Plafonnier
Located in North Miami, FL
An Art Deco style hanging plafonnier with frosted glass and satin dore finish. Thick chain link and canopy finish off this very heavy light fixture. Six-light candle style to interior.
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20th Century French Art Deco Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Crystal Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal vases. Each vase is raised by an elegant square base with a reeded wrap around ormolu band and scrolled palmettes feet. The beautiful crystal vases...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Boulle Cabinet Vitrines
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most impressive pair of French 19th century Napoleon III period Ebony, Tortoiseshell, brass, ormolu, and black Belgian marble Boulle cabinet vitrines. Each vitrine is ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Pair of Sèvres Style Porcelain Urns and Cover
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality pair of Sèvres style porcelain urns and cover. Each green with gilded highlights, domed top over baluster-form base decorated ...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
English 19th Century Regency Style Mahogany, Kingwood and Ormolu Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and extremely elegant English 19th century Regency st. mahogany, kingwood and ormolu center table. The table is raised by a triangular shaped base with concave sides and r...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Empire st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu fire screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A decorative and most handsome French 19th century Empire st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu fire screen. This stunning square fire screen is raised by a long slender rectangular patina...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mantel Clock, Leroy
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI ormolu-mounted Mantel Clock
signed Julien Leroy A Paris
France, 18th century
A similar clock sold at Sothebys New York for $81,250 (Important ...
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18th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Sconces
By Pierre-François Feuchère
Located in London, GB
Pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze sconces
French, 20th century
Dimensions: Height 94cm, width 49cm, depth 33cm
This pair of wall lights are superbly wrought in bronze, and fea...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$24,152 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Pietra Dura Pedestal
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and good quality 19th Century French ebonized Pietra dura inlaid pedestal with wonderful gilded ormolu scrolling foliate mounts, brass stringing. The central panel having carved precious...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Mahogany Marble Top Ormolu Chest of Drawers. Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
French mahogany marble top chest with graduated book matched drawers, original gilt floral ormolu mounts, and terminating on rounded block feet. Early 19th Century
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1810s French Louis Philippe Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Chinoiserie Style Gilt-Bronze and Enamel Figural Clock
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare Chinoiserie style gilt-bronze and enamel figural clock.
This elegant and sophisticated clock has a finely chiselled gilt-bronze case with gold and enamel highlights. It dep...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu lamp. This charming candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised by a circular Ormolu base with a mottled edge and an outer beaded ba...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Brass Bookends Featuring Native American Brave
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A Pair of Native American Indian Scout bookends in cast brass by Philadelphia Manufacturing Company. The scouts are resting on a rock, a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. Th...
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20th Century American Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
'The Four Seasons Cabinet' - by Zwiener Jansen Successeur
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The Four Seasons Cabinet - A Large and Important Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Side Cabinet by Zwiener Jansen Successeur.
This magnificent cabinet is titled ‘The Four Seasons Cabine...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Brèche Violette Marble Statue
By Rancoulet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Brèche Violette marble statue of L'Automne signed by Rancoulet. The statue is raised by a striking and uniquely shaped Brèche ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Large 19th Century French Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century French gilded ormolu and Severs porcelain mantel clock. Having putti on either side, holding garlands of flowers. Inset hand-painted Sevres porcelain p...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer by Charpentier
Located in London, GB
Designed in the French Rococo style, this clock and barometer set have been beautifully ornamented with scrolling foliate gilt bronze forms. The two are diamond shaped, with symmetri...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
$13,192 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Empire Period Neoclassical Malachite and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Empire period neoclassical malachite and gilt bronze mantel clock
French, early 19th century
Dimensions: Height 48cm, width 23.5cm, depth 11cm
This mantel clock was finely crafted in the Empire period, wrought from ormolu and a later malachite veneer.
The design of the clock is based on classical architecture. It features a malachite entablature—with an ormolu pierced mount to the front—which is supported on four ormolu bun feet. The malachite column shafts are smooth and each culminate in a capital, supporting the malachite top. Between the columns, there is a drum clock...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
$15,369 Sale Price
20% Off
Wonderful Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Eight Light Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Wonderful Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Eight Light Chandelier
Heavy bronze casted, decorated with female masks, shells and dolphins, scrolling acanthus-clad candle arms leading to eight perimeter lights.
Details:
Height – 38 inches / 97cm
Diameter – 34 inches / 86cm
Lights – 8
If you are looking for a chandelier, a lantern or sets of sconces, Charles Cheriff...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Sèvres Style Gilded Porcelain Vases with Lion Heads
Located in New York, NY
An important rare pair of Sèvres gilded porcelain vases with lion heads and hand painted flowers
Date: circa 1880
Origin: French
Dimension: 29...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
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...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Fine Regency Egyptian Revival Leather & Snake Handled Ormolu Box C. 1815
Located in Atlanta, GA
This remarkable Regency-period jewelry or document box is a rare example of Egyptian Revival design, a style that gained popularity during the early 19th century following the Napole...
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Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Pair of English Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Pedestals by Trollope
By Trollope & Sons
Located in London, GB
A pair of Ormolu-mounted pedestals
by Trollope & Sons
Constructed using rich mahogany, the pair of pedestals of square cross section on plinth supports, of slight taper form with...
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A French 19th century Carrara marble and Ormolu clock, by Mathieu Planchon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most delightful and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and Ormolu clock, signed by Mathieu Planchon. This stunning clock is raised by six finely ch...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Chinoserie & Ormolu Mounted Side Cabinet
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine French ormolu-mounted chinoserie black and gold lacquer pewter-inlaid ebony side cabinet of very neat proportions, with a rectangular black marble top above a decorated o...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Louis XIV Style French Ormolu Mounted Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A beautiful original antique cabinet, this was made in France and dates from around the 1890-1910 period.
It is of superb quality, with stunning ormolu mounts...
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1890s French Louis XIV 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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