Porphyry Furniture

Imposing cup in red, Egyptian porphyry featuring three cupids on a circular base. The patinated bronze cupids serve as the supporting stem for the wide-rimmed cup. Two of the cupids ...

A 19th century Italianate style fireplace carved from Istrian stone with semi-precious inlaid marbles. The frieze panel inlaid with Egyptian Imperial red Porphyry, Ancient Green Peloponnesian Porphyry and lazurite, supported on similarly panelled jambs. The jambs surmounted by carved ionic capitals. Attributed to Sir Charles Barry and Thomas Allom. A near identical example can be found in the Music room of Highclere Castle...

A large bowl made of Blyberg Porphyry from Älfdalen, Sweden, circa 1800.

Russian centre table in elm root topped with porphyry and bronze circa 1830.  

Pair of obelisk table lamps in the Hollywood Regency style. Attributed to Anthony Redmile, London, 1970s. Faux porphyry with gilt appliques and inset with distressed mirror. Newly re...

A handsome and most decorative Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Wood, Giltwood and red Porphyry coffee table. This wonderful coffee table is raised by tapered fluted pati...

Beautiful, hand carved, painted and parcel-gilt 3 sided console table with tapered, spiral legs surmounted by a foliate relief apron and an original, porphyry top.

This stunning antique mantel clock is unusual for its serpentine design, featuring a gilt bronze, hanging snake head that acts as a clock hand. The 360 degree turning circular ena...

A high-class late Gustavian gilt console table made in Stockholm, Sweden around 1800. The legs feature carved Egyptian-inspired heads and fluted details. The table's frieze is decora...

Centerpiece in porphyry and bronze. Elegant centerpiece in gilded and chiseled bronze with porphyry cup and base. Nineteenth century. Dimensions: 4...

An Elegant Silver Mounted "Rannas" Porphyry Paperweight, with small chip on a short edge. Beautiful figuring to the stone. Would enhance any desk's appearance. Circa 1890.

A handsome and most decorative true pair of French 19th century faux Porphyry, Ormolu and patinated Bronze lamps of Napoleon. Each impressive lamp is raised by a mottled rectangular ...

A rare and impressive Italian 19th century green Porphyry skull statue/paperweight. The bold skull displays finely sculpted details which emphasize the ex...

A spectacular and most unique set of four Italian 19th century specimen marble skulls. Each skull is of an individual marble, Lapis Lazuli, Red Porphyry, ...

A stunning and extremely high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, Bleu Turquin marble, and Porphyry candelabras. Each ca...

A case of exquisite porphyry and doré bronze houses the verge movement of this rare clock by eminent English clock and watch maker John Ellicott. Ellicott's...

A stunning and rare pair of French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Porphyry and ormolu urns. The urns are raised by a square base with concave corners with richly chased foliate rosettes centering beautiful fitted interlocking patterns. Above a fine tied berried laurel band two impressive Greek key designed handles encase the striking Porphyry body. Each handle displays fluted patterns and rich foliate movements with a swaging berried laurel. The elegantly shaped neck displays a beaded ormolu band and an intricately chased foliate band while showcasing the beautiful Porphyry. Porphyry was Imperial Rome...

Pair of Louis XVI style porphyry and ormolu candelabra. Rising from a square base supported by gilt bronze bracket feet, giving way to a stepped stiff-leaf ormolu border; the porphy...

A Russian gilt bronze and malachite covered vase on porphyry base. Form of winged cupids supporting a malachite vase. Russia, circa 1800. Height...

A curated collection of hand-worked 19th century Italian Grand Tour specimen marble fragments and semi-precious stones, many with original collector’s labels. This diverse set inclu...

Pair of faux porphyry urn form lamps. Dark porphyry painted and lacquered urn lamps, United States, 20th century. Dimensions: 9" diameter top of urn x 13...

A 19th century neoclassical Regency statuary and Imperial Egyptian Porphyry antique marble fireplace surround, in the Egyptian Revival style. The neoclassical forms of this fireplace are the epitome of fashionable Regency taste. It features a simply moulded shelf resting above a panelled Egyptian Porphyry frieze centred by a crisply carved and bold statuary marble mask depicting Aurora, the Roman Goddess of dawn. Flanked by circular Imperial Egyptian Porphyry capitols to the end blocks, thus supporting Imperial Egyptian Porphyry tapered panelled jambs raised on plain foot blocks. The external return sections have a recessed panel with cock-beading. Shown with its original statuary marble kerb fender...

A pair of 17th century carved marble Romanesque pedestals with remnants of porphyry inlay. Romanesque style with arched upper forms, and stepped base with abstract leaf detail at the...

A gold, antique Swedish Gustavian freestanding console table made of hand crafted gilded Pinewood with a white-grey painted marble top, designed and produced most likely by Jonas Frisk in good condition. The edges, borders of the Scandinavian side table are enhanced by detailed tablecloths and palmettes carvings and porphyry-imitating sides, supported by four round twisted tapered legs, collar and ball, standing on a rectangular wooden base. Minor fading, scratches due to age. Circa 1810 - 1820, Stockholm, Sweden, Scandinavia. Jonas Frist was a Swedish artist and designer, born in 1787, in Stockholm, Sweden and passed away in 1849. In 1805, Frist received the rights to design and produce mirrors and console tables by the Kommerskollegium. From 1810 - 1814, his studio was located on the street Storkyrkobrinken and from 1814 - 1824, he moved to the public square Riddarhustorget, in Gamla stan...

Charming group of three porcelain swan planters depicting a mother with her two cygnets. Measures: Mother is 16.5" in length X 10.5" in width X 15" in height. Cygnets are 9.5" in l...

This remarkable rosewood centre table attributed to legendary firm Gillows showcases masterful craftsmanship and stunningly rare hardstone specimens. The table's base is ornately crafted, complete with lion's paw feet, emphasizing the quality of the wood. The most impressive element of this beautiful piece of furniture, however, is the exquisite inlaid table top. Featuring eighteen semi-precious and hardstone specimens artfully arranged in alternating geometric shapes, rare stones like gem quality Lapis Lazuli, Egyptian porphyry and Siberian amethyst dazzle the eye. Other stones and specimens inlaid in square, circle and hexagon shapes include pyrite lapis lazuli, malachite, green aventurine, agate of amethyst, greek spartan porphyry, labradorite, fossilized wood, occhio di pavone, brèche verte d'égypte, sicilian jaspers, blood stone, spanish brocatelle, siena brocatelle, convent siena and nero antico. The sheer variety and superb quality of these features is an overwhelming visual delight and a triumph of craftsmanship. Hardstone pieces such as this were popular among the British aristocracy...

The grand tour porphyry columns with yellow marble Corinthian capitals and bases on black slate and gray Brescia ogee formed squares. Measures: height: 16” base: 3 1/4” square.

An elegant and most decorative pair of Italian 18th century Neo-Classical st. Mecca lamps. This wonderful pair of urns mounted as lamps are raised by faux Porphyry painted square bas...

A Collection of 25 Samples with in a Verde Antico Border, with Wooden Frame, Italian, late 19th Century. Each Specimen 2 1/2” x 1 3/4”

Woman with mask, alabaster sculpture in the style of the antique on a porphyry and white Carrara marble base

A magnificent pair of Egyptian Porphyry and ormolu brule parfumes after Gouthiere, French Louis XVI/ neoclassical design circa 1870, after Pierre Gou...

Consolle with a marble top featuring various samples, a Porphyry central section, Carrara marble bases with Porphyry inserts, and Giallo Antico marble details. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INF...

The 17th century putti raised on gilt bronze-mounted neoclassical porphyry bases from the late 18th century.

A handsome and complete French early 19th century 1st Empire Period Porphyry and Ormolu garniture clock set. This wonderful three piece garniture set is comprised of a central clock ...

Very fine and important center table with square shaped Egyptian porphyry veneered tabletop. Base in walnut and ebonized wood of the Directoir period of the Late 18’ century, made with special care and 'original choice of the Radica and marquetry. Provenance from an Aristocratic family descendant of Parma. Measurements: cm 120 x 120 This particular Imperial grade of porphyry came from a quarry in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The term "porphyry" is from Latin and means "purple". Purple was the color of royalty, and the "Imperial Porphyry...

Pair of beautiful 19th century French Porphyry lamps with gilt bronze accents in the form of Ram's heads and Classical beaded banding. The pair are mounted on a gold leafed stepped b...

The purple/white stone in the shape of a sphere

A Museum Quality Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Candelabra By Henry Dasson Henry Dasson Each cast as a scantily clad beauty holding aloft a gilt torche...

The 30 samples with an accompanying listing of Swedish Porphyry. All round in various diameters and thicknesses. The samples mounted in a custom Maple wood frame with the ability to ...

Three plates commemorating the Spanish American War. Two show the battleship Maine, which was destroyed in Havana Harbor, The second shows the Maine, Nashville, Indiana, Vesuvius, an...

Pair of bronze and porphyry lions. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND SHIPPING INFORMATION CAN BE REQUEST BY SENDING AN EMAIL. Tags: Coppia di leoni in bronzo e porfido. ...

Here we have a 19th century Round Marble Top Centre Table with Malachite, Welsh Slate & Porphyry Inlay. This is a beautiful and unusual large round Carrara marble centre table d...

A very impressive good quality 19th Century French Empire influenced Gueridon, having a rare Porphyry marble top, wonderful hand carved gilt wood decoration to the frieze of Oak leav...

A magnificent and monumentally scaled Italian early 19th century solid Porphyry and ormolu urn, circa 1810. The most impressive urn is raised by a circular base with a fine stepped and mottled border. At the center is an impressive and most decorative reeded design below the smooth elegantly curved body with richly sculpted scrolled handles at each side. Above the curved neck is the removable lid also decorated with a beautiful reeded design, mottled band, and centered by a striking ormolu acorn finial. All original gilt. Porphyry was Imperial Rome’s most prestigious stone for columns, vases, and other objects. The word “porphyry” comes from the Latin word for purple, which was the color of nobility to the Romans. Porphyry is considered the Imperial Stone of the Roman Empire. In the year 18 AD, the Roman Legionnaire Caius Cominius discovered a beautiful purple stone in the eastern desert of Egypt. It was a deep purple color with flecks of larger white crystals and was perfect for carving. This porphyry quickly became the most prestigious stone for the elite of Rome and Byzantium. For centuries the Romans quarried this treasured stone...

Description: Console with a marble top featuring various samples, a Porphyry central section, Carrara marble bases with Porphyry inserts, and Giallo Antico marble details. ADDITIONAL...

A sensational and high quality pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Porphyry and fire gilded ormolu lidded urns. The pair are raised by a square ormolu plate below the mottl...

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 ...

A very good quality pair of 19th century bronze and gilded ormolu three branch candelabra, one modeled as a bacchanalian satyr, the other a putto, out stretched arms holding three br...

A fantastic and quite large pair of French Louis XVI style dore bronze mounted green marble or possibly Greenish/Grey Porphyry Pot-Pourri vases mounted as lamps, attributed to Henry ...

Pair of fine, hand-carved, circa 1830, gilt-wood, Florentine console tables. Porphyry veneered tops sit above a tiered, plinth supported by fl...

An impressive pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. Porphyry, granite, Lapis Lazuli and ormolu obelisks. Each obelisk is raised by fine ormolu feet below the square green gra...

Pair of 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Porphyry Obelisks w Ormolu mounts. Please note: Though a pair, one obelisk is 34 1/2" and the other 35" The shorter obelisk is due to a ...

An exceptional and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Porphyry, ormolu and faux painted Porphyry lamp attributed to Sormani. The brûle parfum lamp is raised by an el...

A sensational and extremely high quality true pair of French 19th century neo-slassical st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Porphyry electrified candelabras Aux Victoires. Each candelab...