Early 19 Century Austrian Biedermeier Table Mirror

A very handsome and unusual table top dressing mirror likely made in Austria in the early to mid 19thC. The shield shaped mirror has a gilded...

A traditional Austrian Biedermeier wall clock featuring a rectangular carved and gilded wood frame clock face; surmounted by a gilt bronze winged eagle. The decorations on the frame ...

A large French Empire carved and original water gilded Empire picture frame inset with a modern mirror, the corners of the deeply scooped sides set with palmettes.          

A very well executed early 19th century pastel portrait of a gentleman sitting at his desk. He is portrayed from the waist up, his left hand holding a book...

A museum quality early 19th century Paris porcelain urn. The twin handled vase sits on a rectangular porcelain base (modelled as part of the vase), which is decorated on all four sides with finely painted scenes titled 'Gene de Corrinte', 'Gene de Mytilene', 'Gene de Sparte', and 'Gene de Chiu' in reference to various Greek city states. The ovoid body of the vase is richly decorated with Greek key and stylized acanthus designs over and below a large gilt framed oval cameo of Athena on one side and a similar cameo on the other side bearing an undecipherable name. The overall background colour scheme of the vase is dark red/burgundy and dark emerald green, two colours which were more commonly used by the Dagoty factory in Paris than other porcelain manufacturing firms at the time. The vase is unsigned. Note: Pierre Louis Dagoty's porcelain was characterized by the use of vivid colours and the thick application of burnished gold leaf. He borrowed from the repertoire of Neoclassical ornament but his designs also included Egyptian and Chinoiseries motifs. Dagoty's elegant ceramics won him the patronage of Empress Joséphine. At the height of production, in 1807, he employed over a hundred workers, and exported his wares to Russia. After the fall of the First French Empire in 1814, manufacture continued under the Duchesse d'Angoulême, the only surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Between 1816 and 1820, Dagoty worked in partnership with François Maurice Honoré. In 1817. Dagoty and Honoré received a commission from President James Monroe...

A Paris porcelain urn with swan’s head handles; beautifully painted frolicking cupids to the front, and matte and burnished framed musical motifs to the back. Some rubbing consistent...

Beautiful Biedermeier psyche / table mirror from around 1830. The psyche is made of cherrywood (solid and veneer). The mirror is rotatable and there is a drawer in the base. In very ...

Small table mirror veneered in thuja root with one drawer and tilting rectangular mirror. The mirror is supported by two ebonised columns. The old m...

Beautiful 19th century Biedermeier vanity table mirror from the second period in Austria, circa 1850. The lovely vanity mirror was veneered in...

Table mirror in mahogany on oak with brass urn-shaped pinnacles and four drawers.

This beautiful 19th century German birch Biedermeier toilet mirror. It has got one drawer and was made circa 1820. It is in great condition. A unique piece which is a great eyecatc...

Wonderful Dutch Biedermeier table mirror or vanity. Mahogany with gilt lining and original brass knobs. The drawer has its original lock, see image...