Ormolu Paintings

An imposing French Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Mounted hand painted framed miniature plaque of oval form, depicting a romantic scene with a seated lady and a kneeling gentleman offering ...

A refined picture frame made of bronze and brass, with a gilt ormolu patina. On top a ribbon and bow, flanked by flower scrolls. Inside an antique romantic oil painting...

An imposing pair of French Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Mounted hand painted Portraits of Louis XV1 and Marie Antoinette, late Nineteenth Century. Ea...

A lovely pair of miniature portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine De Beauharnais. The detailed portraits with oval gilt bronze easel back frames,...

Stunning and extremely rare English hand painted porcelain plaque of rectangular outline, firmly attributed to well-known porcelain English Artist Thomas Steele...

A hanging mirror and very fine painted enamel symbolist plaque by Paul Victor Grandhomme, (1851-1944) It depicts a naked young woman in a landscape holding a mirror, probably an allegory of sacred love and profane love, all in a chiseled bronze border on which stands out a formula taken from the Montaigne Essays: Immortalia Mortali Sermone Notantes. On the reverse side a beveled mirror hanged by alternated enameled ormolu and faceted crystal grapples chains. Signed Grandhomme lower right Plaque: Diameter 11 cm Museum level item, Similar piece sold for 13000 € in Paris Drouot, 19th of April 2002, Gros-Delettrez Paul-Victor Grandhomme was trained as an apprentice jeweler when the war with Prussia (1871) and consequent lack of work forced him to accept a position in a library. He transposed some of Gustave Moreau’s works on enamel and collaborated with Alphonse Fouquet...

This is a finely painted beautiful KPM Berlin Plaque by Raphael Santi, circa 1885 in date The plaque depicts the Sistine Madonna and Child titled on the reverse and within the original antique ebonised frame with ormolu beading. Condition: The plaque and the frame both in excellent condition, with only minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 26 x width 21 x depth 4 - Frame Dimensions in inches: Height 10.2 x width 8.3 x depth 1.6 - Frame The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin German: Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, abbreviated as KPM, also known as the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin and whose products are generally called Berlin porcelain, was founded in 1763 by King Frederick II of Prussia (known as Frederick the Great). Its actual origins, however, lie in three private enterprises which, under crown patronage, were trying to establish the production of "white gold" (i.e. porcelain) in Berlin from the mid-18th century onwards. The company logo is a cobalt blue sceptre, which is stamped painted prior to 1837 on every piece. All painted pieces produced by KPM are signed by the painter. KPM is still producing to this day; each piece of dishware and decorative porcelain is entirely unique. KPM has produced a number of dishware forms and porcelain figurines throughout its history. Some forms have hardly changed their shape in over 200 years of production. Frederick the Great, who, as the owner, jokingly referred to himself as his own "best customer", was under the spell of the Rococo style during his life; a culmination of this artistic style can be seen in his castles. To this day, the most successful designs of the 1930s are the Urbino, Urania and Arkadia (originally a tea set designed in honor of KPM's 175th anniversary) created by Trude Petri...

This beautiful plaque is the work of the celebrated enamellers of the French town of Limoges. Limoges had been the leading centre of enamel production ...

Finely painted with important female French aristocratic figures; the first depicting Princess Marie-Louise Thérèse of Savoy-Carignan, Princesse de Lamballe...

A Portrait Miniature on Ivory of Napoleon,
signed E. Lacroix, framed.