1810s Objets d'Art and Vertu

The rare antique buckle is designed as two scallops held together by a silver chain and a silver hook was intended to hold together a cloak. It has been handcrafted out of silver in ...

Georgian Silver travelling Inkwell London 1814 prob John Douglas. Small rectangular inkwell plain with moulded borders and a hinged screw-down cover surmounted by a folding shaped an...

Our 18K Scottish fob features an imposing stone tower, the crest for the Mason surname. The fob reads "Demeure Par La Verite" and translates to "Keep Fa...

French snuff box in agate and gold. Exceptional and very rare oval snuff box, created in Paris France during the second monarchic restoration period, between the 1818 and 1838. This beautiful box was designed in the baroque and Louis XV style, depicting the mythological scene of Venus and cupid holding an arrow. It was carefully crafted with two pieces carved from translucent gray-brownish agate and decorated with sculpted chiseled and repousse parts in yellow gold of 18 karats. Fitted with a hinged lid and embellished with one rose cut diamond. The scene represents the Greek-Roman mythological scene of Venus seated in her seashell chariot pulling back Cupid to take away his arrow. In ancient Greece Cupid was known as Eros, the young son of Aphrodite the goddess of love, beauty and fertility. For the Romans, Cupid is the god of love, son of Venus and Mars, god of war. Cupid was an assistant to his mother Venus, he directed the primordial force of love and brought it to mortals Weight: Total 100.45 Grams, (64.39 Dwt). Measurements: 65 mm by 53 mm by 33 mm (2.56 x 2.09 x 1.31 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped two times with ancient French marks; the Zeus head...

Oval-shaped gold and enamel vinaigrette. The vinaigrette is entirely decorated with a guilloche motif with stylized flower. The hinged lid is decorated in the center with a medallion...

This beautiful set of antique plaster intaglio castings comes with the original index of it's contents, written in beautiful calligraphy. It w...

Highly unusual and rare perpetual calendar made out of gold and silver. The outer golden case and the rotating silver disk are held in place by a gold rivet set with a red glass ston...

A rare sculpture of a marble dog representing the allegory of fidelity. The finely carved poodle wears a golden collar with a heart padlock that bears the d...

Highly unusual knitting needle case in the shape of Amor´s arrow made in silver. Amor´s arrow was a strong love symbol right through the centuries con...

An early 19th-century 18-carat rosé gold and palmoxylon - or petrified palmwood - pendant simulating a perfume flask with stopper on a fine woven chain, France, circa 1810. This unu...

PLEASE NOTE: OUR PRICE IS FULLY INCLUSIVE OF SHIPPING, IMPORTATION TAXES & DUTIES. French 18Kt yellow gold pencil case decorated with applied classical lob...