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A Lapis And Gold Archaeological Revival Suite
Located in London, GB
A lapis and gold archaeological revival suite, the brooch with an oval shaped carved lapis in the form of a scarab with gold twisted wire frame, surmounted with a realistically carve...
Category
Italian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Gold
Antique Viennese or Austrian Engine-Turned Silver Card Case or Snuff Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique silver card case or snuff box.
With engine turned engraved decoration throughout.
Marked with an Austrian silver assay mark for 13 Loth, Vienna, and 1856, along with...
Category
Austrian Belle Époque Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique 14 Karat Corallium Rubrum Grape Vine Gold Brooch Italy
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This wonderful large grape brooch was made out of corallium rubrum, meditaranean coral, in an Italian workshop between 1850-1860. The grape is made out of different size boutons, vine leaves and 14 karart golden twines, with the help of golden wires...
Category
Italian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Coral, 14k Gold
Victorian Cigarette Snuff Silver Box
Located in Mount Kisco, NY
This spectacular heirloom piece has made its journey forward from the Victorian period. Made of .800 silver, the cigarette or snuff box is stamped with hallmarks, dated 1859 and sign...
Category
Unknown Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Roman Forum Micromosaic 'circa 1850' Set in a 24 Karat Gilded Bronze Box
Located in Roma, IT
In this 24 kt gilded bronze box with hand-painted floral motifs is set a beautiful micromosaic (circa 1850) depicting the Roman Forum.
The "Vatican Mosaic Studio", in which this micr...
Category
Italian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Bronze
St. Peter's Basilica Micromosaic 'circa 1850' Set in a Gilded Bronze Box
Located in Roma, IT
In this 24 kt gilded bronze box with hand-painted floral motifs is set a beautiful micromosaic (circa 1850) depicting St. Peter's Basilica.
The "Vatican Mosaic Studio", in which th...
Category
Italian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Set of Three Buttons Cut Steel Black Brass white Polka-Dots
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These Victorian buttons were created in the middle of the 19th century out of brass. Each button is decorated with a rim made out of cut steel. The center of each button is made out ...
Category
European Victorian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Brass, Cut Steel
Antique 1800s GIA Blue Sapphire Diamond Fine Silver Collectible Perfume Bottle
Located in Miami, FL
This Antique from circa, Late 1800s with intricate flower motif design, Collectible Unique Perfume Bottle,
Crafted in solid Fine Silver, with a center composed of a GIA certified Bl...
Category
Edwardian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Silver
DEMETER H. Chiparus (1888-1950) Sculpture
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This sculpture is a work by **Demetre Chiparus**, a renowned Romanian sculptor from the Art Deco period. Chiparus is famous for his detailed bronze and ivory sculptures of dancers, o...
Category
European Art Deco Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Shell Cameo of a Dancing Bacchante Holding a Bunch of Grapes
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This beautiful large cameo of a bacchante is a fine example of Italian workmanship of the mid nineteenth century.
It has been mounted in an elegant victorian 9 karat gold frame
Category
Victorian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
10k Gold
Antique French Cut Glass Gold Scent Perfume Bottle 1850s
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1850s This excellent antique French scent bottle is finely modeled in the Neo-Renaissance style of the mid 19th century. The body is made of cut glass and mounted with ornate ...
Category
French Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold
XIXc Victorian Police Constable's Painted Truncheon by Field, Holborn, London.
Located in MELBOURNE, AU
Mid-XIXc Victorian Police Constable's Painted Truncheon by Field, Holborn (London)
It is painted and gilded with a CROWN,
decorative curlecues and the word ''CONSTABLE'' inside a c...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Russian Silver Alexander II Tankard by Sazikov, St. Petersburg, 1859
Located in St. Catharines, ON
From the Romanov era, period of Tsar Alexander II, the cover and sides of the trompe l'oeil silver tankard chased to simulate oak woodgrain, enhanced with horizontal polished silver gilt bands. The hinged cover has a crenelated edge surrounding a circle of dots like the rivets of an oak barrel. With curved handle and thumbpiece, with original gilded interior.
By Sazikov, with the Imperial Warrant, St. Petersburg, 1859, assaymaster Eduard Fedorovich Brandenburg, stamped with the maker's mark in full in Cyrillic.
5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high including thumbpiece.
Literature: Beyond Fabergé: Imperial Russian Jewelry by Marie Betteley and David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Schiffer, 2020, page 309.
Supplier to the Imperial court and founded during the reign of Catherine the Great in the centre of Moscow, Sazikov was one of the earliest and finest silver firms in Russia. In the 1820s Sazikov introduced historicism in Russian silver by producing objects with historical motifs or imitating ancient styles. Decades before Fabergé, the firm excelled in the Style Russe...
Category
Russian Russian Revival Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Vinaigrette in Gold, Enamel and Precious Stones
Located in Paris, FR
Pot-shaped, gold vinaigrette in green enamel embellished with a multicolored floral motif. The hinged lid is decorated with a flowers and topped with a translucent, red enamel star and a precious stone in the center. The body of the vinaigrette features the same floral motif, and underneath is a translucent, multicolored enamel bouquet...
Category
Swiss Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Antique French 18K, Lapis & Rock Crystal Perfume Bottle, Auguste Fraumont, 1850
Located in Aspen, CO
Antique Perfume Bottle, 18K yellow gold, fine natural vivid blue lapis with slight flecks of gold, and rock crystal by Auguste Fraumont , c. 1850. an important jeweler working in Par...
Category
Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
White Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Rock Crystal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Micro Mosaic Gold Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Micro Mosaic Gold Snuff Box
An 18 karat gold snuff box accented with blue enamel set with a micro mosaic of dogs hunting a deer
Circa 1850's
Dimensi...
Category
Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Antique German c1850 Violin in style of Giovanni Maggini, repaired by J Devereux
Located in MELBOURNE, AU
This antique German violin, crafted in 1850's,
is in style of (bering the copy label of)
Giovanni Maggini Brescia.
It features decorative pur...
Category
German Victorian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Perfume Flask in Cut Crystal with Gold Stopper, Mid-19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Teardrop-shaped flask in blown and cut crystal. It is embellished with several different decorative patterns: a ridged pattern surrounds the edge; the back side features a rectangular band with a diamond cut pattern and starburst rays above and below the rectangle; and the front side has a rectangle that frames a cartouche that has been left undecorated so that the owner’s initials can be added there. The gold, screw top lid is intricately accented with geometric patterns. A small, crystal stopper inside the lid helps preserve the perfume. The flask is stored in its original red leather case.
In France, the art of crystal making began to develop during the late18th century with inspiration from British crystal...
Category
French Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Crystal, Gold
Exceptional Crystal Flask with Enameled Gold Box, Late 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional conical flask made of faceted crystal. The flask is set in an openwork mount made of gold and royal blue enamel and intricately sculpted with scrollwork motifs. A large m...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
18k Gold, Enamel
Gold and Enamel Vinaigrette, Mid-19th Century Work
Located in Paris, FR
Multi-lobed, gold vinaigrette with black enamel embellished with a diamond shape. The hinged lid is decorated with enamel flowers in green, pink, and white. The vinaigrette opens to ...
Category
French Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Gold Mounted Malachite Perfume Flask, Mid-19th
Located in Paris, FR
Piriform malachite flask set in a gold frame finely chiseled with floral motifs and interlace on amati gold background. The hinged cap opens on a gold cap. T...
Category
French Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Malachite, Gold
Mid-19th Century Silver Mounted Glass Scent Bottle
Located in Paris, FR
A silver mounted glass scent bottle with shaped baluster body, the part open work collar and foot are pierced and engraved. The circular lid has a s...
Category
French Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Early 19th Century Sardonyx Cameo Profile Bust of a Bearded Gentleman
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This exquisit profile portrait of a bearded gentleman is mounted in 1800 ca in an exquisite hand made frame. The cameo is secured in a wavy inner gold frame surrounded by an outer f...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, 15k Gold
19th Century Fossin et Fils Leather Grained Necklace Presentation Box
Located in Riverdale, NY
Fossin et Fils Leather Grained Necklace Box from the mid 19th Century. Designed to hold a massive Revivalist Gold necklace with multiple pendants as well as bracelets. Deep Burgundy ...
Category
French High Victorian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Lava Carving of a Dragon Dog Head Vesuvio Grand Tour Souvenir, Italy
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This head of a dragon or a dog was hand carved out of lava in one of the workshops in the Naples region that specialised in carvings of grand tour souvenirs. The dogs eyes are made out of red glas
Category
Italian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Dolphin Sculpture Paperclip Paperweight Cast Iron Aquatic Mammal
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Rare and outstanding sculpture of an expressive dolphin designed as a paperclip and a paperweight made out of cast iron. Its eyes are made out of glass and it can open its mouth and ...
Category
Victorian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
19th Century Gold and Enamel Box Pendant
Located in Paris, FR
Small little box of oval shape mounted as a pendant. The hinged lid and the side are adorned with enamelled medallions representing putti or floral arrangements. The medallions are f...
Category
French Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Antique French Wood Framed "Classical Scene" Miniature, 10.7cm x 10.7cm
Located in MELBOURNE, AU
Antique French Miniature,
wood-framed,
depicting a classical scene painting
Dimensions: 10.7cm x 10.7cm
Category
French Victorian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Mid-19th Century Gold Pendant with Miniature, Sapphires and Rubies
Located in Paris, FR
An oval miniature on enamel featuring the portrait of an elegant gentleman. His hair is styled with curls on the side and a large ribbon, and he is wearing 18th century-styled clothi...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Ruby, Sapphire, Gold
Micromosaic " Doves of Pliny " from " Vatican Studio " Sterling Silver Box
Located in Roma, IT
In this interesting sterling silver box, is set a micromosaic, depicting “ The doves of Pliny”, from a famous mosaic attributed to Sosus of Pergamon. He was a Greek mosaic artist of the second century BC. He is the only mosaic artist whose name was recorded in literature.
The original mosaic from Hadrian's Villa, now in the Capitoline Museums, depicts a group of doves on a round bowl. As described by Pliny, one dove is drinking while the others are sunning themselves. The Doves of Pliny, or the "Capitoline Doves...
Category
Italian Antique 1850s Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
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