Late 18th Century Decorative Objects

Pair of terracotta vases, made with a stick. The vases have a square base, a globular body decorated with raw engravings. The handles, of great originality and characteristic, are de...

Vinovo white soft-paste figure of a recumbent lion on a canted rectangular plinth, Italy, circa 1780. Incised cross and V mark. See similar example in the collection of Palazzo Madam...

This is a rare, refined and magnificent wooden sculpted pair of vases, carved and lacquered on silk with polychrome Chinese figures and flowers on a yellow background. These elegan...

A high-class Rococo grandfather clock made in Stockholm, Sweden in the 1780s. The clock features rich gilded carvings in typical Rococo forms. The movement is signed by Hans Wessman,...

A superb, finely cast and well-patinated pair of French bronze busts representing Jean Racine and Pierre Corneille, two of the most celebrated dramatists of the 17th century. Each bu...

This nice mortar is made of white marble. This is a French work from 18th Century

A late 18th century mahogany long case clock, by B. Francis of Gravesend, having arched top with brass finials and fluted columns, enclosing eight-day striking movement with silvered...

Delft blue and white "Rappe" urn-shape tobacco jar with lid, Netherlands, circa 1790-1809. Inscribed “Rappe” and decorated with coastal scene and seated “Amerindian” figure. Rappe wa...

A fine pair of Paris porcelain vases on pedestal bases, featuring landscape scenes within acid-etched gilt borders. The body of each vase with a green ground, above and below with gi...

This late 18th century object made of Blue John, the famous stone mined in only one part of England, is a very rare form of feldspar. Popular in the late 18th century and early 19th...

Rare Dutch 18th century Tortoiseshell box with rippled serpentine sides embellished with silver mounts and mobility silver ball feet. Some small cracks in the lid, barely noticeable....

These beautifully proportioned candleholders feature sage green Wedgwood jasper ware medallions set in square marble footed plinth bases. They are ...

Italian late 18th Century pair of Empire burnished brass candleholders This pair of antique brass candleholders was handcrafted by Italian...

Fine country made English burr oak octagonal tea caddy in richly figured timber, the facetted lid with solid cap, the interior with two lids retaining original turned bone knobs, sta...

A French Directoire ormolu mounted black marble portico clock of Egyptian temple form. Set upon ormolu toupee feet with a rectangular black marble base. Black marble columns rise up ...

Fine pair of George III carved and giltwood candelabra in the manner of Thomas Chippendale the Younger, the four candle sockets with ribbed sides, ...

Each porcelain pot delicately decorated with flowers and raised on an exquisitely chased tripod base headed by lion heads. These Chantilly porcelain pots were embellished in Paris wi...

A Continental magnum decanter of tapered shape engraved with swags Portugal, 1785.

Japanese Bronze standing duck. Standing neck raised and mouth open with detailed feathers. 14.5 high.

Beautiful red chalk engraving by Gilles Demarteau after a painting by Charles Nicolas Cochin representing Lycurgus injured in the eye during a revolt of...

The queen mother of the west is cast in a seated position with her hands held before her chest holding a "gui". She is dressed in long-sleeved robes. Her face is framed by an elabora...

Ebony neoclassic box is an original biscuit object realized in Rome during the second half of 1700 and the beginning of 1800. Very good conditions. This refined box represents...

Late 18th century scandinavian metal bound box circa 1790. Rare baroque inspired strong box with 3 locks on the front.  Quite likely to have been a box of some importance during it'...

Beautiful engraving representing "The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Maire-Madeliane", after an oil on canvas by Antonio Allegri of Correggio (1489-1534), master of the renaissance, engraved by Robert Strange...

Set of four studies of archaeological excavations of the 18/19th in Nola and Sicily. Nola is known to be a city at 20 km from Pompeii, very famous for its archaeological wealth. The ...

Rectangular with six compartments and a handle, square legs with corner spandrels, casters.

A wax sculpture (wax modeling) of a Saint bust. The sculpture is mounted on an ebonized fruitwood base, with a rectangular base, with a raised part highlighted by a carved and gilded...

A fine pair of late 18th century cut crystal temple form candlesticks attributed to Parker and Perry with Vandyke bobeches and candle cups, and cut-gl...

Louis XVI ormolu-mounted black and white marble mantel clock, Paris, 1800. The white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals is contained ...

Unusual late 18th century patinated and gilt bronze girandole form clock. Two removable arms with different branch and leaf form motif, thistle and rose stems. Crystal drops surrounding center fluted column. Clock with gilt dial set in rotating frame mount. Movement signed James Stoddart...

Transport yourself to the opulent splendor of the 18th century with this exquisite find: the lid of a rare baroque hatbox dating back to around 1740. C...

With detachable two arm so can be used as a single candlestick. Scrolled arms and shaped circular base.

France Late 18th century silver carriage shape box in Regency Style This magnificent piece of art of silver jewelery. It is an example of h...

French Rococo Planter or Flower Pot in Brass, Circa 1780 Period French flower pot with beautiful large Rococo decorations.

This tall and decorative pair of antique candlesticks was hand-carved in France circa 1780 in the Louis XV style. Each piece features a richly ornamented front with fluted columns, s...

-Very good original condition -From the well-known artist Pavel Jezek.

Two maiolica flower pots Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1770 - 1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) The...

American, late 18th century/early 19th century wooden mortar and pestle. The urn shaped mortar with rich patina has a wonderful ...

A near pair of Chinese export porcelain figures of the Taoist immortal Li Tieguai, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century, China. The Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai, on of the Eight Immortals...

A Continental magnum decanter of tapered shape with ten matching large wine glasses all engraved with swags. Portugal, circa 1785. Measures: heig...

An impressive, large Italian Baroque tabernacle hand carved frame from the late 18th century, which reflects the Renaissance influence of Classical Greek and Italian temples with its columns on both sides and the embellishment of the piece through the carved putti on the top, a typical element of the Baroque style. The religious plaster relief has been added at a later moment. Tabernacle frames...

Continental tea caddy, c.1780, molded soft paste porcelain. Neoclassical swag decoration, gilt monogram. No cover. Harvey Gunter collection. 3 1/4"w., 1 1/4"d., 5"h. Whitehall Antiq...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III Irish sterling silver sugar basket; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection. This exceptional antique George III Iri...

An important pair of English George III candlesticks the ormolu-mounted blue glass drums decorated with neoclassical sense of faith, hope and charity with in oval borders the drums a...

This exquisite piece is crafted with great care and beauty. It features a stunning dragon scene and is marked at the base. Cloisonné, the enameling technique employed in this piece,...

A mantel clock made during the Empire period 1790-1820 in France. Made from burnished gilt bronze. The Greek God Apollo is playing the lyre with his feet resting on a guilded stool.

Pair of torchères in gilded and carved wood, dated from the middle of the 18th century in Portuguese, the base is a triangular shape that rests on three small feet. retains its orig...

Terracotta scultpture from Clodion France, of a Female Faun sitting with children faun at her side, and a tambourine in her hand...

Two pairs of maiolica baskets Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, circa 1770-1790 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). Measures: A) Height 3.54 x 6.69 x 9.84 in (9 x 17 x 25 cm); B) Height 3.93 x 7.48 x 11.02 in (10 x 19 x 28 cm). Total weight 4.85 lb (2.200 kg) State of conservation: A) One of the smaller baskets has some areas of restoration, the other slight chipping from use; B) One of the larger baskets is intact and the other shows a clearly glued break. The mold with which the baskets were forged simulates a wicker weave. The two larger works have high, vertical walls, with branch-shaped handles penetrating the weave. The painted decorations, small polychrome flowers applied only externally, highlight the points where the weaves intersect. The decision to leave the center of the basket devoid of decoration is highly unusual, but given the size and complexity of the shape, as well as the quality of the enamel, it is possible to hypothesize that it represents a precise choice in manufacturing or for a particular client. The two smaller baskets have small, twisted handles and, on the outside, reproduce more decisively the characteristic wicker weave, obtained through thin molded lines. The interior exhibits a rich, typical decoration of naturalistic flowers: a bunch centered around a main flower and secondary stems accompanied by small “semis”. The exterior of these works is also adorned with small little flowers where the weaves intersect. The size and morphological characteristics of the baskets confirm their attribution to the Lodi factory of Antonio Ferretti between 1770 and 1790, during its most successful period; by this point his original reworking of the "Strasbourg" decoration, known as "old Lodi", had achieved great fame even outside Italy. This decorative choice represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and which Antonio Ferretti introduced in Italy. This production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple. The Ferretti family had started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725. The forefather Simpliciano had started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano had started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59). In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory. In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, could commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables...

Monumental 18th/19th Century French Blue and White Faience Pitcher. Large blue and white faience decorated water pitcher / vessel, foliate scroll bands and hunting genre scenes, shap...

Of cornucopia form with flared candleholder tapering to a scrolled end; adorned with florets and acanthus leaves all-over a later ebonized wooden plinth; ex-collection of Michael Tay...

A pair of Georgian candlestick the gilt lacquered bases with ball bead knurl mounting white porcelain drums with gilt decoration this supporting d...

The four beautiful models, called Bozettis, portray the four elements fire, water, earth and air. They are of good quality and wonderfully fine carved with a love for details. For ex...

Beautiful antique 18th century French bread box made of hammered cooper richly decorated with crown, flags guarded by animals and large bourbon lily i...

18th/19th Century Chinese Wood Sculpture Of A Emperor or General. Retains Some Polychrome Decoration And Horsehair Beard, Male Figure Seated On ...

Pair of English candlesticks with hand chased floral bulbous bobeches, beaded & floral decorative chased columns, and terminating on circular chased cross hatching floral bases, Late...

This is a charming pair of period 18th century. Louis XV gilt bronze figural chenets that have been mounted on impressive and hefty Lucite plinths and fitted as lamps. The opposing b...

Neoclassical 18th Century ormolu and marble lyre clock French, Louis XVI period Height 64m, width 27cm, depth 12cm This exquisite mantel clock was ...

A George III tobacco round desk box made in England. This is a beautiful round desk box created in England during the period of king George III, back in 1787. The box was finely car...

Wedgwood Rosso-Antico Vase, Circa 1790