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Period: Late 19th Century
19th Century Ebonized Westminster Chiming Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An imposing 19th century ebonised, Westminster chiming mantle / bracket clock, having classical gilded ormolu urn finials and scrolling foliate mounts. ...
Category
English Georgian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Set of two 19th Century Chinese porcelain vases
Located in London, GB
Set of two 19th Century Chinese porcelain vases
Chinese, 19th Century
Height 57cm, diameter 32cm
The vases feature bodies of cylindrical form with retracted bases and stepped retrac...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
French Egyptian Revival Patinated Bronze and Marble Mantle Clock
Located in Bronx, NY
The clock having domed trapezoidal case, dome with bronze relief to front depicting a partial gilt Egyptian goddess, Isis, flanked by cobras and lotus scrolls, red marble ribbed columns to sides, clock face with gilt egg-and-dart border, gilt hands and mounts, clock face engraved BIGELOW KENNARD & CO. BOSTON, double-barrel clock movement by Achille Brocot, down to chained sphinx protruding from lower case, raised on stepped plinth. This vintage mantle clock...
Category
American Egyptian Revival Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Meissen Cupid Figure
Je Les Enflamme
, By M. V. Acier, Germany, Circa 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain figure of the 19th century:
A winged Cupid, covered only with a cloth, his curls held back by a headband, holding his bow horizontally in front of him, dr...
Category
German Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Gilt Bronze and Champleve Enamelled Inkstand
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th Century gilt bronze and champlevé enameled inkstand with single well with hinge cover and pen rest. All raised up on bun feet.
Dimensions
H...
Category
British Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$963 Sale Price
40% Off
Pair of Patinated Bronze Sculptures After Giambologna
By Giambologna
Located in London, GB
Pair of patinated bronze sculptures after Giambologna
French, late 19th century
Measures: Mercury height 86cm, width 19cm, depth 27cm
Fortuna height 83cm, width 18cm, depth 28cm
...
Category
French Renaissance Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture of Plaster, signed Gallé and dated -93 (1893)
Located in Stockholm, SE
A plaster sculpture by André Vauthier-Galle (1818–1899). A seated male figure with his hands behind his back. Executed in a very realistic way. The sculpture very much reminds of Auguste Rodins "The Thinker" in its pose.
The sculpture has a great patina.
The sculpture comes from the workshop of the Swedish painter and sculptor Jonas Åkesson...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
$4,035 Sale Price
20% Off
Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze and Malachite Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style gilt bronze and malachite mantel clock
French, late 19th Century
Measures: Height 47cm, width 19cm, depth 19cm
This wonderful Louis XVI style mantel clock is designed in malachite and gilt bronze—with the malachite being a later veneer. The clock takes after a famous original 1775 model by Brécourt, known as 'Vase pendule...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
19th Century Japanese Meiji Satsuna Enameled Porcelain Vase
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Japanese Meiji Satsuna Enameled Porcelain Vase.
Measures 8" in width x 6" in depth x 14" in height.
Category
American Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Pair 19th Century French Sevres Style Porcelain Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th century French Sevres style porcelain vases, each with classical gilded ormolu mask handles to either si...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Japanese Meiji Period Bronze over Lay Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Bronze overlay vase. Having exquisite and amusing scenes in relief, patinated and overlay of a Dog of Foo, a Frog fishing in a Lotus lea...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Baroque Style Bronze and Ormolu Cherub Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Baroque style bronze and ormolu cherub mantel clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 69cm, width 35cm, depth 26.5cm
This dramatic a...
Category
French Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of French Antique Louis XVI Style Crystal Candelabras Baccarat Attributed
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular and large pair of French antique Louis XVI-style crystal candelabras, attributed to Baccarat. The pair is crafted from cut and engraved crystal, designed in the Louis X...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Jewelry Box Fruitwood Birds Band Carved
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous & breathtaking! This 19th century black forest jewelry box carved out of fruitwood.
Carved by a master carver with at...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Fabric, Fruitwood
Antique English Minton Wall Pocket
Located in New Orleans, LA
A charming little pocket painted in a happy color.
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique hand painted silver Qajar album
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Middle Eastern photo album from the 19th century, Qajar period, hand-painted lacquered enamel with silver covers and decorations. Enameled central plates painted on both sides repres...
Category
Persian Islamic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
English Petite Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century English trinket box has an elegant design of lacquered papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlay. The inlaid decoration depicts a spray of various flowers which ...
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Vittorio Zuffi Murano Millefiori Flowers Antique Italian Art Glass Cabinet Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, antique Murano hand blown millefiori flower mosaic and aventurine flecks Italian art glass decorative double handles cabinet vase. Documented to the Vittorio Zuff...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Vase
Orchidées
Abeille
, Nancy, France, Ca 1890
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent early Art Nouveau cup-shaped vase:
Conical body pressed into an oval cross-section on a bell-shaped, curved round base, colorless thick-walled glass with milky white opale...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Burmantofts Exceptional Parti Ware Floral Decorated Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and exceptional Burmantofts Faience art pottery Parti Ware vase decorated with tube lined floral panels and dating from around 1895. This stunning lightly potted earthenware v...
Category
British Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Bohemian Opaline Glass and Gold Enamel Perfume/Scent Bottles, France
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of late 19th century Bohemian/Art Nouveau opaline glass and gold enamel flower-shaped perfume decanters/scent bottles with stoppers, France
By: unknown
Material: opaline glass,...
Category
French Bohemian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Large French Louis XVI Sevres Style Gilt Bronze Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Very large (41 inch tall) antique (late 19th century) porcelain vase with cover in the French Louis XVI style with foliate gilt bronze mounts, distinguished by its lovely full length...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Picture Frame, France, 1880s, 4 x 5 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique picture frame, circa 1880s, France.
Picture Size: 4 x 4,5 cm.
French picture frames from the Victorian era are an expression of an epoch that was known for its de...
Category
French Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique Figural French Bronze Spinario Boy With Thorn 10.5" Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Figural French Bronze Spinario Boy With Thorn 10.5" Sculpture. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 10.5" H x 7.5" W x 8.5" D.
Category
Unknown Other Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) , Miniature Art Nouveau Glass Vase, circa 1895
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
Miniature baluster shape vase in opaque pink tinted glass and painted enamel applied in cabochons.
Byzantine-inspired design hand-painted in polychrome enamel...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of J. W. Fiske Greyhound Garden Statues
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
A large recumbent cast iron greyhound attributed to J.W. Fiske Foundry, New York, circa late 19th century. Weathered black painted finish with underlayers showing through. Wear and ...
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
$5,500 / set
19thc Butter Crock With Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc Blue and white sponge butter crock. beautiful pattern on this sponge ware crock. Spells butter in front of the crock. The lids sits on top of the bowl.
Wonderful age.
butter...
Category
American Adirondack Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand
This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on four tapered, fluted legs connected by a curving X-form stretcher. In the centre of this stretcher is an ormolu urn decorated with rams heads, four hoof feet and birds on the top. The legs of the table are also ornately decorated with draped garlands and scrolled detailing. The apron is inset with Sèvres style porcelain plaques depicting scenes of cherubs and children in landscapes as well as decorative floral detailing, and is surmounted with laurel leaf mounts.
The casket itself is of oval architectural form, and is set on fourteen small feet. It features further porcelain plaques depicting cherubs, musical instruments and a central oval portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette within a crowned gilt cartouche. Her portrait is flanked by two cherubs and is sat within a decorative royal blue border, matching the turquoise colored borders of the other plaques. The reverse of the casket is similarly decorated and features a painted plaque of her husband King Louis XVI.
The plaques are separated by mounted ormolu columns decorated with crowns and draped laurel leaves, and each column is surmounted by floral crowns. Each curved side of the casket features an ormolu mask of a female figure, and the hinged lid is surmounted by two reclining female figures wearing draped dresses and holding a central crown. The casket opens at the lid to reveal a velvet interior.
There is an inscription below the portrait of Marie Antoinette which spuriously reads ‘This casket formerly property of Marie Antoinette, presented to my beloved wife as souvenir of our European tour / Sept 8th 1886 / Louis L...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Cobalt Blue Gilded Crystal Glass Perfume Bottle, 19th Century
Located in Rostock, MV
Antique perfume bottle with metal lid and glass stopper in cobalt blue crystal glass
rectangular body with gilded borders and hand-painted gilding ...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Antique Royal Crown Derby Imari Vase Pattern no. 1366
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain vase.
By Royal Crown Derby.
In a numbered Imari pattern (No. 1366)
The vase with leaf, flower, and ...
Category
British Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Majolica Brown Westhead Moore Box
Located in Austin, TX
T.H. brown-Westhead, Moore & Co., Staffordshire cobalt Majolica box, England, circa 1880.
Box with figural strap decoration and braided handle to cover.
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Large Bronze Model of a Seated Mercury
By Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Located in London, GB
Large bronze model of a seated Mercury, after Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785),
late nineteenth century or early twentieth century, French.
Base diameter 27 cm.
This statue ...
Category
French Classical Greek Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Chinese Cloisonné Champlevé Bronze Vase, China, circa 1890
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Large antique Chinese late 19th century Qing dynasty Cloisonné, Champlevé enameled bronze vase, circa 1890. The vase of archaic style and having...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$624 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Sumida Ware Vase with Two Men on Rocky Ledge by Inoue Ryosai II
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Sumida ware vase with two men on rocky ledge seeking bird eggs by Inoue Ryosai in the mid-Meiji Period and continued on by two generation potters by the same name until the Showa Per...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$1,920 Sale Price
40% Off
Napoleon III Gutta Percha Desk Accessory Pen Holder, circa 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
An outstanding testament to 19th-century craftsmanship, this exceptional Napoleon III Gutta Percha pen holder was masterfully designed at the end of the 19th Century. The piece was m...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Latex
Table Lamp, Chinese, Porcelaine, Hand Painted, in a Vase Shape, China circa 1880
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vase, table lamp, in Porcelain. It has been made in china, Circa 1880.
The decorative pattern are Birds, and leaves.
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Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$624 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Pair of French Majolica Grapes Wall Pockets, Circa 1890
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Pair of French Majolica grapes wall pockets Circa 1890.
possibly Orchies.
Category
French Rustic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Steel Lidded Sarcophagus Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare 19th century Italian Grand Tour steel sarcophagus form box, circa 1880. Nice form, handsome desk-top accessory, great addition to any box collection. It is unusual to find this ...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Large Nordic Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Dough Bowl, Finland, 19th Century
Located in Karis, Nyland
A rare and expressive example of Northern European folk craftsmanship, this oversized wooden dough bowl was hand-carved in 19th century Finland from a single block of solid hardwood,...
Category
Finnish Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Birch
$3,074 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Pink Marble and Ormolu Clock Set
Located in London, GB
19th Century French pink marble and ormolu clock set
French, Late 19th Century
Clock: Height 46cm, width 23cm, depth 18cm
Candelabra: Height 44.5cm, width 22cm, depth 20cm
This unusual three-piece clock garniture combines stunning pink marble with ormolu classicised decoration. Featuring ornate pierced gilt brass hands, the porcelain dial of the mantel clock is framed with a floral motif that complements the tones of the marble. The clock is covered with elegant gilt-bronze classical decoration: surmounting the dial is an ormolu torch and laurel...
Category
French Classical Greek Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
$16,509 / set
19th Century Meissen Group of Calvary General Mikhail Kutuzov with Aide de Camp
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th century Meissen porcelain Group of Russian Calvary General, believed to be Mikhail Kutuzov, the hero of Borodino, with aide de camp, marked with the Meissen underglaze blue crossed swords, and incised and impressed with numbers. While Russia endured great hardships during Napoleon's invasion, it was the skill of her general's and a terrible Russian winter...
Category
German Empire Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Japanese Meiji Bronze Censer, Incense Burners
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of 19th Century Japanese Meiji Bronze Censer, Incense Burners.
Measures 3" in width, 3" in depth and 9" in height.
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Terracotta Urnes Vases castle , spain XIXs
Located in La xara, VC
This exceptional Pair of Urnes Vases second parts of the XIXs , Provenance Castle Near the district of Biarritz !
1. Historical and cultural signifi...
Category
Spanish Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
$3,513 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Antique French Triple Tier Handmade Twisted Black Wire Kitchen Basket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From France, circa 1890-1910, a triple-tiered, twisted wire standing basket, over 21 inches tall.
Amazing as a table-center, shop display, or on a kitchen countertop used as origina...
Category
French French Provincial Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Late 19th Century Baccarat Bronze
Glass Boxes
By Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of two antique ormolu and cut-crystal casket boxes by Baccarat, France. Since 1764, Baccarat have crafted superb glass pieces for an elite clien...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Enameled Pocket Watch Stand, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful pocket watch stand, or jewelry stand.
Brass with enameled ornaments.
Category
French Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This large clock set, which is comprised of a mantel clock and pair of flanking candelabra, is designed in the style of Sèvres Porcelain manufactory goods. In the manner of Sèvres Po...
Category
French Rococo Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$61,908 / set
Pair of German Helena Wolfsohn Style Porcelain Covered Urns 19th Century
Located in Norton, MA
Pair of German Helena Wolfsohn style porcelain covered jars 19th century
Hand-painted covered porcelain jars, with scenes of a courting couple, bouquets of flowers, and gilt decorat...
Category
German Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
True Pair of electrified gilded bronze candelabras, 7 lights, male, female putti
Located in Oakville, ON
A very fine quality true pair of Louis XVI style candelabras in solid gilded bronze. This pair is highly decorative as well as functional since it has been electrified. The base is ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Ernst Wahliss Turn Wein Austrian Art Nouveau Figural Lily Vase
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Turn Wein Austrian art nouveau figural vase formed as a lily by renowned ceramicist Ernst Wahliss (Austrian, 1837-1900) dating from around 1900. The tall and elegant porce...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Majolica Flowers
Leaves Cache Pots Luneville Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Majolica Flowers & Leaves signed Luneville Cache Pots Circa 1890,
H / 7 inches , D / 9 inches by 7 inches.
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Bronze Sculpture of the Neapolitan Fisherman after the Antique
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A 19th century bronze sculpture of the Neapolitan Fisherman after the antique.
In Grand tour style, the boy almost looks like he is in a stance of motion in this good quality scale,...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Tramp Art Rustic Photo/ Picture Frame Hand Carved, Austria circa 1880
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
One of a kind Tramp Art photo frame from the period in Austria around 1880. Elaborately hand carved out of bass wood this rustic photo frame shows an exc...
Category
Austrian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Softwood
Pair of 19th-Century Italian Polychrome and Parcel-Gilt Altar Prickets
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Pair of 19th-Century Italian Polychrome and Parcel-Gilt Altar Prickets
A graceful pair of 19th-century Italian altar prickets, hand-carved in wood with their original polychrome and ...
Category
Italian Empire Revival Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Hand Painted Porcelain Mantel Clock "La Manche" Royal Bonn For Ansonia
By Royal Bonn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
A superb late-19th century porcelain mantel clock, titled “La Manche”, created by the renowned Ansonia Clock Company in collaboration with Royal Bonn of Germany—famed for their exqu...
Category
German Rococo Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Outstanding Large 19th Century Bronze
Porcelain Jewelry Casket Box
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Outstanding Large 19th Century Bronze & Porcelain Jewelry Casket Box
Dimensions : 14" Tall X 16" Wide X 11" Deep
This gorgeous Antique jewelry ...
Category
German Rococo Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Very Large Pair of 19th Century Meissen Day and Night Figures
Located in Tarzana, CA
A magnificent pair of very large Meissen putti representing Day & Night by Heinrich Schwabe. Each figure wrapped in a cloth, float above the earth's atmo...
Category
German Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Memento Mori Bronze Vulture and Skull Sculpture by Bohuslav Schnirch
Located in Newark, England
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From our Bronze Sculpture collection, we’re pleased to offer this patinated bronze figure of a vulture and skull by Bohuslav Schnirch...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Collection of 19th Century Bohemian Glass for the Persian Market
Located in London, GB
This wonderful collection of Bohemian glass objects was created in the late 19th Century for the Persian market. The set—which includes three vases, one huqqa base...
Category
Czech Islamic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Top Paperweight, 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date.
This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlaid with a sumptuous arrangement of semi-precious stones including malachite, agate, onyx and amethyst.
It is beautifully inlaid on a slate base.
Not only is this desk paperweight very functional, but it is also an exquisite mineralogical wonder that can be admired by all discerning collectors.
Condition:
In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation,
Dimensions in cm:
Height 2 x Width 17 x Depth 10
Dimensions in inches:
Height 1 inch x width 7 inches x depth 4 inches.
Pietra dura is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art.
Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also encountered in Italian. In Italian, but not in English, the term embraces all gem engraving and hardstone carving, which is the artistic carving of three-dimensional objects in semi-precious stone, normally from a single piece, for example in Chinese jade.
The traditional convention in English has been to use the singular pietra dura just to denote multi-colored inlay work. However, in recent years there has been a trend to use pietre dure as a term for the same thing, but not for all of the techniques it covers, in Italian.
But the title of a 2008 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe used the full Italian sense of the term, probably because they thought that it had greater brand recognition. The material on the website speaks of objects such as a vase in lapis lazuli as being examples of "hardstone carving (pietre dure)"
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses both versions on its website, but uses pietra dura. "A method of inlaying coloured marbles or semi-precious stones into a stone base, often in geometric or flower patterns...."
Giovanni Montelatici...
Category
Italian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble
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