Very Large Impressive 19th Century Sèvres Style Porcelain Vase on Pedestal

A pair of Ormolu-mounted Beau Bleu 'Sèvres' porcelain vases Beautifully hand-painted on a dark cobalt blue background, each vase supported on square ormolu bases with incurved cor...

A Pedestal by E. Kahn of Paris After a model by Jean-Henri Riesener Constructed in the Neo-Classical manner in fine specimen woods and high quality ormolu work; the incurved base, ...

An Elegant Marquetry Pedestal By Maison Millet of Paris Of elegant bombé form with bookmatched kingwood crossbanding and a bois de bout floral marquetry panel on a bois satiné ground, the corners dressed with acanthus ormolu mounts terminating in sabot feet; surmounted by a brèche violette molded marble top. The back of the mount bearing "MB" for Blaise Millet. French, circa 1900 Dimensions: H: 49 in / 125 cm W: 14 in / 35 cm D: 14 in / 35 cm Millet et Cie Founded in 1853 at 11 rue Jacques- Coeur, and, after 1897, working from 23 Boulevard Beaumarchais, describing themselves as furnishers of 'meubles, bronzes d'art, genre ancien et moderne', according to their trade card; they were awarded numerous honours a Gold Medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and at the 1900 exposition, a Grand Prix for their efforts. Maison Millet is consistently ranked alongside Beurdeley, Dasson, and Sormani as one of the top Parisian furniture...

A rare and finely decorated pair of porcelain ice cream pails on stands, The decoration of the vases is outstanding: the four medallions representing neoclassical mythological scenes of Bacchus, Ceres, Ariadne and Europa surrounded by intricate motives "a grottesca" in vibrant colours and raised gilding. Fashionable in antiquity, for example in the Pompeian "Third Style", revisited among others in the Renaissance by Raphael in the Logge Vaticane,  the "grottesche" acquired renewed popularity in the early 1800,  with the extensive decorations for example of Villa Borghese and Palazzo Milzetti in Italy, or the Procuratie Nuove in Venice, formerly the Palazzo Reale. In  in the mid XIX century Vienna, the Historismus movement revisited the idea too, an example is the 1862 decoration of newly built Renaissance Style Museum fur Angewandte Kunst. Our vases are a refined example of fashionable, elegant decoration at work: the ice cream pail was used in the setting up of the dessert display...

A very good quality late 19th century French 'Sèvres' lidded vase. Having gilded ormolu-mounted to the cobalt blue background with scrolling gilded decoration. The painted panel to t...

19th century monumental Sèvres pomp vase with bronze mounting France, around 1890 Two-piece with lid. Bronze mount with a square stand, lateral women's masks and a small cone crown....

A Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Vase Covered top with an acorn style finial, above a long decorated spiral neck with raised gilt designs, the body s...

Late 19th Century Sèvres-Style Bleu Céleste Porcelain Vase A decorative late 19th-century porcelain vase in the Sèvres style, dating to circa 1890. Of baluster form with pedestal fo...