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Material: Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble oval side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Enameled Bronze, Ormolu and Marble oval side table. This stunning table is raised by slender cobalt blue Enameled Bronze...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of English Regency Side Chairs attributed to Morel
Hughes, circa 1815
By Morel and Hughes
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Pair of circa 1815 English Regency period side chairs attributed to renowned cabinetmakers Morel & Hughes having parcel-gilt and gilt-metal mounted rosewood 'klismos-form' frames; th...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Boulle Mantle Clock In The Louis XIV Style
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine 19th century Louis XIV style ormolu and brass Boulle style mantel clock, in the manner of Martinot of Paris, the eight day movement striking the half hours on a bell, with key...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
An antique Louis XVI style writing desk with beautiful patina. Hand crafted in France in the early 20th century, featuring a rich mahogany finish adorned with gilt bronze ormolu moun...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th-20th Century Régence Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Longcase Clock
By Julien Le Roy, Charles Cressent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Régence style gilt bronze mounted kingwood and tulipwood parquetry regulator longcase clock, after the 18th century model by Julien Le Roy (French, 16...
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Early 1900s French Régence Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Gilt Bronze Jewellery Casket
Miniature c.1870
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique gilded ormolu serpentine shaped jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date.
The top, front, sides and back are beautifully cast and tooled in gilt bronze. The ...
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1870s Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Sterling Silver Gilt Canteen In Louis XV Ormolu Kingwood Vitrine 105pc
Located in Germantown, MD
French Louis XVI Style Crested Gilt-Silver Assembled Flat Table Service in a Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Fitted Vitrine cabinet. Enjoy one the greatest combination of top ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Ormolu
English Regency Mahogany Bracket Clock by Moore of Ipswich
Located in London, GB
A fine English Regency brass inlaid mahogany striking bracket clock. Of good color and restrained decoration. Dial signed Moore of Ipswich. Double fusee movement with anchor escapement.
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1810s English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Sèvres-Style Ormolu Mounted Porcelain Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique French Sèvres-style ormolu mounted porcelain mantel clock
French, 19th Century
Height 50cm, diameter 21cm
This superb 19th century porcelain clock...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Classical 19th Century French Majolica porcelain and ormolu urn.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French cobalt and turquoise blue majolica porcelain urn, with wonderful gilded ormolu mouldings and mounts of putti holding garlands of flowers, amon...
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Late 19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century 1st Empire Period Leather and Ormolu side table, circa 1805
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare and most unique French early 19th century 1st Empire Period Leather and Ormolu side table, circa 1805. This charming table is raised on a tripod base with scrolled leather wra...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Mahogany Bed by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze and mahogany bed by Paul Sormani
French, c. 1870
Height 178cm, width 176cm, depth 214cm
Decorated with various ormolu (gilt bronze) mounts and beautiful...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Gilt-Bronze Neoclassical Bouillotte Lamp with Tole Shade
Located in Pembroke, MA
Very nice quality, French, Louis XVI style gilt bronze Bouillotte lamp with green painted tole shade, (19th century). The lamp features nicely chiseled acanthus leaves, garlands, cen...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Tôle
19th Century Antique French Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Clock Garniture
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional quality three-piece clock set designed in a grand neoclassical style by 'Domange Rollin Rue de Bretagne Paris'. France.
The set is comprised of a central clock and tw...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Vintage French Empire Style Painted Console Table Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful vintage French Empire style painted gilded and ormolu mounted console table, Mid 20th century in date.
The rectangular faux marble top with an ormolu plaque to t...
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1950s French Empire Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Chinese Export Famille Verte Porcelain
French Ormolu Chinoiserie Centerpiece
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large 19th century Chinese export famille verte porcelain and French figural ormolu-mounted Chinoiserie style centerpiece jardinière, in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845). The circular-ovoid porcelain bowl or cachepot, maybe 18th century Jiaqing period (unverified), decorated with a blue and purple ground background with parcel gilt depicting pagodas, trees, mountains and landscape scenes, flanking scrolled handles issuing from the base and ending with a finely chased ormolu pierced acanthus rim. The two ends with a projected mask of Chinese Imperial lions or foo dogs, surmounted and raised on six finely chased ormolu masks of Bacchus satyrs flanked by seashell-like mounts. The Ormolu, circa Paris, 1880. The Porcelain circa 1800 (Maybe 18th century.)
Measures: Height: 15 3/4 inches (40 cm.)
Overall width: 21 inches (53.4 cm.)
Depth: 17 inches (43.2 cm.)
Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845) was a prominent London furniture dealer to the Royal Family, father of Edward Holmes Baldock.
He was first listed in the London trade directories in 1805. That listing had him operating out of No.7 Hanway Street in London, where he was described as selling "china and glass". An updated listing in 1821 described his business as "an antique furniture and ornamental furniture dealer", and in 1826 as a buyer and seller of "china, cabinets, screens, bronzes etc".
Between 1832 and 1837 he sold earthenware and glass products to William IV, and upon the ascendancy of Queen Victoria in 1837, sold china until his death in 1845. Baldock was one of the first antique dealers and is similar to the 18th century marchands-merciers Dominique Daguerre and Simon-Philippe.
He was the father of Edward Holmes Baldock (1812-1875), a British Conservative Party politician, and of Mary Frances Baldock, wife of the philatelist W. A. S. Westoby.
Famille Verte
Famille verte (????, Kangxi wucai...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$28,950 Sale Price
40% Off
18th Century Commode Sauteuse, Chest of Drawers, Transition - Louis XV - XVI
Located in Greven, DE
Commode Sauteuse
France, circa 1770
Dimensions with marble top: H x W x D: 86 x 114 x 60 cm
Description:
Two-tier piece of furniture standing on curved, flared legs. Due to the re...
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1770s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra with Putti Holding Floral Bouquets
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of candelabra with winged putti, each supporting a floral bouquet, on top of marble base. Each putti is patinated bronze and the bouquets are gilt bronze. The floral bouquet has...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$4,875 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique French Oval Free Standing Vernis Martin Cabinet Vitrine 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and rare antique French Vernis Martin free standing display cabinet in the Louis XV manner, circa 1880 in date.
The cabinet has a rouge marble top with an ormo...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Important 19th Century French clock garniture by Deniere.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully impressive 19th Century French gilded ormolu clock garniture, by Deniere of Paris. The clock having a classical reclining maiden holding doves among flowers and foliage...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Writing Table Nightstand With Ormolu Mounts
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI style side table writing table / nightstand with ormolu mounts.
Unusual small writing table in fine Louis XVI style in mahogany featuring a block bronze lined top featurin...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Style Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock, c.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century French Empire style ormolu bronze mantle clock. The foliate surround gilt dial, Inside with eight day movement with strike on bell. The top mounted with a figure...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Important Monumental Art Nouveau Ormolu-Mounted Ceramic "Exhibition" Vase
Located in Queens, NY
An Important and Monumental Art Nouveau Ormolu-Mounted Ceramic "Exhibition" Vase, C. 1895
Spectacularly mounted naturalist vase; the base dressed and balustered, the neck finished in double openwork bulb, the surface describing sinuous reliefs. Polychrome glazed ceramic in Beige, blue, and green. The shoulder is decorated with a gilded bronze roundel with five ormolu bronze female...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Cabinet Signed Linke with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 84 1/4in W: 58 3/4in D: 18 1/4 inches
This 19th century French Louis XVI Style cabinet signed Linke With Ormolu Mounts i...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Spectacular Large Gilt Bronze Chandeliers with Foliage Arms
Located in Dubai, AE
Pair of impressive size gilt bronze chandeliers, each completed with 16 scrolling acanthus arms with foliate bobeches, and total of 40 lights, encased in custom made candle sleeves. ...
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Late 19th Century European Baroque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th century Belle Epoque Period Louis XV/XVI st. Ormolu and Glass floor lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Louis XV/XVI st. Ormolu and Glass floor lamp. This impressive lamp is raised on a tripod designed base with wonder...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Marble Candelabra by Sormani of Paris
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
A Remarkable Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Marble Candelabra
by Sormani of Paris
After the originals by Jean-François Lorta (1752-1837)
Residing at the Louvre
Constructed from the unusual...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Porphyry, Ormolu
Antique Sévres Bleu Celeste Porcelain Jewelry Casket with Gold Ormolu Details
Located in Toronto, ON
A breathtaking example of French artistry, this Antique Sèvres Bleu Céleste Porcelain Jewelry Casket epitomizes opulence and refinement. Crafted in...
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Early 20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock Guibal Paris
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine and large Louis XVI style French mantel clock, from the end of the Napoleon III period, 1870-1880. The clock is bronze casted and has a fire-gilded finish, the dial is enamele...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Antique French Empire Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Figural Clock By Jouquet a paris
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite antique French Empire neoclassical gilt bronze figural clock signed by Jouquet a Paris.. This unusual clock is surmounted by a s...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Enamel
Pair of Important Russian Gilt Bronze and Metal Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of important Russian gilt bronze and metal vases
Russian, circa 1820
Dimensions: Height 98cm, width 43cm, depth 38cm
This monumental pair of vases are exquisitely crafted in gilt bronze and metal. They both feature twin scrolled handles, which are decorated with leaves and foliate patterns, as well as classical profiles at the top. These touch the ormolu rims, which feature an egg and dart pattern.
The body of each vase is of ovoid form and features further ormolu mounts, including a thick band underneath the waisted neck, twin dog heads at the base of the handles, flowers, stars and more Classical masks with foliate scrolls. The vases are supported by square plinths, with socle form bases and decorations of fluted ribbing and scrolled foliate forms.
Heavily inspired by the neoclassical style, which was popular in Russia in the late 18th and 19th centuries, the vases are decorated with gilt bronze relief scenes which allude to motifs in classical mythology. On a rich burgundy ground, the metal body of the vases show figures flanked by palm trees.
One vase shows a woman dressed in a classical draped fabric garment playing two flutes and leaning on a pedestal with twirling ivy, while a baby stands...
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Early 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
$905,663 / set
Vintage Pair of French Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Tables 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of vintage French Louis Revival ormolu mounted side tables, mid-20th century in date.
The square shaped "rosso levanto" marble tops are framed with decora...
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1950s French Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Two Russian Malachite and Gilt Bronze Urns, Designed by Galberg
By Ekaterinburg Faceting Factory, Russia
Located in London, GB
These magnificent gilt bronze (ormolu) mounted malachite urns were created in c.1830 to a design by Ivan Ivanovich Galberg (Russian, 1782-1863). Galberg was an important figure, who ...
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1830s Russian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair French Louis XVI style side tables, signed F. Linke.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Fine quality pair of French Louis XVI style side tables, having inset marble tops, gilded ormolu mouldings and mounts, single frieze drawers and raised on elegant cabriole legs.
One ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair 19th Century Italian Empire Consoles
Located in Houston, TX
A stately pair of 19th Century Italian Empire white marble top mahogany consoles supported by ebonized caryatid columns.
Category
19th Century Italian Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th C.Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk Attr. Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Large French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Three-Drawer Bureau Plat - After a model by Joseph Baumhauer (died 1772) - Attributed to Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). The serpentine shaped rectangular top enclosing a gilt tooled burgundy leather writing surface (worn) within a molded border above a long central drawer flanked by two drawers, with scrolled ormolu drawer-pulls, ormolu floral encadrements and acanthus corners co-raised on elegant cabriolet legs. (Unsigned - Unmarked). Circa: Paris, 1880.
Paul Sormani (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A Napoleon III Period Sèvres Style Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large and Exceptional Napoleon III Period Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture. By Denière, Paris.
Comprising a mantle clock and pair of eight-light...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat
Located in Huntington, NY
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat/Desk, Louis XV period
3 working drawers on one side. Back side has 3 false drawers
Circa, 1760 with one Key
It's Old leather top in Useable but h...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Burr Walnut Bracket Clock by Lenzkirch
By Lenzkirch
Located in Amersham, GB
A quarter striking bracket clock in a fine figured burr walnut case with ormolu mounts and sound frets backed in sage green silk. A gilded dial with s...
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1890s German Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel, Ormolu
Large French Empire Style Gilt-Bronze and Malachite Centre Table
Located in London, GB
A large French Empire style gilt-bronze and malachite centre table.
French, 20th century.
Height: 85cm, width: 160cm, depth: 79cm
This superb table, a grand and highly impressiv...
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20th Century French Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
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...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$62,699 / set
Exquisite Napoleon III French Ormolu Figural Basket Centerpiece, Circa 1880
Located in Queens, NY
An exquisite Napoleon III French ormolu figural basket centerpiece, Circa 1880, Attributed to Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley.
Depicting four mercury-gilded bronze ormolu cherubs holding a basket, the base with trophies and scrolling.
This monumental centerpiece...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$44,000 Sale Price
60% Off
Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This magnificent five-piece clock set is designed in the style of 18th century porcelain produced by the famous Sèvres Manufactory in France. The set is comprised of a mantel clock, a pair of flanking vases—which double-up as candelabra—and two candlesticks. The five items are crafted from ‘bleu Sèvres’ (navy) colored porcelain, which has been finely parcel gilt, jewelled and painted, and mounted in gilt bronze (ormolu).
The mantel clock is composed of a circular porcelain dial, with a central painting of cherubs in flight, encircled by black Roman Numerals within white medallions. This is set within a gilt bronze bezel, crowned by a porcelain lidded urn, fitted with gilt bronze satyr head handles, draped with flower swags, and topped by a gilt bronze grape cluster finial. The clock case is supported on four porcelain columns, which are surmounted by a gilt bronze pinecone-tipped staff, draped with tasselled fabrics. A gilt bronze sculpture of a dancing Maenad (also called a Bacchante)—a female follower of the classical god of wine and ecstasy, Dionysus (or Bacchus). The woman plays the tambourine and is accompanied by a putto. The clock is placed on a shaped gilt bronze base, with two projecting scrolled wings, decorated with gilt bronze acanthus leaves and porcelain patera. The base is mounted with porcelain paintings of classical trophies, and putti within a gilt bronze cartouche frame. It is set on two gilt bronze feet, which are decorated with pointed porcelain covers and gilt bronze rosettes.
Depending on personal preference, the vases that accompany the clock can be left as they are or made to serve as candelabra. When vases, they are topped by porcelain domed lids, with gilt bronze grape finials. To turn the items into candelabra, these lids are replaced by gilt bronze covers. Each cover is fitted with six gilt bronze branches—five of which are scrolling and decorated with acanthus leaves, and one extends upwards in a straight line. These terminate in wide drip-pans and urn-shaped capitals. The porcelain vase bodies feature fine paintings of couples courting in garden settings, and they are fitted with gilt bronze cherub head...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$90,566 / set
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted satinwood and tulipwood Bois Satiné and Bois de Bout floral Marquetry two-drawer commode of bombé serpentine form, ...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$14,850 Sale Price
25% Off
Exquisite Pair! Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie Ormolu Table Lamps! Brass Porcelain
Located in Peoria, AZ
Decorator Delight!
PAIR!
Frederick Cooper
Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass, Ormolu & Porcelain
Wow! What an exquisite and elegant pair of Frederick Cooper lamps...
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Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$4,500 Sale Price / set
40% Off
French 18th century Régence Period Kingwood, Ormolu, Rouge Royale marble commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative French 18th century Régence Period Kingwood, Ormolu, and Rouge Royale marble Tombeau commode. This impressive five drawer commode is raised by elegantl...
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18th Century French Régence Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Gilt Bronze Jewellery Casket
Limoges Miniature 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Napoleon III gilded ormolu and Limoges enamel jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date.
The hinged lid having a beautiful finely painted miniature Limoges en...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Bibliotheque
Located in London, GB
The overhanging foliate cornice above a frieze with reliefs of female and male figures surmounted by ribbon ties and flanked by foliage and laurel leaves, above two pairs of glazed doors divided...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine french 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood, kingwood and fruitwood marquetry round side or center table, in the manner of Théodore Millet. The circ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$24,500 Sale Price
30% Off
Important and Very Rare Pair of Micromosaic, Malachite and Walnut Console Tables
By Antonio Deangelis
Located in London, GB
Important and very rare pair of micromosaic, malachite and walnut console tables
Italian & Russian, early 19th century
Measures: Height 89cm, width 106.5cm, depth 62cm
These exceptionally beautiful antique console...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Near Pair of Gilt Bronze and Marble Mounted Mahogany Pedestals after Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
These beautiful pedestals are based on a design by the acclaimed French craftsman, Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806). Riesener was the official cabinetmaker to King Louis XVI, and was ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
A pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu candlesticks. Each wonderful candlestick is raised on a square base with cut corners and elevated ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and Vernis Martin Vitrine Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Rococo style gilt bronze and Vernis Martin vitrine cabinet
French, 19th Century
Height 194cm, width 120cm, depth 50cm
This large and exquisite vitrine cabinet is a true statement pi...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Tulipwood, Ormolu and Marble side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Tulipwood, Ormolu and Breche Rouge marble side table. This wonderful oval side table is raised by four tapered fluted legs...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Neo-Gothic Gilt Bronze Pricket Candlestick
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning Late Victorian Neo-Gothic gilt bronze altar stick pricket candlestick. Late 19th to early 20th century, the Continental European antique features an exceptionally executed...
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Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Sconces
By Pierre-François Feuchère
Located in London, GB
Pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze sconces
French, 20th century
Dimensions: Height 94cm, width 49cm, depth 33cm
This pair of wall lights are superbly wrought in bronze, and fea...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$30,653 / set
Pair French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Figural Candelabra by Henri Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century neoclassical Greco-Roman style patinanted bronze and ormolu mounted figural candelabra by Henri Picard (French, Active from 1831-1864). The large and impressive pair of ten-light candelabra, each with a patinated figure of a standing bearded semi-nude male holding an ornate ormolu ten-light candelabrum, their bare feet resting on allegorical wreaths, helmet and sword stash, all above square black-slate plinth surmounted with ormolu trims and scrolled legs, the front surmounted with patinated bronze plaques depicting Greco-Roman scenes of Senators and maidens. Stamped "H. Picard" on the inner ring, the back of the male figures each stamped with the numerals "3776". Circa: Paris, 1850-1860.
The well regarded fondeur and doreur Henri Picard was recorded at 6 rue Jarente in 1831, and moved to 10 rue de la Perle in 1839. The firm, which was active from 1831-1864, is known for having supplied very fine decorative objects to Emperor Napoleon III's apartments at the Louvre, which are still part of the collection, and was reputed for its fine quality decorative production of gilt and patinated bronzes, pièce de table and garnitures de cheminée...
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19th Century French Greco Roman Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$29,850 Sale Price / set
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Monumental Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra by Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Monumental gilt and patinated bronze candelabra by Beurdeley
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 273cm, width 90cm, depth...
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Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
French 19th century Charles X Period Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality French 19th century Charles X Period Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu vase. This stunning vase is raised by a square Baccarat Crystal base accented with a stunning star sha...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Furniture
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Crystal, Ormolu
Two Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Cloisonné Enamel Vases
Located in London, GB
These cloisonné enamel vases are wonderful pieces of Chinese decorative art. They were crafted in the last decade of the Qing dynasty, which lasted from 1644 to 1911.
The vases a...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
Antique Ormolu Clocks, Lamps and Other Furniture and Decorative Objects for Sale
Antique ormolu furniture and decorative objects can be incorporated into a variety of spaces, and while demand for the material and/or technique was at its peak in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, ormolu is still widely loved by designers and collectors today.
What is ormolu?
Ormolu is a brilliant form of decorative trickery. To the untrained eye, ormolu clocks, jewelry boxes and other ormolu furniture and decor look like they're made of solid gold. But those in the know recognize ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — as having been essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
“Most commonly, ormolu refers to a bronze object that has been covered with gold, typically 18 karat or 24 karat,” explains Jamie Sinai, director of the antiques specialist Mayfair Gallery, in London. “For that reason, ormolu is sometimes called gilt bronze or, in French, bronze doré. Strictly speaking, however, the term ormolu also denotes the technique of applying gold to a metal.”
“The word comes from the French or moulu, which translates as ‘ground or powdered gold’ — the form the gold takes before it is applied to a metal surface.”
From the court of King Louis XVI to that of Napoleon I, the French elite snapped up furniture mounted with ormolu, as well as sconces, candelabra and table lamps made from the material. “As the French reputation for supreme art, architecture and furniture developed, the craze for ormolu spread across Europe,” adds Sinai.
Today, antiques collectors and interior designers continue to prize ormolu for its extraordinary craftsmanship and history-infused glamour.
“This wondrous material was highly sought after in France as the ultimate luxury. It magically resembled solid gold and sparkled under candlelight,” says Sinai.
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