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18th - 19th C French, European Antiques & Art: Porcelain, Silver, Faience, Boxes, Bronze, Drawings
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$599 USDAntique French Sterling Silver Coffee Pot Risler & Carre c. 1900
Silver:Antique:Sterling:Holloware:Tea And Coffee
A beautiful French silver coffee pot with carved wood handle, created by Risler & Carre, a Tetard successor! The pot bears two Minerve I guarantee marks (on the pot and lid) for .950 silver, which is purer than sterling (.925); plus the hallmark of Risler & Carre, who commenced trading in 1899 at 16, rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris. Risler & Carre is also stamped on the underside. The pot weighs in at 510 grams, a nice weight with plenty of stability. Please see the large images for ...
$495 USD19th C French Gilt Bronze or Brass and Crystal INK WELL Large and Heavy INKWELL
Antiques:Desktop:Inkwell
A very heavy and quite large, cut-crystal inkwell, mounted in gilded bronze or brass, decorated, with a very well done, Empire style, laurel wreath on the lid, plus reeds wrapped in ribbons around the neck and base. The crystal base is star-cut and the edge is nicely beveled. The top is fitted with a small removable, interior ink pot, to use in order to keep your ink from drying out, should you prefer not to fill the whole large one. Total weight is 1 lb. 9 ounces or 697 grams! The ensemble ...
$1,295 USDAntique French Silver and Ebony CARVING SET and STEAK KNIVES c. 1820
Silver:Antique:Sterling:Flatware
A wonderful set of early nineteenth-century French, dinner-size knives with their matching carving set! Dating to circa 1820, the set is all original and comes in its original case. There are ten knives (two missing of an original 12), plus the fabulous carving knife and carving fork. The handles are ebony or ebonized wood, beautifully mounted with solid silver. The knives retain their original carbon steel blades, which makes them ideal for steak knives: carbon steel blades are much easier to ...
Silver:Antique:Sterling:Vermeil:Flatware
NEW PHOTOS COMING SOON! This is really a gorgeous set. A fabulous large flatware service in French vermeil (18k or 22k gold on silver). It is so rare to find such a complete set, still intact after a hundred years! There are pieces for the first course (entremet) and for salad, fruit and dessert courses! Included are charming shell-form dessert spoons, and the tart server bears a delightful music trophy. Each piece is decorated in the Louis XVI style with wrapped ribbons. And no monograms! Total ...
$550 USDVery RARE Antique German Nymphenburg BUSTELLI Figure 'Putti as Flora' Polychrome !
Porcelain:Antique:German Porcelain:Nymphenburg
A divine, hard-paste porcelain figure, originally modeled, c. 1755 - 1760 by Franz Anton Bustelli, considered one of the greatest porcelain modelers of the 18th century rococo period, right up there with the Meissen figurine modelers of the same period! Note in particular the superb modeling of the head and muscular body and the sophisticated use of asymmetrical curves, which animate the figure and give her such personality! She is also superbly painted in the baroque style. This was one of ...
$650 USDRare German NYMPHENBURG Figure Shepherdess with Bird Cage
Porcelain:Antique:German Porcelain:Nymphenburg
An extremely rare and large Nymphenburg porcelain figure of a shepherdess with birds and birdcage! The original model was created by Peter Seefried in the 18th century, in 1765. This magnificent figurine illustrates why the fine figural works of the Nymphenburg factory are considered by many experts to be as good as any Meissen figure. Seated on a gilded rocky base is a young woman, dressed in a traditional dirndle and apron, with one bird in a birdcage on her right side and another bird perched ...
$850 USD18th C Antique French SEVRES Pot de Creme w Cover 1765
Porcelain:Antique:French
It's always a thrill to find anything in this early dinner pattern from Sevres! This piece is a soft paste, covered pot de creme, with a nice flower sprig applied on the lid. The underside of the pot is marked with the blue crossed Ls and the date letter M for 1765, plus at least one artisan's sign, also in blue, and an impressed set of initials, "g m." There is also a hole in the foot rim. Height with lid c. 3 1/8 in. (8 cms.); Diameter of the lid c. 2 3/8 in. (6.5 cms.) Any flaws appear to be ...
$999 USD SaleSALE REDUCED! Set of 19th C French PARIS PORCELAIN Artist HP Game Plates by Hache & LeHalleur
Porcelain:Antique:French
Perfect for the Thanksgiving holidays! A very unique, finely hand-painted set of six porcelain plates, each with a different hunt scene of game animals or birds, from the prestigious 19th century Paris firm of Hache and Lehalleur. Artist painted in the style of Limoges and possibly a privately commissioned set, each plate bears an elaborate monogram (CRA, ARC or ACR ?) on the front and the factory mark on the back. Animals illustrated include rabbits, seals, a fox, beavers and two types of birds ...
$795 USD17th - 18th C Antique Continental BAROQUE SILVER & Iron Travel Fork Figural Relief
Silver:Antique:17th Century
A VERY OLD, silver travel fork (fourchette de voyage) with two iron prongs, entirely covered on both sides with magnificent filigree and relief work! The fork is similar to French, Dutch, German and Italian examples from the late 16th to early 18th century, as shown in the magnificent J. Hollander Collection of cutlery. (Ref. 'From Gothic to Art Deco Cutlery'). This fork does not appear to be marked as to date or maker (unless a scratched in N on one side represents Nurnberg - see photo 2, ...
$99 USDFrench Faience Majolica SALINS Oyster Plate Plates ART DECO EAMES Turquoise !
Pottery:Vintage:Oyster Plates:French
An early modern, French oyster plate (assiette à huîtres), circa 1930s, from Salins les Bains, in eastern France! One of two available, each sold separately. Each plate has six wells for oysters, plus one for sauce. The design is "Ecume de Mer" (Sea Foam). The stunning decoration is still very contemporary, with glossy, brilliant turquoise and royal blue, contrasted with lava-like effects in matte black. The texture is exquisite and very organic: combined with the brilliant colors, it creates an ...
$95 USD19th C French T&V LIMOGES Porcelain BOTANICAL Plate Orchids Artist Signed #8
Porcelain:Antique:French
The last one of a beautiful set of Limoges plates bearing a botanical painting of an orchid species, surrounded by exquisite gilded garlands of flowers and leaves, plus two gilded rims, in the French neo-classical style. The name of the orchid is inscribed on the back of the plate, Epidendrum Rubescens. The artist signature on the front of the plate reads Lacroix. Diam. c. 9 1/2 in. (24 cm.) The plate was made by Tressemann & Vogt of Limoges, France, for Ovington Bros. on Fifth Avenue at 39th St ...
$1,250 USDARMORIAL Antique French Sterling Silver Tea and Hot Water or Coffee Pot
Silver:Antique:Sterling:Holloware:Tea And Coffee
A rare and splendid French royal set of silver teapot and coffee or hot water pot, each bearing the crest of a French Marquis... a nobleman ranking below a duke and above an earl or a count. The pots are of heavy .950 silver in the best of French tradition. Each one is beautifully decorated with acanthus leaves and stylized crossed ribbons binding sheaths of wheat, a very popular neo-classical motif from the reign of Louis XVI. The handles are especially decorative, with applied rosettes and ...
Antiques:Box, Casket, Caddy:Tortoise Shell
What a glorious find! A magnificent, early 18th century French, tortoise shell, snuff box with very fine, delicately engraved gold and silver piqué inlay in the baroque style of the period. The central figure of the design features a mythical goddess in silver, riding in a golden boat off the coast of an island at sea. The figure is decoratively offset with a pair of birds and mermaids in nacre - mother of pearl. Below the boat are silver waves blending into acanthus leaf motifs, which circle ...
$3,995 USDAntique 19th C French Sterling Silver Flatware Set w Fish Service 76 Pcs.
Silver:Antique:Sterling:Flatware
A beautiful French silver service decorated with acanthus leaves, Paris c. 1893. There are 52 pieces in solid silver, plus 24 silver-plated knives. Included is a full fish service for twelve. (See the complete list of pieces below.) All but the knives are marked with the Minerve I for .950 silver purity (purer than sterling), plus the maker's mark for Regina BENVENISTI, who traded at 8 rue Martel, Paris, from October 1893 (the word 'Ascanio' and her initials below). Most pieces are monogrammed ...
$1,495 USDAntique 19th C Italian Micromosaic on French Jewelry Casket Box Grand Tour Dove Birds 3.5 in. !
Antiques:Box, Casket, Caddy:Micromosaic
A lovely, larger Grand Tour souvenir ring or jewelry box, mounted with fine micro-mosaic plaques, circa 1840 - 1860! Its delightful and rather scarce design for these caskets gives a nod to Pliny's Capitoline Doves by featuring three doves within medallions. As you may know the mosaic work is delicately composed, entirely by hand, of minute glass tesserae - including the soft blue ground. A microcosm of the grand mosaic works one finds in the cathedrals and grand buildings and ruins of ancient ...
$1,495 USD18th C French Miniature Portrait Girl w Lute Music Musician c. 1780 s
Antiques:Portrait Miniature:French:18th C
French school, Louis XVI period (1774–1792). A delightful subject hand-painted in bright watercolors with splendid detail and delicate lines, a young woman in traditional dress, with a lute! Her attire is reminiscent of Marie Antoinette's pleasure life at the Le Petit Hameau (The Little Hamlet) on the grounds of Versailles. There she and her attendants dressed as shepherdesses and milkmaids, while they acted out "the simple life" in nature, milking dairy cows and conducting other activities ...
$149 USDA MINTONS HP Scenic Landscape Cabinet Plate Artist Signed
Porcelain:Antique:English
A pretty Mintons plate with a scenic landscape signed by the artist. The scene is a view across a lake or river to a castle and tower at the edge of the water, beneath an alpine mountain. It reminds me of the Château de Chillon on the eastern edge of Lake Geneva, made popular by Lord Byron's poem, "The Prisoner Of Chillon" (1816). The plate is rimmed with thick green enamel and gilding. The back of the plate bears the Mintons printed mark used from c.1912 - 1950. There are also several impressed ...
$495 USDLg. Antique Wood and Pewter Inlay Jewelry Casket w PUTTI MUSICIANS Cherubs Box
Antiques:Box, Casket, Caddy:Wood
Direct from Bavaria in southern Germany comes this unique 19th century jewelry box, the lid inlaid with a family of putti musicians and the sides inlaid with pewter scrolls and arabesques. The main wood of the lid is mahogany, while the sides are oak. The decorative escutcheon appears to be silver, while the hinges are brass. The interior is lined with red silk. The craftsmanship is a cross between the fancy "Black Forest" work of Switzerland and Germany and the Sorrento inlay of southern Italy, ...
$285 USDRare Antique 19th C SWISS FAIENCE Plate Appenzell Magnificent!
Pottery:Antique:Faience:Swiss
A gorgeous faience plate from Switzerland! (Assiette Suisse en faience) Its design is gorgeous and very finely painted. Borrowing from the popular, French rococo style, the center bears an elaborate cartouche or medallion with an alpine Swiss figure within a landscape: a shepherd in the traditional Appenzeller festival attire of red waistcoat and canary-yellow knickers. The cartouche is surrounded by sprigs of roses, and below is the name of the small alpine town, Appenzell, which lies south of ...
$1,500 USDMagnificent PAIR Antique 19th C Country French SEVRES Vases Vase Porcelain Ormolu
Porcelain:Antique:French
An exquisite pair of 19th century Sèvres vases, decorated with white roses on a blue ground and mounted in brass ormolu with laurel garlands at the base! The naturalistic floral style of decoration was popular during the period of the Aesthetic Movement and foretold the coming of art nouveau. Photos 2 and 3 reveal the splendid hand-painting, full of details and an elegant range of subtle shades of whites and blues. These are so rare! A true, matching pair, not just assembled. As modern in style ...
Antiques:Box, Casket, Caddy:Scent, Perfume Bottle Casket
A very fine, circa 1850 French, scent casket or caddy in serpentine form with canted corners and superb marquetry inlay over the entire surface! The box is a beautiful example of marquetry, with ivory and ebony inlay in a complex geometric pattern (also called parquetry) on the lid, together with herringbone parquetry of rosewood which covers the rest of the surfaces. Brass outlines the lid. The interior of the casket contains three clear, Baccarat style perfume bottles, decorated with gold ...
$1,695 USDMaison ODIOT Antique French Sterling Silver Tea Pot Teapot Rococo Heavy!
Silver:Antique:Sterling:Holloware:Tea And Coffee
A magnificent teapot from the world-famous House of Odiot of Paris, circa 1894 - 1906. The deep and finely chased decoration dazzles with its rococo elements, borrowed from the period of Louis XV, including acanthus leaves, shells, and various c-scrolls, and is punctuated by a finial of leaves and a Marguerite flower on the lid. The pot stands atop four fluted feet; and the handle retains its ivory heat insulators. The Minerve I fineness guarantee for .950 silver (purer than sterling's .925) is ...
$750 USDAntique MUSEUM Q 18th C French Faience MARSEILLE CHARGER Plate Plat Robert Rococo Louis XV Period
Pottery:Antique:Faience:French:18th Century
An 18th century faience plate from the faience factory of Gaspard Robert in Marseille, circa 1770 (rococo period). A matching tureen and stand are exhibited in the Sevres Museum and are illustrated in Guilleme Brulon's "Histoire de la Faience Francaise: Moustiers & Marseille," pp. 120-121, as shown in the images. Diameter: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) One small chip on the rim as shown in the images. No cracks or restoration. Guaranteed 18th century. An important addition to a serious collection of early ...
Pottery:Antique:Faience:French:18th Century
A rare and beautiful, six-lobed, faience dinner plate with fleurs chatironnées (contoured flowers) from Strasbourg, France! The great production of "fleurs chatironnées" corresponds to the period of Joseph Hannong, between 1760 and 1775. The flowers, though simplified, are of fine quality and keep the originality of the "fleurs fines" in the offset bouquet and in its composition where one finds the flamboyant pink flower (peony?) and the use of Pourpre de Cassius enamel, accompanied by blue and ...
$495 USDSet French Ebony & Sterling Silver 10 in. Dinner Knives w Stainless Blades 7 pc
Silver:Antique:Sterling:Flatware
A fine set of antique French knives with sterling silver ferules and stainless steel blades! Silver mounted, ebony or ebonized wood handles. Versatile style. Especially nice complement to Empire and Napoleon III flatware in particular. It's quite rare to find an antique set in the large dinner size, let alone, with clean blades! Length c. 10 in. (25.5 cm) Excellent condition. Just a couple of tight hairlines in the wood handles, which is to be expected of this kind of antique knife. Not ...
$698 USDPAIR Antique 19th C French Paris Porcelain Figures Game Birds Vieux Porcelaine
Porcelain:Antique:French
A stunning pair of 19th century porcelain game birds, Vieux Paris, marked under the glaze in blue with a pair of crossed arrows, as shown. Wonderful condition! Perfect within a hunt theme decor, a library or just about any other traditional setting! Ht. c 6 1/2 in. (16. cm.). Fine condition with no cracks, chips,hairlines or restorations noted.
$2,595 USDAntique French Sterling Silver TETARD & CARDEILHAC Covered Bowl Tureen Ecuelle Quaich
Silver:Antique:Sterling:Holloware:Tureen, Covered Bowl
A beautifully engraved 19th century French silver ecuelle or small tureen in the 18th century quaich style! The bowl is large enough to use as a vegetable server (legumier), if desired. The lid is profusely decorated with rococo shells (coquilles), acanthus leaves, c-curves and more, topped by an elaborate knopf or finial. The handles are exquisitely pierced or reticulated, featuring a pair of bow ribbons from which are suspended a sprig of leaves with pea pods (or bean). The front of the bowl ...
$650 USD19th C Mintons Minton Turquoise Enamel Ewer w Bird Flowers & Leaves
Porcelain:Antique:English
A gorgeous Mintons porcelain ewer or jug in turquoise enamel with raised decoration in white (similar to Limoges enamels and pate sur pate), etched gilding and enamel "jewels" on the handle. The design and possibly the painting is by Désiré Leroy, a French artist who apprenticed at the Sèvres factory in the mid 19th century; and then, at the age of 38, moved from France to take an appointment at Minton. His early works at Minton were not signed. For comparison, see "Lothian Plate,' pattern No. ...
$650 USDPUIFORCAT Antique French Sterling Silver Bowl Laurel & Pearls Border
Silver:Antique:Sterling:Holloware:Bowl
A lovely 19th century French silver bowl by the famed house of Puiforcat! It is beautifully rimmed with a laurel wreath and a border of pearls. The bowl is a perfect size for serving salad, vegetables or bread. The underside of the bowl bears the Minerve I guarantee for .950 silver (purer than sterling's .925); plus the hallmark for Emil Puiforcat, E pen knife E, who traded at 18 rue Chaponin, Paris, from 1857. Silver weight 352 grams (11.32 ozt.) See photos for measurements. The bowl is in good ...
Antiques:Box, Casket, Caddy:Wood
An exquisite example of 18th century French inlay (called pique)! While we fairly often see examples of French inlaid tortoiseshell, this very intricate work of "ecaille en nacre" (mother of pearl inlay) is shell inlaid on wood. The very intricate design features a Bird of Paradise surrounded by mythical animals or grotesques, among delicate tendrils of twining vines, flowers and leaves. The pink, blue and green colors of the nacre are even more vivid in person. But, the true spectacle here is ...
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