Decorative Objects at Auction

Antique Metal Pulley Hook, circa 1960. By unknown manufacturer, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, pre...

Antique vintage glasses. Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use,...

Crystal fruit bowl. By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preservi...

Metal paper bin made by welded wire completed by a solid ring. Unknown manufacturer, France, circa 1970 Materials: Metal In original condition, with minor wear consistent o...

Vaso ceramica scultura vintage 1960 -Art- Anno: 1960 circa attr. Vi.Ba Materiali: Ceramica Condizioni: Eccellenti Misure: Cm 30 L x cm24 H x cm 6 diametro Vase Ceramic Sculpture Vintage...

Mid-20th century hand painted baby Jesus figure made of plaster in the cradle. Made in Barcelona, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consiste...

Art Deco ceramic vase by Louis Dage, mount by Eugène Val, signed and dated 34.

Simpatic vase made in Italy in the 80s. The spherical vase with a narrow neck was made of white Murano glass with small bubbles that cross the entire surface. Note: We try to offe...

Set of 2 early 20th century glass bottles. By unknown manufacturer, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. ...

Sculptural handmade ceramic candle holder by Adrian, circa 2015.Mixed-media on wood. Materials: Ceramica Dimensions: Ø 9 cm x H 8 cm.

Traditional rustic metal hand bell bottle opener, by unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a ...

Set of two ram horns, circa 1970 By unknown manufacturer. Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful ...

Set of Two vintage Compass, 1940 Made in Barcelona, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautif...

Old large conch or Queen helmet shell, 1970 In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Mater...

Signed and in largest scale Here's a beautiful and unique way to accent your indoor display space with this very unusual treasure from Japan. This is a superb and attractive s...

Vintage iron toy kitchen figure of a traditional antique kitchen representation. Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain, circa 1930. In original cond...

Elegance and refinement are the objective of these amphora vases for the "vivai del sud", unique objects of their kind. The amphora vases are in wicker. Cleverly curved and then pla...

Set of three rustic metal candle holders, circa 1930 By unknown manufacturer. Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful pa...

A fine English Regency mahogany sarcophagus form cellarette. With a lift top, lion head bronze mounts with ring handles and raised on casters. England, circ...

This is a good shallow cloisonne bowl made in China in the mid-19th century. The bowl is circular with a short foot, beautifully made of bronze with rich, bold colorful enamels, i...

Set of three bronze candle holders by Emanuele Colombi. Limited Edition Roma Collection 2022 SPHAERAE Materials: bronze Finishes: Moon patine (Number ...

Set of three bronze candle holders by Emanuele Colombi. Limited Edition Roma Collection 2022 Sphaerae Materials: bronze Finishes: Moon patine (Number ...

Set of three bronze candle holders by Emanuele Colombi. Limited Edition Roma Collection 2022 SPHAERAE Materials: bronze Finishes: Moon patine (Number...

Set of two bronze candlesticks by Emanuele Colombi. Limited Edition Roma Collection 2022 PRIMUS SMALL Materials: bronze Finishes: patine blue nuite base, shiny bronze globe (Number...

Set of three bronze candle holders by Emanuele Colombi. Limited Edition Roma Collection 2022 SPHAERAE Materials: bronze Finishes: Ver de gris patine (Number 1 of 12) From each it...

Set of three bronze vases. By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. Previous use was bullets. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a...

Black vintage metal bin. By unknown manufacturer from France, circa 20th century. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...

Wonderful piece of glass Beautiful colour of green Traces of the original label " Tinct. Opii " Tiny bruise to top edge. Shown in the last image

This is the 1920s Danish 46 cm tall ceramic floor vase by Herman Kähler. It comes in almost mint condition. A globular body with tall tapering...

Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake and large lizard searching through mossy tuft, signed Jose Alves Cunha (...

Stunning Art Deco large centrepiece by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg of Sweden Breathtaking sea green lustre glaze with hand decorated gilt embellishment This is a fabulous piece fr...

Sea green ethereal lustre glaze with hand decorated gilt motifs decorate this superb vase by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg. An extremely impressive Art Deco piece and a fine example...

A vintage Chinese blue and white prunus decorated baluster vase is from the Zhongguo period (circa 1960-70) marks. Zhongguo translates to "Middle Kingdom." The vase is of baluster...

Mid-19th century glass bottle with metal cap. By unknown manufacturer from France. In original condition, with minor wear consistent w...

A Barovier and Toso design from Murano Italy. An Italian wedding cup dating to the mid 20th century created in cobalt blue glass with hand painted and gilt decoration. The bell shaped top is painted and decorated with Renaissance inspired painted portrait busts in medallion form of a courting couple in two separate medallions, in between the scenes of a procession of courtiers on horse back and maidens bathing in the fountain of love...

Antique French set of 2 glass wine cups on a tapestry. Made by unknown manufacturer in France, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear...

Early 20th century set of vintage rustic glass apothecary bottles. By unknown manufacturer, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving ...

Posacenere Vetro Sommerso Murano - Art - Anno: 1960 Condizioni: Perfetto Misure: cm 17 x cm 15 x cm 6 Murano glass ashtray bicolo...

Traditional plaster figure of a horse. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, prese...

Mid-20th century hand painted baby Jesus figure made of plaster in the cradle. Made in Barcelona, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consiste...

Set of 2 early 20th century glass bottles. By unknown manufacturer, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. ...

Vintage blue glazed ceramic box, handsigned base by Cases. By unknown artist from Spain, circa 1960. In original condition, with minor wear cons...

A 19th French century pair of Lacquered Bamboos Japonisme vases. An amazing pair of tall cylindrical bamboo vases decorated in Japanese Gold and Sil-ver Hiramaki-E Lacquer with Pavilions in The Mist and Weaving Figures, Flown Over by a Pair of Cranes. Enclosed in a Sino-Japanese Inspiration Golden and Brown Patina Bronze Mount Featuring Elephant Heads, Partially Openwork Branches and Salamanders Forming Side Handles. Circa 1870 Attributed to Édouard Lièvre (1828-1886) and Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892) Édouard Lièvre (1828-1886) is one of the most talented and prolific designer and industrialist of the 19th Century, his repertoire is sometimes Sino-Japanese or Neo-Renaissance, whether in furniture or works of art, we can note in particular the parade bed of Valtesse de La Bigne, furniture commissioned by the painter Édouard Detaille or even Sarah Bernhardt, and the famous works in collaboration with Maison Christofle or those in gilded bronze and cloisonné enamel edited by Ferdinand Barbedienne, presented at the Universal Exhibitions in 1878, 1889 and 1900. He was both a draftsman, painter, illustrator, engraver, ornamentalist and cabinetmaker, first trained in the studio of the painter Thomas Couture, Lièvre was then fully immersed in the world of decoration, creation and ornamentation and provides designs for manufacturers and merchant-publishers. Often assisted by his brother Justin, he first produced works of art for his own apartment, seeking out the finest craftsmen to execute his designs for bronzes, ceramics, fabrics and luxury furniture from great virtuosity and great taste. He then collaborated with the cabinet-maker Paul Sormani, as well as haberdasher merchants such as the Escalier de Cristal, bronziers such as Maison Marnyhac and especially Ferdinand Barbedienne as on our vases with bronze mounts characteristics of Edouard Lièvre's work. Born in 1810, died in Paris in 1892, Ferdinand Barbedienne, the most important caster of bronze pieces of art during the second half of the 19th Century, created and directed in Par-is one of the major artistic foundries of his time. Barbedienne specialized in classical reproductions, whose models were exposed in famous European museums. Their illustrated catalogues included many diverse objects such as busts, ornemental sculpture (clocks, candelabras, cups) sometimes even life-sized and bronzes for furniture. Apart from his own produc-tion, Barbedienne worked for the most renowned sculptors such as Barrias, Clésinger and Carrier-Belleuse. All his works were highly esteemed and he, himself honored by contemporary critics. At the London exhibition in 1851 Barbedienne’s firm won two « Council medals ». At the 1855 Universal Exhibition, he won a medal of honor. The success of Barbedienne’s firm brought him many official commissions, such in about 1860, as Barbedienne supplied bronzes for furniture for the Pompeian Villa of Prince Napoléon-Joseph, located avenue Montaigne in Paris. At the London Universal Exhibition of 1862 Barbedienne won medals in three different categories: Furniture, Silversmith work and Artistic bronzes. Barbedienne was made an officer of the Légion d’Honneur in 1867 and Commander in 1878 when he was compared with « a prince of industry and the king of bronze casting ». His glory did not decline with the passage of the time for at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 the critics thanked Barbedienne for the example he set for other bronze-casters by the perfection of his bronzes. “Japonisme” in the second half of the 19th century, was a craze for everything that came from Japan or imitated its style. The word was first coined in a series of articles published by Philippe Burty, from May 1872 to February 1873, in the French magazine “la Renaissance Littéraire et Artistique”. Far from the Academic sphere, artists seeking for new ways of expression, appropriated this discovery. Manet and the impressionists led the way to half a century of enthusiasm for Japanese art, and largely contributed to the esthetical revolution Europe experienced between 1860 and the beginning of the twentieth century. From 1862, The World’s Fairs provoked massive arrivals of fans, kimonos, lacquers, bronzes, silks, prints and books that launched the real era of Japonisme. With those exhibitions, the demand was boosted, the number of merchants and collectors was multiplied, and artists became passionate about this new esthetic. For them, its “primitivism” was probably its most important quality: artists were fond of the Japanese art’s capacity to be close to nature and to reconcile art and society by representing, with a lot of care, the most trivial objects. In painting, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, Degas, Van Gogh, Gauguin were among those who were deeply inspired by Japanese art, affected by the lack of perspective and shadow, the flat areas of strong color, the compositional freedom in placing the subject off-center, with mostly low diagonal axes to the background. The Japanese iris, peonies, bamboos, kimonos, calligraphy, fish, butterflies and other insects, the blackbirds, cranes and wading birds, the cats, tigers, and dragons were endless sources of inspiration, appropriation, and reinterpretation for European artists. The occidental productions were combining styles and artistic conceptions instead of copying Japanese art slavishly. That is what brings to light the comparison between the artworks of Kitagawa Utamaro and Degas, of Katsushika Hokusai and Van Gogh The World’s Fairs of 1851 and 1862 in London, those of 1867, 1878, 1889 and 1900 in Paris, of 1873 in Vienna and of 1904 in Saint Louis presented a number of “Japanese-Chinese” installations with earthenware, bronzes, screens and paintings and attracted the largest amounts of visitors In Vienna, the “Japanese village...

A fine, antique early 20th century Parian polychromed figure of a nude blond woman holding a gilt ball in her right hand. Fine attention to detail is seen in her delicately rendered ...

This is an unusual hand-made Art-Glass paperweight from Uredale Glass, Masham, North Yorkshire, England which we date to the late 20th century. The paperweight is hand made in the...

Large Chinese Cloisonne enamel bowl, Qing Dynasty Exceptional and finely decorated Chinese cloisonne punch bowl with gilt metal foot and rim. The bowl has slightly flaring sides ...

An impressive French 19th century Neo-Greek style bronze nine-lights center piece In patinated and gilt bronze, engraved on the body of foliage and rings, the collar decorated with a frieze of palms in bas-relief. It is held by a tripod base decorated with shards, foliage, and fins, in the center a mask of man. Surmounted by three arms, nine-lights ending in lion’s paw. Curved triangular base with ivy friezes, and palm-leaf feet. Attributed to Georges Emile Henri...

An impressive French 19th century Neoclassical Lyre-form clock with jeweled pendulum. Amazing quality white and yellow marble 19th century French Lyre-Form clock mounted all over with gilt bronze...

Cylindrical vase with handles in spotted Murano glass, in shades of blue and black. Made in Italy in the 1960s. Note: We try to offer our customers an excellent service even in sh...

Stig Lindberg (1916-1982). Two vases white and black enameled ceramic . One vase "Grazia" white with black enameled woman and leaves (1960s). Sweden ce...

Small round pewter plate with London and makers mark on the rear side.

Set of seven antique Spanish glasses and water jar. Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor w...

Blown glass water jar, circa 1950. By unknown manufacturer, from France. In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, ...

20th century vintage glass vase. Made by unknown manufacturer in Mallorca, Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a b...

Wall cast iron decorative bell, circa early 20th century. By unknown manufacturer, from Spain. In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preservin...

With underglaze blue fish as decoration.

Just Andersen, of Denmark 1930s pewter Art Deco vide poche The central figure of a kneeling woman bathing has superb detail and patina Circa 193...

Charming Danish pewter compote featuring a trio of stylised mermaids Undeniably a treasured piece of Just Andersen pewter, the aged patina and skewed s...