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All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1026935 (stock #1743)
A Fine Pair of Gilt Bronze Candlesticks, with a Tripod Base Shaped as Feet, a Reeded Column and Detachable Bobeches. Dimensions; 11" high. French, circa 1860-1880. Very fine condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #157893 (stock #358)
A Pair of Bronze and Onyx Garnitures Urns from the Late 19th century. They were originally made to go with a mantle clock. Dimensions 14" high, including base x 4" wide. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1800 item #1453807
A lovely completely intact tablesize bronze presentation cannon og signal cannon, ca. late 17th.- early 18th. century AD:

A fine piece with the barrel engraved with floral scroll-works, perhaps of French manifacture. As quite unusual and remarkable, the original bronze carriage is completely intact with the same terrific old brown and green patina (perhaps once burried?).

Size: 22 cm. in total length, weighin around 1 kilogram.

Ex. Danish private Collection.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #864624 (stock #5232)
Bedell & Co.
$850.00
Viennese bronze of chamois or goat. Circa 1890. Size: 3.625" H x 3.375" L x 1" W.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1282982 (stock #OI-005)
S and A Art Glass
$1,999.00
Offered is this beautiful antique French clock, with clock-works by S. Marti and statue made by L & F Moreau. The clock is 21 inches (53,5 cm) tall. Except for the pinky-finger on one hand of the spelter statue missing (see last picture), the clock is in good condition. There is no pendulum or key, but the pendulum-ticker ticks fine - so, perhaps the clock works fine. N.B...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1426689
A good example of the remarkable talent behind the wonderful Austrian Bronze handmade, hand painted bronze miniature figurines. Austrian bronzes are individually cast from sand molds used only once, then sculpted and cold painted by hand with several coats of paint. This rare painted butterfly is approximately 1 inch long and 1 1/4 inches wide. A perfect collection for the entomologist or botany professor in your life...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1466248
David Anthony
$5,220.00
These magnificent Empire or Regency tazzas are composed of the finest design and craftsmanship capturing the neoclassical motifs made popular by the excavations in the Near and Middle East which started in earnest in the late 18th century.

The base is triangular lifted by paw feet above which stand cherubic girls bearing baskets of produce. Behind them are scrolling stalks which uphold circular rim, decorated with serpentine ribbons to which are fastened observant angels...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1800 item #497397 (stock #1303)
A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Candlesticks with Removeable Bobeches. Dimensions; 11" high x 6" at the base. From the late eighteenth century and in excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1087938 (stock #1815)
R and S Antiques
$1,975.00
A Large Pair of Louis Philippe Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Parcel Gilt Candlesticks. Bobeches original and intact. Height 11.25", width 4.25". Circa 1830-1840. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1321975
A fine and rare French gilded Cherub/Cupid candle holder beautifully cast in the manner of artist "Francois Boucher" on a massive footed polished stone and bronze base. Good condition. Size: Height 12" (30.5 cm.). Late 19th Century.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1910 item #1047152
Description: Striking and beautiful gilt bronze French dresser box with hand painted miniature portrait on the top. The portrait depicts a beautiful lady dressed in 19th century style, the workmanship is well rendered. Size: This is 1.5"" in height and 3 1/4" wide, in good condition with water stain to inside cushion. Shipping is FREE.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1395639
A very fine pair of cast and engraved Louis XVI style bronze dore candlesticks. The round bases are decorated with beading and an ornate wreath of acanthus leaves. The pillars are fluted and broaden slightly before reaching the upper knop, also with acanthus leaf decoration. The sockets are likewise decorated. The original gilding is largely in place.

Origin: France, ca. 1890. Condition: excellent, no cracks. Size: 9-1/2" tall.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #111297
Handsome gilt bronze figure of a reclining dog (some variety of hound) mounted as a paperweight on a butterscotch marble base. The statue retains its original gilt surface and has achieved a very pleasing patina. The marble base is richly colored with gray veining.

Origin: France, circa 1850. Condition: some flaking to bottom edges of marble base, no cracks, no damage to bronze figure. Size: 4-1/4" x 2-3/8" x 2-1/4" tall.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1700 item #1491498
Senatus Consulto
$1,250.00
A renaissance bronze figure, Italian, Venice, and in a superb style with the stylistic hallmark of the Roccatagliata workshop, c. 16th.- early 17th. century.

The figure is made of bell metal and depicts a Cupid with spread wings holding a scroll with the portrait bust of Christ. He is standing on a stepped podium and mounted to a heavy black base.

Size: 15 cm. tall including the black stone base and 10,4 cm. for the figure alone.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #19744
Very rare heart shaped gilt bronze-mounted dresser tray with handmade lace insert. This is the only heart-shaped dresser tray I've ever seen. Marked on the bottom "France."

Origin: France, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, but could use some cleaning. Size: 10-3/4" x 8-1/2" x 1".

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1930 item #1488319
Zentner Collection
Price on Request
Bronze figure of a nude male with mask and wings.  Signed by Jorge Marín Antifaz (mask), outstretched arms and wings bound between two rings. Sitting atop a pyramid shaped base.

Dimensions: 19" Wide x 17" Deep x 27 1/2" High

Jorge Marín (born September 22, 1963) is a Mexican sculptor and painter. He has been an active figure in the contemporary art world for the last 25 years. He began to sculpt ceramic in the early 1980s...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1700 item #1491698
A heavy bronze not for table use, fine details cast decoration, probably Flemish, c. 1550!

The early piece of bronze art is decorated with what looks like saints (old bearded men) on the sides and a framed band of angels with spread wings among floral decor nearer the top.

SizE: 17 cm. tall and 14 cm. wide. Weight: 2 kilograms.

Condition: F-VF for the very early type. A stress crack from use and a few chips to the rim...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #480247 (stock #1296)
A Pair of Gilt Bronze and Glass Candlesticks. Rococo Shell Form Bases, Glass Ball centers, Foliate Tops, and Four Vertical Arms for Candle Holders. French, c. 1875-1890. No markings on bottom. Dimensions; 8.5" high x 6" wide. Very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1027628 (stock #1443)
A Petite Bronze Dressing Table or Vanity Mirror in an Art Nouveau Design, with a Folding Stand on the Back. Circa 1880. Dimensions; 10.5" high x 7.5" wide. Very Good Condition
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1910 item #113472
Very nice cold-painted Vienna bronze figure of a dachsund. The painting is finely done in shades of black and brown. Unmarked.

Origin: Austria, circa 1900. Condition: excellent, minimal wear at high points such as the tip of the nose and the tip of the tail. Size: 1-3/4" x 1-1/16".

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1438075
An interesting antique bronze figure, Roman style, possible after antiquity, likely 19th. century AD.

A good bronze, likely of the god Herculas (now missing the club), with fine patina and mounted by way of a brass pin. The mounting is old and the collection whence it came is old too.

We're not certain about the age of this piece so we're selling it as antique but not as ancient.

Size: 19,5 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #982602 (stock #1755)
A Fine Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Metal Two Light Candelabra, with removeable bobeches. Dimensions; 7.5" high x 7" wide; total weight 84 ounces. From the late 19th century. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1305422 (stock #BNJinkwellFr)
June Hastings
$325.00
Circa 1880 French bronze champleve enamel inkwell with delicately hand-painted bird scenes. It sits on 4 bun feet and is in excellent condition. All enameling is intact with the darkest red color being a beautiful clear wine red (which tends to look a darker/duller in our photos). This lovely inkwell measures 7 inches across and 3" high.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1228486 (stock #OI-001)
S and A Art Glass
$2,499.00
Offered is this rare antique bronze (painted black) clock, made by famous French clock-maker, Vincentie & Cie, around 1855. The clock is 26 inches (66 cm) tall (to the top of the hand-held shaft), 11 inches (28 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) deep. The statue itself is 13 inches (33 cm) high. There is no key or pendulum. Overall, the clock is in good condition - the four screw-holders at the bottom are missing and there is a small part missing (see 5th picture)...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1461499 (stock #BNJbroDogInk)
June Hastings
$985.00
Wonderful 19th Century bonze inkwell set featuring a reclining dog at a fence and 2 cut glass inkwells. An excellent piece for the collector. Measures 8.5ʺ wide × 2.75ʺ deep × 5.5ʺ high
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #423005
A handsome three-piece gilt bronze desk set by Marshall Field comprising a letter rack, pen wipe and pen tray. Each piece is decorated with intertwined stylized dragons against a ribbed background with a beaded border. The workmanship is very fine. Marshall Field was an active producer of very high-quality metalwares during the Arts & Crafts period. The bottom of the letter rack is marked “Made by Marshall Field & Co. 2 29”. The bottom of the pen tray is marked “MF & Co VIKING”...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1159086
A superb pair of bronze candlesticks from the Jockey Club de Paris. The candlesticks’ trefoil bases are decorated with riding equipment and tackle interspersed with the rosettes awarded to race winners. The edges of the bases are finished with borders that suggest horseshoes. Slender columns rise to a central element featuring three fully three-dimension horseheads capped by a spiraling ribbon engraved “Jockey Club”...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #828481
I have a number of clumps of bronze Chinese coins recovered from a shipwreck. These are all genuine and vary in size and type. The photo is a sample of what is available and all clumps will be similar. Please email with any questions or for more photos if interested.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1700 item #1487280
A lovely thick oval bronze plaque with a classic theatre depiction, Italy, c...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1042260 (stock #SOLD)
A Bronze Huntsman depicting a horse and rider, signed A. Guiet on base. Height 10 1/2 x width 10 3/4 inches. Circa early 1900's More photos on request
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1488080
Zentner Collection
$2,900.00
Antique Japanese bronze temple bell known as a “bonsho”, with a handle of opposing dragon heads called Ryuzu protecting a sacred Buddhist jewel called Hoju. Protrusions called “chi chi” or “nyu” to improve resonance of sound, the “tsuki-za” striking panels, with lotus shaped “tsukiza”.

Bonshō (Japanese: 梵鐘, Buddhist bells), also known as tsurigane (釣り鐘, hanging bells) or ōgane (大鐘, great bells) are bells found in Buddhist temples throughout Japan, u...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1910 item #797078 (stock #J38)
Very decorative and impressive Japanese Bronze Censer bearing dark red-brown patina, comprising of distinctive pedestal base with dragon’s heads, ovoid vessel carved in relief with birds and trees, dragon-form handles and surmounted by a pierced cover with a crane, Meiji Period (1868-1912).
MEASUREMENTS: 30 inches (76 cm) tall.
CONDITION: in good condition except for damage to the base (please see the pictures) with very nice old patina.
Catalog Number: J38

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All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1910 item #907199 (stock #258)
Dresser Tray with a Doily Enclosed in between two pieces of glass and in a Bronze two handled mount. Dimensions; 8.5" in diameter, 10" to the handles. Circa 1900 and in excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1800 item #1469897 (stock #E984)
Antique 18th century Spanish cast bronze naval signal - saluting cannon Mortar (Thunder Mug) of a typical design with a handle.

A tapered two-stage barrel, with a reinforcing ring swelling towards the muzzle, with a pronounced, molded, flared muzzle. It rests on a prominent turned round (breech) base with a pan raised and a touch-hole (vent).

This type of mortar cannon, "Thunder Mug," was used on ships in the 17th and 18th centuries to salute and signal the port of their arrival.

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All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1428105 (stock #BNJartNouBoo)
June Hastings
$185.00
Pair of antique art nouveau bookends depicting a scholar reading in a library. Cast iron with a bronze finish by Judd Co., it is great set of bookends for your office or library. Measures 5.5" high, 7" long, 2.75" wide. Dates circa 1920
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1930 item #1485693
Zentner Collection
$6,500.00
An antique Hindu/Buddhist temple bell cast of bronze. Exquisite detailing with 4 surrounding dieties and a 4 prong Vajra finial. Striking nodes on four sides with a beautiful clear resonating sound when struck.

Age: 1920's-1930

Dimensions: 36" High by 18" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1449249 (stock #TBD00417)
A Rococo style bronze stand for either fire tools or umbrellas. May have been gilt at one time. 28 ½ inches tall and 10 inches across. French 19th century.

Condition: If gilt most of it is gone. Red showing in some of the bronze. Replaced screw holding the base and standard together. Good structural condition without repairs.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1426688
This is a rare example of the remarkable talent behind the wonderful Austrian Bronze handmade, hand painted bronze miniature figurines which were made around the turn of the 20th century in foundries in Austria and Vienna. Austrian bronzes are individually cast from sand molds used only once, then sculpted and cold painted by hand with several coats of a special and secretive type of enamel paint, resulting in very detailed and life like miniature figures. Our tarantula, approximately 1 inch squ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #531941 (stock #1430)
Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Tray, with a Woman with Book and Pen and surrounded by Flowers. Dimensions; 13.5" long x 7" deep x 5" high. Weight, a substantial 78 ounces. Circa 1910-1920 and in excellent condition with wonderful patina.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #397830
Extraordinary French bronze jewel box in the Louis XVI style. The lid has a bas-relief design illustrating a boating party preparing to pass below an aqueduct. A city rises in the distance, while the foreground is populated with very detailed trees and shrubs. The scene is draped in fabric, tied at the corners with ribbon and surmounted with a laurel wreath intertwined with a torch and staff, typical Louis XVI devices. The sides are decorated with beautifully detailed swags of roses. Boxes ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1315268 (stock #735)
Exquisite pair French gilt bronze 5 light candelabra with cherubs and garland leaf and flower motif supported by a white marble base. Measuring 28" x 13" x 8".
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1910 item #1226510 (stock #AG-001)
Offered is this beautiful & rare Favrile glass and bronze vase, made by Tiffany Studios around 1910. The vase features a blue Favrile glass scarab. The vase is 6 3/4 inches (17 cm) tall and is in very good condition. It is signed under the base, 'Tiffany Studios New York 73315'.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #530078 (stock #1441)
A Pair of Bronze Figural Candelabras with Four Arms and five Lights. Height 16" x 14" wide. Each one weighs about 7 pounds. Features dancing couples on each of the main arms and a piper on the center arm. Late 19th century and probably French. Very Good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #540302 (stock #623)
Bedell & Co.
$950.00
Very lovely 19th C. heavy bronze picture frame with a raised floral motif and a flying bird. This frame has a textured surface and an empty cartouche in the corner. The oval picture opening measures 2 5/8" by 2 1/8"; and the frame measures 6 3/4" by 5". The back is copper with a wooden easel. This beautiful frame weighs 1 1/2 lbs. Circa 1880. Mint condition.