Bronze Mounted Turquoise Blue Opaline Cup

Opaline bowl with gilt bronze mounting, 19th century, Napoleon III period. A Napoleon III period cup, 19th century, in two-coloured opaline, gilt brass mount. H: 31cm, W: 40cm, D: ...

Bronze cup by Barbedienne, Napoleon III period, 19th century. Measures: H: 21 cm, W: 33 cm, D: 20 cm, D: 12 cm.

A painted porcelain centrepiece, gilt bronze mounting, 19th century. A Napoleon III period gilt bronze centrepiece and porcelain bowl painted with a gallant scene on a turquoise blu...

An important cut crystal bowl with gilt bronze mounting, 19th century, Napoleon III period. A 19th century cut crystal bowl with ormolu mounting, Napoleon III period. H: 31.5cm, W: ...

Crystal element, 19th century, Goblets and Bouquetière, Napoleon III Pair of cups: W 27cm, D 22cm, H 7cm Flower girl: H 17cm, D 17cm.

Beautiful Art Nouveau biscuit cup, DMP (Duxer Porzellan-Manufaktur, Royal Dux Bohemia), 1910-1920. Measures: H: 44 cm, W: 36 cm, D: 22 cm base - W: 19 cm, D: 17 cm.

French Blue Opaline Dish with Bronze Mounts and Paw Feet.

A white opaline cup on small pedestal and gilt bronze mount finely chiseled with flowers. Both handles shaped in pigeons resting on curved branches and bent to drink. The pure shape and silhouette, like the delicate colour give this cup a great elegance. Called "opal crystals" from the Empire, and later "opalines", this name designates several types of coloured glassware produced in France in the 19th century. The oldest opal crystals are lead glasses mixed with dyes. The old opacification recipes adapted to lead glass produce an opalescent material, known as "soap bubble" or "soapy opaline". Opal colours" are the other shades that result from the addition of metal oxides to this basic opal composition. These lenses, which are pink in colour, called "hydrangea" and then "pigeon's throat", obtained with gold salts, or "turquoise" blue thanks to cobalt or copper oxides, are often mounted in gilt bronze. The beautiful frames, finely chiselled with palmettes, interlacing or gothic-inspired motifs, house...

An exquisite and highly decorative pair turquoise Opaline French baccarat crystal ormolu mounted jardinière/cache pots, each cashepot beautifully hand polished and then mounted in do...

A French opaline glass hand painted center bowl depicting cupids, goats frolicing in a pastoral scene. The attached footed mount with chains in original aged bronze. The hand painted...

A phenomenal Russian cobalt blue crystal and doré bronze-mounted circular shaped centrepiece. This unique cobalt blue crystal cut to clear has a ha...

Centerpiece in gilt bronze decorated with three putti musicians in silver bronze on the shaft. The central tray in gilt bronze is engraved with motifs and three putti in the center. ...