All posts tagged: Clocks

Objects of Vertu and More: At European Decorative Arts

November 18, 2016 Antiques, European Decorative Arts, European Decorative Arts Co. Comments Off on Objects of Vertu and More: At European Decorative Arts
Very fine Carriage Clock with Limoges Panels, Gorge case, finely engraved

The European Decorative Arts Company, in Gallery #54, specializes in the finest examples of Objects of Verdu (enamels and hardstone carvings), decorative carriage clocks, and Viennese enamels. Carriage Clocks Carriage or “traveling” clocks reached their heyday in the second half of the 19th century. Easily recognizable by their four-sided cases with glass sides and handle […]

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Stunning Sèvres – at the MAAC

July 27, 2016 Alexander's Antiques, Art History, F & P Associates, Lev Tov Antiques, Porcelains, Sakai Antiques Comments Off on Stunning Sèvres – at the MAAC

Sèvres is a type of fine porcelain characterized by elaborate decoration on backgrounds of intense color, made at Sèvres in the suburbs of Paris. The Met has an excellent article about “Sèvres Porcelain in the Nineteenth Century” which explains the factory’s importance. It begins: “The vast and diverse production of the Sèvres factory in the […]

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