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Pair of candlesticks (flambeaux or chandeliers),1735–50 After designs by Juste Aurèle Meissonnier French

Ormolu

Ormolu is an English term, used since the 18th century for the gilding technique of applying finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam to an object of bronze, and for objects finished…

Antiques, Glossary, Metalware Butterflies

Cloisonne enamel vase decorated with butterflies.

Antiques Cloisonne Metalware Butterflies

Japanese Cloisonne Butterflies

Japanese cloisonne. Cloisonné enamels in Japan had traditionally been used only as small areas of decoration on architecture and on sword fittings. Around 1833 a former samurai, Kaji Tsunekichi of…

Antiques, Cloisonne, Metalware Butterflies

Antiques Cloisonne Metalware Butterflies

Cloisonne butterflies. Cloisonné is an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects. In recent centuries, vitreous enamel has been used, and inlays of cut gemstones, glass and other materials were also…

Antiques, Cloisonne, Metalware Butterflies

A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'CAT AND BUTTERFLY' GROUP QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Antiques Gemstone Butterflies Jade

White Jade Butterflies

White Jade is a form of Nephrite Jade. It is usually white, off-white, or cream in color. When white jade appears as translucent white or pale yellow it is sometimes…

Antiques, Gemstone Butterflies, Jade

17th century Ming Dynasty jade butterfly

Antiques Gemstone Butterflies Jade

Jade Butterflies

Jade butterflies. Jade refers to an ornamental mineral, mostly known for its green varieties. It can refer to either of two different minerals: nephrite, a silicate of calcium and magnesium,…

Antiques, Gemstone Butterflies, Jade

Porcelain dish with broad rim painted in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilding in imitation of Imari ware

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Underglaze Porcelain Butterflies

Underglaze porcelain butterflies. Underglaze is a method of decorating pottery in which painted decoration is applied to the surface before it is covered with a transparent ceramic glaze and fired…

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A FAMILLE ROSE COPPER-RED-GROUND 'BUTTERFLY' VASE, MEIPING 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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Copper-red Porcelain Butterflies

Copper-red porcelain butterflies. Copper-red glazes are glazes containing copper which turn red when fired in a reducing atmosphere. The earliest known copper-red glaze occurs on wares made in Shanxi during…

Antiques, Porcelain, Porcelain, Pottery and Glass

A RARE AND MASSIVE CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE-ROSE 'ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS' BOWL, 19TH CENTURY

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Bowls

Bowls. Some examples of bowls with butterflies in their design including an extremely rare painted Cizhou bowl from the Jin Dynasty and a cloisonne bowl.

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A Baccarat garlanded butterfly paperweight mid-19th century

Antiques Butterflies by Maker Glass Porcelain, Pottery and Glass

Baccarat Butterflies

Baccarat Butterflies. Baccarat Crystal is a French manufacturer of fine crystal glassware located in Baccarat, France. The company owns two museums: the Musée Baccarat in Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle and the Musée…

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Porcelain Vases

Porcelain Vases come in many shapes and sizes. Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating clay-type materials to high temperatures. It includes clay in the form of kaolinite. There…

Antiques, Porcelain, Porcelain, Pottery and Glass