Gothic Revival candlesticks. Interesting. Like having miniature castles in attendance at your dinner party.

Pair of gilt and green painted metal candlesticks in the Gothic taste. 19th c. Possibly French. Maker not known. Image © 2020 DREWEATTS 1759 LTD. Fair use license. via https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7833/drewea1-10229/lot-details/9a2b48b7-ea51-4f66-a6b4-ad2d009d929e

Pair of candlesticks in brass, mounted on a wide rounded pedestal base with a column step with a central angled knop with Gothic style cutouts and castellated round top candleholders. The body is decorated with red and green enamels with red enamel also applied to the base. 19th c. Gothic Revival. Possibly made in India. Not marked. Image © xupes.com. Fair use license. via https://www.xupes.com/art/product-details/9034/superb-antique-pair-gothic-revival-enamelled-brass-candlesticks-19th-c/superb-antique-pair-gothic-revival-enamelled-brass-candlesticks-19th-c.html

Pair of tall gilded Gothic Revival pricket candlesticks. ca. 1850. English. Image © Susan Silver Antiques. Fair use license. via https://susansilverantiques.com/product/pair-bronze-gothic-revival-candlesticks/

Set of three solid brass altar candle holders decorated at the bottom with a church and cross in the center of each side. Made to be used in a church. Antique, ca. 1900 or earlier. Gothic Revival. Image © 2021 Chairish, Inc. and the Gilded Lion, Scottsdale, Arizona. Fair use license. via https://www.chairish.com/product/2180005/antique-gothic-revival-brass-alter-candle-holders-candlesticks-set-of-3

Live life the Gothic Revival way. Various features in the rooms at Strawberry Hill, home of Horace Walpole, taken from “A Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole.” Written by Walopole in 1784 with illustrations by various artists and printed by Thomas Kirgate.

“Chimney Piece of the Holbein Chamber.” Page 42. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/descriptionofvil00walp_0/page/42/mode/1up

“Screen of the Holbein Chamber.” Page 79. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/descriptionofvil00walp_0/page/n78/mode/1up

“The Gallery.” Page 84. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/descriptionofvil00walp_0/page/n84/mode/1up

“Chimney in the Round Room.” Page 93. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/descriptionofvil00walp_0/page/n93/mode/1up

Cathedral clocks in the best Gothic Revival and Neo-Gothic style. Very popular around when Victoria married Albert.

Porcelain cathedral form mantel clock with a light green ground and gilt highlights. The clock face set above faux stained glass windows and the arched doorway painted with a foreground and cathedral in the distance, set on a rectangular base with an imitation marble and geometric floral band design. ca. 1830. French. Dagoty, maker. Maker’s marks: Iron-red stenciled mark “*Ancienne Maison Dagoty / Ed. Honore A Paris / 4 Boulevard Poissoniere*” to the underside. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/clocks/mantel-clocks/gothic-revival-dagoty-honore-porcelain-cathedral-form-mantel-clock/id-f_5046143/?gclid=CjwKCAiAsaOBBhA4EiwAo0_AnKUJiOv6z-XjYr5BJwIIo9jC583u7IvpOTr1OinJQC1S_ZkGejOFHxoCBz8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
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Large gilt brass bracket or mantel clock, the case, with engraved floral decoration and applied colored cabochon jewel mounts, encloses a gilt 7″ Roman dial with a finely scroll engraved center and an eight day spring driven movement with anchor escapement chiming the quarters on a nest of two bells. ca. 1870. Gothic Revival. French. The movement having been made in *Saint Nicolas d’ Aliermont, by Pierre-Honoré-César Pons and then finished by the Parisian Clock maker, Louis Achille Brocot*. Retailed by Hall and Company, Manchester, England. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/clocks/mantel-clocks/large-19th-century-french-gothic-revival-mantel-clock/id-f_11810171/.

Gilt shelf clock in the form of the west facade of Reims Cathedral. The case of finely detailed cast and fire gilt bronze. The dial of twelve porcelain Roman numeral chapters is in the rose window opening. Blued steel sunburst hands, spring-powered, eight-day time and strike movement that has a silk thread suspension and external count-wheel, the gong mounted in the inlaid wooden plinth being controlled by the movement. ca. 1835. Gothic Revival. French. Maker’s marks: strike movement marked “Cailly Freres”. Image © 2021 Bidsquare Inc. and Skinner Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/skinner/gilt-reims-cathedral-form-shelf-clock-93474

Gilt Reims Cathedral-form Shelf Clock

Gothic Revival candelabra to make your home look more baronial. 1850 and later, all in brass.

**Pair of** Gothic Revival brass nine-light floor candelabra. Twisted cylindrical stems with quatrefoil rims and a central light with two graduated tiers with four lights each, on spiral fluted stem with four fleur-de-lis uprights on four domed legs. 20th c. Continental. Brass. Maker not known. Image © 1999 – 2020 SKINNER, INC. Fair use license. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2475/lots/617

Pair of brass Gothic Revival candle holders. ca. 1850. Continental. Brass. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/candle-holders/brass-gothic-revival-candelabra/id-f_913303/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAqdP9BRDVARIsAGSZ8AksJR0amZYnCLEHDg_1PDkTWV7XChFVbOtOEcgz2RHb4aVAKri5PMcaAt-cEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Pair of large brass Gothic Revival candelabra, each with seven sconces. Hooped frame on arched supports embellished with clover leaves, on knopped stem and dome base with three feet. Late 19th c. Brass. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-large-pair-of-gothic-revival-brass-5825649-details.aspx

Gothic Revival and Neo-Gothic inkstands and inkwells. Early and mid 19th century. So needed in case the archbishop wants to share a whiskey in the library.

890567 — Patinated inkstand together with two similar spill vases. Mid 19th c. Gothic Revival. Molded with tracery. Image © 2020 William Doyle Galleries, Inc. Fair use license. via https://doyle.com/auctions/12an01-estate-of-lee-b-anderson/catalogue/1247-gothic-revival-patinated-metal-inkstand

f2fb4a1299c6d48c1c7e9a4a452e6579 — Inkwell modeled as a medieval helmet with pierced visor with applied cut and chased steel scrolled acanthus ornaments that is raised on a concave shield form base with three ball feet. The hinged top opens to reveal the inkwell. 19th c. Gothic Revival. Probably German. Patinated steel. Image © Jackson’s International Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fair use license. via https://www.pinterest.com/pin/75224256254422550/

Screenshot (814) — Inkwell in a Neo-Gothic style with a top that lifts to reveal three round openings resting on a marble plinth base and raised on cast bronze feet. The three glass inkwells are missing. 1875. Neo-Gothic. Patinated bronze and marble. Maker not known. Image © 2020 ROBUCK. Fair use license. via http://robuck.co/collection/curiosities/italian-gothic-revival-period-patinated-brass-and-marble-architectural-model-inkwell-r6803.html

Screenshot (820) — Oval inkwell modeled with cathedral arcades and rosettes that houses two inkwells with lids, a pounce pot and four pen holders. Rectangular Sienna marble base. 1820-1829. Neo-Gothic. French. Gilt bronze and Siena Marble. Maker not known. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/desk-accessories/inkwells/gothic-revival-inkwell-gilt-bronze-sienna-marble-19th-century/id-f_16380242/

Screenshot (816) — Inkstand modeled with a Gothic tracery design with a pierced rose window gallery enclosing a sander, two ink wells and four pen holders. Rectangular base. Victorian. Gothic Revival. Brass. Image © 2020 Mayfair Gallery Limited. Fair use license. via https://www.mayfairgallery.com/antique-victorian-gilt-brass-inkstand-with-gothic-tracery

Ecclesiastical gold and silver. French, made in Paris. Gothic Revival. Placide Poussielgue-Rusand, goldsmith (1824-1889).

6439d Poussielgue-Rusand Chalice — Chalice. 19th c. Gothic Revival. French. Gilded silver, filigree and enamel with garnets. Makers mark of “PPR”. Image © Luzar Vestments. Fair use license. via http://www.luzarvestments.co.uk/Poussielgue-Rusand_Chalice_6439.htm

2006AA7679_2500 — Pyx. ca. 1850. French. Silver gilt, enamelled and gem-set. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Fair use license. via http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O94999/pyx-and-case-poussielgue-rusand/

Pyx. 19th c. Engraved silver gilt. Image © 2020 Antiques de Laval. Fair use license. via https://www.antiques-delaval.com/en/items-sold/2157-ciborium-with-silver-gilt-collar-and-punches-goldsmith-poussielgue-rusand-nineteenth.html

csm_S3-13_bdbb6a975a — Châsse. 19th c. Gold. ca. 1850. Image © Patrimoine et Inventaire d’Aquitaine. Fair use license. via http://inventaire.aquitaine.fr/decouvertes-de-laquitaine/landes/orfevrerie-des-eglises-des-landes/lage-dor-de-lorfevrerie-religieuse-dans-la-seconde-moitie-du-xixe-siecle/

New post up on my public (free) patreon page. More Gothic Revival with one more on the Medieval end of things. All fun. Link below.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/33284338

Now available! Enjoy! Five images, not just this one. Should you be interested in supporting my work and can, please check out what’s available at the various levels. All levels include writing updates and other items not found elsewhere.

Dragon or basilisk brooch, a basilisk being a mythological winged creature with large toes and a long, thin tail. Gothic Revival. Gold, diamonds and garnet. Image © 1995-2020 eBay Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/Around-1850-Dragon-Brooch-in-Gold-Diamonds-Garnet-Basilisk-Gothic-Revival-/122656641726

Sunday public (free) post just up on my Patreon page. My weekly series. “Gothic Revival (Part 2). Fashionable from around 1820 to 1860.” Link below

https://www.patreon.com/posts/30544887

Five more, mostly found just now. All great! Should you be interested in supporting my work please check out what’s available at the various levels. Thanks! Sarah.

And enjoy! All fabulous, at least I think so.

Title plate from the souvenir folio “Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1850, London, Lloyd Bros. & Company, Sept 1st 1851." — Title plate from the souvenir folio “Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1850, London, Lloyd Bros. & Company, Sept 1st 1851.” Depicts a dome from Coalbrookdale and statue of William Shakespeare sculpted by John Bell. 1851. Published in Great Britain. In the public domain due to age. via https://babylonbaroque.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/the-great-exhibition-1851/

Public (free) post for Sunday, September 29, 2019. More Gothic Revival. Coming in towards the middle of the 18th century but never really gone. Especially popular for mausoleums and college campuses. Link below-

https://www.patreon.com/posts/30334979

Including a mausoleum image. And several images, not just the two (including the mausoleum).

Should you be interested in supporting my work and can please check out what’s available at the various levels. And enjoy the post! Sarah.

"Eighth Frontispiece. Gothic design concept. — “Eighth Frontispiece. Gothic design concept. Batty and Thomas Langley, inventors and sculptors, 1741.” Plate XXIV, page 63 from “Ancient Architecture, restored and improved by a great variety of grand and usefull designs, entirely new, in the Gothick Mode, for the ornamenting of buildings and gardens,” written by the Langleys and published in London in 1742. Collection of and scanned by the Getty Research Institute. Public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t0ns4cg1f&view=1up&seq=63

My summer Patreon public (free) series. For the next 12 Sundays, I will be exploring various 19th and early 20th century revival movements with images from various artistic fields including jewelry, furniture and architecture to name a few. Link below.

This week: Gothic Revival (Part 1). https://www.patreon.com/posts/28198379

Six images not just this one.

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Brise fan in a Gothic Revival style. ca. 1830. Probably made in England. Gilt metal, ribbon, spangles, pigment, and horn. Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1916.329-brise-fan-gothic-rev