Art Déco Garniture de cheminée to put on the mantlepiece in the drawing room. Best kind of wedding present if they are malachite. Nice even if it’s not.

609897-main-5ed67389978a3 — Garniture de cheminée. 1930. Egyptian Revival. Art Déco. Onyx, bleu turquin marble, and gilt bronze. Maker not known. Image © DANTAN and proantic.com. Fair use license. via https://www.proantic.com/display.php?mode=obj&id=609897

2561x2561_577a8632843f1 — Garniture de cheminée with a clock and a nymph pouring an onyx vase. Art Déco. French. Metal with a green and gold patina, inlaid onyx and Portor marble. Makers marks: Marked “Guerbe LeVerrier” on the base. Image © en.expertissim.com. Fair use license. via https://en.expertissim.com/art-deco-period-chimney-garniture-12277132

Garniture de cheminée with a clock and gazelle. ca. 1930. Art Déco. Black marble, green onyx and patinated copper. Maker not known. Image © Millon & Associés. Fair use license. via https://www.millon.com/lot/98007/10316174

335953-1 — Garniture de cheminée. Art Déco. Bronze. Limousin, maker. Image © Ruyten Fine Art and proantic.com. Fair use license. via https://www.proantic.com/display.php?mode=obj&id=335953

Objets loaded down with ormolu by Eugène Cornu a silverworker who worked in Paris and who was made director of Compagnie des Marbres et Onyx d’Algérie in 1858. His pieces were exhibited in London and Paris. They all look like they weigh a ton. Maybe they come with a maid to dust them.

Ref_A1667a — Jardinière surrounded by cherubs. ca. 1860-1870. French. Onyx, gilt bronze, silvered bronze and champlevé enamel. Eugène Cornu, maker. Design attributed to G. Viot & Cie, Makers marks: Signed “Eug. CORNU PARIS.” Image © Jan’s and Company French Antiques, Los Angeles. Fair use license. via https://www.jansantiques.com/Lot/jac1667.html

2018_PAR_16843_0022_000(centre_de_table_en_porcelaine_et_bronze_dore_et_argente_france_attribu) — Centerpiece decorated with Japanese polychrome designs and cartouches sheltering Japanese characters. Silver bronze peacock feet perched on a tripod base in openwork gilt bronze. ca. 1870. French. Eugène Cornu, maker. Design attributed G. Viot & Cie, Paris. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/centre-de-table-en-porcelaine-et-bronze-6168712-details.aspx

A few little odds and ends in onyx and ormolu for the nooks and crannies of your next chateau. Mostly French and mostly in the style of Louis XV and XVI. But one not French and brand new.

Pedestal column. 19th c. Louis XVI in style. — Pedestal column. 19th c. Louis XVI in style. Richly veined onyx column with an ormolu capitol with scrolls, foliate and rosettes below a stepped ormolu design. Square black Belgian marble and onyx base. French. Maker not known. Image © 1stdibs, Inc. 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/building-garden/pedestals-columns/french-19th-century-louis-xvi-style-onyx-ormolu-swivel-top-pedestal-column/id-f_13885801/

Ewer. Late 19th c. in the style of Louis XVI. — Ewer. Late 19th c. in the style of Louis XVI. French. White onyx with gilded ormolu with three cherubs around, one swinging, one in thought and the other playing with a swan. Maker not known. Image © 1stdibs, Inc. 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/vases-vessels/vases/classical-onyx-ormolu-ewer/id-f_14568651/

Pair of obelisks. Contemporary in a Neo-Classical style. — Pair of obelisks. Contemporary in a Neo-Classical style. Onyx with brass ormolu. Handmade from semi-precious stones and vintage or antique parts. Jacob-Lukas Ltd, makers. Image © 2019 RUBYLUX. Fair use license. via https://www.rubylux.com/item/1596847-2016013/Pair-Neoclassical-Style-Onyx78-Ormolu-Obelisks

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