French Ormolu Mounted Marble Vases in Louis XV Style
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A fine pair of French ormolu mounted marble vases, late 19th century, in the Louis XV manner, amphora vases in richly veined green black stone with elegant cast vegetal mounts with ornate rims, high set scrolling handles and raised on rose embellished pierced bases, height 31.5 cm
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- Ormolu - Ormolu was popular with French craftsmen in the 18th and 19th century for ornamental fittings for furniture, clocks and other decorative items. True ormolu is gilt bronze, that is bronze that has been coated with gold using a mercury amalgam. Due to the health risks associated with using mercury, this method of creating ormolu was discontinued in France in the 1830s. A substitute was developed consisting of about 75% copper and 25% zinc, however it was inferior to the bronze version. It was often lacquered to prevent it tarnishing.
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