Antique French Ormolu Mounted Breche Marble Urns, Late 19th Century
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A pair of antique French ormolu mounted breche marble urns, late 19th / early 20th century, of classical baluster shape on a square foot, each with a shallow covered receptacle to the top above a pair of ram's head masks to the shoulders supporting floral festoons to the front and back, each 46 cm high
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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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