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Antique French Ormolu & Champleve Enamel Pin Tray 19th Century
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Antique French Ormolu & Champleve Enamel Pin Tray 19th Century

19th century
For Sale by Regent Antiques
Description

A really beautiful French ormolu, champleve enamel and Sevres porcelain pin tray, Circa 1880 in date.

The ormolu and champleve border is set with a charming hand painted winged cherub on a bleu celeste ground with gilt highlights.

Add this beautiful pin tray to your collection.

Condition:

In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 2 x Width 17 x Depth 9

Dimensions in inches:

Height 1 inch x Width 7 inches x Depth 3 inches

Champlevé, in the decorative arts, an enamelling technique or an object made by the champlevé process, which consists of cutting away troughs or cells in a metal plate and filling the depressions with pulverized vitreous enamel. The raised metal lines between the cutout areas form the design outline. Champlevé can be distinguished from the similar technique of cloisonné by a greater irregularity in the width of the metal lines. After the enamel has annealed and cooled, it is filed with a Carborundum stone file, smoothed with pumice stone, and polished.

Our reference: A1720

Physical Dimensions
Height
2cm (0.79")
Width
17cm (6.69")
Depth
9cm (3.54")
Declaration

Regent Antiques has dated this French Champleve Pin Tray to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA778223
Dealers Internal Reference
A1720
Description
A really beautiful French ormolu, champleve enamel and Sevres porcelain pin tray, Circa 1880 in date.
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The ormolu and champleve border is set with a charming hand painted winged cherub on a bleu celeste ground with gilt highlights.
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fig 1. An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub.
fig 1. Antique French Ormolu & Champleve Enamel Pin Tray 19th Century

Add this beautiful pin tray to your collection.

Condition:

In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 2 x Width 17 x Depth 9

Dimensions in inches:

Height 1 inch x Width 7 inches x Depth 3 inches

fig 2. An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub.
fig 2. Antique French Ormolu & Champleve Enamel Pin Tray 19th Century

Champlevé, in the decorative arts, an enamelling technique or an object made by the champlevé process, which consists of cutting away troughs or cells in a metal plate and filling the depressions with pulverized vitreous enamel. The raised metal lines between the cutout areas form the design outline. Champlevé can be distinguished from the similar technique of cloisonné by a greater irregularity in the width of the metal lines. After the enamel has annealed and cooled, it is filed with a Carborundum stone file, smoothed with pumice stone, and polished.

Our reference: A1720

Height
2cm (0.79")
Width
17cm (6.69")
Depth
9cm (3.54")
Date of Manufacture

Regent Antiques has dated this French Champleve Pin Tray to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA778223
Dealers Internal Ref
A1720
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Archive I An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub.

Antique French Ormolu & Champleve Enamel Pin Tray 19th Century

Archive II An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub. View II
Archive III An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub. View III
Archive IV An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub. View IV
Archive V An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub. View V
Archive VI An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub. View VI
Archive VII An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub. View VII
Archive VIII An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub. View VIII
Archive IX An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub. View IX
Archive X An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub. View X
Archive XI An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub. View XI
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An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub.
Antique French Ormolu & Champleve Enamel Pin Tray 19th Century
Ref: SA778223
An oblong 19th-century French gilt ormolu tray featuring blue and red champleve enamel scrollwork surrounding a central circular medallion with a hand-painted cherub.
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A 19th-century French champleve pin tray is a small decorative vessel crafted from gilt bronze (ormolu) featuring inlaid champleve enamel work and often a painted porcelain central motif, traditionally used on dressing tables to store pins or small items of jewellery.

Champleve enamel involves carving or casting recessed cells into a metal substrate, filling them with powdered glass enamel, firing the piece, and polishing it smooth. The surrounding metal frame is typically cast in bronze and fire-gilded to create a rich gold finish.

Authentic pieces feature finely chased gilt bronze with subtle wear to high points, complex multi-coloured champleve enamelling flush with the metal grid, and hand-painted central porcelain medallions showing microscopic detail.

Place the dish on a bedside table, dressing chest, or entryway sideboard as a refined catching vessel for rings, keys, or cufflinks, blending historical craftsmanship into contemporary surface arrangements.

Dust gently with a soft microfibre cloth or dry soft-bristled brush. Avoid abrasive chemical cleaners, harsh metal polishes, or prolonged water exposure, which can strip gilding and compromise delicate enamel cells.
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