A Louis XVI ormolu, amboyna, jasperware and brilliant-inset gueridon attributed to Adam Weisweiler, circa 1785. The molded brass-banded and glazed circular top centered by an oval Wedgwood plaque within a tortoise shell and gold mount surrounded by ten circular jasperware buttons enframed in brilliants, on three pairs of very slightly flared bamboo form legs, centered by a triangular stretcher with inswept sides and raised molded upper surface and sides, surmounted by a baluster and bamboo form ...[more information available via subscription]

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Ormolu

The English term ormolu is derived from the French or moulu - ground gold - and traces its origin to an early gilding technique in which ground gold is suspended in mercury, the solution then brushed onto the bronze casting and the piece placed in a charcoal fire to burn off the mercury. Because this process gives off hazardous fumes it has been prohibited in many countries in favor of an electrolysis process developed in the mid-19th century.

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