maifleur01, indeed this is the only ceramic piece that has a stamp/mark. The funny thing is that my wife is Taiwanese, and she said that these are ancient characters and she cannot understand them. However, the vase must be Japanese (Japanese use as well Chinese characters extensively).

Thank you for your kind words. She had very particular taste, and had the chance to really enjoy life in the 60s, 70s. I am not that happy I have to sell them but I live in another country and life to move on.

Both number 7 and number 9 have the marks. I think number 7 may be Korean rather than Chinese or Japanese but it is later.

I think your armchair is a De sede ds-31, made in Switzerland circa 1960s. There are a couple for sale on pamono. Compare it to this photo.

Not certain that it is the same table but something similar to number 5 was in an advertisement showing on my screen last week as a dining table from 1stdibs. I looked just now at their site and did not see it. The prices shown may not be what it was actually sold for. If you know how, I don't, you can use something called "reverse lookup" and can perhaps find all of your items.

maifleur01, apologies, no.9's what looks like a mark, is a sticker by the agent (i guess) that I cannot even tell what it says.

Oliviag/ bring back Sophie, what can I say! Thank you very much for the information and your kind words

The table was identified by another source! It is a Wilhelm Renz. Now I need to see if I can find exact model/designer. The chairs though I am not sure that they are a "set".

The Oriental Ormulu Mounted Ceramic Plate is Rose Medallion. If you google Rose Medallion, there are some very good guides on how to date them - the complexity of the figures is generally what to look for as the newer vintage items have not very complex figures and have a mass produced look. It's hard to describe verbally but once you look at the pictures of the time periods, it's quite obvious.

Also in the US, they would have been required to have specific stamps regarding country of origin which is a good but not infallible way of dating pieces.

I inherited some Rose Medallion from my mother and grandmother and mine was not the old stuff but the more mass produced stuff which was made to take advantage of its popularity. Mine were probably from the 1920's to pre WW II based on the manner in which my painted figures were done.

You can google for prices but that tends to be very location specific. I generally get a good sense of what something is worth based on EBAY's finished/completed sales. It's been awhile but the pieces I have are not particularly valuable especially since the style itself is not particularly fashionable at this time. They do have ornamental value - I am in the process of finishing a major remodel which includes essentially redecorating my home and my place is being done in an eclectic mix of Deco/Nouveau with touches of Chinoiserie and Hollywood Regency so I will probably wind up incorporating my pieces as part of the decor. I have a smallish Coramandel screen which I also inherited which my parents had used as their cocktail table but I will probably wind up hanging it somewhere.

The mid century tall lamp with the Grecian motif might be from the 1950's or 1960's but it has no stylistic elements with anything that is MCM. I suspect that it was originally a vase that was fashioned into a lamp in the 1950's. My mother and grandmother bought vases and even large ceramic statues and had them fashioned into lamps during this period. I have no idea whether it was something that was widely done in this era or whether it was just something that they did. I do know that the "antique" stores they bought almost everything from actually provided this service as they would select a base and then the rest of the necessary stuff. They even had bases which were hand painted to match the design elements of the vases.

Thank you Helen for the extensive message and the information you gave!

Lots of useful keywords as well to continue my research.

As it appears (from my point of view) the Rose Medallion plate must be c.1860 period as it has no signature on the bottom and the figures have very minimalistic representation on their face. At least these are the 2 features mentioned in 2 videos about Rose Medallion plates that I saw.

As for the lamp, I got much more results with your "Grecian" term and the addition of "plaster" as I come to realize/identify the material. I think impossible to find the manufacturer but at least I can get some results as a reference.

With the help of a friend i managed to tilt this massive lamp in case in the bottom there is any kind of identification but nothing...

Thanks again!

I think you are confusing my message about Rose Medallion. The older pieces had much more detail so if your faces are minimalistic, they are probably newer vintage. When I googled, there were examples and the differences were quite apparent.

The older were hand painted by talented artists - the newer ones were factory produced with far less detail.

I have to disagree with the idea that the rose medallion piece is newer. I am torn between the bowl being Japanese or Chinese for export in the 1800's or even the previous century then placed in the ormolu display piece later. Not all of the older Asian pottery/china that I have seen at the Nelson Art Gallery are finally drawn simply because when the glazes fire some of the earlier ones will fade/blur into the surrounding areas.

Helen, I understood your original comment but, for example in this video

they mention the opposite. The same was mentioned to an article that I cannot track now.

I'm not a Rose Medallion expert by any means so I really have no way of accurately dating it from a photo. I didn't take my research further because I wasn't planning to sell anything but had googled to find out more about it when I was going through my boxes and packing things away for my remodel :-).

If I were actually trying to sell items like the OP I would hire an appraiser or take the items to a consignment or auction house with a good reputation.

Helen, really thank you very much for your input. Helped a lot to research more. I am not expert either of course and I just try to gather information that many times is confusing. I will definitely do as you suggest to contact galleries and auction houses to see if they are interested in the objects. Now I am in the documentation/research phase.

Oliviag, very correct your remarks. This is what I think as well. There is something Grecian/Neoclassical but the angels and gold colors make it more baroque/rococo. The Hollywood regency term is also very interesting. I will look on that.

Bisque term is also something new to me. Thanks!

Also thank you for the condolences. Much appreciated. Indeed she had a great influence to my life, her, as well as all the products that I used to observe when I was little and everything looked so huge, so strange in the dim, warm light she used to have at home. A kind of goldish warm feeling.

I have very mixed feelings letting everything go but objects need to serve the right place in the right moment. And these objects did that very well. Life moves on. With a part of the money, I plan to buy a nice mechanical (60s like) watch to remember her. A kind of transformation.

Here are some more objects I try to identify but not so intensively :

1. Console that looks rather "danish" but there is no way to find any info

2. Console that feels more "german" than scandinavian but again no info

has nice detailing in the bottom :

3. cloisonne enamel metal plate

i know there are many plates like this online, the particularity of this one is the metallic frame. I did not see something similar online.

These figures may be dancers making poses of various Hindu personages and Gods.

If you're looking for a "selling price", why not find a pro in person who can advise you what stuff will sell for at auction?