diff --git a/docs/realm.js b/docs/realm.js
index 54e5359b..d150cdfc 100644
--- a/docs/realm.js
+++ b/docs/realm.js
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ class Realm {
      * Create a new `Realm` instance using the provided `config`. If a Realm does not yet exist
      * at `config.path` (or {@link Realm.defaultPath} if not provided), then this constructor
      * will create it with the provided `config.schema` (which is _required_ in this case).
-     * Otherwise, the instance will access the existing realm from the file at that path.
+     * Otherwise, the instance will access the existing Realm from the file at that path.
      * In this case, `config.schema` is _optional_ or not have changed, unless
-     * `config.schemaVersion` is incremented, in which case the realm will be automatically
+     * `config.schemaVersion` is incremented, in which case the Realm will be automatically
      * migrated to use the new schema.
      * @param {Realm~Configuration} [config] - **Required** when first creating the Realm.
      */
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ class Realm {
 
     /**
      * Create a new Realm object of the given type and with the specified properties.
-     * @param {string} type - The type of object as specified by its `name` in the
-     *   {@link Realm~ObjectSchema ObjectSchema} definition.
+     * @param {Realm~ObjectType} type - The type of Realm object to create.
      * @param {Object} properties - Property values for all required properties without a
      *   default value.
      * @param {boolean} [update=false] - Signals that an existing object with matching primary key
@@ -61,12 +60,11 @@ class Realm {
 
     /**
      * Returns all objects of the given `type` in the Realm.
-     * @param {string} type - The type of object as specified by its `name` in the
-     *   {@link Realm~ObjectSchema ObjectSchema} definition.
+     * @param {Realm~ObjectType} type - The type of Realm objects to retrieve.
      * @throws {Error} If type passed into this method is invalid.
      * @returns {Realm.Results} that will live-update as objects are created and destroyed.
      */
-    objects(type, query, ...arg) {}
+    objects(type) {}
 
     /**
      * Add a listener `callback` for the specified event `name`.
@@ -116,12 +114,20 @@ Realm.defaultPath;
  * @type {Object}
  * @property {string} [path={@link Realm.defaultPath}] - The path to the file where the
  *   Realm database should be stored.
- * @property {Realm~ObjectSchema[]} [schema] - Specifies all the object types in the realm.
- *   **Required** when first creating realm at this `path`.
+ * @property {Array<Realm~ObjectClass|Realm~ObjectSchema>} [schema] - Specifies all the
+ *   object types in this Realm. **Required** when first creating a Realm at this `path`.
  * @property {number} [schemaVersion] - **Required** (and must be incremented) after
  *   changing the `schema`.
  */
 
+/**
+ * Realm objects will inherit methods, getters, and setters from the `prototype` of this
+ * constructor.
+ * @typedef Realm~ObjectClass
+ * @type {Class}
+ * @property {Realm~ObjectSchema} schema - Static property specifying object schema information.
+ */
+
 /**
  * @typedef Realm~ObjectSchema
  * @type {Object}
@@ -143,6 +149,14 @@ Realm.defaultPath;
  * @property {boolean} [optional] - Signals if this property may be assigned `null` or `undefined`.
  */
 
+/**
+ * The type of an object may either be specified as a string equal to the `name` in a
+ * {@link Realm~ObjectSchema ObjectSchema} definition, **or** a constructor that was specified
+ * in the {@link Realm~Configuration configuration} `schema`.
+ * @typedef Realm~ObjectType
+ * @type {string|Realm~ObjectClass}
+ */
+
 /**
  * A property type may be specified as one of the standard builtin types, or as an object type
  * inside the same schema.
diff --git a/lib/browser/index.js b/lib/browser/index.js
index d160af58..a4f9dd46 100644
--- a/lib/browser/index.js
+++ b/lib/browser/index.js
@@ -74,6 +74,24 @@ export default class Realm {
         });
     }
 
+    create(type, ...args) {
+        if (typeof type == 'function') {
+            type = objects.typeForConstructor(this[keys.realm], type);
+        }
+
+        let method = util.createMethod(objectTypes.REALM, 'create', true);
+        return method.apply(this, [type, ...args]);
+    }
+
+    objects(type, ...args) {
+        if (typeof type == 'function') {
+            type = objects.typeForConstructor(this[keys.realm], type);
+        }
+
+        let method = util.createMethod(objectTypes.REALM, 'objects');
+        return method.apply(this, [type, ...args]);
+    }
+
     addListener(name, callback) {
         if (typeof callback != 'function') {
             throw new Error('Realm.addListener must be passed a function!');
@@ -130,12 +148,10 @@ export default class Realm {
 // Non-mutating methods:
 util.createMethods(Realm.prototype, objectTypes.REALM, [
     'close',
-    'objects',
 ]);
 
 // Mutating methods:
 util.createMethods(Realm.prototype, objectTypes.REALM, [
-    'create',
     'delete',
     'deleteAll',
 ], true);
diff --git a/lib/browser/objects.js b/lib/browser/objects.js
index 974b4916..f0f78220 100644
--- a/lib/browser/objects.js
+++ b/lib/browser/objects.js
@@ -53,3 +53,15 @@ export function create(realmId, info) {
 export function registerConstructors(realmId, constructors) {
     registeredConstructors[realmId] = constructors;
 }
+
+export function typeForConstructor(realmId, constructor) {
+    let constructors = registeredConstructors[realmId];
+
+    for (let name in constructors) {
+        if (constructors[name] == constructor) {
+            return name;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
diff --git a/src/js_realm.cpp b/src/js_realm.cpp
index 6002a78b..e87b4977 100644
--- a/src/js_realm.cpp
+++ b/src/js_realm.cpp
@@ -254,11 +254,28 @@ JSValueRef RealmGetProperty(JSContextRef ctx, JSObjectRef object, JSStringRef pr
     return NULL;
 }
 
+std::string RJSValidatedObjectTypeForValue(SharedRealm &realm, JSContextRef ctx, JSValueRef value) {
+    if (JSValueIsObject(ctx, value) && JSObjectIsConstructor(ctx, (JSObjectRef)value)) {
+        JSObjectRef constructor = (JSObjectRef)value;
+
+        for (auto pair : RJSConstructors(realm.get())) {
+            if (pair.second == constructor) {
+                return pair.first;
+            }
+        }
+
+        throw std::runtime_error("Constructor was not registered in the schema for this Realm");
+    }
+
+    return RJSValidatedStringForValue(ctx, value, "objectType");
+}
+
 JSValueRef RealmObjects(JSContextRef ctx, JSObjectRef function, JSObjectRef thisObject, size_t argumentCount, const JSValueRef arguments[], JSValueRef* jsException) {
     try {
-        RJSValidateArgumentCount(1, argumentCount);
-        std::string className = RJSValidatedStringForValue(ctx, arguments[0], "objectType");
+        RJSValidateArgumentCount(argumentCount, 1);
+
         SharedRealm sharedRealm = *RJSGetInternal<SharedRealm *>(thisObject);
+        std::string className = RJSValidatedObjectTypeForValue(sharedRealm, ctx, arguments[0]);
         return RJSResultsCreate(ctx, sharedRealm, className);
     }
     catch (std::exception &exp) {
@@ -296,10 +313,12 @@ JSValueRef RealmCreateObject(JSContextRef ctx, JSObjectRef function, JSObjectRef
     try {
         RJSValidateArgumentRange(argumentCount, 2, 3);
 
-        std::string className = RJSValidatedStringForValue(ctx, arguments[0], "objectType");
         SharedRealm sharedRealm = *RJSGetInternal<SharedRealm *>(thisObject);
-        auto object_schema = sharedRealm->config().schema->find(className);
-        if (object_schema == sharedRealm->config().schema->end()) {
+        std::string className = RJSValidatedObjectTypeForValue(sharedRealm, ctx, arguments[0]);
+        auto &schema = sharedRealm->config().schema;
+        auto object_schema = schema->find(className);
+
+        if (object_schema == schema->end()) {
             *jsException = RJSMakeError(ctx, "Object type '" + className + "' not found in schema.");
             return NULL;
         }
diff --git a/src/js_schema.cpp b/src/js_schema.cpp
index 529d282e..3bd4dfe5 100644
--- a/src/js_schema.cpp
+++ b/src/js_schema.cpp
@@ -136,16 +136,10 @@ static inline ObjectSchema RJSParseObjectSchema(JSContextRef ctx, JSObjectRef ob
 
     JSObjectRef objectConstructor = NULL;
 
-    if (JSObjectIsFunction(ctx, objectSchemaObject) || JSObjectIsConstructor(ctx, objectSchemaObject)) {
+    if (JSObjectIsConstructor(ctx, objectSchemaObject)) {
         objectConstructor = objectSchemaObject;
         objectSchemaObject = RJSValidatedObjectProperty(ctx, objectConstructor, schemaString, "Realm object constructor must have a 'schema' property.");
     }
-    else {
-        JSValueRef subSchemaValue = RJSValidatedPropertyValue(ctx, objectSchemaObject, schemaString);
-        if (!JSValueIsUndefined(ctx, subSchemaValue)) {
-            objectSchemaObject = RJSValidatedValueToObject(ctx, subSchemaValue);
-        }
-    }
 
     ObjectDefaults objectDefaults;
     ObjectSchema objectSchema;
diff --git a/tests/js/realm-tests.js b/tests/js/realm-tests.js
index 858eeb62..99da3b86 100644
--- a/tests/js/realm-tests.js
+++ b/tests/js/realm-tests.js
@@ -317,6 +317,13 @@ module.exports = BaseTest.extend({
 
             // Should have been multiplied by 100 in the constructor.
             TestCase.assertEqual(object.intCol, 100);
+
+            // Should be able to create object by passing in constructor.
+            object = realm.create(CustomObject, {intCol: 2});
+            TestCase.assertTrue(object instanceof CustomObject);
+            TestCase.assertTrue(Object.getPrototypeOf(object) == CustomObject.prototype);
+            TestCase.assertEqual(customCreated, 2);
+            TestCase.assertEqual(object.intCol, 200);
         });
 
         TestCase.assertThrows(function() {
@@ -324,6 +331,16 @@ module.exports = BaseTest.extend({
                 realm.create('InvalidObject', {intCol: 1});
             });
         });
+
+        // Only the original constructor should be valid.
+        function InvalidCustomObject() {}
+        InvalidCustomObject.schema = CustomObject.schema;
+
+        TestCase.assertThrows(function() {
+            realm.write(function() {
+                realm.create(InvalidCustomObject, {intCol: 1});
+            });
+        });
     },
 
     testRealmDelete: function() {
@@ -389,6 +406,7 @@ module.exports = BaseTest.extend({
 
     testRealmObjects: function() {
         var realm = new Realm({schema: [schemas.PersonObject, schemas.DefaultValues, schemas.TestObject]});
+
         realm.write(function() {
             realm.create('PersonObject', {name: 'Ari', age: 10});
             realm.create('PersonObject', {name: 'Tim', age: 11});
@@ -396,18 +414,28 @@ module.exports = BaseTest.extend({
             realm.create('PersonObject', {name: 'Alex', age: 12, married: true});
         });
 
-        TestCase.assertThrows(function() { 
+        // Should be able to pass constructor for getting objects.
+        var objects = realm.objects(schemas.PersonObject);
+        TestCase.assertTrue(objects[0] instanceof schemas.PersonObject);
+
+        function InvalidPerson() {}
+        InvalidPerson.schema = schemas.PersonObject.schema;
+
+        TestCase.assertThrows(function() {
             realm.objects();
         });
-        TestCase.assertThrows(function() { 
+        TestCase.assertThrows(function() {
             realm.objects([]);
         });
-        TestCase.assertThrows(function() { 
+        TestCase.assertThrows(function() {
             realm.objects('InvalidClass');
         });
-        TestCase.assertThrows(function() { 
+        TestCase.assertThrows(function() {
             realm.objects('PersonObject', 'truepredicate');
         });
+        TestCase.assertThrows(function() {
+            realm.objects(InvalidPerson);
+        });
     },
 
     testNotifications: function() {