French Art Nouveau Drip Glaze Jardinière in Earth Tones
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This striking French jardinière is a beautiful example of early 20th-century Art Nouveau ceramic artistry, distinguished by its richly textured surface and exceptional flowing glaze....
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
Art Nouveau Faience Handled Vase with Drip Glaze, Belgium
By Thulin, Denbac, Wasmuel Majolica
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Soft, organic palette of the glaze and graphic shape make the vase an important example of Belgian art pottery of Art Nouveau period.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Danish Art Nouveau MA&S Tall Ceramic Table Lamp Purple Beige Drip Glaze, 1920s
By Daniel Folkmann Andersen, Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Here is a tall ceramic table lamp from Michael Andersen & Søn (MA&S). It is in the Danish Art Nouveau style called "Skønvirke" with a drip glaze in purple, beige and blue colors.
Metal
Edda Series Drip Vase with Four Handles by Fritz Eichmann for RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel, Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Model #3622. Created by Eduard Stellmacher after design by Fritz Eichmann Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the la...
Stoneware
French Art Nouveau Ceramic Pot by Leon Pointu Brown Yellow
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
French Art Nouveau pot. An attractively drip glazed pot, of bulging squat bottle form, with a very prominent and dramatic flowing brown glaze over a subtle ochre body.
Ceramic
Belgian Art Nouveau Drip Glazed Provincial Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Belgian Art Nouveau twin handled art pottery vase decorated in streaked glazes dating from around 1900. The earthenware vase is of tall cylindrical shape with a rounded bow...
Pottery
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H 18.51 in Dm 10.24 in
Antique Belgian Art Nouveau Drip Glazed Pottery Lidded Jar, Faiencerie De Thulin
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE FAIENCE LIDDED JAR/VASE/URN An impressive and decorative ceramic lidded jar or vase of large bulbous form with multicoloured drip glaze. Made by Faiencerie de Thulin near...
Ceramic, Pottery
Art Nouveau Majolica Cachepot Drip Glazed, France, circa 1905
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Combined with the beautiful drip glaze showing beautiful green, blue and grey tones, this item is a true eye-catcher.
Majolica
Gilbert Metenier Drip Glazed Art Pottery Vases, 2
By Gilbert Metenier
Located in Astoria, NY
Gilbert Metenier (French, XIX-XX) Pair of Drip Glazed Art Pottery Vases, each with two handles and signed to the underside. 11.25" H x 6.5" W x 5" D. Provenance: From a Sutton Pl...
Pottery
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H 2.75 in W 9 in D 9 in
Art Nouveau Stoneware Copper Drip Bowl in Silver Mount by Auguste Delaherche
By Antoine Cardeilhac, Auguste Delaherche, Hughes-Paul-Lucien Bonvallet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Model #3289. Mount designed by Lucien Bonvallet (1861-1919), Metalsmith: Antoine-Ernest Cardeilach (1851-1904) Auguste Delaherche turned the science of experimentation in ceramic w...
Silver
A Christopher Dresser Drip Glaze Vase as a Lamp
By Christopher Dresser
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1880 An Art Nouveau amphora vase with polychrome drip glaze designed by Christopher Dresser for Linthorpe Pottery, now mounted as a lamp.
Ceramic
Belgian Art Nouveau Drip Glazed Provincial Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Belgian Art Nouveau twin handled art pottery vase decorated in streaked glazes dating from around 1900. The earthenware vase is of tall cylindrical shape with a rounded bow...
Pottery
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H 17.13 in Dm 5.91 in
Flemish Studio Pottery Art Nouveau Drip Glazed Earthenware Vase 1900s Folk Art
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
The vase is a rainbow of colours created by a drip glaze of brown, blue, yellow and orange. It has then been decorated with an art nouveau style motif - a stylized applique fleur-de-...
Earthenware, Pottery
Art Nouveau Stoneware Copper Drip Vase by Augusta Delaherche
By Auguste Delaherche
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Model #6006. Auguste Delaherche turned the science of experimentation in ceramic ware into an art form. Coming from a long tradition of potters in the Beauvais region of France datin...
Stoneware
Early 20th Century U.S.A. Pottery Drip Glaze Planter
Located in Doylestown, PA
Beautiful early 20th century drip glaze planter. Handcrafted during WWI, the planter is marked U.S.A. on the bottom to denote country of origin as some studios chose to express their...
Ceramic
Large Arts and Crafts Pottery Floor Vase Heavy Drip Glaze Early 20th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Large antique art pottery floor vase. Heavy drip glaze. Possibly Belgian. Early 20th century. Unmarked.
Ceramic, Pottery
Belgian Art Nouveau Style Drip Glaze Tulip Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vintage vase in the Art Nouveau style made in Belgium, circa 1940s.
Ceramic, Pottery
W.C. Brouwer, Very Large Ceramic Vase With Drip Glaze, ca. 1910
By Willem Coenraad Brouwer, Fabriek van Brouwer's Aardewerk
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Very large ceramic vase with drip glaze by Dutch sculptor and ceramist W.C. Brouwer, made in his own workshop. The vase is signed by Brouwer on the bottom. Willem Coenraad Brouwer...
Earthenware
French Art Nouveau Vase with Flambé Glaze by Charles Greber
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau flambé or drip glazed vase was made by Charles Greber (1853-1935), a well-known ceramist from Beauvais who worked in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles.
French Denbac Pottery Vase with Iridescence, Drip and Crystalline Glaze
By Denbac
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The multicolored glaze consist of pale greens, mauves and lavender with warm ivory and a translucent brown drip glaze which darkens as it travels down the body.
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Michael Andersen & Söner, Danish Iridescent and Drip Glaze Ceramic Figure on Urn
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The drip-glazed mythical creature depicted with a lion's head, a dragon body and large splayed feet, mounted to a bowl shaped urn in iridescent black glaze, raised on a waisted stem ...
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Earthenware Vase, Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s
By Harald Östergren, Vicke Lindstrand, Upsala Ekeby, Anna-Lisa Thomson, Rörstrand
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Warm marbled yellow modern art nouveau vase by Upsala Ekeby in the 1940s. Soft shaped glazed ceramic vase with two small spouts and fluted wavey coral red handles. Stamped and number...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery, Stoneware
Vallauris Glazed Art Nouveau Planter Jardinière, 1930s
By Vallauris AM
Located in Verviers, BE
Brilliant handmade hand glazed Art Nouveau planter jardinière, 1930s Wonderful Art Nouveau period/ monumental ceramic planter jardinière, handmade and hand-glazed in brilliant blue ...
Majolica
Circa 1910 French Art Nouveau Three-Handled Vase by Alphonse Cytère
By Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Cytère 1
Located in Paris, FR
French Art Nouveau ceramic vase by Alphonse Cytère, circa 1910. The three-handled body is finished with the distinctive metallic surface associated with Cytère’s work and bears a sig...
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Vase w. Spectacular Crystalline Glaze attr. to Sarrguemines
By Sarreguemines
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This Art Nouveau vase features an extraordinary crystalline glaze that enhances its elegant, flowing form. The vase’s surface is adorned with unique, intricate patterns created by th...
Ceramic
20th Century Belgian Ceramic Vase, Lobed Form, Art Nouveau Style
Located in High Point, NC
20th Century Belgian Ceramic Vase. This beautifully glazed vessel features a rounded, lobed form with a sculptural relief pattern encircling the body. The rich gradient glaze transit...
Ceramic
20th Century Art Nouveau Majolica Vase by Gerbing & Stephan, AT ca. 1910
By Gerbing & Stephan
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable, rare Art Nouveau majolica vase by the world famous manufactory of Gerbing & Stephan from the early period in Austria around 1910. The beautiful shaped grey blue color...
Ceramic, Majolica
Italian Balboa Murano Purple Glass Table Lamp
By Balboa
Located in Stamford, CT
Petite Murano glass table or vanity lamp by Balboa. Newly wired with brass fittings and new Lucite base. Light purple glass with light pink detailing. Glass portion retains original ...
Blown Glass, Lucite
Signed Handcrafted Stoneware Vase with Rich Earthy Glaze
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This signed handcrafted stoneware vase is a stunning example of artisan ceramic craftsmanship, featuring an organic, nature-inspired aesthetic. The piece is beautifully glazed with a...
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Diskometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Early Disko Metal Vase with Floral Motif designed by Just Andersen in the 1920s. * Diskometal vase with a floral motif * Designer: Just Andersen * Model: D88 * Period: 1926–1929 * ...
Metal
$1,025
H 20.5 in Dm 14.5 in
Large Ochre and Green Glazed Ceramic Planter with Tiered Earth-Tone Finish
Located in Yonkers, NY
This substantial artisan-made ceramic planter features a striking, tiered glaze that moves from matte ochre at the rim to a deep, glossy green at the base. The upper register is soft...
Ceramic
Glazed Art Nouveau Centerpiece Planter Jardinière, 1930s
Located in Verviers, BE
Brilliant handmade hand glazed Art Nouveau planter jardinière, 1930s Wonderful Art Nouveau period/ monumental ceramic planter jardinière, handmade and hand-glazed in brilliant blue ...
Majolica
Art Nouveau Porcelain Vase by Ernest Chaplet
By Ernest Chaplet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The Venus of Willendorf if she were a pot; this diminutive size is perfectly suited for holding in your hands. This pot is meant to be caressed. Its rather buxom top narrows at the w...
Enamel
$4,045
H 4.45 in Dm 3.15 in
Johann Lötz Witwe Art Nouveau Vase Argus Phenomenon Gre 2/351, Austria Ca 1904
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
Mould blown, conically widening body on a flush round base, forming rounded shoulders, neck constriction with flared rim, shoulders indented four times, ground and polished pontil. ...
Glass
Vintage Chinese Brown and Blue Glazed Ceramic Planter with Rounded Form
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage Chinese ceramic planter is notable for its rich, atmospheric glaze and generous, rounded form. The body is finished in deep brown tones that transition organically into ...
Ceramic
Alfredo Santarelli Ceramics Vase Maiolica hand-glazed Italy 1920s
Located in Palermo, IT
Valuable Majolica bowl vase with metallic lustre, cornucopia, bust of a woman and ochre leafy scrolls on a blue background. Italian manufacture from the 1920s by Alfredo Santarelli, ...
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Three-Handled Vase by RStK Amphora with Gilding
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Model #3356 Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
Earthenware, Glass
$625Sale Price|50% Off
H 6.25 in Dm 3.5 in
Art Nouveau Style Art Glass Vase Signed Contemporary, circa 1980s
By Robert Eickholt
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful contemporary art glass vase in the Art Nouveau style, by artist Robert Eickholt, circa 1980s. Vase is signed "Eickholt" and dated "1988" on bottom as shown in last t...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Upsala Ekeby, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A green-glazed earthenware vase produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1930s.
Earthenware
Small Majolica Cache Pot Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1890
By Jerome Massier Fils
Located in Austin, TX
French purple Majolica Cache Pot Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1890. Height / 3.8 inches. Diameter / 5.8 inches.
Ceramic
$62,000
H 29.75 in W 10.5 in D 10.5 in
Monumental Amphora Art Nouveau Vase w/Saurian by Eduard Stellmacher & Co.
By Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Model #2 Eduard Stellmacher and Co, Porzellanfabrik und Kunstkeramische Industriewerke Driven to establish a new company that produced luxury porcelain and ceramic items based on h...
Earthenware
French Art Nouveau Ceramic Planter or Vase circa 1910
Located in Miami, FL
Art Nouveau Ceramic Planter or Vase circa 1910 Spectacular jardinière or centerpiece with relief flowers and leaves on the two sides
Ceramic
Emile Galle Art Glass Cameo Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Emile Galle Art Glass Cameo Vase. It is an elongated ovoid shaped vase. It has a frosted orange glass at the upper top highlighted by different shades of this color. The o...
Art Glass
Turquoise Blue Pottery Vase
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Modern turquoise blue Amphora pottery vase, circa early-20th century, USA. Very good condition as shown in images. No chips noted. Dimensions: 5" D x 5" W x 6.5" Height. ...
Clay
Hermann August Kahler Art Deco Danish Ceramic Vase
By Herman A. Kahler Keramik
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Herman August Kahler Art Deco Danish ceramic vase.
Ceramic
Vase by Gallé, signed
By Émile Gallé
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Vase by Gallé Emile Gallé (1846-1904) was a French artist, designer, and entrepreneur known for his unique glassworks and furniture in the Art Nouveau style. Gallé was born in Nancy...
Glass
$3,236
H 8.27 in Dm 2.37 in
Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase with Orchid Oncidium Motif Nancy France 1894-1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
Rare Emile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Orchid Oncidium Motif — Nancy, France, Circa 1894–1904 Baluster-shaped vase, multilayer cased glass, green, colorless, and violet h...
Art Glass
$7,000
H 17 in W 6.25 in D 6.25 in
Art Nouveau Ginko Leaf Vase Attrib to Paul Dachsel For Czechoslovakian Amphora
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Earthenware
Lizard Vase by Eduard Stellmacher for RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Amphora
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Earthenware
Elegant Crystalline Glaze Porcelain Vase, University City, Taxile Doat
By Taxile Doat
Located in Riverdale, NY
Elegant thrown porcelain vase with an expansive and vibrant aquamarine crystalline glaze on a sand colored base by master French ceramist Taxile Doat, from the University City Porcel...
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Lightning Bolt Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Model #3787. Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an op...
Earthenware, Glass
Art Nouveau "Vase with Bat" by Eduard Stellmacher for RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel, Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Earthenware
Art Nouveau Vase with Cuttlefish & Hermit Crab by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Porcelain
In its sinuous lines and flamboyant curves inspired by the natural world, antique Art Nouveau furniture reflects a desire for freedom from the stuffy social and artistic strictures of the Victorian era. The Art Nouveau movement developed in the decorative arts in France and Britain in the early 1880s and quickly became a dominant aesthetic style in Western Europe and the United States.
ORIGINS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Art Nouveau — which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. Although Art Deco and Art Nouveau were both in the forefront of turn-of-the-20th-century design, they are very different styles — Art Deco is marked by bold, geometric shapes while Art Nouveau incorporates dreamlike, floral motifs. The latter’s signature motif is the "whiplash" curve — a deep, narrow, dynamic parabola that appears as an element in everything from chair arms to cabinetry and mirror frames.
The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau was particularly influenced by the soft colors and abstract images of nature seen in Japanese art prints, which arrived in large numbers in the West after open trade was forced upon Japan in the 1860s. Impressionist artists were moved by the artistic tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and Japonisme — a term used to describe the appetite for Japanese art and culture in Europe at the time — greatly informed Art Nouveau.
The Art Nouveau style quickly reached a wide audience in Europe via advertising posters, book covers, illustrations and other work by such artists as Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha. While all Art Nouveau designs share common formal elements, different countries and regions produced their own variants.
In Scotland, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a singular, restrained look based on scale rather than ornament; a style best known from his narrow chairs with exceedingly tall backs, designed for Glasgow tea rooms. Meanwhile in France, Hector Guimard — whose iconic 1896 entry arches for the Paris Metro are still in use — and Louis Majorelle produced chairs, desks, bed frames and cabinets with sweeping lines and rich veneers.
The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil ("Youth Style") in Germany, and in Austria the designers of the Vienna Secession group — notably Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich — produced a relatively austere iteration of the Art Nouveau style, which mixed curving and geometric elements.
Art Nouveau revitalized all of the applied arts. Ceramists such as Ernest Chaplet and Edmond Lachenal created new forms covered in novel and rediscovered glazes that produced thick, foam-like finishes. Bold vases, bowls and lighting designs in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by Émile Gallé and the Daum Freres appeared in France, while in New York the glass workshop-cum-laboratory of Louis Comfort Tiffany — the core of what eventually became a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory called Tiffany Studios — brought out buoyant pieces in opalescent favrile glass.
Jewelry design was revolutionized, as settings, for the first time, were emphasized as much as, or more than, gemstones. A favorite Art Nouveau jewelry motif was insects (think of Tiffany, in his famed Dragonflies glass lampshade).
Like a mayfly, Art Nouveau was short-lived. The sensuous, languorous style fell out of favor early in the 20th century, deemed perhaps too light and insubstantial for European tastes in the aftermath of World War I. But as the designs on 1stDibs demonstrate, Art Nouveau retains its power to fascinate and seduce.
There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse an extraordinary collection of original antique Art Nouveau furniture on 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.
For thousands of years, vases and vessels have had meaningful functional value in civilizations all over the world. In Ancient Greece, ceramic vessels were used for transporting water and dry goods, holding bouquets of flowers, for storage and more. Outside of utilitarian use, in cities such as Athens, vases were a medium for artistic expression — pottery was a canvas for artists to illustrate their cultures’ unique people, beliefs and more. And pottery skills were handed down from fathers to sons.
Every antique and vintage vase and vessel, from decorative Italian urns to French 19th-century Louis XVI–style lidded vases, carries with it a rich, layered story.
On 1stDibs, there is a vast array of vases and vessels in a variety of colors, sizes and shapes. Our collection features vessels made from delicate materials such as ceramic and glass as well as durable materials like rustproof metals and stone.
A contemporary vase can help introduce an air of elegance to your minimalist space while an antique Chinese jar would make a luxurious addition to an Asian-inspired interior. Alternatively, if you’re looking for a statement piece, consider an Art Deco vase crafted by Italian architect and furniture designer Gio Ponti.
Vases and vessels — be they handmade pots, handblown glass wine bottles or otherwise — are versatile, practical decorative objects, and no matter your particular design preferences, furniture style or color scheme, they can add beauty and warmth to any home. Find yours on 1stDibs today.