Majolica Palissy Snake Vase Thomas Sergent, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Small Palissy trunk vase with a colored snake around the vase attributed to the School of Paris, circa 1880. The School of Paris was composed by makers as Victor Barbizet, Francois ...
Majolica
$5,950Sale Price / set|30% Off
2 Antique French Sarregumines Majolica Snake Serpent Mantel Vase Urn 17"
By Sarreguemines
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of very large and impressive late 19th century Sarregumines majolica pottery vases - classical urn shape with coiled double headed snake / serpent handles, brown and white multi...
Majolica
$10,380Sale Price|22% Off
Guido Gambone Green Snake Vase, 1950s, Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Vessel, Italy
By Guido Gambone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Guido Gambone green snake vase, 1950s, Mid-Century Modern ceramic vessel, Italy. Guido Gambone (Italian, 1909 - 1969) Green and white snake design ceramic vase. Signed (Signature and...
Ceramic
Hugely Oversized Turkish Brass Teapot with Snakes
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive huge Turkish teapot handcrafted in brass featuring a fluted lid structure with finial on a bulbous container engraved with symbols and wearing a stone beaded necklace with...
Stone, Brass
Large French Majolica Bird and Snake Jardinière, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large French 19th century Majolica jardinière in a shape of wood box decorated with leaves, on the front a bird with his nest, a snake looking on the nest with eggs. Palissy style, ...
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience, Pottery
19th Century French Painted Porcelain Cache Pot with Snake Handles from Gien
By Gien
Located in Dallas, TX
This round and colorful antique planter was created in “Faïencerie de Gien," France, circa 1890. The large porcelain flower pot has intertwined snake handles, and features traditiona...
Porcelain
A George Jones Majolica 'Palissy Vase' with Snake Handle, English, ca. 1870
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Highly Important George Jones Majolica 'Palissy Vase,' molded as an obovoid-form ewer, the rustic bark ground with molded green-glazed leaves and ferns, molded and applied with thr...
Majolica
Black Snake Glass Sculpted Vase
Located in Newburgh, NY
Made of black iridescent glass, this solid sculpted coil vase was made by Romina Gonzales in 2014. Due to the nature of the making process, this sculpture is not water tight.
Glass, Art Glass
French Pottery Vase with Raised Snake and Frog Design
Located in Nashville, TN
Lovely 19th century blue and green vase with scalloped opening.
Antique Black Stoneware Etched Snake Motif Vase, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A unique mat-black etched vase with a snake motif. This beautiful vessel is hand-crafted and decorated around the body with textured snakes around the side.
Clay
Snake Vase by Maurizio Cattelan
By Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Inspired by Chinese porcelain, this kitschy, substantially-sized vase by the art world's favorite jokester and satirist, Maurizio Cattelan (et al. at Toiletpaper) is a statement piec...
Porcelain
Hand Made Pottery Glazed Coiled Snake Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Folk art hand made double snake vase from the early 2000’s. Signed on the underside with illegible signature.
Pottery
Large Meissen Porcelain Vase with Handles Shaped as Snakes, 1870s-1880s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Large Meissen porcelain vase with handles shaped like snakes, 1870s-1880s. In very good condition. Stamped. Measures: 28 x 16.5 cm.
Porcelain
21st Century Nason and Moretti Murano Blown Glass "Snake" Vase, Italy, 2023
By Nason and Moretti, Stefano Marcato
Located in Cagliari, IT
In purple and green colors. NasonMoretti, born in 1923, creates its products in a limited number, adressind those who are not easily pleased, those who love and search for value and ...
Blown Glass
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H 20 in W 12.5 in D 11.5 in
19th Century French Hand Painted Porcelain Vase with Snake Handles from Gien
By Gien
Located in Dallas, TX
Created in France circa 1890 by the faiencerie de Gien, the antique vase is round in shape and stands on a circular base decorated with bird and leaf motifs. The large vessel feature...
Porcelain
French Palissy Majolica Jardiniere with Snake Handles
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
French Palissy Majolica footed jardiniere, which features branch handles with snakes coiled around. The sides of the bowl have applied flowers, leaves, moths lizards and shells. The ...
Majolica
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H 7.5 in W 16.25 in D 10.75 in
Antique French Majolica Cache Pot Planter Jardiniere Sarreguemines Snake & Lion
By Sarreguemines
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Majolica Cache Pot Planter Jardiniere Sarreguemines Snake Handle & Lions. Direct from Sarreguemines, France, a gorgeous, authentic French majolica jardiniere. The bea...
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
19th Century French Painted Porcelain Cache Pot with Snake Handles from Gien
By Gien
Located in Dallas, TX
This round and colorful antique planter was created in “Faïencerie de Gien," France, circa 1890. The large porcelain flower pot has intertwined snake handles, and features traditiona...
Porcelain
Italian Art Deco Vase Black and Gold 24K in Blown Murano Glass, 1980s
Located in Villaverla, IT
This amazing portrait is entirely handcrafted in blown Murano Glass, in the Murano glass island of Venice, its manufacture is date 1980s. This magnificent vase is made up of a main ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-19th Century Manuel Mafra Caldas Portuguese Palissy Snake Handled Large Vase
By Manuel Mafra 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and excellent quality manuel mafra, Palissy ware vase, Caldas, Portugal, circa 1865-1887. A bulbous, iridescent brown glazed body with a tall trumpet neck, applied with v...
Ceramic
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H 3.55 in Dm 0.04 in
1920 Rene Lalique Serpent Perfume Bottle Clear Glass with Black Patina, Snake
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Rene Lalique "Serpent" perfume bottle made in 1920 in molded clear glass with black patina. Molded signature. Perfect original condition. Tooth is complete and not polished a...
Blown Glass
French Majolica Bird & Snake Jardiniere, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French 19th Majolica jardiniere in a shape of wood box decorated with leaves, on the front a bird with his nest, a snake looking on the nest with eggs. Palissy style, circa 1890. M...
Majolica
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H 27 in W 12 in D 11 in
Large Louis XV Style Marble and Gilt Bronze Ormolu Snake Handled Urn, France
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Large decorative Amphora style cast gilt bronze metal and black marble urn featuring snake handles and berry cluster finial. This piece is extremely heavy and will require a strong/s...
Marble, Metal
Santa Clara Pueblo Blackware Pottery Ananyu 'Snake' Vase/Jar
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful small traditionally created blackware vase/vessel with snake ("Ananyu") pattern by Fidel (Native American, 1936 - 2018) and Tonita Naranjo (Native American, 1940-2007), cir...
Ceramic, Clay
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H 22 in W 14.75 in D 10.5 in
Monumental Pair Majolica Palissy Blue Medusa Vases, Snakes, School of Paris 1870
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Monumental pair of Majolica Palissy Cobalt blue ground Medusa vases, School of Paris, circa 1870, each of waisted cylindrical form, with snakes coiled on the simulated branch handles...
Majolica
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H 15.75 in Dm 10.24 in
Italian Art Deco Vase Black and Gold 24 Karat in Blown Murano Glass, 1980s
Located in Villaverla, IT
This amazing portrait is entirely handcrafted in blown Murano Glass, in the Murano glass island of Venice, its manufacture is date 1980s. This magnificent vase is made up of a main ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Large Green and Black Vase with Snakes
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Large green and black vase with snakes. Tribal patterns hand carved into terracotta and snakes.
Terracotta
Art Glass Large Red Vase Snake Wrapped, Vintage, Signed and Dated
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Glorious contemporary large hand blown red, black, and orange art glass vase. Black snake form wrapped around the body with an artful snake head with tongue waving; black and orange...
Glass
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.
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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.
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