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Material: Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Centerpiece 1860 - 1924
Located in Milano, MI
Hand-painted Meissen Porcelain centerpiece, 1860s - 1924 era. Two slight internal cracks are present as shown in the photos.
Ø cm 28 Ø cm 25 h cm 10
Meissen porcelain is considere...
Category
Early 1900s German Baroque Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Hand Painted Porcelain Shoes from Herend 1960s
By Herend
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of hand-painted porcelain shoes from Herend, made in the 1960s
Ø cm 10 h cm 5
Herend porcelains are among the most prestigious and sought-after in the world. Made in Hungary s...
Category
1960s Hungarian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Jacob Petit (1796-1868) - Pair of Rococo Revival Vases
By Jacob Petit
Located in DELFT, NL
Very ornate pair of French romantic vases by Jacob Petit, Paris
Baluster form, heavy white porcelain vases on stands with floral sprays within a raised and gilt acanthus scoll and s...
Category
19th Century European Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,697 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Old Paris Porcelain Empire Baskets
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An elegant pair of old Paris Porcelain openwork circular baskets, dating from the 19th century Empire period, and embellished with fine gilding throughout. These very decorative piec...
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,250 / set
Green & Gold Pair of French Art Deco Porcelain Vases by Sarreguemines
Located in Miami, FL
Trendy Green & Gold vases
Intricately detailed pair of French Art Deco porcelain vases manufactured by Sarreguemines. These fine quality vas...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Hand Painted Midnight Blue Porcelain Vessels by Fiamma, Italy 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Two charming 1950s midnight blue porcelain vessels, made by the Italian porcelain studio Fiamma from Sesto Florentino, Italy. Hand painted pattern in gold, green and red. Marked with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Heavily Textured Stoneware, Porcelain Black, White, Pink, Red Clay Vessel
Located in London, GB
A large heavily textured volcanic vase with black, white and brown glaze and markings. Wide necked vessel with a bellied form. Made from black textured s...
Category
2010s European Modern Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Set of Three Large Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases with Gilt Bronze Pedestals
Located in London, GB
Set of three large Sèvres style porcelain vases with gilt bronze pedestals.
French, Early 20th Century
Large Vase: Height 162cm, width 63cm, depth 48cm.
Large Vases Pedestal: Heig...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu
Magnificent Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Pink Chinese Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Magnificent Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Pink Chinese Porcelain Vases – A Fusion of East and West
This fabulous and large pair of 19th-century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain covered vases / jars is a stunning testament to the opulence and artistry of the era. The exquisite pink ground porcelain, an export creation from late 19th-century China, features vivid hand-painted enamel decorations depicting majestic Chinese roosters...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Vases Urns Covers Nanking Blue & White 22"
Located in Wilton, CT
Pair antique Chinese export porcelain rectangular form urns with covers, in Nanking pattern, circa 1790's. Good color and crisp detail. Fanciful dragon form handles. These make an im...
Category
1790s Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Sèvres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Jardinière and Vase Garniture Suite
Located in London, GB
Sèvres style porcelain and gilt bronze jardinière and vase garniture suite
French, late 19th century
Measures: Vases: height 72cm, width 36cm, depth 22cm
Urn: height 53cm, width 5...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu
Castilian Ornamental Porcelain & Brass Elephant Horn Drinking Hunt Vase 26"
Located in Dayton, OH
Ornamental hunt theme drinking horn / centerpiece trophy / cornucopia epergne / flower vase featuring a tapered pedestal base with brass capped feet and circus Elephant balancing a porcelain horn or tusk. Stamped on base, Item No. 4052-C4A. Castilian Imports...
Category
Late 20th Century British Colonial Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Brass
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Set 3 Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Black Green Tall Baluster Jars with Cover
Located in New York, NY
Monumental set of 3 vintage Mid-20th Century Chinese Export jet black and light green wash Tall Baluster Jars with lid. These round decorative earthenware vases, entirely handcrafted...
Category
1970s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Enamel
Sèvres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Jardiniere and Vase Garniture
Located in London, GB
This exquisite, three-piece garniture will make a wonderful addition to a mantelpiece, niche or table, where its fine design and craftsmanship can be properly enjoyed.
The garnitur...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Gilt Bronze Mounted / Sevres Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th Century gilt bronze mounted Sevres porcelain enameled decorative centerpiece. The piece is in great condition. Minor wear appropriate with a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Clock Garniture with Sèvres Style Porcelain and Ormolu
Located in London, GB
This fantastic porcelain clock garniture contains three vases, one of which has been mounted with a ormolu clock dial with jewels surrounding it. The vases are decorated in the style of the Sèvres Porcelain manufacturers, with cartouches to the front and back. The panels on the front depict ladies and putti in a landscape, while the reverse sides depict riverbanks. The vases are set on ormolu bases with canted angles, and feature twin ormolu handles which take the form of masks. The central vase is surmounted by an ormolu putti...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Asymmetric Kitsch Mediterranean Motif Porcelain Wall Plates, WG 1962
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of asymmetric porcelain plates, for putting over table or hung on a wall. Fabricated in West Germany in 1962. Hand-painted kitsch mediterranean mid-century drawing motifs. Marke...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French 19th C Pink Ground Sevres Style 3-Piece Pot-Pourri/Candelabra Set
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary and fantastic quality antique French Louis XVI style and sevres style pink ground three piece pot-pourri and four arm candelabra garniture set. This unusual and quit...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
French Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style 4-Piece Garniture Set
By Samson & Cie
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style 4-Piece Garniture Set
France, Circa 1950s
Consisting of four pieces, each one decorated in the Chinese Export style with hanging baskets of flowers in vignettes with floral surrounds, painted in a subtle palette of reds, blues and gilt decoration.
The two covered vases with resting lion lids...
Category
20th Century French Chinese Export Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,196 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Three-Piece Paris Porcelain Vanity Set, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Three-piece Paris porcelain vanity set, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pattern 1166 Campana Vase. Spode, C1820
By Spode
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Classical meets regency: A miniature campana vase, decorated with pattern 1166. This pattern, despite its lasting popularity, has never been given a common name; perhaps because of t...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Porcelain Urns, a Pair
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptional matching pair of exhibition quality bisque porcelain urns / vases, very fine French work, elegant Louis XVI style, finished with luxurious Neoclassical taste, the magnificent, richly decorated ovoid form antique urns / vases adorned in sumptuous finely gilded, chiseled and chased ormolu mounts.
Made in France in the late 19th century, having shaped rope twist handles rising above classical female mask mounts decorating the sides, bands of decadent gold-tone gilded bronze floral garland and ribbon draped laurel swags flanked by exuberant scallop-shell running ornamentation, complementing the matte white color of the bisque porcelain.
The waisted neck and slightly flared rim with simple decoration, the waisted pedestal base ornamented with stylized acanthus leaves in gilt bronze, leading to a cavetto square white marble socle encircled with stepped scrolling foliate festoon ornamental gilt...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Pair of Decorative Vases in Royal Blue Porcelain and Gilt
Located in London, GB
A pair of gilt bronze and porcelain vases.
Rising from a rounded cut-corner square marble base, the miniature blue de roi-glazed porcelain ewers dressed with gilt bronze mounts; t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Sèvres Porcelain Clock Garniture Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Royal Louis XVI Style Three-Piece Sèvres Gilt and Cobalt-Blue Ground Ormolu-Mounted Porcelain Urn and Clock Garniture Set. The finely decorated figura...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Hand-Painted Decorative Vases with Japanese-Inspired Design
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This exquisite pair of antique French vases combines European craftsmanship with Japanese-inspired artistry, resulting in a timeless and unique decorative statement. Each vase featur...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Gold
Fine 19th Century Clock Set Garniture by Jacob Petit
By Jacob Petit
Located in London, GB
An elegant Rococo garniture by Jacob Petit, Paris, circa 1860. The clock is elaborately hand-painted with flower cartouches, as are the matching vases and a pair of Meissen style figurines, depicting gardners adorn the foot of the clock. The clock and its matching vases with their lattie-edged rims rest on bases rather than on porcelain feet.
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Very Early Meissen Lidded Tureen With Cornucopia Putto On Presentoir, 1763-1773
Located in Vienna, AT
Oval porcelain vessel on a flat stand with slightly bulging walls, with two rocaille handles with asparagus bundles, the slightly outward-turned opening edge serving as a support for...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Meissen Snake Handled Vases 19th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
A large and decorative pair of Meissen porcelain vases, of ancient Roman krater form, with handles shaped as entwined serpents.
Highly ornamental, these vases represent an interesti...
Category
Early 19th Century German Empire Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$4,500 / set
Vase with Foliate Rim II, Unique White Porcelain Vase by Vivienne Foley
Located in London, GB
‘Vase with Foliate Rim II' is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley.
Vivienne Foley is based in Gloucestershire where she produces exquisite ceramic sculpture. Although in essence they are often functional pieces in form, it is their appearance that makes each unique work so much more. From dramatic structures to gentle sweeping curves, Foley's inherent understanding of porcelain is more than evident and testament to her patience with this most difficult of materials.
Having worked with porcelain for over 5 decades, it is Foley’s dedication that gives her such sensitivity towards her medium. This combined with her expert glazing and acknowledgement of this material’s vast history, results in very fresh and modern works that equally pay homage to what has gone before. Flower forms, poppy heads, bracts and petals translate into foliate rims and sinuous necks, carved and pleated or swept into a spiral. A contemporary marriage of craft, history and nature.
In her own words:
“As a professional potter I have been producing thrown porcelains for over fifty years and so logic would dictate that I have ‘seen it all, done it all’ by now, but on the contrary I still continue to be challenged and interested. The technical frustrations and the uncertainty of results all seem worthwhile when one opens a successful kiln firing. The heart leaps!
I have never been afraid to push my materials to the limit, to accept failures and to follow trails, but I am always excited when basic techniques and familiar methods result in something new. My primary interest is in ‘form’ and in finding solutions for what I call ‘damp engineering’. The comparatively non-plastic nature of porcelain dictates my having to join sections together, but a form must ‘flow’ and construction methods should not be obvious.
Over the years I have fired every sort of kiln and dallied with glazes, spending untold hours testing and rejecting, but since I now work in a small space I find simple black and white glazes and slips are less distracting and best enhance my forms.
I am not influenced by any particular thing – rather, I am interested in everything; always looking for quality and workmanship. I love all aspects of the design world from architecture to textiles. Museums, galleries and exhibitions are my addiction, with photography and the natural world a constant inspiration.
My travels to China and my ongoing study of Chinese ceramics have also been an enduring theme and I have been lucky enough to handle and photograph some of the world’s great collections”
Foley has a global following and is represented in private and public collections world wide.
Public Collections and Acquisitions
National Museum of Ireland, Dublin • Limerick City Art Gallery • Ulster Museum, N. Ireland • Crafts Council of Ireland • Centre of Ceramic Art, York Museums Trust • Southampton City Art Gallery • Leeds Museums & Galleries • US Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith • President Hillery of Ireland • President Mary Robinson...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Sevres style lidded vases.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French Sevres style porcelain lidded vases with ormolu mounts, each having a cobalt blue ground, gilded foliate decoration, inset hand painted panels depicting...
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Garniture Of Mid 18th Century Dutch Delft Blue And White Vases
Located in Southall, GB
A stunning Garniture Of Mid 18th Century Dutch Delft Blue And White Vases.
The set molded with petal-form segments throughout and each raised on a foot with convex profile above a se...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
$4,875 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A Fine Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Painted Porcelain Vases and Eagle Finial Cove
Located in New York, NY
This fine pair of ribbed porcelain vases or Potpourri vases are based on a Berlin Kannelierte Porpourri pair. Hand painted in Austria, the pair were sent to France for the gilt bronz...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Three-Piece Louis XV and Sèvres Style Clock and Ewer Set
Located in London, GB
Antique Three-piece Louis XV and Sèvres style clock and ewer set
French, late 19th century
Dimensions: Height 36cm, width 34cm, depth 12cm
Consisting of a central mantel clock a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large Sevres style comport, circa 1880.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Sevres style porcelain and pierced gilded ormolu comport. Having a turquoise ground, with gilded highlights and an inset hand painted pan...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Three-Piece Garniture
Located in Cypress, CA
Outstanding and very impressive French style painted ormolu mounted porcelain three piece garniture.
The centerpiece is a hand-decorated porcel...
Category
Late 20th Century Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique Spode Topographical Porcelain Cobalt Blue Border Shrimp Bowls
By Spode
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very Fine pair of Spode porcelain shrimp bowls.
With rich gilding, underglaze cobalt blue borders, and hand painted topographical scenes at their centers.
One scene depicts f...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Sevres Style Garniture, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive, beautifully painted Sevres style porcelain garniture, having a pair of lidded urns on either side of a large comport, with gilde...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu
$33,855 / set
Impressive 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Garniture Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very impressive late 19th century gilt bronze mounted cobalt blue Sèvres style porcelain three piece garniture.
The impressive...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Japanese Imari Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This clock set contains three pieces: namely, a mantel clock and a pair of flanking candelabra. The mantel clock is designed about a Japanese porcelain vase, known as Imari ware. This white ground vase, painted in reds and blues and ornamented with foliate forms, functions as the clock case, the dial centrally mounted and encompassed by Rococo style gilt bronze motifs. This vase is supported by a gilt bronze base, which is profusely ornamented with gilt bronze acanthus leaves, garlands, and, most distinctly, a pair of putti. The vase is mounted with lion head handles to each side, also of gilt bronze, while the lid of the vase is topped by a gilt bronze finial in the form of a putto.
The candelabra are similarly decorated and of similar construction, each one being built about a smaller Imari...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$60,940 / set
Delft Garniture Set, 18th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-painted set of blue and white delft porcelain. Three covered vases and two trumpet vases. The lids depict perched birds. The vases ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Forget Me Not VI, Unique Porcelain Vase with Floral Decoration by Amy Hughes
By Amy Hughes
Located in London, GB
'Forget Me Not VI' is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Amy Hughes.
Originally from West Yorkshire, Amy Hughes lives and works in London. She shares a st...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Gold
Three-Piece English Porcelain Assembled Garniture, Spode, circa 1810
By Spode
Located in New York, NY
Signed Spode with the pattern number '2575'.
Category
1810s English Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Black Classic Vase III, a unique black / ebony porcelain vase by Vivienne Foley
Located in London, GB
‘Black Classic Vase III' is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley, which has been released from her own personal arc...
Category
Early 2000s British Organic Modern Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
19th Century English Derby Garniture, ca. 1820. 3 PIECES.
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century English Derby Garniture, ca. 1820. 3 PIECES.
Category
19th Century English Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of incense stick holders, Pussah, turquoise Chinese porcelain from Jingdezh
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair of incense stick holders, Pussah, turquoise Chinese porcelain from Jingdezhe
Category
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Black Classic Vase II, Unique Black / Ebony Porcelain Vase by Vivienne Foley
Located in London, GB
‘Black classic vase II’ is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley, which has been released from her own personal arch...
Category
Early 2000s British Organic Modern Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Dish Mouth Vase II, a unique black / ebony porcelain vase by Vivienne Foley
Located in London, GB
‘Dish Mouth Vase II’ is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley, which has been released from her own personal archive of artworks.
Vivienne Fole...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pale Blue Flower with Foliate Rim, a Celadon Porcelain Vase by Vivienne Fole
Located in London, GB
‘Pale Blue Flower with Foliate Rim’ is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley.
Vivienne Foley is based in Gloucestershire where she produces ex...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Old Paris Garrniture Set
Located in Hudson, NY
This very finely painted set of Old Paris vases is perfect to decorate a mantel or large server. The painting all by the same hand is done in the chinoiserie style and of the best qu...
Category
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
$11,500 / set
19th Century French Louis XVI Clock Garniture with Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu
By Arnold & Lewis 1
Located in London, GB
A Garniture de Chemineé in the Louis XVI taste
By Arnold & Lewis (late Simmons)
The mantle clock, and its two matched vases, are constructed in jewelled 'Sèvres' style porcelain, hand and polychrome decorated, with gilt highlights and finely gilt bronze. The clock, rising from toupie feet, supports a rectangular base frame with rounded ends, set with cast stiff leaf decoration, and having inset Roi de Bleu and gilt work panels; over, the circular porcelain dial, signed by the maker (qv) has Roman numerals and blued steel hands, and is set over a central porcelain panel with a bucolic scene, and flanked by elliptical female portraits; the ends are curved and conformingly polychrome and gilt decorated; the whole is surmounted by a decorated twin handled urn, having a pine cone finial, set on an addorsed acanthi gilt bronze base. The two train clock...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Bronze
Dish Mouth Vase III, a Unique Black / Ebony Porcelain Vase by Vivienne Foley
Located in London, GB
‘Dish mouth vase III’ is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley, which has been released from her own personal archive of artworks.
Vivienne F...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain three-piece garniture suite
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain three-piece garniture suite
French, Late 19th Century
Vases: height 44cm, width 21cm, depth 16cm
Urn: 38cm, width 33cm, depth 29cm
Attributed to Pi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Porcelain, Cloisonné, Marble and Bronze Vases, France, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of porcelain, cloisonné, marble and bronze vases. France, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Marble, Enamel
Neoclassical Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style porcelain and gilt bronze clock set by Barbedienne
French, late 19th Century
Clock: Height 53cm, width 27cm, depth 24cm
Candelabra: Height 56cm, width 19cm, dep...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of French Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of French gilt bronze mounted porcelain vases
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 28cm, width 14cm, depth 10cm
This wond...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Spode Pattern 1166 Spill Vase
By Spode
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A spill vase in bone china, decorated with pattern 1166.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Yellow Ground Vases, Chamberlain Worcester, circa 1805
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare pair of yellow-ground vases or jardinières, with reserves of exquisite flower-painting or a quality seen only during this period.
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Pattern 1166 Vases, Spode, C1820
By Spode
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Pair of vases in the ancient Greek shape known as Kanteros, decorated with pattern 1166. A stunning pair, in excellent condition. The flower painting on these vases is exceptional, even for the Regency period, when English flower painting was at its height.
The Kantharos shape is a type of ancient Greek vase that was used for drinking wine. It was named after the word "kantharos," which was used to describe a type of two-handled cup in ancient Greece. The Kantharos shape is characterized by a large bowl, small base, and two wide handles that rise up from the sides of the bowl and curve upwards towards the rim. The shape was used primarily for drinking wine at symposia, or social gatherings, and was also used in religious ceremonies.
Kantharos vases were produced in a variety of materials, including clay, bronze, and silver, and were decorated with a range of motifs, including mythical scenes, animal figures, and floral designs. They were often used to serve wine, but were also used to hold other liquids such as oil or water.
The Kantharos shape was widely used throughout the ancient world, and examples have been found in archaeological sites from Greece to Italy to Asia Minor. It is considered a classic example of ancient Greek pottery and is an important part of the history of Greek...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
$14,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vase with Star Rim, a Unique White Porcelain Vase by Vivienne Foley
Located in London, GB
‘Vase with Star Rim' is a unique porcelain sculptural vessel by the British artist, Vivienne Foley.
Vivienne Foley is based in Gloucestershire where she produces exquisite ceramic sculpture. Although in essence they are often functional pieces in form, it is their appearance that makes each unique work so much more. From dramatic structures to gentle sweeping curves, Foley's inherent understanding of porcelain is more than evident and testament to her patience with this most difficult of materials.
Having worked with porcelain for over 5 decades, it is Foley’s dedication that gives her such sensitivity towards her medium. This combined with her expert glazing and acknowledgement of this material’s vast history, results in very fresh and modern works that equally pay homage to what has gone before. Flower forms, poppy heads, bracts and petals translate into foliate rims and sinuous necks, carved and pleated or swept into a spiral. A contemporary marriage of craft, history and nature.
In her own words:
“As a professional potter I have been producing thrown porcelains for over fifty years and so logic would dictate that I have ‘seen it all, done it all’ by now, but on the contrary I still continue to be challenged and interested. The technical frustrations and the uncertainty of results all seem worthwhile when one opens a successful kiln firing. The heart leaps!
I have never been afraid to push my materials to the limit, to accept failures and to follow trails, but I am always excited when basic techniques and familiar methods result in something new. My primary interest is in ‘form’ and in finding solutions for what I call ‘damp engineering’. The comparatively non-plastic nature of porcelain dictates my having to join sections together, but a form must ‘flow’ and construction methods should not be obvious.
Over the years I have fired every sort of kiln and dallied with glazes, spending untold hours testing and rejecting, but since I now work in a small space I find simple black and white glazes and slips are less distracting and best enhance my forms.
I am not influenced by any particular thing – rather, I am interested in everything; always looking for quality and workmanship. I love all aspects of the design world from architecture to textiles. Museums, galleries and exhibitions are my addiction, with photography and the natural world a constant inspiration.
My travels to China and my ongoing study of Chinese ceramics have also been an enduring theme and I have been lucky enough to handle and photograph some of the world’s great collections”
Foley has a global following and is represented in private and public collections world wide.
Public Collections and Acquisitions
National Museum of Ireland, Dublin • Limerick City Art Gallery • Ulster Museum, N. Ireland • Crafts Council of Ireland • Centre of Ceramic Art, York Museums Trust • Southampton City Art Gallery • Leeds Museums & Galleries • US Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith • President Hillery of Ireland • President Mary Robinson...
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2010s British Organic Modern Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
French Sevres Porcelain Garniture
Located in Tampa, FL
A single Sevres porcelain garniture decorated with hand painted flowers. Fitted with bronze ormolu which has been restored. It is beautifull...
Category
1850s Antique Porcelain Garniture
Materials
Bronze
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