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Pair of French Porcelain Pâte-sur-Pâte Vases, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French porcelain Pâte-sur-Pâte vases, circa 1880.
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Antique 1880s French Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of French Pate-Sur-Pate Vases Mounted as Lamps, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Pate-Sur-Pate vases mounted as lamps, circa 1880 (CP & co., signed Melinan).
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Antique 1880s French Table Lamps

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Porcelain

Ormolu Mounted Celadon Porcelain Pâte-sur-pâte Vase-Form Lamp
Located in London, GB
Ormolu mounted Celadon Porcelain Pâte-sur-pâte vase-form lamp French, late 19th century Measures
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Meissen Pate Sur Pate Vase of a Neoclassical Maiden Seated on Centaur
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Royal Cobalt Blue Meissen Pate Sur Pate vase of a Maiden seated on a Centaur
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Antique 1860s German Neoclassical Vases

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Porcelain

Ormolu Mounted Celadon Porcelain and Pâte-sur-pâte Vase-Form Lamp
Located in London, GB
Ormolu mounted celadon porcelain and pâte-sur-pâte vase-form lamp French, Late 19th Century
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French Limoges Porcelain Cobalt Blue Pate-Sur-Pate Vase
By Limoges, Marcel Chaufriasse
Located in Vilnius, LT
A cobalt blue background Limoges vase and pate-sur-pate technique with scene of female figures
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Early 20th Century French Vases

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Porcelain

English Porcelain Pate-Sur-Pate Vase, Mintons, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
With dragon head and ringed handles flanking a band of Chinese archaic masks motifs. Impressed Minton, signed Frederick Rhead (1856-1933).
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Antique Early 1900s English Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Rare Royal Worcester Pate-Sur-Pate Vases, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
The chocolate-brown reserve with pate-sur-pate fruit and flowers atop a gilt accentuated wicker
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Antique 1890s English Vases

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Porcelain

Minton Pate Sur Pâte Style Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Minton pate sur pate style vases with white relief butterflies black white, and gold
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Antique Early 1900s English Vases

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Porcelain

Minton Pate Sur Pâte Style Vases
Minton Pate Sur Pâte Style Vases
$2,250
H 12.75 in W 8 in D 6 in
Pair of 'Pate Sur Pate' Porcelain Vases
By Limoges
Located in Basildon, GB
Pair of French 'Pate Sur Pate' Porcelain Vases, in cobalt blue with raised brilliant white flower
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Early 20th Century French Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of 'Pate Sur Pate' Porcelain Vases
Pair of 'Pate Sur Pate' Porcelain Vases
$3,432
H 17.49 in Dm 9.85 in
Vintage French Manner Pate Sur Pate Porcelain Vase Minton
Located in Long Island City, NY
A French manner pate sur pate, paste on paste porcelain vase. The vase is adorned with an image of
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Antique 19th Century French Vases

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Porcelain

Vintage French Manner Pate Sur Pate Porcelain Vase Minton
Vintage French Manner Pate Sur Pate Porcelain Vase Minton
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 9.5 in W 6 in D 3 in
German Porcelain Pate-sur-pate Bud Vase, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
German porcelain Pate-Sur-Pate bud vase, circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century German Vases

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Porcelain

19Th C Royal Vienna Pate Sur Pate Porcelain Vase
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Royal Vienna lidded pate sur pate, paste on paste porcelain urn vase. The vase is
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Antique Late 19th Century European Urns

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Porcelain

Meissen Cobalt Ground Pâte-sur-pâte Figural Vase, Attributed to Leuteritz
By Ernst August Leuteritz, Meissen Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meissen Cobalt Ground Pâte-sur-pâte Figural Vase, attributed to Leuteritz Germany, second quarter
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Antique Late 19th Century German Vases

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Porcelain

An Unusual Pair of French Japanism Signed Pate Sur Pate & Gilt Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of French Japanism Signed CP & Co Pate Sur Pate and Gilt Porcelain Vases. This elegant pair
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Antique Early 1900s French Japonisme Vases

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Porcelain

Signed Pair Gilded Mintons Pate-Sur-Pate Caged Putti Footed Moon Flask Vases
By Minton
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This charming pair of gilded olive brown Mintons pâte-sur-pâte footed moon flask vases feature a
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Antique 1890s English Neoclassical Vases

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Porcelain

Rare 19 C. English Mintons Pâte-Sur-Pâte Porcelain Covered Vases, by Louis Solon
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
form vases are executed in the pâte-sur-pâte technique on an olive-green ground. Each vase is signed by
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Antique 1880s English Louis XVI Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Antique French Pate Sur Pate Celadon Porcelain Lamps
Located in Montreal, QC
A good pair of antique French celadon and pate sur pate two handled bottle shaped vases. Each is
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps

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Porcelain

Pair of French Porcelain Pat Sue Pat Vases in Orientalist Taste Mounted as Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A fine and quite unusual pair of antique French ormolu-mounted Pate Sur Pate porcelain vases
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Ormolu

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19th Century Meissen Pâte sur Pâte Vase
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Remshalden-Grunbach, DE
19th century Meissen Pâte sur Pâte vase. Wonderful Meissen Pâte sur Pâte vase. Hand decorated
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Antique Late 19th Century German Porcelain

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Porcelain

Austrian Pate-Sur-Pate Porcelain Twin Handle Pate-Sur-Pate Vase
Located in Pasadena, CA
Austrian pate-sur-pate porcelain twin handled vase. A fine quality pate-sur-pate figural beauty in
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Vintage 1910s European Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Minton Porcelain Pate-Sur-Pate Japonism Vases
By Minton
Located in Pasadena, CA
An unusual pair of 19th century English porcelain Japonism vases by Minton, with polychrome Pate
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Antique 1880s Vases

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Porcelain

Pink Minton Medallion Vases Pate Sur Pate Style, 19th Century
By Minton
Located in London, GB
Pink Minton Medallion vases ground bodies reserved with two oval panels painted with the profiles
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Antique Late 19th Century British Neoclassical Vases

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Porcelain

Pate Sur Pate Black & White Large Vases "VENIT & FUGIT", 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A magnificent pair of 'pate-sur-pate' twin handled vases, circa 1880. The loutrophoros shaped vases
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Antique Late 19th Century French Vases

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Porcelain

Moore Bros Pate Sur Pate Porcelain Moon Flask Henry, Tennis Player, 19th Century
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
century porcelain Henry Sanders pate-sur-pate decorated vase by Moore Bros. Moon flask shaped in deep
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Antique 19th Century Vases

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Porcelain

Minton Pate-sur-pate Decorated Porcelain Lidded Urn by L Birks, Dated 1892
By Minton
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
Minton pate-sur-pate decorated porcelain lidded urn by L Birks, Dated 1892. A Minton Pate Sur
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Antique 19th Century Vases

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Porcelain

Minton Pate-Sur-Pate Decorated Porcelain Lidded Urn by L Birks, Dated 1892
By Minton
Located in Pasadena, CA
A Minton Pate Sur Pate teal and light grey porcelain vase and cover on an ivory color ground of
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Antique 1890s European Vases

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Porcelain

Large French Pate Sur Pate Japonisme Porcealin Vase
By Charles Pillivuyt & Cie
Located in New York, NY
Large Pate Sur Pate Japonisme vase marked C. P. & Co. Mehun. (Charles Pillivuyt Co.) circa late
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Antique Late 19th Century French Japonisme Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of Mintons Pate Sur Pate Vases with Multi-Panel Neoclassical Subjects
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and very large pair of antique Minton porcelain Pate Sur Pate vases with multi
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Antique 1890s English Neoclassical Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of English Mintons Porcelain Pate Sur Pate Vases Signed Ab, Albion Birks
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of English Mintons olive-brown and white pate sur pate vases with 12 total pate
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Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Vases

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Porcelain

Etruscan Style Minton Porcelain Pate-Sur-Pate Vase
Located in London, GB
Vase of amphora form, varicolor decorated with a central frieze of salmon colored ground and white
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Antique 19th Century English Vases

Meissen Pâte-Sur-Pâte Vase Two Panels of Female Face in Profile View Made
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen most remarkable item: Pâte-Sur-Pâte vase, decorated with two Panels showing female face in
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Antique 1880s German Other Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of Minton Pate sur Pate Vases, signed Birks
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A pair of Minton diminutive Pate sur Pate "Moon" vases with central medallions of urns and leaves
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Antique 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Vases

Museum Quality Meissen Porcelain Cobalt-Blue Krater Pate sur Pate Vase
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and truly unique Museum quality Meissen porcelain cobalt-blue krater pate sur pate
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Antique Mid-19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Monumental Sevres Pate-Sur-Pate porcelain Vase by Leopold-Jules-Joseph Gèly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An imposing and rare Sevres (Second Empire) Polychrome Pate-Sur-Pate Celadon Ground Vase in the
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Antique 19th Century French Vases

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Porcelain

20th Century Pate-Sur-Pate Decorative Vases
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 20th century pate -sur-pate decorative pair vase with exterior design details. Each vase is
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Early 20th Century French Vases

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Porcelain, Paint

Antique Pair Pate Sur Pate Porcelain Angel Vases 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of Pate Sur Pate Porcelain vases offer reserves with dancing angels, mark on bases
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Antique 19th Century French Vases

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Porcelain

Pair Old French Pate sur Pate Celadon Vases circa 1890-1915
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Old French Pate sur Pate Celadon Vases circa 1890-1915
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Antique 19th Century Vases

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Porcelain

Important Louis Solon Mintons Pate-Sur-Pate “Cardinal Virtues” Porcelain Vase
By Minton
Located in Atlanta, GA
A highly unusual Louis Solon Mintons vase with peacock blue porcelain ground, Pate-Sur-Pate 3 panel
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Antique 19th Century French Vases

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Porcelain

A Pair of French Opaline Blue Glass Mantle Vases Pate sur Pate Decoration
Located in Lambertville, NJ
delicate pate sur pate style enamel water scenes. The tops with cut decorative edging with gilt highlights
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Antique 1870s European Victorian Vases

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Enamel

Pr. Mintons Pâte-sur-pâte Blue-Ground Vases, 'Too Fast' & 'Too Slow', L. Solon
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
A monumental, rare, and highly important pair of Mintons Pâte-Sur-Pâte Peacock-Blue-Ground Vases
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Antique 1890s British Belle Époque Vases

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Porcelain

Pair Antique Grand Tour French Empire Pate-sur-Pate Jasperware Ormolu Urns Vases
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Stylish Pair of Grand Tour French Pate-sur-Pate Jasperware and Champleve Ormolu
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Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Urns

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Bronze, Ormolu

Set of 12 Mintons Porcelain Enameled & Gilt Decorated Soup Bowls
By Minton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sur Pate vases, mirrors, clocks and even tiling for places like the United States Capitol building
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20th Century British Egyptian Revival Porcelain

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Porcelain

Minton Pair of Porcelain Vases - Urns, Pâte-sur-Pâte by Harry Hollins, 1873-1891
By Minton
Located in London, GB
 1891, which was the Victorian era. The vases have a tall and slender shape and sublime pâte-sur-pâte
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Urns

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Porcelain

Pair of French Bronze and Green Porcelain Pat Sur Pate Cache Pot Flower Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Bronze and Green Porcelain Pat Sur Pate Cache Pot Flower Vases with Seated Angles in
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Antique 19th Century French Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Antique Stunning Pair of Sèvres 'Pate Sur Pate' Porcelain Vases 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A magnificent pair of Sèvres 'pate-sur-pate' twin handled vases circa 1880 in date. The
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Antique 1880s French Porcelain

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Porcelain

French Art Nouveau Naïade Jewell Vase, circa 1890
By Taxile Doat, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French Art Nouveau Naïade Jewell Vase, circa 1890 A French Porcelain Pâte-sur-Pâte Jewell Vase
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Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Vases

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Ormolu

Frances E Lee Impressive Pair Doulton Lambeth Slaters Floral Painted Vase
By Doulton Lambeth
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive pair Doulton Lambeth Slaters pâte-sur-pâte style floral painted vases by
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Antique 1880s English Aesthetic Movement Vases

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Stoneware

Pair of English Porcelain Gilt Bronze Mounted Pate-Sur-Pate Vases, circa 1900
By Doulton Burslem
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English porcelain gilt bronze-mounted pate-sur-pate vases, Doulton Burslem, circa 1900
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Early 20th Century English Vases

Materials

Porcelain

French Limoges Porcelain Cobalt Blue Pate-Sur-Pate Vase
By Limoges
Located in Vilnius, LT
A cobalt blue background vase and pate-sur-pate technique with scene of female figures. Signed
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Early 20th Century French Vases

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Porcelain

19th Century English Pate-sur-Pate and Parcel-Gilt Moon Vase
Located in London, GB
circular form and mounted with twin handles. It is decorated with a pate-sur-pate figure of a flying cherub
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Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue Pate Sur Pate Planter Jardinière with Flowers and Bug
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Chinese Pâte-sur-pâte jardinière in cobalt with raised white area decorated with flowers, butterfly
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Early 20th Century Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of pate-sur-pate opaline glass vases circa 1880
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A pair of french pate-sur-pate opaline glass vases with putti decorations circa 1880. Puty color
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Antique 19th Century French Vases

Pate-Sur-Pate Pilgrim Shaped Vase with Monogram for Marc Louis Solon
By George Jones
Located in Boston, MA
I am presenting you with this pate-sur-pate pilgrim vase, which has the monogram for renown artist
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Antique 1890s English Romantic Vases

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Porcelain

19th Century Minton Celadon Pate Sur Pate Vase
By Minton
Located in London, United Kindgom
pate sur pate blackberries, ivy, leaves and branches, the collar pierced, the cover with leaves and a
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Antique 1860s Victorian Vases

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Pate Sur Pate Vase For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the pate sur pate vase you’re looking for. Each pate sur pate vase for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic and porcelain. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer pate sur pate vase, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right pate sur pate vase, those designed in Neoclassical and Victorian styles are of considerable interest. A well-made pate sur pate vase has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Minton, Meissen Porcelain and Charles Pillivuyt & Cie are consistently popular.

How Much is a Pate Sur Pate Vase?

The average selling price for a pate sur pate vase at 1stDibs is $7,850, while they’re typically $500 on the low end and $248,000 for the highest priced.

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