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Snake Urn

Pair of Medium Val d'Osne Cast Iron Snake Urns with Robin's Egg Blue Paint
Located in Richmond, VA
A pair of medium Val d’Osne cast iron snake urns with a robin’s egg blue patina. Exquisite tones of
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Iron

Val d'Osne Cast Iron White Snake Urns
By Val D'Osne Foundry
Located in Richmond, VA
A small pair of white cast-iron urns with intertwined snakes. Marked with a “1” to denote the
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Iron

Val d'Osne Cast Iron White Snake Urns
Val d'Osne Cast Iron White Snake Urns
$24,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 14.5 in Dm 24.5 in
Pair of Large Val d'Osne Cast Iron Snake Urns
By Val D'Osne Foundry
Located in Richmond, VA
A pair of neoclassical large Val d’Osne cast iron urns with decorative snake motifs. Exquisite
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Iron

Pair of Large Val d'Osne Cast Iron Snake Urns
Pair of Large Val d'Osne Cast Iron Snake Urns
$35,000 / set
H 21 in W 26 in D 32 in
Pair of Snake Handled Meissen Urns
By Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Palm Desert, CA
urns are classical in form and feature entwined snakes as handles. A timeless design that works well in
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Antique 1870s French Empire Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Snake Handled Meissen Urns
Pair of Snake Handled Meissen Urns
$2,200
H 10.75 in W 6.75 in D 4.75 in
Meissen Porcelain Urn Snake Handles Amphora, Germany
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An antique Meissen porcelain urn with snake handles amphora, circa early-20th century, Germany
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Early 20th Century German Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Antique German Meissen Dresden Porcelain Snake Handle Mantel Urn Vase 12"
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German Meissen Dresden porcelain mantel urn or vase featuring trophy urn form with
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20th Century Urns

Materials

Porcelain

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...
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Early 20th Century Turkish Moorish Urns

Materials

Stone, Brass

Hugely  Oversized Turkish Brass Teapot with Snakes
Hugely  Oversized Turkish Brass Teapot with Snakes
$7,450
H 35.5 in W 40 in D 21.5 in
19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Tazzas with Snakes
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century bronze and ormolu Tazzas having leaf and berry rims with entwined serpent handles, raised on Sienna marble columns ending on ormolu leaf and berry decora...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Urns

Materials

Siena Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Tazzas with Snakes
19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Tazzas with Snakes
$2,883
H 9.45 in W 7.88 in D 6.3 in
19th Century Period Regency Girandole Mirror Labeled John Hay & Son
Located in Charleston, SC
This exquisite English Regency girandole mirror has a classical double handle snake urn with flames
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Girandoles

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Meissen Snake-Handled "Schlangenvase" Urn Vase Lamp
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Meissen Snake-Handled "Schlangenvase" urn vase lamp, circa 1900, Gilt and painted in colors, the
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Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Large Marble/Stone Planter / Urn with twisted Snake Handles Jardiniere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cipollino Marble) Tazza Urn/Jardiniere. Top portion removable from pedestal. Handles are two twisted
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20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Stone, Marble

Large Marble/Stone Planter / Urn with twisted Snake Handles Jardiniere
Large Marble/Stone Planter / Urn with twisted Snake Handles Jardiniere
$5,504 Sale Price
20% Off
H 33 in W 36 in D 26 in
2 Antique French Sarregumines Majolica Snake Serpent Mantel Vase Urn 17"
By Sarreguemines
Located in Dayton, OH
urn shape with coiled double headed snake / serpent handles, brown and white multicolor glaze with
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Vases

Materials

Majolica

2 Antique French Sarregumines Majolica Snake Serpent Mantel Vase Urn 17"
2 Antique French Sarregumines Majolica Snake Serpent Mantel Vase Urn 17"
$6,800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 17 in W 7 in D 9 in
Pair of Roman Grand Tour Bronze & Ormolu Snake Serpent Motif Vases/ Ewers/Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Roman Grand Tour Bronze and Ormolu Serpent Motif Vases/ Ewers/Urns  Italy, circa 1880s A
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Garniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Antique French Faience Platter by La Manufacture de Madame Veuve Dumas, 19th C.
Located in Dallas, TX
elements of urns laden with fruit, peacocks, flowering rinceaux vines, and winged chimera flanking a snake
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Antique 19th Century French Delft and Faience

Materials

Earthenware, Faience, Paint

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
maiden is extending a folded ribbon and wears a beautiful necklace while the other is holding an urn with
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Statues
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Statues
$16,300 / set
H 16.75 in W 6.25 in D 4.75 in
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Ormolu Bronze Foliage & Ribbon Wall Sconces. C 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
, bird wings, cornucopia fluted beaded candle arms, central intertwined snakes with fluted urns, and
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Antique 1810s Italian Neoclassical Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu, Wire

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Pair of Ancient Greek Style White Carrara Marble Urns, late 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Maenads, female followers of the God, wore snakes in their hair. This urn is unlike any other we have
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20th Century Italian Urns

Materials

Marble

French Pottery Lamp
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Beautiful snake handle urn from France mounted as a lamp.
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

French Pottery Lamp
French Pottery Lamp
H 25 in Dm 13 in
French Empire Bronze Mantle Clock w/Gilt Dore Dial and Feet
Located in New York, NY
French empire bronze mantle clock with gilt dore dial and feet having a dove urn with snakes.
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20th Century French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Grand Tour Bronze Candlesticks, Italy, 19th Century
Located in Alexandria, VA
Pair of Grand Tour bronze candlesticks, each having a single candle cup above a bronze urn with
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Antique 1860s Italian Classical Roman Candlesticks

Materials

Slate, Bronze

Meissen Snake Urn Table Lamp
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Astoria, NY
Meissen Porcelain schlangen or snake lamp. The table lamp is shaped like an urn or vase with a blue
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20th Century German Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Meissen Snake Urn Table Lamp
Meissen Snake Urn Table Lamp
H 36 in W 18 in D 8 in
Cast Iron and Bronze Napoleon III Urn with Snake Handles
Located in Washington, DC
Cast Iron and Bronze Napoleon III Urn with Snake Handles
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Antique 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Iron, Bronze

Pair of French Porcelain Apothecary Jars
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of porcelain apothecary lidded jars with classic form, hand decorated with palm trees, snakes
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20th Century French French Provincial Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Italian Neoclassical Style Bronze Ewer w/Entwining Snake Handle
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome Italian neoclassical style bronze ewer with entwining snake handle; the fluted neck
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Early 20th Century Italian Urns

Pair of Cassolettes N3 Green Marble and Bronze Snakes
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of pots covered in green veined marble and gilded bronze snake decor , good condition , circa
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Regency Stoneware Urn
Located in London, GB
of the God - wore snakes in their hair. This urn is unlike any other we have come across, but
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Urns

19th Century Regency Stoneware Urn
19th Century Regency Stoneware Urn
H 57.88 in W 29.93 in D 32.68 in
Regency Flight, Barr and Barr Porcelain Urn with Morpeth Castle, Northumberland
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in Downingtown, PA
. The flight, barr & barr porcelain urn has a vermilion ground with gilt intertwining snake handles, the
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Regency Crown Derby Campana Porcelain Urns Vases Garniture Robert Brewer
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Dublin, Ireland
urns of campana outline, early Nineteenth century. Set of three twin snake handled Urns of Campana
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Urns

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Cantagalli Italian Majolica snake handled urn with cherubs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice snake handled urn with nicely detailed painting by the venerable majolica firm of Cantagalli
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Vintage 1950s Italian Vases

Materials

Majolica

Pair of Meissen, Urn-Form Porcelain Vase Lamps with Snake Handles
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of lamps, each a porcelain urn with gilt decoration, having entwined figural snake handles
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Antique Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Tall & Figural Royal Worcester Gilt Porcelain Snake Handle Urn, c1870
By Royal Worcester
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Royal Worcester figural porcelain urn offers gilt decoration with garden scene having
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Antique Late 19th Century English Vases

Materials

Porcelain

neo Classical Meissen style snake handled urn lamp blanc de chine
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Farmingdale, NJ
, the details of snakes and neo classical ornamentation create a clever sleekness in its charm. Placed
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Vintage 1930s European Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Large Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Koro Censer insense Burner Urn Eagle & Snake
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & Large antique Japanese Meiji period bronze Koro or incense burner or urn, circa 1890
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Alabaster Urn Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of alabaster urns with snake handles mounted as lamps.
Category

Early 20th Century Table Lamps

Pair of Alabaster Urn Lamps
Pair of Alabaster Urn Lamps
H 28 in W 9 in D 6.5 in
A Massive French Empire Style Green Tinos Marble Urn Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A massive and fine French empire style green tinos marble and bronze urn lamp with snake handles
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Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps

Pair of French Consoles
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French carved wood and gold gilt consoles with carved urn, snake, and floral motif. Cosoles
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Antique 19th Century French Console Tables

Pair of French Consoles
Pair of French Consoles
H 37.25 in W 73.25 in D 22.5 in
Pair of Meissen Snake Handle Urns
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
the most precious and sought after materials in the world. This pair of stylish Meissen urns are
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Antique 1870s German Empire Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th C. North European Ormolu & Patinated Demon, Bat & Snake Motif Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th C. North European Ormolu & Patinated Demon, bat & snake motif urns An esoteric pair
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Antique Mid-19th Century Baltic Urns

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

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
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20th Century French Louis XV Urns

Materials

Marble, Metal

Large Meissen Porcelain Gilt Cobalt Vase Urn Centerpiece Decorative LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Large 19th century German hand painted gilt-trimmed Meissen porcelain vase urn. Snake handled
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Antique 19th Century European Centerpieces

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

French Empire Style Tole Painted and Gilded Table Lamps
Located in Rochester, NY
decoration of wreaths, baskets, cornucopia, snake handled urns, more. Great looking old lamps in overall
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Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Metal, Tin

Wonderful Pair of French Snake Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
cast iron urn on socle with applied iron snakes
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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Iron

A Pair of Cast Iron Urns Decorated with Snakes
Located in London, GB
A pair of cast iron urns with entwined snakes as handles. Pair of plinths sold separately for
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Urns

Materials

Iron

A Pair Of Cast Iron Urns Decorated With Snakes
Located in London, GB
A pair of cast iron urns with entwined snakes as handles. Pair of plinths sold separately
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Antique 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Iron

Pair of Huge Cast Iron Garden Urns with Snake Handles
Located in Paris, FR
Very rare and large model of cast iron urns with semi lobed medicis form with snake handles. The
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Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Urns

Materials

Iron

Pair Baltic Marble Urns with Gilt Bronze Snake Handles c.1820
Located in London, GB
A rare and unusual pair of Baltic marble urns with gilt bronze snake handles c.1820. The main body
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Antique 19th Century Russian Vases

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Marble Snake Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of elegant marble and bronze urn lamps with snake motif.
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Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps

Pair of Sevres Urn Form Lamps
Located in Washington, DC
Pair of French Sevres Urn Lamps with Snake Handles in White Porcelain with gold gilt details. 16
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Large Carved Alabaster Urn with Serpent Handles
Located in London, GB
Italian Neo-Classical Carved Alabaster Oval Urn with Snake Handles on Plinth Made in sections
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Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures

Large Carved Alabaster Urn with Serpent Handles
Large Carved Alabaster Urn with Serpent Handles
H 27.56 in W 23.63 in D 11.82 in
Pair of 20th Century Terracotta Snake / Cobra Garden Planters
Located in Shustoke, GB
A delightful pair of late 20th century, terracotta, snake / cobra urns, after Compton. These
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Late 20th Century British Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Engine Turned Bronze and Tole Urns Now as Lamps
Located in Natchez, MS
Pair of French engine turned bronze and told urns with snake form handles now mounted as lamps.
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Small Tapestry with an Ewer
Located in New Orleans, LA
A small tapestry, probably a fragment of a larger piece; an urn flanked by snakes and surrounded by
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Tapestries

Materials

Textile

Italian Empire Console Table
Located in St. Louis, MO
; each fanciful gilt-wood support carved with a bouquet of flowers in an urn with snake handles atop a
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Console Tables

Materials

Marble

Italian Empire Console Table
Italian Empire Console Table
H 35.25 in W 40 in D 17.75 in
"Oriental Magic" Framed Circus Sideshow Banner
Located in North Hollywood, CA
to lure the public into the sideshow tent. The turbaned magician is conjuring up bats and snakes from
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Early 20th Century American Carnival Art

19th Century Bronze Figural Snake Urn
Located in Seattle, WA
This is a 19th century bronze figural snake urn from Cuba.
Category

Antique 19th Century Cuban Urns

Materials

Bronze

Dunand Inspired Hammered Copper Snake Urn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hammered Copper Snake Urn One of a kind Dunand inspired Hammered Copper
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21st Century and Contemporary French Urns

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Large Neoclassical Style Alabaster and Bronze Pendant Light Fixture, ca. 1890
Located in Barntrup, DE
Large French Neoclassical style alabaster and bronze pendant light fixture, ca. 1890. An impressive late 19th-century alabaster ceiling pendant light. The extra large, beautiful, and...
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Antique 1890s French Neoclassical Chandeliers and Pendants

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Alabaster, Bronze

Large Antique English Porcelain Vase Urn Hand Painted Flowers & Gilding Ca. 1820
By Spode
Located in Katonah, NY
This large English porcelain vase, made during the Regency period, is campana-shaped and beautifully balanced in form. The vase is hand-painted with a lush bouquet of pink and yello...
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Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Urns

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Porcelain

Metal Wall Plaques of Stylized Wine Bottles By Sexton
By Sexton
Located in Hanover, MA
1950's wall plaques made of colorfully enameled cast metal in form of stylized wine bottles. Various configurations possible as some are singles while others are doubles and triples...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Set of 12 English Porcelain Botanical Plates, Spode, circa 1900
By Spode
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 English porcelain botanical plates, Spode, circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century Dinner Plates

French Louis XVI Style Side Chairs, Handmade in France, Choice of Finishes
Located in Chicago, IL
For years we have been searching for a proper size and “comfortable” Louis XVI side chair. Finally we came upon a beautiful set from the 1800s in the style of Jacob from Chateau de I...
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2010s French Louis XVI Side Chairs

Materials

Leather, Upholstery, Beech

19th century Antique Stripped Finish Dutch Serpentine Commode
Located in Leesburg, VA
19th century Antique Stripped Finish Dutch Serpentine Commode Approximate size: 32.5 (h) x 41.5 (w) x 23 (d) in. Anonymous The Netherlands; 19th century Wood, brass. A striking 19...
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Rococo Revival Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Set of 12 Minton Gold Rimmed Porcelain Ball Dinner Plates
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
One of Minton's most popular patterns is named "Porcelain Ball” which features a large diameter plate bordered by a gold and white floral decoration and trimmed with an acid etc...
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Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Antique 19th Century French Large Scale Oval Gold Gilt Mirror with Crest
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful and nature-inspired antique oval mirror that was made in France circa 1860. The most elevated part of the frame has a bark shape and is decorated with flowers and leave...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firepl...

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Gold Leaf

Monumental Carrara Marble Wall Mascaron of Poseidon
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large and monumental Italian carved Carrara marble mascaron of Poseidon or Neptune after the late 16th century ‘Fontana del Mascherone’ by Bartolomeo Bassi. At more than 90cm tall ...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Fountains

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

Monumental Carrara Marble Wall Mascaron of Poseidon
Monumental Carrara Marble Wall Mascaron of Poseidon
$89,218
H 35.83 in W 32.68 in D 5.12 in
Mario Buatta: Anatomy of a Decorator
Located in New York, NY
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Paper

Mario Buatta: Anatomy of a Decorator
Mario Buatta: Anatomy of a Decorator
$55 / item
H 113 in W 9 in D 1 in
17th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet On French Giltwood Regence Stand
Located in Benington, Herts
An Extremely Fine and Very Important 17th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet on French Giltwood Stand of Regence Period circa 1680-1690 Provenance Likely acquired by Herman Willem ...
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Cabinets

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Giltwood, Lacquer

Exceptional Pair of Carved Wall Brackets with Mythological Faces
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An exceptional highly carved pair of walnut wall brackets consisting of dramatic well-carved faces of mythological creatures with wide eyes, opened mouths and wild flowing hair. Subs...
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Walnut

Exceptional Pair of Carved Wall Brackets with Mythological Faces
Exceptional Pair of Carved Wall Brackets with Mythological Faces
$1,250 / set
H 17.5 in W 12.75 in D 11.75 in
Fine Art Deco Sideboard by Jules Leleu
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Located in Bridgewater, CT
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Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Bronze

Fine Art Deco Sideboard by Jules Leleu
Fine Art Deco Sideboard by Jules Leleu
$65,000
H 36 in W 49 in D 16 in
18th Century Florentine Italian Walnut Dining Table with Iron Stretcher
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century, Florentine Italian walnut dining table with Lyre legs, hand forged iron stretcher base topped with carved edge, long thick walnut top in rich brown patina. Florence, It...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Dining Room Tables

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Wrought Iron

Clear Graniglia Murano Flush Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount

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Murano Glass

Clear Graniglia Murano Flush Mount
Clear Graniglia Murano Flush Mount
$4,500
H 8.27 in Dm 28.75 in
A Pair of Early 19th c. Painted Regency Spoonback Chairs
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs

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Wood

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Snake Urn For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the snake urn you’re looking for. Frequently made of ceramic, metal and porcelain, every snake urn was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer snake urn, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A snake urn, designed in the Neoclassical, Empire or Louis XV style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz and Val D'Osne Foundry each produced at least one beautiful snake urn that is worth considering.

How Much is a Snake Urn?

A snake urn can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,920, while the lowest priced sells for $850 and the highest can go for as much as $28,000.