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1900 Yellow Austrian Teplitz Vase
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1900 Teplitz vase.
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Antique Early 1900s Vases

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Portrait Vase Attributed to Teplitz
By Teplitz
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Nouveau Portrait Vase Attributed to Teplitz Early 20th Century, Austria Dimensions: Height: 14
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Porcelain

Ceramic Vase Art Nouveau Pottery Turn-Teplitz Bohemia Amphora, Austria
By Turn-Teplitz
Located in Milan, Italy
A ceramic Art Nouveau vase produced by Turn-Teplitz, Bohemia, made in Austria. Amphora manufacture
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau ceramic vases with gilt flowers by Turn Teplitz Amphora Austria 1900
By Turn-Teplitz, Amphora Austria Manufactory
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Nouveau ceramic vases with gilt flowers by Turn Teplitz marked RStK and Amphora. Ceramic, hand
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Ceramic

Vase Amphora Austria Art Nouveau Bohemia Teplitz Ceramics Secessionist
By Amphora Austria Manufactory, Amphora
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This large and unusual floral hand-decorated double-handled ceramic vase by Ampora Turn-Teplitz
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Riessner & Kessel Amphora Turn Teplitz Two-Handled Vase with Iridized Glaze
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This striking amphora Art Nouveau vase was made in the Turn-Teplitz region of Bohemia by Riessner
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Porcelain

Ceramic Vase Signed Turn-Teplitz, Attributed to Paul Dachsel, Austria, c. 1900
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Ceramic vase signed Turn-Teplitz. Attributed to Paul Dachsel, Austria, circa 1900.
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Vases

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Ceramic

Turn Teplitz RSK Amphora Pair Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Twin Handled Vases
By Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish pair Austrian Art Nouveau hand-painted twin handled vases decorated with fruiting vines
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Porcelain

Paul Dachsel for Turn Teplitz, Austrian Jugenstil Ceramic ‘Fern’ Vase, ca. 1900
By Paul Dachsel
Located in New York, NY
Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Art Nouveau ceramic vase with Birds Flowers by Turn Teplitz Amphora Austria 1900
By Amphora Austria Manufactory
Located in Richmond Hill, ON
VASE in a stylized plant shape with a hemmed neck Decor of flowering stems against a backdrop of a
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Vase w/Stylized Trees by Paul Dachsel for Ernst Whaliss Turn-Teplitz
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He served as a
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Vintage 1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

Turn-Teplitz Amphora Pottery Vase, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Turn-Teplitz Amphora Austrian ceramic pottery vase, circa 1900, of tapering cylindrical form with
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20th Century Art Nouveau Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Vase with Dripping Crystals
By Amphora, Ernst Wahliss
Located in Chicago, US
purchased the Alfred Stellmacher factory in Turn-Teplitz, Bohemia (in today’s Czech Republic), and began to
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Rock Crystal

Vase with Dripping Crystals
Vase with Dripping Crystals
H 10.5 in W 9.325 in D 9.325 in
AMPHORA Art Deco Stoneware Vase, Late 1920s
By Amphora
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Large Art Deco vase by AMPHORA (Turn Teplitz, Bohemia), Czech Republic, late 1920s. This vase was
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Vintage 1920s Art Deco Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Antique Amphora Teplitz Sunrise Landscape Pottery Vase C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Amphora Teplitz Pottery Vase with Hand Painted Sunrise Wooded Landscape and Gilt Highlights
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Early 20th Century Pottery

Materials

Pottery

Art Nouveau Iridized Cobalt Vase by RStK Amphora
By Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Josef Strnact, Austria, Antique Art Nouveau Vase with Handles
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Josef Strnact, Austria. Antique Art Nouveau vase with handles in glazed terracotta. Hand-painted
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Terracotta

Footed Vase with Grape Vine Motif by RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3425 Highly stylized vase with grape vine motif and secessionist handles. Paul Dachsel was
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware, Glass

Art Nouveau Fairy Tale Princess Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Glass, Porcelain

Art Nouveau Ornate Elephant Head Handle Vase for RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production center that was
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Lightning Bolt Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware, Glass

Monumental Art Nouveau Ribbed Vase by Paul Dachsel for Kunstkeramik
By Kunstkeramik Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He served as a
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

Art Nouveau Footed Vase with Two Handles by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Stoneware

Bohemian "Flux" vase by kuk Fachschule fur Keramik und Verwandte Kunst
Located in Chicago, US
BOHEMIAN FLUX: A VASE, kuk Fachschule für Keramik und Verwandte Kunstgewerbe, Turn-Teplitz, c. 1905
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Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Butterfly & Spiderweb Semiramis Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Earthenware, Glass

Large Paul Dachsel Amphora Water Lillies Vase Art Nouveau Circa 1900
By Paul Dachsel
Located in London, GB
to Paul Dachsel, Turn-Teplitz, Bohemia; c. 1903; neck of vase with stems of leaves forming four small
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Pottery

Antique Art Nouveau Amphora Pottery Vase with Matte & Enamel Peony Flowers
By Amphora
Located in Philadelphia, PA
forest scene ground. Form no. 523. From the Turn-Teplitz region. Simply a lovely vase from Amphora
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases

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Enamel

Antique Paul Dachsel for Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel Amphora Porcelain Vase
By Amphora, Paul Dachsel
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This early 20th century Art Nouveau porcelain vase was designed by Paul Dachsel for Riessner
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau Spiral Leaf Vase by Paul Dachsel for RStK Amphora
By Paul Dachsel, Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He served as
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Earthenware

Art Nouveau Spiral Leaf Vase by Paul Dachsel for RStK Amphora
By Paul Dachsel, Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He served as
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

Austrian Art Nouveau Ceramic Portrait Vase Amphora Gold Ochre Purple circa 1900
By Amphora
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
& Kessel Turn-Teplitz circa 1899 Austrian Art Nouveau Ceramic portrait Vase "Germania" (allegory of
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Ceramic

Gilded Art Nouveau "Web-Footed Sea Monster" Vase by RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Butterfly & Spiderweb Semiramis Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Glass, Earthenware

Art Nouveau Vase with Owl by Eduard Stellmacher for RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
factory was located in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

19th Century Eduard Stellmacher for Amphora "Lily of the Valley" Maiden Vase
By Eduard Stellmacher, Amphora
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This late 19th century porcelain vase was designed by Eduard Stellmacher for Riessner, Stellmacher
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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Porcelain

Paul Dachsel Alexandra Porcelain Works Art Nouveau Leaf Design Handled Vase
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
for Alexandra Porcelain Works Turn-Teplitz and dating from the early 20th century. The pottery vase is
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Vase with Fiery Dragon by Stellmacher & Dachsel for RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He served as a
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Porcelain

Amphora Art Nouveau Vase w/Stylized Trees by Paul Dachsel for Kunstkeramik
By Kunstkeramik Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He served as
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

Bohemian Female Portrait Vase Art Noveau Amphora circa 1895 blue and gold
By Amphora
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Bohemian Ceramic Vase Manufactured by Amphora Riessner Stellmacher & Kessel, Turn-Teplitz circa
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Antique 1890s Austrian Jugendstil Vases

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Gold, Enamel

Art Nouveau Allegory of Germany Portrait Vase by Kannhäuser for RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel, Nikolaus Kannhäuser
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Gilded Art Nouveau "Angry Web-Footed Sea Monster" Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel, Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware, Glass

Large Amphora Art Nouveau Handled Vase Attributed to Paul Dachsel
By Amphora, Paul Dachsel
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Large Amphora blue and green eight-handled vase with red leaves. Attributed to Paul Dachsel
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau Swirling Water Dragon Vase by Eduard Stellmacher for RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
factory was located in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

Art Nouveau Vase with Exotic Fish by Eduard Stellmacher for RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
factory was located in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Earthenware

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Butterfly & Spiderweb Tall Semiramis Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware, Glass

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Butterfly & Spiderweb Tall Semiramis Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware, Glass

Art Nouveau Ginko Leaf Vase Attrib to Paul Dachsel For Czechoslovakian Amphora
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He served as a
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Vintage 1910s Czech Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Three-Handled Vase by RStK Amphora with Gilding
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Glass, Earthenware

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Footed Vase w/Curving Handles by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Glass, Earthenware

Art Nouveau Pterodactyl Vase by RStK Amphora with Gilt Handles, Iridescent Glaze
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Glass, Porcelain

Amphora Vase in the Shape of Geometric Cone by Paul Dachsel for Kunstkeramik
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He served as a
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Earthenware

Art Nouveau Angry Web-Footed Sea Monster Vase by Eduard Stellmacher for Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel, Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Earthenware

Edda Series Drip Vase with Four Handles by Fritz Eichmann for RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel, Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Chicago, US
became known by that name. The Amphora pottery factory was located in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Stoneware

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Floral Vase by RStK Amphora w/Gilding & Glass Cabachons
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Glass, Earthenware

Pair of Art Nouveau Iridescent Vases with Stylized Seaweed Motif by RStK Amphora
By Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Earthenware

Magnificent Pair of Amphora Art Nouveau "Lily of the Valley" Figural Vases, 1905
By Amphora
Located in Cathedral City, CA
-Valley” maiden vases. These vases were designed by Eduard Stellmacher and manufactured by Riessner
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Twist Vase by RStK Amphora w/Gilding and Glass Cabachons
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
in Turn-Teplitz, Austria. By the mid-19th century, the area formed a de facto ceramics production
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Glass, Earthenware

Art Nouveau Amphora Figurative Vase Center Bowl
Located in Lambertville, NJ
porcelain goods. In 1894, he purchased the Alfred Stellmacher factory in Turn-Teplitz, Bohemia, and began to
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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Planters, Cachepots and J...

Materials

Porcelain

Art Nouveau Ewer in the Shape of Stylized Tree by Paul Dachsel for Kunstkeramik
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
by a highly stylized handle that evokes flying buttresses from medieval cathedrals. The vase’s spout
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Earthenware

Large Antique Austrian Imperial Amphora Pottery Figural Statue Art Nouveau 1910
By Amphora Austria Manufactory
Located in Portland, OR
A very large Austrian "Imperial Amphora" Turn Teplitz pottery figural group, circa 1910. The group
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Pottery

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Teplitz Vase For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic teplitz vase available at 1stDibs. A teplitz vase — often made from ceramic, earthenware and porcelain — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the teplitz vase you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A teplitz vase, designed in the Art Nouveau, Art Deco or Arts and Crafts style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel, Amphora and Paul Dachsel each produced at least one beautiful teplitz vase that is worth considering.

How Much is a Teplitz Vase?

Prices for a teplitz vase start at $148 and top out at $62,000 with the average selling for $3,400.

A Close Look at art-nouveau Furniture

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

  • Sinuous, organic and flowing lines
  • Forms that mimic flowers and plant life
  • Decorative inlays and ornate carvings of natural-world motifs such as insects and animals 
  • Use of hardwoods such as oak, mahogany and rosewood

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.

Finding the Right decorative-objects for You

Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style. 

Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.

Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation. Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?

Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”

To help with personalizing your space and truly making it your own, find an extraordinary collection of decorative objects on 1stDibs.