Keller & Guérin Vases and Vessels

This exceptional late 19th century three-piece French garniture includes two footed urns and a low footed centerpiece bowl. The urns and bowl are composed of patinated bronze with ormolu mounts which include neoclassical mask detail and rest on square marble plinths with ormolu bases. The pieces have distinctive elongated handles at the sides which terminate in stylized pendant decoration. As seen in the accompanying photographs, the exterior of the urns and bowl feature applied bronze decoration in the form of ornate foliate swags with flowers. Please be sure to zoom in on the photos to better appreciate the detail of the cast decoration, it is impressive. The urns stand 15.75" tall as measured to the top of the rims. The handles are 5" from edge to edge as measured from their outside points. The feet are 4.25" square. The centerpiece bowl stands...

Pair of glazed ceramic flower vases by Delphin Massier, France, circa 1890.

Pair of fishes ceramic sculpture garniture.  

This striking Art Deco vase, signed by Keller and Guérin Lunéville, features a baluster shape with a raised collar. The design showcases an...

French faience Lunéville Saint Clément cache pot, or planter. Hand-painted in typical floral design with vivid colors of pink, green, purple, ...

A gorgeous petite set of three antique Delft transferware garniture vases made between 1900 and 1930, attributed to Mosa in Maastricht, the Netherlands. No maker's mark. This fine ga...

Ceramic flower vase designed by Willy Wuilleumier, Marcel Guillard (1896-1932) manufacture, labeled Editions Etling. Art Deco period, France, circa 1920.          

Danish midcentury ceramic vase with floral relief ornaments on front and back on the unglazed brick red body. Shiny white broad lined glaze on sides and top. A Scandinavian piece wit...

Muller Frères, Luneville Art glass vase, 1930s. Slender cylindrical vase in multicoloured opalescent glass with a marbled décor in pink, yellow, blue, and violet tones. The piece ref...

With its delightful painted representations of the four seasons and bacchanalian scenes, this ‘bleu celeste’ garniture demonstrates the technical excellence of Sevres factory porcelain. On top of this, the porcelain vases are beautifully decorated with gilt bronze (ormolu) mounts, expertly cast by Henri Picard, the manufacturer and gilder to Emperor Napoleon III. This garniture is comprised of a central jardinière and a pair of flanking vases. The jardinière features a wide porcelain body, which is topped by a gilt bronze guilloche-patterned neck. This is fitted with two geometric handles, which terminate in cherubs masks. The jardinière body is finely decorated with a continuous painting of putti playing together in a woodland setting. One putti holds the pinecone-tipped staff carried by followers of Bacchus (or Dionysus), the god of wine and ecstasy. Several putti ride on a goat, led on a harness by other putti. This painting is edged with jewelled and parcel gilt decoration, set against a bright ‘bleu celeste’ ground. The jardinière stands on a shaped gilt bronze stem, its top encircled by a band of stiff leaves, its middle by a laurel wreath, and its foot by beading. The jardinière is placed on a square gilt bronze plinth, which is decorated with grape-form finials, hung draperies and foliate motifs, and is set on four beaded toupie feet. The pair of vases are similar to the jardinière in their design. They feature ovoid ‘bleu celeste’ porcelain bodies, which are decorated with continuous paintings of the four seasons, within gilt and jewelled frames. Winter is depicted in a scene showing putti huddled together on a sleigh in a snowy landscape, and autumn by cherubs reaping crops with a sickle. Spring is shown by cherubs wearing flower wreaths and dancing while holding garlands, and summer by putti picking grapes and drinking wine. The vases’ bodies are topped by pointed gilt and jewelled ‘bleu celeste’ porcelain lids, crowned by gilt bronze grape finials. Like the jardinière, the vases are fitted with gilt bronze cherub...

A pair of Art Nouveau urn-like vases, each with handles and swooping relief, the subtly colored verdigris glazes washed over a deep brown ground. Signed on base.

The beautiful set by Esdeve - Sarreguemines features a lovely pink French Majolica dresser mantel clock and a matching pair of pink floral garniture vases. It features an Art Nouveau...