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Art Nouveau Vase with Owl by Eduard Stellmacher for RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
Model #4598. Hard Earthenware. Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The ...
Category
Antique 1890s 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
Model #3771
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Butterfly & Spiderweb Tall Semiramis Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3771
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
Art Nouveau Cosmic Catfish Vase by Galileo Chini
By Galileo Chini
Located in Chicago, US
Cosmic Catfish Vase by Galileo Chini.
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Jars
Materials
Earthenware
"Personnage a la plume" Modern Art Sculpture by Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Chicago, US
Designed in 1970; cast edition of 6. Signed Miro 2/6 on the base. Fundició Parellada, Barcelona.
LITERATURE: F. Basile, Joan Miró, Bologna, 1997, p. 232 (another proof illustrated i...
Category
Vintage 1970s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Stoneware Copper Drip Bowl in Silver Mount by Auguste Delaherche
By Antoine Cardeilhac, Auguste Delaherche, Hughes-Paul-Lucien Bonvallet
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3289. Mount designed by Lucien Bonvallet (1861-1919), Metalsmith: Antoine-Ernest Cardeilach (1851-1904)
Auguste Delaherche turned the science of experimentation in ceramic w...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Silver
Important Modern Opaline Glass Vase by Ermanno Nason for Cenedese.
By Cenedese, Ermanno Nason
Located in Chicago, US
Ermanno Nason for Cenedese; Murano, Italy
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Modern Sculpture by Ermanno Nason & Alfredo Barbini for Cenedese.
By Ermanno Nason, Cenedese, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Chicago, US
Ermanno Nason & Alfredo Barbini for Cenedese; Murano, Italy
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Modern Art Figure Sculpture by Ermanno Nason for Cenedese. Homage to Kokoschka
By Ermanno Nason
Located in Chicago, US
Ermanno Nason for Cenedese. Homage to Oskar Kokoschka.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Art Nouveau Circular Repoussé Box with Scorpion Fish by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Art Nouveau Repousse Stork Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Enamel, Brass, Iron
Art Nouveau Floral Cachepot by Henrik Darilek for Zsolnay
By Henrik Darilek, Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, US
Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Hungarian Art Nouveau Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Animal Husbandry Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Box contains moonstones in addition to the glass cabochons.
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Art Nouveau Canine Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Pair of Secession Vases by Lajos Mack for Zsolnay
By Lajos Mack, Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, US
Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it...
Category
Antique 1890s Hungarian Art Nouveau Bottles
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Vase with Fiery Dragon by Stellmacher & Dachsel for RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Category
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Pomegranate Vase by Táde Sikorsky for Zsolnay
By Zsolnay, Tádé Sikorski
Located in Chicago, US
Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Hungarian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Spore Vase attributed to Sándor Apáti-Abt for Zsolnay
By Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, US
Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Hungarian Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Surrealist Art Nouveau Bird Ewer by Sándor Apáti-Abt for Zsolnay
By Sándor Apáti Abt, Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, US
Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Hungarian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Double Dragon Centerpiece Dish by Mihaly Kapas Nagy for Zsolnay
By Mihály Kapás Nagy, Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, US
Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Hungarian Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Monumental Amphora Art Nouveau Vase w/Saurian by Eduard Stellmacher & Co.
By Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Chicago, US
Model #2
Eduard Stellmacher and Co, Porzellanfabrik und Kunstkeramische Industriewerke
Driven to establish a new company that produced luxury porcelain and ceramic items based on his own aesthetic aspirations, Stellmacher left Amphora when the workshop was at its most prosperous, in 1904. Together with entrepreneur Karl Frank, who provided the financial backing, he founded Ed. Stellmacher & Co. in Turn-Teplitz in 1905.
From the outset, Stellmacher worked hard to achieve a major position among other high-end ceramic art producers. He believed the success of the company would depend on his products of “appropriate methods and unerring quality, perfect from both the technical and artistic sides”. Stellmacher based his first collection on artistically progressive products, pieces he believed would be in high demand. The greater part of the designs were either large vases complemented with sculptures of fantastic dragons or natural animals. With this series, Stellmacher continued the themes he had created for Amphora from 1899-1902, however, his naturalistic renderings of animals was even more elaborately precise. He developed a special ceramic material called refined earthenware, which minimized the shrinkage that was common during firing and allowed for greater preservation of details in the original models.
Unfortunately, by 1905, contrary to Stellmacher’s plans, there was little to no demand for objects of this type. Very few pieces exist today as very few were originally produced. Even after redirecting the company to produce commercial goods Stellmacher still could not ward off the company’s demise. By 1910 the Stellmacher & Co. fell into bankruptcy and was liquidated.
Art Nouveau Dragon...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Monumental Amphora Art Nouveau Bowl w/Saurian by Eduard Stellmacher & Co.
By Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Chicago, US
Model #13
Eduard Stellmacher and Co, Porzellanfabrik und Kunstkeramische Industriewerke
Driven to establish a new company that produced luxury porcelain and ceramic items based on his own aesthetic aspirations, Stellmacher left Amphora when the workshop was at its most prosperous, in 1904. Together with entrepreneur Karl Frank, who provided the financial backing, he founded Ed. Stellmacher & Co. in Turn-Teplitz in 1905.
From the outset, Stellmacher worked hard to achieve a major position among other high-end ceramic art producers. He believed the success of the company would depend on his products of “appropriate methods and unerring quality, perfect from both the technical and artistic sides”. Stellmacher based his first collection on artistically progressive products, pieces he believed would be in high demand. The greater part of the designs were either large vases complemented with sculptures of fantastic dragons or natural animals. With this series, Stellmacher continued the themes he had created for Amphora from 1899-1902, however, his naturalistic renderings of animals was even more elaborately precise. He developed a special ceramic material called refined earthenware, which minimized the shrinkage that was common during firing and allowed for greater preservation of details in the original models.
Unfortunately, by 1905, contrary to Stellmacher’s plans, there was little to no demand for objects of this type. Very few pieces exist today as very few were originally produced. Even after redirecting the company to produce commercial goods Stellmacher still could not ward off the company’s demise. By 1910 the Stellmacher & Co. fell into bankruptcy and was liquidated.
Art Nouveau Dragon...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Berries & Vines Vase by Henri-Leon Charles Robalbhen
By Charles Robalbhen
Located in Chicago, US
This piece is a unique, one of a kind piece, not a mass-produced factory piece.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Stylized Tulip Vase by Henri-Leon Charles Robalbhen
By Charles Robalbhen
Located in Chicago, US
This piece is a unique, one of a kind piece, not a mass-produced factory piece.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Arts & Crafts Hand-Thrown Peacock Bowl by Frederick Rhead
By Frederick Rhead
Located in Chicago, US
Hand-thrown Peacock Bowl by Frederick Rhead. Decorated in cureta seca. Potter at wheel stamp incised "RHEAD".
Category
Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Engraved Face Plate by Pablo Picasso for Madoura
By Pablo Picasso, Madoura
Located in Chicago, US
Engraved Face Plate by Pablo Picasso for Madoura.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Orchid Cabinet Vase by Galileo Chini
By Galileo Chini
Located in Chicago, US
Orchid Cabinet Vase by Galileo Chini.
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Stile Liberty Portrait Vase by Galileo Chini
By Galileo Chini
Located in Chicago, US
Stile Liberty Portrait Vase by Galileo Chini.
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Stile Liberty Portrait Vase by Galileo Chini
By Galileo Chini
Located in Chicago, US
Stile Liberty Portrait Vase by Galileo Chini.
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Stile Liberty Portrait Vase by Galileo Chini
By Galileo Chini
Located in Chicago, US
Stile Liberty Portrait Vase by Galileo Chini.
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Lidded Art Nouveau Abarello by Galileo Chini
By Galileo Chini
Located in Chicago, US
Lidded Abarello by Galileo Chini.
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Jars
Materials
Earthenware
"Le Secret" Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Pierre Felix Masseau
By Pierre Fix-Masseau
Located in Chicago, US
Fix-Masseau set up his workshop in Paris where he attracted the admiration of Rodin. The latter was unable to convince him to join his studio. The quality of his sculptures was notic...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Purple Twist Vase by Raoul Lachenal
By Raoul Lachenal
Located in Chicago, US
The son of Edmond Lachenal, Raoul Lachenal worked in his father's studio until 1911, when he established a new workshop at Boulogne-sur-Seine. While some of Raoul Lachenal's Art Nouv...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Primordeal Vase by Raoul Lachenal
By Raoul Lachenal
Located in Chicago, US
The son of Edmond Lachenal, Raoul Lachenal worked in his father's studio until 1911, when he established a new workshop at Boulogne-sur-Seine. While some of Raoul Lachenal's Art Nouv...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Red Crocus Vase by Vinsce Wartha for Zsolnay Porcelánmanufaktúra Zrt
By Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, US
Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Hungarian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Footed Vase with Grape Vine Motif by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel, Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3425
Highly stylized vase with grape vine motif and secessionist handles.
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Tu...
Category
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
Art Nouveau Vase w/Stylized Trees by Paul Dachsel for Ernst Whaliss Turn-Teplitz
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Monumental Art Nouveau Ribbed Vase by Paul Dachsel for Kunstkeramik
By Kunstkeramik Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Ginko Leaf Vase Attrib to Paul Dachsel For Czechoslovakian Amphora
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Category
Vintage 1910s Czech Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Twist Vase by RStK Amphora w/Gilding and Glass Cabachons
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3367
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Three-Handled Vase by RStK Amphora with Gilding
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3356
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
Art Nouveau Pterodactyl Vase by RStK Amphora with Gilt Handles, Iridescent Glaze
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
Model #2059
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Footed Vase w/Curving Handles by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3791
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
Art Nouveau Fairy Tale Princess Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
Model #2047
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
Important Art Nouveau Zsolnay Flask by Lajos Mack for Zsolnay
By Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, US
Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it...
Category
Antique 1890s Hungarian Art Nouveau Bottles
Materials
Earthenware
Art Nouveau Sea Battle Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Daguet’s beautifully patinated box is a rich textural and colorful tour de force. The top of Daguet’s box is striking for its bird’s-eye-view of a crab clutching a viper eel. Using r...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Steel
'Tesknota' Longing by Boleslaw Biegas - Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture
By Boleslaw Biegas
Located in Chicago, US
Boleslaw Biegas was one of a large number of Polish artists working in fin-de-siecle Paris. There he found a more kindred artistic environment in which...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Burza 'The Storm' by Boleslaw Biegas - Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture
By Boleslaw Biegas
Located in Chicago, US
Boleslaw Biegas was one of a large number of Polish artists working in fin-de-siecle Paris. There he found a more kindred artistic environment in which...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Poppy Stoneware Vase by Ernest Chaplet and Edouard Dammouse
By Ernest Chaplet, Edouard Dammouse
Located in Chicago, US
Poppies, golden-accented in analagous colors of blue and orange, creep up their leafy green stalks which sag from the heavy weight of the flowers. Like tired heavy-lidded eyes, the poppies symbolize hypnos’ sleep-inducing effects. Dammouse’s somnific symbolism evokes an other-worldly dream-like state and acts as a vehicle to tap into the imagination. Much more than a pretty face, or a pretty vase, this is a sublime piece of art, and Dammouse makes clear the influence of Braquemond and others by employing this Symbolist style. Beaudelaire’s credo that “Beauty must contain the absolute and the particular, the eternal and the transitory” aptly applies. Created while both Chaplet and Edouard Dammouse were employed by Haviland & Co. at its Paris location, this vase is a prime example of Chaplet’s early creative output of matte brown stoneware. Both artists demonstrate a strong link and affinity for Japonisme in the vase’s traditional form and in the painterly approach Dammouse brings to the enamel glaze. His treatment of enhancing the floral decoration with gold detailing calls to mind Kintsugi aesthetic principles. Affixed to the vase’s underside is its original label indicating it was sold at the chic A la Paix, a Parisian gallery located on the prestigious Avenue de l’Opera which opened in 1891, specializing in glass and ceramic objects of art.
Ernest Chaplet (1835-1907) Not only was Chaplet France’s premier studio ceramist, the example he set of personally creating a ceramic object from the conceptual phase through modeling, firing and glazing - constantly reaching for new and innovative modes of expression and technique - elevated the notion of a ceramist from artisan to Artist. While Director of Production for Haviland & Co., Chaplet expanded their focus from porcelain into stoneware production and developed the barbotine method of painting earthenware with liquid clay as well as conducted extensive research in glaze techniques. He was awarded a Gold Medal in 1889 at Paris’ l’Exposition Universelle for his revolutionary sang de boeuf glaze. That same year, Chaplet opened his own atelier in Choisy-le-Roi where he continued to produce avant-garde stoneware and support younger talent.
Edouard Dammouse (1850-1903) Trained as a painter, Paris born Edouard Dammouse studied under Felix Bracquemond, Ernest Chaplet’s predecessor at Haviland & Co.‘s Auteuil studio. Edouard followed his brother, Albert, and Chaplet to Haviland’s Paris...
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Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Enamel
Art Nouveau Porcelain Vase by Ernest Chaplet
By Ernest Chaplet
Located in Chicago, US
The Venus of Willendorf if she were a pot; this diminutive size is perfectly suited for holding in your hands. This pot is meant to be caressed. Its rather buxom top narrows at the w...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Enamel
Art Nouveau Earthenware Floral Vase by Edmond Lachenal
By Edmond Lachenal
Located in Chicago, US
EDMOND LACHENAL (1855-1948)
One of France’s most influential ceramists, Edmond Lachenal contributed significantly to the development of Art Nouveau. His poor beginnings in Paris le...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Art Deco Cylindrical Stoneware Vase by Émile Decoeur
By Émile Decoeur
Located in Chicago, US
A master of 20th century ceramics, Émile Decoeur may be best known for his impact upon the Art Deco style. Quiet, pure and serene, Decoeur strikes a perfect harmony of form and glaze...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Stoneware Vitis Vase by Edmond Lachenal and Émile Decoeur
By Émile Decoeur, Edmond Lachenal
Located in Chicago, US
The finest examples of vases produced in collaboration between Edmond Lachenal and Emile Decoeur date from 1901-1904. This vase, with the word “original” marked on its underside, ind...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Porcelain Sunburst Vase by Emile Diffloth
By Emile Diffloth
Located in Chicago, US
Striking bowl with crystalline iridized glaze.
Émile Diffloth (1856 – 1933) was a French ceramicist who was born in Couleuvre. He received his education at the École des Arts Déco...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Eve and the Serpent Symbolist Bronze Sculpture by Isidore De Rudder
By Isidore De Rudder
Located in Chicago, US
Rare, full size example of this piece. Isidore De Rudder (1855 - 1943) was active/lived in Belgium.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Belgian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Bronze
Secessionist Bronze Icon Vase by Gustav Gurschner
By Gustave Gurschner
Located in Chicago, US
GUSTAV GURSCHNER (Austrian, 1873-1970), a sculptor, attended the School of Applied Arts in Vienna in 1888. Working under several artists, his time in Paris in 1897 proved to be most ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Pearl Mermaid Porcelain Plaque by Emile Jacob
By Emile Jacob
Located in Chicago, US
With artful and sensuous handling of material, Emile Jacob demonstrates his life-long love of learning with a technical mastery of porcelain and glazes as well as an awareness of current artistic trends such as Japonisme and l’Art Nouveau. From a bird’s-eye view perspective popularized by Japanese wood block prints circulating in Europe, Jacob immediately confronts the viewer with the sea. The variegated blues and greens take on every murky depth, every iridescence produced on a sun-filled water’s surface; while the suggestion of movement created by undulating patterns of water morphs into sand ridges caused by breaking waves as the viewer nears for a closer examination. The effect is remarkable. Upon closer scrutiny, the abstracted ridges create an affect of being even farther away from the sea, as if high in flight. The same captivating qualities are achieved by the opaque and crystalline glazes to suggest the interior of an oyster’s shell. The ultimate pearl, a female nude, is voluptuously modeled; fusing as one with her seascape, her hair spreads out in wavy tendrils and her graceful, long fingers wrap around the plaque’s edge.
Literature: Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Art Nouveau Purple Hare's Fur Glaze Stoneware Vase by Auguste Delaherche
By Auguste Delaherche
Located in Chicago, US
Model #6674. Auguste Delaherche turned the science of experimentation in ceramic ware into an art form. Coming from a long tradition of potters in the Beauvais region of France datin...
Category
Antique 1880s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Craquelure Stoneware Vase by Auguste Delaherche
By Auguste Delaherche
Located in Chicago, US
Model #1990. Auguste Delaherche turned the science of experimentation in ceramic ware into an art form. Coming from a long tradition of potters in the Beauvais region of France datin...
Category
Antique 1880s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Shell Pattern Stoneware Vase by Auguste Delaherche
By Auguste Delaherche
Located in Chicago, US
This early vase provides a rare glimpse into the making of a master. Auguste Delaherche turned the science of experimentation in ceramic ware into an art form. Coming from a long tra...
Category
Antique 1880s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Stoneware
