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Urns For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Empire
Cast Iron Urn, France, circa 1900
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Cast iron urn, France, circa 1900. Classic Art Nouveau design with scrolled handles. Dark bronze patinated finish.
Category

Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Urns

Materials

Iron

Pair of Art Nouveau Limoges Porcelain Vases, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Art Nouveau blue enameled porcelain planters. Each vase presents on two sides, a painting of four young dreamy women, sitting on an outdoor balcony. This scene inserted in two medallions plunges the spectator in a light atmosphere characteristic of the end of the 19th century where one lets oneself go to the dreams. A decoration of rose buds, foliage and gold frieze, enamelled and painted by hand, covers the whole of the two cache-pot vases. This pair of Art Nouveau vases is signed by the Manufacture "Royal Limoges...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Urns

Materials

Enamel

Pair of Bronze Garden Urns, French Architectural Empire Vases, 20th Century
Located in Southall, GB
A stunning pair of French Empire style garden urns in bronze, 20th century. Amazing architectural pair, can you imagine these in your garden overflowing with flowers. Stand in at nea...
Category

20th Century European Empire Urns

Materials

Bronze

Pair of French Cast Iron and Parcel Painted Campana Form Urns Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of French cast iron and parcel painted campana form urns early 20th century. Retaining remnants of grey paint, minor losses.
Category

Early 20th Century French Empire Urns

Japanese Art Nouveau Bronze Urn
Located in New York, NY
Japanese late Meiji period Art Nouveau large bronze urn. The piece showcases secessionist elements of a voluptuous nature and was likely used as an architectural element. Handmade in...
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Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Large 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Terracotta Urn
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Italian terracotta urn/vase decorated with a grape vine design. Urn comes off the base.
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Large Antique French Empire Neoclassical Gilt Bronze and Patina Bronze Planter
Located in New York, NY
A large and palatial antique French Empire neoclassical gilt bronze and patinated bronze oval form centerpiece planter of superb craftsmanship embellished with neoclassical gilt bron...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

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Located in Houston, TX
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1910s French French Provincial Vintage Urns

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Pair of 18th Century Italian Terracotta Urns
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 18th century Italian terracotta urns. This stunning pair of antique Italian Grecian style terra cotta urns, garden urns, planters or ja...
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Pair of Large Bronze Mounted Marble Garniture Urns
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Finely crafted large white and brown marble urns with patinated bronze mounts. The lids with artichoke finials, palmettes and acanthus leaves, attached to the necks decorated with le...
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20th Century Neoclassical Urns

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A "Grand Tour" Cast Iron Etruscan Vase/Urn
Located in Sheffield, MA
A “Grand Tour” Cast Iron Etruscan Vase 19th Century Depicting classical Greek figures, with ring handles with a leaf motif on each side. Height 20 in. Vas INV. 9
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19th Century Italian Antique Urns

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Pair of 20th Century Cast-Iron Vintage Victorian Style Urns
Located in London, GB
Pair of cast-iron vintage Victorian style urns with unusual brown patina including matching bases.
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20th Century English Victorian Urns

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Pair of 19th Century Cast Iron Urns on Marbleized Pedestals
Located in Hudson, NY
This lovely pair of Campania form urns on painted and marbleized bases are from the 19th century. The urns show more wear and surface than the pedestals and both were used indoors as...
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Mid-19th Century British Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns

Materials

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19th Century French Iron Garden Urn
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French iron garden urn with curled handles and flower motif. Interior circumference is 8 inches. Square base is 6.5 i...
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19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

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Pair of French Ormolu and Marble Urns Signed Sanglan, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Exquisite 19th century pair of French Napoleon III ormolu-mounted green marble urns, signed “SANGLAN.” The foliage decorated ormolu lid is topped by resting bee above an ovoid-shaped marble, flanked by vine and foliate handles, centred by lovebirds, all resting on an octagonal marble and gilt bronze base. Ernest Sanglan...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Val d'Osne Cast Iron French Garden Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of spectacular 19th century Val d'Osne cast iron French garden urns from the 1880s.
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19th Century French Antique Urns

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Pair of 19th Century White Iron Garden Urns
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of large neoclassical 19th century iron garden urns painted white.
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns

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Glazed Terracotta Antique Urn
Located in Austin, TX
A 19th century antique glazed terra cotta urn from Biot, France. We love the character and patina on this beautiful and impressive jardinière.
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1880s French Antique Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Glazed Terracotta Antique Urn
Glazed Terracotta Antique Urn
H 26.75 in Dm 21.25 in
Antique French Cast Iron Urn Planter
Located in Pearland, TX
A stylish antique early 20th-century French neoclassical style cast iron urn or planter. This fine jardiniere is solid and heavy with a lovely patina, and would be lovely displayed i...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Iron

Previously Available Items
Wedgwood White Urn Bowl
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful small off-white cream ceramic urn bowl by Wedgwood, in the Empire or early Georgian style, circa 20th century, England. The EDME pattern began early 20th century. With ma...
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Late 20th Century English Empire Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Wedgwood White Urn Bowl
Wedgwood White Urn Bowl
H 2.13 in W 7 in D 5 in
Wedgwood Black Urn
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oblong black ceramic urn by Wedgwood, in the Empire or early Georgian style, circa 20th century, England. The EDME pattern began early 20...
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Late 20th Century English Empire Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Wedgwood Black Urn
Wedgwood Black Urn
H 5.25 in W 15.5 in D 5 in
Pair of Meissen Snake Handle Urns
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Beginning in 1710, Meissen was the innovator that was able to create hard paste porcelain in Europe where it became the epicenter in Germany. Known as "white gold" in the 18th century, it became one of the most precious and sought after materials in the world. This pair of stylish Meissen urns...
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1870s German Empire Antique Urns

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Porcelain

Pair of French Empire Style Blue Painted Camapana Form Urns, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Retaining much of the blue painted patina.
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Early 20th Century French Empire Urns

Pair of French Cast Iron Garden Urns
Located in Winter Park, FL
Pair of French Art Nouveau cast iron garden urns with dark green painted patina. Weight: 90lbs. each More photos available upon request. We have a large selection of French antiques at Olivier Fleury...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Urns

Materials

Iron

Pair of French Cast Iron Garden Urns
Pair of French Cast Iron Garden Urns
H 31 in W 18.5 in D 13.5 in
Early 19th Century Cup in Egyptian Porphyry and Bronze with Cupids
Located in Paris, FR
Imposing cup in red, Egyptian porphyry featuring three cupids on a circular base. The patinated bronze cupids serve as the supporting stem for the wide-rimmed cup. Two of the cupids ...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Urns

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Pair of 19th Century French Empire Cast Iron Garden Urns with Swans
Located in Charleston, SC
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Urns

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Empire Hot Water Container, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A hot water container in pewter made in Sweden during the first part of the 18th Century and the Empire period. Wooden details such as lid finial and b...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Urns

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Pewter

20th Century French Louis XVI XV Style Large Bronze and Porcelain Figural Urn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Breathtaking bronze and black porcelain figural urn or planter in the French Empire or Louis XVI taste from the late 20th century. The piece features scrolling horned faces, hairy ho...
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1970s Empire Vintage Urns

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Empire Italian Alabaster Urn, 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
An empire Italian alabaster urn, first half of the19th century.
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Urns

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Art Nouveau Pair of French Bronze Vases by Auguste Delaherche
Located in New York, NY
An Art Nouveau pair of French bronze double handled vases by Auguste Delaherche, circa 1900. Signed on the base. Good condition with age appropriate wear and patina.
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Urns

Materials

Bronze

An Antique Pair of French Empire Period, Patinated & Dore Bronze Figural Centerpieces with Cupids
Located in New York, NY
An Antique Pair of French Empire Period, Patinated & Dore Bronze Figural Centerpieces with Cupids. Each cupid holding a reticulated circular bowl in dore bronze in one hand, standing...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Urns

Vintage, New and Antique Urns

When people think of antique and vintage urns — a type of vase with a round body, narrow neck and integrated pedestal — they tend to imagine funerary urns. But all manner of urns have been made over the years, and these vessels can be used as decorative accents either inside your home or in your garden.

Garden urns became popular in early Greek and Roman gardens, where they complemented classical statues and other garden ornaments. Over the years, people have used urns as planters, fountain basins and stylish decorative elements in interiors as well as outdoors in gardens, patios and firepit areas.

Urns are typically made of stone, ceramics or metal. Stone urns are highly durable; while an antique stone urn will show wear with age, it can be used in any climate, and a neoclassical-style cast stone urn with natural world motifs carved in relief is guaranteed to make a statement in your garden. Position two stone urns with vibrant hibiscus bulbs or tulips at the bottom of an outdoor stairway to set it off from other exterior features. Elsewhere, place your urn in the middle of a garden bed to draw attention to your dazzling landscape design. A good concrete urn can easily make a good home for small trees or shrubs, but it will be very heavy to move around.

A ceramic urn is likely going to have thick, robust walls. A glazed terracotta urn, for example, is going to be ideal for potting plants. As glazing is part of the potter’s process for creating a terracotta urn, the urn itself can provide a pop of color to contrast with any low-maintenance plants such as moss or succulents that you have in mind for it.

Metal urns are best used as decor in your living room or foyer rather than outside, unless you’re partial to the alluring weathered patina that is expected to characterize an antique cast-iron garden urn. If you’re planning to use a metal urn as a planter, add a plant liner first. Metal may overheat and damage a plant’s roots if they are not protected, and urns made of certain metals may rust if they’re left outdoors.

But you don’t necessarily need to turn your urn into a planter.

A large urn can hold its own as an accent in any space and create a strong focal point. Browse the collection of decorative antique and vintage urns on 1stDibs today.

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