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Urns For Sale
Style: Louis XVI
Style: Empire
Stunning Pair of 19th century Cast Iron Verdigris Garden Urns
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Impressive pair of 19th century cast iron garden urns. Urns have amazing verdigris coloring and patina. Adorned with medallions and fruit, sitting on equally impressive pedestal ba...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Iron

Pair of Swedish Louis Seize Cast Iron Blue Oval Planters, 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th century Pair of cast iron swedish oval planters with original blue paint. Weathered metal finish with incredible old world patina and the original petroleum-blue paint. Lovel...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Iron

Pair Of Classical Style Silvered Metal Garden Urns
Located in Essex, MA
Each baluster form with lions heads and cherub handles.
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Early 20th Century European Louis XVI Urns

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate

Monumental 18th Century French Louis XVI Terracotta Urn
Located in Houston, TX
Monumental 18th century French Louis XVI terracotta urn. This stunning 18th century French Louis XVI terra cotta garden urn, garden ornament, jardiniere or planter has a Grecian fee...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Terracotta

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...
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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.
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Early 20th Century French Empire Urns

Exquisite Pair of Antique French Crystal and Dore Bronze Mounted Urns/Lamps
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite pair of very fine Antique French Louis XVI style hand diamond cut crystal and Dore bronze two handled covered urns/lamps. The campagna form dates back to the Greco Roman...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

A Nice Pair of Onyx and Silvered Bronze Ornamental Vases
Located in Antwerp, BE
A good pair of antique marble cassolette. A nice pair of onyx and silvered bronze ornamental vases in the Robert Adam style. The three feet resting on circular onyx bases and decora...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Urns

Materials

Onyx, Marble, Metal, Bronze

Pair 19th Century French Ormolu mounted Marble Cassolettes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite pair of Louis XVI style 19th century French ormolu bronze and marble Cassolettes. Each mounted with top quality ormolu grapes, grape leaves, flanked by two Dionysus head...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

A Fine 18th Century Continental German Porcelain Decorated Urn
Located in New York, NY
Continental German (Berlin, late 18th Cent) porcelain pink and white decorated urn with a finial top cover and ram head sides, signed on bottom
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Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Marble Urns with Cherubs, Signed A. Moreau
Located in Cypress, CA
Impressive large pair of French Louis XVI style hand carved white marble urns with cherubs, signed A.Moreau. Highly attractive and very decorative. la...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Urns

Materials

Marble

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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Pair of Neoclassical Style Antique Sandstone Garden Urns
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This spectacular pair of neoclassical style antique sandstone garden urns were sourced from an estate in the west of Scotland circa 1800. Both decorative stone urns are of a large an...
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Late 18th Century Scottish Neoclassical Antique Urns

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Sandstone

Pair of Antique French Garden Cast Iron Half Round Urn Form Fluted Wall Planters
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of unusual early 20th century antique French cast iron half round demilune wall mounted urn form wall planters. Having traces of blue paint, e...
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1920s French Grand Tour Vintage Urns

Materials

Metal

French Garden Urn or Planter Pot of Cast Iron in the Classical Style
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French campana urn or garden planter pot of cast iron in the Classical style, with everted dentil rim, quarter-lobed body, and flared masked handles on reeded round foot. Pe...
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19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Urns

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Iron, Metal

Mid-20th Century Small Pair of Cast Iron Fluted Urns with Decorative Handles
Located in Stamford, CT
A great pair of Mid-20th century cast iron handle urns fluted with a square base. This small pair of urns came from an estate in Greenwich Ct. and are...
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Mid-20th Century Urns

Materials

Iron

Pair Monumental French Cast Chateau Urns, “Vases du Printemps”
Located in Dallas, TX
These huge urns, cast in France from crushed stones and cement measure an astounding 63 inches tall. They are nearly the same dimension as the original “Vase...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Cement, Cast Stone

19th Century Large Cast Iron Garden Urn Aesthetic Movement
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular cast iron Victorian Aesthetic Movement Garden Urn. In excellent antique condition with tons of patina, and no breaks or bad repairs. Amazing pair of handles all original ...
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1870s Aesthetic Movement Antique Urns

Materials

Iron

French 19th Century Cast Iron Garden Urn with Dragon Handles
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
A 19th century heavy cast iron tazza shaped French garden urn. It has a fluted body that is placed upon a square pedestal base. The rim is decorated in an egg and dart pattern and wi...
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns

Materials

Iron

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

Materials

Iron

Pair of French Gray Painted Cast Iron Garden Urns
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of French gray-painted cast iron garden urns circa 1910. They feature an unusual, whimsical shape, beautifully decorative rims and a rich patina. Sold together and priced $4,400...
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1910s French French Provincial Vintage Urns

Materials

Iron

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
Pair of Antique Buff Terracotta Garden Urns
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of antique buff terracotta garden urns by Doulton & Co. This stunning pair were reclaimed from a property in Suffolk and date back to circa 1880. I...
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19th Century British Georgian Antique Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Antique Buff Terracotta Garden Urns
Pair of Antique Buff Terracotta Garden Urns
H 29.53 in W 22.45 in D 22.45 in
Vintage Pair of Reclaimed Weathered Composition Garden Urns 20th C
Located in London, GB
A decorative Vintage pair of reclaimed weathered composition garden urns dating from the mid 20th Century. Condition: In good condition. As vintage items, the pieces show signs of u...
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1950s Vintage Urns

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Stone

Previously Available Items
Pair of Louis XVI Breche Violette Marble Urns
Located in Essex, MA
Circular with flared rim and gadrooned body with a square socle base. Best if displayed on pedestals or a high wall. They don't show well on the ground.
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Marble

Pair of Tall and Decorative French Cast 3-Piece Lidded Garden Urns with Handles
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful pair of French urns, measure just over 5 feet tall. Each urn consists of three pieces of cast stone, all with nature-inspired motifs. Both lids are topped with a pinecone finial emerging from a curled leaf cup above two layers of distinct leaves: palmate leaves on a vine on top of thick lanceolate leaves. Curled leaf handles are affixed to each main body (this is the second casting), emerging from a grapevine margent beneath a pair of scalloped shells. The handles terminate on a coil of thick gadrooning beneath a ring of foliage. There is a grapevine swag at the bottom of the bulbous body, just above a lanceolate leaf cup that graces the top of the plinth base, which is the third cast piece. The neck of the base is embellished with recessed fluting in between two foliate circles. To create cast stone items such as this pair of tall and decorative garden urns, crushed stone is combined with cement and poured into a mold, where the combination is allowed to set. Sometimes the artist will introduce a dye to the mixture, in this case a lovely cream coloring agent. After exposure to the elements, the cream finish has developed a truly stunning finish of golden speckles mixed with white, gray, and black patina. Our tall and decorative lidded garden urns...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Urns

Materials

Stone, Cast Stone, Cement

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

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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

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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

Louis XVI Style Century Cast Iron Urn
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This cast iron jardinière of Classic campana or bell-shaped urn form features a gadrooned edge, raised neoclassical swags and Roman male masks on the body, and handles on either side...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Urns

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Iron

Monumental Bronze Urn
Located in New York, NY
Impressive bronze garden urn with heavily carved decoration and deep patina. Measures: 53.5" H.
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20th Century French Louis XVI Urns

Materials

Bronze

Monumental Bronze Urn
Monumental Bronze Urn
H 53.5 in W 36.5 in D 27 in
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 Terra Cotta Colored Cast Stone Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
These large, cast stone urns have been made with a mixture of crushed limestone, bluestone and cement. The terracotta color has been mixed in with the stone, not applied. They have b...
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2010s French Louis XVI Urns

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Cast Stone

Pair of Monumental Painted Iron Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of large planters is made from cast iron that has been painted in an off-white color. The planters are beautifully adorned with flora...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Urns

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Iron

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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Porphyry, Bronze

One of two rare large and decorative Amphora from Höganäs, Sweden, circa 1860
Located in Kastrup, DK
One of two rare large Amphora (urn) executed by Höganäs, Sweden, by the designer Ferdinand Ring, Sweden, circa 1860. Beautiful untouched condition and patina. Very impressive and d...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Louis XVI 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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