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Decorative Objects For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Louis XV
Early 19th Century WMF Albert Mayer Art Nouveau Jugendstil Big Silver Metal Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
Art Nouveau Big Vase Albert Mayer WMF Germany, 1900-1910 Silver metal with a brass removable vase inside Excellent condition. WMF mark impressed
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Early 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Silver Plate

Antique Art Nouveau Rookwood 1901 Irene Bishop Oak Leaf Vase Urn 5.5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Rookwood Irene Bishop vase or urn featuring Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts styling with an Autumn Oak leaf motif of browns and orange glaze. Cirac 1901. Shape 40. Signed IB f...
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Pottery

Art Nouveau House Numbers Bronze Made after Hector Guimard Designs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Nouveau bronze numbers cast in bronze from the design of Hector Grimard from France. They are priced ( Each ) We have many of them . Let us know which one's you are interested ...
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Early 2000s American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Monumental Pair French 19th Century Putto Flambeaux Urns Torchere Urn Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Monumental Museum Quality Pair of French 19th Century Figural Gilt and Patinated Bronze Rosso Granite Marble Flambeaux Urns, each depicting a pair of standing allegorical and whims...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Decorative Objects

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Granite, Bronze

L C Tiffany Blue Miniature Favrile Glass Vase, Signed
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A very rare organic ribbed Louis Comfort Tiffany blue Favrile miniature vase in the Jugendstil style. Beautifully signed 'L. C. Tiffany Inc Favrile' Then (indistinctly) '7168 U' and ...
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1910s American Jugendstil Vintage Decorative Objects

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Art Glass

Characterful Pair of Antique German Porcelain Poodle Mantel Shelf Dogs, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1910s characterful pair of antique German porcelain poodle 'wally' dogs holding baskets filled with gilt piggies. In a hand painted finish. Nice to place these items on...
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1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Mogens Ballin Art Nouveau Pewter Brass Picture Frame, circa 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A rare antique Art Nouveau pewter and brass picture frame by Danish painter and artist Mogens Ballin (1871-1914) produced in the very beginning of the last century. Intricate arts an...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Brass, Tin

Jack-in-the-pulpit Vase Louis C. Tiffany New York Tiffany Studios 1906 Yellow
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Jack-in-the-pulpit vase designed by Louis C. Tiffany, manufactured by Tiffany Studios New York, 1906, signed The "Jack-in-the-pulpit" vases represent a special design category within the production of the Louis Comfort Tiffany company. These glasses were modeled after the Arisaema Triphyllum plant and are among the most iconic designs of this famous manufacturer. Our example shines in pure gold. It was made in 1906 and received as a wedding gift at the time. The vase is marked "L.C.T." and "2210A" (underneath). Material and technique: mouth-blown glass, reduced and iridescent Louis Comfort Tiffany (New York 1848 – 1933 New York) was a famous American designer, artist and painter of American Art Nouveau. He was best known for his works in glass colored with metal salts and made a name for himself in the decorative arts at the time. In the course of his career, he created a unique style that combined outstanding craftsmanship with a love for natural shapes and bright colors. Nature had always been his inspiration and in his designs he tried, in his very own way, to capture its beauty forever. Tiffany designed lamps...
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Glass

Art Nouveau Pottery Vase by Charles Greber. Beauvais, France, circa 1920.
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful art nouveau vase with amazing glaze. Made by Charles Gréber in his studio in Beauvais, France in early 20th Century. Great condition. Signed by the artist. Reputed ce...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Ceramic

Antique Circa 1900 Art Nouveau Kayserzinn "4312" Pewter Vase with Lilies
Located in Centennial, CO
An elegant example of Kayserzinn pewter, an exceptional piece for the collector. This antique art nouveau Jugendstil pewter vase is stamped "10 Kayserzinn 4312 RJ" and was created by...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Pewter

François-Théodore Legras. Tall Art Nouveau vase in frosted art glass
Located in Copenhagen, DK
François-Théodore Legras (1839-1916). Tall Art Nouveau vase in frosted art glass. Winter forest landscape motif. Ca. 1930. Signed. In excellent condition. Dimensions: H 30.0 cm x D ...
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1930s French Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Art Glass

Italian Early 20th C. Glass Grape Bunch Pendant Light (2 available)
Located in San Francisco, CA
A vibrant pendant light from the 1920s; ruddy-red to amber, Venetian glass grape bunches with detailed green and pink leaves. The grapes are hanging from a green, patinated brass "vi...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Brass

Art Nouveau "Vase with Swirling Water Dragon" by Stellmacher for RStK Amphora
Located in Chicago, US
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Earthenware

18th Century Oak Longcase Clock From Belgium
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb 18th century oak floor clock from the city of namurNamur (belgium) Very beautiful finely carved clock in superb condition with its original mechanism Very beautiful dial of ...
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18th Century Belgian Louis XV Antique Decorative Objects

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Oak

Art Nouveau Vase in and Sculpted Pewter from the Early Twentieth Century
Located in Milano, MI
Liberty vase in transparent glass and pewter carved with ladies, made in the early 20th century Ø cm 16 h cm 28 Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture, and appl...
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1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Pewter

Jugendstil J.P. Kayser Inkstand / Inkwell with Great Hamlet & Skull Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and important Kayserzinn pewter inkwell, designed by Hugo Leven. Who, in this day and age, would ask a top quality sculptor to design and execute a stunning sculpture with ...
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Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Decorative Objects

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Metal

Pair of Art Nouveau Silvered Pewter Figural Candelabras
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Art Nouveau silvered pewter candelabras with female figures surrounded by 8 arms (Attributed to WMF) (PRICED AS Pair)
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Silver, Pewter

A Stunning French Art Nouveau Majolica Floral Centerpiece by Fives-Lille
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Stunning French Art Nouveau Majolica Floral Centerpiece by Fives-Lille  France, circa 1900s, Gustave de Bruyn & Fils, Fives-Lille  A stu...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Majolica

Italian Signed E Rossi Art Nouveau Life Size Bronze Sculpture of a Woman
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 75in W: 37in D: 20in This Italian signed Eduardo Rossi (1867-1926) Art Nouveau life size bronze sculpture of a woman is an exceptional sc...
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20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Metal, Bronze

Pair of Tall Tiffany Studios Bronze Candlesticks, Early 1900's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A beautiful pair of tall Tiffany Studios patinated bronze candlesticks. The candlesticks are both signed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1213. These are an early pair and have the original ...
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Bronze

French Vieux Rouen Faience Vase with Vegetal Patterns Art Nouveau, c. 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
French faience vase from Rouen manufactures. Features hand painted floral decor in a blue, orange, white and yellow and green palette Good antique condition, apparent cracks on the i...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Faience

Vase with etched Decoration Josef Hoffmann Loetz ca. 1911 Jugendstil Black White
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
vase, Josef Hoffmann, Johann Loetz Witwe, Weiss Opal außen Schwarz decoration, glass, mould-blown, etched, ca. 1911 Hoffmann's vase designs from the 1910s are characterized above al...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Decorative Objects

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Brass

Fratelli Toso Murano Antique Millefiori Flowers Italian Art Glass Mosaic Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, antique Murano hand blown Millefiori Murrina flower mosaic Italian art glass decorative flower vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company, circa 1900-1920. Th...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine

LE GRAS - ART NOUVEAU Blown glass ball vase
Located in TEYJAT, FR
LE GRAS - ART NOUVEAU Blown glass ball vase with fluted edge decorated with art nouveau scrolls and organic floral design. Gilt decoration to the rim and on the design. In lovely c...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Glass

Tortoiseshell & Silver Clock Douglas Clock Co
Located in Northampton, GB
Shaped as a Conductors Lantern From our Accessories collection, we are pleased to offer this English Tortoiseshell Lantern Clock. The Clock with a large white dial with black numera...
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Early 20th Century Scottish Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Silver

Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Vase
By Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Nouveau vase circa 1900. Grisaille landscape decoration on an opalescent acid-etched background. Note a small chip on the neck the size of a needle head. Height: 13.4 cm Base dia...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Glass

Art Nouveau Vase, signed by Loetz, 1910
Located in Zurich, CH
The vase by Loetz from around 1910, features white glass with a red overlay and is intricately etched with a rose motif. The leafs of the rose stand out in light pinkish to deep purp...
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1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Glass

Large Joseph Maria Olbrich Candleholder, Kayserzinn Reproduction, 1980s Design
By Eduard Hueck, Kayserzinn 1
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This impressive candleholder is a striking reproduction of a design by the renowned Austrian architect and designer Joseph Maria Olbrich, produced by Kayserzinn in the 1980s. Crafted...
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1980s German Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Pewter

French Art Nouveau Pair of Large Terracotta Vases, circa 1910
Located in Traversetolo, IT
A stunning French Art Nouveau pair of large vases with female figures of the era, circa 1910.
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Terracotta

Iridescent Art Nouveau Foliage Vase w/Silver Mount by Clement Massier
Located in Chicago, US
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Silver

Lidded Canister with Handle, Elaborate Repoussé & Enamel Work, Munich Secession
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Crafted by Ludwig Vierthaler for the Josef Winhart metalwork company in Munich, this gorgeous and singular lidded canister displays the bravura repoussé work that the artist is known for. Winhart hammered elaborate Secession-style swirls and geometric patterns into the sides and lid of this piece, and enriched the lid with midnight blue and ruddy brown enamels. The entire piece has a subtle hammered finish and a streaky patina that gives the surface great depth of color. Interestingly, Vierthaler spent years as a metalsmith at Tiffany and Company in New York...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Copper, Enamel

Émile Gallé (1846-1904) French Art Nouveau Glass Vase « Magnolias» circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) French Art Nouveau Caméo Glass Vase «Magnolias » circa 1900 A multilayer deep red and yellow glass vase with acid-etched and wheel-engraved decoration. Desig...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Art Glass

Loetz, Glass "Titania" Silver Overlay Art Nouveau Vase, Swirl Green, Blue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful vase in swirl Titania glass and overlay silver, This is a rare antique vase.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Glass

Antique Sculpture Ice Bear On Blue Ball Signed Franz Barwig Glazed Ceramic
By Franz Barwig
Located in Munich, DE
This wonderful sculpture of an ice bear playing with a blue ball is a design by the Austrian Sculptor Franz Barwig (1868 - 1931) dating to 1915-1920. The sculpture was executed by th...
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1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Ceramic

Émile Gallé (1846-1904), Rare Cameo Glass Vase 'Basilique Saint-Nicolas-de-Port'
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) Rare and Important Galle French Cameo Glass Vase Cased glass, opalescent, colorless, yellow and blue, acid-etched design with the Basilica of St Nicolas de P...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Art Glass

Sculpture in bronze and marble base, Art Nouveau period, circa 1900.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture by Emmanuel Villanis in bronze and marble base, Art Nouveau period, circa 1900. H: 40cm, W: 21cm, D: 15cm
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze

Masterpiece, rare vase, amphore, Ernst Wahliss, 1900 Art Nouveau, Turn Austria
Located in Wien, AT
This stunning vase was made by Thurn Teplitz Porcelain, with support from designer Ernst Wahliss (1837 - 1900). The vase is in amphora shape, hand painted and has the early mark on the underside. The porcelain vase is ivory colored with light green and brown painting...
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1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Early 20th Cent Pug Dog Austrian Vienna Bronze Miniature Figure on Marble Base
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1910s or older Vienna bronze figurine. This polychromed cold painted bronze is probably something you need if you’re a Vienna bronze collector. Found at an estate sale ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Edgar Brandt Style Hand Forged Iron Snake or Serpent Sculpture, Austria, 1920s
Located in Vienna, AT
A wrought iron Art Nouveau era model of a snake / serpent. High-quality craftsmanship, handmade of forged iron by a Viennese metalworker in the 1920s. A decorative object, which would look great in your shelf, but also suitable as a paperweight, a jewelry ring holder...
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1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Piano Baby Girls with Toys Bisque Porcelain Figurine Hutschenreuther, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous pair of vintage antique bisque porcelain Figures by Hutschenreuther, Germany, circa 1910s. Tallest measures approximate 4 1/2" high a...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau walnut chest with embossed bronze and gemstone decoration
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Very pretty rectangular walnut chest with embossed bronze decoration in the Art Nouveau style, depicting scrolls, scarab beetles, foliage and flowers - a typical organic style which ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Multi-gemstone, Bronze

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Butterfly & Spiderweb Bowl-Shaped Vase by RStK Amphora
Located in Chicago, US
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Earthenware, Glass

French Art Nouveau Silver Plate Bowl with with Floral Details
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Silver plate Art Nouveau Decorative Bowl or Center piece. The curvaceous floral and vine details give the the classic art nouveau. A wonderful Vessel for a unique floral a...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Silver Plate

Art Nouveau Desk Set by Tiffany Calendar, Ink Dryer, Box and Clip
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Art Nouveau desk set by Tiffany calendar, ink dryer, box and clip Sizes: Measures: Perpetual calendar 16 x 16 cm Box 10 x 7 x 4 cm Clip 6 x 10 x 3...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Brass

Aristede De Ranieri Signed Art Nouveau Sculptural Mantel or Table Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Thia antique mantel or table clock was made by the well known Italian born sculptor Archimede de Ranieri, who did much of his work in France and made this in approximately 1900 in th...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Metal

Antique Italian Ornate Bronze French Louis XV Rococo 6 Point Candelabras
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Pair of antique Italian Ornate bronze French Louis XV style Rococo 6 point candelabras Center top 6th candle holder has a removable finial which may be able to be used as a snuffe...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Decorative Objects

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Brass, Bronze

Zsolnay Pecs Art Nouveau Eosin Metallic Vase
Located in NANTES, FR
Zsolnay factory tulip vase. 80s reissue by Miss Eszter Jorok. Numbered 5495. Vase from the 1899 Tulip series. Vase in perfect condition, note a small c...
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20th Century Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Ceramic

Majolica Iris Jardiniere Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small purple French Majolica iris oval jardiniere signed Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1900. The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. They pr...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica

Antique Picture Frame, Signed E.Roo, France, Bronze Dorée, Late 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Antique picture frame from the French historicism, the so-called Louis XV style. Beautiful and very heavy bronze work. Signed by the artist "E.Roo". Inside dimension: 13 x 9 cm ...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Bohemian Glass Vase Loetz Cytisus Red Green Orange Gold circa 1902 Art Nouveau
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Austrian Jugendstil, floral glass vase, manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe, red, green, orange, gold, circa 1902, "Cytisus Neuroth" decoration, bohemian glass, Austria The "Cytisu...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Decorative Objects

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Glass

French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Christofle & Cie Figural Centerpiece
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th/20th century Christofle & Cie Louis XV style silvered figural centerpiece, fitted with an oval diamond-cut-glass center-dish, attributed to Bacca...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Decorative Objects

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Crystal, Silver Plate, Bronze

Art Nouveau Barbotine Vases, 1900s, France
Located in Lisbon, PT
A three pieces set of a cachepot and two vases in olive green ceramic decorated with flowers in the Barbotine style faiançe with Interior in bluish green ceramic. 'B FRANCE 50_2 ' ma...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Ceramic

Pair Louis XV Porcelain Flower Ormolu Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Louis XV ormolu candlesticks with porcelain flowers. Elegant tulip-form candle nozzles and varied puce and white and period soft ...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Decorative Objects

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Ormolu

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Glass "Hearts and Vines Vase" by Louis Tiffany
Located in London, GB
An impressive early 20th Century American iridescent glass vase of slender form with green hearts shining through an attractive golden iridescence, signed L C Tiffany Favrile and numbered to base. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 23 cm Condition: Very Good Condition Circa: 1905 Materials: Iridescent Coloured Glass SKU: 6667 ABOUT Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collaborative of designers known as the Associated Artists, which included Lockwood de Forest, Candace Wheeler, and Samuel Colman. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewellery, enamels and metalwork. Early Life He was born in New York City, New York, the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Company; and Harriet Olivia Avery Young. He attended school at Pennsylvania Military Academy in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Eagleswood Military Academy in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His first artistic training was as a painter, studying under George Inness in Eagleswood, New Jersey and Samuel Colman in Irvington, New York. He also studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1866-67 and with salon painter Leon-Adolphe-Auguste Belly in 1868-69. Belly’s landscape paintings had a great influence on Tiffany. Career Louis started out as a painter, but became interested in glassmaking from about 1875 and worked at several glasshouses in Brooklyn between then and 1878. In 1879, he joined with Candace Wheeler, Samuel Colman and Lockwood de Forest to form Louis Comfort Tiffany and Associated American Artists. The business was short-lived, lasting only four years. The group made designs for wallpaper, furniture, and textiles. He later opened his own glass factory in Corona, New York, determined to provide designs that improved the quality of contemporary glass. Tiffany’s leadership and talent, as well as his father’s money and connections, led this business to thrive. In 1881 Tiffany did the interior design of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut, which still remains, but the new firm’s most notable work came in 1882 when President Chester Alan Arthur refused to move into the White House until it had been redecorated. He commissioned Tiffany, who had begun to make a name for himself in New York society for the firm’s interior design work, to redo the state rooms, which Arthur found charmless. He worked on the East Room, the Blue Room, the Red Room, the State Dining Room and the Entrance Hall, refurnishing, repainting in decorative patterns, installing newly designed mantelpieces, changing to wallpaper with dense patterns and, of course, adding Tiffany glass to gaslight fixtures, windows and adding an opalescent floor-to-ceiling glass screen in the Entrance Hall. The Tiffany screen and other Victorian additions were all removed in the Roosevelt renovations of 1902, which restored the White House interiors to Federal style in keeping with its architecture. A desire to concentrate on art in glass led to the breakup of the firm in 1885 when Tiffany chose to establish his own glassmaking firm that same year. The first Tiffany Glass Company was incorporated December 1, 1885 and in 1902 became known as the Tiffany Studios. In the beginning of his career, he used cheap jelly jars and bottles because they had the mineral impurities that finer glass lacked. When he was unable to convince fine glassmakers to leave the impurities in, he began making his own glass. Tiffany used opalescent glass in a variety of colors and textures to create a unique style of stained glass. He developed the “copper foil” technique, which, by edging each piece of cut glass in copper foil and soldering the whole together to create his windows and lamps, made possible a level of detail previously unknown. This can be contrasted with the method of painting in enamels or glass paint on colorless glass, and then setting the glass pieces in lead channels, that had been the dominant method of creating stained glass for hundreds of years in Europe. (The First Presbyterian Church building of 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is unique in that it uses Tiffany windows that partially make use of painted glass.) Use of the colored glass itself to create stained glass pictures was motivated by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement and its leader William Morris in England. Fellow artists and glassmakers Oliver Kimberly and Frank Duffner, founders of the Duffner and Kimberly Company and John La Farge were Tiffany’s chief competitors in this new American style of stained glass. Tiffany, Duffner and Kimberly, along with La Farge, had learned their craft at the same glasshouses in Brooklyn in the late 1870s. In 1889 at the Paris Exposition, he is said to have been “Overwhelmed” by the glass work of Émile Gallé, French Art Nouveau artisan. He also met artist Alphonse Mucha. In 1893, Tiffany built a new factory called the Stourbridge Glass Company, later called Tiffany Glass Furnaces, which was located in Corona, Queens, New York, hiring the Englishman Arthur J. Nash to oversee it. In 1893, his company also introduced the term Favrilein conjunction with his first production of blown glass at his new glass factory. Some early examples of his lamps were exhibited in the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. At the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, he won a gold medal with his stained glass windows The Four Seasons He trademarked Favrile (from the old French word for handmade) on November 13, 1894. He later used this word to apply to all of his glass, enamel and pottery. His first commercially produced lamps date from around 1895. Much of his company’s production was in making stained glass windows and Tiffany lamps, but his company designed a complete range of interior decorations. At its peak, his factory employed more than 300 artisans. Recent scholarship led by Rutgers professor Martin Eidelberg suggests that a team of talented single women designers – sometimes referred to as the “Tiffany Girls” – led by Clara Driscoll played a big role in designing many of the floral patterns on the famous Tiffany...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

Art Nouveau writing accessoire Carl Witzmann Wiener Werkstätte 1917
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Writing accessoire with two inkwells, model no. 2216 - Mszas 2, Carl Witzmann, Wiener Werkstätte, 1917 Bib.: photograph preserved in the Wiener Werktätte photo archives at the Austr...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

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Silver

Antique Glass Vase Koloman Moser Loetz Purple 1903 Vienna Jugendstil
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Vase, Koloman Moser, Johann Loetz Witwe for E. Bakalowits' Söhne, Violetta decoration, 1903 Among the most important glass objects from the Lötz manufactory are undoubtedly those from the series created in cooperation with E. Bakalowits Söhne. As a professor at the School of Arts and Crafts in Vienna, Koloman Moser influenced an entire generation of designers and architects. Under his guidance, he and his students created ultra-modern glassware...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Decorative Objects

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Early 20th Century Kayserzinn Art Nouveau Pewter Dragonfly Tray by Hugo Leven
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Early 20th Century Kayserzinn German Art Nouveau Pewter Dragonfly Tray by Hugo Leven. Overall excellent condition with age appropriate wear.
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

Materials

Pewter

Art Nouveau Bronze Bust by Alfred Jean Foretay Circa 1900
By Alfred Jean Foretay
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Art Nouveau bronze bust , circa 1900 Alfred Jean Foretay, 1861-1944, A renowned artist of the late 19th and early 20th century . A beautifully detailed cold-painted white bronz...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Antique and Vintage Decorative Objects for Sale: Find Vases, Bowls, Boxes and Clocks on 1stDibs

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 antique and vintage 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.

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