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Decorative Objects For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Federal
19th Century English Majolica Basket
Located in Austin, TX
English Majolica Victorian basket in pastel colors, circa 1890.
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Antique English Large Tunbridge Box With Marquetry Inlay
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique English Tunbridge box with geometric inlay, hinged lid, red velvet interior, felted bottom and comes with working key. The box with a diamond form inlaid medallion flanked...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Antique English Silver Tea Caddy - Sheffield 1893 - Atkin Brothers
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome Victorian solid / sterling silver tea canister with a repousse decoration to both body and pull-off lid.
The tea caddy is fully hallmarked for the well renowned silversmi...
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Pair Irish Waterford Glass Crystal Hand Cut Lustres Lusters Vase Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Stylish Example of a Fine Pair of Hand Cut Full Lead Crystal Lusters of outstanding heavy gauge quality and good size proportions, all though unmarked were made in our opinion in I...
Category
19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
Category
19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Pennsylvania Cherry Tall Case Clock, Jedediah Weiss, Bethlehem
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional Federal cherry tall case clock with a brass eight day works signed Jedediah Weiss Bethlehem, with beautiful inlay including a contrasting fan carving above the waist d...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Cherry, Maple, Satinwood
Royal Worcester Scarce Majolica Figural Spill Holder c.1865
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and delightful antique English majolica pottery man carrying a sack spill holder by Royal Worcester and dating from around 1865. The well potted figure stands raised on a wi...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Duccommun Girod 6 tune music box with exposed controls
Located in Zonhoven, BE
EEarly and exceptional music box by Ducommun Girod with "exposed contols"
Ducommun Girod was one of the first manufacturers of music boxes early in the 19th century. He is known for...
Category
Early 19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
$4,671 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Figured Walnut Jewellery Box
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4433 fine Victorian figured walnut jewellery or sewing box with brass carrying handle, original working lock and a key and green interior, all in home ready condition, circa 1880.
...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
$699 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Staffordshire Cottage
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Staffordshire cottage from England with flocking accents along the roofline, which is brown atop a cheery yellow cottage resting on...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
19th Century J.E Caldwell Victorian 9 Tube Mahogany Tall Case Grandfather Clock
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century J.E Caldwell Victorian 9 Tube Mahogany Tall Case Grandfather Clock
Dimensions : 95" Tall X 24" Wide X 17" Deep
This grandfather clock was made in the USA in the late 1...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Victorian Copper Planter Log Bucket
Located in Altrincham, GB
Victorian Copper Planter Log Bucket of footed half bulbous form with embossed floral and leaf work shoulder panels with mask handles - 19"w x 16"d x 14"h
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
2 Antique Church Altar 7 Light Adjustable Candelabras Candle Holders Pair
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th century pair of brass seven light candelabras - church / temple / altar candlesticks - with rotating adjustable / articulating arms.
Dimensions:
7.25" x 19.5" x 19" / At W...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$720 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Staffordshire Scottish Highland Couple Bag Pipes Clock Figurine 14"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century English Staffordshire flatback porcelain figurine depicting a Scottish Highland couple perched on a floral clock, than man holding a set of bag pipes.
DIMENSION...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Victorian Amber Glass Hobnail Bud Vase Attributed to Harrach
Located in Glasgow, GB
A Victorian era amber glass hobnail vase attributed to the Czech glassmaker Harrach circa 1890's
The vase displays a striking combination of glassmaking ...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Late Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$123 Sale Price
50% Off
Mid 19th Victorian century carved mahogany fusee wall clock
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th victorian century mahogany fusee wall clock circa 1860.
Good quality English wall clock from the high Victorian period. White enamel dial with roman numerals, glass door w...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Staffordshire Rare Transfer Printed Cow & Milkmaid Pottery Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and stunning antique Staffordshire transfer printed pottery model of a cow and milkmaid figure dating from the mid 19th century. The well potted and hand crafted figure stands...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Majolica Palissy Lizard Box Saint Honore Les Bains, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Palissy box with a large lizard handle unsigned Saint Honore Les Bains, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Wild Rose And Tile, English Spode Bone China Paperweight
By Spode
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Wild blue and red roses, amid foliage motifs decoration on stylised tile ground
Delightful bone china paperweight from Spode, England
Circa 2000
Signed Spode, England F1868-AO to bas...
Category
Early 2000s English High Victorian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Antique Victorian Brass Candlesticks
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large pair of antique Victorian brass candlesticks having a shaped turned column and raised on a square stepped base
Measures: H 27.5cm
W 10.5cm
D 11cm
Date 1860.
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Minton Majolica Lily Basket
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica basket which features pond lily leaves and flowers tied together with lily stems which form the handle. Four flower bud feet. Co...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Combination Sovereign or Vesta Case
By Thomas Hayes
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver combination sovereign or vesta case, an addition to our diverse box and case collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian English sterling silver combination vesta or sovereign case has a subtly domed rectangular, rounded form.
The anterior and posterior surfaces of this silver case are plain and unembellished.
This antique Victorian sterling silver sovereign case is fitted with a hinged hallmarked push fit cover allowing access to the hallmarked sprung sovereign holders...
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
English Tripod Table Regulator Clock by Thomas Cole, Retailed by Hunt & Roskell
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine English Tripod Table Regulator Clock by Thomas Cole, With Integral Thermometer and Barometer, Retailed by Hunt & Roskell, London
Signed to the dial for the retailer ‘Hunt & Roskell, London.’
No. 1318 /38
The circular six-inch silvered dial with cast bezel, signed ‘Hunt & Roskell, London’, above Roman chapters and blued steel spade hands, set with a large subsidiary seconds dial below XII, the centre finely engraved with scrolling strapwork decoration. The steel winding square protruding through an engraved and shaped plate immediately below 6 o'clock with handset achieved by adjustment to the rear. The movement with tapered plates joined by cylindrical screwed pillars, a two-part backplate, a going barrel, and deadbeat escapement. The pendulum suspended from the apex of the tripod from a G-bracket, with plumb line above, fine regulation achieved by a sliding cylindrical weight on the rod, terminating in a heavy silvered spherical bob secured via Cole's pendulum-locking system.
The case formed of three cylindrical rods set on a gilt and stepped circular base engraved with scrolling foliage, the recessed centre with a semi-circular glazed barometer with silvered register scale, blued steel hand and manually adjustable gilt recording hand. The tilted thermometer within an engraved and gilded surround. Below the tip of the pendulum is a beat scale resting on a bimetallic bar providing thermal compensation, the base resting on three adjustable gilt-metal levelling nuts.
Retaining its original glass dome and brass winding key.
England, Circa 1855.
This fine and rare timepiece by Thomas Cole is a masterpiece of design.
Described by Hawkins in 'Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking' as “the first English table regulator for a gentleman’s library table,” Cole’s strut clock underwent over eight iterations before achieving a design that combined precision with extraordinary elegance.
The use of a tripod to determine the optimal pendulum suspension point is just one of several ingenious mechanisms Cole employed. Three adjustable nuts serving as feet allow for effective levelling of the clock, while a plumb line and bob ensure precise vertical alignment. Relocating the winding square directly beneath the dial eliminates the risk of scratching the surface or damaging the hands, while the inclusion of a thermometer, angled at 45 degrees, effectively conceals the beat scale and pendulum locking mechanism.
Ingeniously designed, the locking mechanism positioned just below the pendulum’s tip includes a beat scale resting on a brass bar that can be raised to secure the pendulum in place. This mechanism also provides thermal compensation through a bi-metallic strip, which automatically raises or lowers the bob in response to temperature fluctuations.
Both inventive and aesthetically striking, this rare clock exemplifies the highly ornamental Victorian timepieces...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Pair of Antique Victorian Porcelain Vases
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair of mid 19th Century Victorian antique porcelain vases which have black tapering bodies decorated with beautifully painted birds nests, butterflies and flowers in wonderful colou...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Picture Frame, Victorian, Bronze Dorée, France, 1880s, 7 x 10 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique picture frame from brass.
France, around 1880.
Picture size: 7 x 10 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Victorian Silver Plated and Green Glass Inkwell
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This Late 19th Century Victorian inkwell set exemplifies intricate craftsmanship and luxurious design. It features a silver-plated tray with ornate detailing, including embossed flor...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Large 19th Century Majolica Square Minton Jardiniere
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Minton Majolica cobalt blue jardiniere on stand c.1875, the square sectioned jardiniere simply decorated with a cattail on each corner.
Largest...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of mid century brass and cut glass decorative candlesticks
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of mid century brass and cut glass decorative candlesticks
1960's table candlesticks. Brass arms with cut glass droplets. Blue part to stem with complementary rose shaped wax c...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Victorian Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century Antique French Coal Scuttle in Repousse Brass with Handle and Paws
Located in COLMAR, FR
An extremely decorative, antique, statement piece. This antique coal scuttle has been sourced in France and dates from the 1800s. Coal scuttles used to be everyday utility items. For...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Zinc
Fantastic quality large antique Victorian ornate brass carriage clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic quality large antique Victorian quality ornate brass carriage clock having a quality eight day French movement in an ornate brass case with turned columns to the corners, w...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Lovely Carved Wooden Lady Towel Holder ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Lovely Carved Wooden Lady Towel Holder ca. 1900
A large unique towel rail, hand carved and painted. The artwork is modeled as a beautiful Victorian maid carrying a bar as a towel ho...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Singing Bird Cage with 2 birds by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare and very decorative singing bird automaton.
Made in de 4th quarter of the 19th century by Bontems in Paris (France).
This singing bird cage has a brass gilded base to conseal ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Other
Antique Stafordshire Puff Dog Confetti Figurine Iridescent Finish Porcelain 1860
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This charming antique Staffordshire porcelain figurine, dating to around 1860, depicts a puff dog—most likely a poodle—crafted with exceptional attention to detail. The figurine feat...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Silver and Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box by Bontems, circa 1900
By Bontems
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Singing bird box by bontems of Paris, Circa 1900. Tortoisesheel embellished with sterling silver, with silver and enamel lid.
Category
Early 1900s French Late Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
PAIR OF ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE DOGS 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE DOGS 19th Century
Earthenware
English in molded, relief and gilded ceramics.
Wear on the gold.
Height: 38 cm.
good conditions for the time
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
$877 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A Victorian Silver Inkstand made in Madras by Peter Orr and Sons in 1880
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian Silver Inkstand made in Madras by Peter Orr and Sons in 1880 for Presentation to the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Governor of Madras and Convenor of the “Duke’s Ow...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Venetian Murano Gold Green and Clear Hand-Blown Art Glass Tall Flower Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Venetian Murano gold green and clear hand-blown art glass tall flower vase.
A-437-335
Category
1940s Italian Victorian Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Pair Of Quality Antique Royal Doulton Vases
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair Of Quality Antique Royal Doulton Vases with lovely hand painted blue and green decoration to the top and bottom of the vase and gold, red and white hand painted decoration to th...
Category
Early 20th Century Late Victorian Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Gillinder & Sons Washington Bust, 1876
By Gillinder & Sons
Located in Savannah, GA
A Gillinder & Sons milk glass portrait bust of George Washington for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
3 ½ inches wide by 3 ¼ inches deep by 6 inches tall
Category
1870s American Federal Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Milk Glass
Austrian Royal Vienna Angelica Kauffman Porcelain Hand Painted Cabinet Plate 19c
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality early Edwardian signed Austrian Royal Vienna cabinet shallow dish plate of circular outline. Last quarter of the nineteenth century. Unsigned but firmly...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze entitled "Arab Inkwell" by Franz Bergman
Located in London, GB
A superb early 20th Century cold painted Austrian bronze inkwell modelled with an armed Arab mounted upon his camel standing next to a palm tree on a rocky landscape with excellent n...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Late Victorian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Staffordshire General Sir Henry Havelock Equestrian Horse Figurine 9"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century English Staffordshire porcelain flatback figurine depicting General Henry Havelock on horseback circa 1860 with a bright orange hat and saddle blanket. General ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
French Red Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock, Samuel Marti, Paris
By Samuel Marti
Located in Norwich, GB
French Red Tortoiseshell Boulle clock, Samuel Marti, Paris.
Red tortoiseshell case inlaid with fine brass decoration surmounted by an ormolu finial, ormolu mounts and standing on raised bracket feet. The front of the case with glazed viewing aperture behind a central ormolu mount. The sides of the case decorated with fishscale fret decoration.
Gilded and chased dial with individual blue enamel numerals and original ‘blued’ steel hands.
Eight day French movement with starburst pendulum, anchor escapement and outside countwheel, striking the hours and halves on a silvered bell. The backplate stamped H & F, Paris and marked for Samuel Marti, Paris, number 4005. C.1880
‘Samuel Marti & Cie’ were well known French clockmakers working from their premises at Le Pays De Montbeliard Paris from just before 1860. They were awarded the medaille de bronze...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Majolica Turtle Fountain Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica turtle fountain signed Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Form 913.
At the end of 19th century it's not unusual to find in the rich houses thi...
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Victorian Desktop Writing Cabinet in Dark Oak Automatic Tambour, 19th Century
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Antique Victorian desktop writing cabinet made in 19th-century England, crafted in dark oak wood with well-defined grain and original period hardware in silver-toned metal. This is a...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$762 Sale Price
20% Off
19th c. Embossed and Gilded Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
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A 19th century pressed paper lap desk with an embossed and gilded stag decoration to top. Top and bottom open to reveal storage areas along with an area for writing instrument...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Paper
$184 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Staffordshire Figures Under an Arbor
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Staffordshire figure group of a couple who appear to be courting sitting on a bench under an arbor with leaves and groups of flowers. The couple appears to be sitting ho...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
English Brass “Royal Family” Diamond Candlesticks – Complete Set of Four Pairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare and complete suite of English brass candlesticks known collectively as the Royal Family of Diamond Candlesticks, made in England circa the early 1900s. This charmingly titled set comprises four distinctive pairs, each named and sized in royal hierarchy: The King of Diamonds, an imposing pair standing 13 inches tall with 4.5-inch bases; the Diamond Prince...
Category
Early 20th Century English High Victorian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Repeating Drocourt Carriage Clock with Alarm
Located in Amersham, GB
A strike repeat alarm carriage clock by Pierre Drocourt. Stamped and numbered with the Drocourt mark on the back plate in a gilded 'Gorge' case. Drocourt was one of the great carriag...
Category
1860s French Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel, Ormolu
TIFFANY Single Light Crystal Candlestick 9" Tall
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tiffany 9" Tall Single Light Crystal Clear Glass Candlestick Windham by TIFFANY & CO.Hexagonal shape base and top crystal glass single candlestick.A very sty...
Category
20th Century Italian Victorian Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Blue John Paperweight Egg Mounted on Fluorspar Base, Early 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The brightly colored blue john egg mounted on a rectangular base.
H. 3" x W. 4" x D. 2 3/4"
Category
Early 20th Century British Late Victorian Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz
Antique Pair Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Chinese Fo Dog Vases Urns
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Chinese Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Vases of traditional baluster outline, of unusually quite good size proportions, (see last image in situ) mid...
Category
19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
English Spode Bone China Pyramid, Gilded Imari Paperweight
By Spode
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A collector's quality bone china paperweight from Spode, England
Exquisite gilding and floral enamel decoration topped with gilded ball accent
Circa 2000
Signed Spode, England F1860-...
Category
Early 2000s English High Victorian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Majolica Strawberries Jardiniere Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century English pink Majolica Strawberries Jardiniere Minton.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Spectacular Victorian jardiniere with Griffin stand of country house proportions
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Luster glaze jardiniere and griffin stand by Clement Massier, official supplier to the British Crown,
The jardiniere of spiral moulded baluster form modelled with three lions masks ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
English Ironstone Vase and Cover, Morley Ashworth Ironstone
Located in Downingtown, PA
The octagonal-from vase has a deep blue ground and is painted in gilt and yellow with Rococo scrolls of foliage and vases of flowers. The dragon scroll handles and decorated with gil...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Ironstone
English Porcelain Dog
Located in New York, NY
An English porcelain Staffordshire dog decorative object sculpture, Victorian design period, circa late-20th century, England. What a chic dog w...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Exquisite Victorian Walnut & Black Leather Campaign Writing Slope
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Exquisite Victorian Hand-Crafted Burr Walnut Writing Slope With Black Tooled Leather Interior With Secret Compartment
SLOPE 23
Brass front ...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Outstanding quality large antique Doulton Lambeth vase by Hannah Barlow
Located in Ipswich, GB
Outstanding quality large antique Doulton Lambeth vase by Hannah Barlow having an outstanding quality antique Doulton lambeth vase by Hannah Barlow beautifully decorated to the centr...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Trio English Brass Beehive Candlesticks 1 Large Pair, 2 Matching Smaller Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and versatile grouping of three pairs of antique English brass beehive candlesticks, dating to the late 19th century. This trio f...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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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