Pair of Italian Creamware 2-Piece Topiary Fruit Bowls

Hand-carved in Italy during, this circular lobed marble font basin would make a great vide-poche. A vide-poche (literally “empty pocket”) is a small storag...

Hand-carved in Italy during the 1900’s, this small marble lobed basin would make a great vide-poche. A vide-poche (literally “empty pocket”) is a small storage bowl for everyday items, such as car keys, loose change, wallets, etc. A marble basin of this size might have originally been used in a Catholic church as a holy water vessel. The gadrooned lobes carved along the outside give the appearance of a stylized scalloped shell. On the back of the shell is an excavated block of marble, which is how the basin would have been affixed to a wall. The beautiful beige colored marble with burgundy inclusions and white veining has been carved with a quarter round molding along the rim. A versatile item, our small Italian marble shell basin...

Hand-carved in Italy during the 1900’s, this small marble shell basin would make a great vide-poche. A vide-poche (literally “empty pocket”) is a small sto...

This pair of highly sculpted limestone fruit bouquets have a remarkable weathered appearance, as the result of a light-mottled patina of black and gree...

Two fruit bowls, circa 1908s Polished and stove enameled.

Pair Wedgwood creamware floral banded sauceboats. Pair of English creamware sauceboats with green leafy band with flowers in purple, magenta, yellow and as...

These Mason’s Ironstone soup bowls in the "Fruit Basket" pattern offer a beautiful intersection of English tradition and enduring craftsmanship. Produced in mid-20th-century England,...

Pair of ceramic bowls from Vallauris, France. This pair has a beautiful cream hue and organic shape. They are textured as well. The pair is in excellent condition – the photos accura...