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Place of Origin: Austrian
Carl Auböck Midcentury Brass Star Sea Star Starfish Key Ring Chain Holder
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist star keyring / key holder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Loetz Silberiris Candia Iridescent Twin Handled Glass Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stylish Bohemian Silberiris Candia iridescent glass vase with brown handles by Johann Loetz Witwe and dating from around 1900. The simply shaped vase ref PN 85/5151 in the Loetz cata...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Carl Auböck Model #3975 Brass Vase
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #3975 brass vase. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese vase is executed in polished and darkly pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$682 / item
Original Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstatte Vienna Secessonist Flower Stand
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
A typical work from the early period of the Wiener Werkstatte. Punched iron sheet, white lacquered. See similar items - Wiener Werkstatte pattern books as displayed. No signature.
Category
Early 1900s Jugendstil Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Kralik Loetz Style Iridescent Flower Bud Green Glass Vase c.1900
By Kralik Glassworks
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A simply stunning Art Nouveau iridescent flower bud shaped green art glass vase attributed to Kralik and dating from around 1900. The tall elegantly ...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
$390 Sale Price
36% Off
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Owl Sculpture. Bergmann 1900´s
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Owl Sculpture. Bergmann 1900´s.
Early 20th century, Bergmann Bronze Sculpture.
An Austrian cold painted bronze model of an Owl.
The body naturalisticall...
Category
Early 20th Century Vienna Secession Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Cabin Antler Wall Clock with Deer Head Austria ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Cabin Antler Wall Clock with Deer Head Austria ca. 1900
A large rustic antler wall clock. The wooden case is richly decorated with plaster applications, a plaster deer...
Category
Late 19th Century Black Forest Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Antler
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4636 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #4636 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass. Each piec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
20th Century Murano Sommerso Glass Bowl, Pink/ Purple/ Blue, Italy ca. 1960/70
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Beautiful mid century modern Murano glass bowl from the world renown Sommerso workshops in Venetia/ Italy coming from the period around 1960/70. This amazing looking Sommerso Murano ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Small Carl Auböck Model #7247-2 Patinated Brass Vase
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Small Carl Auböck model #7247-2 patinated brass vase. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese vase is executed in polished and darkly patinated brass b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Ceramic Figurines Rstk Amphora Austria Turn Teplitz
By Amphora Austria Manufactory
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Nouveau ceramic figurines Rstk Amphora Austria Turn Teplitz - a pair
Attributed to Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel for Amphora, Turn Teplitz Austria...
Category
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$3,146 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Solid Bronze Carl Auböck Heart Neiman Marcus Paperweight Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid bronze egg paperweight by Carl Aubock and sold through Neiman Marcus. Austria. 1970s.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Walter Bosse Thermometer, circa 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse Thermometer, circa 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3847 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3847 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in polished and patinated brass. Each pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Paperweight #5371 or 5788 "Heart", Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck paperweight #5371 or 5788 "Heart", Austria. Price is per piece. Available in different sizes.
Category
2010s Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #3979 Patinated Brass Bowl
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Aubo¨ck Model #3979 patinated brass bowl. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese bowl is executed in polished and darkly patinated brass. Origina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3846 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3846 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in polished brass. The Auböck #3846 booke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Pincushion Needle Stand Bird Figurine 19th C. 1890s, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This listing features a beautiful late 19th-century Austrian metal needle stand in the form of a bird figurine, complete with its original pincushion top. Dating to the 1890s, this c...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Brass Bowl by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Bowl, Austria 1960s.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Silver Sugar box, Vienna 1867-1872
Located in Delft, NL
Silver Sugar box, Vienna 1867-1872
An Austrian-Hungary silver sugar box with hinged lid. On the lid a rose with leaves as knob. A rectangular box with beautiful round scalloped body...
Category
19th Century Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Carl Auböck Model #3844 Brass Bowl
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #3844 brass bowl. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese bowl is executed in polished and darkly patinated brass. Originally conceiv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$420 / item
Vienna Secession Clock by Bertold Loffler and Anton Kling
By Bertold Löffler
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Literature: MAK, Vienna, Photographic Archive of the Wiener Werkstätte, inventory no. WWF 89-28-3, WWF 112-39-2 (two decor variants, attrbuted to Anton Kling); Arlt, Weilinger, Wiene...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
"Male Athlete with Kettlebell", Rare Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude by Seifert
By Franz Seifert
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This highly rare bronze of a nude male athlete preparing to left a heavy kettlebell weight was sculpted by an Austrian artist, Franz Seifert, in 1922. Although Seifert is known for his nude figures straining to accomplish physical tasks -- such as carrying a large bucket or splitting a stone -- this sculpture is the only example known to exist. A decade after this sculpture was cast, Seifert carved a marble portrait of Siegfried Marcus, inventor of the gasoline-powered car, for a monument in Vienna, which includes a nude male figure in bas relief racing forward on the upper edge of an automobile wheel. He also created a large sculpture grouping honoring Empress Elizabeth...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Giraffe by Walter Bosse around 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Giraffe by Walter Bosse around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique Franz Bergman Bruno Zach Cold Painted Bronze Peacock with Fanned Train
By Bruno Zach, Franz Bergmann
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This fabulous bronze peacock was made at Franz Bergman's Vienna foundry and bears the name of sculptor Bruno Zach. The highly detailed sculpture is beautifully cast and features cold painted polychrome decoration. The peacock's crested head is turned slightly to the left and its magnificent fanned tail feathers - also known as a train - are realistically rendered and arch forward as they rise. The train has splayed feathers at both ends that rest flat on the display surface, preventing instability. The feathers have been finished with white shafts and greenish-gold vanes while the ornamental black eyespots are accented with metallic rose and copper colored paint. It should be noted that the back of the bird's train is also highly detailed lending visual interest if viewed from the front or the rear.
The peacock's head and body are painted in a silvery color while the painted decoration on the head includes large white masks and black eyes that are ringed in orange. The bird's angled beak is finished in yellow and has well defined upper and lower sections. The peacock's wings are positioned parallel to its body and extend back beyond the train. The outside of each wing is accented in mottled copper and black paint while the rear portions bear a series of painted copper and black stripes. The bird's thin legs are finished in gray and have black spurs at the back. Its long toes terminate in sharp black talons.
The peacock is in very good condition with no replacements or repairs. As an antique, the piece shows signs of age including minor areas of paint loss that are noted for accuracy. It stands 8" at the tallest point of the train and is 11.5" as measured across the widest points of the train. The piece is 3.25" at its deepest point. The back of the train bears a partially legible Bergman amphora-shaped foundry mark with a B at the center. It is also signed 'Zach' in cast at the underside of one section of tail feathers for sculptor Bruno Zach who had a history of collaborating with Bergman to edit and cast some of his works. The peacock weighs 3lbs 2oz.
This lovely antique Vienna Bronze peacock sculpture...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck Model #7231 Brass Vase
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #7231 brass vase. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese vase is executed in polished and darkly pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$772 / item
Salt and Pepper Shaker Holder Chinese Figurine by Richard Rohac around 1950s
By Richard Rohac
Located in Wien, AT
Salt and pepper shaker holder Chinese figurine by Richard Rohac.
Original condition.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
LOETZ Formosa iridescent blown glass vase. Austria, 1900s
By Loetz Glass
Located in Torino, IT
Vase made of glass
blown iridescent
LOETZ Formosa.
ORIGIN
Klostermühle
PERIOD
1902
MARK
LOETZ
one of the most celebrated art glass factories in history, famous for its Art Nouveau...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Art Nouveau "Vase with Water Plants and Bats" by Paul Dachsel for RStK Amphora
By Paul Dachsel, Amphora
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Adolf Loos Vienna Modernism Wall Clock by Junghans, Germany, 1920s
By Junghans Uhren GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful minimalist wall clock, dating back to around 1920, designed by Adolf Loos (1870–1933), manufactured by Junghans Germany. This clock stands out with its unmistakable octag...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel, Sheet Metal
Carl Auböck Model #4233 Brass and Leather Paper Knife
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4233 brass and leather paper knife. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural knife is executed in polished brass and handwoven brown leather. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass Bookends #4636
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock patinated brass bookends #4636. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality materials, original m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Iridescent Glass Vase Attr. to Loetz, 1930s
By Loetz Glass
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage glass vase attr. to Loetz, realized in Austria in the early 20th Century.
Excellent condition.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Hans Müller, Austrian Early 1900s Petite Jugenstil Bronze and Gilt Bust
By Hans Muller
Located in Miami, FL
REDUCED FROM $950....Here you have a delicate and finely chased Jugenstil bust of a young lady with turn of the century upturned hair resting on a pedestal of what appears to be a vine of holly leaves and berries. Lovely period Art Nouveau form. The shouldered bust is a beautiful patinated greenish brown bronze and the stepped base gilt bronze...a wonderful contrast.
Hans Müller...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$650 Sale Price
31% Off
Antique Austrian Silver & Enamel Pill Boxes 1920
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
This elegant set of four Austrian Art Deco pill boxes, crafted circa 1920, showcases the refined luxury and craftsmanship typical of early-20th-centu...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau "Vase with Bat" by Eduard Stellmacher for RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel, Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Walter bosse for herta Baller cat figurine vienna around 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Walter bosse for herta Baller cat figurine vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Important Viennese Silver and Enamel Figural Clock, Signed Karl Böhm
By Karl Bender
Located in New York, NY
An important Viennese silver and enamel figural clock, signed by Karl Böhm. This elaborately crafted timepiece is constructed from gilt silver and richly adorned with polychrome enam...
Category
1880s Rococo Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Fine Josef Hoffman Wiener Werkstätte Art Nouveau box Austria 1912
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Fine and distinguished box, designed by the “Hero” of the Wiener Werkstatte, Josef Hoffmann. Made of nickel plated brass, leaves and stars in the pattern. This box is not marked, but...
Category
1910s Jugendstil Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Antique Austrian Orientalist Majolica Figural Pedestal by Gerbing & Stephen
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout 19th century majolica pedestal handcrafted in terra cotta. In an orientalist theme with a woman and an ostrich under a palm tree, decorated and glazed. Signed G & S 1847 on ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Vintage Bronze, "How Kola" by C. Kauba
Located in Bronx, NY
A vintage multifigure action bronze of the "Old West" by C. Kauba. The pristine polychrome sculpture identifies an unyielding American Indian chief brandishing a tomahawk battling ag...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Candleholder in Brass from Austria
Located in Vienna, Austria
Decorative midcentury candleholder from Austria. It comes as a set and includes scissors for controlling the wick and another element for snuffing the fra...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Carl Aubock Polished Brass Hand Bottle Opener #4224
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock polished brass hand bottle opener #4224. This whimsical 1950's hand bottle opener by Carl Aubock is a wonderful example of the marriage ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
18th Century Decorative Lacquered Portrait Figures Wood Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
This antique and fine lacquered wood box, is painted on both the sides with an elegant portrait of a woman and on the other side a dancer.
The piece will be delivered with its certi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Neoclassical Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$580 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Glass Vase with Applied Punts, Wersin for Tiroler, Austria, 1924
Located in Glasgow, GB
This 1924 green glass vase was designed by Wolfgang von Wersin for Tiroler Glashtte, an early and refined example of Austrian Art Deco glassware. Crafted from vibrant emerald green g...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
$491 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Signed Hagenauer Bonze Cupid Figurine Made in Austria, Vienna
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Vienna, AT
The item on sale is an original vintage bronze figurine. It was designed and manufactured by the Austrian workshops of Hagenauer. The Figurine ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Mother of Pearl Etui Sewing Box with London Scene by Balthasar Wigand
Located in Northampton, GB
Fully Fitted Sewing Box
From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to introduce to the market this exceptional Mother of Pearl Sewing Box...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3651 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3651 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass. Each pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Elegant Nickel Plated Art-Deco Box attributed to Carl Hagenauer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant nickeled box , manufactured in Austria in the Art-Deco periode.
After talking to Ronald Hagenauer, descendent of the Hagenauer family in Austria we can attribute this exclusive of nickel-plated brass box to his grandpa Carl Hagenauer...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Nickel, Brass
Walter Bosse Monkey Salt and Pepper Shakers Set, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian midcentury shaker set from the 1950s, displaying a cute monkey holding salt and pepper shakers. A humorous design by Walter Bosse, manufactured by Hertha Baller i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
"Head of Medusa" Austrian Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Josef Müllner
By Josef Müllner
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This Medusa head was marked J. Müllner, dated 1918 and stamped ‘Österr. Gesellsch. Z. Förderung D. Medaillenkunst und Kleinplastik’, with the stamp GMK 16 and Eisengiesserei A. G. Wi...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Cute Baby Shoe Silver Plated Metal Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage metal money bank. A beautiful decorative item, with nice patina. Made in Europe, circa 1960s. Nice addition to any collection, desktop, living room or children's roo...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Antique Austrian Franz Bergman Cold Painted Bronze Peacock Sculpture Statue 1920
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Austrian Art Nouveau coldpainted bronze sculpture of a peacock by Franz Bergman, Vienna, circa 1920.
The bronze depicts a remarkably lifelike peacock with it's tail fe...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Richard Rohac candle holder by Walter Bosse 1960s Austria
By Walter Bosse, Richard Rohac
Located in Den Haag, NL
Table Candle Holder with 3 lights, made of
heavy iron and brass in a typical
Mid Century Modern triangle shape and
the base frame formed into a "W",
by Walter Bosse for Richard Rohac .
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Bronze Elephant Motif Letter Opener, Bergmann 1910
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful antique bronze letter opener dating to the 1910s or earlier, crafted by an unknown sculptor, made by Franz Bergmann Vienna Austria. This beautiful Art Nouveau piece displ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Vase with Fiery Dragon by Stellmacher & Dachsel for RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Paul Dachsel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Patinated Brass Watering Can by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Mid-Century
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Patinated watering can #3632 by Carl Auböck in brass and cane.
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Ceramic vase vienna around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Very elegant ceramic vase vienna around 1960s
Original condition
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Amphora Art Nouveau Vase w/Saurian by Eduard Stellmacher & Co.
By Eduard Stellmacher
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Model #2
Eduard Stellmacher and Co, Porzellanfabrik und Kunstkeramische Industriewerke
Driven to establish a new company that produced luxury porcelain and ceramic items based on his own aesthetic aspirations, Stellmacher left Amphora when the workshop was at its most prosperous, in 1904. Together with entrepreneur Karl Frank, who provided the financial backing, he founded Ed. Stellmacher & Co. in Turn-Teplitz in 1905.
From the outset, Stellmacher worked hard to achieve a major position among other high-end ceramic art producers. He believed the success of the company would depend on his products of “appropriate methods and unerring quality, perfect from both the technical and artistic sides”. Stellmacher based his first collection on artistically progressive products, pieces he believed would be in high demand. The greater part of the designs were either large vases complemented with sculptures of fantastic dragons or natural animals. With this series, Stellmacher continued the themes he had created for Amphora from 1899-1902, however, his naturalistic renderings of animals was even more elaborately precise. He developed a special ceramic material called refined earthenware, which minimized the shrinkage that was common during firing and allowed for greater preservation of details in the original models.
Unfortunately, by 1905, contrary to Stellmacher’s plans, there was little to no demand for objects of this type. Very few pieces exist today as very few were originally produced. Even after redirecting the company to produce commercial goods Stellmacher still could not ward off the company’s demise. By 1910 the Stellmacher & Co. fell into bankruptcy and was liquidated.
Art Nouveau Dragon...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Kralik Loetz Art Nouveau Iridescent Glass Inkwell
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique iridescent purple glass inkwell by Kralik in the "Pampas" decor, i.e. a Kralik decor shift on Loetz Pampas. Lobed square form with typical trailed...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Austrian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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