Austrian Decorative Objects

Hagenauer Art Deco Silver Metal Head from the 1940s This Art Deco head from Hagenauer is a piece that exudes elegance and sophistication. Its design captures the essence of the Art D...

A candle hodler made for two candles by Richard Rohac Vienna.

Antique Bohemian Red Cut Crystal Vase with White & Gold Overlay, Circa 1900.

Dark patina 4 piece-set of candlesticks by Studio Palatin. Handcrafted, limited edition. Dimensions: H 10/15/19/25.5 cm. Materials: Bronze, dark...

Each with baluster form decorated with a classical profile. Silvered enamel, Austria. Origin: Austrian Date: 19th century Size: 9 3/4 in. x 3 1/4 in.

An extravagant watering can manufactured by the Austrian architect and designer Carl Auböck. This object, made entirely of brass and of high quality craftsmanship, can exist both in ...

Decorated with pheasants and peacocks in gilt.

19th Century Austrian Porcelain Sculptural Set in White with Children.

A small brass giraffe of Walter Bosse for Herta Baller Austria.

Ceramic Sign: Made in Austria Keramos 2051 19/M Wiener Keramos, later Keramos AG or Keramos KG , was a Viennese ceramics manufacturer that made a name for itself especially in the interwar period . In addition to their own designs, designs from the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were also produced from 1932 onwards. In over 60 years of company history, around 3000 model designs have been produced by around 60 ceramists. Keramos also carried out commissions from the Wiener Werkstätte, such as vases by Dagobert Peche . History The origins of the Keramos company lie in two companies with the same name. The company Keramos – Invalid Society for Viennese Art Ceramics was founded at the end of 1919 on the initiative of the three ceramists Rudolf Wolf, Heinrich Wolf and Ludwig Rys, who had become invalids in World War I. Production started in September 1920. Art-ceramic lamps, figures, vases and boxes were produced. The company Keramos – Viennese art ceramics and porcelain manufactory was founded in 1920. Josef Hoffmann was a shareholder of Keramos for a long time, as was the sculptor Rudolf Podany, who was engaged from the start and created a large number of designs. From 1921 Anton Klieber was employed, who was also responsible for most of the models. Around 1924 both companies were merged and converted into an AG, commercial director became Otto Köller, the technical directors were the brothers Rudolf and Heinrich Wolf. "Some war invalid ceramists founded a workshop with the help of some artists, which was subsequently financed by the state and later enlarged with its participation and converted into a joint-stock company." The company's headquarters were in the Hofburg , Schwarze-Adler-Stiege, the factory in the 10th district of Vienna, Schleiergasse 17. Artistic collaborators at that time were Eduard Klablena , Otto Prutscher , Karl Perl , Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , IDA Schwetz- Lehmann and Grete Fucik-Fischmeister. On February 23, 1928, the triangular mark was entered in the trademark register. It was now also produced for the Wiener Werkstätte. Difficulties for the company arose from the Great Depression . Around 1932, 50 people were employed and a large number of models from Eduard Klabena and the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were taken over. The works created by Keramos were labeled with their company brands until after 1941. From 1939 the economic situation of the company was better managed by taking over the production of ceramic winter welfare organization badges, the so-called WHW badges. Before 1941 the company is converted into a KG named Keramos, Wiener Kunstkeramik und Porzellanmanufaktur Brüder Wolf KG . Otto Köller was no longer active from this point on. After the end of World War II, Robert Obsieger recommended Robert Mathis as the new head of Keramos, who took over the management of the ceramics manufactory in 1945. In 1949 Mathis introduced a new company logo, which was used alongside the existing triangle mark, the so-called coat of arms mark. Anton Klieber and Rudolf Podany continued to work as ceramists, and new artists such as Josef Lorenzl and Stephan Dakon , both of whom had previously worked for Goldscheider , as well as Rudolf Chocholka, Karl Grössl and Ina Eisenbeisser were engaged. New models such as dancers, children's figures, animals and nudes were created, as well as the well-known wall masks, young people and poodles from the mid-1950s, which corresponded to the trend at the time. In addition, however, traditional designs such as Madonna statues and busts, saints and angels were still made. Utility ceramics such as crockery, vases, lamp bases, candle holders and flower pots also became an important branch of production, and cooperation with the German manufacturer Carstens at the beginning of the 1960s was just as lucrative. In the course of the 1960s, the sales markets for figurative ceramics became increasingly difficult. So until 1982, production was increasingly shifted to everyday ceramics, since ceramic figures were no longer modern due to changing tastes and the spirit of the times. Ultimately, the economic situation at Keramos became more and more difficult and Klaus Mathis, the son of Robert Mathis and then director, who succeeded his father at the helm of the company at the beginning of the 1970s, initiated the liquidation of the company at the end of 1982 . Staff The following artistic collaborators have worked for Keramos over the years: Hans Adametz , Franz Barwig the Elder , Franz Barwig the Younger , Andreas Beck, Hans Bolek, Angelo Bortolotti, Hertha Bucher , Rudolf Chocholka, Stephan Dakon , Ferdinand Doblinger, Eckstein, Franz Eggenberger , Ina Eisenbeisser, English, Stephan Erdös, Alois Feichtinger, Feyslitz, Hans Friedberger, Grete Fucik-Fischmeister, Kurt Goebel, Anton Grath, Karl Grössl, M. Günther, Otto Hafenrichter, Arnold Hartig , Friedrich Herkner, Trude Hillinger, Leopold Hohl, Hostasch, Karl Jamök, Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , Eduard Klablena, Klar, Anton Klieber, Maria Klinger, Josef Kostial, Josef Lorenzl , Wilhelm Otto Lugerth, Viktor Matula, Gusty Mundt-Amman, Novotny, Carl Perl, Rudolf Podany, Friedrich Pollak, Hugo Postl, Adolf Prischl, Otto Prutscher , Max Rieder , Elisabeth Rieger-Hofmann, Walter Ritter , Willibald Russ, Karl Sailer, Schönberg, Schwarz, Ida Schwetz-Lehmann , Sult, Robert Ullmann , Otto Weigand, IDA Weiss-Moricz, Rudolf Wolf. Exhibitions • Jubilee exhibition of the Wiener Kunstgewerbeverein, Austrian Museum , Vienna 1924. • Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Paris, 1925. • Exhibition of Austrian arts and crafts...

A very rare Viennese Art Déco ceramic figure: Japanese girl with a flower-adorned page-boy hairstyle standing, wearing only an orange-red cloth draped around her hips, holding a cor...

Art Nouveau loetz glass mantel vases with bronze mounts.

Terra Side Table W550 D600 H600 mm A deep impression. Textured, hemispherical vessels of handmade paper in various sizes shapes and colors. Suit...

Austrian Art Deco Sier Kunst Bull Wood & Brass Sculpture in Haguenauer Manner ca. 1930 DETAILS Marked ‘SK’ in a triangle for Sier Kunst and ‘Made In Aus...

Carl Aubock design solid brass ballerina hand model #5275, Austria. Lovely decorative desk or table top object by the master Carl Aubock. Mounted on...

Inscribed 'Geschutzt', 'C. Kauba', 'Vienna' and '4689'.

Boy with red cap, red jumper and checked harem pants standing, facing right, right hand in trouser pocket, carrying golf bag full of clubs and clasping it with his left hand. Designer: Claire/Klára Herczeg/Weiss (1906 - 1997) Sculptor, childhood in Vienna, apprenticeship as a sculptor at the Vienna Arsenal Foundry, studies at the Budapest Art Academy, designs for several manufactories from 1940 mainly active in Budapest, state and municipal commissions, important representative of socialist Hungarian sculpture. Model 7191 was created circa 1935 made circa 1935 Manufactory: Goldscheider Vienna / Austria Material & Technique: hand-crafted ceramics, white earthenware, hand-painted, glossy finish Size: height: 23.0 cm / 9.05 in width: 10.0 cm / 3.93 in depth: 9.0 cm / 3.54 in Marks: model number 7191 / 72 / 3 Goldscheider Wien...

Cold-painted bronze cats sculpture attributed to Franz Bergmann. Austria, early 20th century.

A fine pair of royal Vienna porcelain vases and covers with mythological scenes. With blue ground, gilded and decorated with mythological scenes, Austria, late 19th century. Origin:...

Antique 19th century Austrian Renaissance revival solid silver enameled lidded bowl / trinket box, the body supported by four scroll feet, beautifully enamelled throughout dipicting ...

A candle holder made for two candles by Richard Rohac.

A hand crafted, flat, two sided brass sculpture of a Scotty canine mounted on a wood base.

Austrian Art Deco Vide-Poche Bronze and Green Agate ca. 1920s ABOUT Vide Poche (meaning 'empty pocket' in French) is intended to be a trinket tray used for holding the contents of ...

Very Rare And Exceptional Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figure: Striding girl in blue coat over beige dress and matching blue cap with beige border with red embroidery pattern, gray ...

Very Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the 1930s: Standing young, unclothed lady with chin-length blond hair, loosely holding in front of her the leash of the German shepherd sit...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Portrait of the Infanta Margarita Teresa Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (Queen of Spain) A very sweet ...

A very fine pair of Vienna cobalt blue porcelain covered urns with male mask handles. Each covered urns and covers; cobalt blue ground; loop handles terminating at classical male mas...

Bowl on an oval ground plan with flared, wavy and curved walls on four swept-out feet, fruit and leaf decoration in relief on the bowl base and on the outside, colored glazed in an e...

Depicting a man climbing a ladder to pick fruit from atop a tree, while the woman stands with her arm outstretched.

Carl Auböck #3791 "Body" vase, Austria, 2022.

Carl Auböck #3786 "Alert" Vase or Bookend, Austria 2022.

Carl Auböck #4061 Sculpture "Architect", Austria.

Carl Auböck #3975 "Collar" vase, Austria, 2022.

Carl Auböck #4057 sculpture "Athlete", Austria

Carl Auböck #4271 wall sculpture "Napoleon", Austria.

Carl Auböck #4273-2 Paperweight "Foot", Austria 2022.

Carl Auböck #7240 Vase "Single Noose", Austria 2022.

Carl Auböck #7228 Vase with Ring, Austria, 2022.

Auböck solid patinated brass tray in a feather shape. .

Carl Auböck #3980-2 Candleholder, Austria 2022.

A Large Goldscheider Pottery Classical Roman Figure This impressive and highly decorative late 19th-century pottery figure was made at the Friedrich Gold...

Depiction of dancer Ruth Saint Denis (1877/79 - 1968, actually Ruth Dennis, 'Miss Ruth') performing her dance 'Radha'- Dance of the Five Senses, first performed in 1906. Dancer with her hair pinned up and decorated with pearls, her head tilted gracefully to one side, wearing a bustier and a long, wide skirt held around her hips with a triple belt, holding it at the sides with her raised hands, bell straps on her anklets, one leg placed one step in front, behind her two baskets filled with roses. On creme-colored three-passage stepped base with light green painting...

Both sculptures are signed ‘C. Kauba’ on the plinth. Dimensions: 9.75” high x 3.75” deep x 3.5” wide Dark brown patina. Original marble pedestals. Carl Kauba (Austrian, 1886 – ...

Loetz Art Deco Gold Iridescent Tapered Series III Vase, c1930 Additional information: Date : c1930 Origin : Austria Bowl Features : Tapered bowl with...

A small black pony in the style of Walter Bosse/Herta Baller made of brass.

Salt and Pepper Shaker holder in form of an african woman. In style of Richard Rohac. Shakers are made of plastic.

A pair of candle holders in fish look made out of brass and designed by Richard Rohac Vienna, Austria.

A dancer in Venetian costume striding forward: a black, tightly laced corset with a wide peplum, in which she has tucked a purple lace shawl that she holds to one side with an outstr...

For five generations the design house of Carl Auböck has been turning ordinary objects like paperweights and bookends into extraordinary objects of beauty in an old town house in Vienna. Mixing old world craftsmanship with Bauhaus design, materials such as brass, leather, wood and horn are transformed in eccentric, imaginative modern objects. This solid brass key...

A very good quality pair of late 19th Century Austrian porcelain KPM lidded vases, with cream and white ground, gilded decoration, twi...

An Austrian Vienna late 19th century cold painted bronze study of a capercaillie This very realistic Austrian Vienna cold painted bronze study is a very pleasing example and is beau...

Very rare goldscheider Art Déco ceramic figurine of the 1930s: Little blond, curly-haired girl in a green-red checkered dress, bending over with both hands and using her body weight...

A gorgeous Antique Silver mounted Viennese Enamel Trinket Box in the shape of a Renaissance style cup and cover. The entire exterior and interior of this object are covered in richly coloured and detailed enamelled imaged and patterns. The exterior Body, Foot & Lid of the object features individual classical scenes set within oval cartouches surrounded by scroll floral patterning. Made in Vienna, Austrian circa 1880. Approx. Height - 21.2cm Approx. Diameter at rim - 7.6cm. Signed/Inscribed: Austrian Hallmarks. This Viennese Enamel Box...

Cold-painted bronze sculpture by Franz Bergmann. Austria, early 20th century.

This highly detailed cast and and cold painted Vienna bronze was made by the premier maker of this genre, Franz Bergmann. Signed with his foundry mark on the base. That style base u...

Very Rare Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figure of the 1930s: Standing, elegant lady with a dark feather hat, in a long, dark skirt and a red, tailored jacket with a high, light-grey c...

24K gold Arbor 4 piece-set of candlesticks by Studio Palatin Handcrafted, Limited Edition Dimensions: H 10/15/19/25.5 cm Materials: 24K gilding,...

A cast patinated brass bowl/ashtray.

Gorgeous Art Nouveau Vase of very rare shape Made by Loetz (Lötz) Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia, circa 1900 Decor: amber-orange colored type of Papillon Form: round as well as bellied body with scalloped mouth and silver plated mounting Gorgeous glass item with vertical ribbings on surface, running from edge of mouth to area below. This vase's mouth is of irregular form, having extremely scalloped edge causing this vase's very special appearance. The decor is quite rare type of Papillon - amber-orange shaded and blue-golden shining due to its stunning iridescence ! Finally, this vase's round hollow body is attached to high holder which seems to have been manufactured especially for this glass item: It is a silver plated mounting made of pewter: This one has three arms at top area, holding the vase / the Stand is three-sided, excellently decorated with floral ornaments of reticulated type - most probably these are lady slipper orchids...

Austrian bronze cat sculpture made in Austria The bronze has small wear due to years of age. It has a small chip on the tail. (see in photos). H:...