German Decorative Objects

A powerful stylized sculpture of a bear in solid smoke grey glass. It is hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. The typical design of Livio Seguso in the 1970s. The base w...

Article: OP art porcelain vase Producer: Hutschenreuther, Germany Designer: Heinrich Fuchs Decade: 1970s Description: This original vintage OP Art vase was produced an...

I am proud to offer you this rare Meissen Chinese butterfly soup tureen. The tureen is painted in the Kakiemon style with a central Chinese butterfly on ...

Stunning sunburst wall clock made of brass, metal and glass. One of the most beautiful models I have seen to date. An eye catcher par excellence. Made in Germany. Electric, battery operated...

Collection of 12 early Black Forest roe mounts very nicely carved and great color and patination. Priced per mount.

Handblown crystal vase in pink and blue glass with an vintage Eastern scene. The decor is an Easter decor with 2 hands-free engraved bunnies in naturalistic style. Completely handblo...

Miniature stoneware turtle sculpture by Meissen Boettger, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks and measures 2.25"W x 3""D x 1.5"H. Great detail a...

Meissen figure of Lusatian woman holding flowers in national costume, circa 1887. This model designed by Hugo Speiler. It is marked with the Meissen mark, model number Q190d, '52,' a...

Article: Set of 2 glass vases Producer: VLG Weisswasser, GDR Design: Richard Lauke designed in 1939 Decade: 1960s Description: Original vintage set of 2 glass vases "Fe...

A fine antique Nymphenburg porcelain figurine. By Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. Designed Dominikus Auliczek. Modeled as an allegorical de...

Beautiful vase designed by Dieter Peter for Carstens Tonnieshof in the late 1960s-early 1970s. This hand-crafted vase is identified as the "Mooncra...

A very beautiful vintage vase manufactured by Duemler & Breiden in the 1960s. Stripe decor in russet, orange, ocher, green, beige and black. Model no. 476/32. Dimensions in cm: Hei...

Meissen great dane white porcelain dog. Antique white porcelain dog sculpture of a great dane beautifully modeled with original custom conforming red velvet covered base, with markin...

A very fifties ceramic West German vase by Spara. Sgraffito hand-decorated in beautiful shades. African tribal pottery inspired - a main trend during the Mid-Century period. Hand-pro...

Rare and gorgeous dog perfume lamp attributed to Carl Scheidig Grafenthal, Germany. Excellent condition, lamp is in working order. Size: Height 17 c...

Jasba N3221120 vase is a part of N series of objects; this series covers a large segment of Jasba’s production. Items within the series come in a wide variety of forms and decors, a...

Fine German Meissen porcelain beveled wall mirror with a pair of figural cherubs. Finely modelled as an elegant 18th century piece of art, hand painted white porcelain china with cob...

Victorian, Continental silver .800, footed tea caddy, Germany, with Hannau marks, circa. 1895, B. Neresheimer and Sohne - makers. Chased with dancing ...

Beautiful ceramic bottle vase decorated with circles. Manufactured by Dümler and Breiden. Germany, 1950s. This elegant pottery vase in brown and gr...

Bronze inkwell intricately embossed with scroll work. Features include a pen vest and back tray and double inkwells with griffins on the back gallery. A continental piece possibly Au...

Amber Matisse stacking vessel II, Pia Wüstenberg Dimensions: D 12 x H 16 Materials: glass, wood The Matisse Stacking Vessels are treasures, small splashes of curvy glass with a wooden crown. The collection was originally designed for the Tate Museum...

A fine antique Bohemian glass tumbler cup or mug. The tumbler is a central European Historicism Period reproduction of a Middle Ages 'Waldgla...

An important pair of Meissen Porcelain Groups depicting "Alexander The Great Concurring India". Modeled with Alexander the great's three warriors/soldiers riding on caparisoned eleph...

This stunning Meissen porcelain clock case and stand exemplifies the luxurious Rococo style of the 19th century, characterized by its elegant shell and foliate scroll silhouette. The...

Brown/amber apothecary pharmacy glasses from the 1920s-1930s.

A very elegant pair of twin vases, crafted by Bay Keramik and designed by Bodo Mans in the 1950s, that embody the charm and innovation of mid-century West German ceramics. These peti...

Huge hand forged (hammered) metal artist wall candle holder. A unique piece, a masterpiece. Massive, wonderfully shaped and a real eye-catcher.

In a very good condition beautiful handpainted vase from Ruscha Keramik. Decor Milano.

A 19th century Royal Cobalt Blue Meissen Pate Sur Pate vase of a Maiden seated on a Centaur. Beautifully decorated in cobalt blue, salmon pink, 2...

This is a very unique bronze heavy box with a bear sculpture on top The box is a locking one that works

An impressive pair Dresden, Meissen style German porcelain lidded vases. Each with Cherubs frolicking around, depicting classical hand pai...

This grand and elegant porcelain vase was masterfully crafted in the 19th century by the esteemed Royal Bonn Company in Germany. Standing impressively at approximately 23 inches tall with a 7-inch diameter, this vase is a striking example of antique decorative art...

Antique Meissen braided and gilded rose du Berry porcelain. Hand-painted and gilded leaves. Mid-18th century. Measures: 12.8" x 9.25"x 2.5" In excellent condition and Stamped.

An exceptional Art Deco powder jar very desirable and would enhance any collection. The representation of a couple in love has been expertly hand painted, from the lightly blushed ch...

Excellent Meissen porcelain figure: Young gentleman in elaborate rococo clothing of the upper classes: noble white frock coat with golden hems, gold and flower embroidered vest and sleeve cuffs, large black bow on the wig hair, sitting at a magnificent desk with curved...

Cast of a Sitting Bear Sterling Silver ca. 1930s Item e7245 A lovely sculpture of a sitting bear casted in sterling silver, Germany 1st half of the 20th century. 57,3 gramm, 2.02 oz....

A very stylish round glossy glazed white porcelain vase by Fürstenberg with a floral organic leaf relief pattern, a real beautiful and elegant piece of decorative art. This vase is c...

Vintage vase for flowers in textured glazed porcelain by Rosenthal, Century New Wave Series, c.1980s. This work of Postmodern design captures collaboration of American and Finnish ...

An impressive early 20th miniature suit of armour in the 16th century style, possibly German, the helmet is adjustable and has gold coloured patraes eit...

Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Silver Glass Vase, ca 1999. Measures 8” high, base 3-1/2” wide, and mouth 2-1/4” wide. There is a small scratch of silver finish/coating on glass (we've posted an image of the interior and exterior at the area of the scratch). There is also a faint area of small blemishes at the base See images for more detail. If there’s one thing karim rashid hates, it’s trophies. The 40-year-old designer has more than 40 of them, from big international ones like the 1999 George Nelson Award (given for breakthrough furniture design), to quaint little Canadian ones like Designer of the Year 2001. “It came with a little pin,” says Rashid, “and a … a … very nice …” He tries to describe the shape of the award with his hands but gives up. “It’s time that whole trophy thing changes. It’s kitsch. They’re functionless things.” Rashid was asked to design one for the DaimlerChrysler Design Awards (he’s a past recipient). “I was going to make it electro-luminescent. When the lights go out, it has a sensor so it turns on,” he says. But the trophy-as-night-light, a reminder of one’s worth in the darkest hours, didn’t impress Chrysler’s people. He never heard back. They may well be gnawing their knuckles over that decision right now because Rashid’s conquest of the realm of product design is all but complete. A lush and suitably worshipful retrospective of his work, Karim Rashid: I Want to Change the World (Thames & Hudson; 249 pages), hits Australasian bookstores this month. There was a crowd around anything with his stamp on it-including stools, chess sets and storage units-at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. More than 2 million North Americans are throwing their rubbish into a receptacle he designed, while 750,000 or so park their rears on one of his cheapo plastic chairs. It’s not just in North America. He has been dubbed Der Poet des Plastiks by a retailer in Germany and the prolifico progettista Americano by Interni magazine in Italy. Trophies he may despise, but accolades Rashid can handle. The problem with being the Most Famous Industrial Designer in All the Americas is that you’re still less famous than someone who got kicked off Survivor the first week. Most people cannot name the designer of one nonclothing item in their homes. Rashid, who was born in Egypt, raised in Canada and is living in New York City, is more than happy to bring an end to this anonymity. Not just because he wants to be famous, although there seems to be that, but because he believes design should be a bigger part of the social discourse. “I have been almost alone in this country, trying to make design become a public subject,” he says. His chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice design more. He likes creating expensive furniture and perfume bottles just fine, but what really gets his juices going is the everyday: manhole covers, a cremation urn, disposable cigarette lighters, garbage bins, salt and pepper shakers, plastic pens. “I want American Standard to come to me to do the toilets for Home Depot,” he says. In many ways Rashid is more like an itinerant industrial evangelist than a designer. He traveled 200 days last year. He claims to have been to every major mall in America, where he signs his products in high-end design stores and trolls about observing humans interacting with the objects around them. He has taught at design schools for more than a decade, and his work has been in 11 art shows in the past eight months. But mostly he has proselytized the corporate barbarians. And like any good missionary, he has learned to speak the language of his converts. One of the first things he does when he gets new clients is tour their factories to understand their manufacturing capacity. He also visits the retail outlets to see how the product might be displayed. And he really knows how to sell, especially himself. “I work with a guy in L.A.,” says Rashid, declining to name him. “He made a lot of really bad furniture. His business was hand-to-mouth. I proposed seven or eight projects. The pieces I’ve done for him have already become iconic.” The subtitle of his monograph, I Want to Change the World, is not ironic, just characteristically immodest. “Most industrial-design studios try to interpret a client’s needs and come up with a style,” says Paul Rowan, co-founder of housewares manufacturer Umbra. “Karim has his own personal vision.” It helps that Rashid’s vision incorporates things that Rowan needs, like a design that will stack and ship easily and that creates little waste in the making. Rashid’s father was a set designer for Canadian TV who rearranged the family furniture every Sunday. So perhaps it was ordained that Karim would grow up to become one of the pioneers in non-cheesy plastic, making objects that have energy and personality but aren’t wacky. He, like many of his generation, has championed the could-only-be-designed-with-computers blob. But his is not just a blob for its own sake. His Oh Chair...

An unusual, hammered brass fish decorative sculpture. Well made, thick brass, ca' 1950's, Germany.

Beautiful West German Art Pottery. Marked 'W. Germany 553-38' on bottom. Regarded as the golden age of ceramics, highly collectable 1950s-1970s Art Pottery is known for experimental ...

Vollplastisch geschnitzte Heiligenfigur des frühen 17. Jahrhunderts, polychrome originale Farbfassung. Höhe 83cm, Farbe bereichsweise stark blättrig bzw. fehlend. Ausdrucksstarker G...

Jugendstil ceramic vase bronze mounted is an original decorative object realized in the early 20th century. Original ceramic vase with cream and cobalt blue glaze. All around colorf...

Hand blown crystal vase/laterne in green colored glass with a lily of the valley decor all around. The decor is hands free engraved by artists and the bottom of the glass is hand car...

Tall, large vintage midcentury vase by West German Pottery producer - 'Bay Keramik' Germany, circa 1970s. The embossed relief pattern on the t...

Superb Jugendstil copper and brass by the famous C.D.E Works of Carl Deffner of Esslingen, Germany. A three-piece red copper coffee or tea set on a matching presentation tray. The ...

This beautiful French style doré bronze pierced basket is intricately decorated with roses and swag throughout. Monogrammed M on one side and at the top of the handle. Original curved glass insert. Perfect for wedding flowers...

A fine German miniature blanc de chine porcelain figurine. Designed by Ernst Andreas Rauch for Nymphenburg Porcelain ca. 1945. In the form of Münchner Kindl, (lit. Munich Child), t...

This photo frame is a brutalist style frame. it is made up of copper, brass raw amethyst and quartz. this kind of art is seen less often compared to other designs. this small raund p...

Made in Germany. Production in the years 1931-1940 Made of metal, steel, chrome, Polished Good original condition, functional.

Two similar vases from the Walther factory in Germany, from their midcentury production. This matched set both have faceted sides so that they catch the light when you pass by, and are of sufficient weight to ensure stability. The eye-catching period color (amethyst) and contrast between glass and metallic, makes them instantly recognizable. Size: Ice bucket H 5.51 x D 5.9 inch The elegant classical...

1980s table clock in outstanding design. Made of black and silver gray lacquered metal, white clock hands. Battery works (battery is not included). Dimensions in cm: Width 19.9 cm,...

Antique Wooden Mantel Clock with Eagle, Swiss 1900 A great carved linden wood mantel clock with a very detailled carved eagle sitting on a rock with foliage decorations. The porcelaine clockface has handpainted numerals, handcarved in Switzerland - Brienz ca. 1900. The clockwork was overworked by a clockmaker and is in working order. It comes with original key. Measures: Width 14.17" (36.0cm) Height 24.8" (63.0cm) Depth 5.12" (13.0cm) Soberly considered mantel clocks are small pendulum clocks...

WMF Art Deco Tazza in patinated silver. Germany, first half of the 20th century. Elegant and stylish Art Deco tazza / serving dish in patinated silver...

Article: Table clock Origin: Germany Producer: Zentra, Germany Age: 1970s This original wooden table clock w...

Rare hard plastic store display hat stand or model featuring iconic English mannequin Twiggy Lawson. Very Good, used, vintage condition. Lesley Lawson, widely known by the nickname...

A beautiful, so called Coral vase by Carstens Tonnieshof Keramik.