Italian Decorative Objects

Big fruit bowl in Portoro marble, characterised by a dark black background with golden veins. Processed in Carrara, Italy. You have a 100% made in Italy product. It is ideal to prese...

In this listing you will find a gorgeous little Mid Century Dining elephant figurine. It is done in 970 Silver, with the hallmark on the bottom of its foot, as shown in pictures. Thi...

A stunning Italian Venini mid-century amethyst art glass vase decorated in the ‘Inciso’ pattern and designed by Paolo Venini (Italian, 1895-1959) and dating from around 1955. The ‘...

The infusion of golden amber lends a mesmerizing allure to this enchanting hand-blown glass box from Murano, Italy. The warmth evokes a sense of luxury and sophistication, which is a...

A Very Rare and Important Marble Relief of the ‘Resurrection of Christ’ Attributed to the Master of the Mascoli Altar Marble Venice, Italy Second half of the 15th Century SIZE: ...

A gorgeous pair of cobalt blue Murano glass candlesticks Designed by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co. Produced by Archimede Seguso Italy, Circa 1970s Measures: 3.25"W x 3.25"D x 4...

Renowned for their exceptional quality and timeless design, this exquisite 1990s Bitossi ceramic set features a stunning textured pattern of fine horizontal stripes worked around the...

OLD SMALL TERRACOTTA HEAD OF ZEUS, early 20th century Small head of Zeus (Greece) - Jupiter (Rome). Piece from the early 1900s, produced in Rome. Highest deity of the Greek Olympus,...

Beautiful jewelry box designed in Italy in the 1970s. Silver plated box depicting a shell symbol of love and beauty since antiquity. Superb design object that will decorate your inte...

A Wonderful Tole Hand Painted Chinoiserie Moss Green And White Large Planter Raised On Gold Gilt Paw Feet.

A commanding and decoratively rich pair of hand-modeled and hand-painted majolica portrait busts depicting a male and female figure in period costume, each resting on a turned socle ...

Beautiful Italian " Torso " 20th century Carrara marble. Measure: H: 47m including base, 30cm without very good condition

Murano Glass Vase Bolle designed in the year 1966 by Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) for Venini, Italy. This vase was made in 1985 by Venini in Murano from red and honey-colored, transpa...

Made in Italy around the 1950s, this Empoli blown glass vase is rendered in a rich green tone and formed in a gently flattened cone shape. The silhouette is compact yet expressive, w...

Iconic, rare mid century modern masterpeice Alessandro Pianon Pulcini bird sculpture designed by Alessandro Pianon for Vistosi Murano c...

Impressive Late 19th Century Bronze of Mercury on a carved stone plinth An exceptional grand tour bronze figure of Mercury, masterfully captured in a dynamic, mid motion pose and rai...

Wonderful set of four crystal plexiglass flower vases. This fantastic set was designed by Guzzini in Italy during the 1970s. This set is made of four different flower vases with t...

Bring the ocean indoors! This spire coiled shell in a transparent Art Murano Glass with an amazing cyan marine blue tint has been freely blown and hand crafted, with extraordinary sk...

A hand crafted Italian crystel apple form jam jar designed by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Company in the mid 1980's. Elsa Peretti (1940 - 2021) was an Italian fashion model, designe...

This collection is a work of art that make a statement in modern décor and in the modern cultural art world. It can be used as a vase containing flowers, or as a beautiful centerpiec...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown intricate white and pink ribbons Italian art glass fazzoletto / handkerchief vase. The piece is documented to designer Fulvio Bianconi, for the Ve...

Unique Baroque silvered candleholders for in total 6 candles, Italy, circa 1750-1780. Weathered, repairs and losses. More pictures available on request. Measurement individual. H:40,...

This exceptional pine wood photo frame, designed by renowned Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto for Artek, captures the essence of Scandinavian craftsmanship. The rare piece ...

Bust of Caracalla in green Pavonazzetto marble Estimated shipping costs in Italy: 200€ and in Europe: 370€. 76x65x25 cm, 20th century. Sculptures, Marble, Good condition—used,...

Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved and Polychrome Angel Candlesticks. H 28” x W 16” x D 6” Pair of Baroque style winged angel candle sticks. They feature dramatic, deeply carved w...

A striking large vase-sculpture by Burchiellaro, Italy, 1970s, crafted in cast iron and aluminum. With its sculptural spherical body and futuristic presence, this extraordinary obje...

A circa 1950's Italian porcelain mermaid sculpture Measurements: Height: 14.5" Diameter: 4.5"

Before describing the object under consideration we must make an important clarification; the artifact, one of many that we will publish over time, is part of the museum collection of a historic Florentine crystal grinder that unfortunately closed recently. It is the Marcello Galgani & Son company, whose completely manual and artisanal work has not withstood the disproportionate advance of mass-produced mechanical processes! Marcello Galgani began his craft as a grinder and restorer in 1960; as the years went by, Marcello mastered and became familiar with particular techniques and shapes, resulting in the production of objects that manage to retain the freshness of grinding and engraving, the warmth and softness of light, and the inimitable flavor of unique artifacts. After several years, his son Lorenzo, who grew up among crystals, also entered the business and immediately became passionate about this ancient craft with skill and ability. Stimulated by the aesthetic sense of the past, father and son, set up a workshop in which the shapes they researched and created themselves are mouth-blown by traditional Tuscan glassmakers in Empoli, then ground and engraved using ancient sixteenth-century techniques, with motifs born of the Galgani's inexhaustible imagination or culturally inspired by designs of objects seen and studied in Florentine museums (Uffizi, Galleria Palatina, Museo degli Argenti, etc.). Marcello and Lorenzo Galgani were also Masters in the difficult art of restoration, bringing rare and precious objects back to life. As mentioned the company recently closed and disposed of all its last production, only Marcello's old private museum collection remained, which includes unique and special objects created over time, a collection that the craftsman made available to us for a planned sale. All of the objects were made entirely by hand with old grinding wheels, but there were mainly two tools that allowed the creation of masterpieces: the right hand and the left hand of the master craftsman. Ancient glassmaking techniques were used for all the ground and engraved products: first the object was ground with an emery wheel fed continuously by a jet of abrasive sand and water, then re-polished with a very fine-grained sandstone wheel also fed with water; the engravings were done freehand using as many as 10-15 small stone wheels for each design (flowers, branches, animals, etc. ); then the object was polished and shined; we must make, at this point, an important clarification on these last two operations: towards the end of the 1960s acid crystal polishing was devised, the object was immersed and rotated in a solution of sulfuric acid, fluoridic acid and water and in a short time all the defects left by the previous processes were eliminated, it was a fast, industrial operation that allowed to lower costs considerably, with discrete but not excellent results. But for Galgani's products polishing is done with a cork bark wheel wet with water and pumice, to make the surfaces more transparent. Finally, polishing was achieved with a felt wheel wet with a paste of water, iron oxide, and cerium oxide. This series of processes takes an average of two days of work( sometimes much longer) for each object, each engraving or grinding is the result of the creative inventiveness of the two craftsmen, inventiveness that transforms crystal into a material reality of the highest aesthetic value and inestimable value. All objects in the entire collection have never been used; they were part of the exhibition. Large oval crystal vase...

Vintage ceramic vase made in Italy in the 1970s. The ceramic vase is in very good vintage condition, with no damage. Dimensions: Width: 16 cm / 6.3 inches Height: 30 cm / 11.8 inch...

Materials: Glazed Ceramic ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journe...

ANCIENT MARBLE SINK began 20th Century Original antique white marble sink. Height 77 cm Width 38 cm Inside the basin depth 10 cm good condition

Late 19th century hand-thrown terracotta amphora from Puglia, Southern Italy, featuring a softly crackled cream glaze accented with hand-painted cobalt blue banding. The elegant doub...

Ancient red porphyry is a magmatic effusive lithotype characterized by a Bordeaux-red color, composed of a cryptocrystalline matrix in which floating phenocrysts of pale pinkish whit...

A Fabulous Pair of Black Murano Glass & Gold Splashed Figures of Arabian Horses Each figure is formed as a rearing horse with an arched neck, raised foreleg, and grounded hind l...

Magnificent Italian sculpture in Carrara marble " Torso " early 20th Century. Italy Complete height with base: 43cm perfect condition.

The vintage ceramic jug vase by Marcello Fantoni from the 1960s is an exceptional and artistic piece that exemplifies the mastery of Italian cerami...

Small size vintage Italian handmade Sommerso vase created in multi-colour layers of Murano glass. The glass is in amber and clear colors. Very good vintage condition.

This magnificent vintage urn is a testament to the dramatic flair of 1970s Mediterranean-inspired design. The piece features a vibrant, mouth-blown glass body in swirling honey and a...

This totem showcases a striking composition of metallic gold and purple marble-effect Murano glass elements. The design evokes ancient natural forms through its combination of hand-p...

Marcello Fantoni for Raymor ceramic shelf hanging person. Glazed Ceramic. Cat pictured sold separately.

Sculptural 18th century Italian figure of Christ in fossil agate coral adorned with natural-forming copper. The figure of Christ was originally part of a crucifix from a church in Tu...

Born in 1922, Gabriella Crespi studies architecture at the Politecnico in Milan, where her work is permeated by her perspective on Le Corbusier’s and Frank Lloyd Wright’s design expe...

The Alpha Centaury Glass Flower Vase was designed by Marco Zanini in 1982. Signed on the base, please see below for further information. Marco Zanini was born in Trento in 1954. He ...

A striking Italian stone vase from the 1960s, carved from richly veined onyx and showcasing a vivid natural palette of green, cream, ochre, and deep red tones. The rounded, slightly...

We are offering a solid bronze statue/sculpture of "The Dancing Faun of Pompeii" that was made in Italy. This would have been bought probably a...

Mid-Century Modern iconic Italian door handle by the enameller and painter Paolo De Poli (1905–1996) in the style of Gio Ponti. Made of red enameled copper and brass, circa 1960. Ev...

Fragment of marble cornice from the Romanesque period - 13th century. Il frammento presenta una decorazione scolpita con motivi vegetali stilizzati che potrebbero ricordare le foglie...

the hand-carved, solid marble urn in the classical taste with short everted neck above a tapering body adorned with relief carving featuring a Greek Key perimeter band at the shoulde...

Large Carved purple Amethyst Grape Clusters Sculpture decoration Italy, 1960s A beautifully carved cluster of purple stone grapes from Italy, most likely produced in the 1960s or 19...

A rare horse bit tray designed by Gucci. This is an iconic trinket single dish-tray designed by the luxury house of Gucci in Milano Italy, back in the 1970s. It is very heavy and wa...

A contemporary Italian ‘Trisio’ marble bowl designed by architect G. Galli for Up&Up. A shallow, gently curved basin in softly veined ivory and blush marble rests between three ...

Fabulous and beautiful vase in lime green with concentric stripes in various colors with archaic impressions banding the perimeter. Aldo Londi for Bitossi vase , 12.5 x 5.5 in diamet...

A Pair of Antique Italian Turned and Paint Decorated Wooden Candlesticks Late 18th c. Original polychrome decoration in green and red with a sculptural crown shaped painted tole top ...

Stunning polychrome enameled ceramic vase designed and signed by Claudio Pulli, one of the greatest Sardinian ceramicists of the 20th century. Made in Italy during the 1970s. In fab...

An Italian porcelain saucer dish by designer Richard Ginori, in the Chinoiserie design style, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Chinoiserie is a European design style. Saucer/dish has a...

Millefiori Italian Art Glass Vase around 1950s Original condition

This vintage Gucci desk accessory is a 22K gold plated letter opener featuring a dark green leather sheath and the iconic interlocking G emblem. Presented in its original green prese...

Tall Italian majolica serpentine handles vase with a mythological scene Depicting The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne - Annibale Carracci - 1597...

Tortoise bakelite box. Vintage thirties Italian Boxing Federation cigarette box. Faux tortoise and yellow bakelite circular cigarette holder in the form of bound fasces with lid displaying Federazione Pugilistica Italiana medallion and fasces handle; a fascist era...

Beautiful, large, and elegant umbrella stand in Mid-Century Regency style, made of gilded metal. Made in Italy. Crafted from perforated gilded metal. Very high-quality finish. Beauti...