1930s Decorative Objects

Magnificent Art Deco pot with its highly decorative lid, ideal as a candy dish, sugar bowl, trinket tray, or decorative object. Roger Guérin (1896-1954) was a Belgian ceramist of the...

GAB Large Pewter vase from H8 1934. (Engraved on one side) Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, a Swedish company known for its high-quality craftsmanship in both jewelry and metal works. The com...

Decorative pewter bowl made by GAB (Guldsmedsaktiebolaget) in 1931.

An elegant bronze vase by Evan Jensen, 1930s. Denmark. The vase is marked and numbered in the bottom. Removable cylinder. It is not so much a vase as a noble decorative Design object...

Large standstone baluster vase with blue, duck blue and Egyptian blue enamels, with incised decoration of a vegetal frieze and scrolls framed by two geom...

Very rare Goldscheider ceramic figurine of the 1930s: Standing young pretty lady with a broad-brimmed hat on her curly, chin-length hair, wearing only heels and covering her nakedne...

Pair of tall, sterling silver, Victorian-style, Chantilly pattern candlesticks, made by The Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence Rhode Island, Ca. 1930's - 1940's. Each candlesti...

Art Deco unique ceramic vase Louis Auguste Dage, Faïencerie de l'Adour France 1930s 33 cm H - diam. 20 cm Signed on the base L.Dage Conditions: excellent, no defects

A Royal Danish Military set consisting of standing petrol lighter with the ciffers/code of arms of The Royal Danish Navy (Søværnet) and a cigarette box with the M23 Steel Helmet logo...

Faceted deep purple glass vase with golden banding with dancing girls. great condition

French Art Deco ceramic lion sculpture, 1930's. Black glaze.

Cut and faceted glass decoration.

1930s, Sweden. These solid bronze candle holders feature a mix of patinated and polished finishes with beaded rim accents. The designer is unknown, and they are unmarked. They are in...

Art Deco Wire Work Shop Display Mannequin A Quirky piece of Deco design, this mannequin is small but full height, and a wire work form in pink The mannequin is 61” tall and 16” a...

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Art Deco bronze sculpture of a bird on a wheat stalk signed by the French artist Chatill. France 1930. Marked bronze. The sculpture has a green patina an...

1930's Sweden. Maker’s mark on underside. With patinated bronze green and brown gradient.

The Karl Palda Glassworks began in Haida, Novy Bor, Bohemia (Czechoslovakia) in 1888 and produced a range of glassworks, predominantly crystal. During the prime of the Art Deco era ...

Fine Collection of Bronze Plates designed by Just Andersen in the late 1920s and 1930s. * Set of five (5) bronze plates * Designer: Just Andersen * Manufacturer: Just Andersen * M...

Rene Lalique opalescent glass 'Sarments' wine glass rinser. This pattern features a leafy branch, in relief around the sides. Stencilled makers mark, 'R LALIQUE FRANCE'. Book referen...

Beautiful pewter vase made by GAB (Guldsmedsaktiebolaget) in Stockholm, 1932. Combining the structured elegance of Art Deco with the understated refinement of early Scandinavian Mode...

Goldscheider Scottish terrier ceramic card player, Vienna Austria, 1930s, good original condition.

Excellent Marcell Goldscheider figurine of the 1930s: Dreamy, striding dancer in a harem costume, her hair covered with a large headscarf, held in place by a headband with a gemstone...

Seguso Murano Italian glass vase, beautiful twisted fluted design with silver leaf suspended in the glass. The thickness of the glass allows this v...

This is a vintage Bohemian female bust. A Continental, bronze figural statue in Art Nouveau taste, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. Wonderful Art Nouveau revival bust, ...

Elegant Swedish Grace Pewter Jar, Dated 1937 – with Stylized Female Finial A rare and beautifully crafted pewter jar from 1937, representative of the refined Swedish Grace style of...

Val Saint Lambert 1935, Belgium 3 Very nice Clear Crystal Art Deco Candlesticks made by Val Saint-Lambert. Signed Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any further questions.

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Incredible and special Ercole Barovier for Barovier&Toso circa 1938 green "rostrato" Murano glass vase.

Uniquely decorated and organically shaped Gourd pottery vase hand-painted with a colorful flower. Designed and manufactured by Knabstrup in Denmark during the 1920s or 30s in a style...

Art Deco centerpiece / vide poche France 1930- 1940 glass, wood, metal Measures: 11 cm H 44.5 x 18 cm Conditions: Very good consistent with age and use. Barely visible...

Stunning wooden boot sculpture mold, measures 14.25 in H, 11 in deep, 5.75 in wide. Great piece for your home decor. Please be sure to check our storefront for more wonderful decorat...

Roger Godchaux (1878 - 1958): two lioness figures / sculptures Silvered bronze mounted as bookends on marble plinths; both with plaque to base inscribed "Godchaux Sclp./ Susse Fres...

Beautiful old plaster statue, in the neoclassical spirit, representing young Bacchus. France, National Museums molding workshop, circa 1930.

Remarkable Art Deco Goldscheider ceramics figurine of the 1930s: Young dancer with short hair, bowing in front of her audience, so that the plea...

Elegant, sensitively modeled, cast bronze sculpture of an antelope, attributed to notable Italian artist and sculptor of animals, Sirio Tofanari (1886-1...

An attractive silver, silver gilt, black enamel and marquesite card case. The case in excellent condition with no chips or repairs. Most unusual clip which forms part of the case its...

Bronze figure of female nude holding a falcon. Signed Alan Clark.

Beautiful vintage tea caddy or box. This vintage piece is rare and it is captivating. Octagonal in silver plated finish, this piece can have a variety of uses. This piece displays...

Important Vase Cornet en Verre - Daum Nancy Date de création : 1942-1943 Matériaux : Verre épais mauve, décor dégagé à l'acide, fond granité, rehaussé de dorure Dimensions : H : 51,...

A truly gorgeous and wonderfully crafted large art bowl by Swiss American sculptor/artist/ceramicist Paul Ami Bonifas (1893-1967). The glaze on this par...

Carrying import marks for 1937 by Israel Segalov, this very rare pair of Sterling Silver Owl Models, were originally made in Germany for the English market, by the great model making...

A pair of German WMF Art Deco three-arm candle holders. An elegant pair of Art Deco nickel-plated brass three-arms candle holders by WMF, Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Germany...

Depiction of a dancer in Spanish costume: she wears a mantilla, a veil cloth that covers the head and neck down to the shoulders. Often, as here, a high comb is also tucked underneath, the peineta. The cloth is still worn today for festive costumes and is mostly made in lace technique. In addition, the dancer wears an elaborately decorated with floral patterns asymmetrical ruffled skirt. On oval, black-beige marbled base in rare execution. This figure also exists as a group 'Spanish Dance' with dance partner, model number 7557, a more frequent version. Designed by Josef LORENZL (1892 - 1950), an Austrian sculptor and ceramic modeler. His bronze statuettes often show graceful dancers with long...

Large French Aqua Blue Platter Edmond Lachenal circa 1930. Edmond Lachenal ( 1855 – 1948) was a French potter. He was a key figure in the French art pottery movement, and his works a...

Set of Pedestal Diskometal Planters made by Just Andersen in the 1930s. * Square diskometal flowerpots on foot * Designer: Just Andersen * Manufacturer: Just Andersen * Style: D183...

Excellent Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Ceramic Figurine: Dancer in Spanish costume: long skirt with slit above the knee and embroidered bolero jac...

A beautiful Art Deco / Swedish Grace glass vase. Designed by Simon Gate and made by Orrefors, Sweden, 1930s. The model was shown for the first time at the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition. ...

This is a most complete and impressive set of Capo di Monte "surout de table". Comprising a pair of 3 arm candlesticks,the 8-piece footed low flower...

We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All F...

A green-glazed ceramic vase designed and produced in Sweden, 1930s.

A striking 1930s Art Deco sculpture depicting a woman in a flowing gilt-patterned dress, gently feeding a pheasant. Finely cast in patinated spelter with gilded highlights and mounte...

1930 hand-painted cobalt blue gold white porcelain vase Fraureuth Saxony.

Decorative Bronze box with a green verdigris patina, a relief stag to its lid and wooden interior by Holger Fridericias in Denmark. Made during the 1930s in a style reminiscent of Ju...

Large Jlmenau Porcelain Lidded Jar and a Hutschenreuther Sugar Bowl with Putto. Echt Kobalt Lidded Ginger Jar/Urn by Graf Von Henneberg Porzellan Jlmenau 1777, Germany, first half...

Jean Boris Lacroix (1902-1984) was a French designer and architect known for his modernist lighting designs. After apprenticing with Paul Dumas, he debuted at the Salon des Artistes ...

We are delighted to offer you this sterling silver vase. It is tall and slim with a tapered shape. A beautiful floral cartouche awaits your perso...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the style for sale. Salviati & C Measures: Violet : 33 long x 10 high x 5.5 depth Green: 30 long x 9 high x 5.5 depth The lawyer Antonio Salviati and his dream In 1859 in his premises at Number 731 of Dorsoduro, Venice the “Salviati Dott. Antonio fu Bartolomeo” company was established. This is when, Vicenza-born lawyer Antonio Salviati started the entrepreneurial career, moved by a passion for the precious mosaics of the Basilica of San Marco and fascinated by Murano glass art, he decided to start-up his own production of mosaics and objects in Murano glass. An ambitious and far-sighted goal pushed him along this path: to revive the fate of Murano glass production that has been fallen for decades. A challenge which finds the maximum support from two fundamental figures in the history of Murano glass: the mayor of the island, Antonio Colleoni, and the Abbot Vincenzo Zanetti, founder of the glass museum and of the first art school for glass masters. The first successes and international investments The launchpad was the “First Glassmakers’ Exhibition” in 1864 in which Salviati participated with a monumental mosaic that earns him a prize superior to the Gold Medal. The success achieved affirmed the credibility of the Company which thus started its glass production in Palazzo da Mula. The new corporate and productive reality needed investors and the lawyer started to internationalise the company by addressing the economic and financial market across the Channel. The UK immediately showed huge interest in Salviati’s mosaics – as testified by the mosaic that can be seen on the façade of the current Apple Store in Regent Street, London. It was also in London, on 21st December 1866, that the “Società Anonima per Azioni Salviati & C.” was established with the support of diplomat Sir Austen Henry Layard and historian William Drake. The new corporate set-up was further established with the purchase of a new headquarter, this time on the Riva dei Vetrai in Murano. The universal show of Paris in 1867 celebrated the relaunch project of Antonio Salviati “Venice owes a debt of gratitude to the knight Salviati in the resurgence for one of the most legitimately famous of its industries”. From Esposizione Illustrata di Parigi, 1867 pg. 275. “Venice and Italy have gain huge success in the Universal Exhibition. The resurgence of one of the city’s most famous industries is consecrated in this very occasion by the gold medal awarded by the jury to Mr Salviati […] the crowd […] is gathering around the display cases that hold those pieces of glass that are so transparent and so light as to appear like woven air, impregnated, when in their elegant forms that become rainbows of those iridescent reflections that cover them at the artist’s whim – the author of a real ray of sunshine from the beautiful and splendid Venice”. From Esposizione Illustrata di Parigi, 1867 pg. 311 The fundamental role of training in murano glass Training plays a fundamental role for the Company; attendance at the Art School was made compulsory for “[…] all the young workers of the Factory who don’t only tire themselves in manual work. This was established with the idea not only to lift their dignity and their initially limited aspirations, […] but also to improve their artistic education and thereby facilitate an improvement also in their economic situation”. Together with the art school, a free school was also set up to teach all employees to read and write. Diversification in production and made-to-measure projects In a short time, Salviati & C. diversified its production to include glasses, cups, amphoras, and vials which guaranteed the first prize in the universal exhibition for three consecutive years. Its mosaic production also flourished, being used in world-class projects: from the Houses of Parliament in London, to the Viceroy’s palace in Alessandria in Egypt, to the Opera House of Paris, including the private homes of wealthy New York personality. The entire 19th century for Salviati & C. was represented by development, success and fame in the national and international markets, and the Company became a symbol and reference point of Murano glass art throughout the world. The Salviati legacy at the turn of the century On the death of Antonio Salviati in 1890, first his three children followed one another at the helm of the company and then Maurizio Camerino, previously general manager. It was thanks to him that the decorative mosaic project of the Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto (California, USA) took place after 12 years of work. As well as the opening of a sales point in Via Montenapoleone in Milan and the institution of a museum collection of Murano glass from the 19th and 20th centuries. The post-war years, biennials and lighting After Maurizio Camerino’s death in 1931, his three children took over the helm of the company: its solid foundations allowed them to strive for new important goals in the art world, participating in the Biennials of 1932 and 1934. Not even the Second World War could tarnish the strength of the Salviati brand: in the post-war years Renzo Camerino renewed the ruined production headquarter and enthusiastically restored all his commercial contacts. Thanks to his grandson Renzo Tedeschi (newly graduated in Engineering at the Polytechnic of Turin and upon his return from an apprenticeship in the United States), Salviati launched its production in lighting appliances. The following years saw intense growth in the number of collaborations with renowned artists and designers. In 1959, the production site was moved to Fondamenta Radi 16, where it still stands today. The great lighting projects The larger production area allowed the company to further expand the international market in the field of architectural lighting. A number of projects were undertaken, such as the 9-tonne, 22-metres high chandelier in the Chamber of Commerce in Parma, the ceiling illumination in the premises of the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva and the Kowloon Hotel in Hong Kong; not to mention the sound-absorbing windows of the Aula Nervi in the Vatican and the lighting system of the great honour hall of the Philippine Plaza Hotel in Manila in collaboration with architect John Marsteller. The reputation of Salviati & C. was further affirmed by the commission – after an international call for bids – for twelve 11-metre high chandeliers for the Tonhalle concert hall in Dusseldorf, made using an innovative system of modular glass elements – “LS- System” – one of the today company’s cornerstones. Salviati from the modern age to the present The story of Salviati continues in the modern era, keeping the focus on creating an innovative style that had distinguished it since its inception. Participation in international exhibitions increased, such as the Venice Biennials from 1958 to 1972 (the final year in which Murano glass was allowed) thanks to projects by designers of the calibre of Betha and Teff Sarasin, Claire Falkestein, and Luciano Gaspari. In 1962 Salviati was awarded with the highest recognition in the Design world, the “Compasso d’Oro” prize assigned by A.D.I. for the Marco vase designed by architect Sergio Asti. In 1965 the company changed its name to Salviati & C. s.p.a.; then it was purchased by the Gruppo Ferruzzi in 1987 which later on it was transferred to a French company. Since 2015 the company returned to be Venetian with the acquisition by the Umana group. Salviati and its designers Salviati’s designers: Luciano Gaspari, Sergio Asti (Compasso d’Oro 1962), Claire Falkenstein, Ward Bennet, Teff and Betha Sarasin, Ingo Maurer, Ross Lovegrove, Amanda Levete, Tom Dixon, Nigel Coates, Thomas Heatherwick, Luca Nichetto, Ben Gorham...

Glazed ceramic vase, “Blue Turquoise” color, made by Jean Besnad (1889 -1958) Signed JB France. France, CIRCA 1930.

Exquisite porcelain figurine of the 1930: Aparte dancer in a tight-fitting red costume with short trouser legs and ruff, gymnastic shoes on her feet, balancing on the ball of her rig...

Coral red/orange glazed ball shaped porcelain vase with swirls. Manufactured and designed by Lyngby Porcelæn in Denmark during the 1930s. Fully marked...