1990s Decorative Objects

Cast bronze and aluminum sculpted table clock by artist David Marshall.

Piaget Bracelet or Watch Box Period: Late 20th century Material: Black leatherette exterior with a soft black velvet and satin-lined interior, featuring Piaget branding Purpose: Des...

Substantial perfectly shaped heart vase in smoothly curved ruby red Murano glass with clear glass surround. A wonderful standalone objet d'art as well as a flower vase. Signed Murano...

Ron Arad used aluminum blow molding to create a collection of unique works for his B.O.O.P.( Blown Out of Proportion) Series. Inflated Mirror-Polish Aluminum United Kingdom, circa...

Jewelry box in 925 sterling silver. The body of the box is rectangular and shaped which makes its line light and harmonious. The hinged lid is hand-engraved with volutes and Florentine lilies...

A silver plate vase by Elsa Rady for Swid Powell

A set of 3 Vasa Mihich SpheresSculptures. Measures: 5",4" and 3" In bases 6.5"h, 6" and 5" Signed and dated.

A tall Scandinavian layered 'Primavera' green glass vase designed by Anna Ehrner for Kosta Glass, Sweden, circa 1999. Anna Ehrner (1948 -) is a Swedish designer and has designed glas...

Robert Brady was born and raised in Reno, Nevada. Upon graduation from high school he attended the California College of The Arts in Oakland, Ca. receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1969. Later he attended University of California, Davis, receiving a Masters of Fine art in 1975. Recently retired Emeritus, he served as Professor of Art from 1975-2013 at California State University, Sacramento. Trained as a potter, Brady’s interest quickly steered toward a path of ceramic object making and sculpture, ultimately gaining national and international recognition. Approximately 24 years later, Brady, fortuitously discovered the beauty and merits of wood as a sculptural medium. Since then, Robert has produced work in both clay and wood, with an emphasis on wood. Mixed media, bronzes, works on paper and functional pottery are also part of his output. Brady has had over 50 solo exhibits and participated in many group exhibitions throughout the United States, and Europe, both in private galleries and public Museums. His works can be found in permanent collections in galleries and museums such as The Smithsonian (Renwick), The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, and the Stedelijik Museum in Amsterdam, Holland, as well as others. Lastly, his work is found in private collections too numerous to mention. He has received three National Endowment Individual Artist...

Phillips Starck Custom Stainless Steel Dishes set of Thirty-Eight, from The Clift Hotel, San Francisco, California. Two sizes: Both 1/2" high Smaller 23" in total 9" x 6" Larger 15 i...

Commissioned by Briger Design and made by Mexican artisans in San Miguel de Allende, this painted tole wastebasket is boldly designed and painted. The flaring sides of the piece are...

When I saw these pieces I was so happy to have found them as I knew the history of these wonderful pieces very well. There are great maestros and artist from Murano, some are very well known Seguso, Barbini, Tagliapietra. Roberto Camozzo is instead one that very few know. He and his partner Elio Raffaelli...

A Contemporary Art Glass large Crackle Blue Vase "Model Rock" circa 1998 by "Kate Hume Interior" Known for her work as an interior designer, Kate Hume began...

One of the most popular Art Deco figurines designed by D H Chiparus . This is a Ballerina seated on absolute Black Marble stepped base 8" wide and 26" long, tying up her ballet shoes...

This lovely shell and gold plated butterfly bowl is great for a ring dish, desk or nightstand accessory. It has a butterfly that connects the 2 shells. This could also be a high end ...

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...

William H Turner born 1943. A patinated and cold painted whimsical bronze of a fox on top of a hollowed log and a rabbit peering out of the other side...

A charming and signed pair of figural table sculptures by acclaimed Mexican artist Emilia Castillo, titled “Ella y Él” and dated 1995. Crafted in fine porcelain with hand-applied pur...

Mid-Century Modern Rosenthal Bavaria white Bisque handmade German Royal Porcelain Op Art Relief Decor Flower Vase. White bisque porcelain vase...

#194/195 bronze copyright 1999 Fine Art Sales Commemorative Edition. Robert St. Croix’s career as an artist began in the early 1970’s in San Francisco, where he gained a reputation f...

This decorative bronze vase is finished with gilt and was hand made in the 1990s in the Eyptian Revival style. A great shot of colour to any room and this piece would make a lovely,...

Hand carved bust of Shakespeare's Desdemona, Othello's wife, in black Belgian marble and brown limestone.

Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produ...

Sculpture, horse sculpture, marble horse, carrara marble sculpture, sculpture made in Italy. Sculpture of a fragment of an incedent horse in the march Resting on a basalt and iron b...

Artisan made iron cattle sculpture by Dan Whitbeck. Signed/dated. Made in the US; 1999.

For the horse lover, this unique life size bronze horse head bust with artist applied patina by California Artist & Sculptor Roy T. “Tom” Bill (1946-2017). Tom received his BA in Art...

Spiral sculpture constructed of acrylic (lucite), brushed brass and metal by noted artist Shlomi Haziza. Ribbons of violet and gold acrylic along with brass spiral up from an acryli...

Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, hand-painted with spotted zebra fur type in a modern contemporary style. External measurements cm. ...

Sterling silver photo frame. The frame was made in Italy by the Argenteria Raddi of Florence. The design is typically Libeerty with the characteristic flowers, festoons and ribbons...

Crafted by the esteemed Florio Keramia, this Memphis Style ceramic vase named Atzeco is a true embodiment of postmodern artistry. Its abstract design is complemented by a vibrant blu...

Wonderful wood sculpture with small magnifying glass hanging from it by a artist named Sidney Rose. Its signed 1995 but also looks to have a date on the one leg of 1974 so this may h...

Beautiful hand turned wood ikebana vase by Joseph Kovecses. Design makes the saucer shape appear to float. Hand signed on bottom. Comes with iron flower frog as photographed.

Celebrate Timeless Elegance with the 1998 Lalique 100th Anniversary Edition "Three Graces" Plate A true masterpiece of crystal artistry, this 1998 Lalique 100th Anniversary Edition ...

Precious and unique hand-blown Murano glass vase in light blue, with a classic but original design and a strong thickness of the glass. Linear and stylized vase. The vase has a long...

Beautiful E Waterford marquis green crystal vase, in the Rumba pattern. Nearly 10" tall and almost 5 lbs Beautiful green inside and clear bottom. Top-q...

Iridescent Amber Cornucopia Sculpture Vase in Blown Murano Glass 1990s Italy. This exquisite cornucopia, crafted from amber-hued Murano glass, is...

Antonio da Ros Cenedese Fossili Incalmo Murano Glass Vase in black and blue decorated with irregular blue cane segments. This vase is possibly a test pi...

Square table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on sunburst guillochè and Louis XVI French Empire style ornaments. External measurements cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 636- Fine oval miniature cm. 3.2 x 4.2 hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory plate by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproducing a portrait of a Flemish lady...

Square snuff box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand painted miniature parrotlets on flowering branches. Ar...

This striking studio pottery box by Dr. Sequoia Miller was created in the 1990s, a formative period before he shifted from full-time maker to one of the most important thinkers and c...

Bronze sculpture ‘Vela’ (eng. sail) by Giò Pomodoro (1930-2002) on a black stone pedestal. Signed and numbered at the back. Giò Pomodoro was the younger brother of Arnaldo Pomodoro. ...

Solid glass sculpture from renowned French artist James Coignard (1925-2008). Solid Murano glass incorporating gold leaf and oxblood. This is number 6 of 30. Very impressive piece in...

Artistic milk-white and iridescent vase with Murano glass and paste, by Romano Donà, Italy, 1990s. This artistic vase, entirely made with blown Murano glass in the 1990s, has a uniq...

Sculptural and organic ceramic modernist Ikebana vase. This beautiful piece exudes organic design and beauty that is visually intriguing. Created with almost brutalist intent, this ...

Lovely set of 4 leather clad vases from R & Y Augousti of Paris. They stand 26-1/2in, 22-1/2in and 13-1/2in tall. Each is marked on the bottom as pictured. Condition: Some warm a...

bronze sculpture of a rams head.

This wonderful cast bronze figurative French abstract sculpture is a single breast as the subject matter. It is signed and numbered 100. It has been professionally polished. Sorry th...

20th c., a pair of vintage gilt and black wood and metal wall sconces featuring elegant lion head motifs at the top. The sconces are crafted in a classical style, with the lion heads...

1990s Italian highly collectible Venetian glass cactus of limited edition, entirely handcrafted in Murano, with modern Minimalist design blown by Formia, in a lifelike organic modern...

Introducing rare Collector's Masterpiece: YOCHI OHIRA, DE MAJO Murano Glass Vase Elevate your collection with this exceptional piece by Yoichi Ohira, a distinguished Japanese artist who seamlessly blends his native aesthetic with the rich traditions of Italian glassmaking. Crafted in collaboration with master blower Vittorio Ferro in 1990, this large cup from the Ombre Azzurre series is a testament to Ohira's mastery of form and technique. This stunning vase stands at an impressive height of 22.5 cm with a diameter of 29.5 cm, showcasing the meticulous artistry behind its creation. Part of the Blown Glass Collection...

This sculpture in bronze, inspired or attributed to the contemporary German artist, parfaitement captures the essence of his distinctive style. Although it is not signed, the reflète...

Beautiful deep blue colored Murano glass vase. Fabricated by Cenedese in the late 90's, Venetia Italy. This stunning vase has been hand-blown by skilled artisans in Murano, Italy wh...

A large sculpture of a woman on a horse signed O.V. Taylor. The sculpture is an assemblage of paper, resin, paste and vinyl on an armature of pipes. D...

Figure realized in sterling silver using the lost wax process. The details are gilded and enameled. The figure is 18 cm high and depicts a 15th century Italian...

Fulvio Bianconi Limited Nude Murano glass Sculpture Venini 1993 Number 5 of 29. The sculpture is created in a black glass with iridescent finish with blue sculptural vase...

Table pen holder with long ballpoint pen in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine fire-enamelled miniatures hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli in Arabic style ...

Round sterling silver centrepiece on feet with pierced by hand and finished with Baroque edge. 835 grams.

Marble look wooded colomn plynth or pedestal. Elevate your decor with our elegant white pedestal featuring a classic column design. This striking piece serves as a perfect display s...

Bertil Vallien for Kosta Boda Volcano vase

Beautifully sleek and simple terra cotta pottery lidded vase or urn from Dennis Kirchmann. Glazed in a nearly black dark blue shiny glaze. Purchased directly from the potter at his ...