20th Century Decorative Objects
20th Century Sculptures
20th Century Vases and Vessels
20th Century Bowls and Baskets
20th Century Desk Accessories
20th Century Candle Holders
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Period: 20th Century
Purple Murano Glass bud Vases
Located in Austin, TX
Set of 4 Murano glass bud vases. Hand blown in the "Baloton" technique.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Casqued Wattled Hornbills, Ceratogymna, NL
Located in Leuven , BE
These birds are found in the rainforest of coastal regions of West Africa. The yellow-casqued hornbill is one of the largest birds of the West African forest, with adults weighing up...
Category
European 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Organic Material
1970 Seiko Blue and Tobacco Retro Vintage Industrial Antique Steel Quartz Clock
By Seiko
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Seiko super tanker slave clock original aqua blue finish
A reclaimed and restored maritime slave clock.
These clocks were used in great numbers on super tankers, cargo ships an...
Category
Japanese Industrial Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel, Cut Steel
1970s British Yellow Illumination AC GMT Co. Classic Quartz Wall Clock
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Quartz sweep seconds / non ticking wall clock finished in Yellow Pantone 13-0647 Illuminating.
Rescued from Industrial scrap yards and brought back to life in our UK workshop, our...
Category
English Industrial Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Richard Harvey Sculpta-Grille Model C-20 Freestanding Room Divider, 1959
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This freestanding model C-20 Sculpta-Grille room divider by Richard Harvey for Harvey Design Workshop, Inc was conceptualized and designed in the 1950s and finally released to the pu...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Neon Sculpture Cocktail Table by Rudi Stern for Let There Be Neon, circa 1976
Located in Los Angeles, CA
*NOTE* This is on sale during our current move. We are moving one of our locations so this item is on deep discount for a limited time.
An incredibly rare find, this highly collecti...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
Claude Boeltz, Bronze Eclaté Candleabras, France, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Claude Boeltz’s candelabras possess the asymmetrical, numinous beauty of lightening, mimicking the natural phenomenon in hue, form, and arrangement.
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz, Bronze
Large Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot Porcelain with Kangxi Mark and Wooden Base
Located in Norton, MA
Beautifully painted in varying shades and tones of underglaze blue and white showing figures in an imperial courtyard scene and a famous poem from the Tang Dynasty from Circa 690.
Category
Chinese 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Glass Dome on a Circular Wooden Base with Exotic Birds
Located in Leuven , BE
Three lilac-breasted rollers, a pair of purple rollers and a pair of crimson breasted gonoleks.
Category
British 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Organic Material
Antique American Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, ca 1910. Rectangular window in surround with curved corners. Front engraved with dense leafing scrollwork and flowers; tubular ca...
Category
American Art Nouveau 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Green Glazed Chinese Pagoda Censer
Located in Chicago, IL
This miniature ceramic pagoda tower was originally the uppermost portion of a large pagoda-shaped incense burner with several tiers. Incense burnt at the base of each tier would drif...
Category
Chinese 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Tiffany American Modern Classical Sterling Silver Vase
Located in New York, NY
Modern Classical sterling silver vase. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1913. Ovoid body with short inset neck and raised foot. Engraved and acid-etched stylized ornament: Imbri...
Category
American American Classical 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century France Silver Mounted Glass Vase By Cartier
By Cartier
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
The prestige of Cartier has spanned through the decades, its timeless designs have always encapsulated the mood and set the trends of each era. The solid silver rim of this vase bear...
Category
French 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Chinese Rimmed Fisherman's Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a reed fisherman’s basket like this one would have been fairly common in rural China: an everyday item that would have been used until it was worn through. This partic...
Category
Chinese Rustic 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Reed, Willow
Antique Limoges France Hand Painted Chamberstick "Marked", #Ric00017
By Limoges
Located in Norton, MA
Antique Limoges France hand painted Chamberstick "Marked",
Design with vivid colors in green, purple, and yellow, hand-painted with floral patterns.
Category
French 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Vintage Brass Ducks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of vintage Japanese bronze ducks from the mid-20th century are in great condition and can stand on their feet. This pair is ready to be placed anywhere in a home, indoors or o...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Prototype Salvador Dali 'Salivasofa' from 1974 with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Amazing and super rare Salvador Dali lips 'Salivasofa' prototype dating from 1974. Five or six such prototypes were slowly developed in stages during the period 1972-4 by Dali in col...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Foam
Chinese Glazed Kitchen Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A dark glaze drips down the sides of this petite storage jar, pooling between subtle ridges to create a pattern of light and dark across the vessel. Crafted in the late 19th century,...
Category
Chinese Qing 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Rosenthal-Truitt Crocodile and Sterling Silver Picture Frame
By Rosenthal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful English frame made of Alligator and sterling silver corners. A beautiful frame in the style of Ralph Lauren - in very good condition and ready to house a photo of anyone ...
Category
English American Classical 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Ceramic Graphite and Blue Vase, West Germany 1970's
By C & E Carstens 1
Located in London, GB
A stunning vase attributed to Carstens and produced in West Germany in the 1970's.
The Carstens Tonnieshof factory was located in Freden an der Leine (West Germany) after they had l...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Primitive Styled Ceramic Bowl From The Mixteca Region of Oaxaca, Mexico
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Primitive styled, black clay ceramic bowl from Oaxaca's Mixteca region, circa 1940s. Used for rinsing potters hands after mixing the corn maza for making tortillas.
Category
Mexican Rustic Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
"Cesare Ottaviano" Bust in Terracotta Italian School, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Cesare Ottaviano Augusto bust in terracotta.
Italian School, early 20th century.
Measures: height 60 cm
width 40 cm
depth 20 cm
weight 18 kg
Material terracotta.
Category
Italian Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
French Louis XIV Style Giltwood Wall Mirror 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XIV style wall mirror offers giltwood construction with pieced foliate crest over frame with drape & swag elements, 20th century
Measures- 47.75''H x 27''W...
Category
French Louis XIV 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Mirror, Giltwood
Chinese Rimmed Fisherman's Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a reed fisherman’s basket like this one would have been fairly common in rural China: an everyday item that would have been used until it was worn through. This partic...
Category
Chinese Rustic 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Reed, Willow
Light Blue Wedgwood Heart Shaped Trinket Box
By Wedgwood
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a light blue Wedgwood heart shaped small lidded box. The top of its lid is decorated with a Greek or Roman relief scene of a woman with a cape covering her head sat in small ...
Category
English Neoclassical 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Surrealist Bronze Sculpture of a Female Nude by Guillermo Silva, 20C
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine Surrealist cabinet-sized bronze sculpture.
In the form of a stylized reclining nude female.
Signed to the underside for G. Silva (the South American sculptor, Guill...
Category
Colombian Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Provincial Chinese Brush Pot, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Placed beside his inkpot and insktone, this 19th century brush pot once held select calligraphy brushes in a scholar’s studio. Cloaked in a rich patina, the vessel is simply designed...
Category
Chinese Qing 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Antique Tiffany American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Curved and tapering sides and reeded and scalloped rim overhung with passementerie-style floral danglies...
Category
American Art Nouveau 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Duncan McClellan, Blown and Sandblasted Glass Vessel, "Man about Town"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Duncan McClellan (XX-XXI)
Blown and sandblasted glass vessel, "Man about Town"
Measures: height 13.25 in. (33.65 cm.)
signed in script:
D. McClellan.
Category
20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Hildo Krop Large Lidded Pot for ESKAF, 1920s
By Hildo Krop
Located in Tilburg, NL
Beautiful early lidded pot by artist Hildo Krop for ESKAF (Eerste Steenwijkse Kunst Aardewerk Fabriek). The Netherlands, 1920s.
A special and rare find. This beautiful, simple and g...
Category
Dutch Art Deco 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Murano Glass Fruit Bowl and Assorted Fruit
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and unusual group of assorted Murano glass fruit and matching bowl.
Comprised of seven pieces of fruit and a compote shaped bowl. The glass with nice iridescence and near...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Chinese Stone Garlic Mortar, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved from a single block of limestone, this round stone vessel is an early 20th century mortar once used daily in a Provincial kitchen to grind herbs, spices, and other foods....
Category
Chinese Organic Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Antique Pair of Moser Amethyst Purple Fan Vases with Ornate Gilding
By Moser
Located in Toronto, ON
A spectacular pair of antique Moser purple amethyst fan vases with ornate gold gilding. Produced in the early 20th century, these vases are in perfect condition and showcase a fine c...
Category
Czech 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Chinese Stone Garlic Mortar, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved from a single block of limestone, this round stone vessel is an early 20th century mortar once used daily in a Provincial kitchen to grind herbs, spices, and other foods....
Category
Chinese Qing 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Antique Chinese Coil Pickling Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally used for pickling foods, this mid-20th century ceramic jar is coated inside and out with a dark glaze. Subtle ridges suggest that the bowl was fashioned by coiling flatten...
Category
Chinese Rustic 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
South Pacific Natural Giant Clam Shell Specimen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous natural giant clam shell specimen from the South Pacific seas. Features a lovely creamy white and grey finish with a distressed patina. Great for display. From an estate in ...
Category
Asian Organic Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell
Chinese Stone Garlic Mortar, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved from a single block of limestone, this round stone vessel is an early 20th century mortar once used daily in a provincial kitchen to grind herbs, spices, and other foods....
Category
Chinese Qing 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Pair of Tiffany Edwardian Georgian Gilt Sterling Silver Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Edwardian Georgian sterling silver candlesticks. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1915. Each: Tapering shaft with base knop on stepped and raised foot. Socket has straig...
Category
American Edwardian 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Carved Stone Stylized Dove Sculpture Signed by Cleo Hartwig
By Cleo Hartwig
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern sculpture was realized by the esteemed American artist Cleo Hartwig in the United States circa 1960. It offers a stylized dove in handcarved stone pre...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Early 20th Century Chinese Apothecary Wine Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
A rich brown glaze coats surface of this round wine jar, interrupted only by a sweep of light brown around the widest point. Crafted in the early 20th century, the jar was once used ...
Category
Chinese Qing 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Terracotta Olive Oil Pot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Turn-of-the century Bulgarian olive oil pot with green, white, and brown traditional drip-style glaze. The glazing on this amphora-shaped terracotta vessel has a free and relaxed, va...
Category
Bulgarian 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Coil Pickling Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally used for pickling foods, this mid-20th century ceramic jar is coated inside and out with a dark glaze. Subtle ridges suggest that the bowl was fashioned by coiling flatten...
Category
Chinese Rustic 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Early 20th Century Chinese Wine Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century ceramic jar from northern China is formed in a traditional shape meant for storing wine and spirits made from rice and grains. Variation during firing has resulted ...
Category
Chinese Qing 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Ernst Wahliss Classical Porcelain Hand-Painted Figural Vase with Maiden & Grapes
Located in Rancho Mirage, CA
Beautiful Ernst Wahliss hand-painted classical porcelain vase. Vase is made in Teplitz (Austria) circa 1905 and is decorated in gold over light blue-green drip-glaze. Vase is signed,...
Category
Austrian Baroque Revival Antique 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Bowl in White Attributed to Mathieu Matégot
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare Attributed to Mathieu Matégot metal basket bowl in vintage condition.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
American Modern Sterling Silver Picture Frame
By Aucello
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver picture frame. Oval window in rectangular surround. With glass, lining, and velvet back with hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizon...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Carl Auböck Midcentury Raffia Umbrella Stand, Wastepaper Basket, 1950s, Austria
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Very rare simple and elegant midcentury umbrella stand or wastepaper basket designed by Carl Auböck II and manufactured by Werkstätten Auböck in the 1950s, Austria. It's made of raff...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pezzato Vase by Fulvio Bianconi, Referenced under Number 4393, Venini Murano
Located in Brussels, BE
About this "Pezzato" vase ( referenced under number 4393 ) by Fulvio Bianconi
"Carrot" shaped pezzato vase, irregular section. The base and the neck are round.
Made up of an arrang...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Set of Three Bowls by Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of three bowls by Carl Auböck #4279, #4280 and #4317
Measures:
28 cm x 5 cm x 3 cm
8 cm x 6 cm x 3 cm
4 cm x 7 cm diameter.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Ceramic Vase, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
'Rimini blu' glazed ceramic vase designed by Aldo Londi for by Bitossi. Italy, 1960s.
This eye-catching vase is made of blue glazed ceramic with engraved patterns surrounding the ce...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
Mid-Century Copper Globe Cigarette Holder c1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
This is an original Mid-Century Modern copper cigarette holder. The lid slides open on the globe's axis to reveal a metal interior designed to hold cigarettes.
This piece has...
Category
Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Copper
Scandinavian Brass Serpentine Candlestick for Illums Bolighus Denmark
Located in Vienna, AT
This elegant and curvaceous brass candlestick was manufactured and retailed by Illums Bolighus in Denmark. Concerning the Designer others often attribute it to Carl Aubock, but with ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Curtis Jere Brass Topiary Tree
By Curtis Jere
Located in Troy, MI
Brass and metal topiary-style tree on black stand attributed to Curtis Jere stands four feet high, circa 1980s. Brass leaves with a few accents of reddish leaves. Very good vintage c...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Kitchen or Bathroom Canister Jars Set, Bright Yellow Powder Coated
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern four-piece set of bright sunshine yellow kitchen canister jars, circa 1960's. The charming and bold jars are complete with their original polished chrome lids. Onc...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Silver Plate Candlestick Candleholder, a pair by Donna Detmer, 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very elegant 1960s modernist silver plate candlesticks or candleholders by Donna H. Detmer. Streamline and neat geometric shape with four silver plate insert holders in each candlest...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
20th Century Italian Sculpture in Precious White Marble of Carrara
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Refined sculpture in white Carrara marble. An angel who watches from above and wants to give protection Great artistic quality, not signed. Proven Italian private collection. Yellow ...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
C.G. Hallberg, Candlesticks, Sterling Silver, Sweden, 1930s
By CG Hallberg
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of sterling silver candelabras designed and produced by C.G. Hallberg, Sweden in 1930s. Marked on bottom of the pieces.
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Lava Glaze Ceramic Bowl, circa 1965
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Lava glaze ceramic bowl, circa 1965.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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