Early 1900s Decorative Objects

Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1908 by Elkington & Co., this stately antique Edwardian sterling silver epergne features a central, large trumpet-shaped vase surrounded by four small...

A sandstone Buddha head, reclaimed from an early 20th Century Cambodian statue. Intricately crafted in the front and back, with a serene meditative expression, this small sculpture...

Lovely French Art Nouveau period copper photo / picture frame decorated with floral motif and hammered details. Fits a 4 x 6 photo. Estate of Joan Conway Crancer, daughter of the f...

Collectors quality Chinese Chinoiserie Famille Rose porcelain floor vase, Handpainted with birds of Phoenix and peonies, decorated with gold enamel and gold handles, festooned border...

Rare Terracotta Majolica Owl signed Filmont Bavent Normandy.

A Wooden Carved Black Forest Tobacco Box Terrier Head ca. 1900 A beautiful example of hand carved Black Forest work from the Victorian era, circa 1900. The tobacco box is carved in ...

Antique 1904 Rookwood XIX arts and crafts / art nouveau period bud vase featuring a matte blue glaze with floral / peacock feather design. Dimensions: 3" x 6.25" (Diameter x Height)

Late Victorian bronze female nymph Art Nouveau letter wax seal stamp unused and never monogrammed. Circa 1900.

The embracing couple sculpture is modelled as a nude man and woman embracing, 35cm high, each signed R Cameron Like Asian Yin and Yang, this large sculpture merges masculine Renaissa...

English Victorian sterling silver box, 1900. Rectangular with straight sides and hinged cover with long tapering tab; curved corners. On underside low triangular corner supports. Gil...

Japanese Large Cloisonné Vase in Midnight Blue w/ Flowers and Birds, Ca. 1900/1910 DIMENSIONS: Height: 46 inches Diameter: 51.5 inches ABOUT This exquisite vase is a remarkable te...

A delightful Swatow ware Chinese export shipwreck porcelain kendi featuring a writing dragon and an apocryphal Tongzhi mark, late 19th or early 20th centur...

Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from France, circa 1900 A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid fe...

Bronze sculpture on black marble base depicting a young boy holding some pots. Engraved signature of the artist. Manufactured in Italy, early 20th century.

A wonderful quality pot-pourri box made from English sterling silver by the well renowned London silversmith, William Comyns. The base of the box has an embossed or repousse Art...

A small porcelain jardinière shaped like a boat, featuring a little boy as the captain holding up a caught fish. The sides are decorated with fishing nets and a large captured sturgeon.

Impressive antique Asian pair of sphinx Bastet goddess of women sculptures. Cat like figurines with gold bodies, black enamel heads with turquoise enamel eyes. Porcelain made bear ...

A rare and unusual Hungarian art nouveau art pottery desk stand mounted with deer and decorated in eosin iridescent green glazes dating from around 1900. The desk stand has a boat sh...

Exquisite Art Nouveau sculpture of a lady holding a casket, created by French artist Louis Octave Mattei (1877-1918). Crafted in pewter, signed Lo. Mattei, this elegant sculpture mea...

Beautiful set of 4 vintage apothecary bottles with stoppers and embossed. Classic and unique, these beautiful bottles sparkle in vintage gl...

This exquisite miniature grandfather clock by Dimmer and Son of Chester, crafted in beautiful flamed mahogany circa 1900, is a remarkable antique timepiece. Constructed in a flamed...

WMF large pewter oval photograph frame C.1910. Relief decorated with a band of roses within a border of overlapping leaves, WMF marks to reverse and B O/X ...

A highly decorative and vividly colored Art Nouveau Majolica jardinière or flowerpot, dating from circa 1900. This exuberant barbotine piece features an ornate relief design dominate...

An excellent French Art Nouveau Vase in a classic banjo shape, with a deep red flowering landscape etched and acid cut against a yellow background, with fine color and detail. Rare ...

A tall and elegant Austrian Viennese Art Nouveau porcelain vase hand painted with floral designs by Leonard and dating from around 1905. The vase is of tall narrow round shape with a...

EXCELLENT Antique French Zinc Grape Hod~~c. 1900 Beautiful decorative zinc grape hod, harvest bucket or basket~~perfect for kitchen or wine cellar decor or use it as a planter for f...

A stunning and very rare cameo glass vase etched and enameled with a fabulous landscape of silver birch trees blown in the wind and the rain, exhibiting excellent colors of deep pink...

French Majolica Terracotta Blue Rabbit Bavent Circa 1900.

More information coming soon… After the original Alfred Jacquemart hunting dogs from the 1800s, this pair of French cast iron sculptures dates to circa 1900. Both dogs are depicted...

Offered is a stunning Sheffield silver keepsake box dating to 1900, with associated hallmark. This small box includes a clean interior and rounded corners. The box is free of names or initials, but would have been used to house keepsakes such as jewelry or cufflinks. A well maintained, elegant piece, this antique silver box is an excellent addition to any silver collection. Trinket or keepsake boxes have taken on many forms since their first conception in ancient times. However their purpose remains the same; to store jewelry and other items precious to the owner. Originally, these boxes were used specifically for jewelry. These were in common use as early as 5000 BC in Ancient Egypt, when the majority of Egyptians, both male and female, wore jewelry. Boxes were used to keep these gemstone encrusted items safe. In Ancient Rome, jewelry was a status symbol. Rings and brooches were utilized to represent ones status in society. Again, boxes were needed for security and storage purposes. Finding early examples of these are quite rare. Victorian and Edwardian examples of trinket boxes are far more common. This is because owning jewellery was a luxury until the Victorian era- let alone possessing so much a box was needed to store it all. Fine jewelry and other items became available to the masses after the industrial revolution due to the reduction in production costs. This led to a demand for trinket boxes, which were much smaller than jewelry boxes and therefore better suited to the needs of the middle class who did not yet possess an abundance of jewelry. In Victorian households, collectables and other items of interested were also stashed inside these boxes. This is why they are known as trinket or keepsake boxes, rather than just jewelry boxes, although of course jewelry was also stored in them. Trinket boxes were produced in large numbers around this time. Many were lined with colored plush or velvet or rich wood. More elaborate designs had interior divisions and trays for rings and other pieces of jewellery. It was also common to see trinket boxes so small that they could only contain one item, such as a single ring. Ornate exteriors were created to reflect the value of the trinket boxes contents. The Edwardian era saw the introduction of new styles of trinket box. These included small circular or oblong boxes...

Single-flower vase in a baluster shape on a stepped round foot, with a conically flaring body, undulating sloping shoulders, a fluted neck, and a flared rim; colourless glass with mi...

An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique Edwardian English sterling silver candlesticks in the Arts and Crafts style; an addition to our silverware collection. These exce...

Dryad of Leicester. An Arts and Crafts brass candlestick.

A British desk magnifier loupe from the Edwardian Period. This is a beautiful continental magnifier desk-loupe created in England during the Edwardian period, back in the 1900's. Th...

Stunning Art Nouveau intricately carved dark wood frame. In original "as is" condition with minor scratching and chipping. Gustav Klimt print of "The Kiss" as a bonus.

Antique handcrafted wood plane 9.5 inches long with a forged steel cutting blade.

Liberty and Co. London. An Arts and Crafts oak mantle clock with floral inlay. The dome top and architectural style of the design of this clock point ...

Richard Llewellyn Benson Rathbone. Attributed to C.F.A. Voysey An English Arts & Crafts large copper candlestick with red enamel heart and t...

Franz Bergman Vienna Bronze Lizard, Early 20th Century A remarkably lifelike Vienna bronze lizard produced by the workshops of Franz Bergman, Vienna, in the early 20th century. Amo...

A Pair of Huntley & Palmers ‘Literature’ Novelty Biscuit Tins, 1901 A wonderfully decorative pair of Huntley & Palmers ‘Literature’ biscuit tins, made in Reading, England, in 190...

A quite stunning French green glass inkwell of substantial size, with extremely elegantly worked neoclassical mounts, intricate scrolling .The level of detail on this piece is quite...

A nice collection of miniature bronzes from the original Greek, Pompeii and Roman antiquities. There is a Dancing Faun, a Seated Hermes or Mercury Resting, a Satyr with wine sack an...

Box sevres porcelain octagonal format Decorated with flowers inside (hand-painted) Bronze frame Perfect condition Circa 1900 origin France.

A refined and expressive Art Nouveau pewter vase, attributed to Dutch maker W. Renewerf and dating to around 1900. The piece embodies the fluid botanical vocabulary characteristic of...

French Majolica Terracotta Rabbit Bavent Circa 1900. H / 10.8 inches.

Elegant decorative braided glazed ceramic dish in yellow by Jérôme Massier, a major figure in Vallauris ceramics at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Incised wi...

Tiffany Studios by Louis Comfort Tiffany Large Red and Gold Iridescent Floriform Glass Vase. This is a rare form and red color that will be a must addition to the discerning Tiffany ...

Pierrot Under the Moon Sculpture, France, circa 1900 A rare and poetic French Art Nouveau sculpture depicting Pierrot seated beneath a crescent moon, playing his mandolin in a dream...

Pair of interesting and lovely single door walnut cabinets with satinwood decorative inlay, probably Edwardian made in the Sheraton taste. Each has a single pull-out open drawer shelf. Possibly bedside lockers...

Circa !900 Japanese Large well shaped bronze champleve enameled vase.. Six paneled sides with Asian themed engravings on each panel.With two ringed handles. Original warm amber brow...

Cloisonné Vase for a European royal family in the shape of a gourd bottle, decorated with Asian ornaments and the royal cypher RI 11. Standing on a carved wooden Stand.

Rare Arts & Crafts English pewter biscuit box produced by Liberty & Co., London, from the celebrated Tudric line, circa 1902. This rectangular form features a domed lid, geometric ha...

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 ...

Pair of antique silver plated Corinthian candlesticks having pretty shaped removable sconces to the top and supported by attractive circular re...

Hallmarked in Chester in 1900 by John & William Deakin, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Bowl, stands on a pedestal base and features floral chasing throughout...

A fine pair of English barley twist oak candle holders with brass cups, circa 1900. This gorgeous pair have hand carved barley twist stems on hand-turned bases, and would be stunning...

This elegant pair of silver candlesticks are hallmarked with the Birmingham, England assay mark for 1901. Please take a look at all our pictures to see the graceful design of the sw...

French gilt bronze fob watch holder with an eagle and her wings spread apart about to take off from a corinthium column on a square marble base with bronze feet, indistinctly signed ...

A charming pair of French Tôle Peinte floral wall sconces, made of hand-painted iron, circa early 1900s. Showing a lovely time-worn patina, the floral bouquets of petaled flowers ...

Beautiful silver photo frame In art nouveau style Good clear hallmark for Birmingham 1905 Original bevelled glass Good condition Original oak back Free UK shipping