Art Nouveau Terracotta Sculpture or Vide-Poche from Austria, circa 1910s

Important Art Nouveau centerpiece / coupe / vide poche France 1910s brass, bronze H 14.5 cm x 24 cm diam. Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use. Wonderful patina. Int...

A very intriguing and highly unusual bronze vide-poche, sculpted in the form of an anthropomorphic figure cradling a pair of dished recesses. No visible foundry marks or makers mark...

A beautiful Art Nouveau Gouda pottery ashtray. Wonderfully colorful floral hand painted design, from Holland. This well made decorative object can also be used as a key holder/vide poche. Signed Dalia Konin Klyk, Coedewaalem, Gouda, Holland and numbered on bottom. Measures: 4 3/4 in. diameter x 2 3/8 in. high Other interesting information about this form of pottery: There isn’t a factory called Gouda Pottery; the pottery is called that because the main factories were in Gouda. Gouda (pronounced ‘how-da’) is the generic term we use for all the pottery factories in Holland – all Dutch pottery other than Delftware, that is. The area around Gouda had clay to make pots, which is why most of the factories settled there. A lot of the clay also came from England. The Dutch started producing clay pipes...

Vide Poches or Decorative Baskets Duck Sculptures Shaped in Rattan Italy 1970s. Set of 2, one is bigger than the other.

This is a vide poche in porcalain, or a decorative bascket, as also an swan sculpture from the 1970s. It has been made in Italy.

This chunky and fabulous french vintage sculptural gilt bronze french decorative bowl or vide poche is signed but not legible. It is modern from the 1970s and has great weight to it ...