Art Nouveau Decorative Objects

Baluster-shaped vase body on a slightly flared, flush base with a bulbous, upwardly widening wall, on gently sloping shoulders a constriction to form a short neck piece with a slight...

Baluster-shaped vase, on a round base offset by a nodus, with gently curved, slender walls, slight constriction at the neck with flared rim, colorless glass with flaky yellow-orange,...

Beautiful and rare, antique Murano hand blown millefiori flower mosaic and aventurine flecks Italian art glass decorative double handles cabinet vase. Documented to the Vittorio Zuff...

A very attractive French Art Nouveau ceramic pot, with dimpled globular form vase, marked by Rambervillers, with a partly iridescent medallic glaze in turquoise and purple tones, typical of Alphonse Cytere...

Très grand vide poche rectangulaire "Maxims de Paris" dans sa boite d'origine au décor inspiré des œuvres légendaires de Henri Toulouse Lautrec, peintr...

This is a period casting of a young woman, in windswept gown and with arm uplifted while standing on a celestial globe cast with the zodiac. In the Art Nouveau taste, she is allegori...

Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais acid worked Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. Its production was made at the same time as the Schneid...

Stunning handmade Swedish 1940s Art Nouveau decorative vide poche bowl. Green leaves organically pouring over one side of the light green piece with thin decorative lines of running ...

Model #4619 Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...

This is the perfect desk accessory for any decor but especially decorative in the Art Nouveau taste. The solid brass and crystal base supports 2 matching crystal inkwells which are s...

The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age of use. Made in USA Serial number Z192196 Fully functional Made of metal, steel, chrome, fabric. Go...

Particularly large Baluster vase on a slightly offset base, colourless glass with flaky sky blue powder melting, green overlay, spring landscape etched in several stages and finely p...

Classic early 1910s Vienna bronze figurine. This polychromed cold painted bronze is probably something you need if you’re a Vienna bronze collector. Found at an estate sale in Vienna...

Finest Bohemian Art Nouveau glass vase Blown, bulbous body on a round floor plan with a wide neck, narrowed at the top and indented four times to create a square opening on the li...

This desk lamp by Tiffany Studios, dating from circa 1910, features a damascene favrile glass shade on an adjustable patinated bronze harp base. With dichroi...

Antique bronze table bell cat in a top hat. France 1880-1900

EDMOND LACHENAL (1855-1948) One of France’s most influential ceramists, Edmond Lachenal contributed significantly to the development of Art Nouveau. His poor beginnings in Paris le...

Beautiful antique Murano hand blown millefiori flower mosaic Italian art glass decorative double handle cabinet vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, circa 1900-1920. The va...

A fine quality Art Nouveau enamel decorated rectangular box dating from around 1900. Possibly Austrian, the box is made in brass with a hinged overlapping cover the top applied with ...

This Terracotta Head of a Young Woman on a new iron base is a striking piece of sculptural art, blending the organic forms and stylized motifs characteristic of the Art Nouveau movem...

A rare and elegant oval Art Nouveau „Jugendstil“ brass lidded box or bowl from the 1920s, designed by Otto Prutscher (Vienna, 1880–1949) and crafted by Melzer & Neuhardt in Vienna. ...

Original signed Louis Comfort Tiffany Trumpet vase 6292 art glass vase in great condition mid 20th century. This is a gorgeous Art Nouveau L.C. Ti...

A vase, Johann Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle, c. 1900 Decoration: Candia mimoza; clear glass with opaque silver-yellow powder melts, craquellé; iridescent...

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This elegant sgraffito vase by Josef Ekberg was made for Gustavsberg in 1922 and remains a beautiful example of early Swedish ceramic artistry. The vase features a soft turquoise gla...

Meissen rarest group of figurines: Three Girls Playing Hide and Seek by Theodore Eichler. Size: height 25.0 cm (= 9.84 inches) width 20.0 cm (= 7.87 inches) depth 12.5 cm (= 4...

Beautiful Art Nouveau Desk Clock .Manufactured by Erhard & Söhne in Austria 1910 Burl wood with Brass inlay . Superb craftsman work . The movement was worn out . So i sent it to a...

Antique Letter Opener with Fish. So beautiful, very nice condition!

Austrian Art Nouveau Jugendstil gilt metal mounted green glass vase Austrian, c. 1910 Height 36cm, diameter 14cm Dating to the early 20th century, this refined Austrian vase is a s...

Handmade 1940s Art Nouveau decorative vide-poche bowl. Green leaves organically pouring over three sides of the marbled gray, white and green piece with thin relief lines in a graphi...

Emile Galle scenic wheel carved and acid etched cameo vase. A beautiful and tall cameo vase by Galle. The 18 - 1/2” tall vase has a background of muted yellow glass near the base, which progresses to blue/gray at mid-vase, and then peach towards the top. Brown, cameo cut trees are generously displayed across the body of the vase, with the addition of a boat in the lake. Signed "Galle". Dimensions: 18 - 1/2” x 10” x 8”. Condition: Very good Émile Gallé (8 May 1846 in Nancy – 23 September 1904 in Nancy) was a French artist and designer who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major innovators in the French Art Nouveau movement. He was noted for his designs of Art Nouveau glass art and Art Nouveau furniture, and was a founder of the École de Nancy or Nancy School, a movement of design in the city of Nancy, France. Gallé born on 4 March 1846 in the city of Nancy, France. His father, Charles Gallé, was a merchant of glassware and ceramics who had settled in Nancy in 1844, and his father-in-law owned a factory in Nancy which manufactured mirrors. His father took over the direction of his mother's family business, and began to manufacture glassware with a floral design. He also took over a struggling faience factory and began manufacturing new products. The young Gallé studied philosophy and natural science at the Lycée Imperial in Nancy. At the age of sixteen he went to work for the family business as an assistant to his father, making floral designs and emblems for both faience and glass. In his spare time he became an accomplished botanist, studying with D.A. Godron, the director of the Botanical Gardens of Nancy and author of the leading textbooks on French flora. He collected plants from the region and from as far away as Italy and Switzerland. He also took courses in painting and drawing, and made numerous drawings of plants, flowers, animals and insects, which became subjects of decoration. At the age of sixteen he finished the Lycée in Nancy and went to Weimar in Germany from 1862–1866 to continue his studies in philosophy, botany, sculpture and drawing. In 1866, to prepare himself to inherit the family business, he went to work as an apprentice at the glass factory of Burgun and Schwerer in Meisenthal, and made a serious study of the chemistry of glass production. Some of his early glass and faience works for the family factory at Saint-Clémont were displayed at the 1867 Paris Universal Exposition. In early 1870 he designed a complete set of dishware with a rustic animal designs for the family enterprise. During this time he became acquainted with the painter, sculptor and engraver Victor Prouvé, an artist of the romantic "troubadour" style, who became his future collaborator in the Nancy School. He enlisted for military service in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, then was demobilised after the disastrous French defeat in 1871 and the French loss to Germany of much of the province of Lorraine, including Meisenthal where he had done his apprenticeship. Thereafter the Cross of Lorraine, the patriotic symbol of the region, became part of his signature on many of his works of art. After his demobilization Gallé went to London, where he represented his father at an exhibition of the arts of France, then to Paris, where he remained for several months, visiting the Louvre and Cluny Museum, studying examples of ancient Egyptian art, Roman glassware and ceramics, and especially early Islamic enamelled...

Art Nouveau glass vase by historic Loetz with engraved silver overlay, ca 1900. Voluptuous waisted form with pinched shoulder and wavy turned-down mouth. Overlay in form of whiplash ...

The “Measured Time” clocks have appeared previously on the market without attribution, identified only by the clockface “Hawkeye” label or the Stev...

Small silvered jugendstil box with cut glass germany around 1910s Very hight quality manufacture Very beautiful and fine glass cut work

Model #2059 Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...

Exceptional antique jewelry box with fine depictions of hunting themes and forest animals. Heavy iron work, silvered in a very good condition. Lined with turquoise fabric in a good c...

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Solid Bronze Figurative Allegorical Art Nouveau with him and her Italy 1910

Trendy Green & Gold vases Intricately detailed pair of French Art Deco porcelain vases manufactured by Sarreguemines. These fine quality vas...

A dramatic mid 19th Century French bronze animalier study of a powerful striding jaguar with excellent autumnal (green, brown, and orange) patina and intricate hand chased surface de...

Elegant Art Nouveau jardinière on four high legs, slender elongated shape with rounded ends, the delicate latticework on the wall as the only typical ornament, as Josef Hoffmann like...

Pair of silver plated pewter and turquoise glass vases. Manufactured by WMF-Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (1853 - present). Signed WMF. Germany, CIRCA 1900.

Vase Sign: Muller Fres Luneville acid worked Muller Feres The heart of the company was formed by five brothers (Henri, Desire, Eugene, Pierre, Victor) from a glass making family who ...

Antique burl wood bowl with lid jewelry box

From a collection of glasses by Koloman Moser: extremely rare large fishbowl vase for the Wiener Werkstätte. Colorless glass, from top to bottom; optica...

An octagonal Art Nouveau pewter plate representing the face of a young girl surrended with typical liberty style flower. This art work from th...

French Art Nouveau pewter vase, ca 1900 A French Art Nouveau vase, made of pewter in beautiful Art Nouveau scene of flowers, raised on 4 legs. A tapered, but rounded model with two ...

An attractive early 20th Century cabinet cameo glass vase etched and enamelled with budding flowers against a cream field, signed Daum Nancy and with the Cross of Lorraine ADDITIONAL...

An attractive late 19th Century French cameo glass vase decorated with deep red and burgundy flowers against a variegating yellow field. Exhibiting excellent detail and colour, signe...

This vintage Tiffany Studios early 20th century patinated bronze candlestick features a candle cup containing ovoid blown out green glass. This candlestick is in excellent condition....

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Vintage art glass bud vase features multicolored fused glass decor with iridescent finish. Strong, graphic abstract pattern flows along the lines of minimally shaped cylindrical vase...

Before describing the object under consideration, we must make an important clarification; the artifact, one of many that we will publish over time, is part of the museum collection of a historic Florentine crystal grinder that unfortunately closed recently. It is the Marcello Galgani & Sons company, whose completely manual and artisanal work has not withstood the disproportionate advance of mass-produced mechanical processes! Marcello Galgani began his craft as a grinder and restorer in 1960; as the years went by, Marcello mastered and became familiar with particular techniques and shapes, resulting in the production of objects that manage to retain the freshness of grinding and engraving, the warmth and softness of light, and the inimitable flavor of unique artifacts. After several years, his son Lorenzo, who grew up among crystals, also entered the business and immediately became passionate about this ancient craft with skill and ability. Stimulated by the aesthetic sense of the past, father and son, set up a workshop in which the shapes they researched and created themselves are mouth-blown by traditional Tuscan glassmakers in Empoli, then ground and engraved using ancient sixteenth-century techniques, with motifs born from the Galgani's inexhaustible imagination or culturally inspired by designs of objects seen and studied in Florentine museums (Uffizi, Galleria Palatina, Museo degli Argenti, etc.). Marcello and Lorenzo Galgani were also Masters in the difficult art of restoration, bringing rare and precious objects back to life. As mentioned the company recently closed and disposed of all its last production, and only Marcello's old private museum collection remained, which includes unique and special objects created over time, a collection that the craftsman made available to us for a planned sale. All of the objects were made entirely by hand with old grinding wheels, but there were mainly two tools that allowed the creation of masterpieces: the right hand and the left hand of the master craftsman. Ancient glassmaking techniques were used for all the ground and engraved products: first, the object was ground with an emery wheel fed continuously by a jet of abrasive sand and water, then re-polished with a very fine-grained sandstone wheel also fed with water; the engravings were done freehand using as many as 10-15 small stone wheels for each design (flowers, branches, animals, etc. ); then the object was polished and shined; we must make, at this point, an important clarification on these last two operations: towards the end of the 1960s acid crystal polishing was devised, the object was immersed and rotated in a solution of sulfuric acid, fluoridic acid and water and in a short time all the defects left by the previous processes were eliminated, it was a fast, industrial operation that allowed to lower costs considerably, with discrete but not excellent results. But for Galgani's products polishing is done with a cork bark wheel wet with water and pumice, to make the surfaces more transparent, and finally polishing was achieved with a felt wheel wet with a paste of water, iron oxide, and cerium oxide. This series of processes takes an average of two days of work( sometimes much longer) for each object, each engraving or grinding is the result of the creative inventiveness of the two artisans, inventiveness that transforms crystal into reality material of the highest aesthetic value and inestimable value. All the items in the entire collection have never been used; they were part of the exhibition. Large crystal vase with a black base; the decorations, purely Art Noveau, represent graceful butterflies and dragonflies in a peaceful lake landscape. The object is "one-of-a-kind" signed by the Master; it was created in Marcello Galgani's workshop in 1982 and made with the techniques (grinding, engraving, and polishing) we explained in the description; for the shape, the Master was inspired by a vase found in a painting, preserved in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence by the 16th-century painter Jacopo Ligozzi...

An antique 14.5 inches diameter wall clock from the 1920s, manufactured by clockmaker Franz Klameth, Vienna, Austria. Clocks like these were originally used in public offices, a fact...

Beautiful antique Murano hand blown Millefiori Murrina flowers mosaic Italian art glass decorative cabinet vase / pitcher. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, circa 1910-1930. T...

A terracotta sculpture hand-crafted in Sicily in the first half of 20th century, it's in original patina with signs of use and age. A terracotta sculpture it's a captivating piece of...

Vintage Liberty Perfume Bottle, art glass and silver 800 cap. Very good condition, with some minor oxidation of the cap.

Signed: Alexandre / Belgium Vase green glazed terracotta decorated with Fish in relief Alexandre Gempfenstein (Alexandre de Wemmel) (Ukrainian Be...

Franz Peleschka bronze sculpture Origin Austria Circa 1900 The condition of the bronzes is excellent, its base has been restored by a professional. Patina raised It is signed on its ...

Large bronze statue featuring a Hindu bird-catcher by the Belgian sculptor and medallist Auguste de Wever. He wears a ribbon and a drapery supporting a small sword. His necklace is a...