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Period: Early 20th Century
Antique Moser White Art Glass Canister with Pink Cabochon Panels and Lid
Located in Toronto, ON
This stunning Art Deco Moser lidded canister has a milk glass octagonal form, with pink overlay glass cabochons, and gilded decorations surrounding the panels with ornate raised fili...
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Czech Art Deco Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Glass

Lidded Canister with Handle, Elaborate Repoussé & Enamel Work, Munich Secession
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Crafted by Ludwig Vierthaler for the Josef Winhart metalwork company in Munich, this gorgeous and singular lidded canister displays the bravura repoussé work that the artist is known for. Winhart hammered elaborate Secession-style swirls and geometric patterns into the sides and lid of this piece, and enriched the lid with midnight blue and ruddy brown enamels. The entire piece has a subtle hammered finish and a streaky patina that gives the surface great depth of color. Interestingly, Vierthaler spent years as a metalsmith at Tiffany and Company in New York...
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German Art Nouveau Vintage Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Vintage Green Glass Canister Storage Jars, Spain Flour, Tea, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
The condition is very good. It is very hard to find these storage canisters is such fine condition.
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Spanish Baroque Revival Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Art Glass

Large Rosenthal Lidded Jar in Blue Glazed Porcelain with Hand-Painted Fruits
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large Rosenthal lidded jar in blue glazed porcelain with hand-painted fruits, butterflies and gold decoration. 1920s / 30s. Measures: 31.5 x 20...
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German Art Nouveau Vintage Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Antique Japanese Cloisonne Covered Jars with Floral Motif Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique cloisonne covered jars or urns are unsigned, but originate from Japan from approximately 1900 in a Japanese export style. The pair is done in muted tones and are...
Category

Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Metal

Chinese Famille Rose Ginger Jar with Ancient Censers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully commemorated on this oval ginger jar, censers have been used for thousands of years in Chinese culture as a part of funeral rites or prayer offerings. Filled with dried aromatic plants and essential oils, the censer issued fragrant smoke that forged a connection to the spiritual realm. This late Qing-dynasty jar...
Category

Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Large Antique Apothecary Funnel, Continental, Glass, Chemistry, Edwardian, 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique apothecary funnel. A Continental, glass chemist's funnel, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Of superb size and of display interest Displays a de...
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Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Glass

Antique English Match Strike, Sterling Silver, 1902
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous Edwardian match striker, clear glass decorated with spun red glass creating an unusual and highly decorative example. The top is ...
Category

European Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chinese Enamelware Teapot with Mythical Qilin, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions. In addition to tea leaves, water, and he...
Category

Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Famille Rose Phoenix and Peony Baluster Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category

Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Bronze Trench Art Bank
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible early 20th century American Trench Art bronze bank made from a spent artillery shell casing, and with a lid with a heavy knurled knob.
Category

American Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Bronze

Large Early 20th Century Gilt Decorated Glass Dresser Jar or Box, Circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine and very elegant early 20th century French glass dresser box, showing a rectangular shaped & eight sided base fitted with a conforming lid, bo...
Category

French Neoclassical Revival Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Glass

Rare Covered Art Deco Jar with Rabbit Finial by Gensoli for Sevres, Blue & Gray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Both whimsical and high-style, this remarkable Art Deco covered jar is decorated on its sides with a sophisticated pattern of chevron, zigzag and wave motifs executed in deep, rich s...
Category

French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Art Nouveau Large Amphora Vase, Salviati Murano, Amber, Etched Floral Motifs
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Venetian early 20th century, age Art Nouveau, large amphora vase attributed Salviati Murano glass, amber color, etched with floral motifs.
Category

Italian Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Murano Glass

Provincial Chinese Wine Jug, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic jar from China's Shandong province has a bottle-neck shape meant for storing vinegar or wine made from rice and grain. Dated to the early 20th century, the jar was likel...
Category

Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Large William Moorcroft Art Pottery Pomegranate Lidded Ginger Jar or Vase
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large lidded ginger jar was made by the Moorcroft Pottery company of England in circa 1935 with the pomegranate patterned glaze. This art ...
Category

English Art Deco Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Pottery

Early 20th Century American Interior Glazed Storage Vessel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Late 19th or early 20th century, American Interior glazed storage vessel, exterior unglazed. Sharp incised banding around opening. Beautiful modern shape.
Category

Edwardian Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Chinese Enameled Teapot with Mythical Qilin, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions. In addition to tea leaves, water, and he...
Category

Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Large Antique Chinese Ceramic Wine Jar
Located in New York, NY
A nicely glazed, tall antique Chinese ceramic wine jar with a wide mouth and graceful shape. From Shanxi Province, circa 1920. CR714.
Category

Chinese Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Persimmon Ginger Jar with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
White cartouches open on this vibrant vase’s persimmon orange field like parting clouds, revealing scenes of young boys practicing martial arts. Perhaps c...
Category

Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Fine Early 20th Century Gilt Decorated Glass Dresser Jar or Box, Circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very elegant early 20th century French glass dresser box or jar, showing a rectangular shaped & eight sided base fitted with a conforming lid, both...
Category

French Neoclassical Revival Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Glass

Antique Austrian Classical Silver and Glass Vanity Jar on Stand
Located in New York, NY
Austrian Classical 800 silver and glass vanity jar on stand, circa 1910. Jar clear glass with fluting. Cover silver; gently raised with beaded border....
Category

Austrian Art Deco Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Silver

Bode Willumsen Royal Copenhagen Mythical Figure Sculptural Lidded Pottery Jar
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare Danish sculptural stoneware lidded jar with Nordic mythical figures by Bode Willumsen (1895-1989) and made in 1928. The heavily made jar is of triangular shape, the sides...
Category

Danish Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Stoneware

Porcelain Tea Container with Good Luck Symbols, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A classic Chinese covered porcelain tea container with the double happiness symbol surrounded by six bats, representing health, long life and ...
Category

Chinese Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Green Glass Jar/ Punch Bowl with Lid, Austria, circa 1920
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Lovely Art Deco glass jar or punch bowl from the early period around 1920 in Austria. This early 20th century green jar impresses with an artfully s...
Category

Austrian Art Deco Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Metal

Porcelain Apothecary Jar
Located in Houston, TX
This is a porcelain apothecary jar, from the early 20th century, found in France. The label reads EXTR ARNIC. A great kitchen piece. This...
Category

French Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Tudric For Liberty & Co Pewter Barrel Shaped Swirl Design Sugar Shaker
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Tudric pewter Arts & Crafts barrel shaped lidded sugar shaker with a swirl design made for Liberty & Co and dating from the early 20th century. This unusual barrel shaped s...
Category

English Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Pewter

Art Nouveau Nude Decorated Lidded Porcelain Jar, Limoges, French, Circa 1905
Located in Incline Village, NV
Uniquely decorated porcelain Limoges jar with a wide winged span nude woman and a duck flying out of her hair, perhaps beckoning her to join in the flight. Her legs and feet end as one "a la mermaid". She is quite beautiful and is holding a bouquet of flowers in front of her. The same image appears on the other side. She is hand painted with brown hair, skin tones, with white and black detail to the "butterfly like" double wings. The duck is painted brown and black. Two gold leaf bands circumvents the vessel at the bottom and two thirds up. A blue band above the gold band at the base completes the hand painted decoration of the exterior. The interior of the jar is painted a light colored lime green. The underneath is clearly marked "P L Limoges...
Category

French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Austrian Classical Silver and Glass Vanity Jar
Located in New York, NY
Austrian classical clear glass jar with 800 silver cover, ca 1910. Tubular with cut fluting and star. Cover silver; gently raised with beaded border. C...
Category

Austrian Art Deco Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Silver

Chinese Terracotta Soup Pot, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Based on vessels fired in ancient Chinese kilns, this jar's perfect proportions haven't changed much since the Bronze Age. Keeping in the tradition of its predecessors, this early 20th century ceramic vessel is glazed with a slip of red clay, yielding a warm, terracotta coloring. Two small strap handles sit on the high shoulders of the jar's otherwise unadorned round form. Originally used as a soup...
Category

Chinese Rustic Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Famille Rose Baluster Jar with Ancient Censers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully commemorated on this lidded baluster jar, censers have been used for thousands of years in Chinese culture as a part of funeral rites or prayer offerings. Filled with dried aromatic plants and essential oils, the censer issued fragrant smoke that forged a connection to the spiritual realm. This late Qing-dynasty jar...
Category

Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Vase with Cover, Early 20th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fine and large Japanese vase in a fantastic shape. The painting goes over the vases side up on the lid so the lid has a specific place of wow to ...
Category

Japanese Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Japanese Porcelain Lidded Jars, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Decorated with two bands of flying Phoenix birds amongst clouds and foliage, on a white background.
Category

Japanese Antique Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

1930s Spanish Glazed Ceramic Vase w/ Iron Mesh
Located in Marbella, ES
Vintage 1930s Spanish glazed ceramic vase with two handles and a protective iron mesh.
Category

Spanish Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Handmade Antique Tibetan Ceremonial Holy Water Vessels
Located in New York, NY
Two large, striking and beautifully crafted copper ceremonial water pitchers from Tibet. The lovely, well-worn patina communicates years of loving and spiritual use. Priced and sold ...
Category

Chinese Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Copper

Beautiful Wine Jar With Chinese Characters And Great Patina
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully weathered wine jar with Chinese characters. From Hunan Province, circa 1920. Several available. CR699.
Category

Chinese Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Wilhelm Kåge, a Pair of Early and Rare Art Deco Lidded Jars, 1920s-1930s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Wilhelm Kåge. A pair of early and rare Art Deco lidded jars. Beautiful glaze in brown shades, 1920s-1930s. In very good condition. Measures: 15.5 x 14 cm.
Category

Swedish Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Karl Lindström and Nils Emil Lundström for Rörstrand, Lidded Porcelain Jar
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Karl Lindström and Nils Emil Lundström for Rörstrand. Lidded porcelain jar decorated with grapevines in gold on the beautiful dark blue base. Japa...
Category

Swedish Japonisme Vintage Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Edvin Ollers Jar Produced in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Pewter jar with lid designed by Edvin Ollers. Produced in Sweden.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Pewter

Set of Three Provincial Chinese Wine Jugs, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These early 20th century ceramic jars from China's Shandong province were formed with a bottle-neck shape meant for storing vinegar or rice wine. We suspect these jars were created to store wine for commercial sale, and were likely stoppered with a cork or wax seal. Left unglazed, the jugs are decorated only the irregular, organic smoke patterns created during the firing process. We love the neutral color story told by this set of vessels...
Category

Chinese Rustic Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Victory V Gums Tins, England, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique set of 2 Tin Boxes for Victory V Gums, England. This British Brand made Liquorice-flavoured lozenges, each by hand so every sweet contained the correct amount of therapeutic ingredient. This Counter Cannisters - Advertising Boxes...
Category

English British Colonial Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Tin

Rene Lalique Perfume Burner
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
A Rene Lalique molded glass perfume burner: Sirenes. Marcilhac 2651, model introduced 1920. Blue patina, inscribed R. Lalique.
Category

French Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Glass

Nils Emil Lundström for Rörstrand, Antique Lidded Jar, Early 20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Nils Emil Lundström (1865-1960) for Rörstrand. Antique lidded jar in glazed ceramics. Beautiful orange glaze and flower in gold on the lid, early 2...
Category

Swedish Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Quilt Warmer Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual squat vessel would have been kept near a kang platform to warm one's blankets before bed. Much like a hot water bottle, the ceramic vessel was filled with hot water thro...
Category

Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Early 20th Century Multifaceted Glass Jar Art Deco
Located in Vigonza, Padua
This characteristic vase was widespread as a container of sweets and biscuits in families and small shops for the first fifty years of the 20th century. The body is all in molded glass, turned aluminum lid with wooden spherical handle. It is an object full of charm suitable for both centerpieces or kitchen containers...
Category

Italian Art Deco Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Aluminum

Terracotta Soup Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Based on vessels fired in ancient Chinese kilns, this jar's perfect proportions haven't changed much since the Bronze Age. Keeping in the tradition of its predecessors, this early 20th-century ceramic vessel is glazed with a slip of red clay, yielding a warm, terracotta coloring. Two small strap handles sit on the high shoulders of the jar's otherwise unadorned round form. Originally used as a soup...
Category

Chinese Rustic Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Brown Drip Glaze Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tracing its roots back into the Han dynasty, this early 20th-century vessel emulates the full-bodied shapes and unusual glazing found in ancient ceramics...
Category

Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

English Mixed Metal Spirit Barrel
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Edwardian copper and brass spirit container of barrel form with riveted construction and having gleaming surface.
Category

English Edwardian Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Brass, Copper

Thai Brownware Monochrome Water Jar with Carrying Handles, Early 20th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Thai monochrome brownware water jar from the early 20th century, with carrying handles. Born in Thailand during the early years of the 20th century, this charming water ju...
Category

Thai Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Earthenware

Antique Ceramic Food Jars
Located in New York, NY
Large antique ceramic food jars with beautifully rendered bird and floral imagery. From China, Hebei Province, circa 1900.
CR430
Category

Chinese Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Early 20th Century Extra Large American Canning Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 20th century American extra large canning jar.
Category

American Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Clay

Daum Nancy "Fleurs et Abeilles" Enameled and Etched Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau enameled and etched "Fleurs et Abeilles" glass vase by Daum Nancy features an unusual and wildly undulating form that is countered neatly by the tightly executed landscape that decorates its organic curves, bulges, dips and valleys. Climbing from a deeply, darkly colored base upward to the bright, nearly translucent bright yellow rim of the vase are a field of ultra-finely rendered red orchid blooms with framing leaves...
Category

French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Art Glass

Karl Lindström and Nils Emil Lundström for Rörstrand, Lidded Porcelain Jar
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Karl Lindström and Nils Emil Lundström for Rörstrand. Lidded porcelain jar decorated with grape vines in gold on a beautiful dark blue base. Japan...
Category

Swedish Japonisme Vintage Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Scandinavian Modern C.G. Hallberg Silver Plated Jar Lid with Mermaid
Located in New York, NY
Scandinavian Modern silver plated lidded jar by C.G. Hallberg, Stockholm, Sweden. The lid feature a mermaid figure holding a baby dolphin. A very clean Minimalist design with engrave...
Category

Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Silver Plate

Pair of English Porcelain Ewers, Royal Crown Derby, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Each with hand painted scenes of exotic birds on a cobalt blue background, with satyr mask handles. Signed Charles Harris. With Royal Crown Derby Mark.
Category

British Antique Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century French Glazed Terracotta Pitcher Handmade & Hand-painted
Located in Miami, FL
19th century French glazed terracotta pitcher with beautifuls fleurs.
Category

Spanish Spanish Colonial Early 20th Century Jars

Early 20th Century Wooden Mortar from Argentina
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 20th century wooden mortar from Argentina Found in the frontier region of the country.
Category

South American Early 20th Century Jars

Materials

Wood

Fine Pair of Antique Austrian Enamel on Silver and Gold Jeweled Ewers
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of antique Austrian enamel, silver and gold ewers. Each beautifully inset with chunks of semi precious stones. Including amethyst r...
Category

Rococo Early 20th Century Jars

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