1880s Vases and Vessels

Pair of Greek style vases made two patina bronze. Each, designed in the shape of a tripod amphora adorned with Hercules heads, is decorated in low-relief...

19th Century Majolica Eagle Jardiniere signed Sarreguemines.16 by 9 inches.

Coupe en verre Murrino – Ulderico Moretti pour Moretti Ulderico & C. (Murano, 1880) Cette magnifique coupe en verre mosaïque est une création de Ulderico Moretti, maître verrier rec...

In 1886, John Northwood, famous glass artist of Stourbridge, UK, (later instrumental in the development of art glass in the US), invented a pull up machine allowing small metal teeth...

Famille rose style covered vases on bronze mounts.

The Roemer glass is painted with dwarves harvesting. Marked with the JLL monogram in white enamel.

This is an exceptional late 19th century Paris porcelain decorative bowl. This bowl has been handpainted in cobalt blue and 22 karat gold with an elaborate fretwork design. This eleg...

Model #1990. Auguste Delaherche turned the science of experimentation in ceramic ware into an art form. Coming from a long tradition of potters in the Beauvais region of France datin...

French Majolica Pansies Jardinière, circa 1880.

Antique English silver plated epergne. Four arm design, each with cut glass inset bowl. Center cut glass inset bowl. Stand alone is 10” tall x 5.5” deep x 8.25” wide. Stamped on the ...

Rare and unique 19th century Majolica jardinière with squash, grape and leaves signed Ws & S (Wilhelm Schiller & Son).

Rookwood pottery was established based upon Arts and Crafts ideals positing the celebration and elevation of pottery as an art form. Both professional and amateur decorators and potters were instrumental in the success of what became an art industry and the nations first Internationally recognized art pottery. It is marked 1885, 61 and W. Rookwood's font, Form # 61 and the use of W to indicate white clay are well known to Rookwood collectors and have been identified in most publications concerning the pottery dating back to Peck's books. Sometimes we just can't figure out who decorated them. Many of the decorators were married society ladies and some used their spouse's initials or names on pots. I have been unable to identify what appears to be M AED in under-glaze initials. Nor does the pencil notation which appears M.E. Foster (or Foote) turn up in my review of the literature, including The Ladies God Bless 'em. The quality of the decoration is high and represents the interest in Japonisme and Aesthetic Movement art. The four cobalt lined vertical panels recall vertical Japanese woodblock prints and the gold tracery and rim is surprisingly present with only modest wear to the high points and minor bleed through of the under-glaze around the lip. (shown). It is important to note that unless or until the decorator is identified, it is impossible to assert that the decoration is by a Rookwood artist. Many amateur ladies and gentlemen, particularly members of the Cincinnati Pottery...

French Majolica Palissy jardinière with leaves and branches, circa 1880.

19th Century large Victorian Majolica jardiniere with garlands of flowers, the handles are women heads signed Joseph Holdcroft.

Rare pair of French Majolica swans vases signed Delphin Massier, circa 1880.

A lot of 11 Haut Sauterne Bradenburg Freres Bordeaux wine bottles, circa 1880s. These bottles were deaccessioned from the historic Owens-Thomas House cellar, Telfair Museums, Savanna...

One of the finest copies of The Portland Vase that Wedgwood produced, in many ways rivalling the First Edition itself. Decorated by Thomas Lovatt, then cut, polished and shaded by John Northwood in his glass engraving studio. Although 30 copies were intended, the work was so exacting and arduous that in the end only thirteen were finished. The mirrored stand, which is included, is later and I think dates from the late 20th century. Of all the stands designed for the Portland Vase, this is the best I've seen. The original Portland vase, dating from around 200AD and made of cameo glass, is considered one of the most important examples of classical design and is noted for its intricate relief sculptures, which depict classical figures and scenes from Greek mythology - exactly what, though, we're not sure. The original Wedgwood Portland Vase...

An unusual and stunning aesthetic movement Doulton Lambeth Silicon Ware vase decorated with incised and pate-sur-pate thistle designs by r...

An uniquely colored pair of art glass vases attributed to one of the many factories of Bristol England. This pair features the classic wide body with a narrow top neck. Full decorate...

This striking pair of Minton-style porcelain Continental Majolica jardinieres with stands embodies elegance and rich decorative appeal. Each jardiniere showcases a vibrant turquoise ...

An incredible and truly monumental 19th century Meissen Porcelain Covered urn emblematic of autumn. This is one of the most incredible and sp...

This Victorian Majolica stork vase is signed Joseph Holdcroft, inspired by Minton Joseph Holdcroft offer here a different version more rustic. It's...

French Majolica Palissy Cache Pot Thomas Sergent. Differents leaves on each sides. H / 4.2 inches , 4 by 4 inches.

This outstanding late 19th century Japanese Satsuma porcelain covered temple jar has a traditional form with a domed lid. The piece features exquisite hand painted decoration which includes brightly hued flowers and associated foliage along with highly detailed jewel-toned butterflies with gilt highlights, all of which are on a shaded blue ground. The jar and lid also bear large chrysanthemums executed in heavy white enamel with underlying hints of green. The collar of the jar and edge of the lid have wide gilt bands finished with fine incised linear decoration that has been accented with blue, black and white enamel. The underside of the jar is hand lettered with characters reading Dai Nippon...

An unusual antique Baccarat crystal and Dore bronze-mounted oval shaped centrepiece, the removable oval shaped crystal bowl, beautifully hand-cut and engraved with floral and vine de...

19th Century English pink Majolica Strawberries Jardiniere Minton.

A museum quality blown glass vase with exceptional hand enamel decorations of florals and a darling dragon fly. It is accented with white jeweling around its top and elegant pedestal...

Decor of double lucky signs and lotus ribbons in underglaze blue, height including lid approx. 24 cm.  

Elegant Wedgwood-style bottle vase with a soft blue matte finish, delicately adorned with hand-painted floral motifs. The finely detailed pink and green flower patterns, combined wit...

This Bohemian crystal glass vase was crafted in the late 19th century by Fredrich Egermann manufactory. This splendid glass vase has been finely engraved with the grindstone to depic...

Burgun, Schverer and Co small vase on French silver base. The vase is acid etched cameo glass with wheel cut finish . Plain surface fished with martele. The vase is marked at the bas...

Majolica Parakeets Garniture set with 2 vases and a jardinière planter signed Sarreguemines, circa 1880. Model 7122. Measures: Jardinière / Height 6.2", length 11" on 6". Vases / ...

A very fine and rare set of four baluster-shaped covered vases made of faceted ovoid cut Baccarat crystal and adorned with a bronze mount of exceptional quality and kept with its ori...

Fine French Majolica pink rose vase signed Delphin Massier, circa 1880. The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and painti...

Magnificent and much coveted gigantic antique pottery holder pre 1900s. A unique piece of handmade ceramic craftmanship, made in the cozy southern French city of Biot, located bet...

Pair of 19th Century Majolica Vases signed Choisy Le Roi. The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end of 19th century, they produced very hi...

Our important parcel-gilt and patinated silver and glass-mounted vase and matching oil lamp were designed by Paul Legrand (1840-1910) and crafted by the silversmith, Charles Glachant, for Boucheron of Paris, circa 1878-1880. 21 in tall and 16.5 in wide (53.4 by 41.9 cm). 28.56 lbs, 457 oz, 14,210 g. Provenance: presented to or purchased by Jean-Baptiste Pezon (1827-1897); acquired by a European private collector, perhaps on the death of Jean-Baptiste Pezon in 1897, by descent; acquired by YM Antiques, 2017. This double walled vase has an amphora form, with body and foot with silver, gilt and patinated and stylized flowers, anthemions and sprays of cherries against an etched and matted ground pierced to reveal a gilt inner wall. The upper body is detachable via a slip-lock, and mounted on both sides with arched panels formed of hexagonal beveled glass tiles. One glass panel applied with bacchic infants taunting a rearing goat and the other side with infants feeding grapes to a lioness under a looming bust of a satyr. The patinated and gilt upswung loop bifurcated handles are mounted with fully modeled figures of Pan bearing a syrinx and thyrsus and a draped maenad playing two flutes, both above roaring lion heads, the rim inset with a slip-lock detachable gilt bowl etched with masks of various representations of Bacchus spaced by ribbons and trophies and with scrolling fruiting vines. The base of interior with detachable base metal drip pan to accommodate the removable oil lamp designed to illuminate the glass tiles from within. The lamp is raised on four hoof feet, the upturned ends cast underneath with masks and with detachable cover mounted with two infant satyrs and flanked by gilt loop handles. The bacchic themed design featuring cartouches depicting infants taunting a goat and lion, plus prominent lion masks at the handles, certainly appealed to Boucheron's customer, Jean-Baptiste Pezon (1827-1897), who is believed to have commissioned the piece. Pezon was the celebrated lion tamer and headliner of the Grande Menagerie whose profession brought him great fame and fortune in Paris. Born a shepherd boy in Lozere, he is said to have left his home at the age of seventeen in the company of a wolf he had captured and trained years earlier. He headed to Paris and by the age of twenty-one purchased his first lion who he named Brutus. The animal is said to have inspired the Lion of Belfort, the monumental red standstone sculpture by Frederic Bartholdi erected in Belfort in 1880. Toulouse-Lautrec was among his admirers and friends, visiting Pezon's Great Lozerian Menagerie to sketch animals. A large bronze sculpture of Pezon atop a female lion adorns the Pezon family tomb in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, as seen in our image here. The vase and detachable bowl are marked on the underside with the silversmith's mark of Charles Glachant. The underside and upper rim of the lower body is engraved "Fic Boucheron Paris". The lamp is marked on underside and flange of cover for Glachant. Boucheron archives indicate the vase was inspired by the amphora vases created by the Greek potter, Nikosthenes, 550-510 BC. The Nikosthenic amphora vases are a form of Attic vase recognized for their angular amphora form with broad flat handles. Potted of bright orange-red clay, they were decorated with plant and animal motifs within distinct friezes, with the most significant defining feature being the black figure painting, often highlighted with white accents. In this vase Legrand re-imagines the striking contrast of the black figures against a warm ground through the use of patina and gilding. His inventive use of piercing and double-wall construction create additional levels of texture and depth throughout the body. The same combination of ornamentation was employed in a ewer designed by Legrand in 1880 in the Islamic taste. (See lot 77 of Christie's sale in New York on October 22, 2009.) Edmé Bouchardon (1698-1762), royal sculptor to Louis XV, may have provided Legrand with inspiration for the vase's iconography. The panel featuring bacchic infants taunting a rearing goat is very similar to a bas relief representation of Winter designed by Bouchardon for the Fontaine des Quarte-Saisons on rue de Grenelle, Paris. Bouchardon debuted his plaster model for the bas relief in 1741, and the fountain was completed in 1745. The Boucheron firm, founded by the celebrated jeweler, Frédéric Boucheron...

19th Century Majolica Palissy Jardiniere signed Thomas Sergent. Decorated with a frog, a fish, a lizard, shells and plants.

Tall Majolica iris vase Massier unsigned of the end of 19th century. Art Nouveau period.

19th-Century Palissy Majolica trunk jardinière with a butterfly. L / 6.3 inches.

Victorian Majolica bamboo vase Joseph Holdcroft, circa 1872 (marked july 20th 1872) Rare model.  

An Antique 19th Century Japanism French Porcelain Jardinière with Gilt and Silvered-Bronze Tri-Footed Stand. This jardinière is in the Jap...

19th century Majolica chesnut handled jardinière signed Onnaing. This jardinière is inspired by the Art Nouveau and the Naturalism movement of the end of 19th century.

Immerse yourself in the timeless elegance of the Meiji period with this exceptional pair of antique Imari porcelain lidded jars, crafted circa 1885. Standing at an impressive 18 inch...

A beautiful set of 2 antique porcelain flower pots, also called 'cahepots'. The flower pots are not marked, this is Vieux Bruxelles porcelain and dates from around 1880-1900. The pot...

Beautiful pair of green marble covered vases, set in an elegant chiseled and gilded bronze mount, decorated with lion heads alternating with garlands of flowers. The molded lid is to...

Doulton Faience Shaped Botanical Pottery Vase, Aesthetic Movement, Signed by Artist Mary M Arding, Early 1880s The unusually shaped molded vase...

Oversize Palissy jardinière inspired by the Renaissance attributed to Thomas Sergent, circa 1880. Fauns heads handles. The School of Paris was composed by makers as Victor Barbizet...

A Highly Important and Very Rare Museum Worthy Russian Imperial Lapidary Kalkan Jasper Covered Vase, by the Imperial Russian Lapidary Ekaterinburg Workshops, Inscribed 1887. This mon...

A large Majolica triple bamboo vase decorated with four birds attributed to Delphin Massier, circa 1880.

On metal mounts.

A miniature vase in elegant upright form reminiscent of the Chinese imperial Willow Leaf form made by Japanese studio Seikozan circa 1890-1910s (late Meiji Period). One of the many a...

Discover the exquisite charm of our Old English Sheffield silver plated small decorative urn / vase with lion head side handle. This timeless piec...

Charming 19th century small majolica vase with white dog who look on a bucket signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi. At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most ...

French Majolica vase with fishs and shells, circa 1880. Bamboo handles.   

Rare early pair of Loetz Bohemian Glass Vases in a graceful Tulip Motif made by Johann Loetz Witwe in the 1880s. Green and rich red color with silver and blue iridescent highlights s...

Arts & Crafts Vintage Copper Kettle A fabulous vintage Arts & Crafts/Art Nouveau copper kettle, the kettle has a black ceramic handle with a beautiful shape and a classic design mon...

Indulge in the splendor of the Meiji period with this remarkable pair of antique porcelain lidded jars, crafted circa 1885. Standing at an impressive 20 inches tall with a diameter o...

A Very Large 19th Century French Baccarat Opaline Crystal Vase with Enameled Putti and Floral Decoration. The amphora form vase is beautifully hand-enam...

A rare and authentic Mary Gregory glass vase, crafted in deep cobalt blue and featuring her signature white enamel painting. This charming piece from the "Ice Children" collection sh...