Early 20th Century Vases and Vessels

A pair of antique Japanese Meiji period vases, each features a midnight blue ground and is decorated with silver wire and colored enamels t...

Rosenthal, Germany, large porcelain lidded jar hand-painted with flower bouquets. Circa 1914. Marked. In perfect condition. Measurements: H 28.5 cm x D 14.5 cm.

A beautiful Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze large vase with floral design By Heintz Art Metal Shop USA, Early 20th Century Sterling silver inlay on patinated bronze...

Landscape vase. Signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.

Signed Daum Nacy with the cross of Lorraine.

Sevres amphora with Champleve enamel Material Porcelain and hand-painted enamel Origin France Circa 1900 Neoclassical style perfect condition.

Charles Catteau (1880-1966) est un céramiste franco-belge dont l'œuvre a marqué l'histoire de la céramique du XXe siècle. Dès 1906, il rejoint la manufacture de Keramis, propriété de...

A pair of circa 1920's Italian copper-glazed porcelain vases with twisted handles. Measurements: Height: 19.5" Second height: 21.5" Diameter: 11.25".

Rare and Important Mosaico vase Vetreria Artistica Barovier Italy, c. 1924 fused and blown polychrome glass murrine Signed Ercole Barovier 100% authentic, proven by a well known exp...

WWI Trench art vases etched with the French Rooster, bows, and the year 1917. Trench art was art commonly made by soldiers with shell casings to pass the time in the trenches of WW...

PAIR of Chinese Qing Dynasty Qianlong Period-style (early 20th Century) pear-shaped porcelain vases in celadon with antlered animal ornamentation on each side (mark on bottom) (PRICE...

Pair of circa 1920's French etched mercury glass vases. Sold as pair. Measurements: Height: 12.5" Diameter: 4.5"

Prestige display bottles Tutsi People Rwanda and Burundi First half of 20th century European glass bottles, glass beads, cotton net stringing Height: tallest is 11.25 inches.  

Most Gustave Asch Porcelain vase works come in cobalt blue. This piece is a rare blue green. It was created in the village of Sainte Radegonde in Southern France in the early 1900s b...

In this modernist Art Deco piece by Argy Rousseau, eight white doves in cameo glass gracefully soar among a skyline of skyscrapers. The buildings are depicted in the iconic setback s...

Exquisite art deco vase in stoneware by Louis Lourioux. This piece is in exceptional condition and would be a brilliant addition to any collection.

Pair of Art Nouveau vases with dandelions by Mont Joye/Legras et Cie, Staint Denis. About 1910. Beautiful emamel painting with a golden rim o...

An impressive early 20th Century American iridescent glass vase of slender form with green hearts shining through an attractive golden iridescence, signed L C Tiffany Favrile and numbered to base. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 23 cm Condition: Very Good Condition Circa: 1905 Materials: Iridescent Coloured Glass SKU: 6667 ABOUT Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collaborative of designers known as the Associated Artists, which included Lockwood de Forest, Candace Wheeler, and Samuel Colman. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewellery, enamels and metalwork. Early Life He was born in New York City, New York, the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Company; and Harriet Olivia Avery Young. He attended school at Pennsylvania Military Academy in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Eagleswood Military Academy in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His first artistic training was as a painter, studying under George Inness in Eagleswood, New Jersey and Samuel Colman in Irvington, New York. He also studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1866-67 and with salon painter Leon-Adolphe-Auguste Belly in 1868-69. Belly’s landscape paintings had a great influence on Tiffany. Career Louis started out as a painter, but became interested in glassmaking from about 1875 and worked at several glasshouses in Brooklyn between then and 1878. In 1879, he joined with Candace Wheeler, Samuel Colman and Lockwood de Forest to form Louis Comfort Tiffany and Associated American Artists. The business was short-lived, lasting only four years. The group made designs for wallpaper, furniture, and textiles. He later opened his own glass factory in Corona, New York, determined to provide designs that improved the quality of contemporary glass. Tiffany’s leadership and talent, as well as his father’s money and connections, led this business to thrive. In 1881 Tiffany did the interior design of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut, which still remains, but the new firm’s most notable work came in 1882 when President Chester Alan Arthur refused to move into the White House until it had been redecorated. He commissioned Tiffany, who had begun to make a name for himself in New York society for the firm’s interior design work, to redo the state rooms, which Arthur found charmless. He worked on the East Room, the Blue Room, the Red Room, the State Dining Room and the Entrance Hall, refurnishing, repainting in decorative patterns, installing newly designed mantelpieces, changing to wallpaper with dense patterns and, of course, adding Tiffany glass to gaslight fixtures, windows and adding an opalescent floor-to-ceiling glass screen in the Entrance Hall. The Tiffany screen and other Victorian additions were all removed in the Roosevelt renovations of 1902, which restored the White House interiors to Federal style in keeping with its architecture. A desire to concentrate on art in glass led to the breakup of the firm in 1885 when Tiffany chose to establish his own glassmaking firm that same year. The first Tiffany Glass Company was incorporated December 1, 1885 and in 1902 became known as the Tiffany Studios. In the beginning of his career, he used cheap jelly jars and bottles because they had the mineral impurities that finer glass lacked. When he was unable to convince fine glassmakers to leave the impurities in, he began making his own glass. Tiffany used opalescent glass in a variety of colors and textures to create a unique style of stained glass. He developed the “copper foil” technique, which, by edging each piece of cut glass in copper foil and soldering the whole together to create his windows and lamps, made possible a level of detail previously unknown. This can be contrasted with the method of painting in enamels or glass paint on colorless glass, and then setting the glass pieces in lead channels, that had been the dominant method of creating stained glass for hundreds of years in Europe. (The First Presbyterian Church building of 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is unique in that it uses Tiffany windows that partially make use of painted glass.) Use of the colored glass itself to create stained glass pictures was motivated by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement and its leader William Morris in England. Fellow artists and glassmakers Oliver Kimberly and Frank Duffner, founders of the Duffner and Kimberly Company and John La Farge were Tiffany’s chief competitors in this new American style of stained glass. Tiffany, Duffner and Kimberly, along with La Farge, had learned their craft at the same glasshouses in Brooklyn in the late 1870s. In 1889 at the Paris Exposition, he is said to have been “Overwhelmed” by the glass work of Émile Gallé, French Art Nouveau artisan. He also met artist Alphonse Mucha. In 1893, Tiffany built a new factory called the Stourbridge Glass Company, later called Tiffany Glass Furnaces, which was located in Corona, Queens, New York, hiring the Englishman Arthur J. Nash to oversee it. In 1893, his company also introduced the term Favrilein conjunction with his first production of blown glass at his new glass factory. Some early examples of his lamps were exhibited in the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. At the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, he won a gold medal with his stained glass windows The Four Seasons He trademarked Favrile (from the old French word for handmade) on November 13, 1894. He later used this word to apply to all of his glass, enamel and pottery. His first commercially produced lamps date from around 1895. Much of his company’s production was in making stained glass windows and Tiffany lamps, but his company designed a complete range of interior decorations. At its peak, his factory employed more than 300 artisans. Recent scholarship led by Rutgers professor Martin Eidelberg suggests that a team of talented single women designers – sometimes referred to as the “Tiffany Girls” – led by Clara Driscoll played a big role in designing many of the floral patterns on the famous Tiffany...

This is a fine early 20th century silver mounted Claret jug / pitcher. Made in Portugal hand crafted using 925 sterling silver by Topazio. The silver mount is decorated with a Cherub mask...

Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers. Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase. Zuid-Holland, Gouda. Unique Art Nouveau vase in...

Antique fine quality Japanese Meiji period bronze vase C1910 Art Nouveau. Decorated with grapes and vines. Would look amazing in the right location. The very best colour and patin...

This magnificent Chinese Antique Cloisonné Vase is the perfect decor piece. With beautiful floral and bird design, it is a majestically hand cr...

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

Tall Emile Galle Art Nouveau Botanical Carved Cameo Vase Carved and acid etched multilayered glass Circa 1900 Art Nouveau Signed: “Galle” Height: 15.75 Inches Diameter: 3.75 Inches C...

Daum Nancy, French Cameo & Wheel Carved Art Glass Vase, circa 1900 The frosted glass body acid-etched with repeating fern leaf motifs and overlaid and acid-etched with Irises and ...

A rare and exceptional Art Deco period cameo glass vase By Charles Schneider for Le Verre Français France, 1920s Measures: 2.75"W x 2.75"D x 7"H. Very good original vintage cond...

Pair of Art Nouveau WMF twin handled vases, featuring maidens wearing flowing dresses. The bottom of the dress forms the base. A flowering tree flows up from the base. Complete with ...

A beautiful set of 2 Art Nouveau vases, made of earthenware / stoneware. Beautiful relief decoration and design, completely in the Art Nouveau style from the early 1900s. The vases a...

A Macchie Art Glass Vase by Artisti Barovier Attribution, Murano ca. 1920s A rare Murano art glass vase manufactured most probably by Artisti Barovier around 1920s. Thin opaque whit...

A beautiful art deco bronze vase with amazing patina. Designed by Sune Bäckström in Malmoe, Sweden, 1920s. Great condition. Stamped 'BRONS', model number and signature 'Sune Bäcks...

1920s Mercury Glass Vase with Applied Etched Decal Design Gold colored interior

This is a French Porcelain Apothecary Jar. It depicts a cylindrical lidded jar with white background hand painted in the front with two palms with coiled snakes at each side and besi...

A fine and rare pâte de verre Vase Crabes et Algues by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, made in Paris, ca. 1920. Three iterations of a nicely modeled crabe vert cover the sides of this kiln fo...

An antique Japanese Meiji Era brass and enamel vase. Circa: early 20th century. The vase is enameled with polychrome images of birds and Wisteri...

Beautiful vase in swirl Titania glass and overlay silver, This is a rare antique vase.

Vase 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 Schneider des...

Rich in opulence and storytelling, this vintage pair of lidded urns from China presents a vivid tableau of equestrian elegance. Against a lustrous ivory ground, each rounded vessel i...

antique handmade huge Moroccan brass footed planter bowl container Islamic Moorish metalwork. Early 20th century Islamic brass jardiniere or cachepot finely etched brass with Moorish design. Highly collectible handmade Islamic planter or pot to use near your fireplace to hold fire tools. Large Moroccan Moorish polished etched brass planter...

Beautifully Weathered Gouda Plateel Vase or Planter The Netherlands Early 20th Century This is a special piece of early 20th century Dutch ‘plateel’ pot...

This cameo glass vase by the renowned French glassmaker François-Théodore Legras showcases the beauty and craftsmanship of the Art Nouveau period. Created in the early 20th century,...

Brilliant Handmade Majolica Hand-glazed Art Nouveau planter jardinière, 1920. Stamp Imperiale Royale, WESSEL Handmade and hand-glazed in brilliant details. Made in Germany Art Nouv...

"Art for All." - Charles Catteau (France, 1880-1966) See something revolutionary in your future by the French born artist, Charles Catteau. The artist moved to La Louvière, Belgium...

Antique 20th century Japanese hand painted ceramic pottery vase. Embellished with gold gilt accents and raised enamel figural and tree decorations. Signed.

Vase "Ronces" made in cased opalescent glass with blue patina by René Lalique in 1921. Engraved signature. Perfect condition. Great opalescence and very nice patina. height: 23.5 ...

Beautiful cloisonné vase made in the beginning of the early 19th century in China.

A striking blue and white vase from the studio of Japanese Potter Makuzu Kozan, also known as Miyagawa Kozan (1842–1916), one of the most established and collected ceramist from Meiji Period. Born as Miyagawa Toranosuke, Kozan established his pottery studio in Yokohama around 1870s and later became one of the appointed artist to the Japanese Imperial household. His work was exhibited in many international fairs that the Meiji government participated at the turn of the century and won many grand prizes. With an impressively large size, this vase was likely made and reserved as a presentation piece for one of the many expositions the studio participated in the early 20th century. It was decorated with underglaze cobalt blue using the novel technique developed by Kozan called Fuki-e (the blow painting), in order to achieve the striking dimensional literary landscape known as "Mountain and Water". Being one of the most creative ceramists, Kozan started experimenting with new chemical colors from the West in the format of his porcelain glaze around 1880s. New colors allowed him to create underglaze designs that appeared bright, smooth and glossy. He even invented his own receipt of cobalt blue to achieve a much brighter yet softer shade, as evident on this vase. To create landscape that is realistic and dimensional, more common in the western paintings, he was inspired by the native Japanese ink painting technique developed around 1900 by Yokoyama Taikan...

WMF centrepiece with Art Nouveau floral decoration and the original clear glass liner and silver plate. The Dish on acanthus foliate supports, curvilin...

French Mid-century stoneware vase by ACCOLAY, France, 1950s. Concentric lines. Superb green, black and yellow cover. Height : 27cm (10.6"), Diameter : 17cm (6.7"). Marked "Accolay" u...

This exquisite antique brass bud vase is a masterful representation of traditional Chinese cloisonné craftsmanship, showcasing intricate inlay work, delicate engravings, and a timele...

The bacchantes vase is probably one of R.Lalique's masterpieces. The study of the circling dancers is amazing and the grey glass color of the vase is enhanced by a white patina . I...

French art deco perfume bottle designed by Victor Leneuf (1885-1935). Beautiful perfume flask bottle, created in Paris France during th...

Large Japanese studio porcelain covered vase with finely carved decoration of birds amidst foliage set against a cheerful yellow ground, circa 1910. Measures: 18 1/2" high, 11 1...

A fine antique Toleware cachepot or planter. Decorated to both sides with a scene of Don Quixote and his companion Sancho riding atop a horse and ...

This is an antique flower vase with Takaoka bronze. It was made around 1930s in early Showa era and made in Takaoka city (Toyama prefecture, Japan). Dimensions: 16 x 16 x H22 cm.

Quality antique Japanese satsuma shaped vase having a wonderful hand painted decoration of figural and landscape scenes in stunning blue, brown, green, red and gold colours.

A Daum Cameo Glass Vase, of square form with repeating enameled gilt fleur-de-lis decoration, on a textured green ground, etched Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine. A museum piece...

A light blue vase designed by Eva Jancke-Björk at Bo Fajans in Gefle in the 1940s with a lovely relief decor of shells and seaweed. The vase is 18 cm high and in excellent condition.

Set of Hand Mirror and Brush in Pewter made by Just Andersen in the 1920s. A rare set of collectibles for a beautiful place. * Hand mirror and brush in Bronze * Designer: Just Ander...

Early 20th century Chinese Sancai glazed earthenware decorative covered jar of an amphora shape & body featuring a continuous motif of blue & red...

French Art Nouveau pewter vase A pewter vase with flowers and an insect in Art Nouveau style with stones in blue, green striped glass. The...