Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels

Rare Minton Majolica Posy small vase modelled as three upright yellow bamboo canes all supported on an earthy ground.

Three antique Japanese Meiji period vases, distinguished by their flared necks and decorative designs. Two of the vases feature high-shouldered forms, while the third is of a globula...

This is an antique decorative vase. A French, ceramic flower urn in Art Nouveau taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Appealing colors...

An antique Japanese late Meiji era enamel over brass vase. The amphora shaped vase with a narrow fluted neck. The vase is adorned with a polychrome image of a dragon made in the Cloi...

An exceptional pair English Art Nouveau opalescent yellow uranium glass vases by James Powell & Sons and dating from around 1890. The vases stand on a w...

A group of three nineteenth century spirit decanters in varying colours, with faceted sides, undulating rims and with faceted cut stoppers. One decanter with abrasion to the rim. He...

An exceptionally rare Doulton Lambeth Impasto pair of bottle vases marked Arrabian by F M Collins (Mrs Vale) dated 1879. F M Collins was a Faience Depart...

From Sèvres, France, this lovely porcelain vase has been hand painted in a faux blue marble with black and white veining. The vase was produced in the style of a Greek stamnos, which was a vase designed to store liquids. Stamnoi are typically more squatty versions of krater vases, with handles high on the sides. The bottom of the vase is stamped with a production mark reading “Sevres 1872”. Sevres is a commune southwest of Paris that is known for its porcelain production. Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is a premier European porcelain factory that has been in Sevres since 1756. From 1800-1847, Alexander Brongniart was the director of the factory. Trained as both an engineer and a scientist, Brongniart brought about many changes to the factory, such as improving the composition of hard-paste porcelain and developing enameled colors to simulate marble. Our marbled blue Sèvres porcelain vase...

A pair of very highly decorated Satsuma vases. One is in perfect condition the other with a crack which the price is reflecting this. Circa 1890s, Japan.

Rozenburg earthenware vase, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1894 The depiction on the vase is a drapery in green with curved gold-yellow ribbons and floral de...

Made by the Bohemian Art Glass manufacturers of the 19th Century, this, Cut-to-Clear glass with white opaline glass overlay is hand-cut in a whimsical pattern that is harmonious with...

Pair of Doulton Lambeth vases, circa 1890.

Arts and Crafts brass urn with handles. A lovely old piece, in solid beaten brass, the vase has a “Pot Belly” shape with 2 jug handles at the...

Rare antique Rookwood Edward Cranch pilgrim flask / whiskey jug / vase featuring a brown iris glaze with carved swinging bear / koala and two dancing ladies. Shape 85, W stands for ...

An antique Japanese Cloisonne Meiji Golden Age Period high quality silver wire Attributed to Hattori The vase is of an ovoid form tapering to the bottom and featuring a short everted...

A very impressive 19th Century Samson, Meissen style porcelain 'Snowball' ( Schneeballen) lidded vase. Of baluster shape encrusted with snowball blossoms, flowers and birds, the dome...

A high quality antique Japanese late Meiji period enamel over brass vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The ware is enam...

19th century German earthenware beer stein mug with tin lid and cobalt blue ornamental decoration.   

Pair of French Faience wall pocket signed Desvres Fourmaintraux Circa 1890.  

Crystal and gilt bronze jardinière. France, late 19th century.

A pair of large Canton style famille jaune porcelain vases Chinese, Late 19th Century Height 120cm, diameter 42cm These large and impressi...

A Palace Size Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Blue and White Vase with Phoenix Decoration. This vase is absolutely beautiful with an incredible array of hand-painted blue decoratio...

This is an antique 2-tier jardiniere stand. A Japanese, ebonised display table, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Delightful Japanned example, popular during the Aestheti...

A great hollowed out elm tree trunk. Beautiful on its own and paractical to be used as a indoor planter.

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

This elegant pair of antique garniture vases was crafted in France circa 1880 and showcases refined 19th-century artistry in cut crystal and gilt bronze, in the style of Baccarat or ...

A rare and stunning antique Thomas Webb & Sons cranberry glass vase with ribbed design applied in relief with a lizard with painted enamel and gilded detail and set against an enameled floral and grass design by Jules Barbe...

An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, covered enamel over brass pot or box. The body of the ware is enameled with polychrome images of cranes, medallions with blossoming flowers and b...

Small Terracotta Pignata Pot The Small Terracotta Pignata Pot is a hand-thrown ceramic piece dating back to the early 1900s, crafted in the charming towns of Cutrofiano and Lucugnan...

Gilt-bronze, onyx and enamel cloisonné centerpiece. France, Late 19th century.

A high quality Japanese enamel vase, Meiji era, 1868 to 1912. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of a big dragon over...

A gorgeous pair of antique Victorian silver plate and cut crystal bottles By Tiffany & Co. (signed to the underside) USA, Late 19th Century Measures: 2.88"W x 2.88"D x 8.5"H. Ver...

This is a pair of large antique vases. A Chinese, ceramic baluster urn with Famille Rose pattern, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. ...

A rare antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over copper vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a long fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of blossoming Wisteria flowers and fish...

Big Majolica vase Ginori Italy, 1850-1890 Very good codiction Difetto di cottura sotto la base (vedere fotografia)

This late 19th century covered jar takes its rounded shape from serving tureens used to serve soups and stews. Contrasted by a crisp white field, the lid and sides are decorated with a lively scene of children at play in a courtyard garden. Accompanied by a man and woman, the children are each playing with a different toy, including a kite, a reed organ...

This exquisite 19th-century majolica jardiniere and underplate by Minton was handpainted in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, around 1880. This jardiniere measures an impressive 17" across the handles it is adorned with a delightful design of green oak leaves and light brown acorns that stand out beautifully against the beautiful turquoise background. The handles, in the shape of twisting oak branches...

Beautiful pair of white opaline glass vase hand painted at the end of 19th century. It will enhance any romantic place with a touch of luxury. Perfect condition for its age.

Bacchanalian Bronze Sculpture, Bacchanalian Ewers, Bacchanalian Vases, Bacchus Sculpture, Antique Bronze Sculpture, Bacchanalian Antique, Antique Bacchus, Gothic Antique. Large 19th...

An antique Japanese Meiji Era covered enamel over brass jar. The cover of the jar is adorned with a polychrome image of a Phoenix bird surrounded by a swirl motif made in the Cloison...

Pair of large and very fine quality 19 century French Louis XVI style gilt bronzed mounted cherub motif Marble Urns.

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...

Fine etched glass decorated with birds and foliate designs with Extra fine workmanship makes these pieces exceptional.

This spinach jade snuff bottle stands out from others because of the surface etching of a crane and its offspring, we are told. This snuff bottle is in very good condition with its original parts, as far as we can tell. Jade snuff bottles such as this, epitomize elegance and tradition in Chinese artistry. Crafted meticulously from precious jade, these diminutive vessels once held powdered tobacco, serving as ornate accessories for affluent individuals during the Qing Dynasty. Jade, revered for its symbolic significance and believed mystical properties, adds allure to these bottles. Spinach jade is a variety of jadeite, a mineral prized for its rich green color and translucency. This particular type of jadeite exhibits a deep green hue with darker veining, resembling the color of spinach leaves, hence the name. The intensity of the green can vary, ranging from light to dark shades. Spinach jade is highly valued in traditional Chinese culture and is often used in jewelry, carvings, and decorative objects. Its distinctive color and unique patterns make it sought after by collectors and enthusiasts of gemstones and lapidary art. Of rectangular section, the squared bottle with gilt-incised neck and domed lid with ivory...

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A gorgeous monumental 17" antique 19th century Art Nouveau period French Sarreguemines majolica vase. Maker's mark on reverse. This exquisi...

A beautiful pair of richly colored, hand-painted porcelain covered jars featuring chrysanthemums and lids with gilded finials.

American Art Nouveau aquamarine blue glass vase. Medium chunky blown vase with broad flared neck and canted vase in a deep aquamarine blue; with...

Pair of 19th century temple jars, lidded, Chinoiserie Foo Dog Finials, Exceptional quality and detail with raised hand painted work.

Experience the opulence of a bygone era with this Antique Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Athénienne Compote. Designed by the respected Meridian Britannia Company in the late 19th centur...

Large 19th century Art Nouveau stoneware cider pitcher with a detailed satyr, faun or devil hanging on a tree branche handle. Unfortunately I know nothin...

This is one of the most lovely Majolica Art Nouveau cachepot jardinière signed by Delphin Massier, inspired by the nature with roses and three different butterflies. The Massier fami...

Pair of large Canton style famille rose porcelain vases. Chinese, Late 19th century. Measures: Height 64cm, diameter 25cm. Crafted in Qing dynasty China in the late nineteenth century for the export market, these fine porcelain vases...

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Antique Baccarat “Double Carp” molded crystal vase mounted on a gilded bronze base.

An antique high quality Japanese Meiji cloisonne enamel vase by Ota Tameshiro. Circa the late 19th century. The vase is enameled with polychrome enamel floral and foliate scroll orna...

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

An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period. Elongated vase with pronounced neck. Black body decorated with...