Pair of Very Rare Carved and Gilted Wood Vases with Painted Sheet Metal Cachepot

Large and important pair of vases from the Savona factory. Both vases have side handles ending in dragons. The reserves on the side are decorated with figurative scenes and architect...

From the first phase of mirror production in Murano, very few examples of three-dimensionally decorated mirrors remain. In the late 17th century, Murano began to produce precisely cu...

Unusually large crater with extensive depictions of Greek mythology. Light ceramic in terracotta color with ebonized paint. Two protruding volute handles adorn the sides. The huge si...

The streamlined frame adorned with an acanthus frieze is covered with mirrors and decorated with decorative engravings all around. The beautifully openwork pediment is surmounted by ...

Wood Hand Carved Planter Vase Jardinière Cachepot Antique, this one-of-a-kind Hungarian Corn Grinder stands as a captivating statement piece for any home....

A hand painted cachepot depicting a cherub pastoral scene with a shepherdess holding a lyre and a cherub flying around and observing her. The background is cranberry color. There is ...

Blue Serves Pair of Jeweled Vases with Gilt Paint and Turquoise embellishments throughout. Incredibly ornate with gold painted details throughout. Both vases contain genre scenes wi...

Pair of important Russian gilt bronze and metal vases Russian, circa 1820 Dimensions: Height 98cm, width 43cm, depth 38cm This monumental pair of vases are exquisitely crafted in gilt bronze and metal. They both feature twin scrolled handles, which are decorated with leaves and foliate patterns, as well as classical profiles at the top. These touch the ormolu rims, which feature an egg and dart pattern. The body of each vase is of ovoid form and features further ormolu mounts, including a thick band underneath the waisted neck, twin dog heads at the base of the handles, flowers, stars and more Classical masks with foliate scrolls. The vases are supported by square plinths, with socle form bases and decorations of fluted ribbing and scrolled foliate forms. Heavily inspired by the neoclassical style, which was popular in Russia in the late 18th and 19th centuries, the vases are decorated with gilt bronze relief scenes which allude to motifs in classical mythology. On a rich burgundy ground, the metal body of the vases show figures flanked by palm trees. One vase shows a woman dressed in a classical draped fabric garment playing two flutes and leaning on a pedestal with twirling ivy, while a baby stands...