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Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

ART NOUVEAU STYLE

In its sinuous lines and flamboyant curves inspired by the natural world, antique Art Nouveau furniture reflects a desire for freedom from the stuffy social and artistic strictures of the Victorian era. The Art Nouveau movement developed in the decorative arts in France and Britain in the early 1880s and quickly became a dominant aesthetic style in Western Europe and the United States.

ORIGINS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Sinuous, organic and flowing lines
  • Forms that mimic flowers and plant life
  • Decorative inlays and ornate carvings of natural-world motifs such as insects and animals 
  • Use of hardwoods such as oak, mahogany and rosewood

ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Art Nouveau — which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. Although Art Deco and Art Nouveau were both in the forefront of turn-of-the-20th-century design, they are very different styles — Art Deco is marked by bold, geometric shapes while Art Nouveau incorporates dreamlike, floral motifs. The latter’s signature motif is the "whiplash" curve — a deep, narrow, dynamic parabola that appears as an element in everything from chair arms to cabinetry and mirror frames.

The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau was particularly influenced by the soft colors and abstract images of nature seen in Japanese art prints, which arrived in large numbers in the West after open trade was forced upon Japan in the 1860s. Impressionist artists were moved by the artistic tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and Japonisme — a term used to describe the appetite for Japanese art and culture in Europe at the time — greatly informed Art Nouveau. 

The Art Nouveau style quickly reached a wide audience in Europe via advertising posters, book covers, illustrations and other work by such artists as Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha. While all Art Nouveau designs share common formal elements, different countries and regions produced their own variants.

In Scotland, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a singular, restrained look based on scale rather than ornament; a style best known from his narrow chairs with exceedingly tall backs, designed for Glasgow tea rooms. Meanwhile in France, Hector Guimard — whose iconic 1896 entry arches for the Paris Metro are still in use — and Louis Majorelle produced chairs, desks, bed frames and cabinets with sweeping lines and rich veneers. 

The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil ("Youth Style") in Germany, and in Austria the designers of the Vienna Secession group — notably Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich — produced a relatively austere iteration of the Art Nouveau style, which mixed curving and geometric elements.

Art Nouveau revitalized all of the applied arts. Ceramists such as Ernest Chaplet and Edmond Lachenal created new forms covered in novel and rediscovered glazes that produced thick, foam-like finishes. Bold vases, bowls and lighting designs in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by Émile Gallé and the Daum Freres appeared in France, while in New York the glass workshop-cum-laboratory of Louis Comfort Tiffany — the core of what eventually became a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory called Tiffany Studios — brought out buoyant pieces in opalescent favrile glass. 

Jewelry design was revolutionized, as settings, for the first time, were emphasized as much as, or more than, gemstones. A favorite Art Nouveau jewelry motif was insects (think of Tiffany, in his famed Dragonflies glass lampshade).

Like a mayfly, Art Nouveau was short-lived. The sensuous, languorous style fell out of favor early in the 20th century, deemed perhaps too light and insubstantial for European tastes in the aftermath of World War I. But as the designs on 1stDibs demonstrate, Art Nouveau retains its power to fascinate and seduce.

There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse an extraordinary collection of original antique Art Nouveau furniture on 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.

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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Art Nouveau
Vase with Dripping Crystals
Located in Chicago, US
The virtuosic blending of color and texture shows how inventive decoration can triumph over nondescript form. Brightly colored drips of slurry clay cascade like melted wax down the t...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Rock Crystal

Lantern-Shaped Art Nouveau Vase with Bats & Moon by Edmond Lachenal
Located in Chicago, US
One of the most influential french ceramists, Edmond Lachenal contributed significantly to the development of Art Nouveau. His poor beginnings in Paris led to an apprenticeship at ag...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware

Loetz Art Nouveau Jugendstil Art Glass Bowl
Located in Bochum, NRW
A vase, Johann Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle, c. 1900 Decoration: Crete chiné (1896/97); green underlaid glass; pre-blown into a multi-piece ribbed mold; mold-blown; wrapped in an irregul...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Set of large Iridescent Jugendstil Wilhelm Kralik Sohn Vases
Located in Hellouw, NL
An impressive set of Kralik vases with a bottle shape and marbled designs with an opalescent colors, rounded base, tall slender neck with acup shaped top. The iridescent glass vases are decorated with brown/red and white swirled designs originating from the bottom of the vase. The vases belong to the same series by Wilhelm Kralik...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Vintage Vandermark Favrile Studio Art Glass Vase Pulled Feather Pastel 1980
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Presenting this lovely, Vandermark - Merritt art glass vase. Vase is decorated with a combed & hooked feather design. The main color of this vase is an iridescent pastel blue at the shoulder and purple or violet at the body with iridescent gold pulled design in an Art Nouveau shape. This vase is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs observed. This vase dates from 1980 and is hand-etched on the top edge of the base, “Vandermark PM/SS 0455 1980”. These American studio art glass pieces from the 1960s – 1990s are very sought after today and are becoming increasingly scarce as they become more collectable. Add this Tiffany Favrile style homage vase to your art glass collection. Vandermark Merritt Glass Studios was founded in 1972 by Jerry Vandermark and Doug Merritt. Today, Doug Merritt is the primary glass blower following a tradition of the highest quality glass blowing. The studio built its reputation with museum quality colonial reproductions, original Art Glass in the Nouveau and Deco traditions, crystal sculpture, contemporary designs and exquisite cameo creations...
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1980s American Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass, Blown Glass

Art Nouveau - Style Sterling Silver Pedestal, Based Vase by Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau-Style, sterling silver, pedestal-based vase, Gorham Mfg. Company, Providence, Rhode Island, year-hallmarked for 1923. Hammered in design and chased with flowers. Measures...
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1920s American Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Sterling Silver

Art Nouveau Hand Painted glass Pique Fleurs' vase by Kralik' with Grille
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau Hand Painted glass Pique Fleurs' vase by Kralik' with Grille. Subtle, hand blown glass vase in the Art Deco style. This design for vases is often called 'Pique fleurs' o...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Brass

French Rose Decor Art Nouveau Vase, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
Art Nouveau vase rose decor, 1920, France Good antique condition. Dimensions of the oval opening 1.97 in. x 2.76 in. For shipping: 14.5 x 14.5 x 28 cm...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Antique Art Nouveau Daum Nancy Glass Pitcher Vase Signed Georges De Feure
Located in Munich, DE
This particularly beautiful example of art glass has been designed as a pitcher/vase . It is made from colourless glass with overlayed polychrome powder glass coating by George de F...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Lalique Bagatelle Crystal Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lalique Bagatelle Crystal Vase Country: France Materials: Crystal Glass Condition: Original Vintage Condition Style: Art Nouveau Year: 2,000’...
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1990s French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Crystal

Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Bowl - Branches de cognassier en fleurs
Located in Bochum, NRW
Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Bowl - Branches de cognassier en fleurs (Flowering quince branches). Emile Gallé bowl features the exquisitely detailed decor of quince tree branches in bloom...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Blown Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Floriform Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile glass vase. Circa 1900 Art Nouveau period. Decorated with pulled feathers with delicate white ruffles. The gre...
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Early 1900s American Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase Clematis
Located in Bochum, NRW
Emile Gallé Cameo glass vase, richly decorated with branches with flowers, blooms, and leaves of Clematis. Shaped as a small baluster, this beautiful vase is made of multilayered gla...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

French Pierrefonds Art Nouveau Vase with Blue Green Crystalline Glaze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Art Nouveau double-handle vase from La Faïencerie Héraldique de Pierrefonds Pottery of France. The antique vase was handcrafted in stoneware at the turn of the 20th century, circa...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

2 Brass jugendstil vases vienna around 1908
Located in Wien, AT
2 Brass jugendstil vases vienna around 1908 Brass polished and stove enameled
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Brass

Italian Flower Vase Gilded Bronze and Transparent Crystal and Ruby 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Gilded Bronze And Crystal Flower Vase Late 1800s, Italian single-flower vase made of gilded bronze and clear ruby crystal, dates back to the late 1800s and is a work of art of great...
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Late 19th Century Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair, Antique Baccarat School Opaline Portrait Vases Hand Painted by Josef Ahne
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Ahne (Bohemian, 1830-1909). A pair of white opaline vases hand decorated with portraits of young children. They are accented by gone tone rims to the mouth and lower foot. Each...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Early 20th Century Cameo Glass Vase entitled "Hellebore Vase" by Daum Frères
By Daum
Located in London, GB
An intricate cameo glass vase etched and enamelled with pink hellebore floral decoration against a white field highlighted with gilding. The vase exhibiting very fine colour and deta...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Gustavsberg Sgraffito Art Deco Vase Josef Ekberg Sweden 1922
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Sgraffito vase decorated with a floral motif, by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg. Sgraffito is a way of combinding two layers into a pattern, the second layer is scrapt of and left is a...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Cameo Glass "Summer Vase" by Daum Frères
By Daum
Located in London, GB
A delightful late 19th Century cameo glass vase etched and enamel painted with a beautiful landscape in the midst of summer with excellent detail and very fine colour, Signed Daum ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Vase in brass mount Bohemian Glass Loetz Krasnik Pink ca. 1900 Vienna
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Small but elegant glass vase in a polished brass mount. The vase was designed by Antoinette Krasnik (School of Koloman Moser). The vase was produced by the Bohemian glass manufacture...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal, Brass

Vase etched Josef Hoffmann Loetz Orange ca. 1911 Vienna Jugendstil
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Cylindrical glass vase with etched decoration. The vase was designed by Josef Hoffmann, co-founder of the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstatte. The vase was produced by the Boh...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal, Brass

Daum Nancy "Trees and Wind in the Rain" Cameo Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau "Trees in the rain" intercalaire cameo glass vase by Daum Nancy. The decoration with high heat can imprison a decor between layers of glass, also creating a blur...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Etched Enamelled "Aquilegia Vase" by Daum Frères
By Daum
Located in London, GB
A very pretty early 20th Century Art Nouveau cameo glass vase etched and enamelled with red blooming Aquilegia flowers against a yellow field, exhibiting excellent colour and detail....
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Enamelled "Solanaceae Vase" by Daum Frères
By Daum
Located in London, GB
"Solanaceae Vase" by Daum Frères An attractive late 19th Century cameo glass vase of gourd form etched and enamel painted with an Solanaceae floral design against a variegated yello...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Early 20th French Cameo Glass Vase entitled "Clematis Vase" by Emille Galle
Located in London, GB
A stunning and rare early 20th Century French cameo soufflé glass vase with a decorative mould blown design of flowering clematis in blue and purple colours against a vibrant yellow ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Art Nouveau Bronze Jardiniere Planter
Located in New York, NY
Antique French bronze jardiniere with blue glazed ceramic insert with the prominent face of a lovely female on each side. In very good condition. Apparently unsigned.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Émile Gallé (1846-1904), Large Cameo Glass Vase "Gladioli" circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904), Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase « Gladioli Flowers » Large piriform vase on heel with long collar in dark blue and blue multi-layered glass Cased glass, opales...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Silver Mounting, Nancy, France 1904
Located in Vienna, AT
Bulbous shoulder vase on a flush stand, short neck piece with silver mount as a ring in a smooth, slightly flared design, on the outside opposite two fully sculptural branch and con...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

English circa 1900 Oval Brass Jardiniere
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
English circa 1900 oval brass jardiniere. Bold gadrooning & feather decoration, raised on finely detailed lion's paw feet with lion's mask ring handles. 13.5" x 11.75" x 7 7/8" h. W...
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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Brass

19th Century Pair of Swedish Art Nouveau Majolica Vases
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A pair of 19th Century Swedish Liberty Style Vases. Rörstrand porcelain factory in Sweden began producing in the 18th Century. This pair of Scandinavian majolica porcelain flower vas...
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1890s Swedish Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Majolica

Lalique "Verone" Crystal Bowl
Located in Mérida, YU
René Lalique became synonymous with French Art Nouveau decorative arts. René Lalique was born in 1860 and first began designing fine jewelry in Paris in 1881. Lalique pursued increas...
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1970s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Crystal

Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Silver Mounting, Nancy, France 1895
Located in Vienna, AT
Bulbous vase with an elliptical cross-section on a flush stand, short neck piece raised at the top centre with silver mounting with artistically sculpted flowers and leaves, colourle...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Alexandre Bigot French Vintage Art Nouveau Pottery Brown And Gray Ceramic Vase
Located in East Peoria, IL
Alexandre Bigot French Vintage Art Nouveau Pottery Brown And Gray Ceramic Vase Rare and stunning Alexandre Bigot French art nouveau vase with a stunning flowing iridescent luster gla...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Clay

Art Nouveau style Majolica Cache Pot
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A pretty 19th century Majolica cache pot, decorated in shades of green and brown, and featuring the vivid colouration, whimsical shapes and high-relief sculpture typical of the style...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Majolica, Porcelain

Large Antique Weller Sicard Irridescent Art Pottery Vase with Stylized Flowers
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vase was made by the renowned Weller Pottery factory of the United States in approximately 1910 in the period Art Nouveau style. The vase is done with a high irridescent cobalt ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Art Nouveau Vase Ceramics, Floral Turquoise & Blue Josef Ekberg Sgrafitto 1918
Located in Stockholm, SE
An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1909, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 25 cm (10") high and in excellent conditio...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Vase entitled "Floral Banjo Vase" by Emile Galle
Located in London, GB
A very fine late 19th Century French cameo glass vase decorated with raised deep burgundy flowers against a warm orange field. Exhibiting excellent detail and colour, signed Galle in...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Silver Plate Trumpet Vase - Reed & Barton
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A gorgeous Art Nouveau trumpet or bud vase by Reed & Barton. This piece is in remarkable condition for its age. It is quite heavy which made us question whether it was silver plate o...
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Silver Plate

Mauser Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Bud Vase from Late 19th/ Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Mauser sterling silver bud vase in Art Nouveau style from the late 19th or early 20th century, beautifully adorned with pierced and floral motifs. It measures 9'' in height by 3 1/3'...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Loetz Candia Mimoza Art Nouveau Jugendstil Art Glass Bowl
Located in Bochum, NRW
A vase, Johann Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle, c. 1900 Decoration: Candia mimoza; clear glass with opaque silver-yellow powder melts, craquellé; iridescent, mold-blown; , and shaped; flare...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Art Nouveau D'Argental Cameo Glass Vase with Venice Landscape
Located in Bochum, NRW
A wonderful D'Argental cameo art glass vase, France, late 19th century. San Giorgio Island scene with gondola and Palazzo San Giorgio in the background. Milky glass with shades of or...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Large Antique Loetz Papillon Art Glass Vase with Enamel Peacock & Floral Decor
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique vase is unsigned, but made by the Loetz glass factory of the Czech Replublic in approximately 1900 in the period Art Nouveau style. The vase is done in the gold irridesc...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Hydrangea Decor, Nancy France 1906/14
Located in Vienna, AT
Vase in the shape of a beaker with a straight wall and flush stand, colourless glass with reddish-yellow coloured powder fusions, overlay in moss green and violet on the outside, hyd...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Rare pair of two flower Vases, metal silvered, Broggi Milan, Art Nouveau, Italy
Located in Wien, AT
Extremly rare pair of flower vases of a wellknown traditional business, Broggi Milan, Italy, originals from the art nouveau period, made around 1900. The vases have a round basic sh...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Early 20th Century French Cameo Glass "Banjo Mountain Vase" by Emile Gallé
Located in London, GB
An excellent late 19th Century French cameo glass vase of banjo form etched and enamelled with a lake landscape against a mountainous backdrop on a variegating yellow & cream field. ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Edwardian Amphora Austria "Campina" Owl Pottery Vase
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Amphora Austria "Campina" Owl Pottery Vase circa 1910 An Austrian Pottery vase adorned with an owl-inspired design motif stands out for its intricate detailing. The owls themselves ...
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Early 1900s Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Vase Ceramics, Floral Turquoise & Blue Josef Ekberg Sgrafitto 1920
Located in Stockholm, SE
An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1920, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 23.5 cm (9.4") high and in excellent condi...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Vase Ceramics, Floral Turquoise & Blue Josef Ekberg Sgrafitto 1915
Located in Stockholm, SE
An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1915, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 28 cm (11.2") high and in excellent condit...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Vase Ceramics, Floral Turquoise & Blue Josef Ekberg Sgrafitto 1919
Located in Stockholm, SE
An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1919, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 27.5 cm (11") high and in excellent condit...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Vase Ceramics, Floral Turquoise & Blue Josef Ekberg Sgrafitto 1918
Located in Stockholm, SE
An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1918, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 30.5 cm (12.2") high and in excellent cond...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Vase Ceramics, Floral Turquoise & Blue Josef Ekberg Sgrafitto 1920
Located in Stockholm, SE
An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1920, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 28 cm (11.2") high and in excellent condit...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Baccarat Crystal Vase with Ormolu Base
Located in London, GB
Art Nouveau Baccarat crystal vase with ormolu base French, c. 1905 Height 32cm, diameter 14cm This stunning Baccarat glass vase is accompanied by an intriguing ormolu base. The crys...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Ormolu

Striking Art Nouveau Ceramic and Bronze-Mounted Vase in Victor Horta Style
By Victor Horta
Located in Lisse, NL
Top condition and pure elegance Art Nouveau vase. For the collectors of museum quality and condition Art Nouveau ceramics. This stunning Art Nouveau vase is decorated with the mos...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Emile Galle Hydrangea Cameo Covered Dish
Located in Dallas, TX
Gallé Cameo glass wheel carved and acid etched hydrangeas covered box, circa 1910. Art Nouveau. Marks: (star) Gallé (1904-1907) Height: 3 Inches, diameter 5.75 inches (7.4 x 14.6 cm) Condition: very good with no damage or repairs. Could use a good cleaning. This is dedicated to providing an exclusive curated collection of Fine Arts, Paintings, Bronzes, Asian treasures, Art Glass and Antiques. Our inventory represents time-tested investment quality items with everlasting decorative beauty. We look forward to your business and appreciate any reasonable offers. All of our curated items...
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Early 1900s Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Pair of Vintage Brass Planters
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite brass vases with removable hand-forged handles in an intricate leaf design, A blend of elegance and nature's beauty
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Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Brass

Karl Rudolf Ditmar Pair of Art Nouveau Iridescent Art Pottery Vases
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning pair Austrian heliosine iridescent glazed art pottery vases by Karl Rudolf Ditmar (1818-1895). The pair of squat double gourd shaped vases are...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Bohemian "Flux" vase by kuk Fachschule fur Keramik und Verwandte Kunst
Located in Chicago, US
BOHEMIAN FLUX: A VASE, kuk Fachschule für Keramik und Verwandte Kunstgewerbe, Turn-Teplitz, c. 1905; the ceramic vase with a dark underglaze ground has a matte orange peel overglaze in ochre, apricot, lapis and celadon; the shape of the vase resembles a Japanese Saki bottle with the addition of four long and slender handles at the top third; incised before firing on the base in script lettering,“P.W.”, stamped before firing with the Fachschule mark and 73, and marked “G2.” in black ink; the vase measures: 13” high. Flux- continuous moving, a glazing method, fusion- the artist who produced this remarkable vase has presented a profoundly poetic and technical meditation on this subject. Moving way beyond the pursuit of creating only functional objects, the student ceramists at Fachschule Teplitz had ingrained in them the Europeans’ fascination for Japanese objects “from the floating world” and the design aesthetic known as Japonisme. Truly modern interpretations of Japonisme had begun to evolve into an internalizing of the aesthetic principles and a shift away from imitation of Japanese style applied to a Western format. This vase is noteworthy in that it illustrates this important Modernist shift in European ceramics. The elements of the saki bottle can be divided into three key components which taken as a whole create a rather feminine line. In keeping with this approach, the Fachschule student presents a slender bare neck, like décolletage, which flares ever slightly and then narrows to a high waist before voluptuously widening down and terminating gracefully to a round base. The ceramist gives special emphasis to pleasing proportions and the complementary relationship to the number 3; the measurement at the widest section of the vase equals the same distance from that point up to where the bottoms of the handles join to the body of the vase as well as the full arms’ length. Instead of inscribing the vase with Japanese calligraphy denoting a saki shop, the student takes a radically modern approach by attaching the vase with four handles. And yet, this act is every bit a form of written identification. The arms are the embodiment of the idea of flux in that they are a substance applied to a surface by the welding together to promote their union. The handles serve a new and surprising function. They are carriers of a concept. Fluidity- flux -can be created when an artist joins disparate elements into a harmonious whole. Flux is also a substance used to promote the fusion of minerals and metals and a term describing ceramic glazing. The presence of silica in glazes creates a glassy finish when fired at high temperatures. Matte glazes result from the presence of crystals under the surface and the balance between silica, flux and alumina in the glaze materials. By deliberately under-firing this vase and playing with a combination of additives forming the flux glaze, the end result appears matte and textured. The orange peel quality and alluring color palette are transformative. The effect evokes a waterfall or another continuous moving flow of water like a stream - in flux. So not only does this artist take a Meiji Period saki bottle and the aesthetic tenets of Japonisme as the formal and theoretical points of departure, the artist infuses the work with the symbolism of skill itself where artistic mastery as the embodiment of flux becomes the subject to ponder. As a fully realized and beautifully rendered piece, the vase attests to the artistic prowess of its creator. No longer a mere student working in the shadows of the teacher and no longer simply imitating or replicating past styles, this emerging artist shows the complete fluid transfer from student to master ceramist. Seen in this light, the vase represents a significant and pivotal achievement in Modern European ceramic ware. Fachschule für Keramik und Verwandte Kunstgewerbe (the Imperial School for Ceramics and Associated Applied Arts, 1875-1917) was a powerhouse of the ceramics industry. Located in the Turn-Teplitz region of Bohemia near the German border of what is today The Czech Republic, this was Europe’s largest pottery center in the first part of the 20th century. The school played an integral role in the center’s internationally regarded success as it provided the foundation of sourcing and training new talent for noted local manufacturers such as Amphora. It was at the Fachschule that master artists from these local ceramics houses enjoyed teaching and lecturing posts, and in true synergistic spirit, the big ceramics...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware

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