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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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Style: Art Nouveau
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Glass "Hearts and Vines Vase" by Louis Tiffany
Located in London, GB
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...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Emile Galle Large Cameo Glass Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Galle Tall vase with maple branches France, c. 1907-1907 Wheel carved and Acid-etched Cameo Glass Vase Height: 21.5 Inches X 8 Inch diameter (55 × 20 cm) Condition: Very Good...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Pair of Pewter Vases by WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Pair of silver plated pewter and turquoise glass vases. Manufactured by WMF-Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (1853 - present). Signed WMF. Germany, CIRCA 1900.
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Pewter

Tall Antique Art Nouveau Green Silver Overlay Vase by Alvin
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau glass vase with engraved silver overlay. Made by Alvin Corporation in Providence. Tall baluster with flared rim and short foot. Overlay in form twiste...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Silver

Palme König Green Trailed Thread Iridescent Art Glass Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Art Nouveau iridescent glass vase applied with green trailed thread patterning attributed to Palme König and dating from the early 20th century....
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Blown Glass

Large Uranium glass Vase Vaseline Green Late 1930s
Located in Verviers, BE
Uranium glass has become a collector’s item over the years The uranium was added for the fluorescent effect it created. It soon became incredibly popular and started to be manufactu...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Uranium Glass

Art Nouveau vase by Auguste Moreau
Located in Belgrade, RS
This tall vase of baluster form is made of silver-plated pewter and it is the embodiment of the charm, allure, and sophistication of the French Art Nouveau style. The vase is made an...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Silver Plate, Pewter

Big Vase Orivit, German, 1906 Silver Plated, Art Nouveau, Sign, Orivit
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Orivit Signs: Orivit In 1905, WMF acquired a majority stake in the company that manufactures Orivit AG under the name "Orivit". Country: Germany Materials: silver plated ...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Austrian Art Nouveau Jugendstil Gilt Metal Mounted Green Glass Vase
Located in London, GB
Austrian Art Nouveau Jugendstil gilt metal mounted green glass vase Austrian, c. 1910 Height 36cm, diameter 14cm Dating to the early 20th century, this refined Austrian vase is a s...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Art Nouveau Studio Porcelain Vase Signed
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, signed studio porcelain white, pink, and green vase in the Art Nouveau and Organic Modern style, circa 20th century. A beautiful white textured exterior porcelain with d...
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20th Century Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Antique Tall Chinese Organic Decor Vase, Early 20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large antique Chinese porcelain vase decorated with green, white and pink organic motifs with golden accents. Stylized art nouveau decorations of branches, leaves, roots and butterflies. Manufactured between 1890 and 1920 - possibly Famille Verte. Stamped under base. Beautiful vintage condition. China...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Loetz Art Nouveau Iridescent Vase with Engraved Silver Overlay
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau glass vase by historic Loetz with engraved silver overlay, ca 1900. Voluptuous waisted form with pinched shoulder and wavy turned-down mouth. Overlay in form of whiplash ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Silver

Daum Nancy Enameled and Etched Orchid Landscape Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau enameled and etched glass vase by Daum Nancy is a bright scene is dominated by two planes of mottled glass, golden yellow on top of deep purple, which togethe...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

A D'Argental Cameo Glass Vase, c1925
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A D'Argental Cameo Glass Vase, c1925 Additional information: Date : Circa 1920 Origin : Saint-Lous-Les-Bitche, Lorraine, France Bowl Features : The shouldered form tapering to the c...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Émile Gallé Enameled Glass Vase. Nancy, 1894-1897.
Located in Milano, IT
Green blown glass vase characterized by bulbous elements in the body molding, decorated with green, silver, and gold enamels present on both the body and neck of the vase. The enamel...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Blown Glass

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...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Art Nouveau French Glass Vase by Lanier, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
molded amber obelisk-shaped bottle realized in France b J. Lanier in 1930s. Stopper with losses and minor chips, otherwise excellent condition.
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1930s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Iridescent Art Nouveau Iris Cabinet Vase w/Silver Collar by Clement Massier
Located in Chicago, US
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Silver

Vase, Sign: Le Verre Francais France, Style: Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1920
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais France 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 S...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Loetz Bohemian Glass Art Nouveau Tulip Vases Pair Iridescent Green/Red c. 1880s
Located in Glenford, NY
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...
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1880s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Vase, Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Fres Luneville acid worked Muller Feres The heart of the company was formed by five brothers (Henri, Desire, Eugene, Pierre, Victor) from a glass making family who ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Vase, Sign: Le Verre Francais ( Frênes), Style: Art Nouveau, Liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: 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 Schneid...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Red And Gold Leaf Painted Art Nouveau Toleware Planter Or Champagne Cooler
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Red and gold leaf painted Art Nouveau toleware jardinière or champagne cooler.   
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Antique Moser Art Nouveau Amethyst Vase with Gilded Gold Freize
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful Moser amethyst vase with gold gilded frieze. Hand blown purple crystal with a wide band of gold around the body, decorated with a cameo...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Liberty Butterfly Vase in Pink White Green Majolica Ceramic
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gorgeous Italian butterfly glazed ceramic vase from the Liberty period in pastel colors. Italy, circa 1920s-1930s. This highly decorative ceramic vase is in excellent condition. Mera...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Pottery, Ceramic

Art Nouveau Earthenware Vase, Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Warm marbled yellow modern art nouveau vase by Upsala Ekeby in the 1940s. Soft shaped glazed ceramic vase with two small spouts and fluted wavey coral red handles. Stamped and number...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery, Stoneware

Pair of Jugendstil Style Ceramic Dragon Vases by BB Hohenstein, Germany
Located in Glasgow, GB
A visually striking pair of vintage ceramic vases in the Jugendstil style, handcrafted in Germany circa 1960 by BB Hohenstein. These decorative vases feature a raised Chinese dragon ...
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Mid-20th Century German Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau Pair Handmade and Hand Painted Opaline Vase, France 1920s
Located in Verviers, BE
Art nouveau Pair handmade and Hand painted opaline vase, France 1920s Handmade and hand-glazed in brilliant coloured with a spray of chrysa...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Opaline Glass

Art Nouveau Pulled Feather Iridescent Glass Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautiful Art Nouveau Iridescent Glass Vase in Blue, Green and Amethyst with Gilt decorated Pulled Feather decoration. The vase is of a lovely form, the perfect height for a decora...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

René Lalique an early glass perfume bottle "Ambre D’Orsay"
Located in Aachen, DE
A good early perfume bottle Ambre for the perfume company D'Orsay, designed by René Lalique and made in his glassworks, likely those located in Combs-la-ville, which was before he op...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Austrian Jugendstil Glass Vase Tricolore Decoration with Metal Mount circa 1900
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Glass vase manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe Tricolore decoration tin metal mounting designed by Bitter & Gobbers ca. 1900 Austrian Jugendstil gilt mould-blown reduced and iridescen...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Vittorio Zuffi Murano Millefiori Flowers Antique Italian Art Glass Cabinet Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, antique Murano hand blown millefiori flower mosaic and aventurine flecks Italian art glass decorative double handles cabinet vase. Documented to the Vittorio Zuff...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine

Loetz Streifen Und Flecken Brass Mounted Art Glass Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stunning Bohemian Secessionist brass mounted glass vase with 'Streifen und Flecken' decoration by Loetz and dating from around 1900. The thickly made green glass vase has a dimpled b...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Brass

Rozenburg DenHaag Art Nouveau Vase, Late 19th Century
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rozenburg earthenware vase, Holland, circa 1890s. Polychrome enameled with stylized flowers. Painted mark: Rozenburg denHaag K522 and the stork symbol. Measures: 8.63" H x 4" W. Mint condition. The Rozenburg Royal Delftware...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Clay

Daum Nancy Cameo and Enameled Vase with Tobacco Flowers Decor, France circa 1910
By Daum
Located in Bochum, NRW
Multilayered glass vase, in cameo technique. Cylindrical form in mottled orange, red, and brown, circa 1910. The decor of flowers and leaves is engraved in reserve and taken up on th...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Josef Ekberg "Sgraffito" Vase for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1922, Art Nouveau
Located in Göteborg, SE
This elegant sgraffito vase by Josef Ekberg was made for Gustavsberg in 1922 and remains a beautiful example of early Swedish ceramic artistry. The vase features a soft turquoise gla...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Austrian Art Glass and Bronze Vase
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning Art Nouveau era art glass vase produced in Austria or Bohemia. Possibly by Loetz. The vase or cache pot is sculpted bronze decorated with foliage legs and great owl form h...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Art Nouveau Vase with Owl by Eduard Stellmacher for RStK Amphora
Located in Chicago, US
Model #4598. Hard Earthenware. Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The ...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware

Large Francois Moreau Art Nouveau Metal Vase
Located in New York, NY
Very large and fine quality French 19 century Francois Moreau Art Nouveau patinated white metal vase.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal

French Art Nouveau Ceramic Vase, Denbac Produced in Vierzon
Located in København, Copenhagen
French Art Nouveau ceramic vase, Denbac (1909-1952) produced in Vierzon, circa 1920s. Signed. Beautiful polychrome glaze. Measures: 23 cm. x 12 cm. In perfect condition.
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

'Pique Fleurs' Vase, in Multi Color Decor with Grille, Late 1930s
Located in Verviers, BE
Dramatic multi color decor, cobalt and orange, in hand blown splatter glass vase in the Art Deco style. This design for vases is often called 'Pique ...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass, Blown Glass

Gilt Bronze Planter Vase By Jules Jouant
By Jules Jouant
Located in Norwood, NJ
Signed Jules Jouant (1882-1921) France gilt bronze planter. Art Nouveau vase as planter with original removable copper liner. Foundry stamped Louch...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Amphora Pine Cone Vase by, Paul Dachsel
Located in Englewood, NJ
A Monumental Austrian Art Nouveau Amphora "Pine Cone" Ceramic Vase decorated with applied pine cone decoration against Green Blue Matte glaze and further enameled gilt. The vase is...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Loetz Candia Silberiris Glass Vase with Silver Overlay
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Candia Silberiris Glass Vase with Silver Overlay Circa 1900 Height: 5.2 inches (13.0 cm) Diameter: 3 Inches (7.5 cm) Condition: Glass vas...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Antique Set of Three Glass Apothecary Jars, 19th Century, France
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Antique Set of Three Glass Apothecary Jars, 19th Century, France. Lovely amber glass with reverse painted labels and red toleware lids. Original paper label on back of Serpentine De ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Tin

Art Nouveau Ceramic Cachepot, Flower Motif By Sarreguemines, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A rounded Art Nouveau ceramic plant decorated with flower motifs. It features a striking lotus flower motif in soft enamel relief. The body is finished in a warm brown glaze, agains...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

l.c.t Tiffany Studios Jack in the Pulpit Favrile Floriform Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
This tall and rare Tiffany Studios jack in the pulpit vase has an inverted saucer foot with opalescent wafer transition stem to ...
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Early 1900s American Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Art Nouveau Deco Weller Pottery Vase with Handles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Weller Art Deco Pottery Peach Vase Beautiful hand-painted ceramic vase from the 1930's in peach color with an ivory flower motif. Wonderful ad...
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1930s American Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Alexandre / Belgium Vase green glazed terracotta decorated with Fish in relief
Located in Verviers, BE
Signed: Alexandre / Belgium Vase green glazed terracotta decorated with Fish in relief Alexandre Gempfenstein (Alexandre de Wemmel) (Ukrainian Be...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Gallé Signed, Large Acid Etched Overlay Vase, France, 1905
Located in Rijssen, NL
This exquisite multi colored Art Nouveau vase by Émile Gallé in Nancy is statement pieces in the room. Signed E. Gallé. Vase with decoration in frosted glass internally suffused wit...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Rare Danish L. Hjorth Large Lidded Jar Oxblood Red Glaze Man & Dog Motif ca 1930
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Rare and large lidded jar from the Danish ceramic studio L. Hjorth. Most likely made ca 1930s. The jar features stylized figurines in ornamental movements and reminds of a mytholog...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Exquisite jardiniere planter, copper-plated metal, rose Art Nouveau 1900, France
Located in Wien, AT
Incredibly detailed jardiniere, made of copper-plated metal with the original brass insert, rich rose blossom decor, made around 1900, Art Nouveau, in Italy (or France). This fasci...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal, Brass, Copper

Thorny Iridescent Art Nouveau Vase
Located in Chicago, US
An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires deep reflection and requires transparency. Clemen...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Earthenware

Important Vase Art Nouveau by Moritz Hacker and Johann Loetz Witwe, 1900s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Important vase for museum display from the full Art Nouveau period. A large handled vase made of Bohemian glass with metal mount decoration in relief and chiselled in Art Nouveau sty...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Turn-of-the-Century Art Nouveau Vase
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A lovely turn-of-the-century Austrian Art Nouveau vase with an iridescent glaze and naturalistic form. Vase is unsigned, but have several nu...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Flowers Antique Italian Art Glass Cabinet Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown Millefiori Murrina flowers mosaic Italian art glass decorative cabinet vase / pitcher. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, circa 1910-1930. T...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine

Pichet Saint Clément canard en majolique Française, design Art Nouveau 19ième
Located in London, England
Le pichet canard de Saint Clément, en faïence barbotine, modèle 7492, est un véritable chef-d'œuvre qui illustre l'élégance et le savoir-faire des artistes Émile et Charles Gallé. Ce...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Art Nouveau Poppy Stoneware Vase by Ernest Chaplet and Edouard Dammouse
By Ernest Chaplet, Edouard Dammouse
Located in Chicago, US
Poppies, golden-accented in analagous colors of blue and orange, creep up their leafy green stalks which sag from the heavy weight of the flowers. Like tired heavy-lidded eyes, the poppies symbolize hypnos’ sleep-inducing effects. Dammouse’s somnific symbolism evokes an other-worldly dream-like state and acts as a vehicle to tap into the imagination. Much more than a pretty face, or a pretty vase, this is a sublime piece of art, and Dammouse makes clear the influence of Braquemond and others by employing this Symbolist style. Beaudelaire’s credo that “Beauty must contain the absolute and the particular, the eternal and the transitory” aptly applies. Created while both Chaplet and Edouard Dammouse were employed by Haviland & Co. at its Paris location, this vase is a prime example of Chaplet’s early creative output of matte brown stoneware. Both artists demonstrate a strong link and affinity for Japonisme in the vase’s traditional form and in the painterly approach Dammouse brings to the enamel glaze. His treatment of enhancing the floral decoration with gold detailing calls to mind Kintsugi aesthetic principles. Affixed to the vase’s underside is its original label indicating it was sold at the chic A la Paix, a Parisian gallery located on the prestigious Avenue de l’Opera which opened in 1891, specializing in glass and ceramic objects of art. Ernest Chaplet (1835-1907) Not only was Chaplet France’s premier studio ceramist, the example he set of personally creating a ceramic object from the conceptual phase through modeling, firing and glazing - constantly reaching for new and innovative modes of expression and technique - elevated the notion of a ceramist from artisan to Artist. While Director of Production for Haviland & Co., Chaplet expanded their focus from porcelain into stoneware production and developed the barbotine method of painting earthenware with liquid clay as well as conducted extensive research in glaze techniques. He was awarded a Gold Medal in 1889 at Paris’ l’Exposition Universelle for his revolutionary sang de boeuf glaze. That same year, Chaplet opened his own atelier in Choisy-le-Roi where he continued to produce avant-garde stoneware and support younger talent. Edouard Dammouse (1850-1903) Trained as a painter, Paris born Edouard Dammouse studied under Felix Bracquemond, Ernest Chaplet’s predecessor at Haviland & Co.‘s Auteuil studio. Edouard followed his brother, Albert, and Chaplet to Haviland’s Paris...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Enamel

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

Vintage Liberty Perfume Bottle, 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Liberty Perfume Bottle, art glass and silver 800 cap. Very good condition, with some minor oxidation of the cap.
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1910s European Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Art Nouveau vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Art Nouveau vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases and vessels created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Nouveau vases and vessels made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Austria pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases and vessels, popular names associated with this style include Loetz Glass, Emile Gallé, Daum, and Le Verre Français. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases and vessels differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $55 and tops out at $800,000 while the average work can sell for $2,107.

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