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
- Emerged during the late 19th century
- Popularity of this modernizing style declined in the early 20th century
- Originated in France and Britain but variants materialized elsewhere
- Informed by Rococo, Pre-Raphaelite art, Japanese art (and Japonisme), Arts and Crafts; influenced modernism, Bauhaus
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
Vase, Sign: Muller frères Luneville, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Freres 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 wh...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Monumental Emile Galle French Cameo Sailboat Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Galle (French 1846-1904)
A lovely two color cameo vase with a yellow background featuring a lake scene with boats, trees and birds. The detail and fineness of the acid etchi...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
1930´s Art Nouveau Flower Decorated Vase by Axel Sorensen for P. Ipsens Enke
Located in Knebel, DK
Hand-crafted Danish Art Nouveau flower decorated vase by P. Ipsens Enke
The art nouveau vase was designed by Axel Sørensen in 1939 and feature very well...
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1930s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Lady Vase, Antique, Artist Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful young girl on top of the vase with her arms outstretched above an Orchid on the side. All hand finished and hi-polished in Nickel or Chrome. Signature is hard to read (Bo...
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1890s German Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Tin
Pair of Royal Worcester art nouveau vases.
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pair of Royal Worcester art nouveau vases.
pair of golden vases decorated with hand-painted flowers.
Art nouveau style ceramic material.
Circa ...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Soyer Et Fils 1900 Paris Art Nouveau Exhibition Peacocks Enamel Vase in Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Impressive art nouveau vase designed by Soyer Et Fils.
An extremely rare and very important piece, created in Paris, France at the atelier of Soyer Et Fils during the art nouveau ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$11,988 Sale Price
20% Off
August Otto for Johann Maresch, Large Art Nouveau Bohemian Terracotta Vase
Located in København, Copenhagen
August Otto for Johann Maresch.
Large impressive Art Nouveau Bohemian terracotta vase with a mermaid.
Austria approx. 1900.
In perfect condition.
Stamped "JM 1669" and with incis...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
Rare Daum Nancy Wheel-Carved Rose 'La France' double overlay Cameo Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
This wonderful, elegantly shaped with a flared rim vase , by Daum Nancy, features
wheel-carved cameo glass of the highest quality detailing an amazing pink roses, or rose of France ...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Opaline Glass
Glass, Sign Marinot , Design; Georges Maurice Marinot, 1923
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Marinot's father was a bonnet maker. Maurice did poorly in school, but convinced his parents to send him to the École des Beaux-Arts in 1901 to train as a painter under French painte...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Outstanding Art Nouveau Calla Lily 19th Century Epergne on Plateau
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a rare form as far as epergnes go-a beautiful and realistic interpretation in the Art Nouveau style representing Calla Lilies surrounding a matching central trumpet. The han...
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19th Century British Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Early 1900 Cappellin Bellotto Blue Murano Glass Wrought Iron Art Nouveau Vase
By Cappellin
Located in Brescia, IT
Vittorio Zecchin, Cappellin, Umberto Bellotto.
Venice, early 1900
Light Blue blown glass and wrought iron
Glass in perfect condition.
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1910s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Wrought Iron
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
Materials
Glass
French Lalique Crystal Vase, San Diego Model, 1940s
By Lalique
Located in Milano, MI
Rare Lalique Crystal Vase, San Diego Model, made in the 1940s
Ø cm 22 Ø cm 16 h cm 16
I Lalique crystals born from the idea of René Lalique, a French jeweler and glassmaker.
D...
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1940s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
$1,336 Sale Price
40% Off
Tall Ceramic Vase by Anette Wandrer, Germany, c. 2000
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautil Art Nouveau ceramic vase by Anette Wandrer, Germany, c. 2000.
Annette Wandrer created a new technique which applies her art on her ceramic pieces.
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Early 2000s Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Art Nouveau Green Ceramic Vase with Silver Rim/Collar, Austria
Located in North Miami, FL
20th Century Art Nouveau Green Ceramic Vase with Silver Rim/Collar, Austria
By: unknown
Material: ceramic, paint, silver, silver plate,...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Enamel
Emile Galle Fire Polished Tall Stemmed Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Tall Early Gallé Fire-Polished Cameo Glass Solifleur Vase, circa 1900
Signed: In Japonism script “gallé”
Height: 12.4 inches (31.5 cm)
Tall vase with pe...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Loetz Rubin Matte Iris Handles Ewer Vase, Rare 1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Rubin Matte Iris - 1898 (aka: rubin metall)
Registered Model: PM I-7875
Ruby ground; metallic-bronze iridescent finish (iris) with purple highlights.
Measures: Height 7.75 inches
Width 4.25 inches
Condition: Excellent
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In 1836, Johann Eisner established a glassworks in the Southern Bohemian town of Klostermühle, today part of the Czech Republic and called Klášterský Mlýn. His heirs sold the glassworks to Martin Schmid in 1849, and two years later Schmid sold it to Frank Gerstner, attorney-at-law, and his wife Susanne. Susanne was the widow (‘Witwe’ in German) of Johann Loetz, a glassmaker about whom we know very little.
Gerstner transferred sole ownership to Susanne shortly before his death in 1855, and she successfully led and expanded the company during the subsequent 20 years, manufacturing mainly crystal, overlay and painted glass.
In 1879, Susanne transferred the company – now called ‘Johann Loetz Witwe’ – to Maximilian von Spaun, the son of her daughter Karoline. One year later, von Spaun hired Eduard Prochaska and the two of them modernized the factory and introduced new, patented techniques and processes.
The Historicist Period
The first fruits of this collaboration were exciting innovations in Historicism glass, including Intarsia and Octopus glass and the very popular marbled (‘marmorisierte’) glass which imitated semi-precious stones like red chalcedony, onyx and malachite. Success at exhibitions in Brussels, Munich and Vienna were crowned by awards at the Paris World’s Exposition in 1889.
In 1897, von Spaun first saw Tiffany Favrile glass exhibited in Bohemia and Vienna, and this convinced him that the art nouveau style was also the way to go for Loetz Witwe. The next eight years were to be the most artistically significant and profitable period in the entire history of the company.
The Art Nouveau Period – the Glory Years
Loetz Paris-Expo1900Loetz Paris-Expo1900The glassworks created large numbers of its own new designs of iridescent, trailing art nouveau glass, sometimes in collaboration with well-known artists and designers like Marie Kirschner and Franz Hofstötter (aka Franz Hofstätter). The zenith of Loetz art nouveau glass was epitomized by the so-called Phänomen series of designs, much of it designed by Hofstötter, which won a Grand Prix (alongside Tiffany, Gallé, Daum and Lobmeyr) at the Paris World’s Exposition in 1900.
The company’s success during this period had two prime drivers – the technical expertise of Prochaska and the business acumen of von Spaun. Loetz Witwe created many of its own designs, and also supplied glass commissioned by major customers like E. Bakolowits (Vienna) and Max Emanuel...
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1890s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Nicotiana Decor, Daum Nancy, France, ca 1900-1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Large funnel vase with three-sided wall on a round stand offset by a nodus, colourless glass with white and thread-like yellow powder meltings and meadow-green meltings in the lower ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
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
Materials
Art Glass
Antique 1918 Hand-Painted Porcelain Vase Signed Floral Art Nouveau Style
Located in Seattle, WA
Hand-painted porcelain vase marked Imperial PSLAustria and signed by the artist, likely dated 1918. The body features a matte celadon glaze with hand-detailed florals and basket moti...
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1910s Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Louis Majorelle, Art Nouveau Geometric Vase, France, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
An artist working in the Art Nouveau style, Majorelle made a splash at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris and was one of the founders of the E´cole de Nancy. This intricately p...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Paul Dachsel for Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel Amphora Porcelain Vase
By Paul Dachsel, Amphora
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This early 20th century Art Nouveau porcelain vase was designed by Paul Dachsel for Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel Amphora of Turn-Teplitz, Bohemia. The piece has an organic squash-like form and features Dachsel's distinctive ribbed mouth design at the top. The body of the vase is flanked by two delicate arched arms with reticulated detail.
This ivory porcelain vase has a blush colored body with gilt accents at the foot and handles. The front and back piece have been hand-painted with a floral motif in a Japanese style and feature the images of gilt accented purple orchids with long green leaves. The ribbed mouth is finished in a matte green that echoes the color of the foliage and also has gilt highlights. An example of this shape with similar decoration can be seen on page 66 of Richard L. Scott's 'Ceramics From The House Of Amphora 1890-1915.
The vase is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. As an antique item, the piece shows appropriate signs of age consisting of wear to the gilded decoration. The vase stands just over 6" tall and is 2" as measured from the furthest points of the mouth. The foot is just over 2" in diameter and bears the RStK burnt in mark reading "RStK TURN Teplitz...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Sweet Pea Decor, Émile Gallé, Nancy, France, 1903/04
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Flush foot, raised, widening body with a shoulder-shaped narrowing at the top, with a short, wide neck and flared, rounded mouth rim. Burgundy red overlay on the outside, etched leaf...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Pair of Nymphenburg porcelain vases
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Pair of Nymphenburg Porcelain Vases
Two small white porcelain vases with a glossy finish, decorated with devil heads on the sides and Art Nouveau details on the bottom.
Measurements:...
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20th Century German Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
French Majolica White Rose Vase Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica White Rose Vase Circa 1900.
H / 6.5 inches.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Camille Fauré Enamel Chrysanthemum Vase
Located in New Orleans, LA
Delicate orange chrysanthemum flowers bloom in this enameled vase by Camille Fauré. Executed using his signature technique, the vase's copper form is cov...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Foil, Silver Leaf
Glass WMF Art Nouveau Dinanderie
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
WMF Art Nouveau Dinanderie glass
green color (patina)
Origin Germany Technical DINANDERIE
Good condition with natural wear
circa 1900.
Art nouveau, mod...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Daum Nancy, France, Large "Tobacco flowers" Multilayer Glass Vase, Early 20th C
Located in København, Copenhagen
Daum Nancy, France. Large "Tobacco flowers" multilayer glass vase with an etched decor of red flowers on a yellow-orange and pink background.
Early 20...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Farsta Ceramic Vase by Wilhelm Kåge voor Gustavsberg
Located in AMSTELVEEN, NL
Wilhelm Kåge designed the Farsta series for Gustavsberg in the 1930s. The series was introduced in the late 1930s and continued into the 1940s and 1950s. The pieces were known for th...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Bonn Art Nouveau Vase
By Royal Bonn
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Royal Bonn Art Nouveau vase.
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$795 Sale Price
54% Off
Art Nouveau Vase, signed by LeGras, 1900
Located in Zurich, CH
The Legras vases, from around 1900, feature white glass overlaid with violet and green, etched with delicate wisteria motifs. Signed by the renowned French glassmaker Legras, these v...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
$10,604 / set
Art Nouvea, Copper Coffee Pots
By Maison de l'Art Nouveau
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a pair of Art Nouveau Coffee pots dating from around 1900. They are not an identical pair but I am selling them as a pair. Hand made in ...
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1890s British Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
$509 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Art Nouveau Copper Veneered Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Art Nouveau copper veneered square shaped vase with tapered neck and incised floral design with opaline inserts as flowers.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
Modern Serving Tray Onyx Stone Brass Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Serving Tray Sakai, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
A sublime serving tray, Sakai was design to uplift layback moments. An organic-sha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Pair of 1900's Blue porcelain vases from Tours
By Gustave Asch
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of 1900 vases in blue porcelain of Tours with gilded decoration of roses topped by ribbons. These gold-coloured motifs are typical of the Art Nouveau decorations of the ceramist...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$2,835 / set
Art Nouveau Sculpture Vase: Enchanting Fairy (Circa 1897)
Located in Lisbon, PT
A graceful fairy, reminiscent of Germanic mythology, resting on a blooming water lily vase. The sculpture's intricate details and flowing lines exempli...
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Late 19th Century Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal, Brass, Zinc
$2,345 Sale Price
35% Off
Dated 1932 Unique Hand-painted Arts & Crafts Urn Vase, Gold Gilt, Artist Signed
By Jaeger & Co.
Located in Skien, NO
**Antique Porcelain Urn Vase – Hand-Painted Floral & Gold Gilt Design, Early 1900s**
This stunning porcelain urn vase from the early 1900s is a true gem, blending the Arts & Craft...
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1920s German Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$1,125 Sale Price
25% Off
Daum Acid Etched Spiderweb and Enameled Orchid Vase
By Daum
Located in Sarasota, FL
Daum Acid etched and enameled vase. Finely painted orchid flowers decoration. Spiderweb etched background. Great Art Nouveau item. The vase in signed " Daum Nancy" with Croix de Lor...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Loetz Art Nouveau Glass Vase Phenomenon Gre Crete 6893, Austria-Hungary, Ca 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Bohemian Art Nouveau Glass Vase:
Blown into form baluster-shaped body with discus-shaped protruding belly part, attached spherical curved neck with flared mouth rim, stepped f...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Art Nouveau Silver Plated Vases
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
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19th Century Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
$1,195 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A R.Lalique Cyclamen 1909 Glass Perfume Bottle for Coty
By René Lalique
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
The Cyclamen perfume bottle was one of the very fist R.Lalique made for the Coty perfumes .
It is strongly influenced by the Art Nouveau style and R .Lal...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Doulton Lambeth Pair Art Nouveau Vases by Ethel Beard & Florrie Jones
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful and stylish pair Art Nouveau Doulton Lambeth twin handled vases with stylized floral designs by artists Ethel Beard and Florrie Jones and dating from around 1905. The st...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Tiffany & Co. Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Urn Vase
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Urn on tall and spread foot; double-scroll side handles. Chased semi-abstract tendrils terminating in volut...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Art Nouveau German Silver Centrepiece
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large antique German silver Art Nouveau centrepiece; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This magnificent antique German silver centrepiece has an oval rounded form.
The exceptional bowl is embellished with impressive panels of pierced and embossed spiralling fruiting vine ornamentation, flanking a central oval embossed decorated scrolling leaf style oval rosette.
The rim of the body and plain swept pedestal foot are each encompassed with applied tied reed decorated borders.
Either side of this large antique silver centrepiece...
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20th Century German Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
French Vase, Sign: Muller Freres Luneville, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Freres 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 wh...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Cameo Glass Vase by Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptional in both size and artistry, this cameo art glass vase is the work of the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé, one of the most highly regarded names in French glassmaking....
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Art Nouveau Centrepiece
Located in New York, NY
This ravishing Art Nouveau silver plated centrepiece is decorated with butterflies, flowers, and budding tendrils, and retains the original applied patina and cobalt-blue-glass liner...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver Plate
$5,000
'The Temptation' by Eugene-Victor Cherrier
By Eugène-Victor Cherrier
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'The Temptation' by Eugene-Victor Cherrier.
A fine patinated bronze ewer modeled in high relief depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Sig...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Vases, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, German, 1910, WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Centerplace, WMF, German
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushing the...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau, cameo Glass Vase with Gilded Daum Nancy signature
By Daum
Located in Beirut, LB
This French Art Nouveau Cameo glass vase by Daum Nancy features leaves with gilded edges and spider web, having a gilded edge of the base and signed in gilt Daum Nancy with Lorraine cross...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Pair of French Art Nouveau Barbedienne Bronze Dore Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Art Nouveau bronze dore vases with floral relief and filigree top on round green marble bases (BARBEDIENNE) (PRICED AS PAIR).
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze Sculptural Iris Vase, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT IRIS
The iris is a special and mysterious flower. Not only because of its striking appearance, but also from an artistic and historical point of view. It is also like a work of art, as though created by Mother Nature. The unique leaves of this plant not only create wonderful shadow casts, but also look as if they were painted by hand. It's no wonder that iris acts as the muse for countless artists, and can be seen in many famous works of art.
The iris was first spotted in the time of Pharaoh Thutmose, in 1504 BC. He had the iris inscribed into the wall reliefs of a temple as a sign of his power, as well as decorating his sceptre with motifs of the flower. Since then, the iris has been a symbol of victory in Egypt. But the symbolism of the iris goes further than that. In Japan, the flower represents courage and is the symbol of the boys' festival. In Islamic cultures, the iris is a symbol of prosperity. In Europe, the flower was a popular weapon symbol in the Middle Ages and stood for chivalry. And in Christianity, the iris was seen as a symbol of the trinity because of its three-part flowers. With more than 300 varieties, the iris is now the most popular flower among growers and gardeners following the rose.
Countless artists use the iris in their works and the flower is present in all eras. You can see the flower on furniture, vases, jewelry, fabrics, sculptures, coats of arms and much more. Did you know that the iris is also called the sword lily? It's not a coincidence that it used to symbolize physical and emotional pain and suffering caused by a weapon. We also see the flower in religious art, where it's often associated with Mary and Jesus. The iris is also associated with the Greek goddess Iris, where the flower symbolizes reconciliation and divine messages. This is also reflected in many paintings.
Finally, the iris is also visible in Dutch and Flemish still-life paintings. This can be in a religious form, incorporated into an object or as a decorative flower.
In the Art Nouveau art movement, the iris (along with other plants, such as the birch) was often used as an expression of feminine beauty. With its almost otherworldly appearance, the iris is perfectly suited to the Art Nouveau aesthetic and is featured in many well-known works of art. The poet of that era, Hermann Hesse...
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Beautiful Antique Gorham Classical Red Silver Overlay Perfume
Located in New York, NY
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Pair of W.M.F. Silver Plate Jardinière, Jugendstil Style, Germany, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of W.M.F. silver plate jardinière with glass. Jugendstil style. Germany, circa 1900.
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Kew Blas Gold Art Glass Trumpet Vase
Located in Toledo, OH
Kew Blas iradized gold art glass trumpet vase 12". No chips or damage. Dimensions: 3.38" diameter x 12" H.
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20th Century North American Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Art Nouveau Stylized Tulip Vase by Henri-Leon Charles Robalbhen
Located in Chicago, US
This piece is a unique, one of a kind piece, not a mass-produced factory piece.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
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Stoneware
French Art Nouveau Brown Speckled Glass Vase
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau brown speckled glass vase (Nancy).
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Art Nouveau Vase "Lyciet de Barbarie" by Argy-Rousseau
Located in New York, NY
A French "Lyciet de Barbarie", pâte de verre vase by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, depicting pink wolf berries suspended from brown stems, with green leaves, all against a vignette ground...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Rare Small Majolica Wild Rose Salt Cellar Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Small Majolica Wild Rose Salt Cellar Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
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Ceramic
René Lalique a glass perfume bottle Fleurs de France for D’Orsay, ca. 1919
By René Lalique
Located in Aachen, DE
A glass perfume bottle Fleurs de France for D’Orsay, designed by René Lalique and made in his glassworks, likely those located in Combs-la-ville, which was before he opened a larger ...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
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