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
René Lalique an early glass perfume bottle "Ambre D’Orsay"
By René Lalique
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
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Alabaster Marble Stone Decorative Bowl with Pedestal and Scalloped Edges
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful stone cachepot or decorative fruit bowl of alabaster. Scalloped rounded edges decorate the sides, and a wonderful veining shows throughout.
The bowl sits upon a flute...
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20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stone, Alabaster
Early 20th C. French Octagonal Frosted Glass Vase Centerpiece with Cherubs
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century french octagonal frosted glass vase centerpiece decorated with Cherubs
By: unknown
Material: glass
Technique: etched, embossed, frosted, molded
Dimensions: 7 in x...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
19th Century French Majolica Iris Jardiniere Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Small 19th century French Majolica Iris Jardiniere Onnaing.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vase, Sign: Le Verre Francais ( Flowers Begonias ), Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1922
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
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Circa 1900 Art Nouveau Kayserzinn "4009" Pewter Tankard
By Kayserzinn 1
Located in Centennial, CO
A stunning and monumental example of Kayserzinn pewter, an exceptional piece for the collector. This antique art nouveau Jugendstil pewter tankard is stamped "Kayserzinn 4009" and wa...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pewter
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Silver Mounting, Nancy, France 1904
By Émile Gallé
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 cone bundles, colourless glass with white powder meltings, overlay in blue-violet and green, meadow flower decoration etched in various stages, matt etched inside and outside.
Cameo signature 'Gallé' with star on the wall between the plants.
Silver mount hallmarked 'Minerve casquée' for 950 silver, France, and master's mark.
Hand-made Cameo Glass:
Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; at the end of the 19th century, Émile Gallé further developed this glass art, created Art Nouveau designs and employed a large factory in Nancy...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Art Noveau Style Large Crystal Vase Engraved With Butterflies And Dragonflies
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Before describing the object under consideration, we must make an important clarification; the artifact, one of many that we will publish over time, is part of the museum collection of a historic Florentine crystal grinder that unfortunately closed recently. It is the Marcello Galgani & Sons company, whose completely manual and artisanal work has not withstood the disproportionate advance of mass-produced mechanical processes! Marcello Galgani began his craft as a grinder and restorer in 1960; as the years went by, Marcello mastered and became familiar with particular techniques and shapes, resulting in the production of objects that manage to retain the freshness of grinding and engraving, the warmth and softness of light, and the inimitable flavor of unique artifacts. After several years, his son Lorenzo, who grew up among crystals, also entered the business and immediately became passionate about this ancient craft with skill and ability. Stimulated by the aesthetic sense of the past, father and son, set up a workshop in which the shapes they researched and created themselves are mouth-blown by traditional Tuscan glassmakers in Empoli, then ground and engraved using ancient sixteenth-century techniques, with motifs born from the Galgani's inexhaustible imagination or culturally inspired by designs of objects seen and studied in Florentine museums (Uffizi, Galleria Palatina, Museo degli Argenti, etc.). Marcello and Lorenzo Galgani were also Masters in the difficult art of restoration, bringing rare and precious objects back to life. As mentioned the company recently closed and disposed of all its last production, and only Marcello's old private museum collection remained, which includes unique and special objects created over time, a collection that the craftsman made available to us for a planned sale. All of the objects were made entirely by hand with old grinding wheels, but there were mainly two tools that allowed the creation of masterpieces: the right hand and the left hand of the master craftsman. Ancient glassmaking techniques were used for all the ground and engraved products: first, the object was ground with an emery wheel fed continuously by a jet of abrasive sand and water, then re-polished with a very fine-grained sandstone wheel also fed with water; the engravings were done freehand using as many as 10-15 small stone wheels for each design (flowers, branches, animals, etc. ); then the object was polished and shined; we must make, at this point, an important clarification on these last two operations: towards the end of the 1960s acid crystal polishing was devised, the object was immersed and rotated in a solution of sulfuric acid, fluoridic acid and water and in a short time all the defects left by the previous processes were eliminated, it was a fast, industrial operation that allowed to lower costs considerably, with discrete but not excellent results. But for Galgani's products polishing is done with a cork bark wheel wet with water and pumice, to make the surfaces more transparent, and finally polishing was achieved with a felt wheel wet with a paste of water, iron oxide, and cerium oxide. This series of processes takes an average of two days of work( sometimes much longer) for each object, each engraving or grinding is the result of the creative inventiveness of the two artisans, inventiveness that transforms crystal into reality material of the highest aesthetic value and inestimable value. All the items in the entire collection have never been used; they were part of the exhibition. Large crystal vase with a black base; the decorations, purely Art Noveau, represent graceful butterflies and dragonflies in a peaceful lake landscape. The object is "one-of-a-kind" signed by the Master; it was created in Marcello Galgani's workshop in 1982 and made with the techniques (grinding, engraving, and polishing) we explained in the description; for the shape, the Master was inspired by a vase found in a painting, preserved in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence by the 16th-century painter Jacopo Ligozzi...
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Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Loetz Witwe Art Nouveau Glass Vase Decor Cobalt Papillon, Bohemia, circa 1903
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Very decorative Loetz Witwe glass vase in decoration Cobalt Papillon from the Art Nouveau period in Bohemia, circa 1903. This gorgeous vase from the workshops in Klostermuehle shows ...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of French Cast Iron Fleur de Lis Urns Planters Cachepots, circa 1940
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely pair of French diminutive cast iron planters/urns, featuring an attractive and classic fleur de lis pattern. Decorative balls not included.
Dimensions
4.5ʺW × 4.5ʺD × 6.1ʺH
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1940s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Iron
Gallé Signed, Large Acid Etched Overlay Banjo Form Vase, France, 1890
By Gallé
Located in Rijssen, NL
This exquisite Art Nouveau vase by Émile Gallé in Nancy is statement pieces in the room. Signed E. Gallé.
Large Flattened banjo form cabinet vase with red currant decoration in clea...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Rare Majolica Orchid Jardiniere Delphin Massier, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica Orchid Jardiniere attributed to Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
Measures: W / 17 inches , H / 8.3 inches.
The Massier family are known f...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
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Ceramic, Majolica
Loetz Art Nouveau Iridescent Vase with Engraved Silver Overlay
By Loetz Glass
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
Materials
Silver
Daum Nancy "Fleurs et Abeilles" Enameled and Etched Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau enameled and etched "Fleurs et Abeilles" glass vase by Daum Nancy features an unusual and wildly undulating form that is countered neatly by the tightly executed landscape that decorates its organic curves, bulges, dips and valleys. Climbing from a deeply, darkly colored base upward to the bright, nearly translucent bright yellow rim of the vase are a field of ultra-finely rendered red orchid blooms with framing leaves...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
1960s Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Coffee / Tea pot, hand-painted, 1st-sorting
Located in Skien, NO
Vintage Porcelain Coffee Pot with hand-painted, under-glazed decoration of the Blue Fluted pattern from Royal Copenhagen, Denmark.
Item: Coffee / Tea Jug / Pot
Medium: Glazed Porce...
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1960s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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
Antique Alvin Art Nouveau Green Silver Overlay Vase
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau glass vase with engraved silver overlay. Made by Alvin Corp. in Providence, ca 1900. Baluster bowl on narrow cylindrical support flowing into raised foot. Vertical overla...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
Pair of Art Nouveau Figurative Glazed Amphora Vases
By Amphora
Located in New York, NY
Lovely pair of antique (early 20th century) polychrome glazed flower vases distinguished by their finely modeled female figures, by Amphora, the firm based in Turn-Teplitz, present-d...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Émile Gallé, Enameled Seashells and Flowers Green Opaline Glass Jardinière Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and rare early Émile Gallé jardinière vase in green opaline glass with enamelled decorations of seashells, plants and flowers. France late 1800s. Signed "Émile Gallé pour Bonh...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Fratelli Toso Murano Antique Tall Millefiori Flowers Italian Art Glass Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, antique Murano hand blown Millefiori Murrina flower mosaic Italian art glass double handles vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company, circa 1900-1920. Amazi...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Val Saint Lambert Vase 'Oignon de Jemeppe', Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, 1909-1927
Located in Aachen, DE
A tall and slender vase "Oignons de Jemeppe" from a series of soliflora vessels made by a branch of Val Saint Lambert in Jemeppe-sur-Meuse near Liège from 1909-1927. The design is sometimes attributed to Leon Ledru, more often to the portfolio of Romain & Jeanne Gevaert. As a reference in literature "L'Europe de l'art verrier", Giuseppe Cappa, Mardaga éditeur, Liège, 1991, page 483, N° 880 is a good source. These works with their humorous title Onions of Jemeppe are always opaque, this particular one is made from cased glass : Colorless and opal beige and rolled in dark blue pulled glass applications. The vessel is signed: VSL (blue stamp...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Beautiful Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Vase Having a Trefoil Shaped Base
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful, graceful, Art Nouveau Period, sterling silver vase, having a trefoil-shaped base, Sheffield, England, year- hallmarked for 1903, William Mammatt and Son - makers. Measures...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bohemian Orange Glass Vase in Style of Powolny for Loetz Tango
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage cased tango orange glass vase with black accent features elegant, minimal shape and eye-catching color palette. Deep, jewel-toned, coral orange color dominates the design; t...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Blown Glass
Art Nouveau Table Lamp 'Vignes Et Escargots', Daum Nancy, France, Circa 1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
A museum piece of French Art Nouveau glass art:
Lamp with baluster-shaped foot on a stepped, flat, round stand raised in the centre, hemispherical shade, slightly heat-stretched and pressed upwards on four sides, made of multi-layered glass with coloured powder fusions, predominantly in yellow-orange, red, brown, green and blue-violet tones, with highly etched vine leaves and grapevine decoration, two fully sculpted snails on the foot as a special accent, Cameo signature ‘DAUM NANCY’ with Lorraine cross on the foot in the lower area, and on the shade, which rests on a patinated metal mount, which also carries the threads for the light sources, one at the top and one inside the foot.
Technique: Handmade cameo glass
Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; cameo glass vessels were already being made in ancient times, and at the end of the 19th century this glass art was further developed,
especially in Nancy.
Manufactory: Daum Frères / Nancy, Lorraine, France
Dating: Circa 1905
Dimensions:
Height: 53,5 cm / 21.06 in
Diameter: 32,0 cm / 12.59 in
Bibliography:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2984 on page 148, and page 561: Daum Frères & Cie, Verreries de Nancy
Condition: Very good
The electrification is functional, but should be renewed for safety reasons.
About the design:
The development of Art Nouveau glass art coincides with a revolution in lighting, the significance of which we can no longer fully appreciate today in the 21st century. Around 1880-1890, oil lamps and paraffin lamps were still almost unrivalled in every household. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the ‘electricity fairy’ emerged as a remarkable advance and gradually found its way into the daily lives of all social classes. The glassmakers at the Ecole de Nancy were true pioneers and eagerly seized the opportunity to use electricity to illuminate the colours
applied to the glass. Colour was one of the main concerns of the master glassmakers at the Ecole de Nancy.
Emile and Antonin Daum returned to the colours that had made the stained glass of the Middle Ages so splendid and extended the palette of colours in the glass mass as they needed it for the floral motifs and exact representations of nature. But the modulation of the colours, their arrangement in juxtaposed patches, the technique that the Impressionist painters practised on their canvases at the same time, was difficult to achieve due
to the nature of the glass melted in a large mass.
To achieve this richness of expression, around 1900 Daum developed ‘the process of applying glass powder and enamel to the outside of the vases to create coloured backgrounds or decorative spots’, according to the report of the jury of the 1900 World Exhibition.
The field of naturalistic, contrasting and shimmering colours was one in which Antonin Daum excelled. This new technical process made it possible to create the symphonies of colour that we find on the ‘Vignes et escargots’ lamp...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
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
Materials
Glass
Vase Muller Frères (Applications in silver), Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Muller Feres
The heart of the company was formed by five brothers (Henri, Desire, Eugene, Pierre, Victor) from a glass making family who trained and worked at the Galle factory. Henr...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
Majolica Swan Jardiniere Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1910
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica white swan jardiniere signed Jerome Massier Fils Vallauris, circa 1910.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Majolica
20th Century Art Nouveau Pink Frilly Edged Glass Vase, Austria circa 1900
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Lovely, early 20th century glass vase with frilly edge coming from the famous Art Nouveau period in Austria around 1900. The mouthblown light pink flashed...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Lalique Crystal Champs-Elysees Bowl Vase
By Marc Lalique
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lalique Crystal Champs- Elysses medium size oval bowl vase. It depicts multiple horse chestnut leaves arranged around a circular center base. Below the base, it is the acid...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Art Nouveau Vase Ceramics, Floral Turquoise & Blue Josef Ekberg Sgrafitto 1918
Located in Stockholm, SE
A large art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1918. The vase is 27.5 cm tall and in excellent condition except from some minor marks and age-based c...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Daum Frères art nouveau vase with Coreopsis, made in Nancy , ca. 1914
By Daum
Located in Aachen, DE
A fine Daum Frères Vase with Coreopsis flowers, made in Nancy, France circa 1914. This example of French cameo glass, was mottled with glass powder, c...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Art Nouveau Inspired Floral White Stoneware Vase by artist designer Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Artistic Creations in stoneware, hand built and hand glaze
ornamented with Gold lustre.
The artist interprets floral art in her own way, surreal and playful vase from the collection...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Cranston Pottery Art Nouveau Lustre Glazed Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Rare and probably unique Art Nouveau lustre glazed art pottery vase by Cranston Pottery and made around 1900. Probably an exhibition piece this lightl...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Mosaic Antique Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown blue, green and white Millefiori Murrina flower mosaic Italian art glass decorative vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, circa 1900-1920...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Set of two exceptionally rare Sezession vases Villeroy Boch 1910 Dresden Germany
Located in Wien, AT
Extraordinary pair of vases, in the Secession style, originals from the Art Nouveau period, made around 1910 by the famous Villeroy and Boch factory, Dresden, Germany.
The vases eac...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Antique French Art Nouveau Fire Polished Cameo Glass Emile Gallé Stem Vase, 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French Art Nouveau Emille Galle cameo glass vase, circa 1900.
The stem vase of a tapering conical form and finely wheel carved and acid etc...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Gallé Signed, Acid Etched Multi Colored Overlay Vase, France, 1905
By Gallé
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 red currant decoration in frosted glass internally ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Assymetrical Ceramic Amphora Vase, Art Nouveau, 1900s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Brown glazed ceramic amphora vase, with striking asymmetrical two handles design, fabricated in the early 1900s.
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Antique German Cast Iron Christmas Tree Stand with Holly and Berry Motif
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite antique German cast iron Christmas tree stand features a charming holly and berry motif, beautifully hand-painted in green and red with...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Iron
Antique Tiffany Art Nouveau Classical Sterling Silver 18-Inch Vase
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau Classical sterling silver vase. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Baluster on domed foot with scalloped leaf and scroll rim. Twisted fluting with leafing scroll terminal...
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Early 1900s American Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Sterling Silver
René Lalique an early glass perfume bottle "Ambre D’Orsay"
By René Lalique
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
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Art Nouveau Vase with Snails and Moths, School of George Hoentschel
By George Hoentschel
Located in Chicago, US
Hand-built vase of an experimental design, possibly for exhibition, as it is unmarked.
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Technicolor Thistle Art Nouveau Vase by Clement Massier
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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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Kralik/Loetz White Opalescent Textured Art Glass Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine quality Art Nouveau Austrian or Bohemian opalescent art glass egg shaped vase with shaped and pinched flower shaped opening attributed to Kralik or possibly Loetz and dat...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Royal Bonn Art Nouveau Pair Hand Painted Floral Pottery Vases
By Royal Bonn
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine and stunning Art Nouveau German pair of hand painted art pottery vases with floral designs made by the renowned manufactory of Royal Bonn and dating from around 1900.
Royal B...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
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Pottery
Charles Schneider La Verre de France Art Nouveau Epinettes Cameo Glass Vase
Located in Mexico City, MX
A ca. 1920's French Art Nouveau "Epinettes" cameo glass vase by La Verre Français. The acid engraved yellow and maroon glass shows "epinettes", flowers resemb...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
René Lalique a glass perfume bottle Fleurettes N°2 for Maison Lalique, ca. 1919
By René Lalique
Located in Aachen, DE
A glass perfume bottle Fleurettes N°2 for the Fleurette bathroom set, designed by René Lalique and made in his glassworks, likely those located in Combs-la-ville, which was before he...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Bleue Vase Contemporary Handmade Ceramic Vase by Busra Ozdemir
By Yugu Atelier
Located in ISTANBUL, TR
Inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night, Handcrafted Ceramic Vase
Born from the depths of art, Bleue Vase is inspired by Vincent van Gogh's iconic Starry Night painting. This elegant and stylish ceramic vase is handcrafted, reflecting the mesmerizing blue hues of the night sky. Every detail embodies van Gogh’s brushstrokes and a deep reverence for his art.
Meticulously crafted by Busra Ozdemir...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
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
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Antique Lundberg Studios Art Glass Pulled Feather Copper Mounted Trumpet Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique art glass vase.
By Lundberg Studios.
Comprised of a trumpet shaped iridescent favrile glass vase with a pulled peacock feather pattern mounted on a trumpet footed co...
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Green iridescent glass Pique Fleurs' vase by Loetz' with Grille
By Loetz Glass
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau Green iridescent glass Pique Fleurs' vase by Loetz' with Grille
Subtle, hand blown glass vase in the Art Deco style. This design for vases is often called 'Pique fleurs'...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Royal Worcester Floral Painted Urn Shaped Porcelain Twin Handled Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful Art Nouveau Royal Worcester urn shaped twin handled porcelain vase hand painted with floral designs dated 1905. The lightly potted vase stands on a narrow round foot rim...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Galle Cameo Glass Cabinet Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine Galle Cameo glass cabinet vase, with lavender cameo floral decoration, signed in the glass. Measure: The opening is 1.75" diameter.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Legras, Square Etched Glass Maple Leaf and Samara Vase, French Art Nouveau 1900s
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pink and white acid etched vase with decorations of maple leaf and samara seeds by the French 1900s Art Nouveau Manufacture Legras. Signed in the vase.
Very good condition...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Antique Art Nouveau American Rookwood Pottery Vellum Vase by Lorinda Epply 1915
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American Art Nouveau Rookwood three handled vellum vase, Lorinda Epply, 1915.
The blue vase of reversed bell shaped with three elongated handles, around the wide mouth of the...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Loetz Papillon Glass And Van Houten Pewter Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Mixed Cobalt, Green and Red Papillon Glass Vase. A rare mixed color Iridescent papillon Art Nouveau art glass vase mounted with a scrolled pewter mount in wonderful condition ready to join as the crown of your collection.
Rubin (Ruby) Papillon Decor
Czech Republic
Circa 1900
Pewter mount with impressed stamp marks "1670" and crow and lion in shield marks for the Van Houten Manufacturing Co.
Height: 10.5 Inches X 5 Inch diameter
Condition: Excellent in original condition commensurate of age and use.
The Loetz glassworks existed in Klostermuhle, Austria, for just over a hundred years, starting from 1840. But its heyday was during the life-time of Max Ritter Von Spaun, grandson of the original Johann Loetz who had founded the company. Von Spaun took over the company in 1879 and ran it until 1908, a year before his death. He was assisted by Eduard Prochaska, his technical specialist, and together they invented, designed and produced a whole series of wonderful new types of glass, taking out several patents and winning awards at all the major world exhibitions during the 1890's and the first years of the new century.
The Loetz company were amongst the leaders in Art Nouveau design and expecially in irridescent art glass. "Papillon" glass, like the vase on the left, is sometimes known today as "oil spot" glass. Another favourite Loetz colouring was irridized glass with pulled trails called "Phenomenon" glass. There were irridized vases with ribbons of metallic colours winding over the surface, and many spectacular designs with applied trails of beautiful colours, or simply pulled out of the body of the glass to form handles or decoration.
About 1900 the company started collaborating with outside designers, and some great artists designed pieces for Lotz, notably Joseph Hofmann, Koloman Moser, Maria Kirchner, and Hofstatter.
In 1908 Loetz was taken over by Max Von Spaun's son, also called Max, and although it struggled financially (going through bankruptcy in 1911 and again in 1931) there were several great designers whose work was produced by Loetz during those years and through the art deco period. These included Adolf Beckert...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pewter
Loetz Witwe Glass Vase "Cytisus Yellow" with Silver Overlay, Bohemia, circa 1902
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Dreamlike, very rare Loetz Witwe glass vase, decor "Cytisus Yellow" with silver overlay out of Bohemia, circa 1902. The Cytisus decor is definit...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
Richard Teschner for Loetz Merman Glass Jug c1906, Uranium Glass Elements
By Richard Teschner, Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking Art Nouveau jug was designed by Richard Teschner in 1906 for Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle. It was made in mould-blown technique in opal or alabaster white glass with uranium green glass applications. Comb and long moustache are green, and eyes and pupils are made of yellow and red glass.
The jug can be identified by multiple veritable online and printed resources; it was manufactured in clear and opal glass with both uranium green and clear green applications; some resources have the opal one listed as model no. 4506, but we haven't seen any mentions of uranium glass anywhere, making this piece rather rare and unusual. This piece will work very well in any style of interior or would make a great gift for an art and design enthusiast.
The jug is in good antique condition with light, age-appropriate signs on wear on the bottom. Both sides of moustache have sharp ends; upon close examination of pictures of Merman jugs that were listed as "in perfect condition" and had the same sharp ends, we came to a conclusion that the sharp ends must be created as a part of manufacturing process during the application of long, thin strands of stretched glass...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Uranium Glass, Glass
Art Nouveau Gold & Green Glass Snake Vase by Johann Loetz Witwe
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 Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Art Nouveau Pewter Vase with Plant Motifs, Early 20th Century
Located in Barntrup, DE
Art Nouveau Pewter Vase, Early 20th Century, France.
This beautiful Art Nouveau period conical vase on 4 leaf-like feet features tall, flowering plant-shaped elongated handles and en...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pewter
19th Century Majolica Chesnut Jardinière Saint Clement
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Chesnut attributed to Jardinière Saint Clement.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Bohemian Art Nouveau Amethyst Iridescent Glass Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Art Nouveau period amethyst glass vase with green and blue iridescence, a play of colors that comes to life across the rippled decoration enhancing the body and frilled rim. Dependin...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
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
1899 Art Nouveau Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland Gouda “Violetta” Vases, Pair
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This delicate and finely crafted pair of PZH Gouda “Violetta” vases dates back to 1899, as marked by the B date code on their bases. Created by the renowned Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holl...
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1890s Dutch Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Daum Nancy French Art Nouveau Acid Etched Glass Vase or Pitcher with Enamel
By Daum
Located in Bochum, NRW
Daum Freres, Nancy, France, late 19th century large pitcher. An exquisite Art Nouveau glass vase/pitcher by Daum Nancy, roughened acid etched surface with gilt and white enameled mis...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Cascading Butterflies Iridescent Art Nouveau Bowl by Clement Massier
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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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
French Art Nouveau Pink Opaline Glass Vase with Enamelled Poppies, c. 1896
Located in Glasgow, GB
This French Art Nouveau pink opaline glass vase, hand-blown and decorated circa 1896, exemplifies the era’s love of organic forms and intricate craftsmanship. Of baluster form, the v...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Art Nouveau Double Gourd Ceramic Vase - Iridescent Glaze - Belgium - 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
Art Nouveau double gourd studio pottery vase - featuring multi-color splashed glazes with an iridescent finish - all on a cream ceramic ground - wheel thrown - unsigned - inscribed C...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Hand Painted Ceramic Wedgewood Marsden Vase with Floral Patterns
By Wedgewood
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Nouveau vase was realized in the England by the storied maker Wedgwood circa 1890. It features Art Nouveau stylized foliate patterns in caramel and crimson with an i...
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1890s English Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Antique French Gallé Art Nouveau Pink Cameo Art Glass Hydrangea Cabinet Vase
By Gallé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique miniature French art glass vase.
By Gallé.
In light pink.
With acid-cut back cameo hydrangea flowers in greens & blues.
Signed "Gallé" to the side.
Simply a wonde...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
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
Materials
Art Glass
Exceptionally rare vase portrait jardiniere, Jugendstil Art Nouveau Amphora 1909
By Amphora
Located in Wien, AT
A very exciting object made by the famous Amphora factories in Bohemia in exceptionally high quality and a very rare design.
The vase or jardiniere or centerpiece is designed with a...
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Early 1900s Czech Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Iridescent Art Nouveau Flower Vase by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer for Clement Massier
Located in Chicago, US
Attributed to Lucien Levy Dhurmer for Clement Massier.
An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which in...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
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.