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Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

LOUIS XVI STYLE

Reflecting the final era of royal opulence before the upheaval of the French Revolution, antique Louis XVI furniture features more angular shapes than the Rococo curves of the Louis XV style, harkening back to the imposing grandeur of Louis XIV.

Dating between 1750 and 1800, an era that overlapped with the last king of France whose reign was cut short by the guillotine, Louis XVI furniture, known as the goût grec, is emblematic of the neoclassical revision that French furniture underwent during the second half of the 18th century.

Authentic Louis XVI furniture characteristics include clean lines and carved details such as scrolls and acanthus flourishes that were inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. This was informed by a burgeoning interest in antiquity in the 18th century, owing to new archaeological excavations at sites including Pompeii and Herculaneum. It largely eclipsed the more East Asian–influenced ornamentation of Louis XV for something more geometric and symmetrical.

The Louis XVI style was defined by what was being created for the palatial rooms at Versailles and Fontainebleau, particularly for the queen, with cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener being a favorite of Marie-Antoinette’s for his luxurious pieces accented with gilded bronze and marquetry. Furniture maker Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené was also a major designer of the period, with his pieces for the royal residences adorned with giltwood and neoclassical touches like tapered columns for chair legs and laurel leaf carvings. Cabinetmaker Adam Weisweiler occasionally incorporated into his furniture porcelain panels produced by Sèvres, a popular manufacturer of European ceramics that served the crown with serveware, vases and other decorative objects.

Find a collection of antique Louis XVI seating, tables, cabinets and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Louis XVI
Splendid Lided Vase Marble in the Style of Louis XVI Bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Bordeau red marble with grey white flecking. Egg-Fomed body connected with wide ornamental relief and interrupted circlet. Ornamented with engraved classicist basket work, on both si...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble

Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Style Old Paris Burgundy Porcelain Vases
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 18 1/4 in W: 10 in D: 9 in This stunning pair of early 20th-century porcelain vases, attributed to the prestigious Old Paris manufactory, combines neoclassical eleg...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Pair of 19 Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronzed Mounted Marble Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large and very fine quality 19 century French Louis XVI style gilt bronzed mounted cherub motif Marble Urns.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

Pair Sevres style lidded vases, C19th
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pair of elegant 19th Century French Sevres style porcelain lidded vases. Each depicting classical semi clad maidens with cherubs above. signed; Rochette, gilded ormolu lids, handles ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. On request to customer can modificate the col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Bronze

French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze & Marble Urn with Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style figural gilt bronze-mounted and Vert Maurin marble covered urn. The domed cover centred by a flambeau finial, the ovoid body flanked b...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

19th C. Sevres Porcelain Urns with Cobalt Blue Background
Located in Hixson, TN
19th C. Sevres porcelain urns with cobalt blue background, heavy gilt decorations, gilt bronze pineapple finials on the lids, double handles, and ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Candelabra
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze candelabra. This candelabra is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. This Candelabra has got 5-flames....
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Large Italian Crystal Amphora With Engraved And Swan Handles
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 ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Crystal

Louis XVI Onyx Vase
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI onyx vase. Hand-carved antique onyx Louis XVI vase of modernist form, Italy, circa 1780. Dimensions: 6" dia top x 8" H; 4" dia bottom.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Onyx

Tall Exquisite Austrian Antique Pair Continental Decorative Porcelain Vases
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This exquisite pair of Continental decorative vases showcases exceptional Austrian craftsmanship and artistic flair, making them a stunning focal point for any room or decor. Each ur...
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1840s Austrian Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Gold

Pair Antique French Bronze and Marble Atheniennes in Louis XVI Style
Located in New York, NY
Pair French bronze and ebonized wooden neoclassical athenienne centerpieces in the Louis XVI style.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Verde Antico Marble and Ormolu urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Verde Antico Marble and Ormolu urns, in the manner of Maison Boudet. Each urn is ra...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair Sevres style lidded vases, late C19th
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative fine quality pair of late 19th century French Sevres style porcelain lidded vases. Each with a Cobalt Blue ground, gilded scrolling foliate decoration, ormolu finia...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Granite Urns, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Granite Urns, late 19th century, each of baluster form with laurel twig entwined handles, acorn finials, leaf capped bodies on square plin...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Granite, Bronze

19th Century Louis XVI Marble and Ormolu Large Urns
Located in Hixson, TN
A large pair of Louis XVI style marble (Hauteville) urns with extra ordinary ormolu mounts. The mounts (excellent condition and color) supported putti's, flame tips on the caps, to t...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble

19th Century Pair of French Louis XVI Style Antique Bronze Violet Marble Vases
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE BRONZE MOUNTED BRECHE VIOLETTE MARBLE VASES Circa third quarter of the 19th century Item # 403TET18P A lovely matched pair of vases in the Louis XV ta...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert de Patricia and Ormolu urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and extremely decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert de Patricia and Ormolu urn. The urn is raised on a circular Ormolu base below the Vert de Patricia marbl...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert Antique marble and ormolu urns, signed Maison Millet. Each urn is raised by a rectangular ormolu base wi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Ormolu

Large Pair 19th Century Sevres Style Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of late 19th Century French Sevres style porcelain vases, each with wonderful scrolling gilded ormolu handles with classical female mask mounts. The vases havi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

French 18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Handled Vases, Relief Putto on Marble Base
Located in Firenze, IT
This pair of French Louis XVI ormolu handled vases date back to late 18th century (1700s) These exceptional camapana urn shaped gilt bronze vases were created with the ancient tradit...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pr. French 19th C. Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze Enamel & Marble Mtd. Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style Dore bronze, Champlevé Enamel, and rouge marble mounted 'Day and Night' Vases. Each vase is beautifully cast, hand-chased, and hand-chiseled with meticulous detail. On each of the vases are relief images of arabesque woman each representing night and day in draped clothing...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze, Enamel

Pair of French Louis XVI White Marble and Gilt Bronze
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of antique French Louis XVI marble and gilt bronze covered urns, each embellished with foliate garlands and berried finial, applied with rams' masks raised on animal leg suppor...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI Painted Tole Lavabo
Located in Essex, MA
Urn form with a ball finial with domed cover flanked by scrolled handles, square base with brass spigot.
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1760s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Tin

Pair of Louis XVI Style Covered Vases Attributed to Samson & Cie, France, c.1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of Louis XVI style baluster shaped covered vases attributed to Samson & Cie, made in porcelain with green background and gold dots, flanked by two applied handles made of white ...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Pair of Vases 19th Century Louis XVI
Located in Warsaw, PL
This magnificent pair of decorative vases is a masterpiece of the Napoleon III period (mid-19th century), showcasing elegance and refinement through the harmonious combination of gil...
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Malachite, Bronze

Pair of Augustus Rex Meissen Porcelain Pink Ground Hunting Scene Covered Vases
Located in New York, NY
A monumental pair of 19th century Louis XVI style Augustus Rex Meissen Porcelain pink ground hunting scene covered vases. Each is beautifully hand painted with scenes of hunters, hun...
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1870s German Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Marble and Bronze Cassolettes
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th century French Louis XVI marble and bronze Cassolettes represent the epitome of affluence! handcrafted from exquisitely veined marbl...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI style Cassolettes attr. to H. Vian, France, circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of Louis XVI-inspired baluster-shaped cassolettes in white marble, enriched with an elegant bronze mount with a double patina. The lid is topped with a seed-shaped gri...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Vert Campan Marble And Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert Campan marble and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by an elegant square base with concave corners, a fine mottled border...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Early 19th C. French Ormolu Covered Vases, Signed Clodion
Located in New York, NY
An Extraordinary Pair of Early 1800's French Ormolu Covered Vases, in the style of CLAUDE MICHEL, Signed Clodion. After the original terracotta vase by Clodion in 1763. These ormolu vases represent an extraordinary confluence of painting and sculpture in 18th century French art...
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1830s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Pair of Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Chantilly Porcelain Pots de Crème
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each porcelain pot delicately decorated with flowers and raised on an exquisitely chased tripod base headed by lion heads. These Chantilly porcelain pots were embellished in Paris wi...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Pair Of Louis XVI Tole Verrieres
Located in Essex, MA
Oval painted with a mat black and red palette in the classical taste in imitation of ancient Greece. Side handles.
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Tin

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Centrepiece
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze centrepiece. This Centrepiece has got the porcelain base with pure gold decorations and hand-grounded crystal. On request to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Amber Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved amber crystal and golden bronze potiche. This potiche is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to customer can modificate the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, White veined marble and Golden Bronze Candelabra
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century white veined marble and golden bronze candelabra. This candelabra is finely chiseled lost wax castings. This Candelabra has got 5-flames. On request to customer can modi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase with Rhinoceros
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. The golden bronze rhinoceros on the base was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair Antique Carrara Marble and Bronze D'Or Cassolettes ~ Mantel Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique Carrara Marble and Bronze D'Or Cassolettes ~ Mantel Urns were designed for impressive opulence, symmetry, and timeless classical style! Crafted from select white Carrar...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

Pair 19th C. Blue Opaline Baccarat Crystal Cornucopia Shape Footed Fluted Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Pair 19th Century Blue Opaline Baccarat Crystal Cornucopia Shape Footed Fluted Vases. This remarkable pair of vases, are a striking embodiment of opulence and elegance, distinguish...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Opaline Glass

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain & Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu lidded urns. The pair of urns are raised on square Ormolu bases supported by topie shaped feet. The e...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Large Meissen Double Handle Vase w/ Lovers and Floral Panels after Watteau
Located in New York, NY
A Gorgeous and large Meissen double handle vase with Watteau lovers panel and flower panel scenes. The panels are completed after the works by Jean-Antoine Watteau, the most famous F...
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1890s German Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase with Rhinoceros
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. The golden bronze rhinoceros on the base was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue porcelain and ormolu vases, possibly by Sèvres. Each vase is raised by a square ormolu base with fine block roset...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Antique French Ormolu Clock and Candlesticks Set with Rouge Marble, Circa 1880's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French exquisite quality Ormolu clock and candlesticks of Vatican rouge marble, circa 1875-1885 Clock measures 15” H x 10” W x 4 1/2” D Candlestick measures 13” H x 7” W ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

French Marble Clock and Garniture Set, Louis XVI Style
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
French marble clock and garniture set, Louis XVI style. Crystal regulator clock with marble base and pillars, surmounted with cast bronze panthe...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

Pair of Antique French Clear Glass Scent or Perfume Bottles with a Fitted Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique set of glass perfume or scent bottles with a fitted case are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and dating to approximately 1880 in the period Louis X...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Leather, Silk, Velvet, Glass

Pair `Louis XVI style marble vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th Century French Louis XVI style, verde veined marble vases, each with gilded ormolu swags, Rams head mounts, lids and finials. These vases can be conv...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Ormolu

Antique Pair of French "Sevres" Bleu Celeste and Gilt Bronze Covered Urns
Located in Montreal, QC
These are large, French and of excellent quality. From acorn finials to square stepped bases, this pair exude quality unmistakably. They have the de luxe look of items from the Belle...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Style Verde Antico Marble and Gilt Bronze Lidded Cassolettes
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of lidded urns in the Louis XVI style, the bronzes very much in the manner of the famous French sculptor Gouthiere. The tri-form base richly...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

French Ormolu Bronze Urns by Maxime Secrétant
Located in New York, NY
Our pair of exceptional ormolu bronze urns are attributed to French designer, Maxime Secretant, circa 1890s. They feature spiral-gadrooned necks fl...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Fine Large Early 20th C Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Urn
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine large early 20th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted malachite urn.    
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Malachite

A Nice Pair of Onyx and Silvered Bronze Ornamental Vases
Located in Antwerp, BE
A good pair of antique marble cassolette. A nice pair of onyx and silvered bronze ornamental vases in the Robert Adam style. The three feet resting on circu...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Onyx, Metal, Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu urn. The urn is raised on a finely chased design scalloped base with pie...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Jardiniere In Carved And Gilded Wood Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style planter in carved and gilded wood circa 1900 internal diameter: 20.5cm
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Giltwood

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and White Marble Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style ormolu mounted white marble urns hung with berried floral garlands (early 20th Cent) (PRICED AS Pair)
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20th Century French Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Clock Garniture, Gilt Bronze Marble, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Two cups on pedestals and a clock. The French style known as Louis XVI is characterized by its inspiration in classicism and covers approximately from 1760 to 1789. In the 19th cent...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted White Porcelain and Dore Bronze Covered Bowls
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of 19th century Louis XVI style French ormolu-mounted white porcelain and doré bronze ram's head handle covered bowls. Each bowl is of t...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Breccia Marble Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 19th century French Breccia marble lidded urns, having wonderful figuring, gilded ormolu scrolling ribbon and floral decoration an...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Breccia Marble, Ormolu

19th Century Louis XVI Style Perfume Burners
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Louis XVI Style Perfume Burners. Collection of Alfred Chauchard 1821-1909 Beautiful pair purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us w...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Statuary Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI St. Porcelain and Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and high quality pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. blue cobalt Porcelain and Ormolu vases. Each vase is raised by a scrolled Ormolu base with acanthus leaves and rosettes, and an Ormolu berried laurel band above. The handsome blue vases have attractive Ormolu pierced handles with a maiden bust...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases and Vessels

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Ormolu

Louis Xvi vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI 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 metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI vases and vessels made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy 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 Oggetti D'Arte, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Baccarat, and Ferdinand Barbedienne. 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 $442 and tops out at $188,000 while the average work can sell for $10,710.

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