Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
Find antique neoclassical furniture today on 1stDibs.
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Style: Neoclassical
French Neoclassical Tole Red & Gold Cachepot Planter Vase With Lion Heads
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous neoclassical red & gold tole cachepot, planter, or vase with head-painted details and brass lion heads
France, Circa Early 20th Century
Measures: 5.75"W x 5.75"D x 5"H.
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Mounted Green Marble Centerpiece Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Our antique (late 19th century) footed centerpiece bowl is finely carved from green marble with gilt bronze mounts including foliate band below the rim, beading at the base of the so...
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Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Bronze
After the Antique Etruscan Two-Faced Bronze Vessel
Located in Astoria, NY
After the Antique Etruscan Two-Faced Bronze Oil Vessel, depicting the faces of a Maenad and Satyr, stamped "The Hermitage" in Cyrillic with foundry mark to circular base.
4.5" H x 2...
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20th Century Russian Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Corbeille Vase Pair of Swedish Porcelain Rörstrand White Gilded, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Corbeille vase pair of Swedish Rörstrand white gilded, Sweden. A pair of Swedish porcelain corbeilles from the Rörstrand Porcelain Factory. Gilded ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Elkington & Co Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Jardiniere/Champagne Ice Buckets
Located in New York, NY
Fine pair of signed Elkington & Co gilt bronze Neoclassical Jardinière/Champagne ice buckets or wine coolers. Depicting new classical Roman figures and subjects with lions and leopar...
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1890s English Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Large Pair of German Porcelain Vases by KPM
Located in London, GB
Large pair of German porcelain vases by KPM
German, c. 1850
Height 42cm, width 25cm, depth 19cm
Crafted by one of Europe’s most renowned porcelain manufacturers, this large pair of...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$42,849 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical St. Porphyry and Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high-quality pair of French 19th century neoclassical St. Porphyry and ormolu lidded urns. Each very uniquely shaped and most decorative urn is raised by fine bal...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porphyry, Ormolu
Meissen Pate Sur Pate Vase of a Neoclassical Maiden Seated on Centaur
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Royal Cobalt Blue Meissen Pate Sur Pate vase of a Maiden seated on a Centaur. Beautifully decorated in cobalt blue, salmon pink, 2...
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1860s German Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Italian 19th Neoclassical Scagloiola and Ormolu Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Scagliola and ormolu urn. The urn is raised by a square base below the mottled socle shaped pedestal su...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ormolu
Two Neoclassical Style Russian Cut Glass and Ormolu Vases
Located in London, GB
Two neoclassical style Russian cut glass and Ormolu vases
Russian, 20th century
Dimensions: Height 32cm, width 16cm, depth 12cm
Each vase in thi...
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20th Century Russian Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ormolu
$17,139 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Large Belgian Silver Gilt Vase, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Large Belgian silver gilt vase, 19th century
Belgian, 19th Century
Height 36cm, width 52cm, depth 39cm
This superb vase is crafted from shining silver gilt. Of rounded campagna for...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
$26,662 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. Brèche Verte d'Egypte marble and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by richly chased ormolu paw feet with acanthus le...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Marble and Gilt Bronze Centrepiece Attributed to Edward F. Caldwell & Co
Located in London, GB
Antique marble and gilt bronze centrepiece attributed to Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
American, Early 20th Century
Height 31cm, width 75cm, depth 30cm
Attributed to Edward F. Caldwell ...
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Early 20th Century North American Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$52,372 Sale Price
30% Off
Matched Pair 19th Century French Opal Vases w/ Green Enamel & Gilt Decoration
By Baccarat
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This matched pair of handblown "Pate de Riz" white Opal vases are tall, elegant yet understated. The soft white body is decorated with hand-painted green and gold enamels in a neocla...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Large Grey Marble Neoclassical Campana Form Garden Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of large grey marble Neoclassical Campana form garden vases
Continental, late 19th century
Measures: Height 46cm, diameter 44cm
These fantastic pieces are a pair of large n...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
$8,093 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Large Pair of Neo-Grec Gilt and Patinated Bronze Amphora Vases
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare and large pair of neo-grec gilt and patinated bronze amphora vases.
Designed by Ferdinand Levillain and cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne.
Signed ‘F. Levillain’ and ‘F. Barbedienne’.
These spectacular floor-standing Neo-Grec vases...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Large Gilt and Patinated Bronze Neoclassical Style Vase, French, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and finely cast gilt and patinated bronze neoclassical style vase.
This impressive vase is of oval shape with gilt and patinated bronze decoration of classical figures and...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Pair of Large Italian Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in IT
18th century Pair of Large Italian Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Vases
The pair of neoclassical vases was made in Italy in the end of 18th ce...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
French Neoclassical Pair of Grey Marble Urns
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French neoclassical pair of grey marble urns, 20th century
Beautiful and highly decorative pair of white veined, grey marble urns.
Dimension...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
$2,900 / set
Neoclassical Style LapisLazuli and Bronze Vase Lamps by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This Neoclassical Style Set of Lapis Lazuli and Gilt Bronze Vase Lamps by Gherardo Degli Albizzi are exceptional pieces of luxury design. Vases, which have an ovoid form, feature bul...
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2010s Italian Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Bronze
Large Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Vase
Located in London, GB
Large Neoclassical style gilt bronze and porcelain vase
French, 19th Century
Measures: height 87 cm, diameter 27 cm
This grand porcelain vase is crafted in the style of Sèvres. ...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
$33,327 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Red Glazed Jardiniere With Lion Head Masks
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Jardiniere with lion head masks and garland detailing decorated with blended rich red majolica glaze.
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19th Century Irish Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Majolica
Pair of 19th Century Neoclassical Ewers By Samuel Alcock & Co
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Pair of 19th Century Neoclassical Ewers By Samuel Alcock & Co Porcelain ovoid shape ewer with loop handle, both ewers decorated with greek style decoration of palmettes and scrolls. ...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Large Sèvres-style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Porcelain Vase with Pedestal
Located in London, GB
Large Sèvres-style gilt-bronze mounted porcelain vase with pedestal
French, Early 20th Century
Vase: height 162cm, width 63cm, depth 48cm
Stand: height 66cm, width 48cm, depth 48c...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu
$90,460 Sale Price
55% Off
Pair of Neoclassical Italian Lidded Urns
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of elegant 19th century Italian porcelain lidded urns with hand-painted scenes and gilded details. One side of the urns features a neoclassical scene, and the reverse side featu...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$4,500 / set
Pair of Bronze & Slate Neoclassical Style Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Late 19th Century bronze & slate Neoclassical style urns. Relief decorated with classical Greco-Roman figures and foliage, flanked by swan handles, wi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Slate, Bronze
$4,200 / set
Large French Ormolu and Cut Glass Vase
Located in London, GB
Large French ormolu and cut glass vase
French, 20th Century
Height 80cm, diameter 36cm
This extraordinary glass and ormolu (gilt bronze) vase was crafted in 20th century France....
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ormolu
$8,093 Sale Price
30% Off
Gilt Bronze and Marble Garniture, Clock Signed Raingo Fres, France, 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt bronze and marble three piece clock garniture. Clock signed Raingo Fres. France, 19th century.
Clock works.
Clock dimensions: 71 cm height, 46 cm ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of George III Neo Classical Vases by Thomas Pitts I, 1771
Located in London, GB
A very rare and unusual pair of early George III Neo Classical Vases made in London in 1771 by Thomas Pitts I
The vases are modelled in the very r...
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18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Saxe Porcelain Jardinière. Germany, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Saxe porcelain jardinière. Germany, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
French Neoclassical Tole Red & Gold Cachepot Planter Vase With Lion Heads
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous neoclassical red & gold tole cachepot, planter, or vase with head-painted floral details and brass lion heads
France, Circa Early 20th Century
Measures: 4.5"W x 4.5"D x ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Stone Pentworth Bird Bath Garden Planter Urn
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a classical garden bird bath made from reconstituted stone
Can function as a bird bath, font or planter
Can you imagine how this would look with our feathered friends...
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1980s Vintage Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stone
Italian 19th Century Neoclassical St. Borgogna Breccia Marble Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Breccia de Bourgogne marble bird bath/urn. The striking urn is raised by a square base below the socle shape ped...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
Pair of Neoclassical Porcelain Vases, Signed and Numbered, Italy 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
These vases are made of Porcelain, they date from the 19th century, and were made in Italy, by a well-known designer called Carbet.
These are neoclassical style vases, which are han...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$1,711 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Wedgwood Encaustic Ewer
By Wedgwood
Located in Sarasota, FL
Wedgwood basalt encaustic ewer with ancient Greek inspired decoration on both sides. The shape is also inspired by a Greek wine jug, known as...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$4,700
Cache Pot with Pedestals
Located in Atlanta, GA
CACHE POT WITH PEDESTAL J. MASSIER, in French ceramic covered with dripping glazes in shades of blue, decorated with helical chevrons. On the base ma...
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Early 1900s French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$4,250
Pair of Royal Vienna Sevres Style Floral Trellis Vases, Artist Signed 'Nash'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Royal Vienna Sevres Style Floral Trellis Vases, Artist Signed 'Nash'
Royal Vienna blue underglaze Beehive mark, decorated Saxe Porcelain Blanks, Painters Mark # 2042 al.
Th...
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20th Century Austrian Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$1,516 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Hand Carved Oval Marble Sink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A hand carved, oval shaped rimmed basin with drainage hole.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. Vert de Patricia marble, black Belgian marble, and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by a square base with a central foliate o...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Two Neoclassical Style Russian Cut Glass and Ormolu Vases
Located in London, GB
Two neoclassical style Russian cut glass and ormolu vases,
Russian, 20th century
Dimensions: Height 37cm, width 20cm, depth 13.5cm
Each vase has an ...
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20th Century Russian Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ormolu
$17,139 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Rouge Marble Centerpiece Bowl and Cover with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
Our magnificent oval shaped centerpiece carved from variegated rouge marble in the neoclassical style has finely cast and gilt bronze mounts including acanthus and berry finial, ribb...
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Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Ceramic Planters, Attributed to Sarreguemines, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of ceramic planters. Attributed to Sarreguemines. France, late 19th century.
Planters dimensions: 42 cm diameter, 36 cm height.
Bases...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Dutch Neoclassical Silver Potpourri Urns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A pair of Dutch Neoclassical silver potpourri urns, the Hague, late 18th century
Sourced by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Hallmarked sterling silver
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
19th Century French Neoclassical Tole Peinte and Gilt Urn Cachepot
Located in Stamford, CT
A very charming early 19th century French tole peinte vase or urn with a gilt figure of a dancing maiden with one breast exposed playing a sistrum, ancient musical instrument. The ur...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Tin
Pair of Russian Neoclassical Style Cut Glass and Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of Russian neoclassical style cut glass and gilt bronze vases
Russian, 20th century
Measures: Height 38cm, width 22cm, depth 14cm
Each vase has an ovoid ruby coloured cut g...
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20th Century Russian Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$17,139 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Empire Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Napoleon Vase
Located in London, GB
This Sevres style porcelain vase is beautifully painted with an image of Napoleon I on horseback. In this painting, Napoleon visits his men, some of whom are wounded, in what appears to be a military camp. He is seen, leading a group of mounted soldiers, on a white horse, respectfully doffing his bicorne hat to his troops. The painting is signed ‘F. Amblet’. This oval painting is given an elaborate gilded decorative border, reminiscent of a giltwood frame. These beautiful gold foliate patterns continue onto the base of the vase, as well as the top, where we see a pair of griffins.
The vase is fitted with two handles, cast as double French imperial eagle heads, which spring from classical female masks, each wearing with winged helmets. ‘M.re IMPle de Sevres’ is painted its base.
This antique Napoleonic vase...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$8,093 Sale Price
30% Off
Fratelli Toso Murano Art Glass Neoclassical Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Fratelli
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This Neoclassical Murano Art Glass vase was manufactured in Italy during the 1960s and is attributed to Fratelli Toso. It was made in Venice, home of the world-renowned glassmaking t...
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1960s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of French Neoclassical Marble Bronze and Brass Urns
Located in Rümmingen, BW
This elegant pair of French Neoclassical urns features finely cast bronze bodies decorated with floral garlands and classical motifs. Each urn...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Antique classical style cut glass & sterling silver wine jug
Located in London, GB
Elegant, neoclassical style engraved glass antique wine jug with silver handle and mounts. Made during the latter part of the Edwardian era, the jug'...
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Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th C John Tams Ltd Porcelain Vase of Telemachus Interceding for Phemius
Located in Troy, MI
Rare circa 1920s English vase by John Tams Ltd depicting scene from Odyssey of Telemachus interceding for Phemius. Black matte glaze with colorful decoration of the three figures. Go...
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
pair of French 19th century Neo-Greek st. black Belgian marble and Ormolu tazzas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Neo-Greek st. black Belgian marble and Ormolu urns/tazzas. This wonderful pair are raised by a circular mottled and concave marble bases with a...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
18th Century Italian Majolica Albarello Drug Jar by Jacques Boselly
By Jacques Boselly 1
Located in Milano, MI
A Neoclassical late 18th century polychrome decorated drug jar or Albarello signed by the Italian Savonese artist Boselli Giacomo 1744-1808, a rare blue, yellow and polychrome majolica antique vase for collectors.
The Italian Albarello...
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Late 18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Majolica
A Huge ABSTRACT NEOCLASSICAL SHABBY-CHIC Blown Glass VASE, MURANO, ITALY 2000
Located in PARIS, FR
An important, generous, massive, sensual and spectacular Abstract, Neo-Classical, Shabby-Chic, super thick blown glass vase including organic and abstract effects in the glass body, ...
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Early 2000s Italian Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Henry Dasson Egyptian Granite And Bronze Urns
By Henry Dasson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Henry Dasson used grey granite from the famed Aswan quarries in Egypt to craft this pair of rare and important urns. Aswan was the location from which ancient Egyptian builders quarried the rare granite used...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Granite, Bronze
$54,500 / set
Paul Milet for Sevres Red Flambe Ormolu Mounted Neoclassical Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Paul Milet for Sevres Red Flambe Ormolu Mounted Neoclassical Vase
Designed by Paul Milet (1870-1950)
Executed by Sevres Porcelain
A beautiful Paul Milet for Sevres red flambe ormo...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ormolu
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Bronze, Marble, & Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Patinated Bronze, Ormolu, and Rouge Griotte marble urns. Each impressive urn is raised by an octagonal Ro...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Neoclassical Pair of Russian Red Jasper and Russian Kalgar Jasper Oval Tazzas
Located in New York, NY
Remarkable pair of Russian neoclassical period red jasper and Russian Kalgar jasper oval shaped tazzas. These beautiful hand-carved oval shaped Russian red jasper tazzas are seated o...
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Early 19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Agate
Pair of Antique French Neoclassical Style Urns
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of antique French Neoclassical style Urns.
Great pair of 19th century French Neoclassical style bronzed metal urns on marble bases. These stunning antique French Grecian style u...
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1920s French Vintage Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Spelter
$2,495 / set
Rare 19th Century Viennese Porcelain Hand-Painted Ice Cream Pail Vases
Located in London, GB
A rare and finely decorated pair of porcelain ice cream pails on stands,
The decoration of the vases is outstanding: the four medallions representing neoclassical mythological scenes of Bacchus, Ceres, Ariadne and Europa surrounded by intricate motives "a grottesca" in vibrant colours and raised gilding.
Fashionable in antiquity, for example in the Pompeian "Third Style", revisited among others in the Renaissance by Raphael in the Logge Vaticane, the "grottesche" acquired renewed popularity in the early 1800, with the extensive decorations for example of Villa Borghese and Palazzo Milzetti in Italy, or the Procuratie Nuove in Venice, formerly the Palazzo Reale. In in the mid XIX century Vienna, the Historismus movement revisited the idea too, an example is the 1862 decoration of newly built Renaissance Style Museum fur Angewandte Kunst.
Our vases are a refined example of fashionable, elegant decoration at work: the ice cream pail was used in the setting up of the dessert display...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
15 pcs Collection Mercury Glass Vases and Bowls
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antque and vintage collection of 15 pcs Mercury glass silver and gold vases and bowls. Largest vases are Handpainted and measured 16” and 14”, large bowl is 8” high, the smallest pie...
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Early 1900s American Antique Neoclassical Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
$1,590 / set
Neoclassical vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical 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, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical 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 Wedgwood, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Ferdinand Barbedienne, and Meissen Porcelain. 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 $90 and tops out at $805,222 while the average work can sell for $3,487.
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