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Renaissance Vases and Vessels

RENAISSANCE STYLE

Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.

Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.

Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.

Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.

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Style: Renaissance
Italian 18th C. Majolica Wet Drug or Syrup Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
A beautifully decorated 18th century Italian Majolica faience ‘wet’ or syrup albarello/drug jar. Blue and white having a front reserve, blue and white scrolls to body. Beautifully de...
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18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Large 19th Century Italian Majolica Cylinder Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large Antique Italian Majolica cylinder vase. Cylinder form vase, polychrome decorated with floral motifs, Roman solder busts in reserves, unmarked. Overall 18" x 9.5". 19th century ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Pottery, Majolica, Faience

Pair of Bronze Patinated French Renaissance Style Ewers
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of bronze patinated French Renaissance style Ewers decorated with putti and grapes wines.
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1860s French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

19th Century English Renaissance Style Pewter Chalice
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance-style (19th Century) pewter chalice with hunter and gun relief and finial on lid.  
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Pewter

Pair of Renaissance Style Vermeil Perfume Bottles
Located in London, GB
Pair of Renaissance style vermeil perfume bottles Continental, 19th century Measures: Height 20cm, diameter 6.5cm This beautiful pair of perfume bottles...
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19th Century European Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Silver

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised on a circular black Belgian marble base with fluted and beaded patinated b...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze and Giltwood Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and giltwood urns. Each urn is raised by a circular mottled giltwood base and a patinated bronze socle pedesta...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

English Renaissance Silver Plate Copper Vase
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance style (20th Cent) silver plate on copper cylindrical container with fluted and etched design.  
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20th Century Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Silver, Copper

Bronze Situla, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Acetre. Bronze. Century XVI. Bronze piece that has a circular foot, and a circular body, with an outwardly hollowed mouth at the top, and a decoration in relief in this last area o...
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16th Century European Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Pair of French Mid-19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French mid 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square black Belgian marble base with concave corners. Above is the s...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Renaissance Style Ormolu and Black Belgian Marble Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and black Belgian marble ewers, attributed to Barbedienne. Each ewer is raised by a fine...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze, Opaline, and Marble Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely decorative pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, Opaline, and black Belgian marble ewers/urns. Each urn is...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Large Faience Vase, Renaissance Style, 19th C
Located in Houston, TX
Beautifully colored in brilliant blue and yellow that depict a crest.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Ironstone

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Patinated Bronze and Marble Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Renaissance patinated bronze and black Belgian marble urns. Each urn is raised by an octagonal black Belgian marble base with a mottled design...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

21st Century Laurier Decorative Wood Vase with Gold Finish by Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Renovate your spacious mansion with some top-quality Made in Italy décor accessory. Modenese Interiors offers this huge preciously classic wooden vas...
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2010s Italian Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Gold Leaf, Bronze

Roman Majolica Pot
Located in Essex, MA
Globular shape decorated with yellows and blues with central cherub and a variety of other decoration. Signed on side of body. SPQR.
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1620s Italian Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Majolica

Italian Della Robbia Terra-Cotta Planter
Located in Southampton, NJ
A scarcely seen early 20th century high relief hand made & painted polychrome glazed Terra Cotta pottery planter in the manner of Della Robbia. Nice weight...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Pottery, Majolica

Italian Renaissance Style Majolica Pedestal by Achille Mollica
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Renaissance style Majolica pedestal by Achille Mollica With exquisite typical polychromed Renaissance painted decoration Marked to the unders...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Majolica

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze Urns, Signed Leon Boucher
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble urns, signed Leon Boucher. Each urn is raised by ...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

21st Century Roman Decorative Wood Vase with Gold Finish by Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Decorate your spacious mansion with some top-quality Made in Italy decoration. Modenese Interiors presents this wonderful preciously classic wooden vase completely decorated in hand-...
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2010s Italian Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Crystal, Bronze, Gold Leaf

Pair of French Mid-19th Century Renaissance Style Bronze and Marble Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative and highly detailed pair of French mid 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and Rouge Griotte marble ewers. The pair are raised by octagon shaped Rouge Gri...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze

French 19th Century Renaissance St. Patinated Bronze Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze urns. The urns are raised by square bases displaying the inscription "Societé des Bronzes" below a mottled border and a fluted socle pedestals. At the body are finely detailed oak leaves and acorns with Greek key bands. The handles displays richly chased wild boar heads and striking column designs with mirrored busts...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Ceramic Vase by Bottega Vignoli Hand Painted Glazed Earthenware Italian
Located in London, GB
Orvieto Vase, full-fire reduction faience earthenware 26 x 34 cm, unique piece, 2017. A unique and stylish gift idea for the upcoming Holidays! Bottega Vignoli is a brand of artistic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze, Ormolu, and Marble Tazzas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu Rouge Griotte, and Black Belgian marble tazzas. Each tazza is raised by a circular black Belgian marble ba...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze lidded urns, attributed to Auguste-Maximilien Delafontaine. Each urn is raised by a square ba...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by a circular base with a mottled border below the socle shaped support. T...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Renaissance Style Bronze Ewers, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A pair of Renaissance style antique French patinated bronze ewers depict Bacchanalian putti playing. A cherub sits atop the handle holding an item in his hands. The musicians are put...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

French 19th Century Renaissance Style Silvered Bronze, Ormolu and Bronze Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and richly decorated pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. silvered bronze, ormolu and patinated bronze ewers. Both are raised by a square ormolu base with rounded c...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Renaissance Style Rouge Antique Marble Ormolu & Bronze Tazza
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant French 19th century Renaissance st. Rouge Antique marble, ormolu and patinated bronze tazza. The tazza is raised by a circular ormolu band below the tapered marble bas...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Ormolu

19th Century Spanish Brass Dolphin Foot Brazier / Planter
Located in Madrid, ES
Braziers (known as "braseros" in Spain) were used to heat areas of a home (or castle) by holding burning "picón" or charcoal in its concave bowl. Braziers of various designs have bee...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Brass

Very Large 19th Century Italian Maiolica Hand Painted Vase
Located in London, GB
A very large 19th century twin handled maiolica vase in the form of a wine krater. The exquisite hand painted decoration includes two central cartouches, one depicting Bacchus and Ar...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

16th Century Spanish Cast Bronze Apothecary Mortar
Located in Kensington, MD
This rare example of a Renaissance bronze mortar is decorated with starbursts all along the everted rim and features 4 large starbursts on the sides between the ribbed handles. The c...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Marble and Ormolu Vases, Louis XVI Style
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 19th century French, classical grey marble vases with gilded ormolu flame finals and mythical mask mounts.
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French Faience Vases by Jules Vieillard
Located in Winter Park, FL
Pair of 19th century French faience vases by Jules Vieillard of Bordeaux. Italian Renaissance style decoration depicting Venus. Mint condition. Mark to underside: JVB. Please refer t...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Faience

Collection of 4 Vintage Pharmacy Mortars, Bronze and Marble, 17th-20th Century
Located in Kensington, MD
Charming collection of 4 vintage European bronze, brass and marble pharmacy and herbalist mortars ranging in age from the 17th-20th century. Each shows evidence of working use. Rangi...
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17th Century British Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

Large Grotesque Ceramic Vase Hand-painted Glazed Majolica and Gold Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Grotesque vase, unique piece, 2017, glazed earthenware and gold, 22cm width x 60cm height Antonietta Mazzotti (Faenza, Italy) attended the Istituto d’Arte per la Ceramica in Faenza and opened her first workshop in her hometown taking part in group and solo exhibitions at international level. In 1976 she has transformed the neo-gothic greenhouse of Villa Emaldi in her workshop. Antonietta Mazzotti has worked for some of the most important international museums and has received several important recognitions worldwide. Her works have been featured in major Italian magazines of interior design and she has acquired international visibility being featured in major international press publications, such as The New York Times. She still lives and works at Villa Emaldi in Faenza where she continues her research on historical decor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Majolica

Tall Painted Italian Majolica Vase, circa 1860
Located in Dallas, TX
From Italy, this imposing antique hand-painted Majolica vase with handles is nearly 39 inches high. It is mainly a figural vase in style, ha...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Majolica

Agate Cup with Jewelled and Enamelled Gold and Silver-Gilt Mounts by Morel
Located in London, GB
This exquisite work of art was created circa 1836-1840 in France by the acclaimed French gold and silversmith, Jean-Valentin Morel. Using only the finest of materials and with exceptional attention to detail, this magnificent piece is without doubt one of the finest creations within the field of decorative arts in the 19th century. The body of the cup has been crafted from the pinky-red and orange gemstone, agate, and fitted with gold and silver-gilt mounts, which have, in some places, been jewelled and enamelled. Morel specialized in high quality hard stone cups...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Agate, Gold, Enamel, Silver

Two large Renaissance style bronzed metal centrepiece garniture
Located in London, GB
This centrepiece garniture was crafted in the 19th Century in Italy. The two bronzed metal items are identically designed, in an expressive and classically-inspired late Renaissance ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Iron Mortar, circa 1600 with Its Original Base
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Interesting iron mortar with its original base French Renaissance mortar, circa 1600 This beautiful object is composed of its iron mortar which is 28cm high and its base which ...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Iron

Pair of Renaissance Style Gilt and Painted Porcelain Vases with Romantic Scenes
Located in London, GB
These elegant porcelain vases were crafted in France in 1825-1835. They are designed in the Renaissance style, shaped like Greek Amphora vases, and ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Exceptional Majolica Urn Vase with Serpent Handles and Mythological Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Majolica vase. Details on this piece are exceptional, from the Dual serpents forming the handle, with crows perched and beautifully carved faces set into the top, and mythol...
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20th Century French Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

A Pair of Antique French Patinated Bronze Ewers with Bacchanalian Scenes
Located in Dallas, TX
These Renaissance style antique French patinated bronze ewers depict very busy and mischievous Bacchanalian putti at play. A cherub sits atop the handle holding an item in his hands....
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Renaissance vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Renaissance 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 Renaissance 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 Europa Antiques, deBlona, Gien, and Bottega Vignoli. 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 $220 and tops out at $314,380 while the average work can sell for $4,798.

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