Revival Vases and Vessels

1876 Centennial Exhibition, J & L. Lobmeyr Exceptional Ormolu Mounted Bohemian Ruby Glass Centerpiece This exceptional Bohemian ruby red glass centerpiece, by he renowned Viennese glass manufacturer J. & L. Lobmeyr, exemplifies the firm's mastery in combining classical aesthetics with innovative design. Created circa 1876, this piece was showcased at the Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia, reflecting the era's fascination with classical motifs and superior craftsmanship. The centerpiece adopts a form inspired by admired Greek patterns, characterized by its elegant proportions and harmonious contours. The exquisite ormolu handles, reminiscent of Urbino vase designs, are artfully crafted as serpents with their heads pressed flat upon the rim in a vigilant posture, while their sinuous bodies attach gracefully to the bowl, culminating in finely detailed finials. This serpentine motif not only enhances the visual allure but also imbues the piece with symbolic significance, as snakes often represent protection and eternal life in classical iconography.​ Encircling the vessel is an expansive frieze featuring intricate scrollwork and figural representations. At the center of this decorative band stands a winged female figure, flanked by conventionally stylized lions, a composition that evokes themes of strength and guardianship prevalent in ancient art. The engraving is executed with extraordinary precision, with each leaf and tendril rendered in minute detail, showcasing the unparalleled skill of the artisans. The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia was a seminal event, marking the first World's Fair held in the United States. It celebrated the nation's centennial and served as a global stage for artistic and industrial achievements. J. & L. Lobmeyr's participation in this exhibition underscored their commitment to excellence and innovation in glassmaking. Pieces such as this centerpiece would have captivated audiences with their blend of historical inspiration and contemporary artistry, reflecting the 19th-century penchant for reviving classical forms through modern techniques. Founded in 1823 by Josef Lobmeyr, the company quickly established itself as a purveyor of fine glassware, earning the distinction of becoming the Imperial Court Supplier. Under the stewardship of Josef's sons, Josef and Ludwig, the firm expanded its artistic horizons, collaborating with eminent designers and embracing diverse stylistic influences, including Islamic and Persian motifs. Their innovative approach and dedication to quality garnered international acclaim, with their works featured in prestigious institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and most importantly The Corning Museum of Glass. This Bohemian ruby red glass centerpiece with ormolu...

Coppia di scarpe in porcellana di Herend dipinta a mano, realizzate negli anni '60 Ø cm 10 h cm 5 Le porcellane Herend sono tra le più prestigiose e ricercate al mondo. Prodotto in...

One-of-a-Kind hand-crafted silver urns using the Repousse method of hammered design. Each is slightly unique from the other. Unusually large size and excellent condition. Probably mi...

A very fine & monumental pair of late 19th century Porcelain lidded urns on pedestals by Carl Thieme (Potschappel), with Sevres marks, circa 1880. The urns are in three three section...

Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Iron, Removable Plastic Bin This vintage Spanish Revival-style wrought iron planter from the 1970s adds rustic elegance to any spac...

A pair Dutch Royal Delft vases. Tall decorative vases on an octagonal foot. The vases are hand crafted and hand painted in enchanting blue colors, blue camaieu. Floral decoration wit...

A red and gold porcelain vase designed by Gianni Versace and manufactured by Rosenthal in the Nineties. It's in perfect conditions, probably never used. The Medusa it's always used by Gianni Versace and also now it's often present in Versace collections. The Medusa was one of the 3 Gorgons...

Very large pair of antique Viennese silver-gilt and enamel vases attributed to Böhm Austrian, c. 1880 Height 103cm, width 38cm, depth 32cm This exceptional pair of vases, attributed...

A pair Dutch Delftware Royal Delft vases - Urns. Tall decorative covered baluster vases on an octagonal foot. The vases are hand crafted and hand painted in enchanting blue colors,...

Gianni Versace "Medusa" Vase for Rosenthal Porcelain Offered for sale is the iconic Versace Medusa porcelain vase for Rosenthal. The opulent gold Versace patterns surround the base...

Carved Alabaster Floor Lamp. Outstanding Neoclassical carved alabaster urn lamp with handles on column pedestal stand, Spain, 1930s-1940s T...

Pair of fishes ceramic sculpture garniture.  

French Architectural Porcelain Vases, A Pair, Late 19th Century The French porcelain urn-form vases with architectural scenes to back and front within a gilt border on cobalt ground...

Antique French A. Perrier & L. Feippel Limoges mantel vase or urn. Made of porcelain featuring Neoclassical styling with a wreath of floral swags and ribbons, and gilt gold embossed...

Fantastic etched light sage green colored glass vase featuring birds as well as fruit. When found, we were told this piece is a Mexican blown art glass p...

Rare pair of 19th century French porcelain vases in the Orientalist manner, hand decorated with inspired floral designs, featuring hand painted panels of male and female Egyptian fi...

A fine pair of antique French gilt bronze vases. Decorated with an assembly of musical instruments, a gourd, and even a hat. Extremely solid and finely cast, these urns or vas...

A very fine quality renaissance revival gilt-bronze and champlevé planter, with oval bowl and caryatid handles, a regal mask head to either side and ...

Pair of antique patinated bronze vases with variegated green marble pedestals in the Roman neoclassical style featuring finely cast figur...

Pair of French Greek Revival bronze vases cast with figures & with handles cast with bearded masks on a stepped black marble base (late 19th Cent) (PRICED AS Pair)

Pair 19th century French neoclassical cast iron garden vases ~ jardinieres are perfect for outdoors or indoors as well! Classic des...

This centerpiece was made in Milan - Italy, by the prestigious silverware "Argenterie di Milano di Fiorentini" towards the end of the 70s. The fruit, all made and modeled by hand obt...

This is a French Porcelain Apothecary Jar. It depicts a cylindrical lidded jar with white background hand painted in the front with two palms with coiled snakes at each side and besi...

Striking "Surtout de Table" or centrepiece by Baccarat, France. -All pieces bear in relief the marks "Baccarat" and "depose". These marks indicate that they are pre 1920's when Bacc...

A stunning two-piece French Limoges porcelain vase / jardiniere planter / cachepot / table centerpiece / wine bottle cooler on stand, featuring exceptional "L'Escarpolette medallion ...

Pair of Greek style vases made two patina bronze. Each, designed in the shape of a tripod amphora adorned with Hercules heads, is decorated in low-relief...

A very fine pair of antique 19th century French handpainted porcelain style pot-pourri urns, Veuve Perrin, Marseilles. The urns were designed to receive fragrant pot pourri, each lid is surmounted with a gilded acorn shape finial and having pierced decoration to allow the fragrant aromas to diffuse. The body of each urn is very finely handpainted with two bucolic/farming scenes and on the other side figural subjects in a pastoral setting. Above the handpainted panels...

Porphyry Urn in rich shades of reds. Look close to see specks of white mixed in. Urn is in very nice condition with no chips or cracks. Monumental Urn that would set the stage in ...

A most attractive pair of Italian Neo-Classical style white Carrara marble urns. Elegant fluted bodies giving it both a clean modern and yet classical look. Marble shows aged patina...

Tall Italian majolica serpentine handles vase with a mythological scene Depicting The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne - Annibale Carracci - 1597...

Rare and large Palissy Majolica vase, France, circa 1880. Made on a circular base, the baluster vase with a marbled brown bottom rests. The neck and foot feature motifs inspired by ...

Unique terrarium decorated with Egyptian cast bronze figures mounted on a 1" thick marble base. A winged sphinx rests across the front while camels lie on either end and a sarcophagu...

A Neoclassical Roman-style urn in double matte ceramic by Hyalyn, mid twentieth century. Featuring a handle on each side and a prominent square base. Maker’s mark on verso.

A Large and Impressive French Empire Revival Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass 'Grande Coupe' Figural Urn Centerpiece, in the manner of Baccarat, the mounts in the manner of and after ...

Gilt bronze Ewer Pitcher 19th century gilt bronze Renaissance Revival Heavy and solid Decorative and impressive Good antique condition.     

An exceptional & monumental pair of antique Sevres style porcelain & ormolu handpainted lidded urns, circa 1860. Each urn having a cobalt ...

Pair of antique (19th century) ewers in the Renaissance style, likely of French or Italian origin, measuring an impressive 22 3/4 by 10 by 6 inches and featuring extensive neoclassic...

Wedgwood black basalt jardiniere, made in England around 1900. The jardiniere has a floral banded border above fruiting grapevine festoons terminatin...

Dutch Royal Delft Polychrome Delft vases A pair Delftware beaker vases The vases are hand crafted and hand painted in enchanting colors Floral decoration Chinoiserie with birds an...

Wedgewood encaustic painted , matte finished black basalt stone urn. Hand painted decoration with 2 scenes. Egyptian Revival style. Circa 1790-1820.

Mid century brown Alabaster Urn table lamp from the 60s. Good vintage condition. Measures 9 inches in diameter and stands 21.5 inches tall to the top of the socket. Lamp is 6 inches ...

In the early 1920s, Wedgwood decided to produce an exceptional edition of the Portland Vase, and Harry Barnard embarked on 3-4 years of experiments, which resulted in this superb and...

A substantial bronze gold-gilt lion vase or decorative object sculpture in the Egyptian Revival style, circa 20th century or earlier. Beautiful as a small vase with a lot of style, and also great as a standalone decorative object. Dimensions: 4.5" depth x 2.5" width x 4.38" height. Other items shown also available, search 1stDibs ref. #s: White end table...

Our important parcel-gilt and patinated silver and glass-mounted vase and matching oil lamp were designed by Paul Legrand (1840-1910) and crafted by the silversmith, Charles Glachant, for Boucheron of Paris, circa 1878-1880. 21 in tall and 16.5 in wide (53.4 by 41.9 cm). 28.56 lbs, 457 oz, 14,210 g. Provenance: presented to or purchased by Jean-Baptiste Pezon (1827-1897); acquired by a European private collector, perhaps on the death of Jean-Baptiste Pezon in 1897, by descent; acquired by YM Antiques, 2017. This double walled vase has an amphora form, with body and foot with silver, gilt and patinated and stylized flowers, anthemions and sprays of cherries against an etched and matted ground pierced to reveal a gilt inner wall. The upper body is detachable via a slip-lock, and mounted on both sides with arched panels formed of hexagonal beveled glass tiles. One glass panel applied with bacchic infants taunting a rearing goat and the other side with infants feeding grapes to a lioness under a looming bust of a satyr. The patinated and gilt upswung loop bifurcated handles are mounted with fully modeled figures of Pan bearing a syrinx and thyrsus and a draped maenad playing two flutes, both above roaring lion heads, the rim inset with a slip-lock detachable gilt bowl etched with masks of various representations of Bacchus spaced by ribbons and trophies and with scrolling fruiting vines. The base of interior with detachable base metal drip pan to accommodate the removable oil lamp designed to illuminate the glass tiles from within. The lamp is raised on four hoof feet, the upturned ends cast underneath with masks and with detachable cover mounted with two infant satyrs and flanked by gilt loop handles. The bacchic themed design featuring cartouches depicting infants taunting a goat and lion, plus prominent lion masks at the handles, certainly appealed to Boucheron's customer, Jean-Baptiste Pezon (1827-1897), who is believed to have commissioned the piece. Pezon was the celebrated lion tamer and headliner of the Grande Menagerie whose profession brought him great fame and fortune in Paris. Born a shepherd boy in Lozere, he is said to have left his home at the age of seventeen in the company of a wolf he had captured and trained years earlier. He headed to Paris and by the age of twenty-one purchased his first lion who he named Brutus. The animal is said to have inspired the Lion of Belfort, the monumental red standstone sculpture by Frederic Bartholdi erected in Belfort in 1880. Toulouse-Lautrec was among his admirers and friends, visiting Pezon's Great Lozerian Menagerie to sketch animals. A large bronze sculpture of Pezon atop a female lion adorns the Pezon family tomb in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, as seen in our image here. The vase and detachable bowl are marked on the underside with the silversmith's mark of Charles Glachant. The underside and upper rim of the lower body is engraved "Fic Boucheron Paris". The lamp is marked on underside and flange of cover for Glachant. Boucheron archives indicate the vase was inspired by the amphora vases created by the Greek potter, Nikosthenes, 550-510 BC. The Nikosthenic amphora vases are a form of Attic vase recognized for their angular amphora form with broad flat handles. Potted of bright orange-red clay, they were decorated with plant and animal motifs within distinct friezes, with the most significant defining feature being the black figure painting, often highlighted with white accents. In this vase Legrand re-imagines the striking contrast of the black figures against a warm ground through the use of patina and gilding. His inventive use of piercing and double-wall construction create additional levels of texture and depth throughout the body. The same combination of ornamentation was employed in a ewer designed by Legrand in 1880 in the Islamic taste. (See lot 77 of Christie's sale in New York on October 22, 2009.) Edmé Bouchardon (1698-1762), royal sculptor to Louis XV, may have provided Legrand with inspiration for the vase's iconography. The panel featuring bacchic infants taunting a rearing goat is very similar to a bas relief representation of Winter designed by Bouchardon for the Fontaine des Quarte-Saisons on rue de Grenelle, Paris. Bouchardon debuted his plaster model for the bas relief in 1741, and the fountain was completed in 1745. The Boucheron firm, founded by the celebrated jeweler, Frédéric Boucheron...

This pair of objects were made around 1900 to 1910 in Italy. They are crafted from hand-molded terra cotta that has been marbleized with colored slip and fired in low heat creating a...

A complete writing desk set in the Coalbrookdale style with lavishly encrusted flowers, consisting of a tray, an inkwell with inner liner and double cover, a pen holder, and a blot h...

Fantastic cut crystal and bronze ormulu Mounted vase made in France for Baker Knapp and Tubbs. Designed and of the quality and in the manner of Baccar...

This decorative bronze vase is finished with gilt and was hand made in the 1990s in the Eyptian Revival style. A great shot of colour to any room and this piece would make a lovely,...

A large and finely cast neo-grec gilt and patinated bronze jardinière by Ferdinand Barbedienne. Signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE'. This rare Jardinière or ...

An unusual, exotic pair of Egyptian Revival Canopic Urns with Cleopatra embossed - actually bisquit tins by Huntley & Palmers, late 19th century.

A very finely made antique French Palais Royal ormolu mounted pink opaline glass vase dating from around 1850. The pedestal vase is of cyli...

Coppia Di Vasi Circolari In Legno Laccato color avorio e dorato con curvi manici in ferro battuto e dorato, appoggiati su di una alta base quadrata laccata in color avorio che sostie...

Champagne bucket with an Orange Color. Ice bucket. In Plastic, by Veuve Cliquot Champagne. Made during the 20th Century.

An Italian white ceramic urn vase or cachepot planter in the Egyptian Revival style, circa late-20th century, Italy. A white urn vase or cachepot (flowe...

Pair of exquisite 19th-century Egyptian Revival urns/cassolettes/clock garnitures. Beautifully decorated with cast bronze Egyptian Revival motifs, including pharaoh masks on both sides and red engravings...

A fine antique Bohemian glass tumbler cup or mug. The tumbler is a central European Historicism Period reproduction of a Middle Ages 'Waldgla...

A fine and rare 19th-20th century neoclassical revival style silver plated and cut-glass centrepiece in the manner of Christofle. The boat-shaped body with ornately finely chased det...

A lovely Rococo Revival Opalina Florentina vase by Stelvia Glass, showcasing the brand’s signature marbled opaline glass in a mesmerizing swirl of cherry, garnet, scarlet, and brick,...