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Urns For Sale
Pair Of Large Bronze And Marble Cassolettes, Napoleon III, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of large green marble cassolettes with rich gilt bronze ornamentation: knots, garlands of flowers and leaves, putti raising their arms towards the flame on the lid (socket)
Aft...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Faience Enameled Urn, circa 1900-1910
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Faience Enameled Urn, circa 1900-1910.
Category
Early 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Faience
Striking and Large Bohemian Russet-Colored Glass Covered Urn
Located in San Francisco, CA
A great statement piece or centerpiece of faceted and etched glass.
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Urns
Murano Green Vase, Circa 1950's
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand-Blown Green Murano Urn, Circa 1980
Sourced by Martyn Lawrence Bullard from London, England
Category
Mid-20th Century British Urns
Materials
Murano Glass
Chinese White and Blue Garden and Bird Design Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white and blue porcelain urn decorated with a bird amid a flowering garden, and accented in two navy scrolled handles along the neck.
Light wear...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Neoclassical Cut Crystal and 1000 Silver Urn Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Impressive cut crystal urn-vase standing on silver/1000 base. Italy, 1930-1940s
This Neoclassical urn vase was manufacturet at the Art Deco period.
Finely executed with very detailed...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Crystal, Silver
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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Empire Dore Patinated Bronze Urns on Pedestals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful pair of quality bronze Dore Urns on Pedestals. The pair are in wonderful vintage condition. one small bend to the lip or edge of one - not greatly noticeable or offense...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Urns
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Large Empire Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass 'Grande Coupe' Urn Centerpiece
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Empire Revival Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Moroccan Green and Brown Chiselled Ceramic Urns with Handles
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Moroccan green and brown ceramic urns with lid and handles.
Great Moorish style handcrafted and chiselled decorative ceramic urns etched with Arabic calligraphy poetry writin...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Very Large Pair Sevres Porcelain Campana
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Very large pair Sèvres-Style porcelain decorative Campana Urns / vases. Each vase / urn featuring exterior painted scene design details with two side handl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Urns
Materials
Gold
Pair of 19th Century Japanese Imari Porcelain Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An important and large pair of mid 19th century Japanese Imari porcelain baluster shaped urns. The pair is richly detailed throughout with a foliate landscape décor and a large Peaco...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Monumental Terracotta Cobalt Blue Glazed Vase-Urn
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century French monumental terracotta cobalt blue glazed vase-urn
This elegant palace sized French cobalt blue glazed terracotta floor vase from the
19th century, is a stunn...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Very Large 19th Century Italian Maiolica Hand Painted Vase
By Cantagalli
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Urns
Materials
Pottery
Gustavsberg vases by Josef Ekberg, Sweden 1930
By Gustavsberg
Located in Bronx, NY
Green ceramic vases By Josef Ekberg Gustavsberg, Sweden 1930 in excellent condition quartz colored with gold ornament surround the top of the rim and the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Moroccan Ceramic Blue and Copper Urn with Lid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan ceramic urn with lid, blue with copper color.
Modern form with clean lines, textured design.
Great to use in the kitchen or in the bath...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Large Russian Neoclassical Malachite and Ormolu Urn or Vase, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A large Russian neoclassical malachite, Campana shaped urn or Vase, the ormolu twin handles modeled with acorns, on a circular spreading foot with square stepped plinth,
19th centu...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Lidded Tea Caddy or Cigar Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze lidded canister, tea caddy, or cigar box with verdigris green patina.
By Heintz Art Metal Shop (signed to the underside)
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Urns
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Moroccan Ceramic Lidded Urn from Fez with Arabic Calligraphy Pink Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand-painted with Arabic calligraphy pink writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Urns
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Handcrafted Turkish Tapered Vessel
Located in London, GB
This 20th century Turkish tapered storage pot is a striking example of handcrafted Mediterranean pottery, originally used for storing foodstuffs ...
Category
1940s Turkish Rustic Vintage Urns
Materials
Clay
Antique Carl Thieme Potschappel German Porcelain Dresden Style Covered Urn
By Carl Thieme
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Dresden style covered urn.
By Carl Thieme / Potschappel porcelain factory.
Of Campagna urn form with scrolling twin handles and a pierced lid or cover with stylized artichoke finial.
Decorated throughout with typical Deutsche Blumen floral sprays, bands of green flower head and s-scroll devices, and rich gilding throughout.
Fully marked to the base.
Simply a wonderful antique porcelain urn!
Date:
Late 19th or Early 20th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition.
Condition Details:
The base has apparently been re-secured at one point with overpaint to the bolt. (One can twist the base to rest firmly in place, but it can rotate the other direction to loosen some.) Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Maker:
Carl Thieme / Potschappel
Pattern Name:
Dresden Potpourri...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Magnificent Classical Bronze Urn on Marble Stand
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Luscious bronze urn on marble base having classical decoration and warm patina.
Category
1950s French Neoclassical Vintage Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Antique Meiji Period Porcelain Imari Lidded Jars Urns
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Indulge in the splendor of the Meiji period with this remarkable pair of antique porcelain lidded jars, crafted circa 1885. Standing at an impressive 20 inches tall with a diameter o...
Category
1880s Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
French Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Three-Piece Garniture
Located in Cypress, CA
Outstanding and very impressive French style painted ormolu mounted porcelain three piece garniture.
The centerpiece is a hand-decorated porcel...
Category
Late 20th Century Urns
Materials
Bronze
Carl Thieme, Dresden Floral Painted & Gilded Porcelain Urn, Germany, 20th C
By Carl Thieme
Located in Chatham, ON
CARL THIEME (Factory / Manufacturer) - Potschappel (Village / Location) - Empire style Dresden floral decorated and gilded porcelain urn with cover - ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Empire Urns
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Cenedese Large Green Vintage Italian Venetian Murano Glass Vase
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Wonderful tall green vase or urn by Cenedese Vetri of Murano, Italy. A fun, funky and bright way to add a touch of bold colour / color to your interior - imagine glass like this on o...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Porphyry Urn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Urns
Materials
Porphyry
Wonderful Royal Crown Derby Traditional Imari Urn Centerpiece Lid Handles
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Royal Crown Derby Traditional Imari Urn / Centerpiece With Lid And Having Handles
Category
20th Century English Chinoiserie Urns
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Onyx and Ormolu-Mounted Orientalist Urn, Attributed Eugène Cornu
By Eugène Cornu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive French 19th century onyx and ormolu-mounted Orientalist style figural urn, Attributed to Eugène Cornu (French, d. 1875) and G. Viot...
Category
19th Century French Revival Antique Urns
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Doré Bronze and White Carrara Marble Covered Vases
By Henry Dasson
Located in New York, NY
A very fine and monumental pair of antique French Louis XVI doré bronze and white carrara marble covered vases with ram’s heads and serpentine handles, attributed to Henry Dasson. Th...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Pair Art Deco Egyptian Revival Bronze Slate and Granite Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Art Deco Egyptian Revival vases crafted from black slate stone with engraved designs, and finely cast and gilt Egyptian motifs including prominent figures of the sun g...
Category
1910s French Egyptian Revival Vintage Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20th century Russian Miniature Brass Samovar Set
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Of typical form in the Russian imperial style, a classic samovar set tooled in brass comprising a miniature brass samovar, drip bowl and tray. The samovar ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Empire Urns
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Marble Vases
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful pair of carved and polished Italian marble vases from the 1980s.
The larger one has is light gray with a little blush. The smaller on...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Marble
Chinese White, Green, and Pink Floral and Rooster Design Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th century) white porcelain urn incised and painted with decorations of roosters amid blooming floral branches mixed with geometric patterned bands at the bo...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Navy Blue Botanical Design Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white, porcelain urn decorated with a blue botanical scene of an oversized peony emerging from a marsh under a bird...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Moroccan Ceramic Lidded Urn with Arabic Calligraphy Lettrism Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Majolica Grecian Style Urn
Located in Elkhart, IN
An exceptional monumental Grecian-style majolica floor urn. This piece features busts of the ram-horned God Jupiter Ammon; with foliate banded accents; bulb...
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century Blue and White Lidded Temple Jars/Urns
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of 19th century blue and white temple jars, Chinese or Urns. Each 19 inch large and impressive Urn with a full original lid, measures 15 in High without the lid. The pair signed...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Grand Tour Terracotta Kylix Tazza
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Grand Tour terracotta drinking cup (kylix) is a later example of the elaborately painted vessels used during symposia in ancient Greece. The...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Urns
Materials
Terracotta, Paint
Mid-Century Brown Alabaster Urn Table Lamp, Circa 1960s
Located in Germantown, MD
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Gothic Revival Urns
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Pair French Bronze Ormolu Ewers Vases Manner of Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine and Imposing Identical Pair French Heavy Gauge Ormolu & Bronze Renaissance revival style ovoid form Ewers of medium proportions and of outstanding quality, in the manner of Clau...
Category
19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
20th Century Chinese Sancai Glazed Covered Jar
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 20th century Chinese Sancai glazed earthenware decorative covered jar of an amphora shape & body featuring a continuous motif of blue & red...
Category
Early 20th Century European Urns
Materials
Pottery
Pr. French Louis XVI Sevres Style Cobalt Blue Porcelain & Dore Bronze Mnt. Vases
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of large antique French Louis XVI Sevres style cobalt blue porcelain and dore bronze mounted vases with wreaths, flowers, and ribb...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair Antique 19th Century English Mahogany Cutlery Urns / Knife Boxes Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique 19th century English mahogany cutlery urns / knife boxes, Circa 1890.
Category
19th Century English Antique Urns
Materials
Mahogany
Spanish Art Deco Cut Crystal and Silver Urn Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cut crystal vase with silver base, Spain, 1930s-1940s.
Elegant urn shaped crystal vase manufactured at the late Art Deco period.
Finely executed with very detailed hand-cut crystal patterns...
Category
20th Century Spanish Art Deco Urns
Materials
Crystal, Silver
20th Century Pair Monumental Gilt Bronze-Mounted Malachite Urns
Located in Southall, GB
20th century pair Malachite Urns.
An very high quality pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns. Each with Berainesque gilt bro...
Category
20th Century European Urns
Materials
Malachite
French 19th Century Pair of Marble with Ormolu Vases
Located in Delft, NL
French 19th century pair of marble with ormolu vases
Bronze gilded marble in the shape of urns vases. The marble vases raised on a square marble base. The base with foliate rims w...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Pair of 19th century Neoclassical Style Patinated Bronze Urns
Located in Chicago, IL
A Pair of Circa 1850 Pompeian Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Urns. These beautiful urns have boar's head handles surmounted by double-sided classical male and female mask busts, cast ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
Italian Yellow Tole Obelisk Urn With Paw Feet
Located in Stamford, CT
A charming neoclassical yellow tole water or tea urn in the form of an obelisk balanced on a square plinth by fours balls supported by brass paw feet. Decorated on four sides with ma...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Urns
Materials
Metal, Brass
pair of Japanese 18th century Imari Porcelain and French Ormolu mounted urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most stunning pair of Japanese 18th century Imari Porcelain and French Louis XVI st. Ormolu mounted urns. This wonderful pair of urns are raised by Ormolu socles d...
Category
19th Century Japanese Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Ormolu
Nice Late 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Three Piece Clock Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
A nice late 19th century gilt and patinated bronze three-piece clock set.
The heavily bronze mounted clock with three putti, bronze designs of flowers, birds and instruments, sitt...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal urn. The urn is raised by a square base with elega...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French Champleve and Onyx Urns Barbedienne
Located in Newark, England
Onyx & Champleve Enamel
From our Decorative collection, we are delighted to offer this pair of French Champleve and Onyx Urns attributed to Barbedienne. The Urns of typical form wi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Urns
Materials
Onyx, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
19th Century Octagonal Imari Porcelain Lidded Vase Mounted on a Bronze Dore Base
Located in Queens, NY
Large octagonal Imari porcelain vase with finial cover and 4 bronze doré claw feet on base (19th century).
Category
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
1900s Empire Style Crystal Urn Vase
Located in Skien, NO
Empire Style Crystal Vase from 1900s
This striking Classic Empire-style vase from ca. the middle of the 20th century showcases exceptional craftsmanship in high-quality crystal. The...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Empire Urns
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Neo Classical Urn, Continental, Decorative Ornament, Grand Tour, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage neo-classical urn. A Continental, Bakelite decorative ornament in Grand Tour taste, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Striking forms, with serpentine f...
Category
1930s Italian Grand Tour Vintage Urns
Materials
Bakelite
Carved Marble Shaped Neoclassical Urn, Italy 19th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
An exquisite 19th-century Italian Neoclassical carved marble urn in a distinctive diamond shape. Adorned with intricately carved grape vines, it features a fluted body resting on fou...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Materials
Marble
VEB BTK B East German Mid-Century Beige and Blue Patterned Ceramic Jug
Located in Queens, NY
East German Mid-Century ceramic bottle vase with a geometric and sunburst pattern in dark blue against a cream-colored glazed ground with a small handle. (Bischofswerdaer Braun & Kun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Antique and Vintage Urns for Sale
Decorative vases and antique and vintage urns are statement objects for the home that can date back centuries. Ranging from pieces with intricate, hand-painted details to more minimal forms with abstract shapes, decorative vases and urns come in a range of styles and sizes.
An urn is a type of vase that typically has a cover, a narrow neck and a round body, sometimes with a footed pedestal. However, when a vessel is called an urn, this often denotes its purpose rather than its origin or shape. One of the urn’s most crucial roles was and remains to be to hold the ashes of people for funerary rites. Another type of urn is adorned with figures that tell a story or show a scene.
Some of the earliest vases were formed from clay or metal-like bronze. Mesopotamians used them not only for decoration but also for storage. In ancient Greece, vases and urns frequently depicted stories from mythology, showing images of the gods and heroes. In ancient Egypt, vases such as the amphora had ceremonial purposes.
Over time, vases grew in popularity among artists as a different kind of canvas for expression. Unlike many of the ancient examples, these vases were not always functional but instead made for a striking addition to one’s decor. Even a plain, solid-colored vase can add color or style to a room. Metal urns are elegant additions to your living room or foyer rather than outside, unless you’re partial to the alluring weathered patina that is expected to characterize an antique cast-iron garden urn.
Every interior designer will tell you that decorative objects are what make a house a home. Decorative objects trumpet the homeowner’s personality while bringing a room to life. For designers, they present an opportunity to express their creative vision.
When looking for a decorative vase, it’s important to note the design and also the size and shape. Decorative vases vary from those with a wide base to those with long slender necks. Browse decorative vases and an extensive ceramic urn collection on 1stDibs.