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Urns For Sale
Pair of 19th Century French Dore Bronze Mounted Crystal Vases Attb to Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental Pair of 19th century French Dore bronze mounted hand-diamond cut crystal vases with rams heads attributted to Baccarat. Each vase...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Large Eva Jancke Björk Crackle Glazed Lidded Urn. Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Malmö, SE
A grand Scandinavian Modern urn with amazing off white crackle glaze. Designed by Eva Jancke-Björk for Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s. This urn (model 3428) was in production 1943-1951. ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Snake Handled Meissen Urns
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Stylish and chic pair of Meissen urns in Classic glazed white porcelain with gold accents. These urns are classical in form and feature entwined snakes as ...
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1870s French Empire Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Antique French Cast Iron Garden Urn
Located in Houston, TX
Large antique French Neoclassical style cast iron garden urn with swan handles and swag motif. This gorgeous huge Neoclassical iron urn, planter ...
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1920s French Neoclassical Vintage Urns

Materials

Iron

Pink Marble Urn Planter
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A pale pink marble urn planter. Color variations ranging from pink to light gray and orange. Polished finish. Classical urn planter silhouette. Pair available, sold individually.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Urns

Materials

Marble

19th Century Onyx and Ormolu-Mounted Orientalist Urn, Attributed 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...
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19th Century French Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Hand Painted Handled Vase by EW
Located in New York, NY
This stunning and graphic Art Nouveau vase was realized in Austria circa 1910. It features a circular base with a gourd form body that ascends into a slender undulating neck and a sc...
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1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Three Piece Wedgwood Jasper Covered Urns, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Lilac ground. Each encircled by frieze of classical figures beneath floral swags, the largest flanked by serpent handles with mask terminal and Cupid finial, impressed WEDGWOOD, MADE...
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Early 1900s English Antique Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Byzantine Style Marble Baptismal Font on Later Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Byzantine style carved marble Baptismal font on later cast stone stand. Four lion leads Circumnavigate the font. Foliate and Byzantine Carving Th...
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19th Century Unknown Medieval Antique Urns

Materials

Marble

Pair of Italian Yellow and Green Earthenware Glazed Urns with Removable Lids
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian, Yellow and Green, Earthenware Urns with Removable Lids. The pair are identical and in very good vintage condition. We consider ours ideal as they come with lids (T...
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20th Century Italian Organic Modern Urns

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of 20th Century Glass and Metal French Art Nouveau Style Vases, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Pair of French vases from the mid-20th century. Beautifully sized glass objects with chiseled metal decorations (copper tint) in Art Nouveau style and pleasant decor. Vases for antiq...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Nouveau Urns

Materials

Metal

Louis XVI Style, Crystal, Bronze, Monumental Lidded Urns, Italy, 20th c.
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XVI Style, Crystal, Bronze, Monumental Lidded Table-Top Urns or Vases, Italy, 20th c. Pair of monumental urns or vases in the manner of Baccarat, produced in 20th century Ital...
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1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Urns

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Baluster Vase, Decorative, Oriental, Ceramic, Urn, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage baluster vase, a highly decorative, oriental ceramic urn dating to the mid 20th century. Of classic form and in good proportion ...
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20th Century Asian Chinese Export Urns

Materials

Ceramic

White and Gold 'Carrara' Tea Caddy by Wilhelm Kage. Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful rectangular Art Deco stoneware box / tea caddy with 'Carrara' glaze and gold details. Made by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg Studio in Sweden, 1940s. Good original conditi...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Urns

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

19th Century Gilt Gold Decorative Covered Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century gilt gold with exterior hand painted scene design details covered decorative urn / piece. The exterior garden scene details was painted by W. Schnider. The covered urn f...
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19th Century European Antique Urns

Materials

Gold

Pair of Black and White Panathenaic-Style Amphoras on Custom Bases
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Striking and sculptural, this pair of monumental amphoras is a modern homage to the Panathenaic prize vessels of ancient Athens. Each amphora features iconic black-figure-inspired mo...
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Early 2000s American Classical Greek Urns

Materials

Clay, Laminate, Wood

Large French Salt Glazed Urn or Oil Jar from the 19th C
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large French salt glazed urn or oil jar from the 19th c., featuring the traditional amphora shape and handles on opposing ends.
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19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Earthenware, Ceramic, Pottery

Pair of Painted Deco Style Antique Terracotta Amphora Jars
Located in Houston, TX
A tall pair of terracotta antique Mediterranean olive jars hand painted in the Deco style with a handsome male figure, horse and tropical foliage. Mea...
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Early 20th Century European Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Urns with Red-Crowned Cranes and Peonies
By Jingfa
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Chinese cloisonné capped urns with carved and pierced fruitwood bases. Red-crowned cranes with assorted flora on a sky blue background with volcanoe...
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1970s Chinese Vintage Urns

Materials

Brass, Enamel

19th Century Egyptian Revival Marble and Bronze Cassolettes / Urns
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
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...
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1860s French Egyptian Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Large 18th Century French Tole Urn
Located in Hudson, NY
This large decorative tole urn was made in France, circa 1780 . The elongated form is topped with a cascading series of icicle shapes that again appear at th...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Tôle

Traditional Bencharong Thai Colorful Hand Painted Ceramic Urn
Located in Rümmingen, BW
This colorful Thai Bencharong Vessel beautifully reflects traditional craftsmanship, featuring intricate hand-painted flowery motifs in vivid shades of red, blue, green, yellow, and ...
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Late 20th Century Thai Folk Art Urns

Materials

Ceramic

French Cut Crystal Tall Covered Decorative Piece / Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
French cut crystal tall covered decorative piece / urn. The piece features and exterior cut crystal design details resting on a round form pedestal base. The piece is in great condit...
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Late 20th Century French Urns

Materials

Crystal

Paris Urn with Swan Handles & Painted Landscape Scene, France, ca. 1830-48
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris urn with Swan handles & painted Landscape Scene, France ca. 1830-48.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Large Art Deco Lustre Lidded Urn by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1930
Located in Malmö, SE
A large and rare lidded urn with amazing lustre glaze and hand painted gold details. Scandinavian Grace / Art Deco. Made by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1930. Great conditio...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Artist Signed Sevres Urns
Located in Bronx, NY
This fine pair of circa 1850s Sevres urns is signed by the artist Baston. The covered urns are beautifully hand painted & depict romantic scenes of courtshi...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

French Serves Painted Rams Head Bronze Mounted Lidded Vase, Centerpiece or Urn
Located in Manhasset, NY
French Sevres painted ram's head bronze mounted lidded vase. This wonderfully detailed vase has been professionally cleaned on a revolving base with fine doré bronze mounts. Artist a...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Urns

Materials

Bronze

A French Empire Style Cut-Glass and Bronze d’Oré Urn, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A French Empire Style Cut-Glass and Bronze d’Oré Urn, 19th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection. Description: The cut glass urn flaring to an everted ormolu lip with ...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair French Empire 19th-20th Century Red Porphyry-Like Granite & Ormolu Obelisks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Monumental and Fine Pair of French 19th, 20th Century Empire Style Red Porphyry-Like Granite and Gilt-Bronze (Ormolu) Mounted Obelisks on Four Gilt-Bronze Lion Paws both resting on...
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Early 1900s French Empire Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Slate, Granite, Bronze, Ormolu

Late 19th Century Pair of Egyptian Revival Canopic Urns
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
An unusual, exotic pair of Egyptian Revival Canopic Urns with Cleopatra embossed - actually bisquit tins by Huntley & Palmers, late 19th century.
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Late 19th Century Egyptian Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Metal

Bronze and Crystal Potiche With Loaded Details
Located in Milan, IT
Pinnacle of glassblowing and blacksmithing artistry, this Baroque-inspired potiche is sure to be the focal point in any luxe classic decor. The intricately ornate details, including ...
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2010s Italian Urns

Materials

Crystal, Gold

Rare Austin Production Sculpture Claw Foot Bowl/Jardiniere
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
RARE AUSTIN PRODUCTION SCULPTURE CLAW BOWL / JARDINIERE Impressed mark Rafael S. Austin Sculpture, 1997. Shaped as a roman Krater raised on four claw footed base, plaster body with moulded laurel leaf band...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Grand Tour Urns

Materials

Plaster

pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu urns. Each exceptional lidded urn is raised by a solid square Onyx base over an Ormolu bottom su...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Onyx, Ormolu

19th Century Wedgwood Jasperware Campagne Urn
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Wedgwood Jasperware twin handled campagne urn and cover, in the Neoclassical style, decorated with a frieze of Greek figures, with palmette borders in white on a blue ba...
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Chinese Green and Botanical Hand-Made Tole Lidded Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese hand-made, light green tole urn painted with branches, fruit, and a dark green band at the base and finished with a finial atop its lid.  
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns

Materials

Metal

Extra Extra Large scalloped English Art Deco Fulham Pottery urn, Constance Spry
Located in London, GB
Wonderful extra large unglazed scalloped Fulham pottery urn with glazed inside to hold flowers in water. Designed in the 1930s by the famous British florist Constance Spry, made by F...
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1940s British Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Wooden urn or vide poche France circa 1935
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Unusual and decorative urn or vide poche Conic shaped, 2 handles with rope rings. Gouge hand-carved walnut, rich patina. " Africanist" inspiration, France circa 1935 Dimensions :...
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1930s French Brutalist Vintage Urns

Materials

Rope, Walnut

Brass Mortar and Pestle Minature
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Measures: Mortar height 5.5cm Mortar width 10.2cm Mortar depth 10.2cm   Pestle: 10 x 2.5cm just purchased more information to follow or on request.     
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1890s English Baroque Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Brass

Green Orrefors Crystal Glass Vase, Sweden, 1950
Located in Bronx, NY
Orrefors crystal glass vase inner is an dark green surrounded by a thick layer of clear glass. 1960 Nils landberg
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Urns

Materials

Crystal

Pewter Vase by Sylvia Stave for GAB, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Round pewter vase by Sylvia Stave, with decorative handles on the sides. Smooth design with horizontal stripes. Sober and elegant.     
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1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Pewter

Gilded and Paint Decorated Venetian Style Floor Standing Plantstand Planter
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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1990s Italian Rococo Urns

Materials

Hardwood

Italian Neoclassical Dark Alabaster Urn Lamp
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outstanding neoclassical carved dark alabaster urn lamp, Italy, 1920s-1930s. This Art Deco period alabaster urn lamp has an elegant neoclassical des...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Urns

Materials

Alabaster

Mid Century stainless steel bucket
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid century stainless steel bucket circa 1950. Good quality stainless steel pail/bucket, with adjustable handle. Ideal for use as a small log bin, ice bucket or novelty waste paper...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Urns

Materials

Stainless Steel

Pair Early 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Alabastro Fiorito Lidded Vases
Located in London, by appointment only
Rare Pair Early 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Alabastro Fiorito Lidded Vases. These fabulous masterpieces are designed and made in the most exquisite form, the superbly cast & cha...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Antique French Terracotta Pot with Aged Patina
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A striking antique French terracotta urn, this piece showcases a timeless patina that has developed beautifully over decades. The urn's elegant rounded silhouette and weathered textu...
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Classical Style, French Bronze Handled Urn
Located in Dallas, TX
Tall French bronze oval urn with double handles in the classical style.
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19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Rare Terracotta Hand Carved French Biot Pot
Located in Miami, FL
This fabulous handmade terracotta pot originated in the Provençal town of Biot and was used to store olive oil. In perfect condition, the photos show the pot in sunlight. These pots ...
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1780s French Baroque Antique Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Antique French Louis XVI Style Sienna Marble and Ormolu Urn
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique French Louis XVI style sienna marble and ormolu urn Elegant 19th century sienna marble and ormolu urn converted as a table lamp. The baluster shaped urn is decorated with gr...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Siena Marble

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marble Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a circular white Carrara marble base with an elegant lightly c...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Large Japanese Imari Pattern Covered Vases, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large Japanese Imari pattern covered vases, circa 1860. With over-all fluting.
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1860s Japanese Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Important Levantino hand painted ceramic vase by A. Vaccari for Ce-As Albisola
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Important two-handled ceramic vase with lid made by the master decorator Antonio Vaccari in 1962 for the CE-AS factory in Albisola, Italy. The vase features a decoration in ancient L...
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1960s Italian Rococo Revival Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Pr. of Old Paris Miniature, Gilt Decorated Footed Urns With Garden Scenes, c1800
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of Old Paris Miniature, Gilt Decorated Footed Urns with garden scenes, c1800. Miniature urns of this type are rare and the decoration is exceptional. The urns have bolted construction with scrolling handles and molded face mask terminals. The beautiful hand painted panels are of a seated young man and woman in traditional dress in a neoclassical garden with classical urns, landscaping, architecture and a fountain. Fine condition with mild typical wear to the gilt. Trent Antiques has been a respected name in antiques for...
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Early 1800s French Empire Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

PAIR OF ANTIQUE 1870 GRAND TOUR BRONZE MARBLE CLODION BACCHANALIA CASSOLETTEs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite pair of 1870 Grand Tour Bronze, Gilt Bronze and Marble Bacchahalia Cassolettes after Cloudio A very finely cast and finished pair of Napoleon III period vasiform urns, they are an exquisite sand-cast creation utilizing bronze and gilt bronze to create an extraordinary contrast between materials. The body of the vase is rich in a dark-brown patina that positively glows around the bas-relief Bacchanalia scene of putto playing a tug-of-war type game, carrying wine glasses and bunches of grapes and one walking with a thrysus raised over his shoulder while roaring animal heads flank either end with polished bronze garlands of water-leaves and berries draped between. The lids and necks are crafted of gilt bronze, which gives a cooler tone to the brilliant shine of the metal. The urns are raised over a shaped marble base and finished over a polished bronze rim affixed on the underside with slotted screws. After the models by Claude Michel Clodion. For those of you that are unaware the “Grand Tour” was something educated young people did in the 18th and 19th century to learn and further educate themselves on other cultures, they would pick up small medium and large trinkets as memories of the journey which would sit in pride of place in their library or study as conversation pieces when friends and relatives would visit, they basically proved you were well educated, well travelled and a person of culture. These pair are large, decorative and very important looking pieces of Italian Grand Tour art...
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1870s Italian Grand Tour Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Davide Oldani Taac Onion Ceramic Center Piece
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Davide Oldani Taac Onion For Cassina Taac Pumpkin fa parte della collezione di contenitori in ceramica smaltata, che segna la prima collaborazione di Cassina con lo chef Davide Olda...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of 19th Century Quality Blue Ceramic and Ormolu Vases
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of 19th Century French, quite stunning, blue ceramic vases. Decorated with ormolu and brass decoration that make this beautiful pair of vases stand out from the crowd. Circa 1860.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Pair French 19th Century Napoleon III Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Urn Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Napoleon III Empire style patinated-bronze and gilt-bronze mounted allegorical covered urn vases lamps in the manner of Pierre-Philippe Thomire (Fr...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

1960s Large Bodo Mans Mid-Century Modern BAY Ceramic Vase, W-Germany
Located in Skien, NO
**Large Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Vase by Bodo Mans for BAY Keramik, 1960s** This stunning large-scale vase by Bodo Mans for BAY Keramik, West Germany, circa 1960s, showcases the...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Urns

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Antique Pair Large 16inch Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Campana Urns Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A stunning large antique pair of Italian ormolu mounted campana urns raised on polished granite plinths, Circa 1920 in date. These stunning urns have been superbly cast with emblema...
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1920s Vintage Urns

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Wine Vessel Askos with Panther Handle
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian Grand Tour panther handled askos, or wine vessel. The design of this piece is probably based on a bronze Roman askos held within Naples Museum. An askos is an a...
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

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.

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