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Urns For Sale
Elegant Pair of Early 19th Century Coalport or Minton Porcelain Urns (c. 1810)
Located in London, GB
A wonderful pair of early nineteenth century porcelain urns probably made by either Coalport or Minton circa 1810.
The elaborate gilded handles add a touch of extra elegance to an al...
Category
Early 19th Century English Rococo Revival Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. French Islamic Champleve Enamel Vase and Underplate, Signed Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic 19th century French Islamic/Orientalist Style Champleve Enamel Vase and Underplate, Signed F. Barbedienne. The wide-mouthed vase terminates down a narrowing body and is m...
Category
1850s French Islamic Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
A Ginger Jar Shaped Chinese Covered Urn
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1930's Chinese ginger jar-shaped covered urn with floral decoration and gilt details.
Measurements:
Height: 20"
Diameter: 10.5"
Category
1930s Chinese Vintage Urns
Materials
Porcelain
pair of Italian 19th century Rosa Terrazzo urns and pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and palatially scaled pair of Italian 19th century Rosa Terrazzo urns and pedestals. Each three piece urn and pedestal is raised on a square mottled plinth below the ta...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Materials
Terrazzo
Italian Early 19th Century Solid Porphyry and Ormolu Urn, circa 1810
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and monumentally scaled Italian early 19th century solid Porphyry and ormolu urn, circa 1810. The most impressive urn is raised by a circular base with a fine stepped and mottled border. At the center is an impressive and most decorative reeded design below the smooth elegantly curved body with richly sculpted scrolled handles at each side. Above the curved neck is the removable lid also decorated with a beautiful reeded design, mottled band, and centered by a striking ormolu acorn finial. All original gilt.
Porphyry was Imperial Rome’s most prestigious stone for columns, vases, and other objects. The word “porphyry” comes from the Latin word for purple, which was the color of nobility to the Romans. Porphyry is considered the Imperial Stone of the Roman Empire. In the year 18 AD, the Roman Legionnaire Caius Cominius discovered a beautiful purple stone in the eastern desert of Egypt. It was a deep purple color with flecks of larger white crystals and was perfect for carving. This porphyry quickly became the most prestigious stone for the elite of Rome and Byzantium. For centuries the Romans quarried this treasured stone...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Materials
Porphyry, Ormolu
Pair of Vintage Brass Planters
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite brass vases with removable hand-forged handles in an intricate leaf design, A blend of elegance and nature's beauty
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Urns
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century French Signed Sevres Bronze Ormolu Figural Urn
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb, incredibly well done, figural painted urn by Sevres. Signed C. Rochette, this beautiful urn has masterful workmanship and beautiful bronze ormolu and an old Dore' ...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
Sicilian Majolica Urn
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1651 Sicilian incised and hand painted urn
Category
1950s Vintage Urns
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Urn
Located in Basildon, GB
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Urn , circa 1880, painted with a continuous band of flowering violets. Crossed swords and numbered "Q92" on the base.
11.25" inches high
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and large scale pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Antique marble and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by an ormolu base with square feet below rich scr...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Ceramic Chameleon Vase, hand made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
The Chameleon Vase by Love Art Ceramic is a testament to the rich artistic heritage of South African Hand-sculpted by Sabelo Ntshalintshali and meticulously hand-painted by Winnie Ne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Leopard Urn, hand made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing the magnificent Ceramic Leopard Urn, a masterpiece born from the skilled hands of Senzo Duma Ceramics in the heart of South Africa. Crafted with meticulous attention to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Spanish Terracotta Vessels
Located in Dallas, TX
Large terracotta planter dating back to the 19th century. Item features small line design along the neck. Origin: Spain.
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Urns
Materials
Terracotta
20th Century, Swedish Art Deco Pewter Vase by Tyringe Konsthanverk
Located in Madrid, ES
Swedish Art Deco pewtwr vase or urn, it is a special piece with a base from which the vase starts in a conical shape, it has a lid topped by a figure that represents a deer-like anim...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Urns
Materials
Pewter
Fine Quality Bronze Neoclassical Victorian Era French Outside Urn
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous Victorian era bronze urn. This was used outside of a gorgeous Parisian apartment. The piece is in good condition and will look fantastic with or without a plant in...
Category
1890s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair, Sampson French Porcelain Famille Rose Medallion Pallet Porcelain Urns
Located in Atlanta, GA
Samson & Cie was operated by four generations in Paris and Montreauil-sous-Bois from 1845 to 1979/1980. It was first established by Edme Samson (Paris 1810 – 1891) at 7, Rue Vendôme ...
Category
20th Century French Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Enamel
Moroccan Inlay Highly Decorated Ceramic Vase, with Metal and Bone
Located in Marbella, ES
Moroccan inlay highly decorated ceramic vase, with metal and bone.
Category
2010s Moroccan Urns
Materials
Metal
Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Fluorspar Vases
Located in New Orleans, LA
These Napoleon III French urns exemplify the elaborate revival styles that dominated the Second Empire. The baluster-form fluorspar vases are adorned b...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Materials
Stone, Ormolu
Brown with Raised Horizontal Details Terracotta Olive Pot, Spain, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Spanish terracotta olive pot.
Unearthed from a very large family run olive oil producing business in southern Spain.
Brown in color with raised horizontal decorative d...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century French "Chinoiserie" Porcelain Vases
By Jacob Petite
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of French campana shaped urns with chinoiserie painted and gilded figurative and floral decoration, that was very popular in the mid-19th ce...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Exceptional Alabaster Lorenzo Bartolini Urns
Located in London, GB
An exceptional pair of large alabaster lidded vases in the manner of Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850). The lidded urns of baluster form, are finely carved from translucent alabaster the...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Materials
Alabaster
Pair French Marble Urns Cassolettes Decorative Empire Amphora Vase
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Classic pair of antique French cassolettes of amphora form These are solid marble so very heavy
Original gilt fixtures with rams head handles, encrusted floral sash, acanthus leaves ...
Category
1890s Antique Urns
Materials
Marble
Pair Antique French Marble Pedestal Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of classic, hand-carved, solid marble, pedestal urns. Base is 7" diameter.
Category
19th Century Antique Urns
Materials
Marble
Pair of Gilt and Patinated Figural Bronze Covered Vases, French, circa 1805
Located in New York, NY
Pair of gilt and patinated figural bronze covered vases, French, circa 1830.
Category
1830s French Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
Sevres Spinning Urn Vase Having a Maiden & Cherub Painting Signed Lingaand
Located in Manhasset, NY
Sèvres spinning urn having a Maiden & Cherub painting signed Lingaand. A finely bronze mounted 19th-20th century lidded urn with a magnificent painted...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Paris Porcelain Urns with Painted Scenes & Handles
Located in West Hartford, CT
A magnificent pair of fine quality French Paris porcelain urns with gilt handles.
Circa late 19th century. Each of the two depicts classical hand painted scenes as shown. Age appropr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Cast Iron Urns “Mikrokosmos” by Olof Hult
By Olof Hult
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of cast iron urns “Mikrokosmos” designed by Olof Hult (1892-1962) for Nafveqvarns Bruk, Sweden, designed 1922, executed 1920s-1930s. Height 7", diameter 15". Similar item was ...
Category
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Iron
Pair of Swedish Grace Josef Ekberg Lustre Lidded Vases, Gustavberg 1927
Located in Skanninge, SE
A very unusual pair of lidded urns by Swedish designer Josef Ekberg.
Signed with Josef Ekberg's monogram and Gustavsbergs company mark and also dated 1927.
Handpainted creamware with luster glaze and gold decorations.
Really good condition, with no issues!
JOSEF EKBERG
He started working as a 12-year-old boy at the Gustavsberg factory in 1898. He continued working there till his death in 1945.
In 1908 Joseph Ekberg...
Category
1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Tazze in Polychrome Marbles
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Pair of 19th century Italian 'grand tour' tazze or shallow urns of neoclassical form composed of ancient Roman marbles; the tazze having round giallo antico bowls and socles on squar...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Urns
Materials
Marble
Early 20th Century Royal Blue Signed Sevres of Paris Figural Urn
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb, royal blue figural decorated Sevres urn with a bronze base and gorgeous gilded details and of wonderful form. The urn dates to the 1900-1910s era and is in very goo...
Category
1910s French Louis XV Vintage Urns
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Bronze Dragon Temple Incense Burner
Located in Pomona, CA
Up for sell is a Huge magnificent Chinese Antique Carved Bronze incense burner. It shows very detailed hand carving works of Dragons as handles and two carved dragons play fire ball releaf on the front as well as three dragon legs...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Brass
Large French 19th Century Patinated Bronze Centerpiece Urn on Marble Base
Located in Vero Beach, FL
French Large 19th Century Patinated Bronze centerpiece Urn on Marble Base.
Stunning French 19th century Napoleon III period bronze urn raised on a black marble base. The centerpiece urn has a molded rim on the top. Front and back are decorated with a central classical mask...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Palace size 19 th century Sevres porcelain urn, signed Maglin
Located in Houston, TX
The magnificent large size makes this piece rare.
The painting is very well done and the color combination
Is exceptional. The top and bottom is painted in a cobalt
Blue hue with go...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Pair of Hand Painted Ceramic Cups Imitating Malachite
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of hand painted ceramic cups imitating malachite 1970s, with handles and heads of characters on the sides.
Category
Late 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert de Patricia marble and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square base with a fine bottom ormolu fillet and a fi...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Fine 19th Century Austrian Royal Vienna Porcelain Hand Painted Urn
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century Austrian Royal Viennese porcelain urn with hand painted classical scenes. Very fine detailed decoration.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period white Carrara marble and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by three graceful foli...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Urns
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Superb 19th Century Iron Urn
Located in New York, NY
Iron Urn, after the Medici Urn in the Uffizi Gallery
Iron Urn after the Medici Urn in the Uffizi Gallery collection. Having a gadrooned lip, with a m...
Category
1880s British Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns
Materials
Iron
Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic Model of a Warwick Vase
Ceramic Model of a Warwick Vase.
After Clodion. With egg and dart rim, the vessel cast in relief with cherub heads and entwined branch-form handl...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Paris Porcelain Pair Vases
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th century pair glazed porcelain old Paris vases with exterior gilt painted design details. Each vase is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with age / use. Each vase is ...
Category
1840s French Antique Urns
Materials
Gold
Italian Neoclassical Empire White Glazed Terracotta Mantel Vase Urn 21"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Italian terracotta / earthenware ceramic urn featuring Neoclassical / Empire styling. Bullet shaped base with ribbed details, wrapped with swags of laurel leaves, narrowing t...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Trumpet Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Trumpet vase by Milan Pekar
Dimensions: d x h 10 cm
Materials: Matt Barium Blue Glaze with Nickel Oxide, Porcelain
handmade in the Czech Republic.
Also Available: different ...
Category
2010s Czech Modern Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Marble and Ormolu Urns
By Paul Sormani
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Brèche Verte d'Egypte marble and ormolu lidded urns, signed 'SORMANI PARIS'. ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Carved Rock Crystal Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Neoclassical style rock carved rock crystal urns, made in Italy in the 20th Century.
Dimensions:
14"H x 7"D
Category
20th Century Italian Urns
Materials
Rock Crystal
Japanese Wabi Sabi Oversized Turned Urn from Solid Block of Wood
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1390 Japanese Oversized turned hardwood urn.
Category
1940s Vintage Urns
Materials
Hardwood
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 ...
Category
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
F. Rambaud Signed Late 19th Century Purple Fluted Marble Urn With Lid
Located in Dallas, TX
F. Rambaud signed purple fluted marble urn with bronze doré mounts, handles and lid with Paris foundry mark. Circa 1870.
Category
1870s French Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, 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...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble
Two Large Reclaimed Carved Limestone Planters
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A rare pair of impressive large scale reclaimed carved limestone planters detailed with Regency style anthemion motifs and scrolls.
With a Mediterranean look, these magnificent planters will sit in pride of place in any garden, the limestone a soft golden colour with an aged patina from light weathering that can only be achieved by exposure to the elements over many years. These spectacular antique stone pots...
Category
Early 20th Century English Urns
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Pair of Early 19th Century Prussian Cast Iron Vases Urns Fer De Berlin
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A beautiful pair of cast iron vases (urns) on pedestal, attributed to the Royal Prussian Iron Foundries in Gleiwitz. This pair is modeled most likely aft...
Category
Early 19th Century German Empire Antique Urns
Materials
Berlin Iron, Iron
Fine Set of Three Porcelain Royal Worcester Vases
Located in London, GB
The ovoid body on each vase decorated with gilded floral design, the ovoid body attached to a long neck with two side handles, raised on circular gilded bases, stamped on the base of...
Category
19th Century English Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Two Ancient Khmer Urns or Vases
Located in New York, NY
Two ancient khmer urns or vases.
Dimensions: H 10.38 x D 8.5 and H 7.5 x D 9
Priced and sold individually.
References: Pottery, ceramics, tribal, ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Tribal Antique Urns
Large Japanese Imari Porcelain Trumpet Neck Floor Vase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Very Large hand painted and decorated / gilt Japanese floor vases in the Imari porcelain. The vase features exterior / interior hand painted Japane...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Urns
Materials
Gold
Pair of Classic French Terracotta Earthenware Goblets with Lid
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of classic french terracotta earthenware goblets with lid.
Category
Late 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Italian 19th Century Marble Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scale handsome Italian 19th century marble urn. The impressive urn is raised by a square stepped base below the elegant ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Materials
Marble
Pair of Asian White and Cobalt Blue Glazed Porcelain Vases
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of Asian white and cobalt blue glazed porcelain vases.
Category
2010s Asian Urns
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Marble
French Art Deco Marble Urns with Bronze, circa 1920
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French Art Deco marble urns with bronze,
circa 1920.
Category
1920s French Vintage Urns
Materials
Marble, 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.