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Urns For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1990s
19th Century Large Pair Old Paris Porcelain Vases
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th century pair of Old Paris Porcelain decorative vases / urns with exterior gilt gold painted design detail scenes. Each vase featuring two gilt handles and painted scenes of ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Gold

Set of 3 Museum Quality Royal Vienna Porcelain Urns
Located in New York, NY
The large urn, signed by artist W. Pfohl, features captivating hand-painted scenes from Shakespearean plays set against a cobalt ground with heavy gold decora...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Baccarat Crystal And Ormolu Pot Pourri Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Baccarat crystal and ormolu Pot Pourri urn signed Baccarat. The urn is raised by a square or...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Urns

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Vases Tall Pair of Japanese 19th Century Black and White Japan
Located in New York, NY
A pair of vases made during the 19th century the in Japan. White background with black details.
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of 19th C. French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Vases with Foo Lion Handles
Located in New York, NY
A fine and Large Pair of 19th century Orientalist Motif French Ormolu and Champlevé Enamel Vases with Foo Lion Handles of Magnificent quality and condition, Attributed to F. Barbedie...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Ormolu, Enamel

19th Century Gilt Bronze Ormolu Amphora / Ewer
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century French gilt bronze ormolu one handled amphora shape ewer in 24-karat gilt bronze with exterior design details. Rounded base with acanth...
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1810s French Antique Urns

Materials

Gold, Bronze

Old Paris Tyrollian Fashion Motif Campana Urn, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Old Paris Tyrollian fashion motif Campana urn, now as a lamp The upper part depicting a dressed seated maiden in landscape, the lower section with a standing model with a basket in ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain, Giltwood

19th Century English Cut Glass Decanters with an Elongated Neck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English cut glass decanter. Attributed to F. & C. Osler. With an elongated neck, diamond cut facets, bulbous bodies, and star cut bases. Monogrammed to the bo...
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19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Urns

Materials

Cut Glass

Small Antique Baluster Urn, English, Ceramic, Decorative Posy Vase, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique baluster urn. An English, ceramic decorative posy vase by Royal Crown Derby, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. ...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Blue Opaline Flared Vase with Gilded Detail
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful blue opaline vase with gilded detail. Opaline glass was made in France between the years of 1810-1890. This fine example of the material is extremely sturdy and well made...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Opaline Glass

Pair of 19th Century French Cobalt Blue Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Cassolettes
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel or a console with this colorful pair of antique cassolettes. Crafted in France circa 1870, each urn is built of porcelain stands on a square bronze base with cut co...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Marble

19th Century Pair of Antique Garden Urns Rethimno
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This pair of 19th-century handcrafted Greek Peloponnese olive jars have the typical ribbed Nekuma decoration on its round bodice in terracotta clay. The uneven surface has a patinate...
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Late 19th Century Greek Antique Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Early English Chinoiserie Masons Ironstone China Urn Vase Fence Pattern
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Rare example of an early English Chinoiserie Masons Ironstone China twin gilt handled Vase of compact proportions decorated in the Japan “Fence P...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain, Pottery

Pair of English Ironstone Imari Hexagonal Covered Vases, circa 1815
Located in New York, NY
Each of hexagonal form with gilt dolphin handles, painted in the Famille Rose palette and enriched with blue, the front and back with chrysanthemum issuing from a brown vase and flow...
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1810s English Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Circa 1880s French Scarlet & Gilt Tole Covered Urn
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880s French scarlet & gilt tole covered urn. Handsome Classical form with trophy decoration. Bronze finished brass fittings. Provenance: Georgia collection from Swan Antiques...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Gilt Bronze / Porcelain Pair Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century gilt bronze mounted hand painted and crafted porcelain pair decorative covered urn / vase. Each urn features decorated figural design with bronze side handles with Greek mythological scenes. Each one in great antique. Minor wear consistent with age. Undersigned with blue beehive mark...
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1830s Austrian Antique Urns

Materials

Gold, Bronze

19th Century French Confit Pot w Handles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This classic French confit pot is from the south of France and dates from the late 19th Century. Note the pretty tapered base that is unglazed. Confit pots were half-glazed for two r...
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns

Materials

Pottery

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

Late 19th Century French Griotte Marble Urns, a Pair
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of French ormolu bronze-mounted rouge Griotte marble urns with bronze mask handles, leaves with a flame finial top.
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns

Materials

Griotte Marble

19th C. Sevres Porcelain Urns with Cobalt Blue Background
Located in Hixson, TN
19th C. Sevres porcelain urns with cobalt blue background, heavy gilt decorations, gilt bronze pineapple finials on the lids, double handles, and ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Empire Style Gilt Bronze Brule-Parfums in Manner of Thomire 19th Century
Located in Essex, MA
A pair of Empire style gilt bronze Brule-Parfums in manner of Pierre-Philippe Thomire, 19th century each openwork cover with an acorn finial above the body having a rim cast to show...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Pair Of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Ormolu And Marble Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and Vert Campan marble lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square Vert Campan m...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Chinese White and Blue Foo Dog Design Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) off-white porcelain urn decorated with blue foo dogs playing amid the clouds and accented in two pale blue scrolled ...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Regency Bronze and Ormolu Candlestick Urns with Pineapple Reversible Tops
Located in Downingtown, PA
The bronze urns rest on an ormolu flaring foot which rests on a two step bronze square base. The ormolu handles in the form of dolphins are applied to each side and encircling each i...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century First Empire Period Bronze and Ormolu Brûle Parfums
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and large scale pair of French early 19th century First Empire period patinated bronze and ormolu Brûle Parfums, circa 1805. The pair are raised by a triangular sha...
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19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Pink Sevres Style Lidded Vase
Located in Lisbon, PT
A beautiful antique decorative pink porcelain Sèvres Style urn with a hand-painted background of a lovers scene. In the back there is a scene of a bouquet of flowers. Mounted Bacchus/ Dionysus bronze...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Pair 19th Century Regency Style Carved Mahogany Cellarette Urns or Wine Coolers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare pair of 19th century Regency style carved mahogany Cellarette urns or wine-drink coolers. The intricately carved ovoid shaped urn, decorated with acanthus leaves, wreaths and lilies, the removable lid top with a carved acorn finial and all raised on an heptagon base. The interior with their original copper metal-liners. Circa: Probably Irish, 1870-1880. Cellarette or cellaret is a small furniture cabinet, available in various sizes, shapes, and designs which is used to store bottles of alcoholic beverage...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Urns

Materials

Copper

Large Antique Lidid Copper Pot/Cauldron Made in Turkey
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Amazing large antique handmade hammered cauldron/ lidid pot, has heavy ornamental brass handles on each side. Beautiful all around, in amazing condition that could be use to store ...
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Late 19th Century Turkish Other Antique Urns

Materials

Copper, Brass

19th Century Dresden Porcelain Decorative Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid-19th century large Dresden gold gilt with painted scene design details porcelain decorative urn / vase. The urn / vase is in good antique condition. M...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Urns

Materials

Gold

Pair Of Antique Neoclassical Style Bronze Urns Mounted On Slate Plinth Bases
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of Late 19th century bronze & slate Neoclassical style urns. Relief decorated with classical Greco-Roman figures and foliage, flanked by swan handles, with liners. The urns sur...
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Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Slate, Bronze

Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Urns on Marble Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Urns on Marble Bases were intended for decorative appeal alone, and feature classic designs inspired by ancient Greek amphora and Romanesque...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Brass, Spelter

Pair of 19th Century French Charles X Style Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Tazzas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite pair of 19th century French Charles X st. Baccarat crystal and ormolu tazza's. Each Baccarat crystal tazza is raised on a square ormolu base with an acanthus leaf design...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Urns

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

pair of French 19th century Belle Époque period Ormolu and Marble urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality pair of French 19th century Belle Époque period Neo-Greek st. Ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble urns. Each stunning urn/'Hydria' is raised by a circular Or...
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19th Century French Greek Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Pair of English Regency Tole Chestnut Urns, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English Regency tole chestnut urns with hand-painted floral decorative motif, removable lids with acorn finials, original lions head side ha...
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1810s English Regency Antique Urns

English Sheffield Silver Plate, Urns With Rams Heads And Faces
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Sheffield silver plated urns with rams heads and faces. Each urn is etched with a coronet (crown ) to the body. Some silver missing off of the ...
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1850s English Antique Urns

Materials

Silver Plate

Agate Cup with Jewelled and Enamelled Gold and Silver-Gilt Mounts by Morel
By Jean-Valentin 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 Renaissance Antique Urns

Materials

Agate, Gold, Enamel, Silver

Pair of 19th Century French Blue Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Sèvres Urns Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel or a console with this important pair of porcelain and bronze Sèvres urns. Created in Paris, France, circa 1870, each impressive vase sits on a square bronze base w...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble and Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and most impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sarrancolin marble and ormolu lidded urns. Each large scale urn is raised ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Antique Roman Neoclassical Campagna Shaped Black Scagliola Vases or Urns
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of large antique 19th century Roman neoclassical Campagna shaped black Scagliola vases or urns. Seated on a square base, the rim and body of each vase has a meticulously ...
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1820s Italian Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Scagliola

Pair Antique 19th Century Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Urns, Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique 19th Century Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Urns with Foo Dogs, Circa 1880.
Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain, Ceramic

Pair of 19th Century Russian Jasper Vases in Louis XVI Style
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of large, ornamental jasper urns from Russia with ormolu mounts. The handles are formed with scrolling acanthus leaves and they hold in place a piece o...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century French Neoclassical Polished Iron Campana Form Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel or buffet with this elegant pair of classical Roman antique urns. Crafted in France circa 1870, each vase stands on an integral platform square base, over a gadroon...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Iron

Sèvres Palace Porcelain Urns
Located in New Orleans, LA
These bronze-mounted Sèvres porcelain urns are monumental in both size and quality and feature the renowned manufactory’s signature deep cobalt blue glaz...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

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...
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1850s French Islamic Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Pair of Antique Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases
Located in London, GB
These beautiful Japanese vases were crafted during the Meiji period of the late 19th Century, which was referred to as the Golden Age of cloisonne enameling. The vases are of elo...
Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Urns

Materials

Enamel

Monumental 19th century French Sevres Porcelain Covered Urn - 66" tall (167 cm)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A palace size antique French ormolu-mounted Sevres Porcelain covered Urn. This magnificent vase painted on a white porcelain body centered with a Bouguereau style painting of female beauties encompassed by Cupids in a mythical garden setting with swans and a gazebo on one side, and a flying cupid observing a winged cherub holding a dove on the reverse. Signed: CH. Fuchs Marked with blue interlaced L's mark circa 1890 Dimensions Height 66" (167 cm) Width 24" (61 cm) Depth 18" (45 cm) The mark Ch Fuchs stands for the renowned painter Charles Fuchs...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Ormolu

Incense Burner, Japan, 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful incense burner in the shape of a straw basket with a praying mantis sitting on top. Bronze, Japan 19th century. Good condition, oxidation, one leg missing from the prayi...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Sèvres Style Porcelain Ormolu Gilt Bronze Dore Vase Centerpiece
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning imposing Pair of French Sevres Style Soft Paste Porcelain and Ormolu Twin Handle Electric Table Lamps of traditional bulbous form, and of good size proportions, raised on a ...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Urns

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of French Cobalt Porcelain and Bronze-Mounted Cassolettes
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of French cobalt blue porcelain and bronze mounted cassolettes in the Louis XVI style from the late 19th century.
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Pair of 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Rouge Marble Lidded Urns with Gadroons
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian Neoclassical rouge marble lidded urns from the 19th century. Imbued with classical elegance, this pair of 19th-century Italian rouge marble urns captures the grande...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Marble

Pair of 19th Century French Neoclassical Style Iron Urns on Plinths
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century French Neoclassical style iron garden urns on plinths. These beautiful French cast iron campana garden urns, planters or jardi...
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1880s French Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Iron

Antique Painted and Parcel Gilt Porcelain Vase by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This beautiful vase was created by the world-famous Meissen porcelain factory. Meissen was established in the early 18th century, making it the first producer of hard-paste porcelain...
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19th Century German Rococo Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Antique French 'Sevres' Red Porcelain Gilt Bronze Pot Pourri Urns 1804-1809
Located in Portland, OR
Pair of Antique French 'Sevres' porcelain lidded pot pourri and gilded bronze lidded urns, 1804-1809. The urns having a rich red ground with gilded panels, the domed lids with gilded bronze eagle...
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Early 1800s French Empire Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Empire period bronze and ormolu Grecian style pair of classical urns, circa 1830
Located in Central England, GB
This superb quality pair of French Empire classical twin handled urns is very stylish and cast in very heavy solid bronze with alternate sections highlighted with original ormolu whi...
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Breccia Marble Amphora Urn
Located in New York, NY
Breccia marble amphora urn. Rich brown and coffee colored Italian Breccia marble urn of the Charles X period with black and grey highlights fashioned in a...
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Early 19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Urns

Materials

Breccia Marble

Italian Faience Hand-Painted Urns
Located in Pomona, CA
Late 19th century hand-painted Italian urns. The urns depict men, women, and angles in the ocean. The colors are soft but the handlers are painted in green and black in snack pattern...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Urns

Materials

Pottery

Antique Mercury Glass Apothecary Urns
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Victorian hand blown mercury glass lidded containers with classical form featuring cut geometric designs and an alluring time worn distres...
Category

Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Urns

Materials

Mercury Glass

Pair 19th Century Pink Granite and Marbles Jardinieres Urns on Pedestals
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (late 19th century) carved pink granite campana form jardinieres on pedestals with white marble veneer at the base measure 58 1/2 inches tall and are in very good con...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Marble

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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