Ceramic Urns

Characterful Chinese antique Qianlong urn with French gilt mounts Porcelain features distinctive hand painted designs including Chinese figures and motifs We date this to circa 1910 ...

This very early example of Art Deco artisanry, dating from around 1917 just before Josef Ekberg left the Gustavsberg porcelain works in Sweden, is richly decorated with leaping gazel...

Brilliantly glazed in tones of cobalt, gold, black and white, and decorated with an elaborate geometric pattern overlaid with undulating, organic Art Nouveau motifs, this domed porcelain urn was made by the Fraureuth works in Germany, and reportedly designed by Austrian architect Emanuel Josef Margold. Fraureuth was founded in 1866, and for almost a century produced some of Germany's finest porcelains, including some in the modern, bold style espoused by the German and Vienna Secessionist movements. Margold was born in Austria, studied in Königsberg and Mainz, and later became an assistant to Josef Hoffmann and an employee of the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1907, publisher Alexander Koch in Darmstadt became aware of Margold and published his designs in various magazines. Within a few years, Margold moved to Darmstadt to join the art colony there, and became a prolific designer of jewelry...

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...

A blue, orange and green-glazed earthenware urn, designed and produced by Herman Kähler, Denmark, c. 1910.    

Striking pair of hand painted and glazed urns with gilt bronze mounts. Marked "Made in France" on the base of each.

Two, hand-painted, Republic period, parcel-gilt, lidded urns made for the U.K. market. Both pieces feature a central medallion of arms containing a warrior on horseback. Each medalli...