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Neoclassical Urns

NEOCLASSICAL STYLE

Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.

Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.

The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.

Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.

Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.

As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.

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Style: Neoclassical
Vintage Grad Tour Gilt Tipped Porcelain Urns - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your interior with this exquisite pair of vintage Grand Tour gilt-tipped porcelain urns, masterfully crafted in the neoclassical style. Each urn boasts an elegant amphora sil...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain, Paint

Pair of Dutch Neoclassical Silver Potpourri Urns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A pair of Dutch Neoclassical silver potpourri urns, the Hague, late 18th century Sourced by Martyn Lawrence Bullard Hallmarked sterling silver
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Silver

Stone Pentworth Bird Bath Garden Planter Urn
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a classical garden bird bath made from reconstituted stone Can function as a bird bath, font or planter Can you imagine how this would look with our feathered friends...
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1980s Vintage Neoclassical Urns

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Stone

Pair of Antique 19th Century Bronze Apulian Style Urns
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of antique late 19th century bronze Apulian style urns. The Sienna marble base compliments the bronze twin scrolling handles and krater bowl above bodies depicting scenes of ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Siena Marble, Metal, Bronze

Antique Neoclassical Style Alabaster Lidded Urn
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent neoclassical styled alabaster lidded urn form vessel. Likely Italian in origin, the exceptionally executed antique features visually str...
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19th Century Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Alabaster

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 ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

Pair of Italian Neo-classic Parcel Gilt Painted Wood Flame Finial Decorative Urn
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Neo-classic (18th Century) monumental white painted wooden decorative floor urns in baluster form with parcil gilt flame finials, ram's head faux handles plus scroll ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Wood

Pair of Diminutive English Cast Iron Urn Jardinaires
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming pair of diminutive scale English cast iron urns or jardinaire planters. Made in the neoclassical taste with scrolled acanthus handles on each side. The pair have a thick coa...
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20th Century English Neoclassical Urns

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Iron

Pair of French Baccarat Style Cut Glass and Gilt Bronze Urns on Malachite Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel, buffet or console with these important antique vases. Created in France circa 1930, each neoclassical urn rests on a square green malachite base ending with bronze...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

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Malachite, Bronze

White Porcelain Neoclassical Style Amphora Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
White porcelain neoclassical style amphora oil lamp. Sleek white Berlin porcelain amphora with entwined serpent handle raised on four lion monop...
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Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Porcelain

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 Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain, Giltwood

Pair of Large Neoclassical Breccia Marble Finials
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of large antique neoclassical breccia marble finials. Dating to the early 20th century, these elegant French finials are spectacular display pieces for period and contemporar...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Breccia Marble

English Victorian Neoclassical Britannia Silver Trophy Cup 1896
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Neoclassical silver covered urn. Made by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd in London in 1896. Bowl with half-gadrooning interspersed with acanthus leaves; leaf-capped flying side h...
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1890s British Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Silver

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. Brèche Verte d'Egypte marble and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by richly chased ormolu paw feet with acanthus le...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Sevres Hand Painted Turquoise Porcelain Lidded Urns
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of Sevres hand painted porcelain turquoise lidded urns. Both of them are depicting in the front a sea shore fishermen scenes. In one, a group of fishermen are preparing a sailboat and in the other one, they are pulling the net. The back are adorned with some gilt fishing tools and baskets with foliages. Both scenes are golden framed with scrolls of acanthus and flowers beside them. Gilt white concave long oval shaped rings alternated with gilt foliages and shamrocks decorate the necks of the urns. The same pattern are repeated in the lids, but no white color in the center. The bell shaped lids ended with pinecones finials. A mix of scrolls and Greek keys serve as handles. The round bases are also decorated with gilt foliages. The Sevres hallmark appears in the lids and below the bases. One of the urn’s painting...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain

Set of Four Bronze "Warwick" Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of four patinated bronze "Warwick" urns. Each with double handle. Largest: 11"h x 15" w x 10.5"d Medium: 6.75"h x 11"w x 7 5"d Small: 5.25" h x 8.25"w x 6"d Smallest: 4.75"...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

Set of Four Bronze "Warwick" Urns
Set of Four Bronze "Warwick" Urns
$8,820 Sale Price / set
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Bronzed Metal Urn Burl Column Neoclassical Style, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A bronzed metal urn attached to a black wood column plinth base with a brown laminated veneered burl, in the Neoclassical design style, circa 1970s. ...
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Late 20th Century Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Metal

Pair of Exceptional Carrara White Marble Vases Grand Tour
Located in Rome, IT
Exceptional pair of vases in the shape of a cantharus. From a foot with overlapping moldings like strips, woven ribbons and acanthus leaves, a smooth stem rises, tapering towards t...
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20th Century Neoclassical Urns

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Carrara Marble

Pair of Neoclassical Patinated Bronze and Red Marble Urns Mounted as Lamps
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each urn cast with frieze of classical figures, raised on a bronze-mounted rouge griotte square marble base. The lampshades are silk and custom made by Blanche Field...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

Pair French Stone Neoclassical Urns, 20th century
Located in South Salem, NY
Elegant and timeless, this pair of early 20th-century Neoclassical French stone urns embodies exquisite craftsmanship. Carved with care, each urn sho...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

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Marble

Magnificent Classical Bronze Urn on Marble Stand
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Luscious bronze urn on marble base having classical decoration and warm patina.
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1950s French Vintage Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Vienna porcelain lidded urn, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century Vienna porcelain pierced, lidded Potpourri urn. Having this wonderful classical hand painted scene depicting reclining maidens playing with cher...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century English Derby Fruit Coolers with Lids & Liners, ca. 1815
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th century English Derby Fruit Coolers with Lids & Liners, ca. 1815.    
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Early 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Henry Dasson Egyptian Granite And Bronze Urns
Located in New Orleans, LA
Henry Dasson used grey granite from the famed Aswan quarries in Egypt to craft this pair of rare and important urns. Aswan was the location from which ancient Egyptian builders quarried the rare granite used...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Granite, Bronze

Pair French Marble and Bronze Covered Urns
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a classic pair of French c. 1950's marble and bronze covered urns. The marble vessels are supported on bronze plinths and are detailed with bronze elaborate acanthus leaf sid...
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Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Georgian Blue John and Silver Urn
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important George III blue John urn is attributed to famed Swedish architect Sir William Chambers. The solid piece is carved entirely from rare Blue...
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18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Stone, Marble

Pair of 19th C. French Neoclassical Cast Iron Cassolettes Urns on Marble Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel, console, or bookshelf with this elegant pair of 19th century French cassolettes. Crafted in France circa 1890 from patinated cast iron and mounted on tiered green ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Iron

Pair of Louis XVI Ormolu & Egyptian Alabaster Urns
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI Pair of Ormolu Mounted Egyptian Alabaster Tripod Covered Urns, late 18th century. 11.75" H x 4.75" Diameter. Provenance: From a New York City Collection; Christie's, London...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Alabaster, Ormolu

19th Century French Bronze Urn Stamped "Clodion"
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A campana form urn with twin handles, cast with frolicking putti and trailing ivy leaves. The basin seated on a spiral fluted foot over a square plinth. Stamped CLODION below one han...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Bronze

Neoclassical Style Pair Of Brown Marble Bell Shaped Urns
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a set of brown marble bell shaped urns with gilt bronze ram heads and square marble pedestals. The marble has a bold white veining patte...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Marble

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 Antique Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Marble

19th Century Hand-Painted Lidded Urn from Rouen
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century hand-painted lidded urn from Rouen is typical of the colorful and artistic works from the storied region, capturing the vivid natural hues o...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of 19th Century Bronze Urns
By Neo Art Inc.
Located in London, GB
A delicately cast pair of twin handle bronze and ormolu urns in neoclassical style with deep moulded acanthus leaf design and garland of flowers, the entirety resting on gilded lion ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Italian Neoclassical Bronze and Gilt Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian neoclassical (19th century) bronze and gilt trimmed urns surrounded by Greek masks and having intertwined handles resting on a square black ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Antique Bronze Grand Tour Townley Vases
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A matching pair of 19th century bronze Grand Tour scale models of the Townley Vase, after the marble 2nd century Roman antique. Circa 1870, these antique urns are in good condition,...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Metal, Bronze

Classical Manner White Painted Cast Stone Urns, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Classical Manner White Painted Cast Stone Urns, a pair, 20th century, with gadrooned sides and flaring lip above a socle on square base. Dimensions: 13" H x 15" diameter Dealer: S1...
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20th Century Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Cast Stone

English Neoclassical Sterling Silver Covered Urn Trophy Cup, 1958
Located in New York, NY
English Neoclassical sterling silver covered urn, 1958. Girdled with capped s-scroll side handles; short support and raised and stepped foot. Cover domed and stepped with vasiform fi...
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1950s British Vintage Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Sterling Silver

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...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble

Neoclassical Sevres Parian and Doré Bronze Mounted Urns or Vases 1920s a Pair
Located in Manhasset, NY
Neoclassical pair of Sevres Parian and doré bronze mounted Urns or Vases circa 1920s. This spectacular pair of table vases having doré bronze bases suppo...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Bronze

Ravinet & Co Paris 1912 Louis XVI Neoclassical Urn Vase Bacchus in .950 Silver
By Louis Ravinet and Cie, Paris
Located in Miami, FL
An impressive large mythological vase with Bacchus heads. Beautiful antique decorative urn vase, created in Paris France by Ravinet & Cie in...
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1910s French Vintage Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Marble, Silver, Sterling Silver

Griotte Rouge Vases Attributed to Charles-henri-Joseph Cordier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fashioned of rare and precious griotte rouge marble and gilt bronze, these vases embody neoclassical elegance at its finest. Borrowing its forms a...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Champleve Enamel Urns
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Champleve Enamel Urns
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

Tall Carved Alabaster Marble and Bronze Urn Table Lamp, Italy
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautifully carved Italian alabaster marble handled urn table lamp, early 20th century. Classic urn form features decorative bronze fittings, sculptural curved side handles, and a fluted column plinth...
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns

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Alabaster, Marble, Bronze

Sèvres Blue Porcelain Urn on Gilt Bronze Plinth
Located in London, GB
This beautiful urn (or vase) was crafted in 1875 by the famous Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. The urn exhibits the fine detailing and gilding that Sèvres Porcelain was renowned for in the 18th and 19th century. The inside of the urn is signed, ‘S.73’, ‘DECORE A SEVRES/ RF/ 75’. The conical porcelain urn has been painted a speckled royal blue colour and decorated with parcel gilt, navy floral motifs. The body is ornamented around its base with stylised leaf forms, and its centre features a large painting of a flower. Navy porcelain...
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1870s French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century French Bronze Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of handled finely chased and cast bronze and dore bronze urns/garniture.
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Marble Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century neo-classical st. Brèche de Médicis marble lidded urns. Each urn displays lovely proport...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble

Pair of Bronze & Slate Neoclassical Style Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Late 19th Century bronze & slate Neoclassical style urns. Relief decorated with classical Greco-Roman figures and foliage, flanked by swan handles, wi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Slate, Bronze

Pair Of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Bronze, Marble, & Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Patinated Bronze, Ormolu, and Rouge Griotte marble urns. Each impressive urn is raised by an octagonal Ro...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

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...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

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Marble

Pair of 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Bronze Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive pair of 19th century Neo-Classical st. bronze urns. Each urn is raised on a square mottled edge black Belgian marble base. Above is the patinated bronze urn with gi...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

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...
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Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Majolica, Terracotta

George III Neo Classical Water or Tea Urn by Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan
Located in London, GB
A very fine George III Neo Classical Water or Tea Urn made in London in 1790 by Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan. This very fine piece stands on a square pedestal platform with four ...
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18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Silver

19th Century Neoclassical Style Tole Water Cooler by Adams & Westlake
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 19th century tole water cooler by Adams & Westlake out of Chicago. It has an enamel interior with a brass spigot. The exterior shows paint losse...
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Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Metal, Brass, Enamel

Antique French Neoclassical Rouge Marble Bronze Ormolu Vase Urn Cassolette 31"
Located in Dayton, OH
An eye catching late 19th century antique French rouge marble floor or mantel vase. Features a traditional urn shape with bronze mouth accented by ornate lion head mounted handles. L...
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Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Bronze

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 Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Scagliola

19th Century French Neoclassical Style Bronze Vase by Levillain and Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
This elegant vase is cast entirely in bronze and it is signed by its makers, the sculptor Ferdinand Levillain (French, 1837-1905) and the master bronzier Ferdinand Barbedienne (Frenc...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Bronze, 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.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain

Antique American Neoclassical 14K Gold Covered Urn Trophy Cup
Located in New York, NY
American Edwardian Neoclassical 14k covered urn, ca 1910. Traditional form with girdled ovoid bowl, capped side handles, and stepped and domed foot. Cover domed with vasiform finial....
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Urns

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Gold

Maitland Smith Bronze Neoclassical Footed Trophy Urn Candle Holder Pillar 11"
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th century Maitland Smith bronze neoclassical / Grand Tour / tazza style pillar candle holder. Square base with paw feet supporting a pedestal decorated with angels / winged N...
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1990s Philippine Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Neoclassical Marble And Dore Bronze Cassolette
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine French cassolette urn in green marble with neoclassical bright dore bronze mounts. The rim with a leaf and ribbon band and the twin upright handles decorated with rosettes and...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Neoclassical urns for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical urns for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage urns created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, building and garden elements, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical urns made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original urns, popular names associated with this style include Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Wedgwood, Adams & Westlake Co., and Ferdinand Barbedienne. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for urns differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $206 and tops out at $282,191 while the average work can sell for $4,500.

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