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
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
Neoclassical Style Onyx Goblet Style Vase, Mid-20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A classic style solid onyx vessel. Hand-turned and polished to a gloss finish in a vintage shade of moss green.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Onyx
French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Oxblood Red Glass and Ormolu Lidded Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Neo-Classical st. oxblood red glass and ormolu lidded urn. The urn is raised by a circular base with handsome ormolu paw feet amidst scrolled and flute...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Ormolu
Rams Head Tazza Style Coade Stone Urn
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A small English rams head urn in ‘tazza’ style attributed to Coade (unmarked) circa 1790. Dating from the Georgian era, this urn has a neoclassical look, well modelled with a pair of...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Coade Stone
Pair of Cast Iron Warwick Vases
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A very finely cast pair of cast iron models of the renowned Warwick Vase circa 1870. While the original Warwick Vase is a colossal 6ft high, these replicas are scale at just 40cm tal...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Iron
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...
Category
1910s French Vintage Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble, Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of Cast Iron Campana Form Garden Urns on Stands
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand pair of early 20th century English Campana form garden urns or planters raised on pedestal stands. The pair feature cast iron construction with ne...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Bronze-Mounted Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful marble color with the finest dore bronze casting. Bacchus head motif. Lids are attached.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Bronze-Mounted Marble Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The finest of bronze castings. Lids are attached. The base is 6" x 6".
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Large, Very Fine Carved Marble Garden Urns of Campana Form with Plinths
Located in London, GB
Pair of large, very fine carved marble garden urns of campana form with plinths
Continental, late 19th/early 20th century
Vases: height 100cm, diameter 69cm
Bases: height 62cm, wi...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Limestone, Marble
Neoclassical Veined Marble Tazza
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A beautiful veined marble Neoclassical tazza.
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble
Pair of Antique Italian Neoclassical Relief Carved Gilt Wood Decorative Urns
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning pair of antique Italian Neo-classical faux marble wooden urns.
Born in Italy around the 18th/early 19th century, sculptural lidded urn architectural element form, hand ca...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Enamel
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...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Iron
Set of Four Alabaster Urns with Beaded Glass Ornaments on Pedestals
Located in New York, US
Our set of four neoclassical alabaster urns with ormolu bronze mounts, of northern European origin and dating from the early 20th century, feature cascading molded and beaded glass ornaments...
Category
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
French, 19th Century, Neo-Classical St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Tazza
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very high quality French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze and ormolu tazza. The tazza is raised by a square base with a beautiful wrap around mottled fo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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
Materials
Slate, Bronze
Hand Carved Rouge Marble Urn
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A hand carved rouge marble Neoclassical shaped urn.
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble
Neoclassical Style Bronze Mounted Hand Painted Porcelain Urn
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a heavy mounted gilt bronze porcelain urn. It is hand painted in the center of the body with a pastoral scene of a romantic couple seated and the gentleman is offering a bouquet of flowers to the lady. The other side depicts a scene of a maid showing a basket of flowers to a lady, while another lady observes some birds and a male servant is apparently rolling a yard stick. A relief of white feathers with gilt borders adorned above and below the hand painted scenes. A gilt bronze wide band embellished with a relief of acanthus leaves covers the neck. From it come out one gilt bronze “S...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century French Neoclassical Tole Peinte and Gilt Urn Cachepot
Located in Stamford, CT
A very charming early 19th century French tole peinte vase or urn with a gilt figure of a dancing maiden with one breast exposed playing a sistrum, ancient musical instrument. The ur...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Tin
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
19th Century Large Scale Neoclassical Ormolu Sèvres Urn
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
A palatial 19th Century French ormolu mounted Sèvres urn, exemplifying the elegant Neoclassical style crafted from the finest hard-paste porcelain, also kno...
Category
1820s French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Spanish Urn Amphora Alabaster Lamp with Parrot Handles
Located in Barcelona, ES
Twin-handled urn table lamp with carved parrot details. Spain, 1930s
This eye-catching alabaster urn lamp has an elegant neoclassical design. The carving parrots handles mark the di...
Category
20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Alabaster
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century French Porcelain Urns with Neoclassical Scenes
Located in Charleston, SC
Attractive pair of 19th century French porcelain urns with
Neoclassical scenes. The urns are parcel gilt decorated.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century French Cast Iron Garden Urns with Handles
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century French cast iron garden urns with handles. These stunning French iron urns, planters or jardinieres have beautif...
Category
1880s French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Iron
Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Marble Mantel Urns Casolettes
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel or buffet with this colorful pair of antique urns. Crafted in France, circa 1870, each vessel stands on a square bronze base decorated with concave corner. Each cas...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by a square patinated bronze base with an elegant central diamond reserv...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Neoclassical Style Gray Painted Mahogany Urns
Located in Stamford, CT
Very decorative pair of mahogany urn form knife boxes with wonderful gray white painted finish. Each urn with swag decoration and acorn finial. The top l...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Mahogany
Striking White Italian Ceramic Neoclassical Urn
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A beautiful vintage Italian ceramic urn makes a timeless romantic tabletop accessory. Lovely details.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Ceramic
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.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Bronze
Circa 1880 Pair of German Sterling Silver Lidded Urns
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of circa 1880 German Sterling Silver lidded urns, very heavy. An impressive pair of solid silver urns or vases that are decorated with detailed chased and applied elements including stylized leaves chased around the lower portion of the body. Each Vase has an applied wreath shaped cartouche on one side, one with the image of a woman and a man in period clothing...
Category
19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th century Old Paris Porcelain Urn Pair with Swan Handles
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of French Old Paris unmarked urns are made of hard paste porcelain with polychrome and gold leaf. The pedestal bases are attached with an iron bolt. These classical form urns ar...
Category
1830s French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Bronze Campana Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour urn, of bronze, with a gilt and patented finish showing natural wear, having a column-snape urn-form; its down-turned bezel over its body, de...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Style Marble and Gilt Bronze Vase by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This neoclassical style marble and gilt bronze vase by Gherardo Degli Albizzi is made by monolithc pieces of marble and high quality chiseled bronzes. The highlights of this vase are...
Category
2010s Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble, 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...
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Swedish Blyberg Porphyry Vases and Covers, Early 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A large pair of Swedish Neoclassical Blyberg Porphyry vases and covers, early 19th century, on square bases, with bronze pineapple finials to the cove...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century English Derby Fruit Coolers with Lids & Liners, ca. 1815
By Derby
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th century English Derby Fruit Coolers with Lids & Liners, ca. 1815.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Italian White Ceramic Urns Neoclassical Style, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Italian white ceramic urns vases, Neoclassical style, circa late-20th century, Italy. Great as standalone pieces or as vases with flowers,...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Classical 19th Swedish Urn Form Bronze Vase with Sea Dolphin Handles
Located in New York, NY
This elegant and graphic 19th century classical vase was realized in Swededn. It features a square base that ascends into an undulating fillet and an urn form body with a cylindrical...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Bronze
Salviati, Antique Hand Painted Venetian Glass Urn, Italy, Early 20th Century
By Salviati
Located in Chatham, ON
SALVIATI (Attributed) - Antique Venetian twin handled glass urn - Neoclassical style with hand painted enamels - fine detail to the handles - unsigned - Italy - early 20th century.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Enamel
Pair of English 19th Century Neoclassical Style Green Painted Lidded Tôle Urns
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Neoclassical green painted tôle lidded urns from the 19th century, with scrolling foliage and palmettes, friezes of waterleaves, campanula and ivy. Created in Engla...
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19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Tôle
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...
Category
1880s French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Iron
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 ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Majolica Urn
Located in Houston, TX
Early 20th century Italian majolica urn. This gorgeous Italian majolica or maiolica urn or jardiniere is hand decorated with serpents, dolphins an...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Maiolica, Majolica
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 striking natural marble patterns, r...
Category
19th Century Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of Antique French Neoclassical Style Urns
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of antique French Neoclassical style Urns.
Great pair of 19th century French Neoclassical style bronzed metal urns on marble bases. These stunning antique French Grecian style u...
Category
1920s French Vintage Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble, Spelter
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Charming Little Pair of Black Iron Urns
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Classic pair of diminutive black cast iron urns that make an elegant accessory.
Category
1950s American Vintage Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Iron
Decorative French Basque Water Holder Zinc and Copper Herrade, 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Zinc and copper Basque water holder very decorative
Herrade France 19th century
In Basque country, women were using this jar to bring water from the public fountain to their house.
They were holding the herrade on their head with a wicker ring...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Copper, Zinc
Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Style Imperial Porphyry and Ormolu Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding and high quality Italian 19th century neo-classical st. Imperial Porphyry and ormolu urn. The exceptional solid Porphyry urn is raised by a square ormolu base with a r...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Porphyry, Ormolu
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble, Alabaster, Bronze
Antique Reed & Barton American Edwardian Classical Sterling Silver Trophy Cup
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Edwardian sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton, Mass. Faceted baluster with scalloped and beaded rim. Reeded and leaf-capped, -wrapped, an...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Sterling Silver
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Neo-Classical Patinated Verdigris Bronze Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century neo-classical patinated verdigris bronze urn. The urn is raised on a square marble base. The handsome patinate...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Bronze
Antique Neoclassical Style Bronze Urn with Putti in Relief
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A footed urn with relief decoration of putti in high relief cavorting in a landscape as gardeners. They carry a planter with a tree, basket and garlands of flowers. An urn on a pedes...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Mid-19th Century Neoclassical Style Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive and high quality pair of Italian mid 19th century Neo-Classical st. marble and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by a richly chased circular ormolu support with a mottled border decorated by a band of intertwined rosettes. Above is a tapering fluted fut leading to the baluster shaped urn. The urn is flanked by two Greek key handles...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Style Granite Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. granite lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a circular mottled base and socle pedestal. The body displays an elegant shape an...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Granite
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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