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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
Pair of Old Paris Porcelain Urns, C. 1800
Located in Doylestown, PA
A pair of campagna-form Vieux Paris porcelain urns with male and female figures painted on one side of each and ancient ruins on the reverse, gilt decoration. Circa 1800, French.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain

Pair of Old Paris Porcelain Urns, C. 1800
Pair of Old Paris Porcelain Urns, C. 1800
$975 Sale Price / set
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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 Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Iron

19th Century Pair of Italian Bronze Grand Tour Urns
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Pair of Italian Bronze Grand Tour Urns. Gorgeous design, see photos.
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Bronze

Pair Early 19th Century Blue John Cassolettes with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair early 19th Century Blue John cassolettes with ormolu mounts each with an ovoid body applied with decorative mounts and scrolling foliate handles, beneath a removable cover toppe...
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19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Ormolu

Pair of Painted Tole and Dore Bronze Mounted Neoclassical Style Covered Vases
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous and Palace size pair of French/North European painted tole and dore bronze mounted neoclassical covered vases. This beautiful pair of original covered vases are exquisitely made with a fabulous black patinated tole body each with two handles designed in Greek key-scroll patterns and flanked on either end with rams head masks holding rings in their mouths. Each body is mounted on a square-shaped two-tone hand chased dore bronze base. These are beautiful in any decorative setting and are aesthetically and functionally appealing to any room. Tole vases of this scale are very rare to see from this period. Provenance: These vases were sold in Christies New York, sale number 9656, Fine French and Continental Furnitur, Porcelain, and Tapestries sale...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Metal, Bronze

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...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Urns

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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...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze, Ormolu

Neoclassical, Bronze, Marble, Table-Top Urns, France, 1920s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Neoclassical, Bronze, Marble, Table-Top Urns, France, 1920s Pair of small Neoclassical style marble and bronze table-top urns designed and produced in France c. 1920s. Each example ...
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1920s French Vintage Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Italian Neoclassic Carved and Painted Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Neo-classic (18th Cent) cream painted and gilt trimmed carved urns/finials with gilt flame top and open design side arms (PRICED AS Pair)
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

19th C. Silvered Bronze Neoclassical Covered Bowl, Att. E.F. Caldwell
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic 19th Century silvered bronze neoclassical/archeological style covered bowl, Attributed to E.F Caldwell. The bowl and cover are each beautifully hand-chased and hand-chise...
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1890s American Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

French Neoclassical Bronze and Leather Urn-Form Peacock Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Neoclassical style table lamp in the form of a leather clad urn with bronze peacocks on either side joined by a decorative rope border with circular bosses in the center. The base wi...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

Pair of Early 20th Century Petite French Neoclassical Style Cast Iron Urns
Located in Pearland, TX
A terrific pair of antique French Neoclassical style petite cast iron mantel urns or planters. These urns are solid and heavy and retain their amazing...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

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Iron

A Pair of Cast Iron Urns
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A pair of painted cast iron neoclassical urns with fluted bodies, swag decoration and domed lids. To be displayed inside or in the garden. Wonderful condition. England, 1910
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1910s English Vintage Neoclassical Urns

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Iron

19th century French Neo-Greek Style Patinated Brass and Onyx Lamp
Located in Savannah, GA
Handsome patinated brass urn converted into a lamp. Four laurel trees and ten different male and female figures, all in classical dress, in circle the urn which includes a pedestal o...
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1890s French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Onyx, Brass

Antique Scottish Georgian Neoclassical Covered Amphora Urn, 1808
Located in New York, NY
George III sterling silver covered urn. Made by George Fenwick in Edinburgh in 1808. Ovoid bowl on raised foot; leaf-mounted scroll bracket handles. Cover double-domed with acorn fin...
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Early 1800s British Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Sterling Silver

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality pair of French 19th century neo-classical patinated bronze, marble and ormolu urns attributed to Barbedienne. Each urn is raised by a square Black Belgia...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Pair, Cabinet of Curiosity Neoclassical Style Blanc De Chine Porcelain Urns
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian, 20th century. A pair of petite blanc de chine porcelain urns with floral stem motif extending from each. Marked to underside with the Capodimonte blue mark.
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20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain

Charming Little Pair of Black Iron Urns
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Classic pair of diminutive black cast iron urns that make an elegant accessory.
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1950s American Vintage Neoclassical Urns

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Iron

Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Silver Compote by Johann Martin Schott
By Johann Martin Schott
Located in Middleburg, VA
Early 19th century German neoclassical silver compote or jardiniere Hallmarked Martin Schott, Frankfurt, 1820-1840, Germany Measures: 8" H, 9" W, 4" D.
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Early 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Silver

19th Century Spanish Ceramic Floral Urn with Two Handles and Carved Wood Base
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish ceramic floral urn with two handles and carved wood base Enameled and gilded vase ceramic Peyró Antonio Valencia, circa 1950 signed and stamped "Porcelain Peyró". Bas...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Urns

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Ceramic, Walnut

Salviati, Antique Hand Painted Venetian Glass Urn, Italy, Early 20th Century
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. ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns

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Enamel

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

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Sterling Silver

18th Century English Hand Painted Leather Fire Bucket
Located in Nashville, TN
18th century English hand painted leather gallon fire bucket Wonderfully aged and patinated oil painting of a cherub rising from a shell fo...
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1790s English Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Leather

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...
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1920s French Vintage Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Spelter

Pair Neoclassical Carved Wood Urns
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an unusual and outstanding pair of parcel gilt carved Urns. The urns are in excellent overall condition for their age. Over time they have acquired a wonderful deep natural p...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Wood, Paint

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...
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1830s French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century Neoclassical Granite Urns
Located in Palm Springs, CA
18th-19th century, each urn formed from a solid block of reddish, grey and black stone and of typical lidded form, granite, 24 in., generally good condition, scattered minor base chi...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Stone, Granite

Antiqu Salmon Red Concrete Garden Urn Planter
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome antique concrete garden urn or planter. This salmon colored paint encrusted urn is in fabulous vintage condition with lots of gorge...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Urns

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Concrete

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...
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Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

19th Century Neoclassical Urns
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Lovely pair of 19th century bronze urns on a original marble base. The vegetal motives, meanders and lobbed moulding are typical of the Classic revival period. Beautiful detail are t...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

Pair of French Neoclassical Directoire Style Tole Vases
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning pair of French vases, urns, cachepots, or garniture set. Featuring neoclassical Directoire style motifs of a muse and musical trophy. The vase is supported by paw feet with a gilt finish and mounted to a faux marble plinth...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Metal

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

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Coade Stone

Pair Pink Floral and Gilt Porcelain Painted Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair pink floral and gilt porcelain painted urns. Pair urns with vibrant pink, mulberry and fuschia banding alternating with rich floral sprays o...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain

Pair of Large 19th Century French Granite Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous pair of large scale granite urns. Measure approximate 21.5 height x 16 width x 16 depth. Almost 10 inch opening at top. Have been used as planters. The body has Classic...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Granite

Pair of Neoclassical Bronze Urns or Planters
Located in Toledo, OH
Pair of heavy bronze urns or planters, circa early 20th Century. Beautifully detailed with swags and rosettes encircling the rim, feathers on each of the 3 tripod legs, and leaves ar...
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Early 20th Century Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

Fine and Monumental Pair of Italian Neoclassical Siena Marble Urns on Pedestal
Located in Queens, NY
Fine and Monumental Pair of Italian Neoclassical Siena Marble Urns on Pedestals
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20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns

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Marble

Pair Neoclassical style Ceramic and Bronze Centerpiece Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large ceramic urns with crackled beige glaze and patinated bronze mounts with neoclassical motifs including elaborate scrolling handles, floral vines, acanthus and covers wi...
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1990s European Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

Italian Bronze Mortar and Pestle, Signed, Christopher Eberhardt, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian bronze mortar and pestle. Christopher Eberhardt, Anno J667 Grabavw, Early 19th Century. Measures: 7.25" diameter at top, 5.75" diamete...
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1830s Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

Capodimonte Turquoise Blue Porcelain Hand Painted Lidded Urn Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Rare monumental 23-inch vintage Capodimonte turquoise blue hand painted porcelain lidded urn or vase, circa Mid 20th Century. This extra-large rare porcelain urn is hand painted with...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain

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...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze, Ormolu

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 Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble

Pair of Italian Neoclassic Onyx Urns, 19th Century
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Neo-Classic (19th Century) Onyx Urns having a fluted design middle section with handles resting on a small round base (PRICED AS PAIR)
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Stone

Pair of Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Granite Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning 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...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Granite

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...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Porphyry, Ormolu

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...
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20th Century Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze

George III Silver Lusterware Vase
Located in New York, NY
This elegant vase of attenuated proportions was given an unusual silver-luster glaze, and embellished with two medallions on a military theme. One depicts a young soldier with a swor...
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1790s English Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain

Striking White Italian Ceramic Neoclassical Urn
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A beautiful vintage Italian ceramic urn makes a timeless romantic tabletop accessory. Lovely details.
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1950s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Urns

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Ceramic

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...
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19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Silver, Sterling Silver

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 tall, bringing prestige to an interior placed on a console, column or sideboard. Unusually, each vase has an original, removable enamelled cast iron liner. True to the antique original, these cast iron vases features an egg and dart moulded rim above male and female masks among torches, vine leaves, berries and scrolls in high relief between distinct entwined handles. Each stand on a socle above a plain pedestal base. The original Warwick Vase, often closely associated with the Albani Vase...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Iron

Currier & Roby Traditional Classical Sterling Silver Covered Urn
Located in New York, NY
Classical sterling silver urn. Made by Currier & Roby in New York, ca 1930. Traditional form with girdle and domed foot; leaf-capped double-scroll side handles. Cover domed with vasi...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Urns

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Sterling Silver

Pair of French Neoclassical Burgundy Marble and Bronze Decorative Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Neoclassical decorative urns made from globular, burgundy marble bodies nestled within decorative bronze cradles held by square bases, a...
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18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Bronze, Metal

19th Century Neoclassical Swedish or Russian Porphyry Campana Urn Vase
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early 19th century Swedish or Russian Porphyry campana urn vase carved in a Classic shape, likely carved by the Alvdalen factory in Sweden, the vase presently mounted on a faux gr...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Porphyry

Vintage Orb and Pedestal With Storage
Located in Locust Valley, NY
This vintage orb and pedestal combination exudes classical charm with a practical twist. The orb, designed in the form of an urn with draped detailing and ...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Urns

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Wood

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".
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Bronze

Italian 19th Neoclassical Scagloiola and Ormolu Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Scagliola and ormolu urn. The urn is raised by a square base below the mottled socle shaped pedestal su...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Ormolu

Italian Neoclassical St. Mid-19th Century Rosso Antico Marble Lidded Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and richly carved Italian neo-classical st. mid 19th century Rosso Antico marble lidded urn. The urn is raised by a circular bullnose ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble

Empire Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Napoleon Vase
Located in London, GB
This Sevres style porcelain vase is beautifully painted with an image of Napoleon I on horseback. In this painting, Napoleon visits his men, some of whom are wounded, in what appears to be a military camp. He is seen, leading a group of mounted soldiers, on a white horse, respectfully doffing his bicorne hat to his troops. The painting is signed ‘F. Amblet’. This oval painting is given an elaborate gilded decorative border, reminiscent of a giltwood frame. These beautiful gold foliate patterns continue onto the base of the vase, as well as the top, where we see a pair of griffins. The vase is fitted with two handles, cast as double French imperial eagle heads, which spring from classical female masks, each wearing with winged helmets. ‘M.re IMPle de Sevres’ is painted its base. This antique Napoleonic vase...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ormolu and Sienna Marble Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Sienna marble urns. Each urn is raised on a square base with ormolu foliate border. on th...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Siena Marble, Ormolu

Classical style cut glass & silver wine jug
Located in London, GB
Elegant, neoclassical style engraved glass antique wine jug with silver handle and mounts. Made during the latter part of the Edwardian era, the jug'...
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Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Urns

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Sterling Silver

Pair of 19th Century French Mantel Urns, circa 1890
Located in Dallas, TX
Wonderfully well preserved, this pair of 19th century French mantel urns were designed to adorn the mantel or buffet, or perhaps console in ...
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1890s French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, Spelter

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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