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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 Italian Neo-Classic Style Piranesi Lidded Urns/Planters
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Neo-Classic Piranesi style cast composition (possibly Coade stone) small urns / planters featuring low relief adorned with floral and laurel motifs, satyr handles on ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Coade Stone

Oscar Bach Style Neoclassical Footed Bronze Censer
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Neoclassical style bronze censer featuring lion heads and paw feet In the manner of Oscar Bach USA, Mid-20th Century Measures: 5.5"W x 5.5"D x 12.25"H. Very go...
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Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Urns

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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

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

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Porcelain

Pair of Large Antiques French Ormolu-Mounted & Painted Pair of Sèvres Porcelain
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of large 19th century French Sevres ormolu-mounted and painted vases. Each in baluster form with large ormolu mounts. The body finely painted depicting a typical landscape....
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Late 19th Century French 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

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

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

Neoclassical Style Pair Of Urn Vases
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Maitland Smith Pair Of Blue Vases. It depicts a pair of royal blue urn shaped vases with handles decorated with a white relief of Roman neoclassical like scenes with nudes ...
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20th Century Thai Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain

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

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

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

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

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Marble, Bronze

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

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 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

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 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 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

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

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Bronze

Italian Silver Neoclassical Lidded Urn
Located in New York, NY
Italian Silver Neoclassical Lidded Urn. Italian neoclassical sterling silver urn form zucchiera. Handles with foliate terminals and lid with a...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Sterling Silver

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

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

Large Mid-20th Century Bavarian Glazed Porcelain Covered Urns, West Germany
Located in Tarry Town, NY
A handsome pair of large mid-20th century Bavarian glazed porcelain covered urns, finely crafted in West Germany with classical decorative detailing. Each urn is formed in a graceful...
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1930s German Vintage Neoclassical Urns

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Porcelain

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

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

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...
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2010s Italian Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, 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

Pair of Ruby Red Glass Urns with Portraits, Bohemia, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Both pieces show remarkable similarities (both in the quality of the color of the glass and of the decoration and in the lines of the same ones) with Bohemian red glass...
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19th Century Czech Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Glass

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

Vintage Classical Cast Iron Garden Urn, Circa 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This is a large vintage cast iron urn from the 1960s, finished in a classic white paint that highlights its elegant sculptural form. The urn features a fluted base, a rounded body wi...
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1960s French Vintage Neoclassical Urns

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Iron

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

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

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Porcelain

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 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

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

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

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Bronze

Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Silver Urn Vase Milan by Emanuele Caber
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very decorative neoclassical silver urn stamped by the Italian silversmith Emanuele Caber, dating from around 1825. It has the Milan warranty stamp, and stamp of the silver finenes...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Silver

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

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

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

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

A Pair of Neo-Classical Pedestal Urns, French Circa 1830
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An oustanding pair of Neo-Classical Sienna marble,bronze and gilt-bronze pedestal urns, French circa 1830 Each tazza with a bronze gadrooned bowl, an ormolu beaded tongue rim and up...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Urns

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Marble, 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

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Sterling Silver

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

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Bronze

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

Two Very Large French Silvered Bronze Vases
Located in London, GB
Standing 1.15 meters (45 inches) tall, these grand neoclassical style vases are designed to make an impact. Crafted from silvered bronze, the vases are truly magnificent works, which...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

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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

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

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

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Earthenware

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

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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

Italian Neoclassical Style Pair of Rock Crystal and Bronze Tazzas
Located in Cypress, CA
Italian neoclassical style pair of hand-carved and hand polished rock crystal and gilt bronze tazzas, mid-20th century. Base measurement is 4.25 inches x 4.25 inches.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns

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Rock Crystal, Bronze

Giant Bishop Chess Piece Wooden Sculpture With Secret compartiment
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Very nice giant Bishop chess piece. Made of several woods following a pattern. The top comes off, and it has something like an urn, maybe a secret hidden place. Chess is a two-playe...
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1910s Unknown Vintage Neoclassical Urns

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Wood

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

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

Large Antique Neoclassical Scottish Granite Finial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique Neoclassical Scottish granite finial. Displayed on a raised gilt-metal square bronze base, this elegant turned granite finial is a spectacular display piece for perio...
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Urns

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Stone, Granite, Metal, Bronze

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...
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Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Urns

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Alabaster, Bronze

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

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

Neoclassical urns for sale on 1stDibs.

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