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Renaissance Urns

RENAISSANCE STYLE

Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.

Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.

Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.

Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.

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Style: Renaissance
Early 20th Century Renaissance Style Brass Tazza
Located in Germantown, MD
Large Early 20th Century Renaissance Style Brass Tazza. Measures 12 inches in diameter and stands 3.25" tall. Great quality.
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Early 20th Century Renaissance Urns

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Metal, Brass

Huge Antique Silvered Metal Campaigns Urn Planter - Barbara Lockhart Estate
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Huge Antique Silvered Metal Campaigns Urn Planter - Barbara Lockhart Estate
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1920s Vintage Renaissance Urns

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Metal

19th Century Pair of French Patinated Bronze Lidded Cups or Urns
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of patinated bronze cups with covers. A repousse of ivy leaves garland decorates the center of the cups’ body. Above and below it, there are a chain of beads adorning ...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Antique Sevres Styled Covered Urns with Ornate Hand-Painted Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique covered urns are signed by and unknown maker, and presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1880 and d...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Porcelain

Pair Of 19th Century Ormolu & Bronze Ewers In The Renaissance Style
Located in Dublin, IE
With classical scenes depicting frolicking cherubs in relief, the top surmounted with a musical bronze cherub on a vine cast handle with bird and ram masks on a domed and vine cast c...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century Italian Antique Pair of Renaissance Style Terra Cotta Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Renaissance style very ornate antique Italian terra cotta vases decorated with Caryatides and garlands, in good condition. The bodice of the urns is set on a square base. T...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Urns

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Terracotta

Gilt Bronze Champleve and Capodimonte Porcelain Pair of Small Urns
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of Champleve and Capodimonte porcelain small urns. It depicts a pair of urns with colorful champleve pattern of flowers and scrolls at the ne...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Urns

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Porcelain

Amazing Italian Bowl Made of Agate and Gilded Silver with Stones 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing Italian Bowl Made of Agate and Gilded Silver With Stones 19th century Neo-Renaissance agate bowl with acanthus leaf rim rests on four legs depicting winged chimeras. Moun...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Urns

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Stone, Agate, Silver

True Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze & Ormolu Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and patinated bronze ewers. Each ewer is raised by a superb circular reeded base with a fine spiral fluted socle sh...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Bronze, Ormolu

Barovier and Toso 20th Century Italian Wedding Cup in Cobalt Blue Glass Painted
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Barovier and Toso design from Murano Italy. An Italian wedding cup dating to the mid 20th century created in cobalt blue glass with hand painted and gilt decoration. The bell shaped top is painted and decorated with Renaissance inspired painted portrait busts in medallion form of a courting couple in two separate medallions, in between the scenes of a procession of courtiers on horse back and maidens bathing in the fountain of love...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Urns

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Paint, Glass

Early 1900s French Antique Bronze and Marble Urn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This extraordinary French antique urn is a striking piece, expertly crafted from a combination of bronze and marble and preserved in great condition...
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Early 1900s French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Marble, Bronze

Pair Of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu And Marble Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and Brèche Violette marble urns. Each urn is raised by a circular base with a fine mottled border and b...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu and Sarrancolin Marble Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most decorative pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and Sarrancolin marble urns. Each urn is raised by handsome paw feet below elegant lightly curved su...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Tazzas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Rouge Griotte lidded tazzas. Each tazza is raised by an elegant square stepped Rouge Griotte m...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Bronze Patinated French Renaissance Style Ewers
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of bronze patinated French Renaissance style Ewers decorated with putti and grapes wines.
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1860s French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Bronze

Pair of French Mid-19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French mid 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square black Belgian marble base with concave corners. Above is the s...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze and Giltwood Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and giltwood urns. Each urn is raised by a circular mottled giltwood base and a patinated bronze socle pedesta...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze, Opaline, and Marble Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely decorative pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, Opaline, and black Belgian marble ewers/urns. Each urn is...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised on a circular black Belgian marble base with fluted and beaded patinated b...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Renaissance Style Ormolu and Black Belgian Marble Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and black Belgian marble ewers, attributed to Barbedienne. Each ewer is raised by a fine...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Patinated Bronze and Marble Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Renaissance patinated bronze and black Belgian marble urns. Each urn is raised by an octagonal black Belgian marble base with a mottled design...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze Urns, Signed Leon Boucher
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble urns, signed Leon Boucher. Each urn is raised by ...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French Mid-19th Century Renaissance Style Bronze and Marble Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative and highly detailed pair of French mid 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and Rouge Griotte marble ewers. The pair are raised by octagon shaped Rouge Gri...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Marble, Bronze

French 19th Century Renaissance St. Patinated Bronze Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze urns. The urns are raised by square bases displaying the inscription "Societé des Bronzes" below a mottled border and a fluted socle pedestals. At the body are finely detailed oak leaves and acorns with Greek key bands. The handles displays richly chased wild boar heads and striking column designs with mirrored busts...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze lidded urns, attributed to Auguste-Maximilien Delafontaine. Each urn is raised by a square ba...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by a circular base with a mottled border below the socle shaped support. T...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze, Ormolu, and Marble Tazzas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu Rouge Griotte, and Black Belgian marble tazzas. Each tazza is raised by a circular black Belgian marble ba...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Renaissance Style Rouge Antique Marble Ormolu & Bronze Tazza
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant French 19th century Renaissance st. Rouge Antique marble, ormolu and patinated bronze tazza. The tazza is raised by a circular ormolu band below the tapered marble bas...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Renaissance Style Silvered Bronze, Ormolu and Bronze Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and richly decorated pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. silvered bronze, ormolu and patinated bronze ewers. Both are raised by a square ormolu base with rounded c...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Bronze, Ormolu

16th Century Spanish Cast Bronze Apothecary Mortar
Located in Kensington, MD
This rare example of a Renaissance bronze mortar is decorated with starbursts all along the everted rim and features 4 large starbursts on the sides between the ribbed handles. The c...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Urns

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Bronze

Very Large 19th Century Italian Maiolica Hand Painted Vase
Located in London, GB
A very large 19th century twin handled maiolica vase in the form of a wine krater. The exquisite hand painted decoration includes two central cartouches, one depicting Bacchus and Ar...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Urns

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Pottery

Collection of 4 Vintage Pharmacy Mortars, Bronze and Marble, 17th-20th Century
Located in Kensington, MD
Charming collection of 4 vintage European bronze, brass and marble pharmacy and herbalist mortars ranging in age from the 17th-20th century. Each shows evidence of working use. Rangi...
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17th Century British Antique Renaissance Urns

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

Large Grotesque Ceramic Vase Hand-painted Glazed Majolica and Gold Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Grotesque vase, unique piece, 2017, glazed earthenware and gold, 22cm width x 60cm height Antonietta Mazzotti (Faenza, Italy) attended the Istituto d’Arte per la Ceramica in Faenza and opened her first workshop in her hometown taking part in group and solo exhibitions at international level. In 1976 she has transformed the neo-gothic greenhouse of Villa Emaldi in her workshop. Antonietta Mazzotti has worked for some of the most important international museums and has received several important recognitions worldwide. Her works have been featured in major Italian magazines of interior design and she has acquired international visibility being featured in major international press publications, such as The New York Times. She still lives and works at Villa Emaldi in Faenza where she continues her research on historical decor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Urns

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Ceramic, Majolica

Agate Cup with Jewelled and Enamelled Gold and Silver-Gilt Mounts by Morel
Located in London, GB
This exquisite work of art was created circa 1836-1840 in France by the acclaimed French gold and silversmith, Jean-Valentin Morel. Using only the finest of materials and with exceptional attention to detail, this magnificent piece is without doubt one of the finest creations within the field of decorative arts in the 19th century. The body of the cup has been crafted from the pinky-red and orange gemstone, agate, and fitted with gold and silver-gilt mounts, which have, in some places, been jewelled and enamelled. Morel specialized in high quality hard stone cups...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Agate, Gold, Enamel, Silver

Iron Mortar, circa 1600 with Its Original Base
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Interesting iron mortar with its original base French Renaissance mortar, circa 1600 This beautiful object is composed of its iron mortar which is 28cm high and its base which ...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Iron

Pair of Renaissance Style Gilt and Painted Porcelain Vases with Romantic Scenes
Located in London, GB
These elegant porcelain vases were crafted in France in 1825-1835. They are designed in the Renaissance style, shaped like Greek Amphora vases, and ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Urns

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Porcelain

Exceptional Majolica Urn Vase with Serpent Handles and Mythological Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Majolica vase. Details on this piece are exceptional, from the Dual serpents forming the handle, with crows perched and beautifully carved faces set into the top, and mythol...
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20th Century French Renaissance Urns

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Ceramic

Renaissance urns for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Renaissance 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 and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance 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 Barovier&Toso, Capodimonte, Europa Antiques, and Jean-Valentin Morel. 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 $550 and tops out at $314,380 while the average work can sell for $8,550.

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