21st Century, French Black Glass Vase Dixie by Lalique

19th century, French Empire ground crystal and gilt bronze vase centrepiece This Empire centerpiece, made in France at the beginning of...

19th century, French Cloisonné vase on gilded bronze base This elegant vase or cachepot, made in France in the 19th century, has a gilded and finely chiselled bronze structure tha...

19th century, Monumental Sèvres Style Polychrome Porcelain Vase Sèvres manufactory mark and the signature of the painter Georges Maxant. Dimensions: H 157 cm x W 58 cm x D 45 cm. Ba...

20th century, Italian bronze planter or Gueridon Measures: cm W 56 x maximum diameter 51 x H 90. H on the floor of the wide 81 cm This refined planter was made in Italy, in Naples, towards the Early 20th Century in the style of «Retour d'Egypte». It consists of a tripod structure in finely chiselled gilded bronze and lacquered in tones. Each leg originates with scroll decorations and phytomorphic elements with golden details, supported by a sphinx with hairstyle, tail and golden wings. This sits on a curvilinear and wavy element decorated with golden ramage and a man’s head with a long beard of classic taste. The legs end with an injured foot and rest on a tripartite base that connects them. In the middle of each leg there is a bronze junction with curls and volutes that converges towards the others in the center, where a vertical element contributes to the momentum and gracefulness of the whole. The basin of the planter is in lacquered tin, with gold edges and reserves. The rising part of the tub has some holes that allow the breathability of the space. This tripod is inspired, with variations, to a famous model of the brothers Luigi and Antonio Manfredini, active in Milan at the beginning of the nineteenth century, financed by the viceroy of Italy Eugenio de Beauharnais, adopted son of Napoleon Bonaparte, for the opening of the real manufacture of Eugenia. The Retour d'Egypte style was widely echoed in France and Europe and originated from General Bonaparte’s military campaign in Egypt in 1799. The fashion of the Egyptians had already in Italy found a previous interpreter in the engraver Giovan Battista Piranesi, but the vast diffusion that also had in the furniture the Egyptian ornament...

A contemporary Italian Murano Art Glass vase from Italy circa 1990. The hand molded tinted matte black glass with deep circulating irregular waves has a beautiful shape. Etched under base : Ferro

Vase "Montargis" made in black glass with white patina by Rene Lalique in 1929. Molded and engraved signature on bottom. Perfect condition. Exceptional and very rare color. heigh...

A wonderful vintage 80s modern ceramic vase. High gloss black finish with a curved embossed design formed onto each side.

Rene Lalique (1860-1945) "Martin-Pecheurs" Black Glass Vase, Marcilhac Reference No. 92 molded mark R. Lalique height 9 1/2 in. width approx. 6 3/4 in.bla...