Large English Porcelain Ruby Lustre Vase, William De Morgan, circa 1900

Art Nouveau Bavarian porcelain lustre-glazed vase, circa 1890.

Large English porcelain two-handled vase, Copeland, circa 1875.

Japanese porcelain yellow vase, circa 1900.

Molded with fruit. Signed on the bottom.

A large ironstone vase by Burgess & Campbell, circa 1900, in cream glaze.

This is a tall vintage decorative vase. An English, ceramic collectible vase with profuse lustre finish, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1950. Alluring, striking lustre to catch admiring glances Displays a desirable aged patina - in good order throughout Ceramic in good order The lustre finish dazzles with an appealing spectrum of colors Joyful flared opening with scrolled ends, the rim detailed in gold tooling Gently tapered vase hand painted in blush pink over a cream ground Spring flower scene in high detail and bright primary colors Small incidental border decorates the middle line with a continuous wave pattern Chamfered 'bee hive' tiered base adds to the unusual form Maker's mark to base reads 'Quality Arthur Wood...

This large decorative vase would be perfect in a niche as it has a dramatic profile but would also look great on a center table since it is fully decorated in the round and looks goo...

An important and extremely large pair of Magenta Ground Vienna Porcelain Exhibition vases. Austrian, circa 1900. Each vase with blue underglazed ‘Beehive’ mark to interior of neck. Each vase is finely painted with classical scenes to the front and allegorical scenes to the back on a rich magenta ground with gilt foliate decoration. The vases are mounted by extraordinary gilt handles headed by winged female masks to the sides and grotesque masks to the shoulders. The spreading necks decorated with Greek key decoration are surmounted by domed covers and the vases are raised on baluster form supports put down on drum bases finely painted with panels stylised arabesque. The Vienna Porcelain Manufactory was founded in 1718 only eight years after Johann Friedrich Bottger and Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus had succeeded in unearthing the secret of Porcelain Manufacture for August the Strong, Elector of Saxony. On May 25, 1718, Emperor Karl VI signed a "special privilege" awarding Claudius Innocentius du Paquier the exclusive right to produce porcelain in the Austrian crown lands. Production being almost exclusively for the imperial household and the court nobility. During the rococo era, Empress Maria Theresia placed the company under imperial ownership and it was during this period that the manufactory began to produce the famous rococo genre scenes after Watteau. Under the management of Conrad Sorgel von Sorgenthal, the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory achieved an international reputation for its neo-classical style. After the wars with France brought the manufactory to the brink of ruin, the Vienna Congress at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century gave porcelain from Vienna a renewed upswing. Many important personalities of the time, including Czar Alexander I of Russia...