"Merman and Dolphin", Large, Grotto-esque Art Nouveau Floor Vase, Goldscheider

A masterful -- and brilliantly-hued -- example of high style Art Deco sculpture, this large and unique vase depicts several nude figures along its upper edge -- a Triton blowing his shell-horn on one side and a nude merman and mermaid embracing on the other. The sides of the vase are enlivened by a series of jumping dolphins, and the entire surface is glazed in streaky blues, pale greens and rich browns. The artist was Edgardo Simone, an eccentric and brilliant sculptor who worked in bronze, plaster and ceramics over several decades. He was born in Italy and trained in Rome, but spent much of his career in America, specializing in portrait busts. He sculpted the likenesses of Thomas Edison, John Pershing, Henry Ford, Louis Brandeis, Sally Rand, President Franklin Roosevelt...

The Argenta line of ceramics created by Wilhelm Kåge, artistic director for the Gustavsberg ceramics company near Stockholm, is famous for depicting exotic fish and mermaids, applied...

Striking and unique, this flaring glass vase -- unsigned, but clearly showing the influence of Vicke Lindstrand's work at the Orrefors glass company -- is decorated with an antique dolphin...

This large and striking vase -- the first example we have seen -- depicts a frieze-like line of golden parakeets or small parrots arrayed against a dee...

Large, rare and strikingly handsome, this high vase was designed by Sigismund Olesiewicz (who later took the French name Jean Olin) for Primavera and produced by the famous Longwy wo...

A very rare form, but glazed with the gorgeous mottled and streaky glaze that Fulper Pottery was famous for, this fluted, flaring vase is decorated with deep bas relief leaf and bran...

An Art Nouveau hand painted terracotta âmphora of the Viennese secessionist Wien movement. Incercicled with deep adorned naturalistic foliage and floral patterns. An example of the A...

Large ceramic floor vase by ceramic artist Harald Folmer Gross (1888-1961) for Knabstrup Ceramics - Gross worked for Knabstrup from 1941 to 1945. Light cream yellow base with hand-pa...

Viennese Art Nouveau large exhibition vase by Lefont for Friedrich Goldscheider. The piece depicts a bas relief of a young couple on one side and putti frolicking in a forest on the ...

A Large Glass vase of Art Nouveau style with Enameled and Gilt Art Glass Vase in a frosted body formed a very elegant shape with subtle curved lines. Th...

Large painted Art Nouveau bronze vase from the early 1900s, fine Italian manufacture. The vase has a round base with four thick, sinuous feet, reminiscent of those on old stoves...

Large Art Nouveau art glass vase. Rainbow colors with shades of purple and golden green. Measures: H. 49 cm. In good condition.