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Period: 19th Century
Antique French and Chinoiserie Style Porcelain Porcelain and Architectural Vase
Located in New York, NY
A stunning hand painted porcelain portrait vase with painted architectural decorative motifs all outlined in gold paint. A woman in early 1800's style dress is painted on the belly o...
Category
Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Pair of Sterling Silver-Mounted Cut Crystal Vases
Located in New York, NY
Victorian pair of sterling silver-mounted cut crystal vases, England, circa 1895. Each heavy vase stands 7" high x 3 1/4" diameter at widest point. Crystal "twists" near the base of ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Silver
19th Century French Blue and White Delft Faience Vase with Windmill Scenes
By Delft
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a console or buffet with this elegant antique vase. Crafted in France, circa 1880, the tall faience vase is beautifully shaped with a rounded body and a long, thin neck. Han...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Faience, Ceramic
Large 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large and elegant Meiji period bronze vase with floral decoration and original patina, unsigned.
Japan, last quarter of the 19th century.
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Garden Urn
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of lovely classical style French urns. Great as centre piece or console piece. Can be sold individually.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Metal
Pair Gilt Bronze French Ewers Jug Vases Napoleon III Cherub
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning pair of French Napoleon III silver gilt bronze jugs or ewers
Perfect left and right of this highly decorative pair
Large handle surmounted by the winged cupid
So much intric...
Category
Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Large Heavy Banko Ware Ceramic Pottery Stoneware Vase, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, wonderfully glaze stoneware Banko ware vase with beautifully detailed craftsmanship.
Banko ware pottery is thought to have originate...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Loetz Art Nouveau Glass Vase Phenomenon Gre Orange 7501, Austria-Hungary, C 1899
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Bohemian Art Nouveau Glass Vase:
Mould-blown, bulbous body on a round, flush stand, spherical upper part, slightly flared mouth rim over a neck constriction, polished pontil o...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Glass
Chinese Famille Rose Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese Famille Rose vases, very similar / near pair, note different foo lion mask handles (one gilt, one orange) and slight height difference, orange, pink, and green color palette ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of English Victorian Celadon Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Victorian celadon Moore porcelain Pilgrim style vases with bird heads and snake handle. (Priced as pair).
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Pair of Medici Vases in Old Paris Porcelain
Located in Madrid, ES
A pair of Medici bases urns from the 19th century, Napoleon III period in old Paris porcelain, its decoration is very simple, just touches of gold and the porcelain, the handles are ...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Vase Signed Sèvres, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Porcelain and gilt bronze vase signed Sèvres, France, late 19th century.
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze
Rare Bohemian Enameled Black Amethyst Glass Vase Decorated with Herons, GL
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful Victorian black amethyst art glass vase.
A terrific Bohemian Moser style vase with a stepped base and vasiform body.
The body is decorated with hand painted enamel...
Category
Czech Victorian Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Christopher Dresser Watcombe Aesthetic Movement Twin Handled Persian Taste Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual Aesthetic Movement flow glaze twin handled vase in the ‘Persian Taste’ by renowned British designer Christopher Dresser (British, 1834 – 1904) for Watcombe Torquay...
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Émile Gallé, Napoleon III, a Pair of Enameled Art Glass Cabinet Vases, ca. 1870s
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
Napoleon III Period
Émile Gallé
A Pair of Cabinet Vases
Multi-Color Enamel, Clear Art Glass
Nancy, France
Circa 1870s
DIMENSIONS
Height: 3.57 in Upper diameter: 1.63 in Width: 2,25 in Bottom diameter; 1.63 in
MARKINGS
Both vases are signed in enamel at the base, bearing the mark ‘E. Gallé Nancy.’
ABOUT VASES
“The aim of my work: The study of nature, the love of nature's art, and the need to express what one feels in one's heart.” – Emile Gallé
These exquisite, museum-quality vases are highly collectible and in great demand due to their representation of the very origins of the master’s distinctive oeuvre, tracing back to the 1870s. At that time, French applied arts were marked by the extraordinary Napoleon III style, which blended vibrant polychrome hues, lacquered surfaces, and intricate painting techniques. This style drew inspiration from Renaissance ideals of beauty, Baroque gilding, Neoclassical lines, and the sensuality of Rococo. This particular pair of cabinet vases uniquely amalgamates several prevailing artistic styles of the period, including Impressionism, Trompe-l'œil, Realism, and Romanticism. Each vase is adorned with multi-colored enamel paintings depicting fantastical designs, featuring insects fluttering among an array of exotic grasses and flowers. Both vases are further embellished with exquisite applied glass sea shells, a Rococo-style handles on their sides. Despite their identical classical form, the paintings on each vase differ significantly, yet together they form a surprisingly harmonious composition.
ABOUT ARTIST
Émile Gallé Gallé (French, 1846 – 1904)
Born on May 4, 1846 in Nancy, France, Émile Gallé mile Gallé seemed destined for a career in glassmaking. Nancy was well-established for its glass artistry, and his father, Charles Gallé was an established faïence (ceramic) and glassmaker with his own successful manufactory, the Maison Gallé-Reinemer. It would be here under the guidance of his father that the young Emile began to learn the art of glassmaking while simultaneously indulging his academic interests in philosophy, botany and chemistry. In 1867, Gallé joined his father working full-time at the Maison.
Gallé's glasswork, even at its earliest stages, was heavily influenced by nature, with his very first pieces incorporating enameled floral motifs painted upon clear glass. He was an avid botanist his entire life, collecting plants, flowers, and insects from which to study and draw inspiration. He was even elected Secretary-General for Nancy's Société centrale d'horticulture.
Gallé traveled throughout Europe studying works at museums and private institutions, gaining insight from ancient glass antiquities to Japonesque masterpieces, and everything in between. It would be Gallé’s trip to the British Museum in 1871 that would alter the course of his art career. Enamored by the famed ancient Roman cameo glass...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Glass
Émile GALLÉ for L'ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, Small Japanese-Style Vase in Amber Glass
By Émile Gallé
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This vase was created by Émile Gallé for the Escalier de Cristal at the end of the 19th century.
A pioneering figure of Art Nouveau, Émile Gallé was particularly influenced by Far E...
Category
French Japonisme Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Yellow Vase Faience, Stig Lindberg, Gustavsbergs Studio - Mid-20th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A vase in faience designed by Stig Lindberg at Gustavsbergs Studio in Stockholm, it is 13.5 cm (5.4") high and 10 cm (4"). It´s in mint condition. This vase is painted by the faience...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Faience
Large 19th Century French Faience Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
This large and beautifully decorated colorful faience vase was made in France in the 19th century. Signature on the bottom. Painted with a scene of an amorous couple on the front, th...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Faience, Pottery
Exhibition Quality Coalport Porcelain "Crane" Japonesque Enamel Vase
Located in Atlanta, GA
Coalport Porcelain (English, 1795-1926 then part of the Wedgwood company), circa 1885.
An Exhibition quality porcelain moon flask style vase featuring a cobalt ground and grouping of highly detailed enamel cranes to one side grazing around a pond with 24kt gold calla lilies in the background. The verso with a similar scene of two cranes likely a mating pair.
Each side is surrounded by masterfully detailed sunflowers and furthermore by Rococo motifs and enameled scrollwork of polychrome enamel embellishments.
Please note, unfortunately at one point this vase was made into a lamp and the base has been replaced with a gilt metal foot.
Measuring:
19" h, 13.5" w, 7.5" d.
Provenance: An important Cape Cod...
Category
English Japonisme Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Enamel
Pair Antique Old Paris Porcelain Spill Vases with Figural & Floral Decoration
By Old Paris
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair Antique Old Paris Porcelain Spill Vases with Figural & Floral Decoration C1880
Measures- 6.5" H x 5.25" W x 3" D
Category
Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Tinned Copper Indo-Persian Islamic Vase
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Islamic metal copper hookah bottle base of spherical form and decorated with a recessed repeated floral, geometric motif with a deer figure.
19th century Bronze tinned copper...
Category
Indian Islamic Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Tin
Mid-19th Century Pair of Valentine Porcelain Vases
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of baluster-shaped?porcelain?vases produced by Valentine Manufactory (1832-1878) in Saint-Gaudens, France. They are decorated on one side with multicolored rural motives in meda...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Meissen Style 'Schneeballers' Vases
Located in London, GB
A pair of Meissen style 'Schneeballers' vase, applied with branches and birds abpve pierced vases. Covers surmounted with bouquets of flowers and birds.
Category
German Other Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century French Hand Painted Faience Trumpet Vases from Normandy
By Rouen
Located in Dallas, TX
Incorporate beautiful colors into your home with this elegant pair of antique ceramic trumpet vases. Crafted In Normandy circa 1899, each vessel i...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Pair of French Champlevé Enamel and Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in London, GB
This magnificent pair of vases is wrought from gilt bronze and champlevé enamel in the distinctive, visually striking Renaissance Revival style. The cylindrical body of each vase is ...
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
Colossal Antique Emile Gallé Vase in Frosted and Orange Art Glass, 1890s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Colossal antique Emile Gallé vase in frosted and orange art glass carved in the form of flowers and foliage. Japanism, 1890s. Museum quality.
Measures: 45.5 x 16.2 cm.
In excellent...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Blue-Ground Porcelain Vases Fitted as Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Vases mounted as lamps in mottled blue-ground glaze. Resting on square ormolu base with garland band and ormolu banded ...
Category
French Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
An Impressive Orientalist Bonbonnière in Bohemian Crystal, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An impressive Orientalist bonbonnière in Bohemian crystal, 19th century.
19th century crystal bonbonnière, Napoleon III period, Orientalist work, Bohemian crystal.
H: 35cm, D: 30cm
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Crystal
19th Century Blue & White Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century blue & white vase features the vivid blues so desirable with the makers of such goods since the 15th century. The blues were derived from cobalt oxide, which interesting...
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chamberlains Worcester Ink Stand Writing Set, Orange, Gilt Neoclassical, ca 1810
Located in London, GB
This is a splendid three-well ink stand or writing desk set made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1810. The ink stand contains a stand with a pen holder or candle holder in the sha...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Napoleon III Egyptian Imperial Porphyry Urns and Covers
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair Napoleon III Egyptian imperial porphyry urns and covers, each with a shaped cover and baluster body on a concave support and square b...
Category
French Egyptian Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Cobalt Blue Gilt Glass Vase With Enamel Paintings, CZ ca. 1890
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Artfully crafted, late 19th century cobalt blue glass vase with beautiful gilt parts from Bohemia (Czech Republic) around 1890. This large mouthblown bohemian glass vase impresses wi...
Category
Czech Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Enamel
French 19th century Louis XV/XVI st. Ormolu and Gilt Crystal vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative French 19th century Louis XV/XVI st. Ormolu and Gilt Crystal vase. This stunning vase is raised by an oval C shaped Ormolu base with foliate scrolls am...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Indian Antique Pair Bidri Ware Silver Overlay Metal Vases
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine pair antique Indian Bidri Ware vases of teardrop shape with linear and floral petal designs in silver overlay probably dating from the late 19th...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Metal
English Jasperware Blue Wedgwood Vases w/ Neoclassical Subjects on Plinths, Pair
By John Flaxman
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite and quite rare pair of 19th century English, Staffordshire, Jasperware blue ground Wedgwood vases with neoclassical subjects on rounded plinths, stylistically attributed...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Antique American Hammered Sterling Silver Trumpet Bud Vase, circa 1890's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique American hammered sterling silver trumpet bud vase, circa 1890's.
Category
American Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Vases, circa 1895
Located in New York, NY
Signed Frank Butler.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Stoneware
XIX Century Neo-Classic Bronze Vase by Barbedienne
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
XIX century Neo-Classic bronze vase by Ferdinand Barbedienne
Red marble base
Signed
France
Circa 1850 -1870.
Category
European Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Victorian Chinoiserie Blue Enamel and Cloisonne Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Victorian blue enamel and cloisonné hexagonal shaped Chinoiserie decorated vases. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
French Victorian Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Monumental 19th Century Japanese Blue and White Lidded Palace Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A magnificent and important, fine quality Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) blue and white porcelain lidded Palace vase. Having wonderful classical motif decoration to the boarders, ...
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Bronze Mounted Satsuma Jardiniere
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century bronze mounted satsuma jardiniere is a splendidly preserved artifact from a wonderful period in French history! The porcelain bowls wer...
Category
French Meiji Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Satsuma Kyotoware Monkey Vase
Located in New York, NY
Japanese satsuma Kyotoware monkey vase. Antique Japanese satsuma monkey vase beautifully modeled with raised monkey porcelain figures. Signed. Satsuma-Kyot...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Blue & White Large Chinese Vase
Located in North Salem, NY
19th century large Chinese blue & white hand painted vase.
Category
Asian Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Daum Nancy, "Bleuets" Vase, 1901
By Daum
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Daum Nancy, 'Bleuets' vase,1901
Overlaid glass, colorless, yellow and purple powder inclusions.
Acid-Etched and enameled design, motif with blooming...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Thomas Webb and Sons 'Serpent and Bamboo' Vase, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Cameo glass.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Bohemian Ruby Red Enameled Glass Vase, Hookah Base, 19th Century
Located in Rostock, MV
This antique hand-blown ruby and transparent glass hookah base, crafted by 19th-century Bohemian glassmakers for the Persian or Ottoman market, exemplifies the height of luxury and a...
Category
Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Pair of Bronze Mounted Crackled Celadon Vases, French, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Pair of bronze mounted crackled celadon vases, French, circa 1880.
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze
Antique Napoleon III Period Bronze Ewer
Located in Dallas, TX
A Napoleon III period large ewer in bronze. This is a large vase in gilded bronze, finely decorated in every detail with handle, cherubs and drunken satyr Bacchus figures in relief and further embellished with two winged cherubs on the side holding a shield with relief head of a lion...
Category
Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze
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....
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pink Granite Vessel
Located in Dallas, TX
Pink granite cylinder vessel, fitted with a later wooden stand.
Category
Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Granite
Antique Pair Minton Staffordshire Porcelain Vases Centerpieces Birds Turquoise
By Minton
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Pair of English Minton Porcelain long stem twin handle cups or vases of outstanding quality, firmly attributed to Artist James Ed...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Paris Porcelain Vase with Landscape Scene, France c. 1820
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Paris porcelain vase of good quality, almost two feet in height. The body with painted figural and landscape vignettes on opposing sides, contained by acid-etched gilt border...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Cantonese / Rose Medallion Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive fine quality 19th century Chinese Canton / rose medallion vase, having the classical white and green foliate ground, gilded dog of faux handles to either side with ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Stunning quality antique Mary Gregory blue glass vase
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning quality antique Mary Gregory blue glass vase having a stunning quality Mary Gregory blue glass vase with white enamel decoration.
D. 1890
Category
Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Glass
Pair of Large Antique Sevres Porcelain And Bronze Urns
Located in New York, NY
important Pair of Sevres porcelain urns, each featuring a porcelain body and foot mounted on a gilt bronze base and adorned with gilt bronze, foliage form trimmings and handles. Each...
Category
Austrian Rococo Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Bronze
Antique Сrystal Tazza Two Tone 19th century Russian Imperial Factory Fruit Vase
Located in Sweden, SE
Antique and absolutely exclusive, fully hand crafted at Russian Imperial Glass Factory in first half of 19th century. Beautiful combination of colors and unique shape and architectur...
Category
Russian Empire Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Crystal
Large Pair of Antique Royal Vienna Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
Large pair of antique Royal Vienna porcelain vases
Austrian, Late 19th Century
Height 102cm, diameter 28cm
This remarkable pair of vases, notable for their substantial size, was ex...
Category
Austrian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinoiserie Decalcomania Baluster Vase
Located in New York, NY
Continental chinoiserie baluster vase. Very large baluster form chinoiserie vase covered in continental decals made during rage for decalcomania. Europe,...
Category
European Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Glass, Paper
