Early 1900s Vases

A diminutive and expertly painted cabinet vase with hand painted portrait of Queen Louise, signed Wagner. The iridescent blue Background with raised hand gilt decoration with sunflo...

Vase in the shape of a beaker with a straight wall and flush stand, colourless glass with reddish-yellow coloured powder fusions, overlay in moss green and violet on the outside, hyd...

A fine example of Hand Hammered Russian Copper Retailed by The Stickley Brothers at the turn of the century. Original Patina and Riveted Details Shown in the line drawings in the per...

The firm, JOHANN LOETZ WITWE, was a producer of decorative glass located in a Southern Bohemian town which is today known as Kláštersky Milyn in the Czech Republic. Under various own...

A vase, Johann Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle, c. 1900 Decoration: Candia mimoza; clear glass with opaque silver-yellow powder melts, craquellé; iridescent...

Antique Victorian Spelter & Marble Figural Mermaid Centerpiece Bowl Vase Epergne. Item features ornate detailed mermaids figures, black marble plinth, pinkish purple vase insert, sub...

Amphora Austria "Campina" Owl Pottery Vase circa 1910 An Austrian Pottery vase adorned with an owl-inspired design motif stands out for its intri...

BOHEMIAN FLUX: A VASE, kuk Fachschule für Keramik und Verwandte Kunstgewerbe, Turn-Teplitz, c. 1905; the ceramic vase with a dark underglaze ground has a matte orange peel overglaze in ochre, apricot, lapis and celadon; the shape of the vase resembles a Japanese Saki bottle with the addition of four long and slender handles at the top third; incised before firing on the base in script lettering,“P.W.”, stamped before firing with the Fachschule mark and 73, and marked “G2.” in black ink; the vase measures: 13” high. Flux- continuous moving, a glazing method, fusion- the artist who produced this remarkable vase has presented a profoundly poetic and technical meditation on this subject. Moving way beyond the pursuit of creating only functional objects, the student ceramists at Fachschule Teplitz had ingrained in them the Europeans’ fascination for Japanese objects “from the floating world” and the design aesthetic known as Japonisme. Truly modern interpretations of Japonisme had begun to evolve into an internalizing of the aesthetic principles and a shift away from imitation of Japanese style applied to a Western format. This vase is noteworthy in that it illustrates this important Modernist shift in European ceramics. The elements of the saki bottle can be divided into three key components which taken as a whole create a rather feminine line. In keeping with this approach, the Fachschule student presents a slender bare neck, like décolletage, which flares ever slightly and then narrows to a high waist before voluptuously widening down and terminating gracefully to a round base. The ceramist gives special emphasis to pleasing proportions and the complementary relationship to the number 3; the measurement at the widest section of the vase equals the same distance from that point up to where the bottoms of the handles join to the body of the vase as well as the full arms’ length. Instead of inscribing the vase with Japanese calligraphy denoting a saki shop, the student takes a radically modern approach by attaching the vase with four handles. And yet, this act is every bit a form of written identification. The arms are the embodiment of the idea of flux in that they are a substance applied to a surface by the welding together to promote their union. The handles serve a new and surprising function. They are carriers of a concept. Fluidity- flux -can be created when an artist joins disparate elements into a harmonious whole. Flux is also a substance used to promote the fusion of minerals and metals and a term describing ceramic glazing. The presence of silica in glazes creates a glassy finish when fired at high temperatures. Matte glazes result from the presence of crystals under the surface and the balance between silica, flux and alumina in the glaze materials. By deliberately under-firing this vase and playing with a combination of additives forming the flux glaze, the end result appears matte and textured. The orange peel quality and alluring color palette are transformative. The effect evokes a waterfall or another continuous moving flow of water like a stream - in flux. So not only does this artist take a Meiji Period saki bottle and the aesthetic tenets of Japonisme as the formal and theoretical points of departure, the artist infuses the work with the symbolism of skill itself where artistic mastery as the embodiment of flux becomes the subject to ponder. As a fully realized and beautifully rendered piece, the vase attests to the artistic prowess of its creator. No longer a mere student working in the shadows of the teacher and no longer simply imitating or replicating past styles, this emerging artist shows the complete fluid transfer from student to master ceramist. Seen in this light, the vase represents a significant and pivotal achievement in Modern European ceramic ware. Fachschule für Keramik und Verwandte Kunstgewerbe (the Imperial School for Ceramics and Associated Applied Arts, 1875-1917) was a powerhouse of the ceramics industry. Located in the Turn-Teplitz region of Bohemia near the German border of what is today The Czech Republic, this was Europe’s largest pottery center in the first part of the 20th century. The school played an integral role in the center’s internationally regarded success as it provided the foundation of sourcing and training new talent for noted local manufacturers such as Amphora. It was at the Fachschule that master artists from these local ceramics houses enjoyed teaching and lecturing posts, and in true synergistic spirit, the big ceramics...

Emile Gallé, Nancy, Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Hydrangeas - France ca. 1904. Polychrome overlaid decoration with hydrangeas on a milky and pink background, marked Gallé with a star,...

Roskilde Lervare Fabrik vase manufactured by a well known but very undocumented factory called Roskilde Lervare Fabrik in Denmark in the early 1900’s. This specific vase is marked wi...

Roskilde Lervare Fabrik floor vase manufactured by a well known but very undocumented factory called Roskilde Lervare Fabrik in Denmark in the early 1900’s. This model carries model ...

Vase in upright drum shape on an oval, flush stand, short neck piece raised at the top centre with slightly flared, raised rim, two handles fused onto the sides of the outer rim and ...

Very beautiful vase in enamelled polychrome painted ceramic. Persian, Qajar dynasty dating from 1900. Beautiful painted decoration of birds and flowering branches...

This is a magnificent set of 5 of highly decorative early 20th Century Etruscan style Lekythos vases also known as black-figure pottery painting. Figures and ornaments were painted o...

Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery factory was loc...

Van Briggle 1902 Vintage Arts And Crafts Pottery Three Color Poppy Plate 20 Rare and exceptional example decorated with a stylized poppy and leaves designed by Artus Van Briggle. Exc...

Multilayered glass vase, in cameo technique. Cylindrical form in mottled orange, red, and brown, circa 1910. The decor of flowers and leaves is engraved in reserve and taken up on th...

Van Briggle 1902 Vintage Arts And Crafts Pottery Brown Poppies Ceramic Vase 2 Superior and early arts and crafts crafted vase in a wonderful Mountain Crag brown and green glaze. Show...

Art Nouveau ceramic fruit bowl stamped with a crown by, AUSTRIA AMPHORA 390042. Austria, CIRCA 1900.

A large octagonal green glazed earthenware vase with blue glazed squares, marked Austria and numbered 7143. These type of vases were made in the Vienna School of Applied Arts (Wiener...

Meiji Period amazing Japanese Cloisonne vase. Meiji Period (1868-1912). The reign of Emperor Meiji and the beginning of Japan's modern period. It st...

4-piece set consisting of two vases and a centerpiece for flowers, made of silver-plated bronze with cut glass, manufactured by WMF-Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (1853 to the pr...

overlaid and acid-etched with pendant flowers and leaves signed in cameo Gallé This beautiful glass vase is an authentic vase due to the petal-shaped mouth opening. very attractive...

Model $21008 The firm, JOHANN LOETZ WITWE, was a producer of decorative glass located in a Southern Bohemian town which is today known as Kláštersky Milyn in the Czech Republic. Und...

These matching green pillar vases' bases are painted black and contain various geometric designs that work their way up the shaft of the vase, eventually becoming less concentrated....

An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires deep reflection and requires transparency. Clemen...

Theodor Hermann Schmuz-Baudiss for Konigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur. This vase features a geometric thistle at the neck and variations of animals at the shoulders, a hawk and a lion/...

Sevres amphora with Champleve enamel Material Porcelain and hand-painted enamel Origin France Circa 1900 Neoclassical style perfect condition.

A Tudric pewter twin handled vase with a tall cylindrical neck and everted rim, the handles of sinuous organic form fashioned with Celtic entrelac motifs. Stamped - TUDRIC 0214 Des...

Lot of THREE ART NOUVEAU signed by Boch Keramis circa 1900 Vases in earthenware decorated with Arabic on gilding incised by Boch Brothers Kéramis circa 1900. Signed BFK 593 A/L Size:...

Post War Brass Japanese Dragon Cloisonné Vase with scenic of a dragon flying through the sky. Crica 1900 dimensions are 4.25" inches in height

Christian Thompsen (1860 - 1921) for Royal Copenhagen. Established in 1775, Royal Copenhagen grew to become one of the major producers of Danish porcelain. 1895 marked the beginni...

An exceptional and rare Bohemian art nouveau Phenomen Genre 2/484 (also known as Medici) pattern Loetz vase dating from around 1902. This beautiful vase stands on a rounded spread fo...

LARGE Meiji Era Japanese Imari Full Dragon Vase with Amazing Detail

Model #1049. Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written abou...

French Majolica White Rose Vase Circa 1900. H / 6.5 inches.

A beautiful set of five blue and white Delft vases, this faience collection was hand-painted in Holland, circa 1900. The three bulbous vases are lidded, each with a finial depicting a rampant lion with a ball in its forepaws. Beneath the lion is a mottled background (on the front side only), with a foliate and floral margent. Each vase has the same scene painted on the front of the main body: a couple walking through a field surrounded by flowers. The opposite side has a floral rinceaux above a foliate branch. Painted in a similar fashion, the two concave vases are without lids. The side opposite from the cartouche of the couple has floral margents. All five vases have canted corners on the base. Inspired by Italian majolica, the faience produced in 16th century Holland...

Porta Calamaio in ceramica di Capodimonte firmato ‘900 Decorata a mano con due contenitori in ceramica con coperchiò per inchiostro Elegante, raffinato, unico estremamente raro ...

Vase "Glycines" (Wisteria) made in multilayer purple and white cameo acid-etched glass. Molded signature. Perfect condition.  height : 33 cm

The Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, established in 1756, had fallen on hard times by the late 19th century, with critics accusing the factory of a lack of creativity and imagination...

Model #4619 Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...

Acid-etched glass vase, Nancy school. France, CIRCA 1900.

Baluster-shaped vase body on a slightly flared, flush base, the wall tapering upwards, the soft shoulders constricted to form a short neck piece with a slightly flared, highly emboss...

Attributed to Lucien Levy Dhurmer & Clement Massier. An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which insp...

Beautiful Art Noveau vase in patinated bronze, designed by Gerda Backlund. Slender, curvesome form with relief decor of grasses draping around the base, unfolding ferns around the to...

Pair of antique Imari large porcelain vases with rippled neck, each decorated in blue and red accented by white depicting delicate hand-painted flo...

Beautiful Art Noveau vase in black patinated bronze, designed by Hugo Elmqvist. Elegant clean form with relief decor of leaves, flowers and dragonflies around the mouth.

Japanese Art Nouveau Flower Vase Awaji Ware Art Studio Pottery ca. 1900s ABOUT AWAJI WARE ART STUDIO POTTERY Awaji pottery was made on the Japanese island of the same name between...

Pair of turquoise amphorae attributed to Sevres Porcelain and gilt bronzes Origin France circa 1900 Handles with male goats Empire style. The Napoleon III style had its heyday during...

Beautiful Art Noveau vase in patinated bronze, designed by Hugo Elmqvist. Stately form with a heavy base, decorated with a dynamic relief of seaweed and crabs.

An elegant gilt bronze vase modelled in the form of a sprouting onion. The body represented as layered onion with an elongated neck opening up to a ti-lobed rim cast and cold painted...

Cristallerie Moser Carlsbad. Une jardinière et deux vases soliflores verre teinté mauve et dorures émaillées décors de rubans noués et de fleurs Début XXe Deux petits accidents constatés (jardinière et grand soliflore, voir photos) Usures d’usage Signés sous la base (très peu visible) Dimensions jardinière : H 8,5 x 24,5 x 11 cm hauteurs vases : 20 et 15 cm La Cristallerie Moser est un fabricant de verre de luxe de qualité supérieure basé à Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary), en République tchèque...

Émile Gallé (1846-1904) French Art Nouveau Caméo Glass Vase « Anemones » circa 1900 Rare Galle French cameo glass vase in dark blue over yellow Blue Anemones flowers design Signed in cameo Gallé Émile Gallé was born in Nancy on 4 May 1846, the only son of Charles Gallé...

Fantastic art nouveau vase with hand painted enameled and gold flowers and leaves on acid-cut clear textured glass.

Model #3787. Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...

An impressive and opulent Chinese powder blue glazed porcelain rouleau vase with gilt painted decoration, very Late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China. The vase glazed in a deep and r...

Loetz attributed. A tall Art Nouveau green iridescent vase with a brass collar decorated in foliate Art Nouveau style with dimple decoration to t...

Baluster-shaped vase body on a slightly flared, flush base with a bulbous, upwardly widening wall, on gently sloping shoulders a constriction to form a short neck piece with a slight...