Early 20th Century Vases

100-year old Swedish Art Nouveau vase handmade by artist Edgar Böckman in the 1920s. Warm grey, rose, magenta colored lustre glaze covering the slender shape with large organic decor...

An impressive early 20th Century American iridescent glass vase of slender form with green hearts shining through an attractive golden iridescence, signed L C Tiffany Favrile and numbered to base. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 23 cm Condition: Very Good Condition Circa: 1905 Materials: Iridescent Coloured Glass SKU: 6667 ABOUT Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collaborative of designers known as the Associated Artists, which included Lockwood de Forest, Candace Wheeler, and Samuel Colman. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewellery, enamels and metalwork. Early Life He was born in New York City, New York, the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Company; and Harriet Olivia Avery Young. He attended school at Pennsylvania Military Academy in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Eagleswood Military Academy in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His first artistic training was as a painter, studying under George Inness in Eagleswood, New Jersey and Samuel Colman in Irvington, New York. He also studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1866-67 and with salon painter Leon-Adolphe-Auguste Belly in 1868-69. Belly’s landscape paintings had a great influence on Tiffany. Career Louis started out as a painter, but became interested in glassmaking from about 1875 and worked at several glasshouses in Brooklyn between then and 1878. In 1879, he joined with Candace Wheeler, Samuel Colman and Lockwood de Forest to form Louis Comfort Tiffany and Associated American Artists. The business was short-lived, lasting only four years. The group made designs for wallpaper, furniture, and textiles. He later opened his own glass factory in Corona, New York, determined to provide designs that improved the quality of contemporary glass. Tiffany’s leadership and talent, as well as his father’s money and connections, led this business to thrive. In 1881 Tiffany did the interior design of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut, which still remains, but the new firm’s most notable work came in 1882 when President Chester Alan Arthur refused to move into the White House until it had been redecorated. He commissioned Tiffany, who had begun to make a name for himself in New York society for the firm’s interior design work, to redo the state rooms, which Arthur found charmless. He worked on the East Room, the Blue Room, the Red Room, the State Dining Room and the Entrance Hall, refurnishing, repainting in decorative patterns, installing newly designed mantelpieces, changing to wallpaper with dense patterns and, of course, adding Tiffany glass to gaslight fixtures, windows and adding an opalescent floor-to-ceiling glass screen in the Entrance Hall. The Tiffany screen and other Victorian additions were all removed in the Roosevelt renovations of 1902, which restored the White House interiors to Federal style in keeping with its architecture. A desire to concentrate on art in glass led to the breakup of the firm in 1885 when Tiffany chose to establish his own glassmaking firm that same year. The first Tiffany Glass Company was incorporated December 1, 1885 and in 1902 became known as the Tiffany Studios. In the beginning of his career, he used cheap jelly jars and bottles because they had the mineral impurities that finer glass lacked. When he was unable to convince fine glassmakers to leave the impurities in, he began making his own glass. Tiffany used opalescent glass in a variety of colors and textures to create a unique style of stained glass. He developed the “copper foil” technique, which, by edging each piece of cut glass in copper foil and soldering the whole together to create his windows and lamps, made possible a level of detail previously unknown. This can be contrasted with the method of painting in enamels or glass paint on colorless glass, and then setting the glass pieces in lead channels, that had been the dominant method of creating stained glass for hundreds of years in Europe. (The First Presbyterian Church building of 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is unique in that it uses Tiffany windows that partially make use of painted glass.) Use of the colored glass itself to create stained glass pictures was motivated by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement and its leader William Morris in England. Fellow artists and glassmakers Oliver Kimberly and Frank Duffner, founders of the Duffner and Kimberly Company and John La Farge were Tiffany’s chief competitors in this new American style of stained glass. Tiffany, Duffner and Kimberly, along with La Farge, had learned their craft at the same glasshouses in Brooklyn in the late 1870s. In 1889 at the Paris Exposition, he is said to have been “Overwhelmed” by the glass work of Émile Gallé, French Art Nouveau artisan. He also met artist Alphonse Mucha. In 1893, Tiffany built a new factory called the Stourbridge Glass Company, later called Tiffany Glass Furnaces, which was located in Corona, Queens, New York, hiring the Englishman Arthur J. Nash to oversee it. In 1893, his company also introduced the term Favrilein conjunction with his first production of blown glass at his new glass factory. Some early examples of his lamps were exhibited in the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. At the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, he won a gold medal with his stained glass windows The Four Seasons He trademarked Favrile (from the old French word for handmade) on November 13, 1894. He later used this word to apply to all of his glass, enamel and pottery. His first commercially produced lamps date from around 1895. Much of his company’s production was in making stained glass windows and Tiffany lamps, but his company designed a complete range of interior decorations. At its peak, his factory employed more than 300 artisans. Recent scholarship led by Rutgers professor Martin Eidelberg suggests that a team of talented single women designers – sometimes referred to as the “Tiffany Girls” – led by Clara Driscoll played a big role in designing many of the floral patterns on the famous Tiffany...

Green Glazed Vase by Arequipa Pottery Stoneware vase by Arequipa Pottery, made in California in 1912. The low, rounded form features an undulating rim and a matte green glaze with n...

A blown glass vase attributed to Gerda Strömberg for Eda Glasbruk, Sweden, c. 1929.

A very finely potted Ruskin Arts & Crafts art pottery miniature vase decorated with ochre and blue lustre glazes by renowned potter William Howson Taylor (British, 1876 – 1935) dated...

This antique miniature vase from Meissen is a remarkable example of fine porcelain craftsmanship. Crafted from pristine white porcelain, it f...

Vase “Six Figurines” made in cleat glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1912. Engraved signature signature on bottom and molded signature near the feet of one maid. Perfect ...

Etched and enameled glass vase, France, circa 1905. Etched signature to side: Daum Nancy 3501 with the cross of Lorraine. Provenance: private collection.

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René Lalique ,Vase ‘Aigrettes’ in pressed moulded glass . model created in 1926. Signed R lalique in notch. Perfect condition. Dark purple colour. ...

Large antique Awaji pottery Arts and Crafts vase in well balanced form with five cranes, three on the front, and two more on the reverse, circa 1920. The white cranes stand out in co...

Lovely pair of miniature Chinese yellow ground porcelain vases with applied plum blossom trees and butterflies. Each Stand on circular rosewood b...

A fine Louis XVI style porcelain vase mounted on a bronze base. The white background with flowers and floral details are very pleasing to the eye. This porcelain vase mounted on a br...

Art glass vase by Fratelli Toso, Murano, Venice, Italy, Beg. 20th. Fenicia decor. Height: 2.5" (6.5cm), Diameter: 3.3" (8.5cm).

French Faience vase signed HB Quimper Circa 1920.     

A rare and exquisite pair of antique Loetz iridescent glass vases, made in Bohemia around 1900 during the height of the Art Nouveau movement. Crafted in a lush emerald green glass, t...

Rare vase, made in France in the 1920s with masterfully executed run glaze in earth tones. The compensated shape of the vase shows an upper round outlet surrounded by three specially designed handles. The spherical ceramic body is vertically notched three times, which gives wonderful plasticity. The entire surface of the vase is covered with run glaze - a masterful surface effect. The colors vary from different shades from brown to green to blue. The shape of the vase is modelled on ancient vessels from the Chinese / Asian area. Measurements approx.: height 21 cm - 8,27 in, diameter 24 cm - 9,45 in The unusual choice of colors and the special plasticity of the vase based on historical models make this original Art Deco object...

Art Déco belgian glazed pottery/ceramic Charles Catteau-like vase by Boch Freres Keramis By: Boch Freres Keramis, Charles Catteau (in the style of) Material: ceramic, pottery, paint...

Fratelli Toso Millefiori Pitcher with Multicoloured Murrines, Murano 1910 A nice Millefiori murrine glass pitcher, manufactured by Vetreria Fratell...

Vase made of glass blown iridescent PALLME-KÖNIG. ORIGIN Austria PERIOD 10 years old MARK PALLME-KÖNIG MATERIALS Iridescent blown glass DIMENSIONS Height: 16 cm / 6.6 in Ø 7 cm ...

CHRISTOFLE Design based on Egyptian revival. Rare scarab vase, France, ca. 1920 Gilded and polychromed bronze. Highly desirable oxblood patination Stamped ...

Beautiful pink and white acid etched vase with decorations of maple leaf and samara seeds by the French 1900s Art Nouveau Manufacture Legras. Signed in the vase. Very good condition...

Beautiful antique Murano hand blown blue, green and white Millefiori Murrina flower mosaic Italian art glass decorative vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, circa 1900-1920...

Charles Catteau (1880-1966) for Boch Freres Keramis, Belgium. Art Deco ceramic vase in cloisonné technique. Hand-painted with flowers, 1920s-1930s. Measures: 25 x 20 cm. In excell...

Josef Hoffmann Style Vase in Blue Art Glass Early 20th Century. Wonderful art nouveau / art deco vase in radiant blue art glass in the style of Josef Hoffmann / Moser. Very distinct...

A pair of fine glazed blue porcelain gilt bronze-mounted table lamps, France, early 20th century. Porcelain vase raised on beautifully elaborate bronze base. Both porcelain vases are...

Art Nouveau Green iridescent glass Pique Fleurs' vase by Loetz' with Grille Subtle, hand blown glass vase in the Art Deco style. This design for vases is often called 'Pique fleurs'...

Model #2059 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...

A fabulous pair of small Chinese molded and glazed biscuit ware porcelain dragon vases with loose eyes and apocryphal Qianlong mark, Republic Period, circa 1920, China. The small ...

During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille verte.” Named for a palette of o...

This large antique floor vase is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from China and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Chi...

Original signed Louis Comfort Tiffany Trumpet vase 6292 art glass vase in great condition mid 20th century. This is a gorgeous Art Nouveau L.C. Ti...

A large Muller Freres Luneville Art Deco Intercalaire art glass vase. A fantanstic period vase in the difficult 'intercalaire' technique (in which the decoration is inserted between two layers of glass). With silver inclusions and red, yellow and black deco form glass internal layers. Simply top level Art Deco glass from one of France's best glass houses! Marks: Base bears an etched signature: Muller Fres Luneville France...

Unveil a truly remarkable and custom masterpiece, possibly created for an exhibition, as we proudly present this exceptional presentation vase. This distinctive creation is a testame...

An early Just Andersen art deco pedestal dish made in the 1920s. Closing in on a 100 years it bears signs of its history, yet it is a stylish detail testamenting the Just Andersens c...

Daum Nancy Dutch landscape vase, circa 1900. Signed, "Daum Nancy" with the Croix de Lorraine.

A beautiful Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze vase with verdigris green patina and floral motif By Heintz Art Metal Shop (signed to the underside) USA, Early 20th Cent...

Pair of Silver over copper vases with underplates by the iconic Luc Lanel designed for Christofle. Ref. Artist Bio: Luc Lanel (1893-1965) joined Christofle company in 1920 as head o...

A elegant Art Nouveau Vase in porcelain by Nils Emil Lundström (1865-1960) for Rörstrands Porslinsfabrik in Sweden. Made in early 20th Century. The vase is decorated with flowers and...

Beautiful Art Deco Kralik Czech Bohemian Art Glass threaded "Reeded" fan vase dating from the 1920s. Beautiful blue glass with applied yellow glass threading on the top. Hand blown a...

Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre trumpet vase decorated in the Butterfly Women pattern. This pattern features winged and robed female figures, perched in a blossoming tree. The interior of ...

Rare French Art Deco Iridescent Glass Vase with a floral relief design, (ETLING)

A pair of large blue glaze pottery vases with three twisting handles to the necks. Stamped to the bases: Royal Barum Ware. C H Brannam. Possibly made for Liberty of London. Heig...

Vase made of glass blown iridescent WMF Myra series. ORIGIN Germany PERIOD Years 20/30 MARK WMF MODEL Myra Series MATERIALS Iridescent blown glass DIMENSIONS Height: 21 cm Ø 11...

A gorgeous Art Deco period Camille Faure for Limoges enameled metal vase with multicolored enamel geometric motif designs. Magnificently decorated ...

This stamped Boch La Louvière vase features a beautiful hand-painted floral design with vibrant yellow, orange, and red fruits intertwined with blue ribbon motifs, set against an off...

Very Large Glass Vase in Smoked Clear Glass unsigned, artist unknown "unadorned forms from classical antiquity with gem-tone modernist simplicity" "minor scratches and wear as would...

Tall stoneware floor vase with turquoise blue glaze manufactured by Kähler. H. 56 cm. Mouth opening 13 cm Signed with manufacturer’s mark HAK engraved under the base (Hermann A. Kähl...

Charles Catteau (1880-1966) for Boch Freres Keramis, Belgium. Large Art Deco ceramic vase in cloisonné technique. Hand-painted with flowers. 1920s/30s. Model 944. In perfect conditi...

Antique Chinese (early 20th Century) white porcelain Meiping vase decorated in a dynamic blue dragon motif. Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use

Vase "Fougères" (Ferns) made in overlaid and acid-etched glass by Charles Schneider for his Charder Le Verre Français line around 1925-1927. Hot-glued dark purple glass handles. Engr...

"Vendemmia" Vaso Art Deco Arrigo Finzi prod. Le Argenterie d'Italia Italy, 1930 Vetro di Boemia sfaccettato e decoro novecentista su lamina d'argento Marchio "Le Argenterie d'Italia...

A pair of antique Chinese porcelain vases with very beautiful hand paint. Excellent condition, measures: 12” x 8 '', the mouth of the vase is 5.5'', the bottom of the vase is 6.5, se...

A stunning finnish Art Deco four handled art pottery vase decorated in lustre glazes by Arabia and made between 1917 and 1927. The earthenware vase stands on a flat rounded base with...

A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period Favrile iridescent art glass vase with tadpole design By Louis Comfort Tiffany for Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside) USA, Cir...

Liberty vase in transparent glass and pewter carved with ladies, made in the early 20th century Ø cm 16 h cm 28 Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture, and appl...

Antique and rare painted pottery vase table lamp made by Michael Andersen & Son of Bornholm Designed by Daniel Andersen for the camouflage series. With a beautiful blue and yellow gl...

Émile Gallé (1846-1904) A fine double over laid Galle cameo glass vase France, circa 1900 Cameo signature Gallé Measures: Height 5 1/4 in. (133.35 mm.) Width 4 1/2 in. (114.3 mm...

A fine neoclassical style Royal Vienna porcelain covered urns. With enameled, jeweled accents, gilt scroll designs, and a continuous scene of worldly figures from classical to Renai...

A stylish and luminous iridescent art glass vase by Wilhelm Kralik Sohn, Bohemia, circa 1900. This handblown piece features a vibrant cranberry-to-amethyst ground, richly accented by...