Aesthetic Movement Vases
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
In 1880, polymath designer William Morris declared: “If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” His words encapsulated the Aesthetic Movement, which prized beauty above all and blurred the lines between fine art and the decorative arts, particularly through lavishly crafted furniture pieces.
The Aesthetic Movement, whose major proponents included author Oscar Wilde, flourished from the 1860s to the 1880s and was mostly popular in England and the United States. Design expositions like the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia, as well as the publishing of how-to books for interior design, helped disseminate Aesthetic Movement bedroom furniture, serveware, coffee tables and other items, especially to the middle class.
The establishment of new art museums, art clubs and a rising passion for collecting at the time contributed to a growing appreciation for art. Morris’s founding of Morris & Co. in 1862 and the commercializing of this “cult of beauty” by the Liberty store in London, starting in the late 19th century, further disseminated the idea of a domestic space that was thoughtfully and floridly designed.
Leading Aesthetic Movement furniture designers included E.W. Godwin, who drew on Japanese influences and whose work reflected a wider enthusiasm for imported East Asian art. British designer Christopher Dresser created textiles, ceramics and more that were also inspired by Japanese decorative art but were representative of additional diverse design sources that ranged from Egypt to Mexico.
The Aesthetic Movement’s eclecticism resulted in dazzling interiors. Japanese fans were positioned on Renaissance-inspired cabinets with brass hardware, while mantels made of rich walnut or finely carved ebonized wood and adorned with painted Minton tiles mingled with cast-iron chairs against a backdrop of floral wallpaper. In 1881, in New York City, stenciled checkerboard motifs and painted floral murals could be found under an opalescent glass chandelier in a luxurious dressing room designed by German émigré cabinetmaker-decorator George Alfred Schastey. Amid the rise of the industrial age, the style’s promotion of art in everyday life would inform the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau.
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Style: Aesthetic Movement
Wedgwood Aesthetic Movement Majolica Corn On The Cob Posy Vase
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In the Aesthetic taste, from Wedgwood, a Victorian Majolica Corn On The Cob Posy Vase, England – circa 1872.
A charming piece with gorgeous mold work and glazing, showing a cob of ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Epergne in Silver Plate with Flowers Holders
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant antique silver plate épergne with low branches and 4 flowers holders.
Discreet and delicate, it can be placed anywhere: in the m...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Silver Plate
$850 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Leaves Vase Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica vase with leaves and geometrical pattern signed Sarreguemines circa 1870.
H / 2. inches , D / 2.5 inches.
Category
1870s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Doulton Lambeth Art Union of London Floral Vase by Emily E Stormer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Aesthetic Movement Doulton Lambeth floral design Vase made for the Art Union of London by renowned artist Emily E Stormer and dating from around 1885. The stoneware va...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Stoneware
19th Century Aesthetic Movement Black Porcelain Vase with Gold & Platinum
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is an extraordinary example of "Aesthetic Movement" decoration, finely rendered on black glazed porcelain. The well detailed and beautifully painted subject, depicts a hunter wi...
Category
19th Century Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Porcelain
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
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Handblown Aesthetic Movement Hand-Painted Rose Pink Crystal Vases
By Bohemia
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a well matched pair of Bohemian or French handblown vases shading from a subtle pale rose to a slightly darker shade as it reaches the top rim. They are decorated with an Aes...
Category
19th Century German Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Crystal
Royal Worcester Aesthetic Movement Pierced Oriental Blush Spill Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual Royal Worcester ‘Aesthetic Movement’ porcelain pierced spill vase decorated in the oriental style with a building set amidst bambo...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Moser Crystal Cut Glass Engraved "Swimming Fish" Gold Vase
Located in Atlanta, GA
Immerse yourself in the opulence of fine glass artistry with this exquisite antique Moser crystal cut glass vase, intricately engraved with a "Swimming Fish" motif and adorned with l...
Category
20th Century German Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Crystal
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Powell, Bishop & Stonier - Aesthetic Transfer Decorated Pitcher - U.K. - C. 1880
By Powell, Bishop & Stonier
Located in Chatham, ON
POWELL, BISHOP & STONIER (Manufacturer) - Beatrice No. 4 (Product Line) - Rare and exceptional Aesthetic Movement ceramic pitcher / vase - two color transfer decorated featuring fern...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Eliza Simmance Doulton Lambeth Medieval Portrait Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement art pottery vase decorated with medieval portraits of a king and queen by acclaimed and sought after artist Eliza Simmance and dated 187...
Category
1870s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Royal Worcester Aesthetic Movement Bamboo Form Trompe L'oeil Porcelain Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique figural porcelain vase.
By Royal Worcester.
In the form of three large bamboo stalks covered by flora and foliage.
The top of each stalk has a gilt rim.
Retailed by Richard Briggs of Boston.
Simply a wonderful Aesthetic Period vase!
Date:
Late 19th or Early 20th century
Overall condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs.
Condition details:
There is some light rubbing to the gilding here and there, some very fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Maker:
Royal Worcester
Marks:
Marked to the base with 'Manufactured by the Worcester Royal...
Category
Early 20th Century British Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Majolica Vase with Birds Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Large rare Majolica triple vase with birds, very colorful signed Delphin Massier.
Completely painted with flowers.
Height / 18.8 inches.
The Massier are known for the quality of thei...
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Pair of Majolica Kingfisher and Lilies Vases Fives Lille, circa 1880
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant 19th century French Majolica pair of vases attributed to Fives Lille.
The vases are shaped like walls decorated on the front with kingfishers on branches, on the base mushro...
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Royal Worcester Aesthetic Basketweave Amphora Spill Vase, 1883
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Royal Worcester Aesthetic basketweave spill vase, 1883
Realistically modeled, with intertwined rope handle on a basketweave amphora with a 2...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Porcelain
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
French Fives-Lille De Bruyn Purple Trumpet Vine Posy Vases, circa 1890, a Pair
By Fives-Lille
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the French faiencerie Five-Lille de Bruyn, a pair of Art Nouveau floral form posy vases, circa 1890.
The majolica glazed barbotine vases are modeled as a blooming trumpet vine flower. The body of the vase is a yellow and purple flower...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Large Majolica Bird & Flowers Basket Centerpiece, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Unique large Majolica bird & flowers basket centerpiece, circa 1880.
Roses, blue and yellow flowers.
Impressionist period.
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Leaves Vase Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica vase with leaves and geometrical pattern signed Sarreguemines circa 1870.
H / 4 inches , D / 3.5 inches.
Category
1870s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Baccarat Vase "Carpes Affrontees" Glass Japonisme Carp Fish
By Baccarat
Located in Lausanne, CH
First exhibited by Les Cristalleries Baccarat at the Exposition Universelle in Paris of 1878, the vase named "Carpes affrontées" translates as confronted carp. The design has it's or...
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Majolica Pond Life Ewer Wilhelm Schiller & Son, circa 1885
Located in Austin, TX
Monumental 19th Century Majolica ewer with crawfish handle, dragonfly snail, grasshopper, frog and aquatics plants, signed Wilhelm Schiller...
Category
1880s Czech Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Grainger Worcester Porcelain Hand-Painted Grazing Cattle Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning English aesthetic movement porcelain vase hand-painted with a grazing cattle scene by renowned makers Grainger Worcester and dated 1893. The elegantly shaped and attractiv...
Category
1890s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Majolica Leaves Vase Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica vase with leaves and geometrical pattern signed Sarreguemines circa 1870.
H / 2.7 inches , D / 2 inches.
Category
1870s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Martin Brothers Art Pottery Vase with Asian Inspired Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-crafted art pottery vase was done by the renowned Martin Brothers factory of England, in approximately 1890 in the period Aesthetic Movement style. The vase is done...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Art Pottery Vase with Iridescent Glaze
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Lustrous, iridescent glazed art pottery vase. Indistinct marking on bottom. Small impressed rectangular and illegible artist's cartouche on side.
Category
20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Luster, Pottery
19th Century Limoges French Painted Porcelain Pitcher
Located in Soquel, CA
19th Century Limoges French Painted Porcelain Pitcher
Rare and prized, American Amateur painting on French Limoges pitcher, circa 1897. Dimensions, 1...
Category
19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
$510 Sale Price
40% Off
Elizabeth a Sayers Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement Onion Shape Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement onion shaped vase decorated with star like motifs by renowned artist Elizabeth A Sayers dated 1878.
Elizabeth A Sayers while recongized as a highly accomplished and distinguished artist did not spend much time at Doulton Lambeth so pieces by her are both rare and sought after.
This stylish stoneware onion bodied vase...
Category
1870s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Vase Coalport England Hand Painted with Jeweling and Raised Gilt
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming vase by the storied English firm of Coalport. This sweetie features 2 handles, and an interesting hand painted scene with river, mountains, flora fauna accented with white...
Category
1890s British Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Cara Baker Doulton Lambeth Thistle Shaped Leaf Pattern Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful Doulton Lambeth aesthetic movement thistle shaped vase applied with stylized leaf and floral designs by Clara Baker and dated 1878. This nice early stoneware...
Category
1870s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Aller Vale Multi-Necked Hand-Painted Daffodil Posy Vase
By Aller Vale
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce Torquay Devon pottery multi-necked (udder) posy vase hand painted with a daffodil attributed to Aller Vale Pottery dating from around 1890. The vas...
Category
1890s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Doulton Lambeth Unusual Winged Foot Vase by Jane S Hurst 1880
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish Doulton Lambeth Art Pottery vase decorated with ivy and winged feet by highly renowned artist Jane S Hurst dated 1880. The stoneware vas...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Blown Art Glass Peacock Pattern Large Vase
Located in Stamford, CT
Large and substantial blown glass art vase. All over peacock swirl pattern with gold flecking throughout. No makers mark or signature.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique Mt. Washington Aesthetic Hand Painted Glass Vase C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Mt. Washington Aesthetic Hand Painted Glass Vase with Birds & Foliage Unsigned C1880
Measures - 8.5"H x 7.5"W x 6"D
This exquisite antique vase, attributed to Mt. Washingto...
Category
19th Century Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Glass
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C. Royal Copenhagen* Parian Aesthetic Movement Vase by Anna Plenge, 1870
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Royal Copenhagen* Parian Aesthetic Movement Vase by Anna Plenge, 1870
*Attributed to Royal Copenhagen, this work is not marked Royal Copenhagen, it is signed by the art...
Category
19th Century Danish Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Porcelain
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
A large Aesthetic Movement celery glass vase hand blown & hand engraved
Located in London, GB
A Aesthetic Movement large celery glass vase hand blown in two parts and hand engraved with stars and shapes.
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Rare Doulton Burslem Luscian Ware Hand Painted Exhibition Vase, circa 1893
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Doulton Burslem Luscian ware tear drop shaped vase handpainted by renowned miniature and historical artist Leslie Johnson dating between 1891 and 1902. The ta...
Category
1890s European Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Ceramic
English Minton Japonisme Aesthetic Movement Majolica Aubergine Eggplant Vase
By Minton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Minton, a wonderful and extremely scarce majolica glazed Aubergine eggplant vase, dated 1875.
An example of the Japonisme Aesthetic so desirable ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Artistic Double Gourd Form Raku Pottery Vase
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Artistic Double Gourd form Raku pottery vase, unglazed diagonal ribbon exposing black clay body thickly applied grey crackled glaze pooling at the bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Pottery
Vase terracotta
Located in Nice, FR
Black earthenware object, a three-legged bowl, also called a tripod, with a traditional aesthetic. It is a circular bowl with three conical feet, which gives it increased stability.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Terracotta
$826
A large, shallow ceramic vase from France 1970s
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A large, shallow ceramic vase from France, dating back to the 1970s, reminiscent of the work of Yves Mohy and the workshops of Virebent. It features abstract designs and exquisite en...
Category
1970s French Vintage Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Ceramic
$1,558 Sale Price
20% Off
French Aesthetic Turquoise Glazed Figural Mouse Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French aesthetic turquoise glazed figural mouse vase, a diminutive, whimsical example with a mouse with enameled eyes and long tail, resting on the edge ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Pottery
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Kjell Engman for Kosta Boda Flaired Lip Swedish Art Glass Vase
By Kosta Boda
Located in New York, NY
Bring artistry and charm to your home decor with this brightly colored Swedish Art Glass Vase, hand crafted by glass maker Kjell Engman for renowned glass house Kosta Boda. Resembl...
Category
1990s Swedish Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Art Glass
English Simple Epergne in Silver Plate
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Simple but nice épergne in silver plate for Your table ornament, specially for Christmas: with candles, flowers and fruits all around. Just a few flowers are enough to refine a tabl...
Category
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Silver Plate
$453 Sale Price
20% Off
Dripglaze Heavily Potted Floral Vase
Located in NYC, NY
A beautifully potted vase with raised delicate floral decoration with a burnt orange flower in a subtle Japanese aesthetic typical of aesthetic movement po...
Category
Early 20th Century European Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Pottery
Monumental Japanese Aesthetic Vase
Located in Litchfield, CT
This exceptional hand-painted porcelain vase by George Jones & Sons features magnificent sparrows flitting amongst lush trees and billowing clouds, circa 1880s. A superb example of the Japanese Aesthetic...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Aesthetic Movement vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Aesthetic Movement vases for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Aesthetic Movement vases made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Doulton Lambeth, Royal Worcester, Delphin Massier, and Christopher Dresser. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $248 and tops out at $12,500 while the average work can sell for $1,200.
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