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Louis XVI Vases

LOUIS XVI STYLE

Reflecting the final era of royal opulence before the upheaval of the French Revolution, antique Louis XVI furniture features more angular shapes than the Rococo curves of the Louis XV style, harkening back to the imposing grandeur of Louis XIV.

Dating between 1750 and 1800, an era that overlapped with the last king of France whose reign was cut short by the guillotine, Louis XVI furniture, known as the goût grec, is emblematic of the neoclassical revision that French furniture underwent during the second half of the 18th century.

Authentic Louis XVI furniture characteristics include clean lines and carved details such as scrolls and acanthus flourishes that were inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. This was informed by a burgeoning interest in antiquity in the 18th century, owing to new archaeological excavations at sites including Pompeii and Herculaneum. It largely eclipsed the more East Asian–influenced ornamentation of Louis XV for something more geometric and symmetrical.

The Louis XVI style was defined by what was being created for the palatial rooms at Versailles and Fontainebleau, particularly for the queen, with cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener being a favorite of Marie-Antoinette’s for his luxurious pieces accented with gilded bronze and marquetry. Furniture maker Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené was also a major designer of the period, with his pieces for the royal residences adorned with giltwood and neoclassical touches like tapered columns for chair legs and laurel leaf carvings. Cabinetmaker Adam Weisweiler occasionally incorporated into his furniture porcelain panels produced by Sèvres, a popular manufacturer of European ceramics that served the crown with serveware, vases and other decorative objects.

Find a collection of antique Louis XVI seating, tables, cabinets and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Louis XVI
Pr. 19th Century Antique Bohemian White Over Clear Crystal Maiden Portrait Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of 19th century Louis XVI style Bohemian white over clear crystal maiden portrait vases with hand-painted gilt décor. Each is beautifully hand-painted with gorgeous maidens lo...
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1870s Czech Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal

Pair of Very Rare Carved and Gilted Wood Vases with Painted Sheet Metal Cachepot
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
This pair of Roman vases of the Louis-XVI period is extremely rare. The virtuosity of the sculpture follows with all the elements the Louis XVI sty...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Sheet Metal

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble, Bronze and Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and most unusual pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Black Belgian marble, silvered bronze and ormolu vases. The pair are raised by a mottled Black Belgian marble ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Large & Important French 19th C. Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Jardiniere
Located in New York, NY
A Large & Important French 19th C. Louis XVI Style Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Jardiniere. This magnificent piece is of a baluster form wi...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted White Porcelain and Dore Bronze Covered Bowls
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of 19th century Louis XVI style French ormolu-mounted white porcelain and doré bronze ram's head handle covered bowls. Each bowl is of t...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Bronze

Pair of Baccarat Double Overlay Blue Over White Opaline Vases w/ 24k Gold Decor
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of 19th Century Louis XVI style Baccarat double overlay blue over clear white opaline vases with 24k hand-painted gold decoration. Each ...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal

Pair of 19th Century French Dore Bronze Mounted Crystal Vases Attb to Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental Pair of 19th century French Dore bronze mounted hand-diamond cut crystal vases with rams heads attributted to Baccarat. Each vase...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Gilt Marble Vases
Located in New Orleans, LA
The bodies of this pair of Louis XVI-style vases, measuring nearly two feet in height, are formed from stunning specimens of white marble. Doré bronze mounts in the Louis XVI style p...
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Marble, Bronze

Gilt Bronze and Pink Sevres Style Porcelain Antique Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This exquisite pink porcelain clock set is made in the Louis XVI style and comprises of two vases flanking a central clock. The porcelain clock dial is delicately painted and bears a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble And Ormolu Three Piece Garniture Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and extremely decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert de Patricia marble and Ormolu three piece garniture set. The pair of outer vases are raised by a mottled...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal vase. The vase is raised by a richly chased circular base, with charming birds in their nes...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pr. Baccarat Red Cut-to-Clear Covered Vases w/ Central Cameo of Hunting Trophies
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Pair of Covered Crystal Double Overlay Cranberry Cut-to-Clear Hunting Trophy Vases with applied shell handles and stepped bases, Attributed to Baccarat. These vases are...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal

Sevres Ormolu Mounted Porcelain Vase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Bronze mounted and ormolu sevres porcelain decorative vase / urn. The vase features exterior hand painted floral still live scene details with gilt borders on each side. The vase is ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Bronze, Gold

A French Turn of the Century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Glass vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A decorative and most elegant pair of French Turn of the Century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Glass vases. Each beautifully decorated vase is raised by a smooth square base and topped by...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Vases

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Ormolu

French Turn Of The Century Louis XVI St. Baccarat Crystal & Ormolu Mounted Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French turn of the century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu mounted vase. The vase is raised on a scrolled tripod base above small Ormolu ball feet. The scrolled ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Baccarat Crystal Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat crystal vase. The vase is raised by four fine foliate feet below the circular ormolu and tray. The tray is decorated with a love...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair French/Chinese 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Porcelain Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted blue-glazed enamel over bronze vases with allegorical masks, rings and wreaths. The porcelain is...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Bronze, Ormolu

18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Pot Pourri Sevres Vases, C.1770
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-18th century French Louis XVI ormolu mounted on porcelain two-handled potpourri vases with covers. Each lid pierced and terminating with pinecone finial, body mounted with upright handles terminating in lion marks, on a laurel cast foot...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Ormolu

Pair of Louis XVI North European Neoclassical Ormolu and Marble Potpourris
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of Louis XVI Northern European neoclassical ormolu mounted marble potpourris. The body of each is hand-carved from a very fine quality peach-ish-colored marble. Each side is flanked with exceptionally cast, hand-chassed, and hand-chiseled dore bronze lions head masks. The marble bodies rest on acanthus leaf dore bronze mounts which are attached to a dore bronze waisting socle, further resting on a square plinth. The rounded socle is finished with leaflet designs and a ridged base. The tops are fitted with gorgeous open-work filigree potpourris with dore bronze vine...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Vase in Bronze Louis XVI Style with Cherub on Side
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of vase with cherub on the side. The base is griotte marble Its bear the mark of Millet a paris on the base of the vase.  
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

Hand-Diamond Cut and Champleve Enamel Signed Baccarat Centerpiece/Floral Vase
Located in New York, NY
A unique and quite beautiful Orientalist style hand-diamond cut and Champleve enamel signed Baccarat centerpiece/floral vase. This is a truly unique centerpiece, as it serves dual pu...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Enamel

Pair Of Japanese Imari Porcelain & French Louis XVI St. Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and large scaled pair of Japanese 19th century Imari porcelain and French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu mounted vases. The pair of vases are raised by square Ormolu...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Ormolu

Large Pair of 19 C. French Ormolu Mounted Carved Agate Vases, Att. to E. Lievre
Located in New York, NY
A very large pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Carved Agate Vases, Attributed to Édouard Lièvre. Each vase is massive with a...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Agate, Bronze

Pair Of French Turn Of The Century Louis XVI St. Bronze & Baccarat Crystal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality pair of French turn of the century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze and Baccarat crystal vases. Each vase is raised on a tripod designed base showcasing wonderful banana...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Breccia Marble Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 19th century French Breccia marble lidded urns, having wonderful figuring, gilded ormolu scrolling ribbon and floral decoration an...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Breccia Marble, Ormolu

Set of Three French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Garniture Compotes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. garniture set of three Porcelain de Paris compotes. The set consists of two circular and one oblong oval urns tha...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue porcelain and ormolu vases, possibly by Sèvres. Each vase is raised by a square ormolu base with fine block roset...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Ormolu

Pair of French Ormolu Mounted Rouge Marble Covered Vases, Signed Maison Boudet
Located in New York, NY
An elaborate pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu mounted rouge marble covered vases, signed MAISON BOUDET. Each of baluster form, mounted ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

Fine Gilt-Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Garniture Set, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt bronze and Champlevé Enamel Garniture Set comprising a pair of candelabra and a brûle-parfum and cover. French, circa 1890. The brûle -parfum or censor with a domed champlevé enamel lid above a gilt bronze pierced guilloche border with ram's head mounts supported by a baluster column flanked by seated putti finely cast with musical instruments on a circular base. The candelabra en suite having a pair of of putti figures supporting candlearms with circular champlevé enamel drip trays and sconces. Champlevé enamelling, is similar to cloisonné in that the enamel is applied to discrete cells separated by metal. However, in champlevé, cells or troughs are cast into or cut away from the metal base, leaving a raised metal line between the cells which forms the outline of a design. The cells are then filled with molten or powdered glass and fired. Height of central vase: 25 cm Width of central vase: 15 cm...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Enamel, Bronze

Hand Painted Blue Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Centerpiece in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A hand painted and ormolu-mounted ‘Sèvres’ Porcelain urn in the Louis XVI Manner The characteristic bleu celeste Sèvres-style porcelain body of oblate and bulbous form with gadro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Bronze, Ormolu

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal,golden bronze and "Capodimonte" bisquit roses potiche. This potiche is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

19th Century Pair of French Louis XVI Style Antique Bronze Violet Marble Vases
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE BRONZE MOUNTED BRECHE VIOLETTE MARBLE VASES Circa third quarter of the 19th century Item # 403TET18P A lovely matched pair of vases in the Louis XV ta...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Marble, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze potiche. This potiche is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to customer can modificate the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze bowl
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze bowl. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to customer can modificate the color...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to customer can modificate the color...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century Crystal and Golden Bronze potiche with malachite stones
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century potiche in hand-carved clear crystal and with finely chiseled lost wax castings embellished with malachite stones, the base is in white marble. On request to customer ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Malachite, Marble

Louis XVI Onyx Vase
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI onyx vase. Hand-carved antique onyx Louis XVI vase of modernist form, Italy, circa 1780. Dimensions: 6" dia top x 8" H; 4" dia bottom.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Onyx

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to customer can modificate the color...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Candelabra
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze candelabra. This candelabra is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. This Candelabra has got 5-flames....
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Amber Crystal and Golden Bronze Bowl with Rhinoceros
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved amber crystal and golden bronze bowl. This bowl is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. The golden bronze rhinoceros on the base was...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair Sevres style lidded vases, C19th
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pair of elegant 19th Century French Sevres style porcelain lidded vases. Each depicting classical semi clad maidens with cherubs above. signed; Rochette, gilded ormolu lids, handles ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Ormolu

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Centrepiece
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze centrepiece. This Centrepiece has got the porcelain base with pure gold decorations and hand-grounded crystal. On request to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of Augustus Rex Meissen Porcelain Pink Ground Hunting Scene Covered Vases
Located in New York, NY
A monumental pair of 19th century Louis XVI style Augustus Rex Meissen Porcelain pink ground hunting scene covered vases. Each is beautifully hand painted with scenes of hunters, hun...
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1870s German Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Porcelain

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. On request to customer can modificate the col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase with Rhinoceros
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. The golden bronze rhinoceros on the base was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Amber Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved amber crystal and golden bronze potiche. This potiche is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to customer can modificate the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

19th Century Continental Opaline Urn Shaped Vase
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Continental Opaline Urn Shaped Vase
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Opaline Glass

A Nice Pair of Onyx and Silvered Bronze Ornamental Vases
Located in Antwerp, BE
A good pair of antique marble cassolette. A nice pair of onyx and silvered bronze ornamental vases in the Robert Adam style. The three feet resting on circu...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vases

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Marble, Onyx, Metal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase with Rhinoceros
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. The golden bronze rhinoceros on the base was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Vases

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Crystal, Bronze

French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sévres porcelain and Ormolu vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sévres porcelain and Ormolu vase. This exceptional vase is supported on a circular mottled edge Ormolu base ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Ormolu

Large Pair 19th Century Sevres Style Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of late 19th Century French Sevres style porcelain vases, each with wonderful scrolling gilded ormolu handles with classical female mask mounts. The vases havi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Louis XVI Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Vase
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Louis XVI Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Vase. Figural Louis XVI design accents incorporate relief head of rams, draping granites, and leaf motif along the base and lid. V...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Slate, Bronze

A French 19th Century Pot-Pourri Covered Vase
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French 19th Century Pot-Pourri Covered Vase Large pot-pourri covered and ormolu-mounted ceramic vase Resting on an ormolu base simulating a perfume burner with posts in claws. L...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Ormolu

Large 19th Century French Sèvres Hand Painted Bronze Mounted Porcelain Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
This monumental Louis XVI Sèvres vase was created in Paris, France, circa 1860. Standing on a bronze base, the tall porcelain vessel features a hand painted romantic scene in the man...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Bronze

Louis XVI-Style Pair of Vases with Bronze Stands
Located in Belmont, MA
Introducing a stunning pair of glass vases with exquisitely decorated bronze stands, evoking the timeless elegance of the Louis XVI style from the 19th century. These remarkable vase...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Bronze

Large 19th Century Sèvres Style Porcelain Lidded Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful quality late 19th century French 'Sevres' style hand painted porcelain lidded vase. Having a cobalt blue ground, classical scrolling ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Porcelain

A Pair of Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Porphyry Vases, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The mounts are similar to those by Gouthière. The one vase having more speckling of white in the porphyry than the other.
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Porphyry, Ormolu

Important Pair of Enamel Hand-Painted White Opaline Vases Signed by Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary pair of Ormolu-Mounted enamel hand-painted white opaline vases/planters/jardinieres with gorgeous floral decorations most probably for the Paris Exposition Universel...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Vases

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Bronze

Louis Xvi vases for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI 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, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI vases made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Oggetti D'Arte, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Baccarat, and Gherardo Degli Albizzi. 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 $500 and tops out at $121,466 while the average work can sell for $9,475.

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