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
19th Century Porcelain Ice Pail & Cover By Jacob Petit
By Jacob Petit
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning 19th century ice pail and cover by Jacob Petit, under glazed blue JP mark.
Circa 1850
French
This ice pail is in excellent condition. The gilt details and painted surfa...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Porcelain
A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble Ormolu vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble, Ormolu, and Crystal vases. Each cornucopia shaped vase is supported on a rectangular shaped white Carrara m...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Pair Of Japanese 19th Century Imari Porcelain Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality pair of Japanese 19th century Imari Porcelain and French Louis XV st. Ormolu mounted vases. These gorgeous vases are supported by circular Ormolu bases wi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Ormolu
$18,800 / set
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vases. Each stunning vase is tastefully decorated by an Ormolu mount displaying...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
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
Materials
Marble, Onyx, Metal, Bronze
Pair of Sevres Style Lidded Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A pair of French Sevres style porcelain lidded vases, each in a cobalt blue ground, berry and leaf finials, classical scrolling gilded decoration, inset painted panels depicting youn...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Porcelain
$5,292 / set
Pair of Vases 19th Century Louis XVI
Located in Warsaw, PL
This magnificent pair of decorative vases is a masterpiece of the Napoleon III period (mid-19th century), showcasing elegance and refinement through the harmonious combination of gil...
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
$15,618 / set
French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vase
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and finely detailed French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vase, stamped Baccarat. This beautiful and most decorative vase is raised by a circula...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Bronze, Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze, Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vase. This stunning vase is raised by three topie shaped Ormolu feet suppo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair 19th C. Blue Opaline Baccarat Crystal Cornucopia Shape Footed Fluted Vases
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Pair 19th Century Blue Opaline Baccarat Crystal Cornucopia Shape Footed Fluted Vases. This remarkable pair of vases, are a striking embodiment of opulence and elegance, distinguish...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Opaline Glass
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal vase. The vase is raised by a square base with cut corners and a beautiful richly chased wrap around ormo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Baccarat Double Overlay Blue Over White Opaline Vases w/ 24k Gold Decor
By Baccarat
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
Materials
Crystal
French 18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Handled Vases, Relief Putto on Marble Base
Located in Firenze, IT
This pair of French Louis XVI ormolu handled vases date back to late 18th century (1700s) These exceptional camapana urn shaped gilt bronze vases were created with the ancient tradit...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
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
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Stunning French 19th Century Vert Patricia Marble and Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert Patricia marble and Ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised on a square marble base with a foliate Ormolu so...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI St. Famille Rose Porcelain and Ormolu Lidded Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely decorative pair of French and Asian collaboration 19th century Louis XVI st. Famille Rose porcelain and ormolu lidded vases...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Ormolu
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
Materials
Bronze
$2,000 / set
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
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Magnificent pair of vases in crystal and bronze with cherub
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent pair of vases crystal and bronze louis XVI style
The marble bases with bronze circle supports three draped patinated bronze loves which are...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Marble, 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
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Marble and Bronze Cassolettes
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th century French Louis XVI marble and bronze Cassolettes represent the epitome of affluence! handcrafted from exquisitely veined marbl...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine 19th Century French Sèvres Style Porcelain & Doré Bronze-Mounted Ewers
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of 19th century French Sèvres style Porcelain and ormolu-mounted ewers which are hand painted in Sèvres celest blue color porcelain. Each ewer is very finely hand pa...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pr. Baccarat Red Cut-to-Clear Covered Vases w/ Central Cameo of Hunting Trophies
By Baccarat
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
Materials
Crystal
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
Materials
Slate, Bronze
Pair Antique Russian Hand-Diamond-Cut Crystal Ormolu Mounted Double Swan Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Pair of 19th Century Antique Russian Ormolu Mounted Crystal Double Swan Handle Vases. With a small diameter of bronze at the base, the vase widens as it ascends to the...
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1820s Russian Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Style Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Fine Antique French Louis XVI style enameled and gilded porcelain lamps.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Porcelain
French Sevres Style Porcelain Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality French Sevres style hand painted porcelain lidded vase, with gilded ormolu scrolling foliate mounts, cobalt blue ground with scrolling gild...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Late 18th Century Brown Painted Batavia Trumpet Vases ‘Could Be Lamps’
Located in London, by appointment only
These trumpet vases are European and were made to copy Chinese porcelain vases being exported to Europe from China.
This pattern is known as Batavia and is characteristic with th...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Cobalt Blue Porcelain and Ormolu Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue porcelain and ormolu vase, possibly by Sèvres. The vase is raised by a fine square ormolu base with concave ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu vases. Each elegant vase is raised by fine curved block feet below the rectangular base with charming rosettes and fitted...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th C. Bohemian Crystal Hand-Engraved and Acid Washed Covered Pokals
Located in New York, NY
A pair of 19th century Bohemian crystal hand-engraved and acid washed covered pokals, with hunting scenes. Each crystal pokal is blown, handcut, hand-engraved, and acid washed to cre...
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1860s Czech Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and large scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat crystal and ormolu vase. The vase is raised by an elegant circular ormolu base a fine bottom wrap around lau...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Bronze Vase with Harvesting Putti in the Gout of Clodion, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Covered pot in patinated bronze in the Louis XVI style, in the taste of Clodion. The main body is covered with a mythological decoration of putti connected to each other by branches of vine and bunches coming out of several horns of plenty, themselves held by a central putto enthroned on top of the lid. The latter, the only one wearing wings, has a serious and concentrated attitude. He stands on top of the triton shell...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Bronze
A French 19th century Louis XVI st Belle Époque period etched Glass Ormolu vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period etched Glass, Ormolu, and Brèche Meduse marble vase. This beautiful vase is raised by a circular ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
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
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
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
Materials
Ormolu
A pair of Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. etched Crystal and Ormolu vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and finely detailed pair of Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. etched Crystal and Ormolu vases. Each vase is raised by a triangular mottled Ormolu base with squared en...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and finely detailed French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal vase, stamped Baccarat. This beautiful and most decorative vase is raised by a circula...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu, Crystal and Mother of Pearl Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, Baccarat crystal and mother of pearl vase. The vase is raised by a most impressive and wonderfull...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
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Crystal, Ormolu
Pair Of French Turn Of The Century Louis XVI St. Silvered Bronze And Glass Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French turn of the century Louis XVI st. Silvered Bronze and glass vases. The pair of bud vases are raised on circular Silvered Bronze scalloped shaped bases. The ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Marble Vases in the Manner of Pierre Gouthière
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Incarnat Turquin marble vases in the manner of Pierre Gouthière.
Each vase is mounted with finely cast gilt bronze fema...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Mid-19th Century Vases in Ural Granite and Gilt Bronze, Louis XVI Style
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Ural granite and gilt bronze ornamental vases in Louis XVI style. Young women in gilt bronze sit on the shoulders of the granite vases to form the handles, their backs bent s...
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1850s Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat crystal and ormolu vases. Each vase is raised by a circular base with a fine mottled wrap around ormo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. crystal vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. crystal and ormolu mounted vase. The cylinder shaped vase is raised by a bottom square ormolu base with a rounded mottled band and a spiral reeded design. The vase is elegantly designed with a lattice pattern at the top and the bottom. At the center of the vase are elongated cuts...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
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
Materials
Bronze
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
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Exquisite Louis XVI Style Bronze and Ormolu Vases, Attributed to Moreau
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of exquisite French Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu vases, attributed to Moreau. Each vase is raised by a circular Rouge Griotte marble base with a mottled border. A...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Rare Louis XVI Russian Ormolu Mounted Agate Vase with Dore Bronze Swan Handles
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent Louis XVI Style Russian ormolu-mounted covered agate vase or Urn with finely hand-chiseled and Cast doré Bronze Swan Handles. This marvellous baluster form covered vase...
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1830s Russian Antique Louis XVI Vases
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Agate, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Tazzas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu tazzas. Each tazza is raised by a most elegant triangular shaped ormolu base with beautiful scrolled ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Crystal and Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. crystal and ormolu vases. Each circular tapered shaped crystal vase displays beautiful thick cut crystal with diamond shaped de...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Rouge Griotte and Ormolu Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Grotto marble and ormolu vase. The urn is raised by a square base with a decorative ormolu band below a fine berried laurel orm...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Petite Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Fluorspar Cassolettes
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of petite Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted fluorspar cassolettes.
Each cassolette having an ovoid form fluorspar body surmounted by a gilt-bronze stiff-leaf cast neck, ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Vases
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Bronze
Splendid Lided Vase Marble in the Style of Louis XVI Bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Bordeau red marble with grey white flecking. Egg-Fomed body
connected with wide ornamental relief and interrupted circlet.
Ornamented with engraved classicist basket work, on both si...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Marble
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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