Neoclassical Vases
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Onyx, Porcelain, Gilt-Bronze and Cloisonnè Sevres Center, Neoclassical Style
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Onyx, porcelain, gilt bronze and cloisonnè Sevres center. Neoclassical Style. France late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Large Gilt and Patinated Bronze Neoclassical Style Vase, French, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and finely cast gilt and patinated bronze neoclassical style vase.
This impressive vase is of oval shape with gilt and patinated bronze decoration of classical figures and...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze
Italian Marble Medici Style Vase
Located in New York, NY
Italian Marble Medici style vase. Vintage richly veined marble vase in the Medici style with Verde Alpi carved top and a fior di pesca base, Italy, circa 1925.
Dimensions: 9" diamet...
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1920s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Neoclassical Style Bronze Vase by Levillain and Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
This elegant vase is cast entirely in bronze and it is signed by its makers, the sculptor Ferdinand Levillain (French, 1837-1905) and the master bronzier Ferdinand Barbedienne (Frenc...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Large Neoclassic Swedish Blyberg Porphyry Bowl
Located in Stamford, CT
A large bowl made of Blyberg Porphyry from Älfdalen, Sweden, circa 1800.
Category
Early 1800s Swedish Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porphyry
Corbeille Vase Pair of Swedish Porcelain Rörstrand White Gilded, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Corbeille vase pair of Swedish Rörstrand white gilded, Sweden. A pair of Swedish porcelain corbeilles from the Rörstrand Porcelain Factory. Gilded ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Spanish Ceramic Floral Urn with Two Handles and Carved Wood Base
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish ceramic floral urn with two handles and carved wood base
Enameled and gilded vase ceramic Peyró Antonio Valencia, circa 1950 signed and stamped "Porcelain Peyró". Bas...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Two Antique Painted Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
These elegant small-scale vases have been delicately handcrafted from porcelain. They will look beautiful placed on top of a mantelpiece, pedestal or table, where the beholder can fu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Italian Capo Di Monti Porcelain Floral Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Capo di Monti porcelain and gilt floral design vases with ram head sides and cover (19th Cent) (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Pair of 19th Century Trumpet Vases
By Old Paris
Located in London, GB
An extremely unusual pair of Paris porcelain trumpet-shaped vases in the C18 Mogul Indian style, hand-decorated with exotic birds in trees and foliage, the body sitting on porcelain ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Sèvres Blue Porcelain Urn on Gilt Bronze Plinth
Located in London, GB
This beautiful urn (or vase) was crafted in 1875 by the famous Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. The urn exhibits the fine detailing and gilding that Sèvres Porcelain was renowned for in the 18th and 19th century. The inside of the urn is signed, ‘S.73’, ‘DECORE A SEVRES/ RF/ 75’.
The conical porcelain urn has been painted a speckled royal blue colour and decorated with parcel gilt, navy floral motifs. The body is ornamented around its base with stylised leaf forms, and its centre features a large painting of a flower. Navy porcelain...
Category
1870s French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Two antique Neoclassical style gilt bronze tripod stands
Located in London, GB
These large, gilt bronze tripod stands have been designed in a majestic French Neoclassical style.
Both stands serve to support bowls, raising t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Paris Vase
By Old Paris
Located in London, GB
A lovely pair of bulbous-shaped Continental porcelain vases and covers. the central parts hand-decorated with cartouches of Eastern-style courting and flower scenes, the necks sporti...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Verde Chassagne Marble Vases and Covers, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of gilt and patinated bronze mounted verde chassagne marble vases and covers.
French, circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Copy of an Askos, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small bronze vessel of the 19th century in the shape of an antique Askos with resting rams on the broad opening and an ear-shaped handle, decorated with leaves. The shape of the body...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Bronze Urn on Marble Pedestal
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A fine pair of early to mid-19th century Campana shaped patinated bronze urns on Sienna marble pedestals. The bronzes are of good quality with f...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Pair of Antique Roman Neoclassical Campagna Shaped Black Scagliola Vases or Urns
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of large antique 19th century Roman neoclassical Campagna shaped black Scagliola vases or urns. Seated on a square base, the rim and body of each vase has a meticulously ...
Category
1820s Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Scagliola
Empire Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Napoleon Vase
Located in London, GB
This Sevres style porcelain vase is beautifully painted with an image of Napoleon I on horseback. In this painting, Napoleon visits his men, some of whom are wounded, in what appears to be a military camp. He is seen, leading a group of mounted soldiers, on a white horse, respectfully doffing his bicorne hat to his troops. The painting is signed ‘F. Amblet’. This oval painting is given an elaborate gilded decorative border, reminiscent of a giltwood frame. These beautiful gold foliate patterns continue onto the base of the vase, as well as the top, where we see a pair of griffins.
The vase is fitted with two handles, cast as double French imperial eagle heads, which spring from classical female masks, each wearing with winged helmets. ‘M.re IMPle de Sevres’ is painted its base.
This antique Napoleonic vase...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Two Very Large French Silvered Bronze Vases
Located in London, GB
Standing 1.15 meters (45 inches) tall, these grand neoclassical style vases are designed to make an impact. Crafted from silvered bronze, the vases are truly magnificent works, which...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze
Antique Gilt Bronze Mounted Cut Glass Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This graceful three-piece clock set is designed in a refined neoclassical style, which was fashionable in France in the 19th century. The set has been crafted from finely cut clear g...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Very Impressive Pair of 19th Century Dresden Vases
Located in London, GB
This pair of Dresden or Helena flower encrusted vases are in Meissen style.
The vases have hand painted cartouches after the French court artist...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Vases, Liguria/Genoa, Mid-19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of off-white Italian marble vases on baluster-shaped feet above square bases. The lower third of the vase shows a bellied, gadrooned wall. The vases have old restorations, the b...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble
Neoclassical Style Campana Grand Tour Vase
Located in Montreal, QC
Neoclassical style patinated metal Grand Tour Campana vase featuring a frieze depicting a Bacchanalian procession. Set on an antico verde marble base.
Category
1880s French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble, Metal
Wedgwood Black and Gilt Basalt Covered Potpourri Vase, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
A wedgwood black and gilt basalt covered Potpourri vase, circa 1870.
Category
1870s English Antique Neoclassical Vases
George III Silver Lusterware Vase
Located in New York, NY
This elegant vase of attenuated proportions was given an unusual silver-luster glaze, and embellished with two medallions on a military theme. One depicts a young soldier with a swor...
Category
1790s English Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Large 19th Century Fruit Encrusted Schneehallen Vase
Located in London, GB
A continental porcelain vase, entirely encrusted with various fruits and flowers on a white and heavily gilded background.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Italian Serpentine Marble Vases
Located in London, GB
These vases are wonderfully built from a rich, green 'serpentine' marble, so called because of the similarity of its surface coloring and texture to the skin of a snake. Their large ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble, Serpentine
Antique Neoclassical, Empire Period, Berlin-KPM Gold Ground Campana Vase
Located in New York, NY
An exceptionally rare and quite exquisite antique Neoclassical Berlin (KPM) manufactory gold ground Campana shaped two handled vase. The continuous pattern...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Cloisonne Enamel Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This exceptionally detailed clock set consists of a mantel clock and a pair of accompanying vases, which are all crafted in ormolu and extensively decorated in vibrant cloisonné enam...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
Monumental French Bronze Neoclassical Figural Vase
Located in New York, NY
Monumental French patinated bronze neoclassical style figural two handle vase.
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze
Classical Style Italian Green Marble Ewer Vase with Pedestal
Located in London, GB
Classical style Italian green marble ewer vase with pedestal
Italian, 19th Century
Height 114cm, width 38cm, depth 37cm
This decorative Italian ewer has b...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble
Ornate English Porcelain Vase in Shape of Archaic Oil Lamp Vessel
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This ornate porcelain vase is in the shape of an archaic oil lamp. It has double heads and double spouts.
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Neoclassical Silver Vase
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neoclassical Silver Vase. Neapolitan sterling silver acanthus leaf-topped urn on fluted column pedestal with Italian sterling hallmarks, stamped N8, Italy, circa 1870.
Dimens...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare 19th Century Tucker and Hemphill American Porcelain Trumpet Vase, 1830s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and rare early 19th century Tucker and Hemphill porcelain vase.
The vase is decorated with a gilt shield device surrounded by leaf and branch and ribbon decoration. (Also, ...
Category
1830s American Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Neoclassical Italian Lidded Urns
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of elegant 19th century Italian porcelain lidded urns with hand-painted scenes and gilded details. One side of the urns features a neoclassical scene, and the reverse side featu...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Italian 19th Century Ginori Glazed and Parcel Gilt Porcelain Armorial Vase
By Carlo Ginori
Located in Firenze, IT
This truly exceptional and rare antique early 19th century Ginori two handles hand-painted porcelain vase is inspired by those that the Medici, Florence's ruling family during the Renaissance, used to put in their homes, gardens and courtyards.
The white porcelain background is richly decorated in the round with royal blue and 24-karat parcel-gilt details throughout. A large, completely gilded band decorates the upper and lower part of the vase that features two white and gold fluted handles each with two gold men’s masks finals that join the body of the vase.
Two multicolored hand painted coats of arms of a noble Italian family featuring an armor with red, rose, green and yellow feathers and a rampant lion are painted at the very centre among the gold painted foliage both framed by an oval gilt band.
The gilding on this stunning neoclassical centrepiece...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century French Neoclassical Patinated and Gilt Bronze Ewers
Located in New York, NY
Patinated and gilt bronze mounted ewers with eagle head handles, resting on a base decorated with wreath of flowers and burners with flames,
France, early 19th century.
Measures: H...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze
Berlin Blue and Gold Vase Mounted as Lamp, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
Berlin blue and gold vase mounted as lamp, circa 1820.
Category
1820s German Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large White Italian Neoclassical Vase
Located in New York, NY
Large white Italian neoclassical vase. White earthenware vase after the antique. Italy, late 18th century
Dimension: 10.75" diameter top x 12....
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Pair Large Antique English Porcelain Vases Made circa 1810
By Spode
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair are outstanding Regency period vases!
The vases function as ice pails with liners to hold ice or, if you like, flowers.
Made by Spode circa 1810, they are large, lavishly ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique French Neoclassical Verde Antico Marble and Ormolu-Mounted Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique French neoclassical or Empire Verde Antico marble and ormolu-mounted campagna-form urns. The base is decorated with two-toned ormolu matte and burnished 24-karat gold...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
20th Century Classicist Style Marble Crater Vase
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental marble crater vase in classicist style.
Natural marble in golden yellow.
(U-Hai-8).
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble
Very Fine Ormolu-Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Vase
Located in London, GB
The ovoid body painted with a figure of a maiden in embrace with a reluctant cupid, signed 'M. Demonceaux', the reverse with two putti at play, on circular foot and square base with ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Large Pair of Antique Neoclassical, Campagna Shaped Bronze Urns or Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of antique neoclassical grand tour period, two-toned patinated and doré bronze, Campagna shaped two handled urns. Each beautifully resting on an original rouge marble pli...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Monumental Pair of Neoclassical Period, Swedish Porphyry Campagna Shaped Vases
Located in New York, NY
A monumental pair of neoclassical period, Swedish Porphyry Campagna shaped vases, circa 1810. These magnificent handcrafted urns are carved from the uniquely Swedish Porphyry stone, rest on square plinths. Purchased from Didier Aaron in Paris by Michael Taylor.
A vase of this shape based on the Borghese vase in the Louvre is shown in a French catalogue of 1805 advertising porphyry from Elfdal in Sweden (H. Sundblom et al., Porfyr, exhibition catalogue, December 1985-February 1986, p.31). A vase of the same shape and size in Blyberg porphyry...
Category
1810s Swedish Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porphyry
19th Century Bronze French Neoclassical Figural Lion Plant Stand - Vase Pedestal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Plant Stand / Pedestal with Glass Vase Insert. This stunning piece features a highly decorated bronze fra...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze
Matched Pair 19th Century French Opal Vases w/ Green Enamel & Gilt Decoration
By Baccarat
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This matched pair of handblown "Pate de Riz" white Opal vases are tall, elegant yet understated. The soft white body is decorated with hand-painted green and gold enamels in a neocla...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
'The Diana and Actaeon Vase', Meissen Circa 1865
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The ‘Diana and Actaeon’ Vase
A Large Meissen Porcelain Two Handled Vase, Painted By Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872). Model Number G.103.
The body finely painted with a con...
Category
19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt Spill Vases
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A pair of Neoclassical black basalt spill vases by Wedgwood, made circa 1820.
The vases are accented with a delicate border of scrolling acanthus leaves and depict excerpts from Joh...
Category
1820s English Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Pair of Neoclassical Style American Coin Silver Medallion Bud Vases By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American Coin Silver (.900), Neoclassical-style Medallion bud vases, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, Ca. 1875. Each vase has 3 lovely Neoclassical medallions aroun...
Category
1870s American Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gold Lidded Urn with Caryotids
Located in Jupiter, FL
Gorgeous white and gold Naples lidded urn with four caryatids on each corner.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Classical Solid Onyx Vase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A classic a style solid onyx vase. Substantial in size and weight. Hand turned and polished to a gloss finish. Rich color variations from greens to creams and browns.
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Onyx
Pair of Neoclassical Paris Porcelain Two-Handled Oviform Vases
Located in London, GB
A pair of neoclassical Paris porcelain two-handled oviform vases
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 34.5cm, width 14cm, depth 11cm
This excellent pair of porcelain vases were...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Marble
Pair Cornucopia Vases Agostinelli Porcelaine d"Arte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Porcelaine d'arte Agostinelli Vases Cornucopia Form with Ram's Head in Gilded Porcelain - a Pair - from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Rock Crystal Urns with Gold Finials
Located in Cypress, CA
Magnificent pair of Neo-classical style hand-carved and hand-polished rock crystal covered vases. Crowned with ormolu pineapple finials.
The largest we have ever seen in our 40 year...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Urn Vases on Pedestals
Located in Firenze, IT
Pair of Italian (probably Florence) 18th century white Carrara marble campana shaped vases, extremely decorative architectural pieces both for indoor or outdoor use dating back to Ne...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of Carved Rock Crystal Vases
Located in Cypress, CA
Unique large pair of neoclassical style hand carved and hand-polished rock crystal vases.
The inside of the vases were masterfully carved out.
Measures: H. 14" x D. 7".
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Rock Crystal
Pair of Wedgwood Dark Blue and White Vases
By Wedgwood
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Wedgwood dark blue and white jasperware vases. Insides of vases have a shiny glazed finish. 6” tall x 5.5” across top x 4.5” across bottom. ...
Category
1930s British Vintage Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Pottery
Neoclassical vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical 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, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical 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 Wedgwood, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Ferdinand Barbedienne, and Meissen Porcelain. 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 $90 and tops out at $805,222 while the average work can sell for $3,874.
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