Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
ART NOUVEAU STYLE
In its sinuous lines and flamboyant curves inspired by the natural world, antique Art Nouveau furniture reflects a desire for freedom from the stuffy social and artistic strictures of the Victorian era. The Art Nouveau movement developed in the decorative arts in France and Britain in the early 1880s and quickly became a dominant aesthetic style in Western Europe and the United States.
ORIGINS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the late 19th century
- Popularity of this modernizing style declined in the early 20th century
- Originated in France and Britain but variants materialized elsewhere
- Informed by Rococo, Pre-Raphaelite art, Japanese art (and Japonisme), Arts and Crafts; influenced modernism, Bauhaus
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
- Sinuous, organic and flowing lines
- Forms that mimic flowers and plant life
- Decorative inlays and ornate carvings of natural-world motifs such as insects and animals
- Use of hardwoods such as oak, mahogany and rosewood
ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Art Nouveau — which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. Although Art Deco and Art Nouveau were both in the forefront of turn-of-the-20th-century design, they are very different styles — Art Deco is marked by bold, geometric shapes while Art Nouveau incorporates dreamlike, floral motifs. The latter’s signature motif is the "whiplash" curve — a deep, narrow, dynamic parabola that appears as an element in everything from chair arms to cabinetry and mirror frames.
The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau was particularly influenced by the soft colors and abstract images of nature seen in Japanese art prints, which arrived in large numbers in the West after open trade was forced upon Japan in the 1860s. Impressionist artists were moved by the artistic tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and Japonisme — a term used to describe the appetite for Japanese art and culture in Europe at the time — greatly informed Art Nouveau.
The Art Nouveau style quickly reached a wide audience in Europe via advertising posters, book covers, illustrations and other work by such artists as Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha. While all Art Nouveau designs share common formal elements, different countries and regions produced their own variants.
In Scotland, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a singular, restrained look based on scale rather than ornament; a style best known from his narrow chairs with exceedingly tall backs, designed for Glasgow tea rooms. Meanwhile in France, Hector Guimard — whose iconic 1896 entry arches for the Paris Metro are still in use — and Louis Majorelle produced chairs, desks, bed frames and cabinets with sweeping lines and rich veneers.
The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil ("Youth Style") in Germany, and in Austria the designers of the Vienna Secession group — notably Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich — produced a relatively austere iteration of the Art Nouveau style, which mixed curving and geometric elements.
Art Nouveau revitalized all of the applied arts. Ceramists such as Ernest Chaplet and Edmond Lachenal created new forms covered in novel and rediscovered glazes that produced thick, foam-like finishes. Bold vases, bowls and lighting designs in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by Émile Gallé and the Daum Freres appeared in France, while in New York the glass workshop-cum-laboratory of Louis Comfort Tiffany — the core of what eventually became a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory called Tiffany Studios — brought out buoyant pieces in opalescent favrile glass.
Jewelry design was revolutionized, as settings, for the first time, were emphasized as much as, or more than, gemstones. A favorite Art Nouveau jewelry motif was insects (think of Tiffany, in his famed Dragonflies glass lampshade).
Like a mayfly, Art Nouveau was short-lived. The sensuous, languorous style fell out of favor early in the 20th century, deemed perhaps too light and insubstantial for European tastes in the aftermath of World War I. But as the designs on 1stDibs demonstrate, Art Nouveau retains its power to fascinate and seduce.
There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse an extraordinary collection of original antique Art Nouveau furniture on 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.
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Style: Art Nouveau
Unique Art Nouveau Vase "Garden of Eden" Bode Willumsen, Royal Copenhagen, 1946
Located in Odense, DK
Unique faience vase handmade by Danish artist Bode Willumsen in 1946 at workshop of Royal Copenhagen, Denmark. The vase is modelled with an amazing pierced motif of Adam and Eve in t...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
An Art Nouveau Lemonade Jug
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1910
An Art Nouveau frosted glass lemonade jug, with engraved silver lid of foliate designs and glass ice pocket cavity within.
Height 26.00cm
Diameter 13.00cm
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
P. Dauphin, Paris, set of six Art Nouveau faience plates with flowers
Located in København, Copenhagen
P. Dauphin, Paris, a set of six Art Nouveau faience plates decorated with flowers and gold rim.
Early 20th c.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: D 21.0 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Franz Collection Papillon Butterfly Porcelain Ornamental Platter Handled Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Franz Collection Papillon Butterfly Porcelain Ornamental Platter Handled Tray. Circa Early 21st Century, Pre-owned. Measurements: 2.25" H x 18.25" W x 8.5" D.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vallauris Blue Ceramic Pitcher from the 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Milano, MI
Ceramic jug with a sculpture of a woman, created by Vallauris in the 1950s.
Measures: Ø 48 cm, H 19 cm
Very good conditions.
Category
1950s French Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$552 Sale Price
20% Off
Floral Art Nouveau Porcelain Jug Villeroy & Boch WMF
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Set of three Art Nouveau jugs from Villeroy & Boch, 1890-1900. A very rare set of jugs with floral decor in different sizes. All cocoa pots are equippe...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Fabulous Signed Armorial Glass Vase by Hugo Max for Steinschönau Glass school
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Signed Steinschönau armorial glass, milk glass effect vase with finely enamelled floral décor, depicting the arms of the local regional capital Decin -a...
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1910s Czech Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Fritz Heckert Pomegranate Enamelled 2 handled glass vase design by Max Rade 1900
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Stunning and rare, two tall handled Fritz Heckert enamelled Vase in iridised green with polychrome enamelling depicting pomegranates on leafy branches over a stylised sea like freeze in yellow and deep blue. Fully signed in enamel on the base FH for Fritz Heckert and MR for the designed Max Rade. The vase is hand blown and hand tooled making it a little irregular.
Fritz Heckert was possibly the greatest of the turn of the last century German glass makers...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Legras, France, Cabarat Cigogne Liqueur Set in Green Mouth-Blown Art Glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Legras, France. Cabarat Cigogne liqueur set in green mouth-blown art glass with hand-painted flowers.
Approx. 1900.
Consisting of a carafe, serving tray and four glasses.
The car...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Enamelled Poschinger blue glass vase decorated with a stork over a lily pond
By Poschinger
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Striking large cobalt blue iridised Poschinger vase decorated with a large enamelled stork hovering over a pond covered in flowering lilies -A german vase in the classic Jugendstil s...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Iris And Lily Pond, France, ca. 1906
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Slender baluster-shaped vase body on a separate base, widening conically towards the top and then narrowing again to form a slender neck with a flared mouth rim, colorless glass with...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Le Verre Francais ( Decoration Amourettes) Style: Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, 1922
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Le Verre Francais
acid worked
Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. Its production was made at the same time as the Schneider des...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Henry Lambert Art Nouveau English Sterling Silver Wine Cooler
By Henry Lambert
Located in Savannah, GA
This gorgeous Art Nouveau English sterling silver bowl is used for cooling wine
and features a repose floral design with three exaggerated pedunculated knob feet and fanciful scrol...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
$14,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Restaurantware Bowl from the Hotel Baltimore Kansas City MO, 1800s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A piece of Kansas City Art Deco history. This antique bowl, from the late 1800s-early 1900s was created for the Baltimore Hotel in Kansas City MO. Just ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$337 Sale Price
25% Off
Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle from 1901 by John Tiley
By John Tiley
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London 1901 by John Tiley, this stylish, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Belt Buckle, measures 3.75"(9.5cm) wide a...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière With Cut Glass Liner, By Bruckmann & Sons, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Representative elegant silver jardinière in an elliptical basic shape, standing flush on a stepped lower edge, outwardly curved wall divided into segments by pilasters, regular verti...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
A 1918 Silver Art Nouveau Pokal Vase
Located in Skien, NO
Exquisite Antique Norwegian Solid Silver Pokal Vase
This stunning antique pokal vase, crafted in Norway, is made of 830 fine solid silver and dates back to 1918 or earlier. The vase...
Category
1910s Norwegian Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
25 Antique Spoon English Silver Demitasse Coffee Tea Spoons 4 Set of 6
Located in Wembley, GB
4 Set of 6 English Silver Plated Espresso Coffee or Tea Demitasse Spoons
Four beautiful sets of six English sterling silver espresso coffee o...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
$460 Sale Price / set
31% Off
Georg Jensen Beaded Sterling Silver Dinner Fork 012
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A sterling silver Georg Jensen dinner fork, item 012 in the Beaded pattern, design #7 by Georg Jensen from 1916.
Additional information:
Mat...
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20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Pink Green and Gold Ceramic Saucers, Set of 3
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of three pink, green, and gold ceramic saucers. This set is beautifully decorated in pink and green flowers, with gold details. Mix and match thi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
$112 Sale Price
25% Off
Bertha Nathanielsen for Royal Copenhagen, Large Unique Art Nouveau Vase
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bertha Nathanielsen for Royal Copenhagen.
Large unique Art Nouveau vase in hand-painted porcelain. White rose with thorns. Dated 1929.
Measures: 44 x 21 cm.
In excellent conditio...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Dutch .833 Silver & Walnut Serving Tray with Pierced Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique serving tray has no maker's mark, but originated from the Netherlands and dates to approximately 1920 and done in an Art Nouveau style. The base of the tray is done in a lacquered burled walnut which accents the pierced solid silver surround with a floral decoration. The tray is clearly hallmarked with the lion passant indicating a minimum of .833 silver...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Antique Faux Wood Silver Plated Classical Carving Set Rest, Tableware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful faux wood silver plated rest for your carving set, circa 1920s, European made. Nice addition to every table or just for your collection. Tarnished and silver plate lost, ...
Category
1920s German Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Pair of Jodhpur Enamelled Wine Glasses c1920
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Pair of Jodhpur enamelled wine glasses
Date : c1900
Origin : Josephinehutte, Schreiberhau, Silesia, Germany
Bowl Features : Green enamel band with foliate detailing above a...
Category
1920s German Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Large and Impressive Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Vase in Mouth Blown Art Glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Large and impressive Daum Nancy Art Nouveau cameo vase in mouth-blown art glass with leaves and flowers in relief. Dated 1905.
In v...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Art Nouveau French Faience "Luneville" Porcelain Oyster Plate Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Art Nouveau Period French Faience "Luneville" Porcelain Oyster Plate in Rare Color, Circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Frederick Carder Art Nouveau Alabaster Glass Museum Piece, Stevens and Williams
Located in Worcester Park, GB
An important small Frederick Carder Art Nouveau Rose Flambé Alabaster vase by Stevens and Williams originally from their own museum and probably unique. Alabaster glass was first cre...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Antique German Art Nouveau Brass Metal Pickle Castor w/ Etched Glass Insert
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique German Art Nouveau Brass Metal Pickle Castor w/ Etched Glass Insert. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 14" H x 7" W x 4.75" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Serrurier-Bovy Blue Enameled Earthenware Cylinder Vase, 1905, Belgium
Located in Brussels, BE
This cylinder vase was produced by the manufacture " Céramiques Décoratives de Hasselt " for Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, circa 1905.
This model was used for the brass, copper and mahogan...
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Early 1900s Belgian Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
1920 Bohemian Crystal Set of five Cups and Jug Gold Leaf Paint
By Bohemia
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
1920 Bohemian crystal set of five cups and jug gold leaf paint.
The jug is 20 cm high the cups 4 cm and the diameter is 10 cm for both.
Category
1920s Czech Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal, Gold Leaf
Glass Top, Centerpiece, Beveled Mirror, Early 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glass top, centerpiece, beveled mirror, early 20th century.
Centerpiece, glass top, antique beveled mirror, felt backing, early 20th century.
H: 0.5 cm, W: 88.5 cm, D: 60 cm
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Early and Rare René Lalique "Chiens" Art Deco Bowl in Art Glass, 1930s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Early and rare René Lalique "Chiens" Art Deco bowl in art glass decorated with dogs, 1930s.
In very good condition.
Stamped: R. Lalique.
Measures: 24 x 9 cm.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Chinese Silver Water Lily Mustard Pot
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Chinese silver mustard pot. Round and bellied bowl with plain concave neck, thin scroll handle, and spread foot. Modish floral ornament in form of chased and appl...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Mounted Royal Doulton Blue Glazed Pitcher
Located in Norwood, NJ
Art Nouveau sterling silver mounted and fully hallmarked Royal Doulton blue glazed lidded pitcher. 19th century petite pitcher with raised Art Nouve...
Category
1890s English Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Tea Pot With Burner & Tray, D. Vollgold & Son Berlin, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant silver teapot with a hexagonal cross-section on a hexagonal offset stand, six-sided swan spout, round opening with pearl band decoration on the side, slightly domed press-in ...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Large Moorcroft Flambe 'Spring Flowers' Art Pottery Plate or Charger
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large Moorcroft charger was made in circa 1940 with a deep flambé glaze in the 'Spring Flowers' pattern. The top of the plate is hand painted wi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Sepia Cloud Glass Trinket Bowl or Centerpiece by George Davidson, United Kingdom
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in the UK by George Davidson, 1940s.
This large oval bowl is made in sepia calcedony glass and features a rippled edge and an impressed star design on the base.
It is a vintage ...
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1940s British Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Georg Jensen Acorn Sterling Silver Soup/Punch Ladle Large 151
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
"A sterling silver Georg Jensen large soup/punch ladle, item #151 in the Acorn pattern, design #62 by Johan Rohde from 1915.
There were two soup/punch ladles produced, this is the l...
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20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Large Sterling Silver Centerpiece Bowl 501
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A large and heavy sterling silver Georg Jensen oval "Cherry" centerpiece bowl. This is one of Georg Jensen's later designs, from a brief period in 1925-1926 when he lived in Paris. T...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
$17,913 / item
Antique German Art Noveau Hammered Silver Plate Ice Bucket or Wine Cooler
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique German Art Noveau Hammered Silver Plate Ice Bucket or Wine Cooler Signed WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik.
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Vase, Sign: Le Verre Francais (mushroom decoration), Style: Art Nouveau, Liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Le Verre Francais
acid worked
Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. Its production was made at the same time as the Schneider des...
Category
1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Crumb Plate 38
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A rare Georg Jensen hand-hammered crumb tray in the Ornamental Pattern #38, designed by Georg Jensen circa 1912. This elegant flat tray features a hand-forged, curved top and a hollo...
Category
1910s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Royal Copenhagen Art Nouveau Lidded Bowl with Swans No. 23/10
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rare Royal Copenhagen Art Nouveau lidded bowl with swans No. 23/10.
Measures 17 cm. x 14 cm. x 6 cm.
In perfect condition. 1st. factory quality.
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Art Nouveau Silver Overlay "Wheat Head" Whiskey Back Bar Bottle or Decanter
By Lapierre Silver Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
American silver overlay back bar bottle or decanter having an overlaid design of wheat heads around a monogramed cartouche in sterling. The wheat design representing whiskey or rye. ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Daum Nancy, France, Art Nouveau Vase in Mouth Blown Art Glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Daum Nancy, France.
Art Nouveau vase in mouth-blown art glass with hand-painted snowy landscape.
Early 20th century.
Measures: 16 x 11.5 cm.
In very good condition. Minor paint...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Tiffany Fresh and Pretty Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Fresh and pretty Art Nouveau sterling silver bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1911. Round and solid well. Open rim with chased flowering and leafing branch. Fully marked i...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Royal Bayreuth Bavaria Pumpkin-Shaped Ceramic Pitcher
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite antique Royal Bayreuth Bavaria ceramic pitcher is a rare and beautifully crafted piece, shaped in the form of a vibrant pumpkin with lush green leaves accenting the to...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Beaded Pastry Server 204
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A sterling silver Georg Jensen pastry server with hand-chased floral decoration, item #204 in Beaded pattern, design #7 by Georg Jensen from 1916.
Dimensions: Measures 8 1/8" (20.6c...
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1930s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Michael Powolny Art Nouveau Vienna Centrepiece with Three Cherubs, circa 1912
Located in Vienna, AT
Michael Powolny Art Nouveau centrepiece with three cherubs - most lovely ceramics item!
Modelled by Michael Powolny (1871 - 1954), circa 1907.
Hallmarked:
Manufactured by Wiener Keramik (Vienna Ceramics) (WK / hallmarked).
Material is ceramics (multicolored painted / glossy finish).
Model 113 (model number is impressed / bottom glazed)
Monogram of "Michael Powolny (MP)" is impressed, too.
Made 1912.
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Subject:
Most lovely three naked male cherub's figurines holding a round plate attached to their heads / the mentioned plate is blue painted at bottom side / the surface of tiered round socle is partially moss green shaded.
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Height: 21.0 cm (= 8.66 inches)
Diameter of platter: 24.5 cm (= 9.64 inches)
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Bibliography:
Waltraud Neuwirth, Markenlexikon für Kunstgewerbe (3), Wiener Keramik / Modelle 1906-13; pages 100-101
Elisabeth Frottier, "Michael Powolny, Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900-1950", Vienna 1990, page 200, List of Work (= Werkverzeichnis) number W 113 (WV 61), Model 113
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Experts of Fine Arts assess Michael Powolny's work nowadays as result of activity of one the most important ceramics sculptors / designers of Austrian Art Nouveau. Most of Powolny's successors were strongly under his sway since Powolny had left 'large steps' in Viennese Art of Ceramics.
Excellent condition.
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About Michael Powolny (Sculptor).
As both a designer and a teacher, the Austrian ceramicist and glassware designer Michael Powolny was an important figure in the development of modernist aesthetics in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. His romantic sculptural pottery figures embrace the lush, dynamic stylings of Gustav Klimt and other progressive artists, while his functional pieces — such as glass bowls and vases — employ the simple linear and geometric ornamentation that marked the work of Josef Hoffmann and other members of the Wiener Werkstätte Community of designers and craftsmen.
Powolny received classical training in ceramics from his father, a potter, and at the Vienna School of Applied Arts, but later joined in the modernizing movement in the Austrian arts at the close of the 19th century. In 1897, Klimt, Hoffman, Koloman Moser and other artists and architects founded the Vienna Secession, a group that fought for freedom of expression against the city’s
tradition-bound arts establishment. Powolny’s work reflects the changing times. He used classical figures in his ceramics — female nudes, cherubs — yet would dress them in modern ornament such as garlands of abstract, geometric flowers. Pieces from Powolny’s ceramics company were sold through the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshops) founded by Hoffmann and Moser, and Hoffman later hired Powolny to create ceramic ornamentation for his architectural masterpiece, the Palais Stoclet in Brussels.
Powolny would go on to design glassware that combines elegant, tapering forms with precise linear decoration. His most influential work may have come as a professor at the School of Applied Arts, where he taught both Lucie Rie,
the great Austrian-British modernist ceramicist, and the American potter Viktor Schreckengost, creator of the “Jazz Bowl...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Acorn Fish Fork 061
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
Georg Jensen sterling silver fish fork, item #061 in the Acorn Pattern, design #62 by Johan Rohde from 1915.
Additional information:
Material: Sterling silver
Styles: Art Nouveau
Ha...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière In Navette Form, Koch & Bergfeld Germany, Ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant silver jardinière with a boat-shaped base standing on four downward-projecting feet with leaf decoration, wall with curved upper edge with surrounding vertical openwork slats...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver 1903 Clover Bowl in Art Nouveau Style
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver Clover bowl in pattern number 15815 from 1903 and in Art Nouveau style with clover and fruit motifs. The pierced motifs near the rim are a rare feature ...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Acanthus Sterling Silver Cream Ladle 156
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
Sterling silver Georg Jensen cream ladle, item #156 in the Acanthus pattern, design #180 by Johan Rohde from 1917.
Additional information:
Material: Sterling silver
Style: Art Nouv...
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20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Royal Doulton, England, a Pair of Narrow-Necked Art Nouveau Vases
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Doulton, England. A pair of narrow-necked Art Nouveau vases in hand painted porcelain,
circa 1910.
Measures: 28 x 12 cm.
In very good condition.
Sta...
Category
1910s English Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
French Majolica Palissy Charger By HB Choisy Le Roi, C.1930s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just in, this large French Majolica Palissy Charger By HB Choisy Le Roi, C.1930s
This charger depicts a Red large lobster on a bed of lettuce with a couple of Red shrimps and a frog....
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Shell with Handle by Albert Koehler
By AK & Cie
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass silvered with engraved thistle on the bottom made by Albert Koehler, circa 1900 in Vienna. Signed AK & Cie in the handle.
Excellent restored.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
$490 Sale Price
43% Off
Glimma Glasbruk, Sweden, Art Nouveau "Blomkula" Art Glass Vase in Blue Glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Glimma Glasbruk, Sweden.
Art Nouveau "Blomkula" art glass vase in blue glass.
1920/30s.
With the moulded decoration of galloping horses.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: D 18.0 x ...
Category
1920s Swedish Vintage Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Je Caldwell Bowl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art Nouveau was a reaction to the academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, particularly the curved li...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
$2,200
Galle Alpine Landscape Cameo Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Sarasota, FL
Galle cameo Alpine landscape vase in frosted pink glass, decorated with a green intercalaire tree scene over a blue mountain range. At least 3 glass layers. Signed in cameo with "Gal...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Georg Jensen “Cosmos” Tea & Coffee Set 45
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage sterling silver Georg Jensen tea and coffee set with ebony handles, design #45 by Johan Rohde from circa 1915. This design is often referred to as the “Cosmos” design. An a...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
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