Australia - Decorative Objects

Fratelli Mannelli travertine bowl, a timeless piece of mid-century Italian craftsmanship. Hand-carved from natural travertine stone, this bowl showcases its unique porous texture and...

In 1921 Guido Bitossi founded the "Maioliche artistiche Guido Bitossi" factory, proposing a type of production linked to the tradition and classical styles of the past, combined with...

1978 marked the second anniversary of the New York City nightclub Studio 54, where art and culture converged to inspire a new era of design and architecture. Crafted from raw marble,...

A striking centrepiece for the dining table or kitchen bench, the Billy bowl remixes the irreverent design codes of 1980s postmodernism with nods to the postpunk music and fashion of the same era. Finished in a monochrome palette and raised on a trio of playfully juxtaposing geometric blocks, the round ceramic vessel...

A Large and Impressive Spanish Wrought Iron Candlestand, 18th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection. Dimensions: Height: 183cm. Width: 140cm. Depth: 58cm.

In the early 1920s, Wedgwood decided to produce an exceptional edition of the Portland Vase, and Harry Barnard embarked on 3-4 years of experiments, which resulted in this superb and...

An antique black lacquer document box with an exquisitely detailed, finely wrought design from The Tale of the Genji depicted in gold maki e across the lid. Internally, the box is de...

Taking the span of almost a year from inception to completion, we are so thrilled to share our new collection which is available now for Pre-Order. The New Moringa Floor Sculpture ...

A French Terracotta Pug, 19th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection. Dimensions: Height: 17cm. Width: 30.5cm. Depth: 16cm.

Add a touch of timeless Italian design to your space with this exquisite travertine Giraffe sculpture by Enzo Mari for Fratelli Mannelli. Handcrafted from natural travertine stone, t...

Greg Natale presents his New Wave collection. Little Luxuries for home, accessories and covetable collectibles that are beautifully crafted that bring personality to any space. This ...

These striking ornate vases, crafted in vibrant turquoise blue opaline and believed to date back to approximately 1870 during the Napoléon III era, exude timeless elegance. Although ...

This piece embodies Venetian sophistication, with its clean lines and organic movement. Though minimal in color, the vase's play of light and form adds expressive volume. It stands a...

Listed as a set of two in error; there is only one. The system will not let me change it. One of Murray's particularly successful designs, the Tobacco Jar stands as a testament to t...

A pair of sphinxes in black glass. Little is known of this Manchester glassworks, but they had a very successful line in neoclassical pieces of which these are a fine example.  

Beautiful Italian Murano vase, Thick smoked blown glass 1970.  

Classical meets regency: A miniature campana vase, decorated with pattern 1166. This pattern, despite its lasting popularity, has never been given a common name; perhaps because of t...

When it comes to a shared passion for Africa, handmade and unique design, Uniqwa Collections and klaylife are perfectly aligned. Both hailing from Africa, our creative teams merg...

A pair of WMF [Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik] flower vases decorated with a fisherman and fisherwoman with children. Silver plated pewter and high relief decoration. The vases h...

An unusual Longwy enamel decorated vase, in the characteristic colour ‘bleu de Longwy’, and featuring a finely crackled golden starfish splayed over its surface. The Longwy earthenwa...

A 19th Century bronze of the bronze Seated Hermes Based on the life-size bronze Roman statue found at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum in 1...

Brass Coaster Holder With Tan Coaster Set by Henry Wilson Dimensions: W 11 x D 4 x H 5 cm (Coaster Holder dimensions) Materials: Solid brass, Leather Sand cast in solid brass and h...

A high quality, antique, Japanese black lacquer document box. It has an external design of gold maki e plum blossoms. In Japanese culture plum blossom symbolises the beginning of Spring, having its own festival, the Ume Matsuri, alongside the more famous cherry blossom festival...

Channelling the raw and rebellious energy of New York’s post-punk scene, the Debbie collection pays tribute to the legendary Blondie frontwoman with a mix of rock-and-roll audacity a...

Mazer 350 Sculpture by Tom Fereday Dimensions: W 35 x D 35 x H 55 cm Materials: Solid Travertine. Weight: 76 Kg. MAZER COLLECTION: Mazer represents a series of geometric sculptures...

Sculptural Murano glass vase by Barbini in clear finish, 1970s This sculptural clear Murano glass vase by Barbini, dating to the 1970s, embodies the refined artistry of Venetian gla...

With its unique kintsugi style repair, this Wedgwood black basalt vase has become one of a kind. The flared trumpet style vase was made by Wedgwood in the ...

An octagonal fairyland lustre bowl, decorated with Geisha pattern, one of the best loved of Daisy Makeig-Jones’ designs. Probably the best of Wedgwood's female designers, Daisy wa...

In solid slate blue jasper, with inlaid foot; decorated with numerous reliefs typical of the period. Engine turned decoration and lapidary polished interior. Exhibited: Wedgwood, Ma...

Secret Pen Box “There’s something deep inside my psyche that is fascinated with secret compartments. Perhaps it has to do with my childhood on the farm. It was a time of constant discovery. Being free to roam over hundreds of acres of rugged bushland, I was forever discovering the secret places where the small birds, animals and insects of the bush hid from prying eyes. Discovering them took many hours and sometimes days of patience and skill. Just like discovering where we have placed secret compartments within our pieces. This box has been made with great skill and passion. And it is very difficult to discover it’s secrets. I know this unique treasure will become a well-loved family heirloom. Please enjoy it, and all the joy and intrigue it will bring you”…David Boucher This intriguing box of drawers provides storage for up to thirty-one pens and features five very secret opening mechanisms. It was created in its entirety in our workrooms in Toowoomba, Australia. The attention to detail is meticulous. There’s a concealed top tray along with four ‘hidden’ drawers that have no obvious way of opening. Each item of material was painstakingly selected. Macassar Ebony, North Queensland Figured Butt Maple (It’s amazing story can be read below) red Shagreen and Italian leather. The very intricate drawer-opening mechanisms and the nickel-plated brass feet have been custom made for this piece. Drawer sides are made from quarter-sawn solid Queensland Silver Ash and feature very fine, hand-cut dovetails. Each drawer is precision fitted with fine red Italian leather. There are even protective leather pads with intricately folded edges under each foot. The box is beautifully hand finished with a durable satin lacquer. Signed and engraved with the registered number. PLEASE NOTE : Maximum pen diameter capacity • Top opening compartment -Maximum Pen diameter - 23mm • 3 drawers – Maximum Pen diameter - 25mm A video explaining how to access each of the secret opening systems will be supplied to the purchaser. (The story of this North Queensland figured Butt Maple that has been used inside the lid of the Secret Pen Box. “The figure and colour of this amazing piece timber is the result of a rare trick of nature. Some 200 years ago, a large North Queensland Maple tree fell victim to the destructive force of a Pacific Ocean cyclone. Few trees survived the storm, but this tree was different. It was destined for much bigger things. The tree was crushed, bent and twisted by the massive cyclonic winds, but when all fell calm, it was still standing. Over the next 100 years, the bent and heavily leaning tree grew to become a massive giant. The timber grain inside became wrinkled from the compression and slowly developed into a treasure box of colour and figure. When the tree finally died, it was recovered and taken to an old country sawmill in the high country inland from Cairns in North Queensland in 1901. At the mill it was in the process of being sawn into house framing when the incredible figure of the wood's grain was exposed. The alert mill owner stopped the saw, seeing a far bigger purpose for the amazing timber in the log. His decision to have the timber cut into veneers was to have far reaching implications. The log was taken by bullock wagon to Cairns, …an amazing journey in those days. The wagon was precariously winched down the treacherous tracks over the side of the Great Dividing Range. This was done in short stages with a series of large pulley blocks and ropes tied to trees along the hillside, using the bullock team to counterbalance the weight of the wagon and its load. From there it was hauled to Cairns harbour and floated out to be winched aboard a waiting sailing ship for the long trip to Sydney, some three thousand kilometres away. There an old German veneer maker had a small veneer factory where the log was cut into the spectacular veneers you see here today. The old man was so amazed with the pattern, that he took them home and secreted them away in his wine cellar, there to be kept in storage waiting for a "special purpose", worthy of their extreme rarity. Upon his death, the veneers were passed into the safe keeping of his daughter and her husband, and subsequently, after a four year negotiation, were obtained by David Boucher on the promise that his amazing designs would properly fulfil the "special purpose" that her father had wished for them. This is the same timber that was used to make a beautiful Writing Compendium...

Italian Figural Walnut Centrepiece of Dionysus 19th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection. Description: A walnut figure modelled on the bronze ‘Narcissus’ found in N...

Add a touch of timeless Italian design to your space with this exquisite travertine elephant sculpture by Enzo Mari for Fratelli Mannelli. Handcrafted from natural travertine stone, ...

Excellent vintage condition original stoppers in tact Beautiful succession of blue color light to dark Each has a different serigraphed image created by Salvador Dali Surrealist view...

A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth and an older man, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum. It is unusual to find ...

1970s astonishing Space Age red vase in ceramic by Gabbianelli. Made in Italy. Both Vases are extremely well design and very stylish shapes. Beautiful astonishing brigth Red colour c...

A Plaster Figure of the Capitoline Flora, 19th Century Description: The plaster figure after the so called ‘Capitoline Flora’, considered by Winckelmann to be one of the most beauti...

A Bronze Figure of the 1st Century CE Roman ‘Fisherman’, 19th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection. Description: The male figure cast wearing a tunic and...

A finely modelled pale turquoise glazed Ushabti, Circa 26th Dynasty 664-525BC Provenance: Sotheby’s London Lot 76 14/12/1981 for 725.00 Pounds sterling as part of a group lot. Dime...

A large and impressive bust, taken from Michelangelo’s Pietà. Creamware, modelled and made by Ralph Wood, with enamelling.

A Plaster Cast of the Spinario or ‘Boy with Thorn’, 19th Century Description: The plaster cast after the original ‘Spinario’ now housed in the Palazzo dei Conservatori (Rome), also ...

A tall, well-proportioned vase in Flame Fairyland Lustre, decorated with Tree Serpent pattern and Imps on a Bridge (pattern Z5360). Exhibited: Wedgwood, Master Potter to the Univers...

Akosombo Landscape Vessel by Ella Bulley One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 8 x W 13 x H 21 cm. Materials: Stoneware clay. Ella Bulley is a Material Design Studio based in London, creatin...

Cocao Vessel by Ella Bulley One Of A Kind. Dimensions: Ø 14 x H 28 cm. Materials: White stoneware clay. Ella Bulley is a Material Design Studio based in London, creating work that f...

Signed Venini vase A true testament to Italian craftsmanship. Handblown by skilled artisans, this unique piece features a mesmerizing blend of earthy tones, deep blues, and vibrant ...

Striking and full of personality, this mid-century hand-painted ceramic leopard is a powerful decorative statement that captures the glamour and eccentricity of postwar Italian inter...

A vintage, Japanese, red bronze vase from Yamagata. Yamagata is both a city and prefecture on the main island of Honshu. While bronze work originated i...

The Argos vase by Cesar Baldaccini for Daum, France, 1970s, is a magnificent work of art that seamlessly blends form and function. Designed by the renowned French sculptor, Cesar Bal...

A Dutch Brass Pestle, 18th Century initialled I.L. and dated 1776 to the body, together with a turned wooden stand, convex impression to the base of the urn. Home decor, Interior de...

A Pair of French Ormolu Mounted Variegated Marble Cassolettes, 19th Century Description: Each peche d’alap cassolette topped with an ormolu pineapple finial surmounting the dome top...

A Pair of French Ormolu and Peche D’alap Marble Cassolettes, 19th Century Description: Each peche d’alap with a domed cover surrounded by a foliate band and topped with an ormolu pi...

Brass Almendres Candle Holder by Henry Wilson Dimensions: D 11 x H 3 cm Materials: Brass Almendres candleholder is a solid, hand poured brass form with an almond shaped profile. Almendres candleholder is manufactured in small batches, slight variations will occur from piece to piece. Production marks may...

A Bronze Falcon Headed Canopic Jar, Early 20th Century Description: The bronze jar with a lid modelled as a zoomorphic falcon-head adorned in a nemes, likely emulating both the gods...

A striking centrepiece for the dining table or kitchen bench, the Billy bowl remixes the irreverent design codes of 1980s postmodernism with nods to the postpunk music and fashion of the same era. Finished in a monochrome palette and raised on a trio of playfully juxtaposing geometric blocks, the round ceramic vessel...

With their clean, minimalist lines, faceted corner detail and sultry colours, Greg Natale’s new 1977 vases will make a sophisticated addition to any room. The vases are part of th...

A rare, early Fornasetti glass vase, titled 'Mani Con Farfalle' (Hands with Butterflies), originally debuted at the 'VI Triennial of Venice' in 1936 through collaboration with S.A.L.I.R. - Studio Arts Labor Industrie Riunited. A museum-quality example of Fornasetti's work, manufactured at the very beginning of his career. Hand-blown clear glass with enamel...

A Blue Porcelain Plate with Openwork Floral Rim, Early 20th Century Description: A Chinoiserie design in the center and a pierced, reticulated (lace-like) border. Provenance: Priva...

A Bronze Figure of Napoleon, 19th Century Provenance: Private Melbourne Collection. Description: In full military dress, his sword sheathed and arms folded over his chest, his ri...

With softly undulating edges reminiscent of floating lily pads, the Lily Bowl brings a sculptural elegance to any surface. Carved from one of four types of natural marble, this desig...

Northen Hides Vessel by Ella Bulley One Of A Kind. Dimensions: Ø 14 x H 28 cm. Materials: White stoneware clay. Ella Bulley is a Material Design Studio based in London, creating wor...

After the antique “Piping Faun” now in the Louvre Museum; the result of it being bought by Napoleon from the Borghese collection. The "Piping Faun" is...