England - Vases and Vessels

A Rare Pair of Pink Paris Porcelain Vases The rare pink colour made popular in the 1870s and favoured by the Empress Eugenie, with delicate two-tone gilding, both vases of ovoid bal...

This is a vintage decorative baluster urn. A Chinese, ceramic lidded vase, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Wonderfully substantial urn, with attractive decorative finish ...

French decorative stoneware vase (circa 1980s). Discovered in the South of France, this very modern, elliptical-shape delights visually and its lustrous, textural enamel finish is so...

Studio Pottery vase Glazed British.

A Glasgow Style Arts and Crafts oak and copper bound planter with splayed legs and circular cut-out's to the tops.

This is an antique baluster posy vase. An English, ceramic decorative flower urn, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920. Delightfully decorated w...

This is a tall vintage Murano flower vase. An Italian, blown glass vase, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950. Crisp white colour and appeal...

An excellent French early 20th Century bronze vase decorated with raised frogs upon lily pads around the circumference. The bronze with very fine deep brown patina and fabulous detai...

A very fine quality studio porcelain vase decorated in satin lavender hares fur glazes signed ST and in the style of Berndt Friberg dating from the 20th century. The small sized tall...

This is a large vintage carboy. An English, decorative glass storage jar, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. Generously sized, with distinctive 'garlic clove' form Disp...

A rare antique Italian façon de Venise four handled art glass pedestal vase standing raised on a rounded foot with narrow stem, rounded body and tall slender neck the upper section ...

Mid-century Swedish glass vase with blue and green decoration. Circa 1960. H 11cm x W 15cm x D 15cm

You are viewing a gorgeous pair of English stone garden planters Lovely basket weave design to urn Stands on lion paw feet Can you imagine how these would look overflowing with flowe...

Wedgwood dragon lustre vase, shape number 2034. Decorated with the Celestial dragon in guilt on a mixed blue lutsre background. Painted pattern number 'Z...

This beauty can't be mistaken from any other era, it has all the bells and whistles an Art Deco collector could wish for. This very large and substantial beautiful Art Deco Czech perfume...

This is a vintage dried flower vase. An English, ceramic decorative sleeve in Art Deco taste, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. High...

This exquisite pair of vases features Chinese porcelain from the Kangxi period, dating to the third quarter of the 17th century, elegantly mounted in gilt-bronze from the late 18th c...

This is a pair of vintage dried flower vases. An English, hand-painted ceramic decorative diamond shaped pot, dating to the Art Deco period, circ...

A good quality pair of late 19th century French Sevres style porcelain vases, each with classical gilded ormolu mask handles to either si...

A rare and unusual pair quality late Regency period open work spill vases of Gothic style cast in bronze dating from circa 1820. The spill vases are supported on a weighted quatrefoil base with open trellis work spill holders...

Pair of Large Art Deco French glass vases A lovey pair of heavy quality vases The vases are in good condition, no chips cracks or repa...

This is a vintage decorative posy vase. An Italian, colourful art glass flower jar, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950. Highly distinctive finish with a striking colour pale...

These truly exceptional and rare antique Louis XVI period vases have been sculpted from agate, a precious and highly sought-after stone. The vases are set on square agate bases with gilt bronze laurel wreath socles. The burgundy and claret agate bodies of the vases are mounted with gilt bronze acanthus leaf ornamentation, and twin lion masks joined by draped swags above. The lids of the vases are mounted with gilt bronze, surmounted by pine cone finials. The vases' design is attributed to the late 18th century, French clockmaker Martin Baffert. Baffert worked with a number of Parisian bronziers including Jean-Nicholas Fremont, Nicolas-Guillaume Jourdan and Francois-Robert Leguel, who assisted in the creation of his designs. This pair of vases is very similar to another pair of vases which Baffert designed, which form part of a clock garniture currently in the Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor. The Rothschild vases...

A beautifully made pair of single flower vases in blown glass and ormolu by baccarat C1890s

This fabulous Art Deco atomiser is an absolute delight. Cut glass body with multi angled edges is in a beautiful amber colour with black silk bulb an...

Art Deco faceted form fine earthenware vase, with stylised geometric motifs. Designed by Charles Catteau for Boch Frères Keramis. Printed marks. Circa late 1920's. A good size and ...

Outstanding quality garniture of three antique Japanese imari shaped vases, having a garniture of three vases consisting of one large vase and two smaller vases, having bulbous shape...

Mid 20th century 1950's gilt art glass jug by Monica Bratt circa 1954. Monica Bratt (1913-1961) was a Swedish artist who worked mainly in glassware at the reijmyre glassworks. Fine...

Made in Paris circa 1830 by Odiot, this spectacular 1st quality, French Antique, silver centrepiece jardinière and plateau, has an oval bowl beautifully detailed with fluting, floral...

Late 19thC French Ebonised and Kingwood Planter/Jardiniere/Wine Cooler with Ormolu Decorations on Cabriole Legs - 23"w x 16"d x 31"h

Beautiful Art Deco Czech perfume atomiser dating from the 1930s. These size bottles are very hard to come by and so we were delighted to have found this ...

Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Baluster Vase decorated with the “Candlemas” Design by Daisy Makeig Jones Batch 81 63113. UNKZZ

A fine pair of early Victorian cornucopias of exceptional quality on white marble bases mounted with finely chased gilt bronze elephant heads supp...

An impressive 19th Century Chinese Blue and White porcelain jardiniere, have bold colouring with classical motif decoration to the boarders, and chrysanthemum and leaf decoration wit...

Fantastic quality pair of large antique Japanese Imari vases in wonderful hand painted red, blue and white colours decorated with a basket of flowers to the front and back surrounded...

Pair of large Sèvres style gilt porcelain mounted vases. French, Late 19th century. Height 97cm, diameter 26cm. These beautiful vases are a p...

A wonderful Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Bronze overlay vase. Having exquisite and amusing scenes in relief, patinated and overlay of a Dog of Foo, a Frog fishing in a Lotus lea...

This is a small antique baluster urn. An English, ceramic decorative posy vase by Royal Crown Derby, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. ...

Meiji bronze vase, of striking simple form dating from the mid 19th century. Finely cast with beautiful dark patina.

Paul Philp (British, born 1941) Contemporary hand built stoneware vessel 51cm high, 41cm wide, 16cm deep Stamped with potter’s seal to base In perfect condition Previously lecturer...

A slice and flute cut glass spirit decanter engraved with the prince of Wales feathers fitted with target stopper. England, circa 1795.

A true little collectors piece and one we know Art Deco fans will appreciate, particularly those who collect vanity pieces. This is perfect for adding to dressing tables or a bathroo...

A large op art "Tetris" bisque matt-white porcelain vase which was manufactured by Heinrich Ceramics in Germany during the 1970s. A stunning brutalist 3...

This sleek work of Scandinavian Modern art glass is by Vicke Lindstrand (b. 1904 - d. 1983). Lindstrand is considered one of the most influential 20th-century glass artists and a gla...

1970’s New Old Stock Foundry Crucible Pourer (1525.9) 1970’s New Old Stock Foundry Crucible Pourer. Sourced in Belgium this crucible stand is new old stock from the 1970’s, never use...

This is an antique slip vase. An English, glass and lead flower pot with Art Nouveau taste, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Striking green ...

An important and extremely large pair of Magenta Ground Vienna Porcelain Exhibition vases. Austrian, circa 1900. Each vase with blue underglazed ‘Beehive’ mark to interior of neck. Each vase is finely painted with classical scenes to the front and allegorical scenes to the back on a rich magenta ground with gilt foliate decoration. The vases are mounted by extraordinary gilt handles headed by winged female masks to the sides and grotesque masks to the shoulders. The spreading necks decorated with Greek key decoration are surmounted by domed covers and the vases are raised on baluster form supports put down on drum bases finely painted with panels stylised arabesque. The Vienna Porcelain Manufactory was founded in 1718 only eight years after Johann Friedrich Bottger and Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus had succeeded in unearthing the secret of Porcelain Manufacture for August the Strong, Elector of Saxony. On May 25, 1718, Emperor Karl VI signed a "special privilege" awarding Claudius Innocentius du Paquier the exclusive right to produce porcelain in the Austrian crown lands. Production being almost exclusively for the imperial household and the court nobility. During the rococo era, Empress Maria Theresia placed the company under imperial ownership and it was during this period that the manufactory began to produce the famous rococo genre scenes after Watteau. Under the management of Conrad Sorgel von Sorgenthal, the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory achieved an international reputation for its neo-classical style. After the wars with France brought the manufactory to the brink of ruin, the Vienna Congress at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century gave porcelain from Vienna a renewed upswing. Many important personalities of the time, including Czar Alexander I of Russia...

A Pair of Sèvres-Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Two Handled Vases with Covers, each painted with a continuous scene within a 'jewelled' gilt and bleu celeste border. The front of each v...

These cloisonné enamel vases are wonderful pieces of Chinese decorative art. They were crafted in the last decade of the Qing dynasty, which lasted from 1644 to 1911. The vases a...

A highly unusual stitched bark vessel from the Romanian side of the Carpathian mountains. originally used for the storage of wheat. A rare piece that would be perfect as a planter ...

An impressive early 20th Century American iridescent glass vase of slender form with green hearts shining through an attractive golden iridescence, signed L C Tiffany Favrile and numbered to base. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 23 cm Condition: Very Good Condition Circa: 1905 Materials: Iridescent Coloured Glass SKU: 6667 ABOUT Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collaborative of designers known as the Associated Artists, which included Lockwood de Forest, Candace Wheeler, and Samuel Colman. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewellery, enamels and metalwork. Early Life He was born in New York City, New York, the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Company; and Harriet Olivia Avery Young. He attended school at Pennsylvania Military Academy in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Eagleswood Military Academy in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His first artistic training was as a painter, studying under George Inness in Eagleswood, New Jersey and Samuel Colman in Irvington, New York. He also studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1866-67 and with salon painter Leon-Adolphe-Auguste Belly in 1868-69. Belly’s landscape paintings had a great influence on Tiffany. Career Louis started out as a painter, but became interested in glassmaking from about 1875 and worked at several glasshouses in Brooklyn between then and 1878. In 1879, he joined with Candace Wheeler, Samuel Colman and Lockwood de Forest to form Louis Comfort Tiffany and Associated American Artists. The business was short-lived, lasting only four years. The group made designs for wallpaper, furniture, and textiles. He later opened his own glass factory in Corona, New York, determined to provide designs that improved the quality of contemporary glass. Tiffany’s leadership and talent, as well as his father’s money and connections, led this business to thrive. In 1881 Tiffany did the interior design of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut, which still remains, but the new firm’s most notable work came in 1882 when President Chester Alan Arthur refused to move into the White House until it had been redecorated. He commissioned Tiffany, who had begun to make a name for himself in New York society for the firm’s interior design work, to redo the state rooms, which Arthur found charmless. He worked on the East Room, the Blue Room, the Red Room, the State Dining Room and the Entrance Hall, refurnishing, repainting in decorative patterns, installing newly designed mantelpieces, changing to wallpaper with dense patterns and, of course, adding Tiffany glass to gaslight fixtures, windows and adding an opalescent floor-to-ceiling glass screen in the Entrance Hall. The Tiffany screen and other Victorian additions were all removed in the Roosevelt renovations of 1902, which restored the White House interiors to Federal style in keeping with its architecture. A desire to concentrate on art in glass led to the breakup of the firm in 1885 when Tiffany chose to establish his own glassmaking firm that same year. The first Tiffany Glass Company was incorporated December 1, 1885 and in 1902 became known as the Tiffany Studios. In the beginning of his career, he used cheap jelly jars and bottles because they had the mineral impurities that finer glass lacked. When he was unable to convince fine glassmakers to leave the impurities in, he began making his own glass. Tiffany used opalescent glass in a variety of colors and textures to create a unique style of stained glass. He developed the “copper foil” technique, which, by edging each piece of cut glass in copper foil and soldering the whole together to create his windows and lamps, made possible a level of detail previously unknown. This can be contrasted with the method of painting in enamels or glass paint on colorless glass, and then setting the glass pieces in lead channels, that had been the dominant method of creating stained glass for hundreds of years in Europe. (The First Presbyterian Church building of 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is unique in that it uses Tiffany windows that partially make use of painted glass.) Use of the colored glass itself to create stained glass pictures was motivated by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement and its leader William Morris in England. Fellow artists and glassmakers Oliver Kimberly and Frank Duffner, founders of the Duffner and Kimberly Company and John La Farge were Tiffany’s chief competitors in this new American style of stained glass. Tiffany, Duffner and Kimberly, along with La Farge, had learned their craft at the same glasshouses in Brooklyn in the late 1870s. In 1889 at the Paris Exposition, he is said to have been “Overwhelmed” by the glass work of Émile Gallé, French Art Nouveau artisan. He also met artist Alphonse Mucha. In 1893, Tiffany built a new factory called the Stourbridge Glass Company, later called Tiffany Glass Furnaces, which was located in Corona, Queens, New York, hiring the Englishman Arthur J. Nash to oversee it. In 1893, his company also introduced the term Favrilein conjunction with his first production of blown glass at his new glass factory. Some early examples of his lamps were exhibited in the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. At the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, he won a gold medal with his stained glass windows The Four Seasons He trademarked Favrile (from the old French word for handmade) on November 13, 1894. He later used this word to apply to all of his glass, enamel and pottery. His first commercially produced lamps date from around 1895. Much of his company’s production was in making stained glass windows and Tiffany lamps, but his company designed a complete range of interior decorations. At its peak, his factory employed more than 300 artisans. Recent scholarship led by Rutgers professor Martin Eidelberg suggests that a team of talented single women designers – sometimes referred to as the “Tiffany Girls” – led by Clara Driscoll played a big role in designing many of the floral patterns on the famous Tiffany...

Talwin Morris style of, an Arts & Crafts Glasgow School cylindrical copper vase with wonderful oblong enamels to each side and stylised elongated tree de...

Rene Lalique clear and frosted glass 'Borneo' vase. The pattern features birds perched amongst fern-like foliage. The birds are painted in black enamel and the foliage has sepia stai...

Schiller Majolica vase which features a peacock seated on a pedestal. Coloration: blue, green, yellow, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Mahogany Torchere tripod brown side/ plant stand table. This well looking and tall table is presen...

A fine pair of Bohemian clear cut glass vases, Each with a flaring domed lid surmounted by a octagonal finial, scenes of wildlife through a landscape, R...

This is a small vintage single stem vase. A Chinese, sterling silver decorative posy flute, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960. Charmingly ...

Pair of large jewel-toned painted porcelain vases by Royal Vienna Austrian, Late 19th Century Height 80cm, width 38cm, depth 27cm These exquisite Royal Vienna porcelain vases date ...