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Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Decor Crete PG 6893
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Vienna, AT
), circa 1900 Decor: Crete Phaenomen (PHÄNOMEN) Genre 6893 It is a most remarkable Loetz Art Nouveau
Category

Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Glass

Rare and Important Loetz Phaenomen Vase Crete PG 6893 made 11898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
PG 6893 and the colouring is called Crete (green) - The pattern PG 6893 has threads that are drawn
Category

1890s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Classic Bohemian Loetz Crete Diaspora glass vase in blue over greenc 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A fabulous and very pretty Art Nouveau Loetz 'Crete' (green) Diaspora Vase - a greeny blue vase
Category

Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase Crete Diaspora Silver Iris, Austria-Hungary, Around 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
pontil. Shape: Production number / pattern not preserved Decor: Crete Diaspora Silver Iris - Green
Category

Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Glass

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Crete Diaspora Silver Iris, Austria-Hungary, Around 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
number / pattern not preserved Decor: Crete Diaspora Silver Iris Green glass with silver-yellow
Category

Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Glass

Loetz Art Nouveau Vase, Decor Crete Papillon with Silver Overlay, Bohemia, 1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
: Crete Papillon with silver overlay Creta green underlaid, colorless glass with rolled-in silvery yellow
Category

1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Glass

Rare and unusual Bohemian Loetz Crete Rusticana with Threads glass vase c 1899
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A fabulous Art Nouveau Loetz 'Crete' (green) Rusticana with Threads vase -Loetz. The Rusticana
Category

1890s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Like Tulip Crete PG 6893 1900
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Vienna, AT
), circa 1900 Decor: Crete Phaenomen (Phänomen) Genre 6893 It is a most remarkable Loetz Art Nouveau
Category

Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Glass

Loetz Glass Vase "Crete Papillon" by Koloman Moser for E. Bakalowits, circa 1899
By Koloman Moser, Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Koloman Moser, especially for E. Bakalowits. The remarkable "Crete Papillon" decoration shimmering in
Category

Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Blown Glass

Antique Map of Greece with Crete, The Aegean Islands and Part of Turkey c.1680
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Hellas seu Graecia Universa.' Detailed map of Greece, with Crete, the Aegean
Category

17th Century Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

Pair of Roosters in Porcelain Stoneware, China, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gill on a Crete. Measures: H 41 cm., L 22 cm., D 14 cm.
Category

19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Crete

Materials

Ceramic

A Bronze Depicting Hercules Wrestling the Bull
Located in London, GB
After Ferdinando Tacca. The seventh Labour of Hercules, who was sent to Crete to capture the
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Crete

Materials

Bronze

Large 19th Century Terracotta Urn
Located in Winter Park, FL
A large Grecian terracotta urn used for storing olives, from the island of Crete. Hand formed with
Category

19th Century Greek French Provincial Antique Crete

Materials

Terracotta

FAUN AND GOAT Authentic Roman Carnelian Intaglio 18Kt Gold Ring
Located in Roma, IT
it was prophesied that one of them would usurp him. Jupiter's mother Rhea fled to Crete where she
Category

15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Crete

Materials

Carnelian, Gold, 18k Gold

Meissen Porcelain Figurine Depicting Rape of Europa
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
off into the waves, only stopping on Crete to ravish her.
Category

Late 19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Crete

Materials

Porcelain

Meissen Porcelain Figurine Depicting Rape of Europa
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
off into the waves, only stopping on Crete to ravish her.
Category

Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Crete

Materials

Porcelain

Small Rocaille Style Sofa, Natural Walnut and Gilt Highlights, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
wood, such as crètes de coq, foliage and volutes. Work realized, late 19th century. Entirely
Category

Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Crete

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

18th Century French Abduction of Europe Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
abduct Europe to Crete The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request
Category

18th Century French Louis XV Antique Crete

Materials

Iron

Royal Vienna Porcelain Figurine of Rape of Europa
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
into the waves, only stopping on Crete to ravish her. In good condition with a few small losses.
Category

Late 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Revival Antique Crete

Materials

Porcelain

Original Vintage Poster - Peace Loan Subscribe to the Industrial Bank of China
Located in London, GB
above and below in stylized black and red letters. Printed in France by Imp. Crete, Paris. Very good
Category

1920s French Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

AMAZING MARBLE FIGURE OF THE MINOTAUR, 17th Century Baroque Style, Italy.
Located in Madrid, ES
and seven Athenian maidens had to be sent to Crete and sacrificed to the Minotaur. This terrible
Category

17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Crete

Materials

Marble

Bohemian Loetz Art Nouveau Candia Papillon Glass Vase c1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
and has a well polished pontil and hot finished top Papillon was made in candia, crete, cobalt, dark
Category

1890s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Painting Theseus abandons Ariadne, early 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
story between Theseus, son of Aegean king of Athens and triumphant over the Minotaur of Crete, and
Category

18th Century Other Art Style Antique Crete

Materials

Oil

Icarus, an Art Deco Sculpture of a Winged Male Nude Attributed to Schmidt Hofer
By Otto Schmidt Hofer
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
his father attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers
Category

1920s German Art Deco Antique Crete

Materials

Metal

Copy From François Boucher, The Abduction of Europa
Located in Milan, IT
her to Crete, where he married her. There is a sealing wax stamp of import on the back of this copy
Category

19th Century French School Antique Crete

Materials

Oil

The Rape of Europe, oil on cavas, 1700s
Located in Milan, IT
scared Europa clinging tightly to him, to the island of Crete, where the god revealed himself and
Category

18th Century Other Art Style Antique Crete

Materials

Oil

Bronze "The Sleeping Ariadne" Also Called "Cleopatra" after the Antique
Located in Paris, FR
was the daughter of King Minos of Crete who, after having helped Theseus overcome the Minotaur and
Category

19th Century French Classical Roman Antique Crete

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Mid-19th Century Red Enameled Keepsake Box with Mythological Scene
Located in Paris, FR
, Zeus ran with her to the sea and then swam to the island of Crete. The scene on our box
Category

19th Century French Louis XV Antique Crete

Materials

Enamel, Bronze

Mid-19th Century Red Enameled Keepsake Box with Mythological Scene
Located in Paris, FR
, Zeus ran with her to the sea and then swam to the island of Crete. The scene on our box
Category

19th Century French Louis XV Antique Crete

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Antique Empire Chest of Drawers in West Indies Mahogany with Mythological Scenes
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
middle drawer appears to be a depiction of Ariadne (daughter of King Minos of Crete) and Dionysus (or
Category

19th Century Danish Empire Antique Crete

Materials

Satin, Mahogany, Satinwood

Ancient Greek Cypriot Bronze Age Cup, 1900 BC
Located in London, GB
this wonderful vessel was potted, Cyprus had established contacts with Minoan Crete and, subsequently
Category

15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Crete

Materials

Pottery

19C Engraving of Jupiter and Europa
Located in Dallas, TX
pronunciation: [eu?.r???.p??]) was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a Phoenician princess of Argive origin
Category

Late 19th Century Greek Neoclassical Revival Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

German Bronze The Abduction of Europa by Hermann Haase
By Hermann Haase-Ilsenburg
Located in Newark, England
bulls back Zeus ran to the sea and carried her all the way from Phoenicia to the island of Crete. There
Category

Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Bronze

Schliemann, Henry, ILIOS, The City and the Country of the Troyans, 1885 Paris
Located in Sofia, BG
Mycenae, Tyrinthe and Orchomene. He was about to exhume the site of Knossos, Crete, when death surprised
Category

1880s French Classical Roman Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

Antique English Silver Plated Horn Cornucopia 19th Century
Located in London, GB
devouring father Kronus. In a cave on Mount Ida on the island of Crete, baby Zeus was cared for and
Category

1860s English Antique Crete

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Louis XV Revival Carved Giltwood Console Pier Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
architectural material. Breccia was used for column bases in the Minoan palace of Knossos on Crete in about 1800
Category

1830s Louis XV Antique Crete

Materials

Marble

Antique Napoleon III Parisian Commode Chest Marble Top, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
architectural material. Breccia was used for column bases in the Minoan palace of Knossos on Crete in about 1800
Category

1870s French Napoleon III Antique Crete

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

17th Century Pair of Mythological Scenes Roman School Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milan, IT
scene: it is in fact the meeting between the god Bacchus with Ariadne, heroine of the island of Crete
Category

17th Century Italian Antique Crete

Materials

Canvas

Corybante Stifling Jupiter s Cries Bronze by Louis Leon Cugnot
Located in New York, US
protect their son, his wife Ops took the infant Jupiter to the island of Crete to be raised by the
Category

Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Crete

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Meissen Porcelain Plaque “Rape of Europa” after François Boucher
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Long Island City, NY
, only stopping on Crete to ravish her. Boucher typically concentrates on the gallant aspects of the
Category

Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Crete

Materials

Giltwood, Porcelain

Exceptional Ancient Cypriot Bronze Age Jug
Located in London, GB
. Consul, T. B. Sandwith, Esq. of crete, exhumed at Cyprus 1870-2.” (p. 107 of the catalogue) The
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Crete

Materials

Terracotta

Rare Art Nouveau French Bronze Sculpture “Ariadne” by Georges Flamand
By Georges Flamand
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Georges Flamand representing the tale of the Princess Ariadne of Crete and the birth of the Corona
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique English Silver Plated Horn Cornucopia, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
from his devouring father Kronus. In a cave on Mount Ida on the island of Crete, baby Zeus was cared
Category

Late 19th Century English Antique Crete

Materials

Silver Plate

Winston Churchill s Copy of "India Under Ripon: A Private Diary" by Blunt, 1909
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Somaliland, and the treatment of muslims in Crete. Blunt's influence began to wane once Churchill was
Category

Early 1900s English Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

Antique Rolls Royce Spirit of Ecstasy Mascot Signed 20th Century
By Charles Sykes
Located in London, GB
when the SS Persia was torpedoed by a U-boat south of Crete. She had been accompanying Lord Montagu who
Category

Early 20th Century British Antique Crete

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique French Grand Tour Onyx and Ormolu Obelisk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
pottery items. Use of sardonyx appears in the art of Minoan Crete, notably from the archaeological
Category

1850s French Antique Crete

Materials

Onyx, Ormolu

Antique Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Walnut Marquetry Commode 18th Century
Located in London, GB
material. Breccia was used for column bases in the Minoan palace of Knossos on Crete in about 1800 BC
Category

1790s Louis XVI Antique Crete

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Commode Chest 19th C
Located in London, GB
material. Breccia was used for column bases in the Minoan palace of Knossos on Crete in about 1800 BC
Category

1860s French Louis XV Antique Crete

Materials

Marble

Antique Pair Italian Bronze Busts of Dionysus and Ariadne 19th Century
Located in London, GB
daughter of King Minos of Krete (Crete), assisted Theseus in his quest to slay the Minotauros (Minotaur
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Crete

Materials

Marble, Slate, Bronze

French Bronze Amalthea and Jupiter s Goat Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Newark, England
hiding. Rhea hid him on the island of Crete in the cave of Mount Ida. This was where a goat (Amalthea
Category

Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Pair French Empire Ormolu Flame Mahogany Console Tables 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Knossos on Crete in about 1800 BC. Breccia was used on a limited scale by the ancient Egyptians, one of
Category

1840s French Empire Antique Crete

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Antique Pair of French Bronzes Recumbent Sphinxes 19th Century
Located in London, GB
appeared in the Greek world. Objects from Crete at the end of the middle Minoan period and from the shaft
Category

1860s French Antique Crete

Materials

Bronze

Antique Pair of French Bronzes Rfecumbent Sphinxes, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
first appeared in the Greek world. Objects from Crete at the end of the middle Minoan period and from
Category

1860s French Antique Crete

Materials

Marble, Bronze

British Sailor s Woolwork Picture of HMS Temeraire
Located in Downingtown, PA
in Crete. After wintering in Thessaloniki, Temeraire was ordered to return home in the spring of 1891
Category

Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Crete

Materials

Wool

Loetz Crete Papillon Silver Overlay Art Nouveau Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Crete papillon silver overlay Art Nouveau vase, circa 1900. Absolutely beautiful and charming
Category

Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Loetz Crete Papillon Iridescent Green Glass Pinched Design Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stylish Bohemian Crete Papillon iridescent glass vase with pinched designs to the body and neck by
Category

1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Blown Glass

Antique Map of Crete Greece by N. Visscher, circa 1695
Located in Langweer, NL
Decorative map of Crete and the Greek island including many of the Cyclades like Milos Astipalea
Category

Late 17th Century Antique Crete

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Antique Crete For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique crete you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An antique crete — often made from glass, art glass and paper — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the antique crete you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique crete made by Art Nouveau designers — as well as those associated with Baroque — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique crete that is appealing in its simplicity, but Loetz Glass, Johann Lötz Witwe and Daum produced versions that are worth a look.

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