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Period: 1940s
Georg Jensen Large Sterling Silver Centerpieces #622B
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A large sterling silver Georg Jensen centerpiece bowl #622B, by Harald Nielsen in 1930. This large oval basin features hand-hammered detailing resting on an oval-footed base. Its pro...
Category
Danish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Lovely Pair of Vintage Painted Tole Candlesticks
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely vintage pair of painted tole metal candlesticks having green leaves and creamy off white flower candle holders.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
WMF, Germany. Large "Ikora" Art Deco bowl with three feet, silver-plated. 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
WMF, Germany.
Large "Ikora" Art Deco bowl with three feet, silver-plated with brass inlay.
Approximately 1940s.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: Diameter 32.0 cm x Height...
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Kähler, Denmark, Glazed Vase in Stoneware, Beautiful Yellow Glaze
Located in København, Copenhagen
Kähler, Denmark, glazed vase in stoneware.
Beautiful yellow glaze.
In perfect condition.
Stamped. 1940s.
Measures: 9 x 7 cm.
Category
Danish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Plaster sculpture "Blanzeflor" by Swedish sculptor Stig Blomberg, Sweden, 1942
Located in Hägersten, SE
Sculpture depicting "Blanzeflor" by Swedish sculptor Stig Blomberg. Made ca 1942-43 in Sweden. Plaster on a teak base. Signed by the artist on the back. Good vintage condition with a...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster, Teak
"The Water Mother, " Rare Large Rendition of Famous Sculpture by Kai Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Based on a famous, large sculpture entitled "The Water Mother" sculpted by Kai Nielsen for the Winter Garden of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, installed in 1921, this vers...
Category
Danish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$7,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Set of 3 Pink Rostrato Murano Glass Vases by Barovier
Toso, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible set of 3 Murano glass vases in a rare mid-century pink rostrato. This beautiful object was produced in the 1940s in Italy by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso.
This mast...
Category
Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Royal Dux. Rococo Couple in Hand-Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Dux. Rococo couple in hand-painted porcelain.
1940s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
The woman measures: 21.0 x 13.0 cm.
The man measures: 22.0 x 9.0 cm.
Category
Czech Rococo Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco French Jar with Lizard on Lid
Located in PARIS, FR
Terracotta jar with lizard figuring on lid. Signed 'AP' under the base. Excellent condition.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Stunning French Art Nouveau Brass Candelabra, 1940s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Stunning French Art Nouveau Brass Candelabra, 1940s
Elegant and sculptural French brass candelabrum from the 1940s, exquisitely handcrafted w...
Category
French Art Nouveau Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Scandinavian Modern White Matte Glazed Vase by Anna-Lisa Thomson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Scandinavian Modern white matte glazed vase by Anna-Lisa Thomson. She was a Swedish ceramicist and designer, active during the 20th century, known for her work with Upsala-Ekeby, a r...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Hand Sculpted Stone Head Sculpture on Formfit Hand Carved Wooden Base
Located in Miami, FL
Antique hand-sculpted stone head sculpture presented on a hand carved wooden stand.
Head measures: Length 5 inches x 4 inches depth x 8 inches hig...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Paul Dressler for Grotenburg, Germany, Two Vases in Glazed Stoneware, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Paul Dressler for Grotenburg, Germany. Two vases in glazed stoneware.
Beautiful crackle glaze in shades of red and green. 1940s.
Largest measures: 18 ...
Category
German Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Pierre Gire
1901-1984
, Aka Pierre D
aesn, Large Bowl in Smoked Art Glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pierre Gire (1901-1984), aka Pierre d'Aesn, France.
Large bowl in smoked art glass.
Art Deco style.
Approx. 1940s.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: D 17.5 x H 9.5 cm.
Pierre...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Hand painted ceramic box by Arte Casa Albisola, 1940s
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Delightful and rare painted ceramic box made in the 40s by the Arte Casa factory in Albisola. Fairly good condition, slight defects in the ceramic. Manufacturer's mark on the base.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Ceramic figurine of a girl with a handbag, circa 1940
Located in Praha, CZ
Glazed ceramics
Has signs of use
Rare
Beautiful decoration
Original condition
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
French Tole And Iron Sconce
Located in Tampa, FL
A pair of French tole and iron sconce, decorated with a French flag, ribbon, drum, and bugle. A whimsical and high-quality piece dating to the 1940s, designed with candleholders and ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
$2,850 / set
pelican candy jar blown glass
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
pelican candy jar blown glass
beautiful candy dish, very collectible
motif: pelican in blown glass
has its original paint
some wear due to its age
Origin Arg...
Category
Argentine Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Glazed Ceramic and Brass Holy Mary and Jesus by Arturo Pannunzio, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This brass, plexiglass and glazed ceramic piece is made by Arturo Pannunzio.
It can be switched on.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight tra...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Marcello Fantoni Early Ceramic Vase
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A fantastic studio vase by Marcello Fantoni, Italian, (born 1915).
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Beautiful Design Porcelain Boy Figurine by Ella Strobach König/ ROYAL DUX
By Royal Dux
Located in Praha, CZ
A little tramp with a dog in a knot
Designed by artist Elly Strobach König (1908-2002)
for the ROYAL DUX Duchcov porcelain factory
Good condition
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen, Vase in Glazed Ceramics with Leaf Decoration
Located in København, Copenhagen
Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen. Vase in glazed ceramics with leaf decoration. Dated 1944.
Measures: 24 x 13 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factory quality.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Murano , 1940, Italian. label cristaleria Italiana
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushing the button that reads 'V...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Italian Silver-Plated "Pumpkin" Lidded Serving/Candy Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Italian silver-plated snack/candy/serving dish with lidded top formed to resemble a pumpkin or squash (ca. 1930s/40s, Italy).
This is a shorter, uninsulated version of fruit and vegetable-formed ice buckets made in Italy and France in the Mid-20th Century.
Though shallow, with the addition of an insulated lining this piece can hold ice to stylishly refresh a drink or enhance any tabletop decor...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Vase series Lenti di Ercole by Barovier
Located in Torino, IT
Ercole Barovier lens vase.
Elegant vase from the Lenti series made of submerged glass.
Aquamarine color with gold leaf inclusions.
The surface is transparent and is covered with h...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$7,310 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Bronze Sculpture Profile of a Woman Face by Sacha S. Schnittmann
By Sacha S. Schnittmann
Located in St. Louis, MO
This 1940s bronze sculpture wall plaque of a profile portrait of a woman's face, possibly his wife was created by New York native artist and sculptor, S...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
"Wild Youth, " Art Deco Sculpture by Fred Press
By Fred Press
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This depiction of a youthful figure, perhaps a street urchin from the alleys of New York, with his or her hair blowing wildly, is a rare or unique sculpture by Fred Press...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco / Etruscan Style Vintage Tulip Vase with Glazed Ceramic Amphoras, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This wonderful piece is made with white ad brown glazed ceramic amphoras with a crackle effect.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Martinuzzi Vase Murano Glass 1940 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Martinuzzi Vase
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Lea Von Mickwitz
1884-1978
, Arabia, Large Sculpture in Glazed Stoneware, Lama
Located in København, Copenhagen
Lea von Mickwitz (1884-1978) for Arabia. Large sculpture in glazed stoneware. Lama. Beautiful glaze in brown and green shades, 1940s.
Measures: 28 x 25 cm.
In very good condition.
...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Italian Capodimonte Vase with Chetubs and Lions
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Impressive Italian antique Capodimonte vase with handles in shape of cherubs and golden lion heads in the sides. Handpainted in blue and gold. Damage to the base adds character and i...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Venetian Murano Gold Green and Clear Hand-Blown Art Glass Tall Flower Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Venetian Murano gold green and clear hand-blown art glass tall flower vase.
A-437-335
Category
Italian Victorian Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Hugo Liisberg for Saxbo, Lying Deer in Glazed Stoneware, 1940s/50s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Hugo Liisberg for Saxbo. Lying deer in glazed stoneware.
Beautiful glaze in shades of brown. 1940/50s.
Measures: 18 x 14 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Black and White Large Metal Dice Sculpture Mid Century Modern Belgium
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Belgium Mid-Century Modern painted metal monumental heavy dice sculpture is tres chic! All the different sides with different holes make up...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Cream With Brown Brutalist Design Thin Shaped Vase, Hungary, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
1940's Hungarian Brutalist design brown and cream thin shaped vase.
Dark brown lines crisscross from top to bottom.
Signature cobalt blue interior glaze.
Part of a large collection.
Category
Hungarian Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Burled Hardwood Scholar Rock, Republic Period, 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An unusual and striking Chinese scholar rock, gongshi, of polished and lacquered burled hardwood, set into a hardwood base, mid-20th century.
The hardwood scholar "stone" meant to i...
Category
Chinese Qing Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood, Burl
Unique Bronze Sculpture of a Centaur, Italy, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant bronze sculpture of a centaur, likely crafted in Italy during the 20th century. This piece appears to be a rare or possibly rejected casting, showing signs of an incomplete p...
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Wilhelm Kåge, Gustavsberg, Argenta Art Deco Ceramic Vase, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Wilhelm Kåge, Gustavsberg, Argenta Art Deco ceramic vase with a lid decorated with silver inlaid.
Sweden 1940s.
Measures 25 x 25 cm.
Marked Gustavsberg, Kåge.
In perfect conditio...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Green Ercole Barovier Rostrato Murano Glass Vase for Barovier
Toso
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible mouth-blown Murano glass vase in rare green acquamarina rostrato from the middle of the last century. This wonderful object was produced in the 1940s in Italy by Ercole Ba...
Category
European Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Art Deco Polynesian-Themed Sculptures/Torcheres by Doane Powell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully modelled, molded and glazed, this pair of sculptures was originally designed to serve as tabletop torchere lamps, with light washing the wall above, and lighting the eyes of each head. Very finely crafted, the sculptures were made by Doane Powell, an important Nebraska cartoonist and illustrator who later became famous for the masks he made of celebrities such as Mae West, Governor Huey Long...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$3,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Unique Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen Square Dish Blue, Danish Ceramic 1940s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Rare and most likely unique dish by Nils Thorsson.
This dish is similar to a dish Nils Thorsson designed for the ‘Marselis’ series manufactured by Aluminia in the 1950s. This might b...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Brass Advent Candelabra with Madonna Figure by Ystad Metall, Sweden
By Ystad-Metall
Located in Göteborg, SE
This sculptural piece features four candleholders flanking a finely cast Madonna figure, evoking both spiritual calm and Nordic minimalism. Crafted in solid brass, the piece is imbue...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Deco-style White Ceramic Fish Sculpture
Located in IT
Sculpture of two white ceramic fish from the 1940s.
The fish feature the key characteristics of the Art Deco movement, highlighted by their soft lines and dynamic shapes. The special...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Amber Glass Vase, 1940
s.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Beautiful Decoration
Original condition
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Cesare Lacca Brass Candelabra
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of solid brass Italian 1950's candelabra by architect-designer, Cesare Lacca.
Each holds four candle tapers.
Look closely at the phenomenally skillful brass work using solid bra...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$2,400 / set
Mid-Centry Modern Wilhelm Kåge Surrea Vase With Carrara Glaze, Sweden 1940s.
Located in Stockholm, SE
Mid-Centry Modern Wilhelm Kåge Surrea vase with off white Carrara glaze in a plump, skewed form. The “Surrea” stoneware series was first introduced in 194...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
"Under the Sea, " Large, Rare Art Deco Bowl by Thomson for Upsala Ekeby
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkably large and dramatic low bowl from the Swedish ceramic firm of Upsala-Ekeby was designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson in the late 1940s. Here she depicts seaweed, coral, sea sh...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Large Hollywood Regency Candlesticks
Located in Tampa, FL
A fabulous pair of circa 1940s Italian candlesticks with five candleholders. Hollywood Regency in the empire style, dore bronze with black patina.
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$3,550 / set
Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen. Unique ceramic bowl with elephant motif.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen.
Unique ceramic bowl with elephant motif. Glazed in royal blue.
In perfect condition.
Signed and dated 1947.
Dimensions: D 14.5 x H 3.0 cm.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Just Andersen, pair of two-armed Art Deco style candlesticks in "disko" metal.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Just Andersen, a pair of two-armed Art Deco style candlesticks in "disko" metal.
Model number 1610.
Approximately from the 1940s.
In excellent condition with a fine patina.
Marked.
D...
Category
Danish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen, unique ceramic bowl decorated with flowers.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen, unique ceramic bowl decorated with flowers. Glaze in brown shades on beige background.
Ca. 1940s.
Signed.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: H 7.0...
Category
Danish Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Blow Glass Milk Jar by Odilon Avalos
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Descendant of a family of glass workers, Odilón Ávalos Razo, was born in Puebla in 1881. He came to Guadalajara attracted by the economic and Industrial development that characterize...
Category
Mexican Brutalist Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Two Danish ceramic vases, Danico and other. 1940s.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Two Danish ceramic vases, Danico and other.
1940s.
Float glaze and glaze in cow horn technique.
Marked.
In excellent condition. Large vase with sma...
Category
Danish Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Wood Sculpture of a Female with Cat, Attr. to Albert Wein, Ca. 1940s
Located in New York, NY
American Modernism
ATTRIBUTED TO
Albert Wein
Standing Female Figure with a Sleeping Cat
Carved Wood
Circa Mid-20th Century
DIMENSONS
Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)
Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of hammered steel candlesticks
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Pair of hammered steel candlesticks made in the 1940s. The designer is unknown.
These two candlesticks are in excellent condition, with a clean yet raw design.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Just Andersen, Denmark, Candlestick and Small Pewter Bowl, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Just Andersen, Denmark. Candlestick and small pewter bowl.
1940s.
In excellent condition with signs of use.
Marked.
Candlestick: H 14.8 x D 8.2 cm.
Category
Danish Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
French 1940
s Terra Cotta Sculpture of a Woman
By Rene Romage
Located in San Francisco, CA
An important French 1940's terra cotta sculpture of a seated nude woman; with head turned to the right above a voluptuous torso; Signed "Rene Romage, 1942" (alias - Rene Baumer)
Category
French Brutalist Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
$6,800 Sale Price
27% Off
Set of Three Brass Cups Designed by Paavo Tynell for Taito, circa 1940
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Hägersten-Liljeholmen, Stockholms län
Impressive set of three decorative objects design by Paavo Tynell and produced in the 40's by TAITO OY. The three cups are made in fine layers of brass with decorative details on eac...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Large Shipibo vase in Peruvian argile – Début of the 20th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Superb vase in traditional argile, made by the Shipibo-Conibo artisans of the Ucayali region in Pérou, at the debut of the 20th century. Ce se présente des motifs caractéristiques de...
Category
Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Mappin
Webb sterling silver centre piece bowl or fruit bowl made in 1940
By Mappin
Webb
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1940 by Mappin & Webb, this attractive, George VI period, Sterling Silver Bowl, features cast and applied grape and vine decoration to the body and foot, a...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
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