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Period: Early 1900s
Elie Nadelman Plaster Cast "Recherche des Formes"
By Elie Nadelman
Located in Sharon, CT
A plaster cast of Elie Nadelman's important early proto-cubist Draped Standing Female Figure "Recherche des Formes" c.1908. Height 23", Base 11.50 x 8".
Category
French Art Deco Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Iridescent Art Nouveau Iris Cabinet Vase w/Silver Collar by Clement Massier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Vase Gustav Gurschner circa 1906 Bronze Austrian Jugendstil Brown Patinated
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Vase with Celtic pattern, designed by Gustav Gurschner, manufactured by K.K. Kunst-Erzgiesserei Wien, ca. 1906, Austrian Jugendstil, Patinated Bronze, Viennese Art Nouveau
In the pe...
Category
Austrian Jugendstil Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$12,916 Sale Price
25% Off
Margaret Gilmour attr. An Arts
Crafts brass planter depicting a galleon
By Margaret Gilmour
Located in London, GB
Margaret Gilmour, attributed.
A Scottish School Arts and Crafts brass planter with flaring top and hand-formed detail depicting a Galleon stood on Gi...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique French Animalier Bronze Marble Greyhound Sculpture Desk Paperweight 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A very handsome antique French Animalier bronze greyhound sculpture, paperweight, circa 1900.
The bronze in the style of Emmanuel Fremiet, mad...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Murano Glass Pharmacy / Apothecary Canister with Elaborate Handpainting
Located in Toronto, ON
This beautiful large antique Italian Murano glass pharmacy/apothecary canister is a stunning example of Murano craftsmanship, combining functionality with exceptional artistry. The w...
Category
Italian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Erhard
Söhne Jugendstil Inkwell 1910 Austria
By Erhard
Söhne
Located in Den Haag, NL
An early 20th century, Jugendstil period inkwell by Erhard und Sohne. Austria ca. 1910 .Burl wood with Brass inlay .Beautiful crafted piece .
Category
Austrian Jugendstil Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Meissen Three Girls Playing Hide and Seek by Theodore Eichler Model W 115
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen rarest group of figurines: Three Girls Playing Hide and Seek by Theodore Eichler.
Size:
height 25.0 cm (= 9.84 inches)
width 20.0 cm (= 7.87 inches)
depth 12.5 cm (= 4...
Category
German Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Ceramic Bowl Makuzu Kozan Utusushi Kenzan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare ceramic bowl with overglaze paint decoration by Japanese imperial potter Makuzu Kozan ((1842–1916). Unlike the better-known works Kozan made for the expositions in the west and export to the foreign market, this piece exemplifies his work for the domestic market and the tea ceremony. The bowl was made in the so called "Utusushi" Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743), a celebrated Edo painter and ceramicist. Utusushi is loosely translated as "in the spirit of". It is not at all a simple imitation of a master, but a Japanese concept of embracing the spiritual essence of a master while the creator is free to mix in his or her own unique artistic interpretation and flavor.
The bowl was made to hold fruits during the tea ceremony. It has a very distinguished form with a circular lower body morphing into a square upper portion that further opening with flared rim. The surface has a grey glaze onto which Asagao flowers (Japanese morning glory) on the vines were painted in a free and poetic style. White was used for the petals, green for the leaves with touches of gold highlight. Asagao, the symbol of the summer was rendered in the spirit of Ogata Kenzan, and interestingly the shape of the blossom echoes the unique form the bowl. It was likely reserved for the tea ceremony during the summer months.
Under the base, Kozan was signed in black on a white porcelain plaque inlay.
For two similar examples of Kozan's work Utusushi Kenzan, see Page 168-169 of the book: Sekai ni Aisa Reta ya Kimono Miyagawa Kozan Makuzu...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Edda Series Drip Vase with Four Handles by Fritz Eichmann for RStK Amphora
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Model #3622. Created by Eduard Stellmacher after design by Fritz Eichmann
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Alfred Daguet Jeweled Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A French handmade box by the French master craftsman Alfred Daguet. It features a Nordic ship motif and has inset jewels or stones. It is lined in ...
Category
French Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
$4,800 Sale Price
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Carl Deffner, Esslingen A three-piece Arts
Crafts Copper and Brass circa 1900
By Carl Deffner
Located in Verviers, BE
Superb Jugendstil copper and brass by the famous C.D.E Works of Carl Deffner of Esslingen, Germany.
A three-piece red copper coffee or tea set on a matching presentation tray. The ...
Category
German Arts and Crafts Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$769 Sale Price
20% Off
Symbolist Cat
By Zsolnay
Located in Palm Beach, FL
"It is easy to understand why the rabble dislike cats. A cat is beautiful; it suggests ideas of luxury, cleanliness, and voluptuous pleasures." - Charles Baudelaire
Iridescence, which changes in every angle of reflected light, is the perfect complement to a cat’s capricious nature. Zsolnay introduced its patented shiny metallic glaze, known as eosin, in 1893. The small family ceramics workshop begun in Pecs, Hungary by Miklos Zsolnay in 1853 had evolved into a world-class ceramics factory by this time. Zsolnay walked away with the Grand Prix at the 1878 World’s Fair in Paris for its art pottery. Under the stewardship of Vilmos Zsolnay...
Category
Hungarian Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Porcelain
$7,000
Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Butterfly
Spiderweb Gourd-Shaped Vase by RStK Amphora
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
Art Nouveau Silver Coffee
Tea Set, Bruckmann
Sons for Fritz Loch, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Art Nouveau silver coffee and tea set consisting of 6 pieces: coffee pot, teapot, hot water kettle with rechaud and burner, sugar bowl, cream jug and tray.
Bulbous, raised ...
Category
German Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Daum Nancy, French Cameo
Wheel Carved Art Glass Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in Atlanta, GA
Daum Nancy, French Cameo & Wheel Carved Art Glass Vase, circa 1900
The frosted glass body acid-etched with repeating fern leaf motifs and overlaid and acid-etched with Irises and ...
Category
French Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$1,196 Sale Price
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Collection of Roman Numerals
Located in London, England
Cast metal Roman numerals. Circa 1900
H 8cm x W 5cm x D 3cm
Category
French Classical Roman Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
$130 / set
Large German Porcelain Figure Toucan Bird, Meissen, circa 1905
Located in New York, NY
Modeled and incised with the conjoined "PW" for Paul Walther. Crossed swords Meissen mark in underglaze blue.
Category
German Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Arts
Crafts Liberty Pewter Clock by David Veasey, 1903
By David Veasey
Located in Pymble, NSW
A David Veasey designed clock of "The Tree of Life" made by Liberty & Co London in their "Tudric" range, pewter, circa 1903.
A very large clock with a beautiful green/blue enamel di...
Category
British Arts and Crafts Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Pewter
Bronze Female Nymph Art Nouveau Letter Wax Seal Stamp, France, 1900
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian bronze female nymph Art Nouveau letter wax seal stamp unused and never monogrammed.
Circa 1900.
Category
French Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Cast Marble Sculptures, c. 1900
s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of delightful white cast marble sculptures made in Italy in the 1900's capture the essence of maternal joy and the innocence of childhood. In one sculpture, a radiant woman tend...
Category
Italian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Cast Stone
Loetz Papillon Iridescent Glass And Metal Mounted Bowl
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Iridescent Glass And Metal Mounted Bowl
Czech Republic
Circa. 1900
Unmarked
Height. 7.25 Inches, Diameter 8.5 inches.
Condition: Excellent
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Category
Czech Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Prestige Basket, Tanzania
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Prestige open top basket
Sukuma People (?) Tanzania
Circa 1900
Coiled and woven basketry, natural fibers and dye
8 x 6 1/2 inches (21 x 16.5 cm)
Provenance: ex private collection U...
Category
Tanzanian Tribal Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
Antique White Washed Merbau Wood Carved Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved merbau wood panel from Lampung, Sumatra. We have a collection in various sizes all white washed. The size and price reflect the one shown. Stunning on both sides....
Category
Primitive Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
French 19th-20th Century Régence Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Longcase Clock
By Julien Le Roy, Charles Cressent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Régence style gilt bronze mounted kingwood and tulipwood parquetry regulator longcase clock, after the 18th century model by Julien Le Roy (French, 16...
Category
French Régence Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
Exquisite Royal Vienna Cabinet Vase of Queen Louise, Circa 1900
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A diminutive and expertly painted cabinet vase with hand painted portrait of Queen Louise, signed Wagner. The iridescent blue Background with raised hand gilt decoration with sunflo...
Category
Austrian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Kendi, Swatow Ware, Porcelain with Polychrome Enamels, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful Swatow ware Chinese export shipwreck porcelain kendi featuring a writing dragon and an apocryphal Tongzhi mark, late 19th or early 20th centur...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Loetz Candia Silberiris Glass Vase with Silver Overlay
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Candia Silberiris Glass Vase with Silver Overlay
Circa 1900
Height: 5.2 inches (13.0 cm)
Diameter: 3 Inches (7.5 cm)
Condition: Glass vas...
Category
Czech Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Monumental Black Hand Wrought Iron 3 Tiered Spanish Freestanding Candleabra
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Dramatic and impressive in scale Spanish vintage freestanding hand wrought iron candelabra having 3 tiers that rotate and have spikes to hold multiple candles.
Tiers are as follows:
...
Category
Spanish Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Porcelain Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of ormolu mounted serves porcelain vases.
Category
European American Classical Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$3,360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Art Nouveau Copper Cicada Vase with Opal by Ludwig Karl Maria Vierthaler
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Created while a lead designer for J. Winhart & Co., Ludwig Vierthaler’s cicada themed copper vase showcases the design principles which he developed at J. Winhart in the pre-war years, where emphasis was placed on craftsmanship and the characteristics of the material itself. The vase’s ambiguous quality and use of allegory also shows his uncanny understanding of the dual nature of German life at the time. On the one hand, under Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany was asserting herself strongly in the Weltpolitik through alliances with other central-European powers and in making grand plans to grow in military strength. With hindsight, Vierthaler’s vase is all the more remarkable for his prescience in the twilight of an empire.
By presenting a cicada, he evokes a conundrum. Is this cicada a strong adult, newly emerged from a long dormancy? Or is this the cicada...
Category
German Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Tiffany Studios New York "Jack in the Pulpit" Favrile Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
Known as a "Jack in the Pulpit" vase, this Favrile glass creation by Tiffany Studios New York begins with a bulbous base in deep hues of striated, swirling iridescent yellow and gold. Shooting upward from the base is an elongated, narrow neck of similar coloration, darkening in coloration as it ascends. From the narrow neck explodes an outward facing glass bloom in brilliant shades of ochre, umber and marigold, made to shimmer by the undulations in the bloom's outer edges, all tinged with iridescence.
Item #: T-20052
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 17.5'' height, 8.5'' width, 5'' depth
Materials: Favrile glass
Signed: “L.C.T. Y5463”
Literature: A similar vase is pictured in Timeless Beauty: The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany...
Category
American Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Friedrich Goldscheider Terracotta Sculpture, Art Nouveau, Circa 1900
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Terracotta sculpture patinated in gold with applications on the belt of painted glass cabochons imitating opal. It has a carved and polished wooden column. Author Friedrich Goldschei...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Gilded Art Nouveau "Angry Web-Footed Sea Monster" Vase by RStK Amphora
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Model #4543
Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
Daum Nancy, France. Art Nouveau Vase in Pink Mouth Blown Art Glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Daum Nancy, France.
Art Nouveau vase in pink mouth-blown art glass.
Flowers in relief with hand-painted gold decoration. Approx. 1900.
Measures: 12.3 x 5 cm.
In excellent condi...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Vase, Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Fres Luneville
acid worked
Muller Feres
The heart of the company was formed by five brothers (Henri, Desire, Eugene, Pierre, Victor) from a glass making family who ...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Antique early 20th century Dutch Delft White Glazed Earthenware Vase ca 1910
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A beautiful bottle from De Porceleyne Fles dating from after 1910,
20th century.
Hight: 19.5 cm.
Condition: Two baking flaws to the top rim and classic craquele
Condition
Hight: 19...
Category
Dutch Ming Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Ernest Rancoulet Cast Patinated Bronze Bust of a French Nobleman circa 1900
By Rancoulet
Located in Milford, NH
A fine patinated bronze bust of a French nobleman by French sculptor Ernest Rancoulet (1870-1915). Rancoulet was born in Bordeaux, France and was best known for his Neoclassical bron...
Category
French Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Kaleidascope
By Maison de l
Art Nouveau
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very unusual piece from the Early 20th Century Art Nouveau period. A Kalaidescope in full working order . Hand crafted from Teak wood and varnished. Hand painted design of ...
Category
British Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Austrian Jugendstil Glass Vase Tricolore Decoration with Metal Mount circa 1900
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Glass vase manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe Tricolore decoration tin metal mounting designed by Bitter & Gobbers ca. 1900 Austrian Jugendstil gilt mould-blown reduced and iridescen...
Category
Austrian Jugendstil Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Large German Porcelain
Gilt-Bronze Mounted Urn with Cover in Manner of Meissen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Large German 19th/20th century Figural Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Urn with Cover in the Manner of Meissen. The ovoid porcelain hand painted u...
Category
German Baroque Revival Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$12,850 Sale Price
30% Off
Art Nouveau Canine Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel
Art Nouveau Bronze Inkwell with an Owl
Located in Stockholm, SE
An Art Noveau or Jugend patinated bronze pen and inkwell with an owl sitting in the center. The owl have inset glass eyes. Made ca.1900. Possibly Swedish.
Symbolism of the owl: The...
Category
European Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vienna Bronze Cold Painted Pineapple Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vienna bronze cold painted pineapple inkwell with porcelain insert.
Category
Austrian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
French Terracotta Statue of a Knight Signed J. Dupré
By J. Dupré
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful terracotta statue of a knight with a sword. The image is signed J. Dupré. The image also has a blind mark that says 'Reproduction Reservée', which can be translated as 'All...
Category
French Romantic Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Grand Tour Statue of Pharaoh Hatshepsut After the Ancient Model
Located in Montreal, QC
Grand Tour statue of Pharaoh Hatshepsut after the ancient model.
Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt and was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh, the first being Sobekneferu. The authentic ancient sculpture of Hatshepsut is located in Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt. Cast painted plaster. Provenance: The Collection of Charles de Beistegui, Château de Groussay. Charles de Beistegui (1894-1970), an enigmatic interior decorator whose passport was Spanish and whose wealth came from his family’s Mexican silver mines. Beistegui to indulge himself in the homes he decorated, such as his Chateau de Groussay...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Talwin Morris Style of, an Arts
Crafts Copper Vase with Enamel Decorations
Located in London, GB
Talwin Morris style of, an Arts & Crafts Glasgow School cylindrical copper vase with wonderful oblong enamels to each side and stylised elongated tree de...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Decorative Antique French plaster wall console with 3 cherubs, ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / Wall console / plaster / Antique / Rustic
An antique French church wall console in plaster featuring three cherubs or angels with decorations. This rustic console or...
Category
French Rustic Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Art Nouveau Enamelled Glass Vases Circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pair of Art Nouveau Enamelled Glass Vases – Circa 1900
Elegant pair of hand-enameled glass vases in the refined Art Nouveau style, dating from around 1900, most likely of Bohemian or...
Category
Czech Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Gabriel Argy Rousseau Pate-De-Verre
Le Jardin Des Hesperides
Vase, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Signed in the mold G. Argy Rousseau France.
Literature: J. Bloch-Dermont, Les Pâtes de Verre G. Argy-Rousseau Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1990, p. 208, no. 26.01 for another vase of...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage European Amber Glass Bottle
Located in High Point, NC
A vintage glass bottle from Europe, produced around 1900. Originally containing concentrated bouillon, the charming bottles were too beautiful to let go. Thick, light brown glass for...
Category
French Art Deco Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$95 / item
Early 20th Century Carved Wood Mannequin on Carved Wood Base
Located in New York, NY
A rare and interesting carved wood mannequin resting on a carved wood base from the first part of the 20th century.
Category
American Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
La Sémeuse
, Large Art Nouveau Bronze Figure After Oscar Roty, Vienna, Ca 1899
By Hans Schörk
Located in Vienna, AT
A young woman in a long dress with short sleeves, softly enveloping her body, with a scarf covering her hair and falling well over her face to protect her from the burning sun, walking across the field at a leisurely pace, holding out her apron with the seeds spread out in front of her with her left hand and making a sweeping gesture with her right.
On a narrow, elongated natural plinth with rounded corners, with the artist's signature ‘Schork 99’ incised on the side, as well as the Goldscheider manufactory's pressed stamp, pressed model number and incised monogram ‘AH’ on the back behind the figure.
This motif is particularly well known in France, where it adorned all French franc coins and postage stamps for many years and was continued in a stylised form on all cent coins of the euro after 2001.
Louis Oscar Roty (1846 - 1911) This sower is very familiar to the French: she was depicted on the fifty-centime coin and on the one-, two- and five-franc coins until 2001, when a stylised version of her appeared on the ten-, twenty- and fifty-centime coins of the euro. The figure dates back to 1887, when Roty designed a prize medal for the Ministry of Agriculture, a project that was not pursued. When the Minister of Finance commissioned new coins in 1896, Roty was among the selected artists. He drew on the Sower of 1887, but transformed his robust farmer into a slender Marianne, who wore the Phrygian cap of freedom. The traditional profile of the Republic was abandoned in favour of a more active, standing figure. This effigy was criticised, but generally very well received: ‘The seeds she generously throws into the earth are the countless ideas that may one day germinate and flourish when we are no longer here’ (La Liberté, 8 October 1898). The gesture is more symbolic than realistic – we do not sow against the wind, which nevertheless makes the hair behind the sower flutter – but it makes the composition more dynamic. Originally, ‘The Sower’ was used on the fifty-centime to two-franc coins introduced in 1897 and 1898, before appearing on postage stamps in 1903. It is thus the most widely circulated work of art in France. Although not included in the Musée d'Orsay's medal collection, this wax drawing on slate, typical of the technique of a medallist, is one of the most beautiful pieces and demonstrates the virtuosity of Roty. (Musée d'Orsay, The Collections)
Design by HANS SCHORK...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Circular Repoussé Box with Crab by Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Hare, Vienna Bronze, Austria, 1900
By Geschutzt
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful representation of a polychromed hare Vienna bronze, Austria 1900s. The back is encrusted with boar hair and was used to clean writing quills.
In excellent condition. Sligh...
Category
Austrian Romantic Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Composition tortoiseshell and gilt metal singing bird box
Located in London, GB
A good antique composition tortoiseshell and gilt metal singing bird box,
German
circa 1900
Going-barrel movement
Setting the birds free...
When wound and the sta...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Silver Mounting, Nancy, France 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Bulbous shoulder vase on a flush stand, short neck piece of colourless glass with white powder meltings, overlay in blue-violet and green, meadow flower decoration etched in various stages, matt etched inside and outside, Cameo signature 'Gallé' with star on the wall between the plants.. Mounted with later silver mouth in a smooth, slightly flared design, decorated on the outside with two sculptural branch and cone bundles. Silver mount hallmarked 'Minerve casquée' for 950 silver, France, and master's mark.
Hand-made Cameo Glass:
Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; at the end of the 19th century, Émile Gallé further developed this glass art, created Art Nouveau designs and employed a large factory in Nancy...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Orientalist Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Man on Rug, Writing, by Franz Bergmann
Located in Petaluma, CA
This Vienna bronze is of the highest quality. The detailing is exceptional to include the man's face, the rug and the accessories. Realistically painted with great care, and cast as ...
Category
Austrian Other Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$1,430 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Terracotta Bust of Beethoven
Located in Austin, TX
Antique bust from France made circa 1900. The sculpture is crafted in terracotta with a beautiful original patina. It showcases the bust of famed German composer, Beethoven including...
Category
French Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Lover
s Knot
Double Picture Frame, Polished Brass in The Style of J.H. France
Located in Verviers, BE
Original Victorian period double photograph frame (or miniature frame) with classical Victorian 'Lover's Knot' design. Typical frame for wedding photographs. Made of solid cast brass...
Category
French Victorian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
Kazuyo Sejima’s Flowering Tree Blooms Year-Round
The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
He Wrote ‘Oedipus Rex,’ but Do You Know What He Looked Like?
The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Cigar Culture Was Once the Peak of Masculinity. Now, It’s a Compelling Curiosity
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
African Travel Plans on Hold? This Ardmore Leopard Vase Brings the Beauty of the Savanna to You
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Zoë Powell’s Magnolia 05 Vessel Is Handmade from Clay She Unearthed Herself
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.
8 Ways to Breathe New Life into a Space with Plants
The pair behind the Instagram account @houseplantclub share their tips for making any room of the house gloriously green.
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