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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
2 Pairs of Wedgwood Bentley Black Basalt Urns and Cassolette/Jars 18th Century
Located in Katonah, NY
This set of four black basalt masterpieces, made by Wedgwood & Bentley at their Etruria works around 1775, represents the height of 18th-century English neoclassical design. Each pie...
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English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Pre-Columbian Earthenware Dog Vessel, Colima, Western Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pre-Columbian Earthenware Dog Vessel, Colima, Western Mexico A lively pre-Columbian Colima dog vessel sitting back on its haunches, with one foot slightly lifted off the ground as i...
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Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Japanese pottery, Echizen ware vase / 1450-1600 / Natural glaze
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This medium-sized Echizen ware jar, a representative example of ancient Japanese pottery, is believed to have been produced during the late Muromachi period to the Azuchi-Momoyama pe...
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Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Antique Japanese black glaze gourd-shaped vase / Edo period / Sake bottle
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Known as the birthplace of Seto ware, Seto City in Aichi Prefecture is one of Japan's Six Ancient Kilns and boasts a long history dating back to the late Heian period. During the Edo...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

18th Century Dutch Delft Lidded Vase with Figural Finial
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Blue and white Delft earthenware lidded vase, 18th century, decorated with pastoral landscape scenes framed in cartouches. The lid features a figural finial in the form of a seated a...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

Large Antique Blue and White Dutch Delft Vase Hand Painted 18th Century Ca. 1770
Located in Katonah, NY
This hand-painted Dutch Delft vase, made circa 1770, is a beautiful example of 18th-century tin-glazed earthenware in blue and white. Rising to more than eighteen inches, the vase ha...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

Pair Antique Chinese Export 18th Century Porcelain Vases Urns Blue White 22"
Located in Wilton, CT
Pair of imposing antique Chinese export blue and white porcelain rectangular form urns with covers. Nanking pattern scenes in stunning detail and superb color. These date from the la...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Apulian Red-Figured Nestoris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This somewhat rare South Italian ceramic vessel is called a nestoris, or two handled wine jar. The obverse is decorated with a seated youth wearing a tunic, pilos helmet and high lac...
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Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Japanese antique Shigaraki ware vase / 13th century / Wabi-sabi flower vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This Echizen ware jar was produced during the Kamakura period, around the 13th century. Even among the few remaining examples of medieval Echizen ware, this is an especially valuable...
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Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Attic Black-Figured Neck Amphora
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This small but superbly painted Neck Amphora is attributed to the Light-Make Class. It's central scene is decorated with an armored hoplite wearing greaves and a Corinthian helmet. H...
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Greek Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Japanese antique pottery with very beautiful colors/ [shigaraki] Jar/1500-1600
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is "Shigaraki ware". Shigaraki is a historical kiln located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. (Shigaraki Kiln is marked with a red circle on the map.) It is said to have originated in t...
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Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

17th/18th Century Wood, Leather and Metal Trunk, Tibet
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Trunk Tibet 17th/18th century Wood, leather, metal H: 8 in x W: 8.5 in x D 8.5 in :: 20.3 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm A slightly domed top hinged trunk with brass handles, closures and sculpte...
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Tibetan Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Metal

Antique Korean Celadon Ceramic Meiping Vase with Slip Inlay Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean ceramic celadon vase with inlay design from Goryeo Dynasty (918 to 1392AD) circa 11th century. Crafted in celadon-glazed ceramic with an olive-green tone, the vase features ...
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Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Corinthian Black-Figured Alabastron
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptional and elegantly composed tear shaped Corinthian Alabastron is a standout for the type. The complex decorative scheme is centered around a standing figure of the winge...
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Greek Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Pair Antique Blue and White Delft Vases 18th Century with Dutch Marks 1705-1716
Located in Katonah, NY
This elegant marked pair of Dutch Delft vases dates from the early 18th century. It was hand-painted between 1705 and 1716 at De Drie Posteleyne Astonne workshop. A similar pair can...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

Ancient Greek Wedding Vase with Geometric and Vegetal Motifs
Located in London, GB
This elegantly proportioned vase is an unusually large and well-preserved example of a ceremonial nuptial vessel produced in South Italy during the 3rd to 4th centuries BC. Decorated...
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Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Blue and White Dutch Delft Five Piece Garniture Hand Painted 18th Century C-1760
Located in Katonah, NY
This splendid five-piece Delft garniture, made in Holland in the mid-18th century, circa 1760, captures the harmony and refinement of 18th-century Dutch faience at its height. ...
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Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

Japanese Antique Wabi-Sabi Edo Pottery Vase 18th Century / Tsubo
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old ceramic vase made in Japan. It was made in the Edo period (1860s-1860s). It is called Shigaraki ware in Japan. This large vase was used to hold and carry tea leav...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Japanese antique Bizen ware vase / 15th-16th century / Wabi-sabi vase/Tsubo
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This Bizen ware jar was fired in the Bizen region of Okayama Prefecture. Bizen ware is one of Japan's Six Ancient Kilns and is known as one of the oldest pottery styles in Japan. Its...
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Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Attic Black-Figured Hydria
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An imposing vessel, this hydria is designed around a central panel depicting the wedding procession of Peleus and Thetis. The couple stands together in a quadriga, the groom controll...
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Greek Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Japanese Antique Shigaraki Ware 17th Century / Pottery Vase Vessel Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a ceramic jar made in Japan. It was made in the 17th Century and is a valuable piece that conveys the lifestyle and aesthetic sense of the time. Shigaraki ware is one of the...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Korean antique black glaze pottery/Joseon period/15th-16th century/small vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a small black-glazed jar made in Korea between the 15th and 16th centuries. White porcelain is famous in Korea, but this was a type of porcelain that was only allowed to be u...
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South Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Korean antique pottery vase/rare design pottery/Joseon Dynasty/15th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I would like to introduce Korean antique pottery with a very rare design. This is a vase-shaped container made in the early Joseon Dynasty of Ko...
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South Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

A Large Primitive Early 18Th C. Black Terracotta Portuguese Vessel Wabi Sabi
Located in London, GB
A large early 18th C. black terracotta vessel from the Trás-os-Montes region of north east Portugal. Originally used for the storage of oil/wine. Heavily patinated with ripply text...
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Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Wabi Sabi Style Vase in Pewter 18th Century
Located in Meer, VAN
Antique Vase in Pewter 18th Century Beautiful antique vase in pewter, Dutch, 18th century. We’re not sure if this has always been a vase - could also have been more of a cup. Neve...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pewter

Pair Antique Dutch Delft Blue and White Tobacco Jars Hand Painted Circa 1770
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of antique Dutch Delft blue and white tobacco jars, made at De Vergulde Bloempot in Delft circa 1770, is hand-painted with lovely scrolling foliage, leafy vines, and blosso...
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Dutch Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

Ancient Greek Attic Black-Figured Neck Amphora
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attributed to the Manner of The Antimenes Painter. Side A features bearded Dionysos at the centre, with his head turned back, clad in a himation with a patterned border over an ankl...
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Greek Greco Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Chelsea-Derby Vase and Cover, Zachariah Boreman and Richard Askew, 1783-1784
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and stunning vase with cover made by Chelsea-Derby in 1783-1784. The pear-shaped vase stands on a square foot and has two handles with moulded floral chains, and ...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Ancient Daunian Pottery Strainer Askos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully preserved example, this askos features a globular body defined by two vertical spouts and a conjoined ribbed handle in between. The whole of the body is decroated with ...
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Italian Greco Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Dutch Delft Blue and White Vases with Windmill Scenes
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Pair of Delft vases decorated in blue and white with painted windmills, ships, and landscape scenes within shaped cartouches. The flared rims and scrolled borders add to their decora...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

Ancient Egyptian Middle Kingdom Alabaster Jar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Of beautiful rich, translucent alabaster, banded with creamy hightlights, this sizeable vessel is of exceptional quality. The cylindrical squat piriform body tapers to a flat base, ...
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Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Alabaster

Early 18th Century Provincial Jar
Located in London, England
Monumental terracotta oil jar from Luberon region, SE France. Incredibly original thing, historic repairs, thick flaky glaze and even the cork stopper hole. Super robust and stab...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Blue and White Delft Jar Hand Painted 18th Century Netherlands Ca. 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
This fine 18th-century Dutch Delft jar was hand painted in blue and white circa 1780. The octagonal body is decorated with a swirling cobalt blue floral design. The painter’s confide...
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Dutch Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

Art Deco Vase Daum Nancy Acid-Etched Glass Vase, circa 1910-1925 French Glass
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Step into the elegance of the Art Deco era with this exquisite Daum Nancy vase, a testament to the unparalleled craftsmanship and timeless beauty of French glassmaking. Dating back t...
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French Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Albarello Vase
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white Albarello vase. Fine smaller early Italian pottery pharmacy jar in rich blue and off-white scrolling patterned floral and inscription; design based on Persian original...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Antique Shigaraki ware 17th Century / Pottery Vase Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old pottery pot made in Japan. It is a very old pot believed to have been made in the 17th century, early Edo period, and is called Koshigaraki in Japan. Koshigaraki refe...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Greek 18th Century Terracotta Olive Oil Jar
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Impressive Greek olive jar from the 18th century, the terracotta darkened by natural oils and three centuries of use. This antique vessel, once used to hold olives and their oil, fea...
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Greek Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta

Antique Chinese 19th Century Egg Pot Art Pottery Jardinière Planter, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A pair of late 19th-century egg Chinese art pottery pots featuring an Asian dragon along the front. These Pots are over 120 years old and were used to store black "Century eggs" and ...
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Chinese Victorian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Jar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) storage jar is attributed to the kilns of Yunnan province, loosely decorated with cobalt underglaze in a manner typical of the region. Dated to the 15th...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of Late 18th Century Anduze Glazed Terracotta Planters
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of late 18th Century Anduze terracotta planters. With a weathered glaze. Circa 1790.
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

17th Century Sawankhalok ceramic Shipwreck Jar, Thailand
By Asian Modern
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful example of a Sawankhalok ceramic jar, sourced from a Shipwreck off the Coast of the Indonesian Island of Batam. Batam was one of the most substantial and influential port...
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Thai Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Korean antique pottery vase / Goryeo dynasty / 13th to 14th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
There is a long crack that has been repaired. Detailed images 14th and 15th. There is no water leakage, but please refrain from leaving water in it for more than two days. Also, be s...
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South Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Primitive Wabi Sabi 18Th C. Black Terracotta Portuguese Vessel
Located in London, GB
A black 18th C. terracotta vessel from northern Portugal. Originally used for the storage of oil/wine. Heavily patinated with ripply texture. Historic damage/chipping to the rim.
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Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Ming Ceramic Provincial Jar Celadon Glaze, Early 17th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese hand-thrown ceramic provincial jar with a light celadon glaze which we date to the Ming period of the early 17th century or possibly earlier. The jar is hand potted...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Chinese glazed 17th-century ceramic rice wine storage pots
Located in Palermo, PA
Pair of charming glazed 17th-century ceramic rice wine storage pots originating from China. Featuring an unusual brown glaze and a striated collar, these pots serve as a captivating ...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Etruscan "Bucchero" Black Ware Two Handle Vase
Located in CA, CA
An Etruscan "bucchero" black ware two handle vase dating from the 6th century BC. Adorned with boar designs in relief around the body of vessel and a single standing human figure in...
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Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Early Bronze Fang Hu Ritual Wine Vessel Han Dynasty
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very early, 206 BC to 220 AD, square shaped bronze fang hu bronze vessel would have functioned as a ritual container for the storage and transportation of sump...
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Chinese Han Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Roman Terracotta Amphorae, 3rd–1st Century BC
Located in Madrid, ES
Impressive pair of Roman terracotta amphorae dating from the 3rd to 1st century BC, mounted on custom iron bases. These amphorae were traditionally used to store salted fish and othe...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Japanese Antique Pottery Jar 16th-17th Century/ Wabi-Sabi Vase/Tokoname
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Tokoname is a region located in Aichi Prefecture. It is a pottery production center with a very old history in Japan (around the 12th century). These jars were probably fired during...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Antique Pottery Jar 17th-18th Century/ Wabi-Sabi /Tokoname
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Tokoname is a region in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, renowned as one of the country's oldest pottery centers, with a history dating back to the 12th century. This jar, despite cracking ...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Cappelletti Rapino di Chieti Abruzzi
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Eighteenth century Italian Lidded vase, from the Castelli Maiolica school, marked 'Cappelletti Rapino di Chieti Abruzzi' to the underside of the lid and near the base of the pot, the...
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Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Pair Antique Very Large Chinese Porcelain Vases French Gold Ormolu Stands
Located in London, GB
Pair Antique Very Large Chinese Porcelain Vases French Gold Ormolu Stands Porcelain: Chinese, 18th Century Ormolu: French, Late 19th Century Vases...
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Chinese Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ormolu

Ming Dynasty Period Golden Brown Glazed Martaban Water Jar with Tiger Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Ming Dynasty period glazed ceramic Martaban water jar from the 17th century, with tiger motifs and petite handles. Created in China during the 17th century, this Ming Dynasty perio...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Adriaen Luffneu Delft Blue White Tall Pierced Cased Ginger Jars
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of fine antique ginger jars, circa 1699-1714) with pierced and cased cartouches and hand painted figural landscapes. Each with a different scene yet maintaining the mountain, la...
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Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Clay

Antique 18th Century Italian Ceramic Apothecary Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
Tall antique 18th century Italian ceramic apothecary jar. Colors of blue, yellow and green on off white background.
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Italian Majolica Pharmacy Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 18th century Italian Majolica Polychrome Pharmacy Jar or Albarello, dated 1777. These jars were use in apothecaries to hold medicinal herbs, powders...
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Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Majolica

Pair of Diminutive Delft Vases
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of diminutive delft vases with hand-painted blue floral and foliate decoration in a white ground on shaped bodies having hexagonal top collars above larger shoulders tapering ...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

French Terra Cotta Head Urns
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French (18th Century) terra cotta urns with heads covered by a drape and an upper wreath border with two handles on top section (PRICED AS PAIR)
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French Biedermeier Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

18th Century French Hand Thrown Terracotta Olive Jar With Lime Glazing
Located in Round Top, TX
This is a handsome French Biot olive jar from the 18th century that has been hand thrown and glazed with a beautiful color of grayed lime color. It's the perfect size for a citrus tr...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

18th Century Tortoiseshell and Silver-Mounted Perfume Etui with Glass Bottle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Tortoiseshell and Silver-Mounted Perfume Etui with Glass Bottle England or France, circa 1775–1790 Dimensions: 2.5" H × 1.25" W × 0.5" D A fine late 18th-century torto...
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European Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Silver

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