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Urns For Sale
Set of 5 Large Vintage Venetian Glass Apothecary Jars with Lids and Fruit Handle
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rare vintage cobalt blue venetian glass apothecary jars. Set of 5. Each jar has a lid with glass fruit or flower as handle. Perfect for vanity or bathroom storage. Very good conditio...
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Early 20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Urns

Materials

Blown Glass

19th Century Giltwood Baroque Church Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A deep carved large giltwood altar vase, probably German, in the baroque style, but dating to the latter half of the 19th century. The vase is carved with a flat back, so would have ...
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1890s German Baroque Antique Urns

Materials

Wood

19th Century Important Painted, Spanish Terracotta Urns
Located in Miami, FL
19th century important painted, Spanish terracotta urns. Spectacular reliefs and colors.
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Biedermeier Antique Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of 19th-Century French Neoclassical Marble and Gilt Bronze Urns
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite pair of 19th-century French urns showcases the elegance and craftsmanship of the Neoclassical period, featuring finely carved pink veined marble complemented by gilded...
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19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Early 20th Century Italian Majolica Urn
Located in Houston, TX
Early 20th century Italian majolica urn. This gorgeous Italian majolica or maiolica urn or jardiniere is hand decorated with serpents, dolphins an...
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Ceramic, Maiolica, Majolica

Pair of Crackled Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Cassolettes — Wong Lee 1895
Located in NICE, FR
Pair of crackled porcelain cassolettes, decorated in underglaze blue and mounted in finely chased gilt bronze. The vases bear the “WL 1895” Wong Lee hal...
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20th Century Chinese Louis XIV Urns

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Japanese Pair of Bronze Urn Vases
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 19th century pair of Japanese Bronze Vases. These are an urn shaped vases that their bodies depicts a high relief scene of some Phoenix birds around some foliage together w...
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19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Primitive Dove Tailed Hammered Copper Brass Water Jug
Located in Louisville, KY
Copper vessels of this nature were once primitively made in Europe and Middle Eastern areas of the world. This piece is a stunning example of the stout, but primitive craftsmanship t...
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19th Century European Primitive Antique Urns

Materials

Brass, Copper

Pair of English Sheffield Silver Plated Cobalt Blue Glass Urns by Barker-Ellis
Located in Shippensburg, PA
VERY FINE PAIR OF ENGLISH SILVERPLATED COBALT GLASS CHESTNUT URNS Marked for Barker-Ellis of Birmingham, England made circa 1912-1931 with maker's mark to underside [seven-branch menorah], signed "England" and impressed "8" along with silversmith's scratched notations Item # 312DPP11Z An exceedingly fine pair of chestnut or candy urns by the renowned silversmithing firm Barker-Ellis of Birmingham, England, the menorah marker's mark was reportedly used by Barker-Ellis starting in 1912 and continued to be in use by the firm through 1931 [see the Smithsonian Museum of American History, acc. no. 1988.0569.07 for a tray of the same marking and documented dates of use]. The present version of the menorah mark is an earlier version of the marking and probably places the pair of urns to circa 1920. The urns feature a carved pineapple finial with exquisitely chiseled and chased leaves over a coved lid, this lifting off to reveal a spacious interior with removable hand-blown cobalt glass...
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20th Century English Regency Urns

Materials

Silver Plate

Vintage Ming Style Temple Jar Blue and White Glazed Porcelain
Located in Glasgow, GB
Vintage porcelain temple jar, handcrafted towards the end of the 20th century, in 1980s China Artistically decorated in a simple yet decorative Ming-era style. Its body features a figural scene perfectly realized in hand-painted cobalt blue enamel. Flying birds and floral motifs are interspersed between bold blue borders and graphic Chinese-style decorations. Coming together and creating a striking contrast against the luminous white underglaze porcelain. The porcelain jar measures 20 cm in height and 15 cm in diameter. It's in good condition for its age and use, bearing only x1 small chip to the lip of the temple jar. And is stamped on its underside with a 'Zhongguo Zhi Zao...
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1980s Chinese Ming Vintage Urns

Materials

Enamel

Large Spanish Incised Terracotta Vase
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1633 Hand made and glazed incised Spanish Vase
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1960s Vintage Urns

Materials

Terracotta

19th Century Paris Porcelain Lidded Urn with Blue, Gold Sepia Decoration
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Elegant 19th-century Paris porcelain urn of impressive presence, finely hand-painted in cobalt blue, burnished gold, and soft sepia tones. This lidded vase displays the refined artis...
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19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Small Vintage Lidded Urn, Chinese, Hand Painted Ceramic, Spice Jar, Ginger Pot
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small vintage lidded urn. A Chinese, ceramic spice jar, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980. Petite of form, with an appealing b...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Neoclassical Alabaster Urn Lamp on Solomonic Pedestal Column
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved Alabaster Floor Lamp. Outstanding Neoclassical carved alabaster urn lamp with handles on column pedestal stand, Spain, 1930s-1940s T...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Urns

Materials

Alabaster

A Pair of Cast Iron Urns
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A pair of painted cast iron neoclassical urns with fluted bodies, swag decoration and domed lids. To be displayed inside or in the garden. Wonderful condition. England, 1910
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1910s English Neoclassical Vintage Urns

Materials

Iron

Marble Urn on Square Base
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Marble urn with a flared rim and rounded body raised on a turned stem over a stepped square base. The stone shows varied veining and natural coloration throughout, with visible surfa...
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19th Century Italian Antique Urns

Materials

Marble

Spanish Manises Large Porcelain Lidded Urn by Hispania/ Lladró, 1970s
Located in Valencia, VC
An impressive extra-large Rococo Revival lidded urn, handcrafted in the 1970s by CH Hispania of Manises, Spain—a renowned maker that was later absorbed into the world-famous Lladró p...
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1970s Spanish Rococo Revival Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Stoneware

Sienna Marble Urn / Vase w/ Nero Portoro Marble Base Brass Ball Feet, c.1880 s
Located in Ross, CA
Late 19th century French Napoleon III Urn / Vase. Made of sienna marble and brass ball feet, mounted on on a square Nero Portoro marble base.
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns

Materials

Siena Marble, Brass

Antique French Grand Tour Bronze Ormolu Urn, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Grand Tour dark patinated bronze and ormolu urn with ormolu liner, C1850 in date. This stunning bronze is superbly cast and has an elegant brown...
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1850s French Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

An Antique French 19th Century Bronze Warwick Urn
Located in London, GB
The vase is made of bronze and features a large, bell-shaped body adorned with intricate reliefs. Its design includes classical motifs such as Bacchic (related to Bacchus, the god o...
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19th Century French Classical Roman Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Pair Of Large Louis XVI Style Cassolettes In Belgian Royal Marble And Gilt Bronz
Located in BARSAC, FR
Superb pair of large cassolettes in Belgian royal marble, featuring a striking gilt and chased bronze ornament depicting intertwined serpents. A very elegant and high-quality pie...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair 19th Century Neoclassical Style Italian Plaster Urns with Flame Finials
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Italian neoclassical style urns in relief that can either stand on their own or hang from the wall as decorative elements. Quite handsome, with acanthus leaf decoration and f...
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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Plaster

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Model of the Medici Vase, or Urn
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This Grand Tour bronze model of the Medici vase is beautifully cast and patinated. It features a deep frieze with a mythological bas-relief, the fluted loop handles rise from sayers'...
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Late 19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Grand Tour Neoclassical Urn
Located in Ongar, GB
A nice 19th century grand tour neoclassical spelter urn on a wooden ebonised base. It does have a small old repair on one handle but hardly noticeab...
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Mid-19th Century Greek Neoclassical Antique Urns

Materials

Spelter

Pair of Italian 1930s Painted Floral Shaped Wooden Urns with Grooved Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian carved and painted wooden floral-shaped urns from the first half of the 20th century with weathered finish. Born in Italy during the second quarter of the 20th cent...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Urns

Materials

Wood

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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18th Century French Biedermeier Antique Urns

Pair of Antique Sevres Styled Covered Urns with Ornate Hand-Painted Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique covered urns are signed by and unknown maker, and presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1880 and d...
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain Potpourri Urn in the Rocco Style, ca. 19th century
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful German hand painted porcelain potpourri urn vase with flowers and putti, in the Rocco style, by Sitzendorf, circa 19th century or earlier, Germany. Piece has details flor...
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19th Century German Rococo Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century French Blue Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Sèvres Urns Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel or a console with this important pair of porcelain and bronze Sèvres urns. Created in Paris, France, circa 1870, each impressive vase sits on a square bronze base w...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Antique Moroccan Copper and Bronze Lidded Vessel or Urn with Serpents
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Enchanting antique Moroccan lidded vessel handcrafted in dramatic form with a hammered and riveted body and featuring a cast bronze lid, base and mythological serpent with cat heads ...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Urns

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Chinese White and Figurative Pastoral Scene Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white porcelain urn decorated with a detailed and lively scene of people gathering in a pastoral Setting and blue...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Grand Tour Lapis Lazuli and Marble Urn Vase
Located in Madrid, ES
A Grand Tour vase or urn in white marble with lapis lazuli decoration at the base and a ring around the top of the urn.
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Urns

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Marble

Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Flowering Branch Porcelain Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) famille rose similar porcelain white urns depicting fowl nestled amid an abundance of flowering branches, accented with foo dog scrolled h...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century French Confit Pot w Handles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This classic French confit pot is from the south of France and dates from the late 19th Century. Note the pretty tapered base that is unglazed. Confit pots were half-glazed for two r...
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns

Materials

Pottery

Pair Of Italian Grand Tour Marble And Porphyry Columns
Located in Essex, MA
Each with a porphyry cup at top of red marble cylindrical column. Siena marble , white and grey marble plinth base.
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Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Siena Marble, Porphyry

Pair 19th Century Cloisonne Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th Century Cloissone vases is an extraordinary example of the breed, displaying its well-preserved, rich coloration and exhibiting a large format design theme celebrating the ...
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1890s French Meiji Antique Urns

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Porcelain Urn Centerpiece Leaf Design
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful decorative three (3) piece set. A white porcelain urn with green leaf design from Chelsea House, Inc., circa late-20th century to early-21st century. Set includes underpl...
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2010s Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Group of 19th Century English Green Tole Tea Tins by Parnall Sons LTD, Bristol
Located in Nantucket, MA
Three 19th century English tole tea tins with large numbers in cream and gilt on a green ground. Each of ovoid form with a domed shoulder below a...
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Mid-19th Century English Georgian Antique Urns

Materials

Metal

A Sèvres Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Vase in the Arts Crafts style by Fuchs
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular, highly adorned, Sèvres urn in the arts and crafts style. Skillfully hand painted garden scenes of maidens and putti on either side. Set on a turquoise ground are brigh...
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Late 19th Century French Arts and Crafts Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze, Gold Leaf

Large and Very Rare Purple Urn Gunnar Nylund - Rörstrand - Scandinavian Modern
Located in Stockholm, SE
A really rare stoneware urn designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand. It is 33 cm (13.2") tall and in excellent condition except from a minor surface crack below. It is marked as the p...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Wedgwood Pair of Pedestal Medici form Shell Twin Handled Urn Vases
By Norman Wilson, Wedgwood
Located in CA, CA
Wedgwood Moonstone Urn Vase, 1960's Norman Wilson Cream Moonstone Glaze, Twin Shell Handled Medici Urn Vase A beautifully crafted, Wedgwood Queen...
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1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Large Italian Glazed Terracotta Urn with Stylized Horse
By Urbino Workshop
Located in Houston, TX
Large Italian Glazed Terracotta Urn with stylized Horse. Italian glazed terracotta Urbino Maiolica style urn or vessel in muted colors with wel...
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1920s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Moroccan Ceramic Lidded Urn with Arabic Calligraphy Lettrism Writing
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez. Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing. This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic...
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20th Century Moroccan Islamic Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Tibetan Copper Brass Bronze, Gem-inlaid Water Vessel
Located in Louisville, KY
Copper vessels such as this have been made for literally centuries by Tibetan monks and other cultural sectors. The craftsmanship is wonderfully rustic with hammered copper, brass an...
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19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Urns

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Brass, Bronze, Copper

Vintage Early 19th Century Sevres Napoleanic Covered Palace Size Urn
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage palace size Sevres porcelain covered urn is elaborately hand painted with a historical scene of Napoleon on horseback on the battlefield with his troops. The artist, Desprez painted this colorful detailed painting surrounding the entire body of this huge urn...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Large Decorative Black Enamel Urn with Brass Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome black enamel urn with brass detail. The interior is lined with Brass. This could be used decorative or to hold special items. Neoclassical Style that mixes well with Trad...
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20th Century Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Brass, Enamel

19th Century French Brass Jardinière or Planter
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French brass Jardinière or planter. Lovely antique French Napoleon III heavy weight brass jardiniere, planter or cachepot. This fantastic French planter is beautifully d...
Category

1850s French Napoleon III Antique Urns

Materials

Brass

Grand Tour Italian Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Urn Warwick Vase
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning Grand Tour neoclassical urn or cachepot having fancy decoration on the outside and gilded metal interior. 5.5 diameter 9" w handle to handle Opening is 3.75" (Connie)
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Cast Aluminum Conical Sculpture Vase Urn Artist Signed
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant in it's direct form. Artist signed with a large S in a open circle. In very good vintage condition with minimal wear. 20.75 in height with a base that is 5 inch sq...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Aluminum

Large Vintage Demijohn Style Dark Green Blown Glass Wine Bottle, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
A large pair of vintage dark green blown glass Demijohn style bottles of wines. The bottles are sturdy and very decorative. Embellish you r...
Category

20th Century Modern Urns

Materials

Blown Glass

Pair of LARGE Chinese Palace Size Oxblood Colored Urns 47" H
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Pair of palace sized Chinese oxblood / Sang de Boeuf colored lidded urns. Lids have foo dog finial tops. Marked on the bottom. I believe they're 20th Ct but not entirely sure. 47" H ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Urns

Materials

Porcelain

English Gilt / Painted Royal Crown Derby Vases/Urns
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautifully gilt and hand painted Royal Crown Derby pair Imari pattern porcelain decorative urns/vases with gilt twin side handles. Each urn features an exterior 22k gold and handpai...
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20th Century British Urns

Materials

Gold

Antique Meissen Jugendstil Porcelain Covered Urn or Vase with Pansies Violets
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed German porcelain lidded urn or large vase. By Meissen. Decorated with applied and raised ribbons, laurels, and geometric patterns throughout. Painted floral sprays o...
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Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Bronze Dragon Temple Incense Burner
Located in Pomona, CA
Up for sell is a Huge magnificent Chinese Antique Carved Bronze incense burner. It shows very detailed hand carving works of Dragons as handles and two carved dragons play fire ball releaf on the front as well as three dragon legs...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns

Materials

Brass

Diminutive Stoneware Urn Vase, Wilhelm Kage, Argenta, Gustavsberg, Sweden c1959
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Tiny sprigs of flora adorn this diminutive piece from the Argenta series by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg, Sweden Wonderful mottled glaze decorated with applied silver decoration Circ...
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1950s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Silver

19th Century Porcelain Decorative Urn with Hand-Painted Puce Landscapes, Germany
Located in Tarry Town, NY
A refined Late 19th century German decorative porcelain urn by Höchst Porcelain, produced in Germany during the mid to late 19th century. This elegant tableware-form urn features an ...
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1880s German Antique Urns

Materials

Gold

Set of Two Fish Scale Urn in White Marble Handcrafted in India
Located in New York, NY
Set of two hand carved out of a single block of marble, perfect for outdoors. Fish Scale Urn in White Marble Handcrafted in India by Stephanie Odegard...
Category

2010s Indian Other Urns

Materials

Marble

19th Century French Sèvres Porcelain Covered Decorative Potpourri / Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
French Sèvres turquoise-ground porcelain two-handled footed covered decorative urn / potpourri , dating to the mid 19th century. Executed in a refined classical form, the piece featu...
Category

1860s French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Antique Ceremonial Urns, Song Dynasty, 12th-13th Century
Located in New York, NY
Two tall ceremonial urns dating from the 12th-13th century, Southern Song dynasty. Glazed terracotta. They depict 12 traditional ritual attendant...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Antique Urns

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of English Porcelain Two Handled Covered Vases, circa 1850
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English porcelain two handled covered vases, Sèvres style, circa 1850.
Category

1850s English Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Antique and Vintage Urns for Sale

Decorative vases and antique and vintage urns are statement objects for the home that can date back centuries. Ranging from pieces with intricate, hand-painted details to more minimal forms with abstract shapes, decorative vases and urns come in a range of styles and sizes.

An urn is a type of vase that typically has a cover, a narrow neck and a round body, sometimes with a footed pedestal. However, when a vessel is called an urn, this often denotes its purpose rather than its origin or shape. One of the urn’s most crucial roles was and remains to be to hold the ashes of people for funerary rites. Another type of urn is adorned with figures that tell a story or show a scene.

Some of the earliest vases were formed from clay or metal-like bronze. Mesopotamians used them not only for decoration but also for storage. In ancient Greece, vases and urns frequently depicted stories from mythology, showing images of the gods and heroes. In ancient Egypt, vases such as the amphora had ceremonial purposes.

Over time, vases grew in popularity among artists as a different kind of canvas for expression. Unlike many of the ancient examples, these vases were not always functional but instead made for a striking addition to one’s decor. Even a plain, solid-colored vase can add color or style to a room. Metal urns are elegant additions to your living room or foyer rather than outside, unless you’re partial to the alluring weathered patina that is expected to characterize an antique cast-iron garden urn.

Every interior designer will tell you that decorative objects are what make a house a home. Decorative objects trumpet the homeowner’s personality while bringing a room to life. For designers, they present an opportunity to express their creative vision.

When looking for a decorative vase, it’s important to note the design and also the size and shape. Decorative vases vary from those with a wide base to those with long slender necks. Browse decorative vases and an extensive ceramic urn collection on 1stDibs.