Early 18th Century Urns

One of my favorite things in decoration is bring a piece of stone into the mix. In this case it's a very early large mortar from the beginning of the 1700s or earlier from Spain. T...

Nice decorative pieces

An imposing group of three superb terracotta jars with handles. Near East, at least early 18th Century (most possibly earlier). Vase 1: 56 cm high by 28 cm diameter. Vase 2: 59 cm...

An exquisite and quite rare pair English Staffordshire Wedgwood Jasperware blue ground vases of Amphora outline and generous proportions, firmly attributed to John Flaxman Junior. Ci...

Rare and substantial French early 18th century copper wine urn, the acanthus leaf decorated lid with pineapple finial, the gadrooned body with scrolled handles, the whole profusely c...

A pair of 18th-century blue and white Delft covered mantle vases hand-painted in shades of cobalt blue. The romantic chinoiserie design shows a young lady picking flowers in a garden...

This charming, hand painted, Italian Majolica urn is actually the body of a water fountain/vessel. The water comes out of the yellow mascaron’s mouth which is at the base of the urn. It would have had a bronze spigot of some sort. Depending upon where is was situated, it would have had a basin to drain into. It dates to 1720 and depicts a family tending to their animals in a field. The main colors are blue, white, and yellow, and the handles are in the form of snakes on either side, with mascarons beneath. On the back in large letters, it is signed, A. G. R. with 1720 beneath. This is surrounded by scrolling acanthus leaves on either side. This large and colorful urn...

This flowering urn of gilt-metal flowers in a gessoed, silver-leafed urn was probably made in Genoa, Italy, circa 1715. If the flowers are carnations, symbol of the Virgin’s love for...

We are pleased to offer this exquisite pair of Wedgwood black basalt covered urns made in the early 19th century. An exact pair can be found in the Dwight and Lucille Beeson Wedgwood Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art. The urns are decorated with scenes showing neoclassical figures in oval medallions.They are further decorated with floral festoons and neoclassical goat head handles (see images). The top each urn is pierced so that the room can be scented with potpourri. Made in the beginning of the 19th century the covered urns stand 14 inches tall. While we are always looking for pieces of this caliber to add to our collection of fine black basalt, these urns are particularly wonderful, and we are excited that we were able to acquire them. When we purchased them we also purchased a pair with the same decoration on matching wood stands. We've listed three pairs of Wedgwood black basalt urns...

A pair of Coalport vases richly gilded with hand-painted details in cobalt blue, and iron red. The vases are painted in a traditional Imari design. Each vase also has the special design detail of the Coalport "Admiral Nelson...