241 results for "antiquity"
to
26
202
38
1
22
56
124
39
83
19
12
26
18
1
2
3
1
8
4
1
49
18
16
14
7
5
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
113
79
72
41
34
120
116
173
92
28
25
22
241
218
239
30
18
13
8
7
Set of Two Majolica Jugs, Nimy Faiences Imperiale Belgium
By Imperiale Royale, NIMY
Located in Antwerp, BE
A set of 1851-1898 Belgium majolica pitchers, pottery jugs with pewter top.White hand painted cherubs sitting in a painting impression and accesso...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$314 Sale Price / item
70% Off
19th Century Forged Iron French Pot Rack
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
19th century French pot rack. Blacksmith forged iron pot rack with fleur-de-lys.
Origin: France
Period: 19th century
Size: 13" D x 11" H.
Family O...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Antiquities
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Wine Scale with Barrel
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Early French wine scale with barrel. Overall 80" to top of arm 74" H to top of arch x 64" W x 48" D. Completely disassembles for transport. Original wooden ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Antiquities
Materials
Wood
18th Century Chinese Imari Plate
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century Chinese Imari plate
A Kangxi, Imari underglaze blue plate with scene of peonies and gold and red painted , bamboo and deer
1662-17...
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Imari Gold Porcelain Small Lobbed Cups and Saucers
Located in Delft, NL
18th century Japanese Imari Gold porcelain small lobbed cups and saucers
Early 18th century imari gold lobbed Japanese cups and saucers
Small cups and saucers...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Persian Bird Lotus Tile Scene Colorful Decor Backsplash Set 6
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Six large 20th century hand painted Persian tiles. Siliceous paste painted in polychromy under transparent colorless glaze. Each tile is 8 by...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Islamic Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
$2,000 Sale Price
76% Off
Sponge Ware Pottery "Butter" Crock, 19th Century
By American Sponge Ware Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Large sponge ware crock with minor hairline crack. Sold as is.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antiquities
Materials
Iron
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Vases with Painted Figures and Chinese Poems in Gold
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese porcelain vases with painted figures and Chinese poems in gold. The gilt poem frames the two groups of figures who likely serve as a narrative complement to the calli...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Pair of Chinese Porcelain Fruit Dishes
Located in Brea, CA
19th century a pair of large Chinese porcelain fruit dishes with beautiful hand painted. Measures: 8.5 x 6.25 x 2 inch.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Silver Goblet Circa 1900
By Tuck Chang
Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver goblet; an addition to our wine and drinks related silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Chinese Export silver (CES) goblet has a circular bell shaped form a shaped stem and plain circular stepped foot.
The drinking vessel of this Chinese silver goblet...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Silver
19th Century Chinese Porcelain Dish
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese porcelain dish with beautiful hand painted. Diameter 12.4 inch, with a mark.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Three Hand-forged Wrought Iron Trivets 18th Century Italian Iron Rests
Located in Milano, MI
From Italy a unique set of three 18th and 19th century assorted Italian flat iron trivets used to place hot irons to protect the preservation of tables, cloth and from hot charcoal a...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Antiquities
Materials
Iron
Chinese Silver Tazza by Tien Shing, Hong Kong, 19th Century
Located in Delft, NL
Chinese Silver Tazza by Tien Shing, Hong Kong, 19th Century
Chinese export silver Tazza , marked by the Chinese silversmith Tien Shing, Hong Kong, (1830-19...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Japanese Arita, Amsterdams Bont, Tripod Salt Cellars, 1690-1730
Located in Delft, NL
Japanese Arita, Amsterdams Bont, tripod salt cellars, 1690-1730
European decoration on Japanese porcelain.
"Arita" porcelain made in Japan, during ...
Category
Antique 17th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Wire Bottle Rack from France, Early 20th Century
Located in Hamburg, DE
Antique wire bottle holder from France, early 20th century. The bottle holder can hold up to 12 bottles with a diameter up to 6cm. The individual holders have a height of 6cm and als...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antiquities
Materials
Wire
$276 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Turkish Silver Goblets
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique Turkish silver goblets; an addition to our range of wine and drink related silverware
The...
Category
Antique 1880s Turkish Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Export Silver Christening Mug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver christening mug; an addition to our silver christening gifts collection.
This exceptional antique Chinese export silver mug has a tapering cylindrical form.
The surface of this impressive christening mug is embellished with embossed and chased decoration depicting Asian figures in a grass terrain village setting performing chores and meditating in prayer.
The scene incorporates a multitude of indigenous plants in addition to a stylized peony tree encasing a shield shaped vacant cartouche.
The upper rim and base of the mug are encompassed with applied moulded borders.
This Chinese export mug...
Category
Antique Early 1800s Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Silver
1900s Chinese Export Silver Bowl
By Bao Cheng
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver bowl; an addition to our Asian silverware collection.
This exceptional Chinese Export Silver bowl has a plain circular form onto a plain circular swept, spreading foot.
The body of this antique Asian silver bowl is embellished with chased traditional oriental chrysanthemum floral and foliate designs, all on a matte background.
The decoration to the body incorporates a large shield shaped vacant cartouche to one side.
The upper portion of this impressive bowl is encircled with a plain applied moulded border to the incurved shaped rim.
The hallmarks struck to the underside of the bowl include:
Origin mark: Shanghai (??)
Maker's mark: Bao Cheng
Branch name: DE JI
Artisan silversmith mark: Fang (?)
Condition
This antique Asian silver bowl is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
The chased decoration is all very sharp.
The CES hallmarks struck to the underside of the bowl are all very clear.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique Asian bowl...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Silver
1920s Indian Silver Sugar Bowl
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Indian silver sugar bowl; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Indian silver sugar bowl has a circular rounded, compressed form.
The body of this silver bowl is embellished with a chased scene depicting a rural setting with iconic wild, indigenous animals.
The decoration to the body is flanked with simplified leaf decorated borders to the upper and lower portions.
The raised flared shoulders of the sugar bowl are encompassed with an applied moulded border accented with leaf designs.
This antique sugar bowl...
Category
Vintage 1920s Indian Antiquities
Materials
Silver
20th Century Chinese Export Silver Salver by Wing Fat
By Wing Fat
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
This impressive antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) salver has a circular shaped form.
The centre of the salver is embellished with an engraved chrysanthemum floral design.
The rai...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Antique 1900s Turkish Silver Coffee Jug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Turkish silver coffee jug; an addition to the silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Turkish Antiquities
Materials
Silver
19th Century Silver Plated Medicis Champagne Bucket or Wine Cooler
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant champagne bucket, dating from the Napoleon III period (circa 1870), is crafted in the refined Médicis form, a timeless silhouette inspired by classical antiquity and hig...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Wine Coolers
Materials
Silver Plate, Silver Leaf
Spode Pottery Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Blue Set of Dinner Plates-33 Plates
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Greek Grandeur: Extensive Set of 33 Spode "Zeus in His Chariot" Dinner Plates (c. 1806–1820)
An impressive and extensive set of 33 early 19th-century blue and white transfer-printed...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Rubans by Christofle Silverplate Flatware Service Set 48 pcs France Dinner Size
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
With a dedication to perfection and quality, Christofle flatware creations unite craftsmanship and modern technique, resulting in flatware to be handed down through generations.
Cre...
Category
Early 20th Century French Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Rubans by Christofle Silverplate Flatware Service Set 51 pcs France Dinner Size
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
With a dedication to perfection and quality, Christofle flatware creations unite craftsmanship and modern technique, resulting in flatware to be handed down through generations.
Cre...
Category
Early 20th Century French Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Spode Neo-classical Greek Pattern Blue Soup Plates- Set of Ten
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Greek Revival Dining: Set of 10 Spode "Phliasian Horseman" Soup Plates
(c. 1806–1820)
A fine set of 10 early 19th-century blue and white transfer-printed pottery soup plates by Spo...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Pair of Thai Benjarong Lidded Porcelain Jars Vibrantly Hand Painted and Gilded
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., a stunning pair of large Thai Benjarong lidded porcelain jars, vibrantly enameled by hand and embellished with 18 carat gold. One marked on und...
Category
Vintage 1980s Thai Ming Porcelain
Materials
Gold, Enamel
French Iznik-Inspired Ceramic Decorative Plate by Édouard Cazaux, circa 1930s
By Edouard Cazaux
Located in London, GB
French Iznik-inspired ceramic decorative plate by Édouard Cazaux (circa 1930s). Master ceramicist, Édouard Cazaux was inspired by antiquities, religion and animal life in his creatio...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
$826 Sale Price
40% Off
Rare Meissen Marcolini Porcelain Chinoiserie Incense Burner Vase and Cover
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Queens, NY
A rare Meissen Marcolini Porcelain Chinoiserie incense burner vase and cover, made for the Chinese market, circa 1800, blue cross swords and star mark, Pressnummer 58
A Museum Quality Piece.
Painted in the sought after famille rose palette with sprigs of indianische Blumen and enriched in gilding, the simulated pierced body supported by four feet painted with stylized dragons, the pierced cover with a Buddhist lion finial.
10" high x 6" wide x 6" deep
The shape of this piece, which appears to be unrecorded in the literature, is inspired by similar Chinese porcelain censers from the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1654-1722). An example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated by Li Yi-hua in Qing Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Periods from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl. 65. Another in the British Museum, London (museum no. PDF, A.812) is catalogued as a perfume-holder.
These porcelain examples are in turn inspired by ancient Chinese bronzes from both the Shang (1600-1046 BC) and the Zhou (1046-246 BCE) dynasties, an example of which was sold anonymously by Christie's New York, 22 March 2019, lot 1601. This chain of inspiration tracking backwards from the 19th century to antiquity provides a clear example of how ceramics, and indeed other mediums, are able to influence and motivate the works of later generations.
For a Meissen porcelain snuff...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
$30,000 Sale Price
40% Off
Early 19th Century Paris Porcelain Tea Service with Rich Gilt Decoration
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This refined Paris porcelain tea service dates from the early 19th-century and beautifully reflects the elegance and technical mastery of F...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Set of 12 Hand-Blown
Painted Murano Art Glass Champagne Saucers by Salviati
By Salviati
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite set of twelve Murano art glass champagne saucers, attributed to Salviati and crafted in Italy circa 1950, epitomizes Venetian glassmaking at its most refined and histo...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Regency Herculaneum Greek Pattern Blue Printed Pottery Dish
By Herculaneum Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
Neoclassical Herculaneum Pottery Large Blue & White "Greek" Pattern Serving Dish,
Circa 1810
A monumental early 19th-century earthenware serving dish (platter) attributed to the Her...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Platters and Serveware
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
FORNASETTI Set of 6 Fornasetti Mural Plates by Louis Vuitton
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fornasetti Mural plate set, co-designed by Johnny Coca and the Italian atelier Fornasetti, each featuring a unique motif echoing the antiquity theme from the Louis Vuitton Women's Fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$3,120 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Aegean Weave Gold by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 68 pieces
By Wallace Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Aegean Weave Gold Accent by Wallace sterling silver flatware set, 68 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 9 3/8"
12 forks, 8"
12 salad forks, 6 7/8"
12 teaspoons, 6 1/2"
12 cocktai...
Category
Late 20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ceramic Vase, Pair of Amphoras, Ciboure Pottery, France, circa 1925
By Ciboure
Located in New York, NY
One of a set of beautiful ceramics from Ciboure Pottery, this vase is inspired by antiquity—evident in its form, its spare coloring, and its stylized depiction of classic imagery.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Medusa Handmade Ceramic Head, 2021, Unique Piece, Centerpiece, Italian Design
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
In Greek mythology, Medusa, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair.
Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone.
Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
$2,385 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Single Vase
Vigne
, Nancy, France Ca. 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite solitary vase in baluster form on a broad round foot, conically widening wall, strong shoulders around a short neck with a slightly flared rim, colourless glass with milky ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Rubans by Christofle Silverplate Flatware Service Set 363 pcs France Dinner Size
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
With a dedication to perfection and quality, Christofle flatware creations unite craftsmanship and modern technique, resulting in flatware to be handed down through generations. Crea...
Category
Early 20th Century French Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Ceramic Vase, Glazed Stoneware Vase, Ciboure Pottery, France, circa 1925
By Ciboure
Located in New York, NY
One of a set of beautiful ceramics from Ciboure Pottery, this piece is inspired by antiquity—evident in its form, its spare coloring, and its depiction of classical figures. Executed...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase
Tulipes
, Daum Frères, Nancy, France, Circa 1890/1895
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Cup-shaped vase, colourless glass with air bubbles (bubbling) and flaky light green powder inclusions in the lower section and rust-coloured inclusions in the upper section, light bl...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Magnificent Pair of Russian Imperial Ruby Glass Vases w/ Gilded Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
While Napoleon's armies never conquered Russian, French taste did, and in a big way. This pair made at the Imperial Glass Workshop, under the Sponsorship of the Imperial Family would have been at home in a Paris drawing room as easily as in St. Petersburg.
The Intense Ruby Red color of the Crystal is created by adding large quantities of gold to the molten glass before the object is created. The resulting color is dense yet full of light just like its namesake the precious jewel. The Dore bronze mounts use motifs taken from antiquity. Likewise, the shape of the handles is inspired by Greco-Roman amphora...
Category
Antique 19th Century Russian Empire Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Red-Figure Black-Ground Vases, 1810-1850, Italy, Terracotta, Grand Tour
Located in Epfach, DE
19th Century Pair of Red-Figure Black-Ground Vases, 1810-1850, Italy – Grand Tour Terracotta
This exquisite pair of Italian red-figure black-ground vases, dating from circa 1810-185...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Ancient Pottery Vessels, 4
Located in Astoria, NY
Group of Four Ancient Pottery Vessels, comprising: pinch lip pot, red jar, Holy Land oil lamp with olive leaf motif, Persian tripod footed vase. Vase: ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Other Pottery
Materials
Pottery
$850 / set
Large Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Rosehip Decor, Daum Nancy, France, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Large baluster vase on a separate foot, colorless glass with flaky white, yellow-green and brown colored powder inclusions, overlay in yellow, orange-red, green and brown, rosehip decoration etched in several stages, satin-finished surface in the background and on the inside, large cameo signature 'Daum Nancy' with Cross of Lorraine midway between the plants.
Technique: Handmade 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...
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Regency Herculaneum Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Blue Printed Dish
By Herculaneum Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
Regency Revival: Herculaneum Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Printed Dish
________________________________________
This is an impressive English Trans...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Vintage Pre-Columbian Style Pottery Centerpiece
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY piece of reproduction Native American Antiquity, namely, a Vintage Pre-Columbian Style Pottery Centerpiece.
We are of the opinion that this was made circa the ea...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Pre-Columbian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Art Nouveau Cameo Long Neck Vase With Daphne Decor, Daum Nancy, France, 1910/15
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate Art Nouveau cameo vase of the early 20th century:
Baluster-shaped stem vase with bulbous base on a stand ring with long, slender, curved neck, colorless glass with flaky whi...
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Empire Style Silver
Crystal Swing-Handle Basket /Sphinx Decoration, C. 1820
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Empire Style Silver & Crystal Swing-Handle Basket with Sphinx Decoration, Continental, circa 1820–1850
Measurements: 7" high x 6" wide x 4.75" deep
Interior Measurements of Crystal ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fornasetti Porcelain Themes
Variation Plate, Number 217
Located in Downingtown, PA
"The Gorgon Muse": Fornasetti "Themes & Variations" Plate #217 (Medusa)
A dramatic and highly collectible porcelain wall plate from the celebrated "Themes & Variations" (Tema e Vari...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Moroccan Silver Shabbat Kiddush Cup and Original Tray, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
An impressive Moroccan silver Shabbat Kiddush cup and its original tray from circa 1890 is a remarkable and rare piece of Judaica, that reflects the artistic heritage of Moroccan Jew...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Moroccan Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Isle of Lewis Scottish Terracotta Bishop Chess Piece
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual Scottish terracotta figure of a Bishop chess piece based on a hoard found on the Isle of Lewis in 1831 and believed to date to the latter 19th or early 20th century. T...
Category
20th Century English Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Rothschild "Poetry" Silver Gilt Salver by Elkington
Co.
By Elkington
Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Silver Gilt Salver
Elkington & Co.
Hallmarked Birmingham, 1889
Remarkable provenance, breathtaking artistry and exceptional rarity make this majestic silver gilt salver by Elkington...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain Bacchus Mug After Derby Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
Cross-Cultural Masterpiece: Rare Chinese Export Porcelain Bacchus Mug.
After Derby,
Circa 1785
An exceptional and rare Chinese Export porcelain mug, modeled in the form of the head...
Category
Antique 1780s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Art Nouveau Flower Bowl With Columbine Decor, Daum Nancy, France, ca 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Large round bowl with a quatrefoil-shaped indented mouth rim, colorless glass with yellow and brown powder inclusions, etched and painted with colored enamel columbine decor, satin-f...
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe plate,
Numbered #7 in Series
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe in a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Table Lamp
Vignes Et Escargots
, Daum Nancy, France, Circa 1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
A museum piece of French Art Nouveau glass art:
Lamp with baluster-shaped foot on a stepped, flat, round stand raised in the centre, hemispherical shade, slightly heat-stretched and pressed upwards on four sides, made of multi-layered glass with coloured powder fusions, predominantly in yellow-orange, red, brown, green and blue-violet tones, with highly etched vine leaves and grapevine decoration, two fully sculpted snails on the foot as a special accent, Cameo signature ‘DAUM NANCY’ with Lorraine cross on the foot in the lower area, and on the shade, which rests on a patinated metal mount, which also carries the threads for the light sources, one at the top and one inside the foot.
Technique: Handmade 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; cameo glass vessels were already being made in ancient times, and at the end of the 19th century this glass art was further developed,
especially in Nancy.
Manufactory: Daum Frères / Nancy, Lorraine, France
Dating: Circa 1905
Dimensions:
Height: 53,5 cm / 21.06 in
Diameter: 32,0 cm / 12.59 in
Bibliography:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2984 on page 148, and page 561: Daum Frères
Cie, Verreries de Nancy
Condition: Very good
The electrification is functional, but should be renewed for safety reasons.
About the design:
The development of Art Nouveau glass art coincides with a revolution in lighting, the significance of which we can no longer fully appreciate today in the 21st century. Around 1880-1890, oil lamps and paraffin lamps were still almost unrivalled in every household. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the ‘electricity fairy’ emerged as a remarkable advance and gradually found its way into the daily lives of all social classes. The glassmakers at the Ecole de Nancy were true pioneers and eagerly seized the opportunity to use electricity to illuminate the colours
applied to the glass. Colour was one of the main concerns of the master glassmakers at the Ecole de Nancy.
Emile and Antonin Daum returned to the colours that had made the stained glass of the Middle Ages so splendid and extended the palette of colours in the glass mass as they needed it for the floral motifs and exact representations of nature. But the modulation of the colours, their arrangement in juxtaposed patches, the technique that the Impressionist painters practised on their canvases at the same time, was difficult to achieve due
to the nature of the glass melted in a large mass.
To achieve this richness of expression, around 1900 Daum developed ‘the process of applying glass powder and enamel to the outside of the vases to create coloured backgrounds or decorative spots’, according to the report of the jury of the 1900 World Exhibition.
The field of naturalistic, contrasting and shimmering colours was one in which Antonin Daum excelled. This new technical process made it possible to create the symphonies of colour that we find on the ‘Vignes et escargots’ lamp...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Large Round Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Seascape Decor, France 1905
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Vase in the shape of a drum on an oval, short base, slightly tapering towards the top in depth, at the top as an opening an arcuate cutout with a slight beaded edge. Colorless glass ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Ancient Greek Black-Glaze Perfume Bottle
Located in London, GB
This sleek, black-glaze perfume pot dates to the 5th century BC and exemplifies the elegance of Athenian ceramic production in Ancient Greece. With a gently rounded body, and flared ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes
Variations Plate, Motiv 19 Baubo
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Motiv Number 19,
The Baubo,
With Original Black Box,
1980s
The striking gold-rimmed black and white printed plate ...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Sweet Pea Decor, Émile Gallé, Nancy, France, 1903/04
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Flush foot, raised, widening body with a shoulder-shaped narrowing at the top, with a short, wide neck and flared, rounded mouth rim. Burgundy red overlay on the outside, etched leaf...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Read More
37 Cheerful Home Bars, Where Everybody (Literally) Knows Your Name
Simple or sophisticated, equipped with console, cart or custom cabinetry, these stylish bar areas deserve a toast.
How a Craving for Color Revolutionized Glass
After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
1882 Ltd. Looks to the Future of Ceramics in the U.K. with an Eclectic Exhibition and Auction
Faye Toogood and John Pawson are among the list of plate designers.
20 Inviting Dining Rooms Perfectly Arranged for Entertaining
Top interior designers show — and tell — us how to create delectable spaces for hosting dinner parties.
Paul Revere Crafted This Silver Coffee Pot 250 Years Ago
Perhaps best known as a Revolutionary War hero, Revere was also an accomplished silversmith, and this pot is now available on 1stDibs.
From Arne Jacobsen to Zaha Hadid, Top Designers Tackle Tableware
Clever objects like these make feasting even more festive.
How the Chunky, Funky Ceramics of 5 Mid-Century American Artists Balanced Out Slick Modernism
Get to know the innovators behind the pottery countercultural revolution.
Ready for a Cinderella Moment? This Glass Handbag Is a Perfect Fit
Glass slippers might be the stuff of fairytales, but glass handbags? Artist Joshua Raiffe has made them a reality, and they're far less delicate than you might imagine, but just as dreamy.