Antique Spill Vases

Pair of Victorian Staffordshire Spill vases, circa 1875.

Royal Worcester Aesthetic basketweave spill vase, 1883 Realistically modeled, with intertwined rope handle on a basketweave amphora with a 2-Inch opening.

A very impressive fine quality late 19th Century Japanese Imari spill vase, having bold colouring to the motif patterned boarders, inset painted panels depicting Geisha birds among b...

See measurements below. *A spill vase was usually kept on the mantelpiece and was filled with spills used to transfer fire from the fireplace to candles, lamps, a pipe or a cigar.

English porcelain triple bamboo spill vase, Royal Worcester, circa 1880.

Two seated figures with a lamb flank a tulip-form spill vase with orange and green painted decoration.

A spectacular pair of large 19th Century Japanese Imari spill vases, each with classical motif decoration, top and bottom.

Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figural hunt spill vase depicting a young woman carrying game - a rabbit and pheasant - next to a tree.

A more practical method for lighting fires and tobacco products was to use a long piece of wood, known as a spill. Vessels, such as our pair of carved walnut spill vases, were often ...

Antique pair of Locke & Co. porcelain blush ivory spill vases in the form of three lily flowers.

Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figural spill vase depicting a farmhouse scene with male figure recling against a tree with a red and white cow and milk bucket.

The towers on either side also act as spill vases. Dimensions: 8.5" x 3" x 10" (Width x Depth x Height)

Antique Staffordshire porcelain figural pastille burner / spill vase depicting a lean red fox standing by a tree stump with a brightly colored pheasant lying at its feet after succes...

Antique 19th century English Staffordshire flatback porcelain flatback figural spill vase depicting robin Hood and Little John with a spaniel dog, posed by a tree stump decorated wit...

A beautiful pair/set of late-19th century English turned walnut urn spill vases with collard lip over neck, standing on a turned foot base, England.

Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figural spill vase depicting folkloric hero Robin Hood and Little John dressed in green and orange with hunting horns, flanking ...

Pair of Spode spill vases, circa 1820. Cobalt blue and gilt with finely painted scenic panels, both depicting Cathedral City views.

Large pair of antique 19th century Staffordshire deer spill vases, having a quality pair of large antique Victorian spill vases in the form of a running deer with a white dog below s...

An unusual late Victorian bamboo-form spill vase, produced in England circa 1890. This decorative English pottery vase is distinguished by its sculptural three-stem design, modelled ...

This is a good spill vase or beaker made by Mason's ironstone, Lane Delph, England in the mid 19th century, circa 1850.

Staffordshire spill vase with a hunting theme which features an otter hunter, his dogs and an otter impaled on his spear.

Fine quality antique Edwardian cut glass and silver plated spill vase having a fine quality Edwardian spill vase with a cut glass body, a shaped top, standing on a silver plated circ...

A beautifully modeled and unusually well preserved Staffordshire spill vase from the 19th century titled The Reveal.

The tree behind forms a spill vase, originally designed to hold thin wooden spills used for lighting candles or fires, combining both decorative and practical use.

Hand-hammered ring indentations cover the tapering body of this Arts and Crafts copper spill vase, displaying the distinctive metalworking traditions associated with Hayle in Cornwall.

A 19th-century Parian ware spill vase by Samuel Alcock, England, dating from the mid to late 19th century and executed in ivory and royal blue bisque porcelain.

Spill vases by Mason's Ironstone are rare items.

Large antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figural spill vase / creamer in the shape of a peasant girl / milkmaid in a floral skirt, leaning on a red and white spott...

Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figural spill vase or creamer in the shape of a woman with grapes on her skirt standing next to a very happy brown and white cow.

An animal farm scene pottery spill vase, Folk Art design, attributed to Staffordshire, circa early-20th century, England.

A beautiful Art Nouveau glazed earthenware spill vase modelled with a figure of a young beauty standing drinking from a shell with a toga loosely draped over her body with excellent ...

A spill vase would have been placed on your mantlepiece or in the kitchen and you would have popped long tapers or spills to light lamps and fires etc into.

Antique 19th century English Staffordshire flatback porcelain figural spill vase converted into a table lamp. Depicts Robin Hood and Little John with a dog, posed beside a tree stump...

Pair of late 19th century Victorian Staffordshire earthenware elephant sculptures/spill vases, England By: Staffordshire Material: pottery, earthenware, ceramic, enamel, clay, paint...

A magnificent antique Black Forest carved three piece mantel clock and garniture set. circa 1880 Swiss or German, late 19th century, a truly extraordinary work of art, exceptionally...

This large Staffordshire spill vase features a proud stag with a fawn at its side, modeled in a naturalistic Victorian pastoral style.

Majolica Cockerel Spill Vase by Choisy-le-Roi, naturalistically modeled and glazed as a crowing rooster on a molded barnyard base, the rectangular vase formed by simulated stacked st...

Underside bears the blue anchor mark and form number en creux, confirming its origin from the esteemed Ernst Bohne Söhne manufactory. - Floral Spill Vase: A taller flared vase with m...

Moulded with heavily textured reptilian scales, this upright alligator figure features an open maw designed to serve as a spill holder or vase. Its hands rest neatly clasped behind i...

Pierced lancet and geometric openwork defines this pair of trumpet spill vases, designed to hold spills for lighting hearth fires and pipes.

With vine and grapes molded in high relief.

Painted pattern numbers 3/233 in red or black.

Two figures, one kneeling in orange and one standing in green, sit at the foot of a white tree trunk spill with sprigged green foliage. Bright enamel colours over the white body on t...

Figure in a plumed hat, purple jacket and striped kilt stands beside a green tree trunk spill with a dog alongside. Lively colours over the white body, made in England in the 19th ce...

Cast in solid bronze, this charming tabletop accessory depicts a seated ape in a thoughtful posture, holding one index finger gently to its lip while the opposite arm wraps around it...

Two figures in green tunics and plumed hats stand either side of a tree trunk spill, with a red and white spaniel seated between them. English and 19th century, in strong colour with...

A Majolica glazed spill vase from the Staffordshire pottery region of England, attributed to Wardle & Co. circa 1860.

A fine pair of Edwardian sterling silver flower or spill vases dating to the early 20th century, displaying an elegant and understated English design.

Possibly once used as a 'spill vase' (for holding firelighting equipment on a mantlepiece), this vase is an elegant ornament in its own right.

A fine quality and rare Garniture of five match Samson 18th Century Style Chinese Famille Rose lidded and spill vases. Each with this very decorative Powder Blue ground with gilded ...

A fine antique Staffordshire pottery figural flat back spill vase. In the form of a gypsy family with livestock gathered around a cooking fire in a forest.

A pair of English Staffordshire hand painted flatback spill vases.

Ribbed spill vase form with polychrome decoration with figures in vignettes.

Pair 19th century Chinese Rose medallion / Cantonese spill vases, each with the classical Green ground, wonderful floral and foliate decoration with exotic birds, inset hand painted ...

The compact scale lends itself well to use as a small decorative spill vase, cabinet glass, or dresser tumbler.

This pair of English porcelain spill vases, hand-painted circa 1840, shows the charm and refinement of mid-19th-century decorative wares, where ornamental brilliance and practical fo...

Antique Victorian quality large flat back Staffordshire figure having a spill vase to the centre flanked by a lady and gentleman in period clothing with wonderful hand painted decora...

Hunter in a plaid jacket and kilt stands beside a tree trunk spill vase, rifle at his side and a recumbent deer at his feet.

Antique Victorian Staffordshire flatback figure of a lady in period dress with a zebra carrying provisions beneath a spill vase A small chip to the left of the base Dimensions: Hei...

Quality antique Victorian Staffordshire figure, having an unusual antique Victorian Staffordshire figure with an oval shaped gilded base with a cow and a horse in front of a yellow f...