Baroque Revival Vases

Nice Delft blue pottery vase, handprinted by Gewina Delft.

A beautiful set of five blue and white Delft vases, this faience collection was hand-painted in Holland, circa 1900. The three bulbous vases are lidded, each with a finial depicting a rampant lion with a ball in its forepaws. Beneath the lion is a mottled background (on the front side only), with a foliate and floral margent. Each vase has the same scene painted on the front of the main body: a couple walking through a field surrounded by flowers. The opposite side has a floral rinceaux above a foliate branch. Painted in a similar fashion, the two concave vases are without lids. The side opposite from the cartouche of the couple has floral margents. All five vases have canted corners on the base. Inspired by Italian majolica, the faience produced in 16th century Holland...

Meissen Rare Item: Candlestick with Gardener Figurines Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark with Pommels on Hilts Model Number R 185 Former's Number 13 Painter's Number 83 FIRST QUALITY Dating: made circa 1870 Material: porcelain, glossy finish, multicolored painted Technique: handmade porcelain Style: Rococo (made third quarter of 19th century) DETAILED DESCRIPTION: MEISSEN FINEST FIGURINES' GROUP HAVING FUNCTION OF CANDLESTICK (= THIS MEISSEN ITEM IS EXTREMELY RARE !). -- the Children / Gardener Figurines - boy and girl clad in bucolic Rococo garments - gather around a table which seems to grow out from Rocaille base: A pot / lidded jar has been put on table against which the boy is leaning, being busy with smoking a pipe ... A lovely girl with yellow hat is watching him, holding a jug and balancing a hoe on her left shoulder (a hoe is a tool used for gardening). There are a romantic ruin as well as a small leafy tree visible behind the figurines, looking like a theatre backdrop...

Excellent Meissen piece from the time the model was created: Four children in festive rural rococo clothing on a high, tiered round base, decorated with a leaf wreath and ribbon fest...

A fabulous pair of Meissen Porcelain glass coolers/cachepots. This exceptional pair of exquisitely hand-painted Meissen Porcelain glass coolers are each painted with panels of figure...

A fine quality pair of 19th century French 'Sevres' style vases, having gilded ormolu mounts, a twisted, fluted, ribbed form with turquoise border and floral decoration. We can arra...

Meissen Porcelain, Love Series: Cupid Mailing a Love Letter with Love Bird C1870, SUPREME A Meissen porcelain figure from the Love Series: Cupid Mailing...

Nice handpainted Delft blue pottery vase.

Red ceramic vase of the RedYellowBlack collection designed by George Sowden and produced by Superego Editions. Limited edition of 50 pieces. Signed and numbered. Biography George J. Sowden is a designer with experience in various fields of Industrial Design activity. These range from the development of mass-produced electronic products, to handmade low volume artisan objects, including ceramics glass textiles and carpets. His first working experience in Italy was with Ettore Sottsass. He collaborated with Olivetti for more than 20 years and was one of the founder members of Memphis. He has been consultant to Olivetti, Alessi, Bodum, Fratelli Guzzini, Lorenz, Memphis, Moulinex, Post Design, Pyrex, Rancilio, Steelcase, Swatch, Segis, Tefal, Telecom Italia, IPM, and others. He established SowdenDesign in 1981 through which he develops his consultant activities as an Industrial designer, whilst maintaining collaborators in the studio with which he develops his experimental/research work. SowdenDesign products have been published in many books on design...

An early Meissen Porcelain Singerie style Monkey Musician Figurine. Dressed in full male noble attire and wig the monkey merrily plays the trumpet assu...

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. ...

This impressive Chinese porcelain floor vase was crafted in the 20th century in the refined Qing Revival style. Standing at a remarkable 108 cm (42.5 inches), it captivates with its ...

Large antique Chinese porcelain vase decorated with green, white and pink organic motifs with golden accents. Stylized art nouveau decorations of branches, leaves, roots and butterflies. Manufactured between 1890 and 1920 - possibly Famille Verte. Stamped under base. Beautiful vintage condition. China...

A good quality pair of French 'Sèvres' style porcelain lidded vases. Each having female figures with cherubs flying around them. The panels set in dark blue ground with gilded highli...

A Highly Important pair of Museum Quality Louis XV Period 18th century Meissen Porcelain filigree openwork vases with a medially of flowers and vined leaves. This is truly an excepti...