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Decorative Vases and Chalices

A selection of ornate vases and chalices, characterized by unique shapes and intricate detailing, highlighting fine craftsmanship.

Waza to the soup with the coat of arms Ogo Czyk; Holke, Marcin (Fl. Ca 1765-Ca 1792); The eighties of the 18th century (1780-00-00-1789-00-00);
Waza to the soup with the coat of arms Ogo Czyk; Holke, Marcin (Fl. Ca 1765-Ca 1792); The eighties of the 18th century (1780-00-00-1789-00-00);
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Sugar Bowl. Culture: American. Dimensions: Overall: 8 1/2 x 8 9/16 x 4 3/4 in. (21.6 x 21.7 x 12.1 cm); 17 oz. 10 dwt. (543.9 g)Foot: 4 3/8 x 3 11/16 in. (11.1 x 9.4 cm)Body: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm); 14 oz. 4 dwt. (442 g)Cover: 2 11/16 x 4 1/4 x 3 9/16 in. (6.8 x 10.8 x 9 cm); 3 oz. 6 dwt. (101.9 g). Maker: Garrett Eoff (1779-1845). Date: ca. 1825. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Double Cup (Upper Cup), late 16th century. Italy, late 16th century (possibly 19th century forgery or 16th and 19th century pastiche). Rock crystal set in enameled gold; overall: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.); part 2: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.).Pitcher, 18th century, 9 x 6 1/8 x 4in. (22.9 x 15.6 x 10.2cm), Pewter, England, 18th centuryVegetable dish with cover and tray 1781-83 Jean-François-Nicolas Carron. Vegetable dish with cover and tray 200061Bowl (Ireland); glassPrzeszo Przyszoci Berg, Carl JohannWilliam Vincent, Cream Jug, 1787/88, silver.Galvanoplastic reproduction of a can with the representation of the baptism of Christ. Galvanoplastic reproduction of a can. The body of the can be decorated with tape work, fruits and flowers and a medallion with the representation of the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist. Gold plated.COPA DE RODOLFO II SIGLO XVI. Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPANIEN.Bowl and liner, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818, Raised, repoussé, chased silver, silver-plated metal (liner), A). Hammered deep bowl, slightly contracting toward top. High repousse scenes of figures at various rural activities, encircled by strap-and-scroll work, and foliated bands. B). A cylindrical inset with two hinged rings, and eight small holes in bottom. Stamped: The Gorham Co., Providence, Rhode Island, USA, Burma, India, late 19th century, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Bowl and linerSoup Tureen with Cover from the Hood Service. Paul Storr; English, 1771-1844; London, England. Date: 1806-1807. Dimensions: 31.8 × 42.6 × 25.7 cm (12 1/2 × 16 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.). Sterling silver. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Standing cup with cover late 16th-early 17th century, with later additions Possibly by Hans Wendel Pensel. Standing cup with cover. Bohemian, Prague. late 16th-early 17th century, with later additions. Silver gilt, coconut. Metalwork-Silver In CombinationTeakettle with stand andburner. Manufacturer: Gorham Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1831Nautilus cup German, Nuremberg 19th centuryCreamer ca. 1810 American. Creamer 2715Galvanoplastic reproduction of a jug with the presentation of the baptism of Christ, Fa. Elkington & Co., 1881 Galvanoplastic reproduction of a jug. The body of the KAN is decorated with band work, fruits and flowers and a medallion with the presentation of the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist. Gilded. London copper (metal). silver (metal) gilding Galvanoplastic reproduction of a jug. The body of the KAN is decorated with band work, fruits and flowers and a medallion with the presentation of the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist. Gilded. London copper (metal). silver (metal) gildingCALIZ S XVIII. Location: CONVENTO DE SAN CLEMENTE-MUSEO. Toledo. SPAIN.2005.4465.1 and 2005.4465.2.. Pair of Anderson Candelabra, 1765-70. Manufacture attributed to Diederich Nicholas Anderson.. Design attributed to James 'Athenian' Stuart. A pair of George III ormolu three-branch candelabra .Paul de Lamerie, Two-Handled Cup and Cover, 1742/43, silver.Richard Vincent, Sugar Basket, c. 1799, silver.Compote - Starflower pattern Burlington Glass Works Burlington Glass WorksFate. A silver bread dish with an engraved monogram ECA and comprehensive engraved inscriptions.probably Boston and Sandwich Glass Works, Decanter and Stopper, c. 1825-40, mold-blown glass.Toilet set: a box with a cover (oval, small)Theebus, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1700 Round Tea bus from Filigrein on a high foot. The bus runs wide from the foot. The top of the bus is flattened and has a high cylindrical lid in the middle. The tea business is not marked. Europe (possibly) silver (metal) filigree Round Tea bus from Filigrein on a high foot. The bus runs wide from the foot. The top of the bus is flattened and has a high cylindrical lid in the middle. The tea business is not marked. Europe (possibly) silver (metal) filigreeThree vases, part of a garniture. Meissener Porzellan Manufakturafter paintings by Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)Meissen, c. 1735-1740hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronzeAbruzzo, L'Aquila, Sulmona, Museo Civico, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, EuropeTerrine, decorated with leaf branches, Engelbart Joosten, 1763 - 1764 Vaulted oval terrine, decorated with leaf branches and resting on four legs, also in the form of leaf branches. The ears are made up of branches. The lid is crowned by a handle in the form of a leaf branch. The Hague silver (metal) casting / engraving Vaulted oval terrine, decorated with leaf branches and resting on four legs, also in the form of leaf branches. The ears are made up of branches. The lid is crowned by a handle in the form of a leaf branch. The Hague silver (metal) casting / engravingPair of Chestnut Vases, Jacob Hendrik Stellingwerff, 1803 The striker oval chestnut vases (A and B) each rest on a high, strongly rejuvenating foot on a straight -walled base. The vase -shaped body rises higher on the sides and has been widened at the top. The multiple vaulted lid is crowned by a pineal. From the top of the foot, the high rising, curved, flattened ears rise from top, each of which splits into two leaf -shaped ends, with which they are attached to the upper part of the vase body. The lower part of the vase and the upper part of the lid are scanned. At the top of the base, at the top of the foot, along the top edge of the vase, traffic jams and over the ears run filet edges. Amsterdam silver (metal) The striker oval chestnut vases (A and B) each rest on a high, strongly rejuvenating foot on a straight -walled base. The vase -shaped body rises higher on the sides and has been widened at the top. The multiple vaulted lid is crowned by a pineal. From the top of the foot, thConfectioner; Elkington & Co Ltd (Birmingham; company Z Otniczy and Platernicza; Fl. 1830-1963); 1893/94 (1893-00-00-1894-00-00);Beaker second quarter 18th century Jean Bérard. Beaker 200138Cooking pot with lid; Cake pan. Cooking pot on three legs and with two handles with lid. The pan has a lid for an upperfire. The rectangular handle of the lid is profiled in the middle. The pan has a high-raised edge with a engraved line in the middle. The pan is marked: twice an eight-pointed star or flower.Pair of Lidded Tureens, Liners, and Stands. Thomas Germain (French, 1673 - 1748, master 1720)Maker's Mark AH, Dish and Cover with Plate, 1809-19, silver.Ewer and Basin, Johannes Lutma (1584-1669), 1647 The round scale has a wide, flat edge with six lobes, each with a small bulge in the middle. Each LOB contains a medallion whose frame is made up of dolphins intersecting, raised tails, above which a barbel -like orphan and other soft ornaments. The medallions contain scenes that can be grouped as couples: two performances of a winged child on the back of a dolphin, one with a stick with fish in the hand, the other holding a trident; Two performances of a child on the back of a hippocampus, one child winged, holding a stick with fish; And two performances of a winged child, one with a trident, on the back of a sea creature with a goat body and fish tail. The performances are visually connected to each other because the equal sea creatures swim in each other's direction, while the children look back and thus form the connection with the group in addition. The flat is decorated with a circular representation of Neptunus and its entourage. Bowl early 16th century Italian, Venice (Murano). Bowl 193533John Winter & Co., Set of Four Candlesticks, 1782/83, silver.Cup with cover and stand (one of a pair) 1766/67 John Parker British This pair of cup was made for the Curzon family, important patrons of the architect Robert Adam. The bold profile, rich beading, and unusual square base represent an early foray into the neoclassical style. Although the design is not attributed, some motifs are apparently borrowed from the published designs of William Kent, an architect active a generation earlier.. Cup with cover and stand (one of a pair) 238518Salt (Ireland); glass; 6.2 x 10.1 x 9.2 cm (2 7/16 x 4 x 3 5/8 in.); Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren; 1986-61-240Lazio Roma Velletri Museo Capitolare8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Breviaries (two, 14-15th century); "The Passion" on vellum (French school, late 13th century); reliquaries. Post-medieval: Paintings, frescoes, vestments, sculpture, metalwork, panel painting Object Notes: Bibliographic material housed in Center library. Hutzel photo campaign dates: one undated, another November 9, 1985. It is likely that notes for the Pinacoteca Cattedrale (no separate Hutzel entry) describe items under this heading. TCI seems to indicate that the Museo Capitolare is adjacent to the cathedral. As well, some prints are missing; the initial Hutzel entry indicates that there are 422 prints. At this count, I can find 142. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, incluSmall jug with relics of St Willeikus (left), right Localisation uncertain, both mid 14th centuryFish kettle with six fish on the bottom, anonymous, c. 1700 Fish bucket with handle. Flowers are engraved on the outer wall of the bucket in two Zig-Zag edges. Six fish are engraved on the bottom on the inside. The bucket is not marked. Netherlands silver (metal) Fish bucket with handle. Flowers are engraved on the outer wall of the bucket in two Zig-Zag edges. Six fish are engraved on the bottom on the inside. The bucket is not marked. Netherlands silver (metal)Silver openwork basket: bonbon box, bonbon container tableware holder silver, cast sawn engraved Openwork box with oval floor plan walls pointed upwards ascending to the narrow sides (boat shaped) bottom bottom (debossed) servingPair of Candlesticks. Paul Storr (England, London, 1771-1844). England, London, 1833-1834. Furnishings; Lighting. SilverBottle Cooler, porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Cylindrical, rounded at bottom and having a cylindrical foot; two outcurving foliate handles on sides. Decorated with brown simulation of wood graining, with reserve rectangular panel decorated in black with simulation of landscape print., Austria, ca. 1800, ceramics, Decorative Arts, bottle cooler, bottle coolerVase wins in 1841 at the Goodwood Races, England, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.Sugar box ca. 1741-44 Vienna. Sugar box 200729Creampot ca. 1795 Paul Revere Jr. American This matched set of covered sugar bowl and creamer is fashioned in the fluted Neoclassical style so popular with Revere's postwar clients. Urn-shaped sugar bowls, both plain and fluted, appear repeatedly in Revere's ledgers as "sugar urns" or "fluted sugar vases." The helmet-shaped creampot with high looped handle and square plinth also epitomizes Neoclassical taste. Each piece is engraved with bright-cut bands of tasseled swags and wavescroll ornament. According to family tradition, these objects were made as a gift for a Virginia bride.. Creampot 2728Ornament 18th century French. Ornament 190033 French, Ornament, 18th century, Gilt bronze, Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 (07.225.510.287)Silver openwork basket: bonbon box, bonbon container tableware holder silver, cast sawn engraved Openwork box with oval octagonal floor plan walls slightly pointed upwards ascending to narrow sides (boat shaped) bottom bottom (debossed) servingPlejerko with a cover; 19th/20th century (1890-00-00-1910-00-00);Miniature urn with cover ca. 1780 A. L. & W. L. The production of miniature silver furniture and tea, coffee, and chocolate equipment was a specialty of goldsmiths known as "toy men." The miniatures were probably intended for dollhouses. From the mid-eighteenth century in England until the present, porcelain and fine earthenware miniatures have been made as well.. Miniature urn with cover. probably British, London. ca. 1780. Silver. Metalwork-Silver-MiniatureIron helmet of the medieval knight. Very heavy headdressArt Nouveau confectioner; Gedlitzka & Söhne (Vienna the beginning of the 20th century (1900-00-00-1910-00-00);Partage Plus, sugar (vessel), violets, flowers, secession (style), purchase (provenance)Ice Cream Cooler 1804 Vienna. Hard-paste porcelain and enamel decoration . Vienna State Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)CACEROLA DE CAMPANA DEL DUQUE DE WELLINGTON. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.Westward Ho!/Pioneer pattern covered compote c 1876 Philadelphia. Glass . Gillinder and Sons (Manufacturer)Two-handled cup with cover 1709-10 Simon Pantin I British. Two-handled cup with cover 202111Wine Cup ca. 1740 Samuel Edwards Made around 1740, this tall, stately wine cup once belonged to the West Church on Lynde Street in Boston, as indicated by its engraved inscription, "Belongs / To the Church / in Lynde Street, Boston." Its identical mate is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The symmetrical, densely configured cartouche is slightly old-fashioned for this date, although consistent with the conservative nature of church plate. The provenance of the West Churchs silver reflects the changing fortunes of the congregation. The original church, a wood-frame structure built in 1737, was used as barracks by British soldiers in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War. Severely damaged during the War, the building was reconstructed in 1806. By the late nineteenth century, many affluent families had moved from Bostons once-exclusive West End to the newly fashionable Back Bay. The Church disbanded its congregation in 1887; the building was closed in 1894; and the church After Adams and Company, Footed Bowl, c. 1890-1930, colorless glass.Bell-shaped cup and saucer with a portrait of Lieve Geelvinck, anonymous, c. 1760 Klock -shaped head and dish of porcelain, painted on the glaze in black and gold. On the flat of the dish a medallion with a portrait of Lieve Geelvinck (176-1743), mayor of Amsterdam and one of the directors of the V.O.C., for the portrait an inscription 'The noble great-lord Mr. Dear Geelvinck ', the inscription is interrupted by his coat of arms; The inner edge with a decorative band in the style of the Viennese du Paquier porcelain. The head with the same decoration. European performance in Encre de Chine. ChinaNetherlandspainter: Netherlands porcelain. glaze. gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrification Amsterdam Klock -shaped head and dish of porcelain, painted on the glaze in black and gold. On the flat of the dish a medallion with a portrait of Lieve Geelvinck (176-1743), mayor of Amsterdam and one of the directors of the V.O.C., for the portrait an inscription 'The noble great-lord Mr. Dear GJoseph Richardson, Jr. and Nathaniel Richardson, Tankard, c. 1782, silver.Vase (vase gothique Fragonard) (one of a pair) manufactured 1832, decorated 1844 Sèvres Manufactory French These two vases decorated in the neo-gothic taste embody the eclecticism that characterizes so much of the art produced in mid-nineteenth-century France. The model for this vase was designed by Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard (French, 1780-1850), one of the most prolific designers at the Sèvres factory during the 1820s and 1830s. Given the title vase gothique Fragonard at Sèvres, the model transforms a Medici vase shape (entry 74) with the addition of prominent scrolling handles that are embellished with trefoils and stylized vegetation in low relief.1 The elaborate profile of the handles diminishes the essentially Neoclassical character of the vase’s form, and instead, the form com-bines harmoniously with the painted neo- Gothic decoration to suggest, however loosely, a work of art made in the late fifteenth century.2 Nonetheless, the Gothic quality of the vase’s design is sligh. .Porringer 1750-1800 Paul Revere Jr. American. Porringer 6714Vase (part of a garniture) 1750-60 Chinese, for British market. Vase (part of a garniture) 201030Spice box ca. 1743-45 Johann Engelbrecht German. Spice box 231597Silver spreader spoon with open-worked bucket, scoop spoon spoon kitchenware silver, marked I D WTankard early 17th century Peter Wiber. Tankard 187162Stemmed sherbet dish, Louis Comfort Tiffany, (American, 1848-1933), Favrile glass, Spreading foot and short plain stem support bowl flaring to lip - iridescent - engraved band of symmetrical vintage motifs about inside upper margin., USA, early 20th century, glasswares, Decorative Arts, Stemmed sherbet dishInkstand, 1748-1749, Elizabeth Godfrey (inkwell and pounce pot); Artist: Isaac Duke (stand), English, active 1731-1758, 3 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (8.3 x 22.2 x 16.5 cm), silver, England, 18th centuryVase with flowers in a spider arrangecor. Flat foot, curved body, painted with flowers in a spider arrecree in red, green and black.Entree Dish with Cover from the Hood Service 1806-1807 London. Sterling silver . Paul StorrPorringer. Maker: Samuel Hamlin, Sr., American, 1746-1801. Ink set standing on a rectangular leaf, with raised edge and four profiled ball legs. Two circular edges are attached to the leaf, where a sand spreader and an ink pot are in. The inkwell has a double wall, five holes in the top edge and a vaulted folding cover with a button. The penne holder is attached to the sheet. The inkwell, sand spreader and the penne holder are engraved with Zig-Zag lines. The ink set has been labeled: Mt. = Wessel Jansen, an ax and a stork (Investment Church of The Hague).Pair of candlesticks (part of a toilet service) 1758-59 Joseph Charvet. Pair of candlesticks (part of a toilet service) 200255Nappy - No. 204 or Bowtie Pattern Jefferson Glass Company, Limited Jefferson Glass Company, LimitedSalt. Culture: American. Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (3.5 x 7 cm); 2 oz. 11 dwt. (79 g). Maker: Thomas Shields (1742-1819). Date: 1765-85. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.SugarBowl. Maker: Glenmore and Company, American, 1828-1848 Maker: George Richardson, American, 1782-1848Bell-shaped cup with a crucifixion scene, anonymous, c. 1780 Bell -shaped head of porcelain with a straight wall, painted on the glaze in black and gold. On the outside a representation of the crucifixion with the two Maria's; the soil with a twig; A band with a decorative pattern on the inner edge. Four cracks in the wall. Part of a tea set. European performance in Encre de Chine. China porcelain. glaze. gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrification Bell -shaped head of porcelain with a straight wall, painted on the glaze in black and gold. On the outside a representation of the crucifixion with the two Maria's; the soil with a twig; A band with a decorative pattern on the inner edge. Four cracks in the wall. Part of a tea set. European performance in Encre de Chine. China porcelain. glaze. gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrificationJohn David, Bowl, c. 1770, silver.TeaSet. Maker: William Gale and Son, American, active 1850-58; 1862-67Tureen and stand with a ladle, Engelbart Joosten, 1772 Terrine of silver on underpotel, with spoon, lid and inner box (BK-1958-19-A, B, C, D, E). Oval bin on four rocaille feet is surrounded by loose garland that is connected to the handles by Leeuwekop at both ends. On two shields combined weapon from Assueer Jan Baron van Torck etc. and from Eusebia Jacoba de Rode van Heeckeren. The terrine with a loose inner box and the underpotel are deposited with a cable edge. The vaulted lid is decorated with leaves on the four corner points and is crowned by a leaf rosette with a vass -shaped button. The oval corrugated plateau has two mascaron -shaped handles and the same weapon as described above. The spoon with oval container has a shell decoration at the front of the handle, at the rear the weapon in Voluten. All pieces marked. The Hague, Engelbart Joosten, 1772. The Hague silver (metal) Terrine of silver on underpotel, with spoon, lid and inner box (BK-1958-19-A, B, C, D, E). Oval bin on fGoldsmith's art, Italy, 16th century. Bird-shaped rock crystal and enamelled gold vase. Height 31.5 cm. Saracchi Workshop manufacture.Teacaddy. Maker: Alexander D. Gordon, active ca. 1795 - 1802Compote dish 1770-71 Thomas Heming. Compote dish 197724Vase with a lid and with a platter. Holke, Marcin (fl. ca 1765-ca 1792), goldsmithEwer with scenes from the story of Diana and Callisto. Created by Paulus Willemsz van Vianen (1570-1613). Dated 17th CenturyFlash; around 1830 (1820-00-00-1840-00-00);Silver leaf, rectangular with eight swiveling along the sides and resting on four volute -shaped legs. With engraved mirror monogram EE, François van Stapele, 1748 - 1749 Rectangular, slightly deepened, leaf with eight swiveled sides, resting on four volute -shaped legs. On the top of the leaf and on either side of the jar (BK-15783-A), a crowned mirror monogram with the letters Ee is (later) engraved. Marked and dated. The Hague silver (metal) casting / engraving Rectangular, slightly deepened, leaf with eight swiveled sides, resting on four volute -shaped legs. On the top of the leaf and on either side of the jar (BK-15783-A), a crowned mirror monogram with the letters Ee is (later) engraved. Marked and dated. The Hague silver (metal) casting / engravingRené Lalique (1860-1945). Pomme de pine chalice. Glass and silver. 1902. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 54217-12 Silver, art new, chalice, pine apples, glass, glasswareEwer second quarter 18th century Portuguese. Ewer 191940Ancient carving street vase vector hand drawing illustration in black color isolated on white backgroundIreland, County Waterford, Waterford, crystal.Golf cup. December 3, 1934. (Photo by Hugh Thornley).Beaker ca. 1710 Bohemian, Riesengebirge (Krkonoše). Beaker 195860Style of Clodion, Monumental Urn, c 1860 Monumental Urntitle QS:P1476,en:Monumental Urn label QS:Len,Monumental Urn label QS:Lde,Monumental UrneUnknown, vase. Painted and golden porcelain. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Guild Tankard (Zunftkanne) or Schleifkanne 1604, with late 18th or early 19th century additions German, Nuremberg. Guild Tankard (Zunftkanne) or Schleifkanne 460919