White glazed ceramic urn vase — baroque relief decor — Gustavian / sha

It has survived a century without losing its grace. In a bourgeois apartment in Vienna or Prague, sometime around 1910-1920, this vase stood on a dark wooden sideboard, always filled with fresh flowers. Wealthy European families adored these white ceramic pieces with neo-baroque ornaments — a quiet way of displaying refined taste in uncertain times. When Europe collapsed, these objects traveled. Passed from hand to hand, attic to attic, they survived everything. Today it is here. Untouched. Elegant. Waiting for a new mantelpiece, a new windowsill, a new life.