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Clown Jar

Blue Clown Head Cookie Jar, USA, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare survivor from late 1950s or early 60s comes this large canister in the shape of a clown bear
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls

Materials

Plastic

Alessandra Clear and Red Blown Glass Jug by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
clown cap, to the jugs with skirt and arms resting on the hips, and the jug's jar with a colored ribbon
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers

Materials

Blown Glass

Vigny Tableware 33.5hcm By Driade
By Driade
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
a clown cap to the jugs with skirt and arms resting on the hips , and the jugs-jar with colored
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tableware

Materials

Glass

Vigny Tableware 33.5hcm By Driade
Vigny Tableware 33.5hcm By Driade
H 13.19 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Alessandra Tableware Silver by Driade, Borek Sipek
By Driade
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
a clown cap to the jugs with skirt and arms resting on the hips and the jugs-jar with colored ribbon
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tableware

Materials

Glass

Vinteuil Tableware by Driade
By Driade
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
a clown cap to the jugs with skirt and arms resting on the hips , and the jugs-jar with colored
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tableware

Materials

Glass

Vinteuil Tableware by Driade
Vinteuil Tableware by Driade
H 13.99 in W 10.24 in D 10.25 in
Vichy Tableware by Driade
By Driade
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
a clown cap to the jugs with skirt and arms resting on the hips, and the jugs-jar with colored
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tableware

Materials

Glass

Vichy Tableware by Driade
Vichy Tableware by Driade
H 16.54 in W 4.73 in D 7.88 in
Water Serpent (Palulukang) and Mud Man (Koyemsi) - Kachina Doll
Located in Soquel, CA
(Palulukang) that is emerging from a pottery jar , or Mudhead kachina clown Also known as the Planet or
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Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Native American Objects

Materials

Fur, Feathers, Paint, Wood, Leather

Victor Clear and Violet Blown Glass Water Jug by Borek Sipek for Driade
By Driade, B. Sipek
Located in Brooklyn, NY
are all there, from the decanters, similar to a clown cap, to the jugs with skirt and arms resting on
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers

Materials

Blown Glass

Vichy Medium Blown Glass Water Jug with Green Handle by Borek Sipek for Driade
By Driade, B. Sipek
Located in Brooklyn, NY
are all there, from the decanters, similar to a clown cap, to the jugs with skirt and arms resting on
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers

Materials

Blown Glass

Vigny Medium Blown Glass Wine Jug by Borek Sipek for Driade
By Driade, B. Sipek
Located in Brooklyn, NY
are all there, from the decanters, similar to a clown cap, to the jugs with skirt and arms resting on
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers

Materials

Blown Glass

Vinteuil Large Blown Glass Water Jug by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
are all there, from the decanters, similar to a clown cap, to the jugs with skirt and arms resting on
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers

Materials

Blown Glass

Circle of Othon Friesz, Le Naufrage, Large Scale Work on Canvas
By Achille-Émile Othon Friesz
Located in Cotignac, FR
remaining clear and resonant. In 1909 he painted the Cirque Médrano series: The Trapeze Artist, The Clown
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pont Neuf - Evening - 19th Century Oil, Riverscape at Night by A E Othon Friesz
By Achille-Émile Othon Friesz
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
remaining clear and resonant. In 1909 he painted the Cirque Médrano series: The Trapeze Artist, The Clown
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Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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Pair of Murano Glass and Sterling Silver Musical Clowns by Vittorio Angini
By Vittorio Angini
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of Murano glass and sterling silver musical clowns by Vittorio Angini, charming set with stunning detail, retain original silver plaque signatures and made in Murano Italy labels.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Silver

Vintage Mechanical tin plated wind up Sparrow Bird toy - 1960's - China
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
Vintage wind-up Sparrow toy with a mechanical tinplated clockwork mechanism - 1960s Manufactured in China in the late 1960s, this sparrow toy features a lithographed tinplate bird wi...
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal, Sheet Metal, Tin

Rietveld 'Berlin Chair and End Table' Model Toy, 1985
By Gerrit Rietveld
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Scale model kit of the Berlin chair and end table. Manufactured in Holland in 1985. It consists of parts of quality wood with little paints. In 1/6 scale. Included a manual with ...
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Vintage 1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls

Materials

Paper

Rietveld 'Berlin Chair and End Table' Model Toy, 1985
Rietveld 'Berlin Chair and End Table' Model Toy, 1985
No Reserve
H 11.82 in W 1.38 in D 2.56 in
Hand Carved 20th Century Wooden Girl with Doll and Cat Figure by ANRI, Italy
By ANRI
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful hand carved wooden Figure, found at an estate sale in Germany. We believe that this piece is from around 1980s, because it's dated at the base like seen in picture. A nice ...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

1930s Architectural Model, 'Doll House', Modernist Adobe Home, Interior Lighting
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930s Architectural Model, possibly a hand made doll house? Modernist Adobe Home. Amazing design, proportion. Color, patina, surface. Very detailed. Removable exterior walls, working...
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Antiquities

Materials

Stucco, Wood

Murano Glass Clown Italy, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The glass clown was designed and manufactured in the Mid-Century Modern era in Murano, Italy. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or chiggers.
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Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Murano Glass

Murano Glass Clown Italy, 1950s
Murano Glass Clown Italy, 1950s
H 11.42 in Dm 3.94 in
Art Deco Black and Red Murano Glass Liqueur Set, Decanter and 5 Glasses
By Venini
Located in London, GB
Art Deco black and red Murano glass liqueur set, decanter and 5 small glasses. often attributed to Venini, Murano. decanter 22cm high glasses 4.5cm high.
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Barware

Materials

Murano Glass

(Ten) Assorted Metal Still Coin Banks; Circa 1950's-'70's
Located in Incline Village, NV
Nine out of these ten banks are of American manufacture, made between the 1950's and the 1970's, while one (the Well's Fargo Stage Coach) was made in China, circa 1990's. Banthrico,...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Large Kokeshi by Kyutaro Ogura
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Vintage Large "Kokeshi" by Kyutaro Ogura. This large size is very rare. With signature. Kyutaro Ogura (Ogura Kyutaro: 1906-1998) Master: Hisashiro Ogura Disciple: Koichi Ogura / T...
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Japonisme Scholar's Objects

Materials

Maple

Large Kokeshi by Kyutaro Ogura
Large Kokeshi by Kyutaro Ogura
H 35.44 in Dm 9.06 in
Decorative Object Vide-Poche Dino Martens Murano Glass Midcentury Italy 1970s
By Dino Martens
Located in Palermo, IT
Vide-poche of considerable size made of milky and orange layered glass, decorated with murrine and gold inclusions, flower-shaped body with wavy edges. Dino Martens, Italy 70s. No...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...

Materials

Murano Glass

Santa Toy Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage Japan HTTC, Batterie Operated 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage sheet metal, plastic and fabric made money bank. Operated by switch or upon deposit of coins. Functions include - flashing eyes, head moves left-right, arms move up/...
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20th Century Japanese Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Collection of 12 Vintage Tin lithograph Toys
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Redding, CT
Collection of 12 vintage tin lithograph lithograph toys. $400 for the entire collection. Price is for the set, The set includes a German Ferris Wheel by Joseph Wagner which has the o...
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Vintage 1960s German Toys

Materials

Tin

Dutch Silver Miniature Table by Hooijkaas, Schoonhoven for a Doll's House
By Herman Hooijkaas
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver miniature table by Hooijkaas, Schoonhoven for a Doll's House Dutch silver miniature table with contoured top Dutch silver Hall marks of the "Sword, with 835" (used s...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Toys and Dolls

Materials

Silver

Peter Secrest Art Glass Vase Pitcher Red Gold Flakes Postmodern 2003
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The pitcher or vase was hand blown by Peter Secrest in Naples, NY. It has ruby red body with gold flakes inclusions throughout; it is decorated with applied textured blue and clear ...
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Early 2000s American Post-Modern Pitchers

Materials

Art Glass

Verdurin Stand in Porcelain and Glass by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The vase is a combination of transparent and blue glass with white porcelain gold rimmed. Borek Sipek (1949-2016) studied interior design at the school for Arts & Crafts in Pragu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Centerpieces

Materials

Porcelain

1295 Murano Set Bicchier Bottiglia Decanter in Vetro Artistico Murano, oro 24kt
Located in Venice, VE
Questo straordinario set è composto da una magnifica bottiglia / decanter e sei bicchieri, ciascuno dei quali è stato sapientemente realizzato a mano con il pregiato vetro di Murano....
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2010s European Glass

Materials

Enamel, Gold Leaf

Recent Sales

Figural Glazed Ironstone Cookie Jar
Located in Woodstock, NY
ironstone pottery jar, in a clown motif, with gloss glazing, and oxidized crackling. Speaks for
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20th Century American Modern Pottery

Early 20th Century English Hand Sculpted Signed Pottery Clown Tobacco Jar
Located in London, GB
Hand sculpted pottery clown tobacco jar We are proud to offer a signed and stamped hand sculpted
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Vintage 1910s British Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Vue de Saint Tropez - Post Impressionist Oil, Coastal Landscape by Othon Friesz
By Achille-Émile Othon Friesz
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Trapeze Artist, The Clown and The Horsewoman. In the south of France he also painted the Olive Trees
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1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Aviary - 20th Century Post Impressionist Oil, Exotic Birds by Othon Friesz
By Achille-Émile Othon Friesz
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
remaining clear and resonant. In 1909 he painted the Cirque Médrano series: The Trapeze Artist, The Clown
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper

Art Deco Porcelain Lidded Jar, German, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Beautifully styled is this 1930's Art Deco porcelain lidden jar, representing a clown / Pierrot
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Rare Porcelain Novelty Lidded Jar, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very unusual and highly decorative porcelain lidded jar, believe to
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Boats in a Harbour - 20th Century Oil Boats in Seascape Landscape by A Friesz
By Achille-Émile Othon Friesz
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
remaining clear and resonant. In 1909 he painted the Cirque Médrano series: The Trapeze Artist, The Clown
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Nu dans un miroir - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting by Othon Friesz
By Achille-Émile Othon Friesz
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
remaining clear and resonant. In 1909 he painted the Cirque Médrano series: The Trapeze Artist, The Clown
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage Silver Clown Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
extra coin, they dropped it into one of their clay jars.They called this their pygg bank or their piggy
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Early 20th Century American Toys and Dolls

Vintage Silver Clown Bank
Vintage Silver Clown Bank
H 4.5 in W 5.5 in D 4 in
Cast Iron Vintage Clown Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, they dropped it into one of their clay jars.They called this their pygg bank or their piggy bank. Over
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Vintage 1930s American Toys and Dolls

Vintage Cast Iron Clown Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, they dropped it into one of their clay jars.They called this their pygg bank or their piggy bank. Over
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Early 20th Century American Decorative Objects

Weighted Raimond Chrome Clown Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
clay jars.They called this their pygg bank or their piggy bank. Over the next two hundred to three
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Vintage 1960s American Toys and Dolls

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Clown Jar For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the clown jar you’re looking for. A clown jar — often made from glass, blown glass and ceramic — can elevate any home. There are 3 variations of the antique or vintage clown jar you’re looking for, while we also have 10 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer clown jar, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A clown jar is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in modern, Art Deco and mid-century modern styles are sought with frequency. A well-made clown jar has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Driade and Bořek Šípek are consistently popular.

How Much is a Clown Jar?

The average selling price for a clown jar at 1stDibs is $715, while they’re typically $50 on the low end and $61,987 for the highest priced.