Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color 239-41 Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s No. 2
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Fat lava art vase extra large version Model: 239-41 Producer: Scheurich, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage vase was produced in ...
Ceramic
huge scheurich 16 1/2" floor VASE colorful fat lava flower decor model 286-42
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Mannheim, DE
The main color is an off white decorated with a beautiful flower decor in different nice colors and fat lava glaze. Bottom and top are shiny brown.
Ceramic
Oversize West German "Fat Lava" Vase
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Highland, IN
Fantastic large West German vase with vivid textural "Fat Lava" glaze by Scheurich. 17.5"h X 8.5"d
Ceramic
Fat Lava Floor Vase with Red Drip-Glaze 'Scheurich 279-38, W-Germany' 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik, West German Pottery
Located in Verviers, BE
Classic fat lava red drip-glaze on charcoal background.
Ceramic
Midcentury Scheurich Keramik Fat Lava Style Designed Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful West German vase handcrafted for Scheurich Keramik with prominent red and black-brown hues. Bottom raised letters W. Germany and numbered 293-26.
Ceramic
Three Mis-Matching Fat Lava Vases, West Germany 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Barcelona, ES
Three mis-matching fat lava vases fabricated in West Germany in the 1960s.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Scheurich Vase, Ceramic, Germany, 1970s, Fat Lava
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful undamaged Scheurich vase from the Seventies. Orange, beige, brown and black fat lava.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Scheurich Vase, Ceramic, Germany, 1970s, Fat Lava
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful undamaged Scheurich vase from the Seventies. Green, beige, brown and black fat lava.
Ceramic
Fat Lava Vase with Textured Sand Tones, West Germany, 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fat lava vase with texture sand tones. Made by Scheurich Keramik, West Germany 1960s.
Ceramic
Fat Lava Vase with White Textured Finish, West Germany, 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fat lava vase with white textured finish by Scheurich Keramik, West Germany, 1960s.
Ceramic
1990s Brutalist Orange and Gray Fat Lava Ceramic German Vase
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This striking 1990s Modernist German ceramic vase serves as a bold example of the enduring "Fat Lava" tradition, reimagined with a sleek, contemporary silhouette. The piece features ...
Ceramic
$1,473Sale Price|20% Off
Brown green Fat Lava ceramic lamp East Germany 1960s Scheurich
By West German Pottery
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing Fat Lava ceramic piece, East Germany, 1960s, by Scheurich Keramic ,Original lampshade.
Ceramic, Fabric, Cotton
Mid-Century German Pottery Fat Lava Bowl from Scheurich, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Pottery Fat Lava Bowl from Scheurich, 1960s, in Very Good conditions.
Ceramic
German Fat Lava Vase in Brown Hues, West Germany, 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fat lava vase made in West Germany in 1960s.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Pottery WGP Fat Lava Vase from Scheurich, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century West German Pottery WGP Fat Lava Vase from Scheurich, 1960s, in Very Good conditions.
Ceramic
1970s Modernist Olive Green Fat Lava Ceramic German Jug Vase
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Fat Lava Ceramic German Jug Vase is a striking example of the bold, sculptural designs characteristic of West German pottery from this era. Known for their use of thick, texture...
Ceramic
German Fat Lava Vase in Dry Green Tones, West Germany, 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fat lava vase in dry green tones by Scheurich Keramik.
Ceramic
1970s Modernist Red and Black Fat Lava Ceramic German Vase by WGP
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A fat lava ceramic vase manufactured in germany in the Seventies by WGP, it's in lovely conditions. The vase is a striking and unique piece of art and design, it embodies the bold an...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Fat Lava Drip Glaze Ceramic Vase, West Germany, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Grythyttan, SE
Strong colors and lava-type glazes were typical for Scheurich during the 1960-70’s. this ceramic vase from W.
Stoneware
Mid-Century West German "Fat Lava" Vase – Model 549-23, Vintage Ceramic Art
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This striking vintage West German pottery vase, model 549-23, is a classic example of the highly sought-after “Fat Lava” ceramic movement that defined mid-century European studio pot...
Ceramic
Fat Lava Vase in Brown and Textured Grey Tones, West Germany, 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fat lava vase in brown and textured grey tones. Made in West Germany in 1960s. Signature stamp on bottom.
Ceramic
Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "Orange" Vase by Kreutz Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: Kreutz Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality ...
Ceramic
Scheurich West German Studio Pottery Vase – Brown & Ochre Fat Lava Glaze
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vintage West German Scheurich pottery vase exemplifies the refined craftsmanship and earthy aesthetic associated with mid-century European ceramics. The form is elegantly balanc...
Ceramic
Large Fat Lava Cobalt Blue Floor Vase from Scheurich, West Germany, 1970s
Located in Quarrata, IT
The upper section is decorated with a thick, textured "Fat Lava" drip glaze in contrasting shades of grey.
Ceramic
Large Fat Lava Cobalt Blue Floor Vase from Scheurich, West Germany, 1970s
Located in Quarrata, IT
The upper section is decorated with a thick, textured "Fat Lava" drip glaze in contrasting shades of grey and white.
Ceramic
Extra Large Fat Lava Teak Table Light Base by Krösselbach Ceramic, Germany 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Fat lava table light base Producer: Krösselbach Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage light base was produced in the 1970s by Krö...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Fat Lava Pottery WGP Vase from Scheurich, West Germany, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Fat Lava Pottery WGP Vase from Scheurich, West Germany, 1960s, in Very Good conditions.
Ceramic
Extraordinary Vintage Pottery Fat Lava Vase Made by Ü-Keramik WGP Germany 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Fat lava art vase super rare orange, black coloration Producer: Ü- Keramik, UEBELACKER, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: This original vinta...
Ceramic
Mid-Century West German Pottery WGP Fat Lava Vase from Scheurich, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century West German Pottery WGP Fat Lava Vase from Scheurich, 1960s, in Very Good conditions.
Ceramic
$810 / set
Seventies Fat Lava Vases Germany (3 pcs)
By Bay Keramik, Carstens Tönnieshof, Scheurich Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Three vibrant colored vases. The highest vase is from Scheurich Keramik and the height is 28 cm The orange vase is from Bay Keramik and its height is 20 cm The triangle vase is fro...
Ceramic
1970s Modernist Fat Lava Brown and Orange Ceramic West German Jug
By Ceramano, Scheurich & Carstens
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This is a 1970s Modernist West German ceramic jug, often referred to as "Fat Lava" pottery. The piece features a bold and striking design typical of the era, with a glossy brown glaz...
Ceramic
Two 1970s Mid-Century Modern Fat Lava Ceramic German Jugs
By Scheurich Keramik, Roth Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Two fat lava ceramic jug hand-crafted in Germany in the seventies. They are in lovely conditions, height dimension of the small one is cm 17. The orange color is an iconic color of t...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Fat Lava Vase, Red and Black Ceramic, Germany, 1970
By Ceramano, Scheurich & Carstens
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Red and Black Ceramic German Vase is a striking example of the era's design aesthetic, characterized by its bold colors, textured surfaces, and sculptural forms. It serves as bo...
Ceramic
Scheurich Keramik West German Fat Lava Orange Black and Red Glazed Ceramic Vase
Located in Queens, NY
West German mid-century ceramic vase with a fat lava-style glaze in orange, red, brown, and black.
Ceramic
Scheurich West German Mid-Century Fat Lava Red and Black Glazed Ceramic Pitcher
Located in Queens, NY
West German Mid-Century ceramic pitcher with a fat lava-style red and black glaze. (SCHEURICH KERAMIK, mark on bottom, W.
Ceramic
1980s Modernist Red and Black Fat Lava Ceramic German Bison
By Otto Keramik, Scheurich Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Ceramic Bison by Otto Keramik is a striking and unique piece of ceramic art that epitomizes the design aesthetics of the era. Created by the renowned German pottery studio Otto ...
Ceramic
1990s Modernist Yellow and Black Fat Lava Ceramic German Bison
By Scheurich Keramik, Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Ceramic Bison by Otto Keramik is a striking and unique piece of ceramic art that epitomizes the design aesthetics of the era. Created by the renowned German pottery studio Otto ...
Ceramic
1990s Modernist Gray and Black Fat Lava Ceramic German Bull
By Scheurich Keramik, Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Ceramic Bull by Otto Keramik is a striking and unique piece of ceramic art that epitomizes the design aesthetics of the era. Created by the renowned German pottery studio Otto K...
Ceramic
West German Fat Lava Vase by Dumler & Breiden, 1960's
By Scheurich Keramik, Otto Meier, Heinz Siery, Dümler & Breiden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
West German Fat Lava Vase by Dümler & Breiden, 1960's The vase is grey, brown and dark green and is numbered 310 / 22. "nice color and shape" "in good as found vintage condition"
Pottery
Seventies Vase (decor Prisma) by Scheurich Keramik Germany
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A sought after in two tones Fat Lava vase by Scheurich Keramik.
Ceramic
$503Sale Price|50% Off
Mid-Century Modern Scheurich Keramik Vase, Glazed Ceramic, 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Valladolid, ES
It wasn't until the 1950s that Scheurich began producing ceramics. In the 1960s, the “Fat Lava” era began with thickly textured drip glazes and bubbling crater glazes that created th...
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s Ceramic West German Studio Pottery by Scheurich, Germany, Bauhaus
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Fat lava Producer: Scheurich, Germany Decade: 1970s Origin: Germany Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase in ...
Ceramic
XXL Grey Ceramic Floor Vase by Scheurich Model 226-50, West German 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an XXL Minimalist Mid Century Modern Fat Lava Floor Vase by Scheurich with a repetitive Geometric Motif.
Ceramic
Scheurich Vase Red Brown Tan 203-18 West Germany
By West German Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fat lava art vases Producer: Scheurich, Germany Decade: 1970s The original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany.
Pottery
Mid-Century West German Ceramic Vase, Geometric Design, 20th Century
Located in High Point, NC
Its repeated oval motifs, typical of “fat lava” and Scheurich-style ceramics, add a sculptural quality that catches light beautifully.
Ceramic
Extra Large 1960s Ceramic West German Studio Pottery Vase, Germany Bauhaus
By Ruscha, Roth Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Fat Lava Art Vase Producer: Scheurich, Germany Design: Nr. 408-40 Decade: 1970s.
Ceramic
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Whether it’s a Chinese Han dynasty glazed ceramic wine vessel, a work of Murano glass or a hand-painted Scandinavian modern stoneware piece, a fine vase brings a piece of history into your space as much as it adds a sophisticated dynamic.
Like sculptures or paintings, antique and vintage vases are considered works of fine art. Once offered as tributes to ancient rulers, vases continue to be gifted to heads of state today. Over time, decorative porcelain vases have become family heirlooms to be displayed prominently in our homes — loved pieces treasured from generation to generation.
The functional value of vases is well known. They were traditionally utilized as vessels for carrying dry goods or liquids, so some have handles and feature an opening at the top (where they flare back out). While artists have explored wildly sculptural alternatives over time, the most conventional vase shape is characterized by a bulbous base and a body with shoulders where the form curves inward.
Owing to their intrinsic functionality, vases are quite possibly versatile in ways few other art forms can match. They’re typically taller than they are wide. Some have a neck that offers height and is ideal for the stems of cut flowers. To pair with your mid-century modern decor, the right vase will be an elegant receptacle for leafy snake plants on your teak dining table, or, in the case of welcoming guests on your doorstep, a large ceramic floor vase for long tree branches or sticks — perhaps one crafted in the Art Nouveau style — works wonders.
Interior designers include vases of every type, size and style in their projects — be the canvas indoors or outdoors — often introducing a splash of color and a range of textures to an entryway or merely calling attention to nature’s asymmetries by bringing more organically shaped decorative objects into a home.
On 1stDibs, you can browse our collection of vases by material, including ceramic, glass, porcelain and more. Sizes range from tiny bud vases to massive statement pieces and every size in between.