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Victorian style Antique Florist Etched Crystal Glass Footed Vase
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Beautiful Late Victorian Style tall crystal etched vase, with no chips, and no cracks, just some scratches to the underside of base from normal uses. Age and Manufacturer are unknown.
Category

Vintage 1920s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass

1960s Ettore Sottsass Volcanic Glaze Pottery Vase Raymor Bitossi Italy Memphis
By Bitossi
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Ettore Sottsass designed double volcanic glazed dipped ceramic vase. Produced by Bitossi/Raymor of Italy. The ceramic vase has no handling damages, and no chips, no cracks. It is ...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

1950s Organic Design Vase by Minnie Negoro Japanese Female Alfred Noguchi Jouve
Located in Hyattsville, MD
The stoneware has a satin warm grey over brown glaze. Incised to bottom, "COLLEGE of CERAMICS, alfred M. Negoro." The piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks. Has imperfection under glaze/or in glaze on the top on rim, but not rough to touch. MINNIE NEGORO...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

1880s Decorated Salt Glaze Stoneware Jug Stamped 1 MILLER & WOODARD STRASBURG VA
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Nice old decorated salt glaze stoneware jug stamped 1 MILLER & WOODARD STRASBURG VA. There are chips and cracks present, and pictured. "1" gallon capacity mark, cylindrical form with...
Category

Antique 1880s American Folk Art Jars

Materials

Stoneware

Undulating Op Art W.German Ceramic Flower Vase Vintage Mid-Century Psychedelic
By Verner Panton
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1970s Scheurich W.German Pottery. One of their most popular designs. No chip, no cracks.
Category

Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Salt Glaze Cobalt Stoneware Pottery Jar Double Wreath Banner Decorated Crock
Located in Hyattsville, MD
About the size of a cookie jar, we have an unmarked salt glaze stoneware jar with double wreath banners. This creates an empty frame, perhaps where an advertisement, or producers de...
Category

Antique 19th Century American American Craftsman Jars

Materials

Clay

Antique Eastern Copper Hearth Ash Can Fireplace Bucket Crafted Moorish Design
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Old Copper Bucket procured from Pakistan.
Category

20th Century Pakistani Anglo-Indian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Copper

1960s Mexican Terracotta Face Planter Vintage Mid-Century Figural Fun Pot
By Edwin and Mary Scheier
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rings true, meaning there is not a crack through the body of the vessel. There are two chips, pictured. Dia 8 x H 7.25 in
Category

Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...

Materials

Terracotta

Vintage Tall Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Vase Fighting Dragons Flaming Pearl
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Magnificent hand-crafted Chinese Cloisonné vase, very tall with facing Dragons, from a time capsule estate in Washington D.C. 14 1/2 Inches tall and so highly detailed it is sure to...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

Materials

Copper

1960s Rosewood Wastebasket + Aluminum Sleeve Martin Aberg Rainbow Trash Can Bin
By Martin Åberg
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Extremely rare rosewood office waste basket with metal removable sleeve by Martin Aberg for Rainbow Servex of Sweden.
Category

Vintage 1960s Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Aluminum

Japanese Stoneware Willow Bow Vase Bottle Vintage Mid-Century 1960s Rainbow
By Otagiri Company
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Large Bottle form Vase with arcing striations. Retains OMC label. A couple small chips to bottom foot/rim.
Category

Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Stoneware Ikebana Footed Planter Vintage Mid-Century 1960s Bonsai
By Otagiri Company
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Small stoneware planter. Two glaze chips or loss, one on each rectangular foot, quite small, pictured. Retains partial label.
Category

Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...

Materials

Ceramic

1960s Vintage Stoneware Owl Totem Vase Vintage Mid-Century Modern
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Cool, abstracted Owl, bird motif vase. 6 inches high.
Category

Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Art Deco Mushroom Snuff Cannister Collection Brass Polka Dot Austria Argentor
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Argentor of Vienna
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A collection of 7 mushrooms, red and black. Make for a wonderful display of old world metalsmith technics. Lids can be taken off and designed to set flat on a table surface, to be used as ashtrays. Large...
Category

Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Jars

Materials

Brass

1960s Dolomite Mushroom Art Glass Footed Ashtray Vintage Italian Mid-Century Era
By Sergio Asti
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful footed heavy art glass footed cigar / cigarette ashtray / dish. No chips, No cracks. Unsigned, Estimated Age and Origin. Dia 6 5/8 x H 5 1/...
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Scandinavian Modern Vases

Materials

Art Glass

1960s XL Tapio Wirkkala Vase Rosenthal Cogwheel Flower Centerpiece Alvar Aalto
By Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Very rave in this massive size, but is chipped on top rim.
Category

Vintage 1960s German Scandinavian Modern Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Love Collaboration William Hullow + Isabella Parks Earthtone Geometric Slab Vase
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful five spouted slab vase from two famous listed ceramicists / artists. Who were know to be romantically involved, and collaborated on works occasionally. No chips and no ha...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

1940s Lourdes Siphon Seltzer Soda Bottle Collection Colorful Glass Vintage Decor
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A beautiful very old Lourdes Argentinian seltzer bottle collection. Very colorful, even with a pink one, which is a color we have never seen. These are Sold as Non-Function for decor...
Category

Vintage 1940s Argentine Art Deco Bottles

Materials

Glass

Mid-Century Artisan Striped Cane Bottle Decanters like Gio Ponti for Venini
By Gio Ponti
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Unknown design/maker, unsigned, possibly Murano. An amazing pair of hand-blown art glass bottles with matching stoppers. Thin walled, striping all through botles and the stoppers. ...
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass

1950s John Power Son Whiskey Dublin Liquor Store Display Bottle Jeroboam
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare 1950s still pot whiskey bottle produced in the Lane Distillery, which was closed in 1975 . It is a about the size of a Jeroboam wine bottle or Double Magnum. Approx. 3 Liters (...
Category

Vintage 1950s Northern Irish Mid-Century Modern Bottles

Materials

Glass

1960s Massive Coned Planters Pair by Willy Guhl for Eternit, California Style
By Eternit, Willy Guhl, Lagardo Tackett
Located in Hyattsville, MD
These are quite massive and beautiful pair of conical entrance planters. 26 lbs. each. No markings found. Each pot has two drain holes. And each pot has a semi flaky textural painted surface on the cement, not sure if this is original. Dia 30 x H 16 in. Attributed design by the iconic Wily Guhl...
Category

Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Cement

1950s Midcentury Zaccagnini Svedese Pottery Pitcher Vase Geometric Organic Italy
By Ugo Zaccagnini, Robert Maxwell and David Cressey
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Large 13 inch tall terracotta colored stoneware with incised white glazed Sgraffitto, from the Zaccagnini Svedese Pitcher D.1817.
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Pitchers

Materials

Pottery

1950s Roger Corsaw Stoneware Vase Mid-0Century Studio Pottery
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Roger Corsaw, American, b. 1913. Corsaw earned his bachelor's degree at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He earned his Master of fine arts from the Institute of Design in Chicago. From 1936 until 1976, Corsaw taught at the University of Oklahoma where he became professor Emeritus of Art and instructed alongside notable artists Oscar Jacobson...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Mid-Century Craftsmans Bronze Vase Blue Volcanic Patinated Enamel Japan
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Spectacular Japanese vase. We have never had one quite like it! Super understated but with a vibrant blue glaze! Mottled or Volcanic textured enam...
Category

Vintage 1930s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Bronze

Mid-Century Matte Glazed Primitive Abstract Studio Pottery Vase
By Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Beautiful earthtoned abstract glazed studio pottery vase. Artist unknown, it is signed Bradley. No chips or cracks.
Category

20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

1970s Turned Wood Planter Mid-Century XL Bowl Craftsman John Crouse Wolcott Ny
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Beautifully constructed. A massive staved mahogany wood bowl, barrel, or planter. Condition is fair because there are 2 big dents to the rim, pictured. Signed, John Crouse...
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...

Materials

Mahogany

1950s La Gardo Tackett Iconic + Rare Pasadena Southern California Studio Pottery
By La Gardo Tackett
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A pair of extremely hard to find La Gardo Tackett Sea Bird Cruets. So playful and sculptural, iconic California design! Lg W 4 x D 3 x H 11 3/4 in. Sm ...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Bottles

Materials

Ceramic

1960s Iron Bonsai Ikebana Tripod Japan MCM Planter Dish Mid-Century
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Interesting variation on the most popular ikebana form form the Mid-Century Era. Procured from a Washington DC estate.
Category

Vintage 1960s Asian Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Metal

Modernist Patinated Bronze Mantle Flower Vase Unknown Craftsman Signed
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Unsure of the age of the vase, stamp looks Mid-Century Modern.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Bronze

1990s Ceramic Vase Deborah Groover Voo Doo Jazz Maximalist Nude Scene Sculpture
By David Hockney
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A colorful panel vase with nude scene, very large, tabletop piece by Deborah Groover from the 1990s. Nice shallow depth for placement on a narrow entryway/foyer table. No apparent ha...
Category

1990s American Post-Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

1980s Paul Bellardo Beehive Vase Mid-Century Studio Pottery Dark Blues Stripes
By Paul Bellardo
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Paul’s first one-man-show was in 1965 at the DeCordova Museum of Fine Arts in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It was at this showing that 18 pieces of Paul’s work were purchased by Walt...
Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

1950s Japanese Bronze Vase Martele Hammered Polka-Dot Meiji Nanbu Mid-Century
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A fine vintage mid-century Japanese bronze and brass cylinder vase with a Martelé finish. Black patinated surface, polished ridges, and brass inlaid dots. Impressed maker’s mark on v...
Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Arts and Crafts Vases

Materials

Brass, Bronze

1980s Elephant Hide Textural Folds Stoneware Cylindrical Vase
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Highly Textural and provocative 80s stoneware vase, artist information remains unknown. Diameter of 5 by Height of 11 inches and weighs approx. 5 lbs.
Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

1960s Tree Motif Stoneware Orb Vase Andersen Design Studios Large Centerpiece
By Stig Lindberg
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Early Markings on the bottom of this iconic form from the maine based ceramics studio, Andersen Design.
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Freemanson Washington DC Daylight Lodge Cut Lead Crystal Glass Blue Flower Vase
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful crystal freemasons award or member gift. 9 inches in height.
Category

20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Crystal

1950s Tall Stoneware Vase with Mid-Century American Abstract Expressionist Style
By Franz Kline
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful hand-thrown abstract glazed ceramic flower vase. Over 15 inches tall.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

1950s Thomas Toft Danish Studio Pottery Petite Salt Cup Vase Mid-Century Modern
By Thomas Toft
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful and rare, a most sought after series. No damage. Any perceived imperfections are just natural to the porous clay material.
Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases

Materials

Clay

1950s Japanese Wabi-Sabi Sandy-Tan Tilted Asymmetric Porcelain Bud Vase MCM
By Gertrud and Otto Natzler
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful asymmetrical footed bud vase reflecting the Wabi-Sabi tenants of intentional acceptance of natural imperfection.
Category

Antique Early 1900s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Porcelain

1980s White Perforated Metal Office Wastebasket Trash Can Italy Memphis Sottsass
By Rexite
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Memphis style wastebasket, light use. A bit more uncommon of a color, Made in Italy.
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...

Materials

Metal

1950s Schlumbohm Fahrenheitor Glass Kettle Science Kitchen Decanter Moma Wine
By Peter Schlumbohm
Located in Hyattsville, MD
This is a vintage circa 1950s version of this famous midcentury industrial design. Appears unused, with original Chemex decal affixed. Engraved number to neck, 00. The Fahrenheito...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass

1960s Danish Female Artist Studio Pottery Gourd Vase Sphere Stoneware Sculpture
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Beautiful, ostergaard geometric incised piece of midcentury Scandinavian Studio Pottery, a slightly upward elongated sphere.
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

1960s German Minimal Art Porcelain Snow Owl Bird Sculpture Vase Wolf Karnagel
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Large 6 inch version, a wonderful minimalist bird form design.        
Category

Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Joel Myers Emerald Green Blenko Genie Bottle Vase Retro Midcentury Art Glass
By Joel Myers, Blenko Glass
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Joel Myers emerald green floor decanter vase/bottle Model #6954 Blenko, 1969. Very good vintage condition, no chips, no cracks.    
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Midcentury Studio Pottery Vase Sgraffitto Striped Cabinmodern Heart Shape McM
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Also shown in a much more natural realistic low light situation where the piece looks much darker.
Category

Vintage 1960s German Scandinavian Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

1960s Studio Stoneware Totem Bottle Geometric Pattern Scandinavian Craft Rustic
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Appears to be a highly textured turned salt fired stoneware centerpiece vase/bottle, with nice stenciled or painted slip geometric triangle pattern complete...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Materials

Stoneware

1950s Midcentury Jacaranda Geometric Faceted Humidor Dispensary Apothecary Box
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, Jean Gillon, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Heavy solid Brazilian rosewood lidded jar/box, weighing 1 lb. 11 oz. Possibly was designed as a humidor but does not smell of tobacco. Unmarked.
Category

Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Jars

Materials

Rosewood

Bulbous Vintage Turned Wood Bud Vase Studio Craft Woodworker Midcentury Vibe
By Rude Osolnik
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Beautiful form. Signed R.Carnes 98 Lysiton, possibly not very legible.
Category

1990s Canadian Adirondack Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

1960s German Mid-Century Stoneware Vase Earthtone Layered Glazes Keramik Flower
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Beautiful stepped glazes design, illustrating the Muller's patented design technique. Peter Müller was the owner of a small porcelain factory in 1955. His partner was his brother K...
Category

Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

1950s Kenji Fujita for Tackett Associates Cane Handled Teapot Water Pitcher Vase
By Kenji Fujita
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful white porcelain hourglass pitcher, original rattan handle is in good usable condition, porcelain has no chips, and no cracks. Top rim diameter is 5 3/4.
Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Pitchers

Materials

Porcelain

1930s Westite Glass Company Flower Pot Vase Swirl Slag Akro Agate Marble
By Westite Glass Company
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Westite Glass Company #302 bow tie flower pot. Green and cream slag. Tapering traditional form flower pot with rim. Embossed on base: "WESTITE" (in bow tie shape) "302 WESTON, W. VA....
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vases

Materials

Slag Glass

Paul Bellardo Teardrop Perforated Studio Pottery Sculptural Vase
By Paul Bellardo
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Paul’s first one-man-show was in 1965 at the DeCordova Museum of Fine Arts in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It was at this showing that 18 pieces of Paul’s work were purchased by Walt...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

1950s Tall Hand Thrown Cerulean Blue Bud Flower Vase MCM Italian Pottery
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A piece of decor right out of a Giorgio Morandi painting. A hand-thrown organic wavering bottle form narrow neck vase, in high-gloss blue glaze.
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery

1970s Southern California Design Studio Pottery Vase Brent Bennett Leaf Motif
By Brent Bennett
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful intense handcrafted tall stoneware vessel or vase. Good size, just over a foot tall. Heavy. No chips, no cracks.
Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

1950s Italian Studio Vase Organic Abstract Drawing Mid-Century Bitossi Raymor
By Raymor
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Artist Unknown, wonderful pattern.
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Nils Thorsson Royal Copenhagen Mirco Bud Vase Double Gourd Danish Midcentury
By Nils Thorsson
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare small vase. Excellent condition, no damage. Measures: Height 3 3/4" (9.5 cm), width 2 1/8" (5.5 cm) Painted "21399", three waves, "NT" monogram. Printed "Denmark U".
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Hans Hedberg Petite Ceramic Bud Vase Swiss French Mid-Century Modern, 1960s
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Hans Hedberg (1917-2007) born in Sweden, work in Boet, France. Stoneware with speckled glaze. Signed on Bottom.
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Kenji Fujita Ceramic on Oak Jar Box Japanese Studio Craft Tea Caddy Tobacco
By Kenji Fujita
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Tottori Japan, c.1950s Turned Oak Tea Caddy with Ceramic Inlay by ceramicist Kenji Fujita.
Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Wood

Carl-arne Breger Plastic Watering Cans Pitchers Gustavsberg Sweden Black White
By Gustavsberg, Carl-arne Breger
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Pair of sculptural. Very good vintage condition, one retains paper label.
Category

Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Bottles

Materials

Plastic

Gustavian Alpine Scandinavian Pewter Wine Can Flask Metalwork Decanter Flagon
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Very evocative piece of decor, a real old world relic of nobility and or wealth. Noted as a Swiss Swirl Wine Can by last collector owner, but could also be Austrian or German made. V...
Category

Antique 18th Century Swiss Gustavian Barware

Materials

Pewter

1930s Ozark Swirl Pottery Early Touring Souvenir Cactus Bowl Dish Roadside Gift
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful pattern, one of the best I have seen. Rare in Small size. No drain hole. Sold as a shelf prop, would not use, does not ring true, has cracks.
Category

Vintage 1930s American American Craftsman Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...

Materials

Concrete

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