Mid-Century Modern Vases
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
20th Century Studio Pottery Weed Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
The Brendan Bass Estate Collection is an homage to the beauty of vintage and antique
pieces, each artfully concealing endless stories collected through the generations in which the...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Italian Decorative Blue Vase 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Vintage Italian Decorative Blue Vase from the 1980s is a stylish piece that captures the essence of Italian design during that era. The vase features a striking blue hue, showcasin...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Brass
Single Hand Blown Faceted Smoke Citrine Murano Glass Vase, Signed, Italy, 2022
By Alberto Donà
Located in New York, NY
Single hand blown faceted smoke citrine murano glass vase, handcrafted in Italy by the Murano glass master, Alberto Dona, and signed. This vase is heavy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
French Pierre Cardin Pink Flower Glass Vase, Signed, 1980s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous decorative chic glass vase in light pink - rose color, made of glass.
With original label "Pierre Cardin" and signature "Pierre Cardin" engraved in the glass (see all pictu...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Huge Mandruzzato Murano Faceted Orange Sommerso Glass Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
A gorgeous extra large Sommerso faceted orange and clear Murano glass vase. Attributed to Mandruzzato. Italy, 1950-1960.
Faceted Murano glass with sommerso technique in two tons of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Opalescent Pink Bubbles Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent pink and controlled bubbles Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. The outside opal color of the vase ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Midcentury Modern Groupe of 5 Vessels Rörstrand Sweden 1950
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
We have gathered a Groupe of 5 pieces, made at Rörstrand during the midcentury. The pieces are designed by Carl Harry Stålhane. Their slick minimalistic and elegant form make a perfe...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Seguso Vetri d'Arte Poli Murano Sommerso Yellow Topaz Italian Art Glass Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso topaz and yellow Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Flavio Poli for the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company. According to the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Catalina California Pottery Vase
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very nice ribbed Mid Century vase with buttery smooth off white glaze and a turquoise interior . Crafted by the Catalina Pottery company located on Catalina Inland but moving manufacturing to the GMB...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Tall Mid-Century Italian Pottery Ocean Ship Motif Floor Vase, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing ceramic Mid-Century Modern floor vase made in Italy, circa 1960s. This is a heavy floor vase. Vase is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites. Nice col...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Mdina Glass "Lollipop" Vase by Michael Harris, Malta, circa 1960s
By Mdina, Michael Harris
Located in Valencia, VC
Mdina Glass "Lollipop" Vase by Michael Harris, Malta, circa 1960s
A superb example of early Mdina Glass, designed by Michael Harris in the 1960s. After founding Mdina Glass in 1968 ...
Category
1960s Maltese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Vase Masterpiece, Blooming Field with Poppies and Lavender, Signed
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
The vase made with the same technique of the tumblers in another listing.
After the success of the tumbler group, I asked the maestro to make a vase that would keep the design and t...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Italian Modernist Green White Glass Centerpiece Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
A highly decorative hand blown green and white Murano glass centerpiece / vase with organic design. Italy, 1960s
Pale green glass cased into clear glass. The interior part is made in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
Frances Palmer Glazed Porcelain Baluster Vase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Frances Palmer signed diminutive baluster form vase with a circular foot, wide shoulders and a cylindrical neck. The vase with a fine crackle glaze fini...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Handpainted Italian Vase by Giovanni DeSimone Italy
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Vibrant and colorful Italian piece of ceramic. Two women picking grapes, on each side a different woman.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Arrigo Finzi Vase in Porcelain, Gold Painted, Original Label
By Arrigo Finzi
Located in Milano, IT
Precious Italian vase from the 1950s made by the great silversmith Arrigo Finzi. The vase is made in fine porcelain. Its great elegance and preciousness is given by its working in pu...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Gold
Opaline glass vase by Carlo Moretti, Italy, 1960
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Opaline glass vase by Carlo Moretti, Italy, 1960.
Elegant Murano glass vase by Carlo Moretti made in Italy in the 1970s in white, orange and black opaline.
The price of shipping is...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
8"x10" One-of-a-Kind Wabi-Sabi Organic Textured Ceramic Art Vessel by Skoby Joe
By Skoby Joe
Located in La Jolla, CA
Joseph Skoby is a Southern Californian whose work is inspired by the nature of his native state. His ceramics, created in his own lush garden, recall his intimate dance with the ocea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, circa 1950s
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early work (circa early 1950s) by Master Greek-American potter Peter Voulkos.
Signed on base with incised signature by Voulkos.
Voulkos is widely considered to be the most important and impactful ceramists of the modern era. He won the Rodin Museum prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997. He was made an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also received six honorary.
Doctorate degrees as well as three National Endowment for the Arts awards.
His work can be found in many prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Albany Mall, Albany, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Flavio Poli for Seguso Sommerso Vase Murano ca. 1960s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Flavio Poli for Seguso Sommerso Vase Murano ca. 1960s
A large sommerso art glass vase manufactured by Seguso Vetri D'Arte and designed by Flavio ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Seguso Mid-Century Modern Large Textured Italian Green Murano Glass Vase 1980s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Absolutely stunning and rare Seguso large, heavy vintage Mid-Century Modern textured Italian glass vase by Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano, Italy, circa 1980s / early 1990s. Elegant in fo...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Two German Mid-Century Modern Pottery Fat Lava Vase by Kreutz, Germany, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing set of two midcentury studio art pottery vase made in Germany, circa 1970s, by Kreutz Keramik. Vases in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites. Signed wi...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Nils Landberg Vase for Orrefors, 1965
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning handblown, art glass 'Sommerso' vase designed by Nils Landberg and produced by Orrefors, Sweden, 1960s in blue-grey hues.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
3' Tall Vintage Stem Vase, French Glass, Fluted Flower Sleeve, Mid Century, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a 3' tall vintage stem vase. A French, blown glass fluted flower sleeve, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Striking height to this example,standing at over 3 feet...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Chalet Art Glass Freeform Green Sommerso Vase 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Mid-Century art glass vase was made by Chalet in sommerso technique with green colored glass gather cased over with clear-colored glass. Its distinctive, free formed twisting...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Danish Modern Art Glass by Saara Hopea Finland
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand blown art glass vase, by Saara Hopea and produced for Nuutajärvi Notsjö, Finland, circa 1950s. Etched signature underneath. It measures 4.5" height x 3.5" diameter.
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Modernist Toyo Japanese Ikebana Vase
By Toyo
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This Mid-Century Japanese ceramic ikebana planter exudes timeless elegance and modern sophistication. Featuring a sleek, dark matte finish, this half moon shape planter is ideal for ...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
1970's Engraved Bronze Vase by Esa Fedrigolli
Located in Paris, FR
A beautiful bronze vase from the 1970s, handcrafted in Italy signed by the renowned artist Esa Fedrigolli. This organically shaped decorative piece features intricate engravings in t...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Bronze
Saint Clement French Mid-20th Century Ceramic Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning French mid-century ceramic vase by St. Clement. This gorgeous vase is very decorative has a wonderful black background with green overtones. It almost appears to be in motio...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Murano Vessel, 1950’s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Murano vase in mouth blown art glass. Italian design, 1950s.
Measures: 22 height cm.
In perfect condition.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Vittorio Zecchin Libellula Vase - Italy 1920s
Located in Milano, IT
Dragonfly vase made of blown glass with large applied handles.
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Handmade Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
beautiful vase with tall neck. Great glaze, with a impacted or squeezed experimentation method after being thrown on pottery wheel. signed Maza '52 on underside.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Fratelli Toso Murano Ribbons Italian Art Glass Sculptural Fazzoletto Flower Vase
By Venini, Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and extra large, vintage Murano hand blown pink and white ribbons over aqua blue Italian art glass sculptural handkerchief / fazzoletto vase. Documented to the Fratelli To...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Val Saint Lambert Large Clear Crystal Champagne Wine Bucket Cooler or Vase
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert Large Clear Crystal Champagne Wine Bucket Cooler
Large Heavy Val Saint Lambert Crystal Vase.
Has been given a thick Sommerso clear layer and sculpted with subtle ...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Large Murano "Bullicante" Blown Glass Fan Flower Vase by Barovier, Italy 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Magnificent rostrato and "bullicante" mouth-blown crystal Murano glass vase made by Ercole Barovier in Italy during the 1950s. In spectacular condition, not missing a single spike, w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Bitossi Ball Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Yellow, Orange, Red, Black, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Ball Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Yellow, Orange, Red, Black, Signed. Chunky ball vase with glazed graduated bands of colors: yellow, orange, red, brown and black. Signed in the g...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Jean Cocteau Decorated Vase
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a glazed earthenware vase produced by Roche Bobois in the 2010s. The vase utilizes a design Jean Cocteau produced in the early 1960s. It features 2 taupe profiles with geomet...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Art Glass Vase "Yokohama" by Aldo Nason Murano 1960s
By Aldo Nason
Located in Berghuelen, DE
An asymetrical shaped Art Glass Vase "Yokohama" by Aldo Nason, Murano end of the 1960s. Thick handblown dark glass with multicoloured metallic and murrine inclusions. Nason produced the Yokohama series in his own workshop after he left A.V.E.M. in 1967. The Yokohama vases...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Jean Megard, Ceramic Vase, Aix-en-Provence 1951
By Jean Mégard
Located in St Ouen, FR
Extremly rare pot-bellied vase.
Rich glazes with a juxtaposition of white and light purple and an abstract overprinted decor whose contours go beyond the strict visual field to colon...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Fat Lava Ceramic Vase Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
An orange, brown fat lava ceramic vase designed and manufactured in Germany by Carstens in perfect condition signed on the bottom with W. Germany...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Val Saint Lambert Signed Sculpted Crystal Core Vase Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert, Signed Sculpted Crystal core Vase , Belgium.
Heavy Val Saint Lambert crystal vase catalogued in the 1950s.
The central amethyst color (a traditional favorite for...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Cerdazur Monaco Ceramic Vase with Sea Decoration Mid-Century French
Located in Labrit, Landes
Ceramic Vase from Maison Cerdazur Monaco made circa 1970.
The Manufacture de Porcelaine de Monaco was founded in 1972 by Erich Rozewicz with the suppor...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
LE SMITH Mid-century Large Floor Vase, USA 1960's
Located in Lisboa, PT
This mid-century large floor vase is a stunning piece of American design, produced by LE SMITH in the 1960s. Showcasing a distinctive swirl bubbles de...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Bellon Alfareros Sculptural Modern Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Sculptural studio pottery vase with Wassily Kandinsky qualities by renowned Spanish artist Bellon Alfareros.
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Ceramic Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rare design by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Rimini Blue ceramic footed vase with geometric motifs, Italy, 1960s
This stunning glazed ceramic vase has a pattern with circles in dark blue with rhombus inside in shades of green / turquoise color accented by decorative flowers.
Excellent vintage condition.
This piece is perfect as a gift idea and it could placed alone or with other 'Rimini Blu'Bitossi pieces creating a set. Display it in a cabinet or on a console table, with flowers or just as a cool decorative vase.
Measures: 22 cm height x 18 cm diameter (8,66 in height X 7,08 in diameter )
More Bitossi Aldo Londi pieces are avaliable at our 1stdibs marketplace.
About Bitossi (Manufacturer)
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass.
The company was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.”
But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. Starting in the 1950s, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis Postmodern design...
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Exceptional Large Bauhaus Floor Vase by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for WMF ca. 1950
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Exceptional Large Bauhaus Floor Vase by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for WMF ca. 1950
A very rare floor vase designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld in 1950 and manufactured by Wuertembergische Metalwor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Mid Century Japanese Ikebana Vase Studio Pottery
Located in Lutz, FL
1960’s Japan Ceramic Pottery 6 hole Ikebana vase with brown and tan textured glaze, overall great vintage condition. Some minor spots to glaze...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Studio Pottery Vessel
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Sweet little weed pot with multiple openings Would make a great addition to a collection.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Poët-Laval ‘Ondulé’ Glazed Pottery Vase 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Poët-Laval ‘Ondulé’ Glazed Pottery Vase, Poët Laval, France, mid 20th century. Like the famous village of Vallauris, Le Poët-Laval also is a little village in the south of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Hand Made Ceramic Vase, Ceramic Sculpture, Earthy Modern Ceramic Sculpture
By Skoby Joe
Located in La Jolla, CA
Joseph Skoby is a Southern Californian whose work is inspired by the nature of his native state. His ceramics, created in his own lush garden, recall his intimate dance with the ocea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Clay
Edward Moulthrop Wild Cherry Bowl
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual solid wild cherry bowl by Ed Moulthrop. A great example of American craft and wood working. A quick not note about EM.
"Ed Moulthrop (1916-2003...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Cherry
Accolay Baluster Vase, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Mid-Century Vase by Accolay, France, 1950s. A stunning example of mid-century French ceramic artistry, this vase by Accolay features a captivating color palette of blue, yello...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
A Canne Murano glass vase by Gio Ponti, Venini Murano Italy
Located in Uccle, BE
“A Canne” Murano glass vase by Gio Ponti, Venini Murano Italy (Founded in 1921).
Murano glass vase made up of six alternating colored “canes”.
The colors are: Red, Green, Mole Gray, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Alvar Aalto Savoy Vase Scandinavian Modern for Iittala
By Iittala, Alvar Aalto
Located in New York, NY
The beautiful and iconic Scandinavian Modern Alvar Aalto glass vase, aka as the 'Savoy' vase, created by designer Alvar Aalto, 1937, Finland. This clear vase, with original design by...
Category
Late 20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Bisque Porcelain Can & Paper Bag Vases by Rosenthal Studio-Line "Do Not Litter"
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool pair of bisque porcelain "pop art" can & paper bag vases by Tapio Wirkkala for the Rosenthal Studio-Line "Do Not Litter" series, circa 1980s. The vases are in very good vi...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Vase by Björn Wiinblad Rosenthal Studio Line Germany, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vase
Producer:
Rosenthal, Germany
Designer:
Björn Wiinblad
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage Op Art vase was produ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Barovier Toso Murano Intarsio Mosaic Triangle Tessere Italian Art Glass Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Rare and beautiful, vintage Murano hand blown red and taupe gray triangle Tessere mosaic Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier, for Barovier e Toso, c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murrine, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Fat Lava Vase (decor Lora) by Scheurich Keramik Germany
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A sought after Fat Lava vase by Scheurich Keramik.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Gianni Tosin Lava & Blue Glaze Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fantastic Italian modernist pottery vase by Gianni Tosin.
With Gambone style mottled blue glaze and raised cream colored 'lava' decoration.
Stamped I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Vintage West German Large Ceramic Handled Vase by Ruscha, 1950s
Located in Valencia, VC
This ceramic vase, designed by renowned artist Kurt Tschörner for Ruscha, exemplifies the bold and innovative approach characteristic of mid-century West German art pottery. Handmade...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Cenedese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Neon Yellow Italian Murano Glass Obelisk
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Cenedese vintage midcentury modern tall and rare 'new old stock' polished faceted Murano glass obelisk in a beautiful light neon yellow colored / coloured glass, made circa 1970. Won...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Spanish Ceramic Vase by Serra, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Midcentury Green, White and Black Striped Ceramic Vase by Serra.
A beautiful striped glazed ceramic vase Manufacured by Cerámicas Serra, Spain, 1960s
Designed by Josep Serra.
This colorful terracotta ceramic vase has stripes in green, black and shades of gray on a white background.
Signed ' Serra' underneath.
It can be placed alone used as decorative vase or flower vase but it would be nice also as a part of a collection of ceramic vase.
Measures: 25 cm height x 11.5 cm diameter
About Serra:
Serra ceramics factory was a well known ceramics catalan manufacturer with three generations of ceramists. The workshop was founded by Antoni Serra one of the first ceramists in Spain who found an artistic ceramics workshop/studio. Josep Serra with his brothers Antoni and Enric followed his father in the art of ceramics at Can Famades, the new Studio at Cornellà, Barcelona. Josep Serra became the Manager at Cerámicas Serra at the 1930s.
The Serra brothers participated in different exhibitions and awards.
Jordi Serra...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Carlo Zauli Italian Midcentury Ceramic Vases 1950s
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Pair of Italian ceramic sculpture vases designed and produced by artist Carlo Zauli, signed Zauli Faenza under base, Italy 1950s.
Measures:
height 37 cm - diameter 17 cm
height 31 c...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage l.e. Smith Blue Glass Swung Vase 17.75"
Located in Atlanta, GA
L.E. Smith (American, founded 1907), circa mid century.
A large blue glass "Swung" vase.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Set of 3 Porcelain Vase by Björn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line Germany 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vases, set of 3
Producer:
Rosenthal, Germany
Designer:
Björn Wiinblad
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage Op Art vase set was produced in th...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Vetro Soffiato Glass Vase, Murano 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Vetro Soffiato Glass Vase, Murano 1920s
Beautiful 'Vetro Soffiato' vase with bell-shaped bowl and conical foot made of very thin, light blue, t...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Jean Gerbino, Vallauris, France, Ceramic Mosaic Shaped Vase Snowflake Motif Vase
By Jean Gerbino
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Jean Gerbino for Vallauris, France, ceramic glazed mosaic, shaped vase with snowflake motif
In exceptional original condition
Circa 1960's
Signed Gerbino to base
Height 4.5 inch, Di...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Grey and Blue Stripes Stoneware Art Pottery Vase, Germany, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large stoneware glazed decorative vase. Midcentury era design featuring hand drawn strips of blue colored glaze, Germany, 1960s. Perfect condition. Measures: Height 40 cm.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Large Murano "Bullicante" Blown Glass Fan Flower Vase by Barovier, Italy 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Spectacular and huge rostrato and "bullicante" mouth-blown crystal Murano glass vase made by Ercole Barovier in Italy during the 1950s. In spectacular condition, not missing a single...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Heath Ceramics Box and Stopper Vase by Tung Chiang Limited Edition
By Heath Ceramics, Tung Chiang
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A mini-vase in two parts — box and stopper — intersects art and function to push the limits of a functional vessel. In Basalt over KPFA Green and Persimmon, it is a textured sculptur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Flavio Poli for Seguso Sommerso Vase Murano ca. 1953
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Flavio Poli for Seguso Sommerso Vase Murano ca. 1953
A large sommerso art glass vase manufactured by Seguso Vetri D'Arte and designed by Flavio P...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Set of 3 Glass Vase by Emil Funke for Gral Glass, circa 1970s
By Gral Glass
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern German vases by Gral Glass, designed by Emil Funke, circa 1970. These beautiful petrol colored and clear vases bring a touch of...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Substantial and Unique 1970s Modernist Signed Studio Pottery Vase #2
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here's a highly unusual hand-built pottery vase from the 1970s. The sculptural shape is glazed half clear--letting the natural terracotta clay color come through--and half black. The...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
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