Urns
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Urns
Limestone
Mid-20th Century Urns
Lead
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Urns
Iron
Late 19th Century American Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century Spanish Antique Urns
Terracotta
19th Century European Georgian Antique Urns
Terracotta
1870s Aesthetic Movement Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century European Antique Urns
Terracotta
Early 1900s Antique Urns
Marble
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Urns
Brass
1950s Ethiopian Vintage Urns
Terracotta
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Urns
Iron
18th Century Spanish Antique Urns
Marble
20th Century Italian Urns
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Antique Urns
Terracotta
Early 20th Century French Urns
Bronze
19th Century British Antique Urns
Iron
1920s French Grand Tour Vintage Urns
Metal
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Concrete
19th Century French Antique Urns
Metal
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Iron
1820s French Antique Urns
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Urns
Iron, Metal
20th Century Urns
Concrete
20th Century Spanish Art Deco Urns
Alabaster
20th Century Classical Greek Urns
Concrete
20th Century Classical Greek Urns
Stone
20th Century Greco Roman Urns
Pottery, Terracotta
20th Century European Greco Roman Urns
Concrete
19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Terracotta
Late 18th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Urns
Terracotta
Late 20th Century European Urns
Cement
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Urns
Granite
Late 20th Century Urns
Iron
Late 20th Century North American Bohemian Urns
Terracotta
19th Century Antique Urns
Copper, Iron
2010s American Rococo Urns
Bronze
20th Century French Neoclassical Urns
Iron
1960s Unknown Baroque Revival Vintage Urns
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Neoclassical Urns
Cement, Cast Stone
20th Century Unknown Urns
Resin
Late 19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
Early 20th Century Urns
Terracotta
1820s American American Empire Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Urns
Slate, Bronze
Early 19th Century Italian Primitive Antique Urns
Terracotta
Late 20th Century Bohemian Urns
Ceramic
1980s Vintage Urns
Aluminum
19th Century Italian Country Antique Urns
Marble
Mid-19th Century Scottish Adam Style Antique Urns
Stone, Sandstone
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns
Iron
19th Century Antique Urns
Terracotta
Late 20th Century Mexican Urns
Aluminum
18th Century French Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Iron
20th Century Neoclassical Urns
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary European Urns
Wood
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Urns
Limestone
Vintage, New and Antique Urns
When people think of antique and vintage urns — a type of vase with a round body, narrow neck and integrated pedestal — they tend to imagine funerary urns. But all manner of urns have been made over the years, and these vessels can be used as decorative accents either inside your home or in your garden.
Garden urns became popular in early Greek and Roman gardens, where they complemented classical statues and other garden ornaments. Over the years, people have used urns as planters, fountain basins and stylish decorative elements in interiors as well as outdoors in gardens, patios and firepit areas.
Urns are typically made of stone, ceramics or metal. Stone urns are highly durable; while an antique stone urn will show wear with age, it can be used in any climate, and a neoclassical-style cast stone urn with natural world motifs carved in relief is guaranteed to make a statement in your garden. Position two stone urns with vibrant hibiscus bulbs or tulips at the bottom of an outdoor stairway to set it off from other exterior features. Elsewhere, place your urn in the middle of a garden bed to draw attention to your dazzling landscape design. A good concrete urn can easily make a good home for small trees or shrubs, but it will be very heavy to move around.
A ceramic urn is likely going to have thick, robust walls. A glazed terracotta urn, for example, is going to be ideal for potting plants. As glazing is part of the potter’s process for creating a terracotta urn, the urn itself can provide a pop of color to contrast with any low-maintenance plants such as moss or succulents that you have in mind for it.
Metal urns are best used as decor in your living room or foyer rather than outside, unless you’re partial to the alluring weathered patina that is expected to characterize an antique cast-iron garden urn. If you’re planning to use a metal urn as a planter, add a plant liner first. Metal may overheat and damage a plant’s roots if they are not protected, and urns made of certain metals may rust if they’re left outdoors.
But you don’t necessarily need to turn your urn into a planter.
A large urn can hold its own as an accent in any space and create a strong focal point. Browse the collection of decorative antique and vintage urns on 1stDibs today.