Urns
Early 20th Century French Urns
Iron
19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Urns
Terracotta
1930s Vintage Urns
Stone
1920s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Urns
Terracotta
Early 20th Century English Urns
Concrete
1940s Italian Vintage Urns
Marble
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century French Antique Urns
Granite
20th Century Urns
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Urns
Copper
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Urns
Wrought Iron
19th Century Turkish Rustic Antique Urns
Terracotta, Clay, Earthenware
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Urns
Ceramic
19th Century Antique Urns
Clay
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Urns
Carrara Marble
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Terracotta
Early 19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Urns
Marble, Serpentine
20th Century American Neoclassical Urns
Iron
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Cast Stone
19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Marble
Mid-19th Century British High Victorian Antique Urns
Iron
1880s French Antique Urns
Stone
19th Century French Antique Urns
Marble, Ormolu
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Limestone
20th Century British Urns
Iron
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Concrete
1950s Vintage Urns
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Scottish Georgian Antique Urns
Stone, Sandstone
1880s French Baroque Revival Antique Urns
Iron
Mid-19th Century French Antique Urns
Iron
20th Century French French Provincial Urns
Terracotta
19th Century English Regency Antique Urns
Lead
19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns
Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Urns
Fiberglass
1950s Unknown Vintage Urns
Iron
20th Century Unknown Urns
Stone
2010s Mexican Modern Urns
Fiberglass
19th Century Antique Urns
Copper, Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Urns
Fiberglass
1860s French Neoclassical Antique Urns
Iron
1960s Vintage Urns
Granite
2010s Mexican Modern Urns
Fiberglass
19th Century French Provincial Antique Urns
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Charles X Antique Urns
Crystal, Ormolu
1870s French Neoclassical Antique Urns
Bronze, Ormolu
Mid-20th Century Italian Belle Époque Urns
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Urns
Concrete
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Concrete
1870s English Neoclassical Antique Urns
Stoneware
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Iron
Early 20th Century Urns
Stone, Composition
Mid-19th Century British High Victorian Antique Urns
Cast Stone
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century British Victorian Antique Urns
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Stone
1880s Antique Urns
Stoneware
20th Century Urns
Terracotta
20th Century Chinese Urns
Brass
1820s English Regency Antique Urns
Terracotta
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.