Urns
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Urns
Iron
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Urns
Terracotta
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Ceramic
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Iron
1880s French Baroque Revival Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century European Romantic Antique Urns
Bronze
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Concrete
19th Century Antique Urns
Copper, Iron
Early 20th Century English Urns
Cast Stone
1870s French Rococo Revival Antique Urns
Iron
Early 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Urns
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Urns
Cast Stone
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Limestone
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Concrete
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Urns
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century American Urns
Mahogany
1860s French Neoclassical Antique Urns
Iron
20th Century Country Urns
Marble
20th Century Chinese Neoclassical Urns
Marble
20th Century European Urns
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Urns
Fiberglass
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Urns
Pottery, Stoneware
20th Century Italian Baroque Urns
Stone
19th Century English Antique Urns
Iron
Early 20th Century Urns
Iron
1880s American American Empire Antique Urns
Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Urns
Fiberglass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu
19th Century American Antique Urns
Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Urns
Fiberglass
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Urns
Marble
1850s American American Empire Antique Urns
Iron
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Urns
Iron
20th Century English Neoclassical Urns
Iron
20th Century French French Provincial Urns
Terracotta
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Urns
Cement
19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century French Empire Antique Urns
Bronze
20th Century Spanish Art Deco Urns
Alabaster
1930s Vintage Urns
Stone
20th Century Classical Roman Urns
Bronze
Late 19th Century American Classical Roman Antique Urns
Iron
1910s Italian Vintage Urns
Terracotta
Early 19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Urns
Marble, Serpentine
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Iron
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Concrete
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Urns
Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Urns
Iron
19th Century French Antique Urns
Metal
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Cast Stone
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Concrete
Early 20th Century European Louis XVI Urns
Metal, Silver Plate
2010s Mexican Modern Urns
Fiberglass
Early 20th Century American Urns
Pottery
Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Urns
Copper
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Urns
Iron
1930s French Neoclassical Vintage Urns
Iron
19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Urns
Iron
Early 20th Century North American Country Urns
Iron
Late 19th Century American Early Victorian Antique Urns
Iron
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.