German Vases and Vessels

1950's elegance at its finest! Mid century vase manufactured by Sawa-Keramik (Franz Schwaderlapp, Ransbach-Baumbach, Germany). Typical organic shape and decor. Design Heinrich Maria ...

Brown/amber apothecary pharmacy glasses from the 1920s-1930s.

A small porcelain jardinière shaped like a boat, featuring a little boy as the captain holding up a caught fish. The sides are decorated with fishing nets and a large captured sturgeon.

Vintage vase for flowers in textured glazed porcelain by Rosenthal, Century New Wave Series, c.1980s. This work of Postmodern design captures collaboration of American and Finnish ...

A beautiful vibrant gray glazed bottle vase by German ceramicist Horst Kerstan. His work is featured by a distinct language of forms and the inspiration by Chinese and Japanese glazi...

Article: OP art porcelain vase Producer: Hutschenreuther, Germany Designer: Heinrich Fuchs Decade: 1970s Description: This original vintage OP Art vase was produced an...

A very fifties ceramic West German vase by Spara. Sgraffito hand-decorated in beautiful shades. African tribal pottery inspired - a main trend during the Mid-Century period. Hand-pro...

Stunning white plisse porcelain vase by Ambrogio Pozzi for Rosenthal. The rounded pleat design reflects the light beautifully. Signed, see last photo. In good vintage condition, no c...

Article: Set of 2 glass vases Producer: VLG Weisswasser, GDR Design: Richard Lauke designed in 1939 Decade: 1960s Description: Original vintage set of 2 glass vases "Fe...

An exquisite vintage Mid-Century West German BAY ceramic studio pottery vase, designed by Bodo Mans, c.1960. In beautiful shades of blues and green, it is reminiscent of the Bitoss...

A stylish mid-century West German art pottery vase with relief molded floral designs by Bay Keramik. The vase stands on a narrow rounded unglaz...

Beautiful ceramic bottle vase decorated with circles. Manufactured by Dümler and Breiden. Germany, 1950s. This elegant pottery vase in brown and gr...

A very elegant pair of twin vases, crafted by Bay Keramik and designed by Bodo Mans in the 1950s, that embody the charm and innovation of mid-century West German ceramics. These peti...

Handblown crystal vase in pink and blue glass with an vintage Eastern scene. The decor is an Easter decor with 2 hands-free engraved bunnies in naturalistic style. Completely handblo...

Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Silver Glass Vase, ca 1999. Measures 8” high, base 3-1/2” wide, and mouth 2-1/4” wide. There is a small scratch of silver finish/coating on glass (we've posted an image of the interior and exterior at the area of the scratch). There is also a faint area of small blemishes at the base See images for more detail. If there’s one thing karim rashid hates, it’s trophies. The 40-year-old designer has more than 40 of them, from big international ones like the 1999 George Nelson Award (given for breakthrough furniture design), to quaint little Canadian ones like Designer of the Year 2001. “It came with a little pin,” says Rashid, “and a … a … very nice …” He tries to describe the shape of the award with his hands but gives up. “It’s time that whole trophy thing changes. It’s kitsch. They’re functionless things.” Rashid was asked to design one for the DaimlerChrysler Design Awards (he’s a past recipient). “I was going to make it electro-luminescent. When the lights go out, it has a sensor so it turns on,” he says. But the trophy-as-night-light, a reminder of one’s worth in the darkest hours, didn’t impress Chrysler’s people. He never heard back. They may well be gnawing their knuckles over that decision right now because Rashid’s conquest of the realm of product design is all but complete. A lush and suitably worshipful retrospective of his work, Karim Rashid: I Want to Change the World (Thames & Hudson; 249 pages), hits Australasian bookstores this month. There was a crowd around anything with his stamp on it-including stools, chess sets and storage units-at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. More than 2 million North Americans are throwing their rubbish into a receptacle he designed, while 750,000 or so park their rears on one of his cheapo plastic chairs. It’s not just in North America. He has been dubbed Der Poet des Plastiks by a retailer in Germany and the prolifico progettista Americano by Interni magazine in Italy. Trophies he may despise, but accolades Rashid can handle. The problem with being the Most Famous Industrial Designer in All the Americas is that you’re still less famous than someone who got kicked off Survivor the first week. Most people cannot name the designer of one nonclothing item in their homes. Rashid, who was born in Egypt, raised in Canada and is living in New York City, is more than happy to bring an end to this anonymity. Not just because he wants to be famous, although there seems to be that, but because he believes design should be a bigger part of the social discourse. “I have been almost alone in this country, trying to make design become a public subject,” he says. His chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice design more. He likes creating expensive furniture and perfume bottles just fine, but what really gets his juices going is the everyday: manhole covers, a cremation urn, disposable cigarette lighters, garbage bins, salt and pepper shakers, plastic pens. “I want American Standard to come to me to do the toilets for Home Depot,” he says. In many ways Rashid is more like an itinerant industrial evangelist than a designer. He traveled 200 days last year. He claims to have been to every major mall in America, where he signs his products in high-end design stores and trolls about observing humans interacting with the objects around them. He has taught at design schools for more than a decade, and his work has been in 11 art shows in the past eight months. But mostly he has proselytized the corporate barbarians. And like any good missionary, he has learned to speak the language of his converts. One of the first things he does when he gets new clients is tour their factories to understand their manufacturing capacity. He also visits the retail outlets to see how the product might be displayed. And he really knows how to sell, especially himself. “I work with a guy in L.A.,” says Rashid, declining to name him. “He made a lot of really bad furniture. His business was hand-to-mouth. I proposed seven or eight projects. The pieces I’ve done for him have already become iconic.” The subtitle of his monograph, I Want to Change the World, is not ironic, just characteristically immodest. “Most industrial-design studios try to interpret a client’s needs and come up with a style,” says Paul Rowan, co-founder of housewares manufacturer Umbra. “Karim has his own personal vision.” It helps that Rashid’s vision incorporates things that Rowan needs, like a design that will stack and ship easily and that creates little waste in the making. Rashid’s father was a set designer for Canadian TV who rearranged the family furniture every Sunday. So perhaps it was ordained that Karim would grow up to become one of the pioneers in non-cheesy plastic, making objects that have energy and personality but aren’t wacky. He, like many of his generation, has championed the could-only-be-designed-with-computers blob. But his is not just a blob for its own sake. His Oh Chair...

Jugendstil ceramic vase bronze mounted is an original decorative object realized in the early 20th century. Original ceramic vase with cream and cobalt blue glaze. All around colorf...

Wonderful stoneware Jug from the 17th century. In good condition. A perfect item for the Wabi Sabi, Natural looking interiors.

This grand and elegant porcelain vase was masterfully crafted in the 19th century by the esteemed Royal Bonn Company in Germany. Standing impressively at approximately 23 inches tall with a 7-inch diameter, this vase is a striking example of antique decorative art...

Two similar vases from the Walther factory in Germany, from their midcentury production. This matched set both have faceted sides so that they catch the light when you pass by, and are of sufficient weight to ensure stability. The eye-catching period color (amethyst) and contrast between glass and metallic, makes them instantly recognizable. Size: Ice bucket H 5.51 x D 5.9 inch The elegant classical...

A very beautiful vintage vase manufactured by Duemler & Breiden in the 1960s. Stripe decor in russet, orange, ocher, green, beige and black. Model no. 476/32. Dimensions in cm: Hei...

Amber Matisse stacking vessel II, Pia Wüstenberg Dimensions: D 12 x H 16 Materials: glass, wood The Matisse Stacking Vessels are treasures, small splashes of curvy glass with a wooden crown. The collection was originally designed for the Tate Museum...

In a very good condition beautiful handpainted vase from Ruscha Keramik. Decor Milano.

A 19th century Royal Cobalt Blue Meissen Pate Sur Pate vase of a Maiden seated on a Centaur. Beautifully decorated in cobalt blue, salmon pink, 2...

A very stylish round glossy glazed white porcelain vase by Fürstenberg with a floral organic leaf relief pattern, a real beautiful and elegant piece of decorative art. This vase is c...

Vintage cylindrical porcelain vase features a standing female figure from Bjørn Wiinblad's series for Rosenthal company, '1001 Nacht' (1001 Nights). Whimsical, colorful figures on d...

Mid-Century Modernist West Germany vase signed Scheurich Keramik, circa 1970 Beautiful and silky brown vase. Classic 1970s Western Germany design. On the last two pictures you can see other West German pieces...

Jasba N3221120 vase is a part of N series of objects; this series covers a large segment of Jasba’s production. Items within the series come in a wide variety of forms and decors, a...

Hand blown crystal vase/laterne in green colored glass with a lily of the valley decor all around. The decor is hands free engraved by artists and the bottom of the glass is hand car...

A beautiful and rare pair of Mid-Century Modern ceramic vases by Carstens Tönnieshof, designed by Helmut Scholtis. These pieces feature the highly sought-after Ankara décor in cyan b...

Villeroy & Boch produced that lovely pair of vases circa 1990. This playful design is modern with an incredible color combination. Each vase has a multilayer sandwich shape of Acryli...

A fine antique Bohemian glass tumbler cup or mug. The tumbler is a central European Historicism Period reproduction of a Middle Ages 'Waldgla...

An amazing pottery vase made in Germany, by Bay Ceramic, circa 1970s. Vase is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites. Signed like seen in the picture.

Beautiful West German Art Pottery. Marked 'W. Germany 553-38' on bottom. Regarded as the golden age of ceramics, highly collectable 1950s-1970s Art Pottery is known for experimental ...

Beautiful vintage midcentury West German vessel or vase by Carstens Tonnieshof made post war circa 1950s with a turquoise blue and black glaze with gold details and white lines of dr...

Rose Matisse stacking vessel II, Pia Wüstenberg Dimensions: D 12 x H 16 Materials: glass, wood The Matisse Stacking Vessels are treasures, small splashes of curvy glass with a woode...

Stunning vase from Scheurich Keramik. This is the first time that I have seen this pattern and rough fat lava glaze with soft blue/green, yellow and brown. Bit of a brutalist vase. U...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Particular and original German ceramic vase colored with a beautiful shade of red and a dark and vivid black; it has a simple shape but at the same time innovative and modernist; the beautiful and bright colors are balanced and proportioned respecting a minimalist design; the glazing of the vase was obtained by first laying down one color, proceeding to fix it by firing it in the kiln, then the same procedure was carried out for the other color; on the bottom is the mark "W. Germany"; it was produced between 1968 and 1971 in a craft workshop in the city of Dresden (then in East Germany), an important center for the production of porcelain and ceramics. "Fat lava" is the name given to a certain style of East German art...

Article: Ceramic stoneware object Designer and producer: Gerhard Liebenthron Information: Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen 1925 †2005 Decade: 1970s This ori...

A beautiful, so called Coral vase by Carstens Tonnieshof Keramik.

Article: Set of two abstract colorful vases Producer: Scheurich, Germany Decade: 1960s These original vintage vases was produced in the 1960s in Germany....

Nice vase from the Walter Becht company Germany.

Article: Op Art porcelain vase, xxl version Producer: Rosenthal, Germany Designer: Tapio Wirkkala Decade: 1970s This original vintage Op Art vase was produced in the ...

This pair of important and very beautiful vases is made of ceramic with 2 female faces and beautiful and fine decors. These vases were made by Meissen manufacture after the model by ...

West german mid century ceramic vase manufactured by Scheurich Keramik in the late 1950s. Drip glaze in light brown and white with a typical abstract 50s decor. Inside yellow glazed....

German Neoclassic jardinière in silver by Weinranck & Schmidt-Hanau. An impressive, oversized and highly decorated piece, made in Hanau Germany by the silversmiths and silver maker's Weinranck & Schmidt during the Imperial period, circa 1889. This large center piece was decorated, with neo-classic patterns in the manner of the Louis XVI style and was totally crafted in repousse of solid .800/.999 silver. Weight: Has a total of 2,305 Grams, (74 Troy Ounces). Measures: 467 mm by 258 mm by 312 mm (18.4 x 10.15 x 12.3 Inches) (25.8 x 10.15 x 12.3 Cm). Hallmarks: Stamped with the German guaranty marks of the Halbmond und Reichskrone...

SCHEURICH - Mid Century large two color glazed ceramic vase - impressed model number 206/26 - West Germany- circa 1970's. Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no repa...

A very stylish West German midcentury mottle red and orange glazed twin handle art pottery vase. The red stoneware vase stands on a narrow round ung...

Introducing a stunning early 20th-century Bavarian porcelain vase by H & Co. of Selb, Bavaria. This large, double-handled vase boasts exquisit...

A porcelain vase made by ‘Thomas Bavaria’, decorated with a multi-coloured floral design that includes bright shades of orange, blue, purple and green. The piece is topped with a gol...

An amazing Jugendstil Style amphora from Rudolstadt, Thuringia hailing from the Triebner Ens Manufacture and the artist Karl Ens Volkstedt. Vase dec...

Nice colored vase from the sixties.

Stunning white porcelain vase by Thomas. The rounded pleat design catches light and shadow beautifully from different angles. Measurements: H 8", W 5.5", D 3".

A fine quality mid-century ceramic vase from West Germany, circa 1970s. Hand-crafted using centuries old techniques. This West Germany ceramic vase epitomizes the sharp, clean lin...

Pair of Villeroy & Boch vases / urns 'Bijou' designed by Paloma Picasso in the late 1970s Bone china, bulbous form with red. green and blue colored jewel stones and gold stripe deco...

Set of three fiery orange ceramic flower pots / cachepots, "fat lava" style, fabricated in West Germany, 1970s. The perforations makes them function splendidly as candleholders as well.

Amber Matisse stacking vessel III, Pia Wüstenberg Dimensions: D 11 x H 21 Materials: glass, wood The Matisse Stacking Vessels are treasures, small splashes of curvy glass with a...

This is the tall, oval German porcelain vase from Rosenthal, designed 1979 by Bjørn Wiinbladh, Denmark for the company’s 100-years anniversary. It comes in the yellow color scale, ha...

Vase with filigree bird motifs and fish mouth opening. Front and back show a bit different motifs. Manufacturer: Thomas Germany (Rosenthal). Design: Raymond Loewy. Black matte finis...