1990s Vases and Vessels

Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase alpha by Ettore Sottsass, edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition of 12 signed and numbered pieces, number 7 / 12. This piece has also been produced as a limited edition with a total of only 12 units. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917-31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century. His body of designs included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting and office machine design. Sottsass was born on 14 September 1917 in Innsbruck, Austria, and grew up in Milan, where his father was an architect. In 1956, Ettore Sottsass began working as a design consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment...

A silver plate vase by Elsa Rady for Swid Powell

Elegant and refined sterling silver vase. Entirely handcrafted and embossed with a torchon motif, the vase has been finely hammered all over the body. The mouth of the vase is shap...

Beautifully sleek and simple terra cotta pottery lidded vase or urn from Dennis Kirchmann. Glazed in a nearly black dark blue shiny glaze. Purchased directly from the potter at his ...

Monumental “Satellite” Vase by Bertil Vallien for Kosta Boda — the largest in the series. This commanding work of art glass features a dramatic stretched flask shape with a narrow, e...

Two Murano glass blown vases, clear color with amber/gold and black/gold buttons. The vases are of thick glass. Project by Toso Murano in 1995s Vases signed with engraving: Toso M...

This is a small vintage spiral motif posy vase. A Scottish, art glass flower sleeve, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1990. Attractive blown glass with superb colour Displays ...

Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light green color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and prod...

A stunning vintage English Studio Pottery tall vessel with wings by Colin Pearson (1923-2007). The stylish stoneware vessel stands on a tall nar...

Iridescent Coral Vase with Gold Nuance Murano Glass, 1990s, Italy. This exquisite Murano glass vase is a timeless piece of artistry, handcrafted in Italy during the 1990s. Its capti...

Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase V by Ettore Sottsass, edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition of 12 numered pieces, number 6 / 12. In good or...

Amazing and fabulous Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Ven...

Carlos R Pebaque vaas zweden 1993 Designer: Carlos R Pebaque Producer: Carlos R Pebaque Dimensions: 13 cm H x 15cm diameter Period: 1960’s Material: Glass Condition: Mint Origin: Sw...

Cheerful glass vase designed by Roger Selden for the Vis-à-vis Collection of Ritzenhoff, 1999. This black and white vase from the Vis-à-vis Collection has a stylized cartoon chara...

F vase made for the collection of twenty-seven woods for Chinese Artificial flowers vase by Ettore Sottsass, Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition of 12 numbered pi...

Beautiful glass vase designed by Paola Navone, manufactured by Sottsass Associati for Egizia. Made in 1998. The vase decoration is done...

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...

Pair of vases in 800 solid silver. The shape of the vases is round, pot-bellied and has been made with a smooth and glossy finish. The vases were embellished with a hand engraving ...

Large Seguso Viro vibrant blue Murano Glass signed and numbered Vase. Wonderful Swirling striped design in vibrant colors.

Crafted by Florio Keramia, this Memphis Style ceramic vase is a true embodiment of abstract art and postmodern design. The vibrant orange glossy finish of the 'Lola' model exudes a c...

Murano glass vase by Carlo Nason, signed '99. Triangle shaped, 3.25 in x 7.5 in high.

Large white porcelain and gold vase by renowned American designer Jay Spectre for Silvestri. In beautiful vintage condition. Signed and dated. Measurements: 10” Diameter, 23” High.

Beautiful hand turned wood ikebana vase by Joseph Kovecses. Design makes the saucer shape appear to float. Hand signed on bottom. Comes with iron flower frog as photographed.

Antonio da Ros Cenedese Fossili Incalmo Murano Glass Vase in black and blue decorated with irregular blue cane segments. This vase is possibly a test pi...

A rare style of Japanese Edo Period Vase . Cast in lost wax bronze with an unique greenish patina finish . Larger size at 21" wide and 12" height . Ab...

Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase S by Ettore Sottsass, edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition of 12 signed and numbered pieces, number 10 ...

African hand carved soapstone vase.

Striped Vase in blown Murano Glass Green Orange and light blue, 1990s Italy. This is a unique striped vase, with double colored sides, and stripes inside the blown technical. Half si...

An original ceramic vessel with an erotic theme by Roger Herman, signed and dated RH 97. Rim of vase is intentionally 'chipped' aka deconstructed. This piece is believed to be import...

A very fine, large modern studio pottery vase. In an abstract form that vaguely resembles an arrowhead. From a Philadelphia estate in which several other estate pieces were linked to the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Simply a great Memphis School style Modernist pottery vase...

Three Murano blown glass vases entirely in 24-karat gold leaf. Touching the vases with your hand you can feel the external relief work, as if it were a glacier To complete its uni...

Large baroque style sterling silver vases. This pair of vases was made by the same master silversmith. Being made entirely by hand, the vases are similar but not identical, both in s...

A tall ceramic vase made in the tradition of Shigaraki ware by Japanese potter Takahashi Shunsai (1927-2011), the fourth heir of the famed Rakusai lineage of potters. The vase is heavily potted in the reddish sandy Shigaraki clay. It has a Classic vase form made for Ikebana display. The surface is thickly draped with natural ash glaze that deposited onto the body during the firing process in the kiln. It also features decoration of carved lines. Nuggets of feldspar were incorporated in the clay and exposed onto the surface as crystal like jewels. Substantial and archaic looking, the vase also has a strong modern appeal due to its Mingei styling. It was signed on the base with a pressed seal Shunsai as shown. The vase comes with its original wood storage box (tomobako) with bears the title and signature in Kanji and a seal. It also retains a paperwork noting the artist's biography and practice philosophy in Japanese. Born in Shigaraki, Shunsai was the second son of renowned potter Takahashi Rakusai...

Unique studio pottery vase with double neck sculpted by M Fisher, Germany. Sculptural elongated Studio Pottery vases with with double neck is made on the turn...

Beautiful E Waterford marquis green crystal vase, in the Rumba pattern. Nearly 10" tall and almost 5 lbs Beautiful green inside and clear bottom. Top-q...

Sterling silver vase holder, completely handmade in Florence, Italy in the artisan silversmith workshop of Silver Fashion Silvan, The shape of the body is very rounded, hand-worked w...

Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produ...

Beautiful multicolored art glass vase Soliflor "Jewels" by Villeroy & Boch. Made of polished glass with non-slip satin band. Original brand on the base.

Tall and highly decorative Post-Modern Murano Glass vase with lovely colors. Made in Italy, 1990s. Executed in thick, multi-colored Murano-Glass. Dimensions: H 11.82 in. (30 cm) W ...

A fine Pop-Art art glass vase. Decorated with a red "BANG" surrounded by light blue & yellow accents on a white ground. Signed to the base MAYS 99. Simply a great Pop-Art vase! Date: 1999 Overall Condition: It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs. Condition Details: There are a few noticeable scratches here & there. Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age. Maker: Mays Marks: Marked to the base with MAYS 99. Measurements: Height: ca. 8 1/4 in. Diameter: ca. 6 1/2 in. Items...

Very nice Scozzesi work in this Venini murano glass designed by the well know artist Alessandro Diaz de Santillana.

Tall pearlized white 1990s style glass and ceramic vase in a light white pearlized finish and wonderful proportions. The body of this vase is oval in shape, with a small round base w...

A Sculptural Vase by Olivier Gagnère France 1990s For Virebent Manufacture. Unsigned. Very decorative and élégante.

Late 20th century, American, large turned wood vase, possibly yew. The vase has been indistinctly branded on the base. A beautifully turned vase with...

For any lover of Patrick Nagel, art or lover of collectible, modern glass, this is the perfect piece for you. We found this piece at an estate in Indian Wells, California that had on...

This vibrant Murano art glass jar with lid is a signed and dated work by C. Rachke, created in 1992. Hand-blown in Italy, the piece features a rich amber body with dynamic swirling r...

Striped vase in blown Murano glass green orange and light blue, 1990s, Italy. This is a unique striped vase, with double colored sides, and stripes inside the blown technical. Half ...

Vase H designed by Ettore Sottsass, from the collection 'Twenty-seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flowers', Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition of 12 numbered ...

Artistic milk-white and iridescent vase with Murano glass and paste, by Romano Donà, Italy, 1990s. This artistic vase, entirely made with blown Murano glass in the 1990s, has a uniq...

Sculptural and organic ceramic modernist Ikebana vase. This beautiful piece exudes organic design and beauty that is visually intriguing. Created with almost brutalist intent, this ...

Missoni Cloissone Vase Rare . Colorfull Zig Zag .Large . Tube Round 13.5” x 6”

A very fine Pop-Art Post-Modern art glass vase. Decorated with a red ""FLASH"" lamp work script that is surrounded by light blue & yellow accents on a white ground. There are remna...

Pair of pink and red Murano glass floral vases art painting, 1990s, Italy. These outstanding pair of glass vases were entirely handcrafted in the Italian island of Murano in the 199...

Tall Murano glass clear bubbled glass vessel with gold inclusions and dome-shaped lid, circa 1990s. Unknown maker. Excellent vintage condition with no...

This Versailles vase, created by René Lalique in 1939, aptly illustrates the alliance between classical tradition and French glassmaking expertise. In...

Large baroque style sterling silver vase. The body of the vase has been masterfully embossed with shells, flowers and volutes, typical of the Baroque style. Still in the body of the ...

Limited edition 1990s flexible resin wine bucket by Gaetano Pesce for Fish Design, Italy. Numbered 182/1000. Works great as an ice bucket, wine bucket, catch-all, vase, vessel, sculpture, planter, pot or jardinière. If you use it as a planter, we suggest an interior lining to protect the piece. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Gaetano Pesce, born on November 8, 1939, in La Spezia, Italy, is renowned as a leading figure in contemporary Italian design and architecture. Fearlessly experimental with materials and color, Pesce has collaborated with Italy’s foremost design companies, including Artemide, Vitra, Cassina, and B&B Italia. Pesce began his journey into design at the University of Venice, where he pursued architecture and graduated in 1965. Influenced by prominent figures such as Ernesto Nathan Rogers and Mario Bellini at the Venice College of Industrial Design, Pesce embraced a commitment to novelty and avant-garde principles. He co-founded the avant-garde architectural collective "Gruppo N," inspired by the Bauhaus aesthetic, during his formative years. Pesce’s portfolio encompasses a wide range of designs, from iconic furniture pieces to monumental architectural projects. His creations reflect a profound contemplation of modernity, exemplified by the La Mamma chair (1969), which evokes a prehistoric fertility figure, and the Organic Building in Osaka (1993), celebrated for its innovative hanging garden motif. Among his most celebrated furniture designs are the Up series for B&B Italia, including the Up5 armchair (La Donna) and Up6 ottoman (La Mamma), which challenge traditional notions of form and function with their bold, anthropomorphic shapes. Other notable designs include the 357 Feltri chair...

This is a late 20th century handblown Murano vase by Barovier and Toso. This large vase has a ribbed heavy pink glass at the top and stands on three swirling feet with 22carat gold f...

Two vases engraved entirely by hand with Murano grey blown glass. To perform this work we need two different processes: the first, to model the hot vase giving form and color. The s...

Elegant pair of blue Venetian glass goblets with 24-carat gold leaf. The objects made of Murano glass are all handmade by our famous Murano art...