Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
1980 V. Nason & C Italian Murano Glass Big White Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
Big Vase
Nason & C
Italy, 1990
White and Clear Blown Murano Glass Vase
"Nason & C" sticker label.
Perfect Condiction
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Monumental Transparent "A Mugnoni" Murano Glass Vase by Ercole Barovier
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1938.
This is a vase from the A Mugnoni series in transparent heavy blown glass, decorated with prunts containing air bubbles.
It is...
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1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Salviati Vase in Sommerso Blue Murano Glass from 2003
By Salviati
Located in Milano, MI
Elliptical vase in submerged Murano glass with blue spirals, made by Salviati in 2003.
Ø 17 cm Ø 12 cm h 21 cm
Salviati is a prestigious glass manufacturer based in Murano, Venice,...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Set of 3 Midcentury Batman Ceramic Floor Vases, Germany Late 1960s Possibly Lamp
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
This striking set of three ceramic floor vases by Scheurich, produced in Germany in the late 1960s, features a highly sought-after Batman pattern, a design that is especially beloved...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mandruzzato Murano Sommerso Purple and Gold & Clear Faceted Glass Vase, 1960s
By Mandruzzato
Located in Barcelona, Cataluna
Vintage Murano geometric shaped deep purple and gold "Sommerso" faceted glass vase designed by Mandruzzato, Italy. Original label. Perfect condition.
Mandruzzato was founded in 1934 on the island of Murano, Venice, Italy, by Benjamin Mandruzzato. After Benjamin died in 1954, the factory was run by his son Luigi Mandruzzato...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Baccarat "Celimene" Crystal Vase
By Robert Rigot
Located in Queens, NY
French midcentury "Celimene" crystal vase with a ten-sided faceted top section above a geometric deep bevel cut square design (signed BACCARAT, designed by Georges Chevalierwhose).
...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century German White Porcelain Vase with Bird Design from Kaiser, 1960s
By Kaiser
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German White Porcelain Vase with Bird Design from Kaiser, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional informatio...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Red Glass Midcentury
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Murano red glass midcentury
Vase of origin Murano Italy
Submerged technique
circa 1960 Origin Italy
It has a murano label attached
Red color
mid century
Murano is an island in...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Barbini 1950s Pink Gold Flecks Bubbles Italian Art Glass Rocket Decanter
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced per item (2 decanters available).
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown pink, controlled bubbles and gold flecks rocket shaped Italian art glass decanter. Documented...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Venetian Carlo Moretti Green Murano Scavo Art Glass Vase
By Carlo Moretti, Moretti
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carlo Moretti Green Scavo Corroso Art Glass Vase with Handles
Hand blown Murano glass scavo bianco corroso vase in acid green color with applied dark green handles. Attributed to Car...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Willy Rizzo Midcentury Large Chrome and Brass Ice Bucket, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Fabulous large mid-century ice bucket in a combination of chrome and brass. This incredibly stylish and unique object is attributed to Willy Rizzo and was produced in Italy during th...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome, Steel, Stainless Steel
vintage sgrafo ceramic VASE sgrafo modern peter mueller 1970s model 1976
Located in Mannheim, DE
Vintage 1970s ceramic vase manufactured by Sgrafo Peter Mueller. In different shades of beige and brown and floral pattern. Signed to bottom 1976 Sgrafo.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 23...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Murano Glass Vase
Located in Antwerp, BE
An Italian Murano glass vase manufactured in the 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass, Glass
A large vintage blue "Bamboo" glass vase by Bo Borgström for Åseda, Sweden
By Aseda, Bo Borgstrom
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A large handblown sommerso vintage art glass vase known as "Bamboo" made by Bo Borgström for Åseda, Sweden. This is a very special vase, the color is a deep denim blue color, surro...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
5 Italian Burnt Orange Color Scavo Glass Wheat Vases Bottles Mid-Century Modern
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 5 Dark Amber Scavo Glass Murano Art Glass Bud Vases, Bottles, Vessel, Decanter Mid-Century Modern made in Italy in 1980.
The in...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Alabaster Vase in the Style of Ettorre Sottsass with Corals Decoration
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Alabaster vase in the style Angelo Mangiarotti, With Corails decoration.
This vase is in the tradition of some vases done by Ettore Sottsass.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Coral, Alabaster
Vintage Hand Crafted Onyx Cylindric Decorative Vase, Italy 1970's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Tall hand-crafted cylindric decorative vase in Onyx.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Onyx
20th Century, Toni Zuccheri Orange Vase from "Tronchi" series, for Venini 70s
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Turin, Turin
Toni Zuccheri attended the faculty of architecture in Venice under the guidance of Gardella, Albini, Scarpa and Samonà.
He began collaborating with VENINI in the 1960s: his first gl...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Elegant Watering Can crafted from hammered brass
Located in Berlin, DE
This elegant watering can from the 1960s is crafted from hammered brass, showcasing a beautifully textured surface. Its gracefully curved spout and wrapped handle add both functional...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mid Century Modern style brass nautilus Sea Nail Shell Vase planter Deco
Located in Seattle, WA
Made in Hong Kong. MCM style. Neiman Marcus. Vintage Condition as pictured. Listing is for described item only.online purchase only. Box H5
Dimensions. 9” W ; 5” D ; 7.75 H
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Marcello Fantoni Studio Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantoni Monumental vase, Italy, 1959.
Glazed earthenware
Glazed signature and date to underside: [Fantoni 1959].
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Jane and Gordon Martz Ceramic Vase for Marshall Studios
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A large vase designed by Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Famous for their highly desirable ceramic table lamps, offered here is a ceramic vase. Wonderful white and tan (u...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Murano Peach White Italian Art Glass Centerpiece Vase Organic Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large sculptural hand blown Murano glass centerpiece vase in a beautiful creamy peach color. Italy, 1960s.
This beautiful centerpiece has organic design, the interior part is made in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Dennis Kirchmann Art Pottery Lidded Vase in Midnight Blue
Located in Chicago, IL
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 ...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Green ceramic cache pot with leaves decor by Jean Roger circa 1960
Located in NICE, FR
This vibrant green ceramic cache-pot by French designer Jean Roger was crafted in the 1960s. Its unique design features a series of sharp, leaf-like protrusions circling the pot, cre...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mandruzzato Sommerso Murano Textured Facetted Art Glass Vase, Italy, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and solid Italian Murano glass vase from the 1970s by Alessandro Mandruzzato. It has a wonderful asymmetrical shape with a polished front and back and textured ice glass ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Ceramic Set of Vase, Ashtray and Candleholder
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
A beautiful handmade Rimini blue glazed ceramic set of three pieces. Designed by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi, Italy, 1960s.
The set is comprised by a round ashtray, a bott...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
Porcelain Cobalt Vase, Hutschenreuther Hohenberg, Germany, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
A large porcelain vase decorated with the Echt Cobalt technique
Produced by Hutschenreuther in Germany in the 1960s / 1970s.
Very good condition, no dama...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic XL Jug Vase
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unusual Mid-Century Modern blue glazed ceramic (Rimini Blu) large jug/ ball shaped pitcher, Italy, 1950-1960s.
Designed by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi. Handcrafted in Ital...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
Italian Midcentury Ceramic Vases from Valceresio, 1950s, Set of Two
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful set of two colorful pieces ceramic vases or vessels with typical pattern from the midcentury, approximate 1950-1960.
Made in Northern Italy by Valceresio Ceramic near Cere...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Glass Vintage “Fazzoletto” Vase by Venini
By Venini
Located in Austin, TX
Vase by iconic glass manufacturer Venini in Murano, Italy outside of Venice. This hand-blown piece features the famous “fazzoletto” or handkerchief design. The layered glass showcase...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Signed Charger and Vase - Eduardo Vega
Located in Dallas, TX
The Brendan Bass Estate Collection pays homage to the beauty of vintage and antique
pieces, each artfully concealing endless stories collected through the generations in which they ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Arthur Percy, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Gefle, Arthur Percy
Located in High Point, NC
A bronze-glazed earthenware vase designed by Arthur Percy and produced by Gefle, Sweden, 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Rare Green Floor Vase Fat Lava "Onion" Vase by Scheurich, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Design:
Nr. 285-30
Decade:
1970s
Description:
This original vintage vase was produced in ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Vintage Dark Amber Italian Art Glass Ribbed Footed Cookie Jar Container
By Empoli
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown dark amber honey Italian art glass cookie jar or container. In the manner of Empoli glass, with a "Paul's Products - E.P.P. & Co. New York - Made ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Bitossi Italy Tall Slim Floor Vase Turquoise and Brown by Aldo Londi, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Tall cylindrical floor vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, Italy.
The vase is made of chamotte clay and partly decorated with a geometric pattern with glossy turquoise glaze in two br...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Pink Murano Glass Block Vase from Cesare Toso, Murano Venezia, Italy
By Cesare Toso
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Pink Murano Glass Block Vase from Cesare Toso, Murano Venezia, Italy, in Very Good conditions.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Colorful Abstract Ceramic Pottery Vase by Sawa Franz Schwaderlapp, Germany 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Pottery ceramic vase
Producer:
Sawa Ceramic, Germany
Design:
Franz Schwaderlapp
Decade:
1950s
Description:
Original vintage 1950s pott...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Vintage Japanese Bud Vases Patinated Brass Set of Three
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Three Patinated Brass Bud Vases
Sculptural long neck
Unmarked attributed to Japan
Large 11 h x 4 diameter Medium 9 h. X 3.5 diameter Small 6.75 h x 2.5 diameter
Preowned original vin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Carl-Harry Stålhane, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A black and brown-glazed stoneware vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Petite Midcentury Bisque Fossil Vase by Kaiser Porcelain, Germany, 1970s
By AK Kaiser
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing bisque porcelain midcentury studio art pottery vase made in Germany, by Kaiser Porcelain, circa 1970s. Vase is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites....
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Vintage Stoneware Owl Totem Vase Vintage Mid-Century Modern
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Cool, abstracted Owl, bird motif vase. 6 inches high.
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
New Rina Menardi Canna 1 Vase in Mint
By Rina Menardi
Located in Troy, MI
New and made in Italy by Rina Menardi, this tall Canna 1 vase stands over 12” tall. The vessel has a saturated teal green glaze and a matte black interior glaze. Signed on underside ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Opaline glass vase by Carlo Moretti, Italy, 1960
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Opaline glass vase by Carlo Moretti, Italy, 1960.
Elegant Murano glass vase by Carlo Moretti made in Italy in the 1970s in white, orange and black opaline.
The price of shipping is...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
French Large Mid-Century Vintage Ceramic Vase Object in Fir green signed 1950s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Fantastic, large vintage ceramic in a rich pine green with light and darker parts from the middle of the last century.
The vase has an elegant shape, the outer wall of the upper part...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Huge & Decorative Mid-century Ceramic Vase, 1970s, Possibly Lamp
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Huge and Decorative German Mid-Century Ceramic Vase by Strehla, Germany, 1970s. This striking ceramic vase by Strehla, produced in Germany during the 1970s, is a true statement piece...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Turned Walnut Bowl by Rude Osolnik
By Rude Osolnik
Located in South Charleston, WV
Measures: 9" wide and 7.5" tall. An important American craftsman of the 20th century. A precision vessel hand-turned by master American craftsman and wood turner Rude Osolnik, 1985. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Walnut
Small Abstract Ceramic Pottery Vase by Dümmler and Breiden, Germany, 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Pottery ceramic vase
Producer:
Dümmler and Breiden, Germany
Decade:
1950s
Description:
Original vintage 1950s pottery stoneware ceramic vase in ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Vintage French Decorative Tall Vase by Albert Thiry 'circa 1960s'
By Albert Thiry
Located in London, GB
Mid-century decorative tall vase by Albert Thiry (circa 1960s). A gentle creamy-white glaze encompasses the exterior of the tall vase (it could also be used as an umbrella holder) to...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Gerd Bogelund for Royal Copenhagen Signed Danish Denmark Art Pottery Leaf Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, wonderfully designed, and glazed Mid-Century Modern Danish/Scandinavian art vase by Gerd Bogelund for Royal Copenhagen featuring leaf decoration and a semi-gloss pale bro...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Fused Glass, Red, White, Brown, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi for Bitossi vase, ceramic and fused glass, signed. From Londi's Fritte series - large chunky, organic, hand built vase, with coarse matte brown raw clay body, elongated ne...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
François Gueneau 20th century unique handmade ceramic vase or sculpture 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
François Gueneau
Large abstract stoneware ceramic vase circa 1970
Signed at the base
Original perfect condition
Height 12 cm
Large 29 cm
Depth 8 cm
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Copper Vase with Double Spouts and a Single Handle, Tuscany, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing Tuscan Mezzina vase in copper, 48 cm height. This wonderful piece was designed in Italy during the 1930s.
This great vase is amazing as it has two spouts and a single handle. Amazing production from the first half of the 20th century.
In ancient times this fantastic piece was used to draw water from the well and transport it to homes, today will be a premium element to decorate a corner in a neoclassical living room.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
Japanese Ceramic Ikebana Bird Vase by Fujihira Circa 1950
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Circa 1950 Hand Thrown Japanese Ikebana Vase by Fujihira. Fantastic form and good condition with no damage.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
FRATELLI TOSO - Murano Twin Handled Millefiori Glass Vase - Italy - Circa 1950's
Located in Chatham, ON
FRATELLI TOSO (Attributed) - Murano 'millefiori' glass vase - hand blown with clear 'bubble' glass handles and crimped foot rim - unsigned - Italy - circa 1950's.
Excellent vintage ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Barovier vase in bulging Murano glass from 1940
By Barovier
Located in Palermo, IT
Striking cobalt blue Murano glass bullicant showcases a sophisticated bell shape, embellished with elegant scrolling handles in contrasting clear Murano glass. This luxurious combina...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass, Stained Glass
Carl-Harry Stålhane, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A hand-painted stoneware vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, c. 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 10.85"H x 5.0"W x 5.0"D
All items ship from ...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Arthur Percy, Vase, Glass, Sweden, 1950s
By Arthur Percy
Located in High Point, NC
A green-colored glass vase designed by Arthur Percy and produced by Gullaskruf, Sweden, c. 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 11.0"H x 3.875"W x 3.875"D
All items ship from High P...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Mid-century Modern vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
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