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 legendary 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.
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
Vintage large murano vase Red and White Italy 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Embrace the essence of Italian artistry with this captivating Mid-Century Murano Glass Vase, a splendid creation from 1970s Italy. The original label has been preserved. The sleek an...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Murano Glass
Mid-century black-gray vase by Idea studio
Located in Budapest, HU
Mid-century asymmetric narrow special vase by Idea Art Studio. The Hungarian Idea Art Studio was a small manufacturer under the Iparművészeti Company during the period 1965-1985. Thi...
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1970s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Ceramic
Sommerso Murano Glass Vase by Alessandro Mandruzzato, circa 1960
Located in Dronten, NL
Beautiful Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano glass vase with geometric cut edges.
Design by Alessandro Mandruzzato, circa 1960s.
Excellent condition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Murano Glass
50s Belgium Val Saint Lambert great pink crystal Vase Signed
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding large crystal vase from Val Saint Lambert, "mulette" model, in a gorgeous soft pink color
René Delvenne concept, blueberry sommerso technique.
Mid-century modern vase, ma...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Rock Crystal
Rare Ice Block Glass "Solifleur" Vase Clear Glass with Blue Swirls German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing German ice block glass Mid-Century Modern "Solifleur" vase, circa 1970s. This heavy glass item in clear and blue glass, outside like ice glass. There is a small hole in th...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Large German Floor Vase/Jug from Carstens Toennishof, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage German floor vase with a handle. Made in Germany in the 1970's.
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Willy Guhl Concrete Vase, 1960s Switzerland
By Willy Guhl, Eternit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic concrete vase by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit. Great tabletop vase or planter in a unique weathered hand painted patina. Very unusual shape. Great indoors or outs...
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1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Concrete
Royal Copenhagen ‘Fajance’ vase – Nils Thorsson
Located in Heerhugowaard, NL
Iconic Danish design vase by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen.
This Fajance series vase is from the 1960s. The convincing shape is decorated with a diverse brown and grey toned pa...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Brass and Murano Glass Liqueur Decanter or Whiskey Noggin, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1920s.
This decanter is made in molded and grounded Murano glass and handcrafted brass.
This noggin was probably made in Italy for an English customer, considering the...
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1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Brass
Flavio Poli Murano Sommerso Purple and Yellow Faceted Art Glass Vase
By Flavio Poli, Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lovely faceted Sommerso glass vase in purple, yellow and clear glass. Attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso. Italy, 1960s.
Burgundy / purple glass with a layer in yellow glass submer...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Sommerso, Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Art Glass
Modern Organic, Earthen Textured Ceramic Vase, Vessel, Decorative Ceramic
By Skoby Joe
Located in La Jolla, CA
Joseph Skoby is a Southern Californian whose work is inspired by the nature of his native state. His ceramics, created in his own lush garden, recall his intimate dance with the ocea...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Clay
Large Robert Maxwell & David Cressey Planter for Earthgender
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Robert Maxwell & David Cressey planter for Earthgender.
Executed in earthenware with a stunning black to brown coloration with glaze. A very clean example of an increasingly ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Mid Century West Germany Ankara Decor Vases by Carstens Tönnieshoff, 1950s
Located in VALENCIA, ES
These West Germany Art Pottery Ankara Decor vases by Carstens Tönnieshoff from the 1950s are indeed exquisite pieces of Mid Century Modern design. Carstens Tönnieshoff was a renowned...
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1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Robert Maxwell & David Cressey Planter for Earthgender
Located in Glendale, CA
Rare Robert Maxwell & David Cressey Small Planter or Vase for Earthgender. Studio executed in hand thrown and designed textured earthenware. A very clean example from the short-lived...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Vintage German Vibrant Blue Glass Tree Bark Vase by Ingrid Glas, circa 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern German vase by Ingrid Glas, circa 1970. This beautiful bright blue and clear vase brings a touch of fun and fantasy to any room with it's whimsical textu...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Glazed Ceramic Vase, Wallåkra, Sweden, 1950s
By Wallåkra
Located in New York, NY
Created in the middle of the 20th century, these vases are noteworthy for their formal symmetry and their banded designs, which often run in either horizontal or vertical patterns of...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase with Earth-Toned Patterned Glaze, Wallåkra, Sweden, 1960s
By Wallåkra
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic vase from Walla°kra, founded in 1864. Inscribed.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase in Yellow Glaze, Marianne Westman for Rorstrand, Sweden, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully glazed mid-century vase executed by Marianne Westman for the venerable Swedish based ceramics firm Rorstrand.
Signed.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Arthur Andersson, Mid-Century Stoneware Vase, Sweden, C. 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Created by the Swedish ceramist Arthur Andersson in the middle of the 20th century, these voluminous vases are noteworthy for their formal symmetry and their banded designs, which of...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Stoneware
Large blue Blenko glass bottle with stopper
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large blue body bottle with stopper . Bottle measures 19.5 tall add 5.5" for stopper diameter 8.75" .
William Blenko started a sheet glass company in 1921, in Milton, West Virgi...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Arthur Andersson, Mid-Century Stoneware Vase, Sweden, C. 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Created by the Swedish ceramist Arthur Andersson in the middle of the 20th century, these voluminous vases are noteworthy for their formal symmetry and their banded designs, which of...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Arthur Andersson, Mid-Century Stoneware Vase, Sweden, c. 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Created by the Swedish ceramist Arthur Andersson in the middle of the 20th century, these voluminous vases are noteworthy for their formal symmetry and their banded designs, which of...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Monumental Robert Maxwell & David Cressey Sunburst Planter for Earthgender
Located in Glendale, CA
Monumental Robert Maxwell & David Cressey sunburst planter for Earthgender.
Studio executed in hand etched textured earthenware. A very clean and in...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Large Robert Maxwell & David Cressey Thumbprint Planter for Earthgender
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Robert Maxwell & David Cressey thumbprint planter for Earthgender. Executed in textured earthenware with a stunning brown coloration with glaz...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
ONE OF THREE STUNNING WHITEFRIARS VASES WiTH ORNATELY CRAFTED BODIES - SMALL
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale stunning small Whitefriars glass vase with abstract body
This vase is one of three, it’s the small, the other...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Large Green Blenko Glass Bottle with Stopper
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
William Blenko started a sheet glass company in 1921, in Milton, West Virginia because of low natural gas prices, a major concern for glass manufacturers of the time, which drew m...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Italian Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Set of Three Ceramic Vases, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Set of three brick shaped ceramic vases of the iconic Rimini Blu line by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Ceramiche. Hand-produced in Flavia Montelupo, Italy, circa the 1960s.
All three bear...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Art Glass Vase by Pavel Hlava for Exbor, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
By Exbor
Located in Praha, CZ
Small glass vase made by Pavel Hlava in Exbor in late 1960s
Perfect original condition.
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Extraordinary Vintage Pottery Fat Lava Vase Made by Es Keramik, Germany, 1970s
By ES Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase
Producer:
ES Ceramics, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany by premium vase producer ES Keramik...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano White Copper Aventurine Ribbons Italian Art Glass Footed Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown swirling white and aventurine flecks Italian art glass footed flower vase. Atrtibuted to Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.Ve.M.) company, and in the styl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Midcentury Nils Landberg Orrefors Tall Expo Vase, circa 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Orrefors Expo tall tulip vase designed by Nils Landberg.
Wonderful glass with exceptional red color that collaborates with the clear glass.
A beaut...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Michaela Frey for AK Kaiser Midcentury Op Art Lidded Bisque Porcelain Jar, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Modern Op Art matte bone white lidded jar of high quality matte bisque porcelain. The exterior is decorated with a beautiful organic dotted circle relief pattern on both lid and body. The interior has been given a white smooth highly glossy glaze. Designed by Michaela Frey...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Fat Lava Ceramic Pottery Vase Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Napoleone Martinuzzi Attr. for Venini 'A Bolle' Vase, ca. 1927
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Napoleone Martinuzzi attr. for Venini 'A Bolle' Vase ca. 1927
A large 'soffiato a bolle' vase in amber glass with regular air bubbles. Attributed to Napoleone Martinuzzi, manufactur...
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Colorful Abstract Ceramic Pottery Vase by Karlsruher Majolika, Germany, 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Pottery ceramic vase
Producer:
Karlsruher Majolika, Germany
Decade:
1950s
Original vintage 1950s pottery cer...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Petite Burnt Orange French Mid-Century Ceramic Vessel
Located in New York, NY
Petite burnt orange French mid-century ceramic vessel with splayed black paint overlay.
'
Signed underneath J Blin.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Val Saint-Lambert Green Crystal Vase Cut-to-clear, 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert green crystal vase cut-to-clear, 1950s.
by Val Saint-Lambert.
Beautiful Val Saint-Lambert hexagonal crystal vases, handcut-to-clear, the glass is thick, deeply ...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Huge Sommerso 'Perfume Presentation' Flavio Poli for Seguso
By Flavio Poli
Located in Sharon, CT
Three layers of 'Sommerso' Vetri- a layer of burgundy red within a layer of smokey grey within a layer of clear glass. Constructed of two pieces- a bottle and a stopper, the stopper ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Sommerso
Black Vase with White Interior, Incised Circle & Line Decoration, France, c. 195
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matte black mid century vase with white interior, incised circle & line decoration, France, c. 1950
Measures: Measure: H: 7.75.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vessel
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt stylized face vase in matte gray glazed stoneware with manipulated and applied facial details.
Signed to underside: [CB].
American, circa 1965.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Midcentury green CER PAOLI Ceramic Vase by A. Londi
By Aldo Londi
Located in Vienna, AT
This green and yellow italian ceramic vase by Bitossi Aldo Londi for Cer Paoli was designed in Italy 1960s.
Ceramiche Paoli "Cer Paoli" was created at the end of the Second World War by Bruno Paoli.
The Cer Paoli variation of the Bitossi Sahara...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Glass Jewel Tone Sommerso Style Round Perfume Bottle
Located in Troy, MI
New Murano glass round perfume bottle features heavy, clear class with sommerso-style jewel-toned layers of fuchsia, violet and berry. Top has a scent...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Pink Green Aventurine Ribbons Italian Art Glass Mid-Century Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown teal green, pink and copper twisting ribbons Italian art glass flower vase. Created in the manner of Fratelli Toso company, and designer Dino Mart...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Ribbon, Murano Glass, Art Glass
Beatrice Wood Signed Midcentury California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful gem of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly coveted, gorgeously radiant turquoise luster glaze. A beautiful design with a delicate long neck rising from a circular base. Classic and timeless.
Signed by Beatrice in her customary "Beato" on the underside of the base (with noted inventory number).
Would be an amazing addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of her work or a fabulous stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. One of the best Beatrice Wood's luster glaze vases we have come across in quite a while.
Know famously in the art world as "The Mama of Dada", Wood lived a long (1893-1998) and very fruitful, creative life and is considered by many experts and collectors alike to have been a centerpiece in the modern ceramic art movement of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. At one point in her career, Wood studied with master potters Otto and Gertrud Natzler and later become famed in her own right for her distinct luster-glazing techniques. In 1994, the Smithsonian Institution named Wood an "Esteemed American Artist".
Her other awards include:
1994 Governor’s Awards for the Arts (California)
1993 Recognition as A Role Model by Women in Film
1992 Gold Medal for Highest Achievement in Craftsmanship, American Craft Council
1988 Distinguished Service Award, Arizona State University
1987 Fellow of American Craft Council Women’s Art Caucus, National Award (NCECA Award)
1986 Women’s Building Award
1984 Living Treasure of California
1983 Symposium Award of the Institute for Ceramic History
1961 Goodwill Ambassador from USA...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Italian Large Ceramic Vase Hand Painted
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Torquoise Ceramic large vase hand painted in gold 1960.
Large vase with gold flowers painted around the whole vase.
Tiny crack at the bottom.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Blenko Hand Blown Glass Yellow-Red Fish Sculpture by Winslow Anderson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Mid-Century Modern large scale Blenko sculptural fish vase designed by Winslow Anderson, hand blown glass that fades yellow to red. Blenko model #971, in fine condition, one ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage German Pottery Vase
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful vintage West-Germany vase. Model 110/30. Very good vintage condition.
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
JARU POTTERY Vases - [Set of 3]
By Jaru
Located in Hawthorne, CA
A robust set of three American beige, black striped and natural coloured glazed pottery vessels with gilt gold highlights and crackling glaze. Engraved as JARU designs. Jaru Pottery...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
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Studio Art Glass Vase C.1960
By Michael Harris, Mdina
Located in London, GB
Studio glass vase C. 1960.
In very good vintage condition.
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1960s Maltese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Very Large Onion Vase in Marbled Glass by Joska with Label, Germany, 1960s
Located in Verviers, BE
Very large onion vase in marbled glass by Joska with label, Germany, 1960s
Measure: Very large 72 cm x 27 cm.
Photography fails to capture the simple el...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Angelo Brotto “Iside” Vase for Esperia, Italy, 1980
By Angelo Brotto, Esperia
Located in Amsterdam, NL
“Iside” is a beautiful, rare vase designed by Angelo Brotto, manufactured by Esperia in Italy around 1980.
This original vintage piece is made of beautiful purple / fuchsia colour...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Fat Lava Ceramic "Ankara" Vase by Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1960s
This original vintage...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Vintage Jerry Meek Stoneware Vessel
Located in Denton, TX
California modern art pottery planter by Jerry Meek.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Sculptural Ceramic Vessel, Organic Brutalist
Located in San Diego, CA
Great mid-century Organic Studio Pottery Weed pot vessel. This piece has a great design with an opening in the center, weed Pot is unmarked, unsigned but believed to be early 1970s p...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Diminutive Vase By Jean Gerbino, Vallauris, France, Ceramic Neriage Terracotta
By Jean Gerbino
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Sweet and diminutive vase using the Neriage technique by Jean Gerbino for Vallauris, France
Ceramic glazed shaped vase, with mosaic patterning and terracotta accents
Circa 1960's
Sig...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Cyan Swirl Pattern Vase
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Large vase with exceptional glaze pattern. In excellent vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
ACCOLAY Planter Vase, 1950s
By André Baud
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Mid-century planter vase by ACCOLAY, France, 1950s. Concentric lines. Green, brown and purple. Anthracite speckled. Height : 16cm (6.3"), Diameter : 20cm (7.9"). Marked "Accol...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
French Crystal Vase Vianne Manufactures Mid-Century
By Cvv Vianne
Located in Labrit, Landes
Crystal vase circa 1960, France.
from Vianne manufactures in the South-West of France.
Signed.
Please note that the quality and shape of the crystal give the impression that some par...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Mid-century Modern vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases and vessels created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern vases and vessels made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases and vessels, popular names associated with this style include Scheurich Keramik, Rörstrand, Bitossi, and Venini. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases and vessels differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $44 and tops out at $114,459 while the average work can sell for $803.
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