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
Shiny Bright Red Chamotte Clay Floor Vase, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage European monumental bottle pitcher shaped stoneware midcentury floor vase. Handcrafted in rustic chamotte clay with bright shiny red from...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware, Pottery
$763 Sale Price
51% Off
20th century design white ceramic vase free form abstract circa 1960
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Unique handmade
French 20th century design ceramic vase
Realised circa 1960
original perfect condition
height 28 cm
Large 34 cm
Depth 6 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Dark-Yellow Italian Single Murano Glass Vase, Vintage Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-yellow, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian single vase made of hand blown colored Murano glass, in good condition. The décor piece is enhanced by detailed bubbles. Wear consis...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Ambercolored/ Brown Murano Glass Vase, Mid Century, Italy ca. 1960/70
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Very decorative, extraordinary shaped Murano Glass Vase out of Italy. Artfully handcrafted around 1960/70 on the famous island of Murano, this timeless designed 20th century Murano g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Four Pottery Vice Jars / Drug Canisters Imported by Raymor, Italy, 1950s, Rare
By Raymor
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare set of four "Vice Jars" all signed, Raymor. Opium, Morphine, Cocaine and Marijuana. Rarely seen and virtually never seen in this condition. No chips, cra...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Rattan and Bamboo Round Basket Plant Holder Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Round basket plant holder vase in bamboo and rattan made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
MCM Northern California Pottery Blue Lidded Biscuit Jar by Niels Frederiksen
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous Mid-20th Century Mid Century Modern Northern California Pottery light blue & black lidded biscuit jar signed by Niels Frederiksen. Beautiful...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Laras PD Flower Vase in Silverplate, Italy 1970s
By LARAS
Located in Naples, IT
Cylinder-shaped flower vase of Italian manufacture
Made of silverplate and Hand-Woven, marked Laras
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver Plate
Barnaby Marriott Powell. A large Mid Century coloured glass vase
By Whitefriars
Located in London, GB
Barnaby Marriott Powell. Whitefriars Model number 8473. A large Mid-Century rare 10 inch ribbed amber coloured glass vase.
Category
1930s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Jerk Werkmäster for Nittsjö Vase
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Wonderful blue vase with pinched neck designed by Jerk Werkmäster and produced by Nittsjö. Features a blue body with next textured glaze. Signed JW on bottom
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Two Vintage Pottery "abstract" Vases Made by WEKARA, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Set of two abstract vases
Producer:
WEKARA, Germany
Decade:
1960s
These original vintage vases was produced in the 1960s in Germany. It is made o...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Val Saint Lambert, Sculpted Crystal Vase with Amethyst Core, Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert, sculpted crystal vase with amethyst core, Belgium.
Heavy Val Saint Lambert crystal vase catalogued in the 1950s.
The central amethyst color (a traditional favori...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Art Glass Vase / Jug Empoli Opaline di Firenze Blue with Black Stripes Swirl
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This is an eye-catching and absolutely stylish bold coloured decorative vase to display your flowers in any room.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
$656 Sale Price
20% Off
Orient & Flume Iridescent Art Glass Pulled Feather Jack in the Pulpit Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Outstanding iridescent pulled feather art glass Jack in the Pulpit vase by the renown glass artists at Orient & Flume.
The front features a beautiful and vibrant iridescent gold. Th...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Rorstrand IPE Ceramic Vases, Designed by Inger Persson, 1960s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Pair of Rorstrand IPE Ceramic Vases, Designed by Inger Persson, 1960s
These flower vases are from the Ipe series and were designed by Inger Persson for Rörstrand, Sweden. They are de...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Raku Pottery Vase / Pot with Koi Fish by Tony Evans
By Tony Evans
Located in San Diego, CA
Large raku pottery vase /pot with Koi fish by Tony Evans, circa 1995. The piece measures 11.5"D x 9.5"H and is signed and dated on the underside. The pot is in good vintage condition...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
$420 Sale Price
20% Off
Seguso Murano 1950s Coral Red Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Basket Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Rare and beautiful, large vintage Murano hand blown coral red and gold flecks Italian art glass flower basket / vase. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, circa 1952. A similar p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Ivar Ålenius Björk 'Liljan' Candle Holder or Soliflore Vase for Skultuna Sweden
Located in Meer, VAN
Ivar Ålenius Björk 'Liljan' candle holder or Soliflore vase for Skultuna Sweden.
This ‘Liljan’ or ‘Lily’ candle holder in solid polished and patinated brass was designed for the Wor...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Willy Guhl Concrete Vase, 1960s Switzerland
By Eternit, Willy Guhl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic set of vases 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 outsi...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Concrete
$2,500 / item
Large Ercole Barovier - Barovier & Toso Aborigeno Vase 1954
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Ercole Barovier - Barovier & Toso Aborigeno Vase 1954
A large art glass vase from the 'Aborigeni' series designed by Ercole Barovier in 1954 for Barovier & Toso, Murano, Italy...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Vessel Fat Lava Made in W-Germany in Excellent Condition, 1970s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Verviers, BE
The piece is in excellent condition and a real beauty!
A real treasure for the ceramics' collector.
There was a lot of craftsmanship and time necessary to make these vases.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Smoked Murano Glass Urn Centerpiece
Located in New York, NY
This boldly scaled and unique Mid-Century Modernist hand-blown smoked Murano glass urn centerpiece originates from Italy, circa 1960. It features a beautiful silhouette crafted from ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
1950s Modern Kimball Aged Fiberglass Bullet Cone Planter Set
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Modern Kimball fiberglass bullet cone planter set
Listing is for 2 vintage planters with base.
20 tall x 15.25 diameter
Fiberglass in origi...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
1960s Anthony Gold Leaf Vase Freeman McFarlin Pottery El Monte, California
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Anthony Gold Leaf Trumpet Bud Vase Pottery
Freeman McFarlin Pottery El Monte, California
11.25 h x 3.75 diameter
Stamped Anthony USA #...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold Leaf
Gambaro and Poggi Large Murano Gold Art Glass Vase Artist Signed Applied Glass
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Gambaro and Poggi Large Murano Gold Art Glass Vase Artist Signed a script on the bottom, plus 2 original labels. Notice the applied glass bands and g...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage French Ceramic Zoomorphic Pitcher by Jacques Blin 'circa 1950s'
By Jacques Blin
Located in London, GB
Vintage French ceramic pitcher / vase (circa 1950s) by Jacques Blin. The pitcher in the form perhaps of a proud French coq is in a subtle hue covered in Blin's trademark misty glaze....
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Spectacular Large Mid-Century Vase In The Style of Antonio Prieto C. 1970's
Located in Bernville, PA
Spectacular Mid-Century vase in the style of Antonio Prieto. Beautiful, soft earthtone colors and great form. Very hard to find size measuring 40 inches high ,29 inches in diameter a...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Mid Century Modern Large Bitossi Rimini Blue Bowl by Aldo Londi C1965
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic large (10.5) inches x 3 deep bowl by Aldo Londi for Bitossi of Italy. Rimini Blue such a a deep intense but serene color with archaic impressions banding the bowl. In excel...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Avem Murano Glass Pitcher Cobalt Blue Murano Glass Italian Design Midcentury
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Avem Murano glass pitcher cobalt blue Murano glass Italian design midcentury.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
$816 Sale Price
30% Off
Bertil vallien for kosta boda Sweden pink glass vase , 1990s
Located in Delft, NL
Bertil vallien for kosta boda Sweden pink glass vase , 1990s
Category
1990s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Faceted Red Murano Sommerso Diamond Cut Glass Bowl Attributed to Mandruzzato
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Faceted vintage Midcentury Italian Murano art glass bowl, dish or ashtray attributed to Mandruzzato, circa 1970s. The combination of ruby red, yellow and blue tinted / clear 'Sommers...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$999 Sale Price
30% Off
Early Gary McCloy Ceramic Vessel with Wooden Stopper, Signed, 1967
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage American art studio pottery vessel or jar with wooden stopper features abstract hand-painted decor in black, brown, and muted orange palette on speckled off-white background...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Pair of vases by Göran Andersson for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1960s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A lovely pair of Mid-century modern vintage vases in a fantastic pale grey and deep indigo blue colors made by the talented and well-known artist Göran Andersson for Upsala Ekeby in ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Carlo Scarpa Venini Lattimo Vase "a Mezza Filigrana", 50s
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Turin, Turin
In 1921 Venini and Cappellin opened a glass factory called Vetri Soffiati Muranesi Cappellin Venini & C. on the islands of Murano, the historic glass production centre in the lagoon of Venice, Italy. With Luigi Ceresa and Emilio Hochs as investors, they arranged to purchase the recently closed Murano glass factory of Andrea Rioda, hire the former firm's glassblowers, and retain Rioda himself to serve as technical director of the venture. Venini embarked on collaborations with architects and designers such as Cini Boeri, Tomaso Buzzi, Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, Ettore Sottsass, Tapio Wirkkala, Gae Aulenti, and Massimo Vignelli. The ethos was to "take the Murano tradition of glass blowing and combine it with the French fashion industry's tradition of using designers".
Here you can see a small lattimo vase "a mezza filigrana" realized by Venini on Carlo Scarpa...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Amber-Gold submerged vase Flavio Poli for Seguso 1950.
By Flavio Poli
Located in Palermo, IT
A mix of emotions in looking at these colors that bring a 1950s sculpture vase to life.
Hand-knotted worked in the periods of the great glass masters of Murano.
Available with worldw...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass, Sommerso
$665 Sale Price
20% Off
Floraline by McCoy Pottery Modernist Yellow Planter, Urn, or Vase, 1968
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage sculptural urn-shaped planter or vase was made by McCoy Pottery as a part of the Floraline series, that was sold exclusively to florists in 1960s. Rich, buttery yellow color...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Two Mathieu Matégot Mid-Century Modern Metal French Flower Pots
Located in Barcelona, ES
Flower pots designed by Mathieu Matégot, circa 1950. Manufactured in France. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful pat...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
$1,103 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Mid-Century Modern West German Vase by Raymor
By Raymor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern West German Vase by Raymor
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic vase Horses by Egisto Fantechi Maioliche Ceramic, Italy, 1940s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Rare vintage ceramic vase Horses by manufacture Egisto Fantechi Maioliche Ceramic made in Italy in the 1940s. The company was founded in 1896 by a group of talented artists, includin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Copenhagen Glazed Faience Vase with Blueberries, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Royal Copenhagen Faience vase designed by Grethe Helland. Decorated with blue and purple glaze with blueberries as the main motif to both...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Faience
$237 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 3 Mid-Century Modern Style Large Red, Blue and Green Murano Glass Bottles
Located in London, GB
Set of 3 red, blue and green Murano glass bottles, Italy, 2000s
Red one is 75x12cm
Blue one is 56x15cm
green one is 43x23cm.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Lava Glaze Studio
Located in New York, NY
1970's Lava Glaze studio made "Signed" pottery vase, in vintage original condition with minor wear and patina due to age and use
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Italian Ceramic Vase
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian ceramic vase.
Diameter 20 cm.
Height 30 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$904 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Vase by Wishon-Harrell
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ceramic vase by Wishon-Harrell.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Silverplated Vase By Fratelli Cassetti.c1970, Design Ennio Pasini
By Ennio Pasini
Located in Bilzen, BE
Vase designed by Ennio Pasini. Performed by Cassetti Firenze Italy
Handmade (Fatto a mano). 70s.
Material: silverplated metal
Dimensions: Height: 29 cm Width: 39 cm Depth: 10 cm
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver Plate
Doug Ayers Signed California Artist Organic Natural Wood Turned Weed Vase Vessel
By Doug Ayers
Located in Studio City, CA
A very beautifully made and sculpted wood-turned weed pot vase by famed American/California (Mendocino, CA) artist/ sculptor Doug Ayers. The organic wood grain and shifting colors ar...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Italian Mid 20th Century, Textured Pottery Carafe / Vase in Primitive Style, 60s
Located in Roma, IT
we offer for sale a stunning pottery hand crafted in Italy and datable around the mid 20th century.
The sculptural shape of this carafe/vase harks back to ancient and primitive forms...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Rose and Erni Cabat Glazed Porcelain Feelie Vase Citron Chartreuse Yellow Green
By Rose Cabat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rose and Erni Cabat glazed porcelain Feelie vase citron chartreuse yellow green, USA, 1970-1985
Incised signature to underside 'Cabat' and numbered. This li...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$1,600 Sale Price
50% Off
Cenedese Set of 12 Mid-Century 1970s Italian Black & Clear Murano Glass Vases
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros for Cenedese set of twelve large and heavy vintage Mid-Century modern Italian Murano round, circular glass vases or oversized tealight / candle holders, circa 1965-197...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$9,992 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Vintage Wheel Thrown Studio Pottery Vase, Signed & Dated, Canada, Circa 1975
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage terracotta wheel thrown studio pottery vase - thick matte butterscotch glaze to the exterior stopping precisely 3/8" from the base rim - dramatic form - signed and dated on the base (Jim...
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Late 20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$416 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid-Century Teak and Enameled Metal Planter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century teak planter box with black enameled steel frame and tin insert. In original condition with visible signs of wear consistent with age and use.
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal, Tin
Carl-Harry Stålhane, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A green, black and red-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
Italian 1950s Fiamma Light Blue Golden Floral Decor Vase
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Organically shaped Italian midcentury porcelain vase manufactured by Studio Fiamma, Sesto Fiorentino in the 1950s. Glazed in a shiny light sky blue color and decorated by hand with l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Original murano glass vase by La Murrina, Italy, 1980s
By La Murrina
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage murano glass vase by La Murrina made in Italy in the 1980s.
La Murrina is a symbol of excellence in design with unique glass products “Made in Murano”. Thanks to its strong r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello Vase in Ceramic Mod.917, Italy 1960s
Located in Naples, IT
Fantastic abstract ceramic sculpture vase glazed cream ivory color with light brown and rust terracotta pigment. from the 1950s/60s. Designer Roberto Rigon for the Bertoncello Compan...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Gustave Tiffoche 20th Century Brown and Black Abstract Ceramic Vase 1970 2 / 7
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Gustave Tiffoche.
20th century design stoneware ceramic vase by Gustave Tiffoche.
Brown and black abstract ceramic glazes colors.
Original perfect condition.
Signed at th...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Scale Stoneware Vessel By Ildiko De Balas
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual large scale stoneware vessel by Ildiko De Balas, a Hungarian born artist, active in Belgium (b.1931-2016). Known for abstract totem like sculpture...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Bethan Laura Wood Colourdisc Vase For Flowers For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bethan Laura Wood Colourdisc Vase For Flowers For Cassina
British designer Bethan Laura Wood interprets the fusion of the centuries-old Murano glass production and contemporary desi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
$4,882 Sale Price / item
20% Off
turquoise lava glazed RUSCHA FLOOR VASE 60s 70s hand-thrown marked G.- 863-40
By Ruscha
Located in Landshut, BY
beautiful FLOOR VASE
attributed to / most probably by RUSCHA KERAMIK
RUSCHA KERAMIK was launched in 1948 when Rudolf Schardt assumed the management of Klein & Schardt, his father Georg's ceramics factory in the town of Rheinbach, located near Bonn in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. (RUSCHA is a syllabic abbreviation of his name.) The timing of the re-founding ensured that the company was in a good position to benefit from Germany's post-war growth boom. RUSCHA KERAMIK became a leading manufacturer during the "golden age" of Western German ceramics and is credited with some of the era's key developments. It produced some very successful and innovative forms and glazes, including the 'Vulcano' décor (Otto Gerharz, 1951)—which heralded the move towards thick, dripping fat-lava glazes—and the iconic no. 313 (Kurt Tschörner, 1954), probably the period's most famous shape. Hans Welling, Adele Bolz, Heinz Siery, and Cilli Wörsdörfer were among other notable designers to work for RUSCHA.
RUSCHA KERAMIK was celebrated for exquisite wall plates, plaques, and tiles—manufactured for both indoor and outdoor applications—as well as its high-quality vases. Specimens from the 1970s will frequently exhibit remarkable lava and volcanic glazes. When RUSCHA closed its factory in 1996, Scheurich acquired many of its designs and molds; distinctive silver RUSCHA labels were sometimes applied to the subsequent production.
Notes on identification: White clay was used practically exclusively. The rare examples made with red-brown clay are thought to date from periods when normal supply sources ran out. Embossed and incised base-numbering was used for vessels. If a vase was made in more than one size, a single digit indicating relative size followed the form number. Low form numbers (< 100) were sometimes preceded by a letter. Like a few other manufacturers, RUSCHA KERAMIK occasionally recycled form numbers, a cause of distress for some collectors. Pieces were never molded with "Germany" or "West Germany."
Manufacturer most probably RUSCHA
Design Period 1965 to 1975
Production Period 1965 to 1975
Country of Manufacture Germany
H / height: 40cm ~ Gew. / weight: 2950grs
DM max / diameter max : 16,5 cm ~ DM oben / diameter inner rim: 8.8cm
MARKED: marked G...
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