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
Mid-Century Modern Solid Rosewood Wood Turned Vase by Victor Paidley
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Hand-Turned Solid Rosewood Vase by Victoria Paisley - Mid-Century Modern
Enhance your decor with this stunning 4-inch hand-turned vase by artist Victoria Paisley, crafted from solid...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Rosewood
XL Ceramic Vase by Bodo Mans for Bay, West Germany 1960s
Located in Valencia, VC
Beautiful extra large West German pottery floor vase created by house designer Bodo Mans featuring the very rare ¨Pharaon Decor¨ in a green forest hue glaze. Hand-produced in West G...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Submerged Glass Aquarium Vase - Attr. to Flavio Poli - Murano Italy - 1960s
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
Exclusive submerged glass aquarium vase from the 1960s, attributable to renowned designer Flavio Poli for the renowned Seguso glassworks. This fine example of Murano art is distingui...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Vintage 1980s Bubblegum Pink Postmodern Celadon Sphere Vase by Haege
By Haeger
Located in Toronto, CA
This stunning large bubblegum pink vintage vase is an iconic example of 1980s Postmodern design. Crafted by Haege, this Celadon Sphere Vase features a bold, sculptural shape with a g...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Collection of 3 Ingrid Glass Vases in Purple Color, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern German vases by Ingrid Glass, circa 1970. These beautiful purple colored and clear vases bring a touch of elegance and fantasy to any room. Tallest one i...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Art Glass Decanter by Holmegaard, Denmark, 1960s
By Holmgaard
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Art Glass Decanter by Holmegaard, Denmark, 1960s.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Heath Ceramics Box and Stopper Vase by Tung Chiang Limited Edition
By Tung Chiang, Heath Ceramics
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A mini-vase in two parts — box and stopper — intersects art and function to push the limits of a functional vessel. In Basalt over KPFA Green and Persimmon, it is a textured sculptur...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Spanish Lladro Porcelain Floral Large Centerpiece Vase
By Lladro
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Lladró Porcelain Floral Centerpiece vase
A beautiful porcelain floral centerpiece designed by Julio Fernández and manufactured by L...
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri D'Art Incrociato Oro Glass Vase
By Flavio Poli
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An absolutely stunning mid-century Italian Murano 'incrociato oro' art glass vase designed by Flavio Poli (1900-1984) for Seguso Vetri D'art around 1949. This exquisite and finely ma...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Jaap Ravelli Mid Century Studio Pottery Pitcher Vase
By Ravelli
Located in Tilburg, NL
Jaap Ravelli mid century studio pottery pitcher vase. The Netherlands, mid 20th century.
Very distinct and special pottery pitcher vase by renowned pot...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
"Cardinali" Lino Sabattini by Christofle Design Midcentury 1950s Silver Vases
Located in Brescia, IT
"Cardinali" Vases
design Lino Sabattini
Christofle Gallia
1950s
Silver metal
Very good condiction
Measures: H 37 cm
H 21 cm.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Vintage pink vase by Archimede Seguso, Italy 1950s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Beautiful pink murano vase by Archimede Seguso made in Italy in the 1950s.
Archimede Seguso was an Italian glass artist known for his exquisite glass vases, necklaces, and sculptures...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Tapio Wirkkala Purple Lilac Colored Glass Vase for Iittala Finland
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Purple lilac colored glass vase with bubble in base designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala Finland in 1959 and made throughout the 1970s.
Tapio Wirkkala signature and model number en...
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1960s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Winslow Anderson for Blenko "Pinched" Art Glass Vase, 1960s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Winslow Anderson for Blenko "Pinched" Art Glass Vase, 1960s.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Jean Gerbino, Vallauris, France, Ceramic Mosaic Shaped Vase Snowflake Motif Vase
By Jean Gerbino
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Jean Gerbino for Vallauris, France, ceramic glazed mosaic, shaped vase with snowflake motif
In exceptional original condition
Circa 1960's
Signed Gerbino to base
Height 4.5 inch, Di...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Mid-Century Swedish Handmade Bamboo and Teak Tri-Pod Plant Stand, 1940s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Tall Mid-Century Swedish Handmade Bamboo and Teak Plant Stand, 1940s
Elegant and unique mid-century plant stand, handcrafted in Sweden in the 1940s. Made from beautifully aged bambo...
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1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bamboo, Teak
1960s Italian Brass Vase, Style of Gio Ponti for Christofle
By Christofle, Gio Ponti
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Stunning Mid Century Modern organ vase sculpted from brass tubes and brass rods, in the style of Gio Ponti for Christofle. Sourced in Italy and dating to the early 1960s.
The vase i...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Hand-Crafted Red Murano Double Vase, Italy, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian vase designed in the 1970´s. The vase is hand-crafted in Murano glass with a cylindrical shape, in red and yellow.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
73" High Decorative Floor Vase in Oxidized Bronze Finish
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Handcrafted of fiber reinforced resin and finished in oxidized bronze patina.
This product is meticulously handmade by master artisans one piece at a...
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2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Murano Art Glass Vase
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful green Murano glass vase with clear base. Signed on the bottom 'Murano'.
The vase is in very good condition, no chips and no feta bites.
Beautiful color.
Dimensions: 3...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Elegant Amber Blown Glass Vase - Early 20th Century Spanish Artistry
Located in Barcelona, ES
Enhance your decor with the timeless elegance of this vintage amber blown glass vase from the early 20th century. Crafted by an unknown Spanish ...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
20th Century Green Italian Single Vintage Murano Glass Vase by Ercole Barovier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-green, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian single vase made of hand blown slightly smoked, colored Murano glass, designed by Ercole Barovier and produced by Barovier & Toso, i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Glass bottle
By Murano 5
Located in Warszawa, PL
Murano bottle signed Murano Glass
without damage
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1976 Modernist Art Pottery Glazed Stoneware Vase signed
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Art Pottery Glazed Stoneware Vase signed
1976 appears as Richard Carmels
9 h. X 8 diameter
Preowned vintage, refer to images provided.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
1973 Mobach Inspired Double Brown Ceramic Wall Planter, Signed by Artist
By Mobach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mobach inspired double wall planter, 1973. Double bulbous compartments for planting or bird housing! In original condition with lovely patina and ribbed texture. Wear is consistent w...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Portuguese Oversized Glazed Ceramic Gurgle Fish Jug Pitcher, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oversized Mid-Century Modernist glazed ceramic gurgling fish water jug / pitcher. Portugal, 1940s-1950s
Eye-catching hand painted XXL size fish glug jug ...
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20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Large Perfume Bottle Nina Ricci, l'Air du Temps Perfume, XXth Century.
By Nina Ricci
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large perfume bottle Nina Ricci, l'air du temps perfume, XXth century.
Large perfume bottle, l'air du temps by Nina Ricci, 20th century.
H: 30cm, W: 19cm, D: 26cm
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Italian Bitossi Attrib. Blue Pottery Vase with Figurative Design
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and rare Italian modern hand-thrown, hand carved, and hand painted blue pottery vase with figurative design, attributed to designer ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
Important Prototype Vases by Winslow Anderson, 1952
Located in South Charleston, WV
Signed by the Artist 1952, Winslow Anderson.
When Winslow designed the vase model 961 he produced prototypes, and he kept these 2 handblown prototypes with him until his death in 20...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Flavio Poli Murano Art Glass Vessel
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful emerald-green and yellow Italian Murano art glass vessel, by Flavio Poli, for glassmaking company Seguso Vetri d’Arte, Italian midcentury modern design period, circa mid-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Fantoni Hammered Copper Vessel
Located in New York, NY
Intricate pierced and hammered copper vessel by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
Riesige Beige Keramik Fat Lava Bodenvase Dümler & Breiden, ca. 1970, Deutschland
Located in Andernach, DE
Original deutsche Mid Century riesige Bodenvase von Dümler & Breiden.
Deutsche original ''Fat Lava'' Kunst Keramik aus der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Absoluter Klassiker in Design und Form der Zeit, in Beige & Brauntönen.
Funky Detail ist das grobe Hanfseil, welches sich um die Vase schlingt.
Form: Dumler und Breiden...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Vintage Polish Pink Art Hand Made Glass Vase, 1970s
Located in Toronto, CA
This exquisite vintage vase hails from Poland and dates back to the 1970s, a period renowned for its innovative glass artistry. Standing at 5.25 inches tall, the vase showcases a del...
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Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Pink Crystal Vase, Val Saint Lambert
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely crystal thick walled vase, made by the Belgian brand Val Saint Lambert. Great pink gradient colour. The vase is in very good condition. No chips. Signed on the bottom.
Category
1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Green Italian Vase, Sommerso Murano Glass Flavio Poli for ALESSANDRO MANDRUZZATO
By Flavio Poli
Located in Pasadena, CA
This Murano Vase is crafted in the Sommerso style, developed by designer Flavio Poli, known for his innovative approach to glass design. The vase features a faceted form in rich gree...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid Century Vintage Polish Pink Art Hand Made Glass Vase Jerzy Sluczan-Orkusz
Located in Toronto, CA
This charming vintage vase originates from Poland and dates to the 1970s, a notable era for distinctive glass design. Measuring 4.25 inches in height, the vase features a soft pink c...
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Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Japanese Bronze Bud Vases Set/3
Located in Malibu, CA
An elegant set of Japanese bronze vases finished in the murashido technique.
The process involves splashing oils onto hot bronze to produce colored patina which often resemble a marb...
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
1960s Gio Ponti Style Mid-Century Modern Hand Painted Ceramic Vase
By Gio Ponti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This is a 1960s Mid-Century Modern ceramic single flower vase, designed in the manner of Gio Ponti. The vase features an elongated, curvaceous silhouette with a narrow neck and a sub...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Jan Johansson, Orrefors, Set of Two Crystal Vases
Located in Bochum, NRW
Heavy Crystal set of two vases designed by Jan Johansson, made by Orrefors Sweden, circa 1980s.
Dimensions:
Vase 22 cm high, Bowl 11 cm high.
Excellent condition.
Each is signed unde...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Set of 5 scheurich west Germany ceramic vases , 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Set of 5 scheurich west Germany ceramic vases , 1970s
Dimensions: 14,5cm Height , 9,5cm Diameter 35cm Height , 18cm Width , 15 cm Depth 25,5cm Height , 12cm Diameter 28cm Heigh...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Ceramic Vase by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderful vase made in Sweden 1950s at Rörstrand and designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane.
The vase has beautiful Rounded bottom with a small top, the lines and a glaze are something spe...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Fat Lava Vase by ES Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Nice Fat Lava Vase by ES Keramik. This model is sought after.
ES Keramik was founded in Rheinbach in 1921 by Josef Emons & Söhne. The company was split in 1948 (due to financial dif...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Brutalist Stainless Steel Vase by Olav Joa Joff. Polaris, Norway 1972. Steel Art
Located in Malmö, SE
A brutalist stainless steel vase with amazing relief decor.
Made by Olav Joa Joff for Polaris Fabrikker, Sandnes, Norway. The series 'Steel Art' was in production 1972-1974.
Great...
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1970s Norwegian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stainless Steel
Flavio Poli Sommerso Vase for Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in San Mateo, CA
Small Murano sommerso vase designed by Flavio Poli. The vase is clear, red and violet one of the nicer color combinations of this series.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
1977 Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Porcelain Paper Bag Vase
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1977 Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Paper Bag Porcelain Vase
Glazed Porcelain
3.5 h x 3.25 w x 2.38
Preowned vintage condition
Ref...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Large Lomonosov 22K Gold, Cobalt Decor Porcelain Vase, USSR - 2 available
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Russian white porcelain vase manufactured in the 1950s by the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory (founded in 1744). Soft shaped organic Mid-Century Modern vase decorated by hand with large mineral...
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Mid-20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold
Pezzato vase by Fulvio Bianconi – Venini Murano
Located in Uccle, BE
“Carrot” shaped pezzato vase, irregular section. The base and the neck are round.
Made up of an arrangement of ash gray, sky blue, wine red and clear tesserae.
This chromatic combina...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Alvino Bagni Italian Pottery Imported by Raymor
By Raymor, Alvino Bagni
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Alvino Bagni.
Importer: Raymor.
Period or model: Mid-Century Modern.
Specs: Pottery
Condition:
This Alvino Bagni Italian Pottery canister...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Antonio Da Ros for Cenedese Sommerso Vase Bottle, Italy
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and elegant vase bottle designed by Antonio Da Ros for Cenedese in the 1950s-60s, this piece is a breathtaking example of the iconic sommerso technique. The graceful shape...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Alvar Aalto Savoy Vase for Iittala
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Round Rock, TX
The iconic “Savoy” vase was designed by Alvar Aalto for Iittala of Finland. Considered one of the most revered designers of the 20th century, Aalto created this vase as part of a 10-...
Category
1980s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Vase Decorative Object Murano Glass Attributed to Flavio Poli Midcentury 1960s
By Flavio Poli
Located in Palermo, IT
Imposing vase attributed to Flavio Poli and produced in Italy in the 60s. The vase was made of Murano glass in forest green with two cords at the extremity, one in electric blue and ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Original Lalique Perfume Bottle "Les Anemone" French, Circa 1946 (Signed)
By René Lalique
Located in Incline Village, NV
Original and authentic Rene Lalique designed perfume bottle; France circa 1946, marketed to the United States as "Two Flowers" perfume or scent bottle. The beautiful cut glass design...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Small Mid-Century Modern Red Murano Glass Bud Vase
Located in Soquel, CA
Small Mid-Century Modern Red Murano Glass Bud Vase
Bright translucent red hand blown Murano glass bud vase, with four large ridged details. One ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Antonio Da Ros for Cenedese Sommerso Vase Bottle, Italy
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and elegant vase bottle designed by Antonio Da Ros for Cenedese in the 1950s-60s, this piece is a breathtaking example of the iconic sommerso technique. The graceful shape...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Ceramic Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rare design by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Rimini Blue ceramic footed vase with geometric motifs, Italy, 1960s
This stunning glazed ceramic vase has a pattern with circles in dark blue with rhombus inside in shades of green / turquoise color accented by decorative flowers.
Excellent vintage condition.
This piece is perfect as a gift idea and it could placed alone or with other 'Rimini Blu'Bitossi pieces creating a set. Display it in a cabinet or on a console table, with flowers or just as a cool decorative vase.
Measures: 22 cm height x 18 cm diameter (8,66 in height X 7,08 in diameter )
More Bitossi Aldo Londi pieces are avaliable at our 1stdibs marketplace.
About Bitossi (Manufacturer)
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass.
The company was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.”
But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. Starting in the 1950s, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis Postmodern design...
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Scavo Orange and Red Hued Hand-Blown Murano Glass Vase by Cenedese
By Cenedese
Located in New York, NY
This unique and stunningly made Mid-Century Modernist Scavo Orange and Red Hued Volcanic Hand-Blown Murano Glass Vase by Cenedese originates from Italy, Circa 1985. This piece featur...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Murano Style Glass Vase, Orange White Swirl by Opaline Florence Italy, 70s
Located in Berlin, BE
Very decorative large vase from Opaline Florence, Italy.
In a great swirl pattern, orange / white.
Rare in this design and from.
Height: 41 cm / 16.14 inches.
Diameter: 20 cm / 7...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Vintage Mid-Century Set of 3 Ceramic Canisters with Wooden Lids Studio Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully crafted set of 3 original ceramic canisters that present craftsmanship and style. This set includes canisters in 3 different sizes. Each is presented with its own walnu...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
French Modernist Translucent Sculptural Crystal Vase Signed Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
This stunning modernist vase was realized by Baccarat- one of the world's premiere makers of crystal products since 1865. The piece features a slightly rounded, cylindrical body that...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Val Saint Lambert Small Crystal Vase Cut-to-clear, 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Deco Val Saint Lambert Signed Small Crystal Vase Cut-to-clear, 1950s
Beautiful Val Saint-Lambert crystal vases, handcut-to-clear, the glass i...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Tall Mid-Century Italian Pottery Ocean Ship Motif Floor Vase, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing ceramic Mid-Century Modern floor vase made in Italy, circa 1960s. This is a heavy floor vase. Vase is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites. Nice col...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Massive Mandruzzato Murano Sommerso Blue Gray Faceted Art Glass Vase, Italy 60s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Excellent Sommerso vase with faceted glass in blue grey color. Attributed to Mandruzzato, Italy, 1960s.
Blue gray glass cased into clear blue glass using the Sommerso technique.
Excellent condition. No chips, no cracks to notice.
Specially balanced proportions and amazing color.
Gorgeous placed as a part of a set with other faceted Murano vases or used alone as flower vase or decorative vase.
( The other Murano glass decorative objects shown at the images are avaliable at our marketplace)
Great as a gift idea!
Measures: 26 cm H x 13 cm W x 13 cm D
Weight: 3190 gr
The Red Mandruzzato Murano Glass Vase...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Italian Aventurine Vintage Murano Glass Black Copper Large Bottle with Stopper
Located in New York, NY
This is a little jewel! This large decorative Art piece in blown Murano glass is realized with high-quality technique: the black round spherical body of the bottle and the stopper ar...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
Italian Pink Murano Glass Vase, By Tommaso Buzzi, 1990s
Located in Meda, MB
This vase was produced in Italy, more precisely in Murano, which is the world's capital for glass manufacturing, in the 1990s by Tommaso Buzzi for Venini. The inside is in white Mura...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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Murano Glass
Set of Porcelain Vases by German KPM, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern Bavaria porcelain vases and candle holder by KPM 'Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur', Germany, 1960s
The set is composed by a pair of white unglazed textured porcel...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Elio Schiavon Italian Figurative Sculptural 'Guerriero' Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and stunning Italian hand painted abstract figurative sculptural 'Guerriero' (warrior or fighter) ceramic vase by Elio Schiavon (1925-2004) dating from around 1960. This very stylized hand crafted vase portrays a figure holding a shield and is hand painted in textured colored enamels on a contrasting light grey ground. The figure has a painted face with locks of hair and what may be a beard and supports a rounded shield on their right shoulder. The vase is signed SCHIAVON ERHART to the base.
Elio Schiavon studied at the Scuola d'Arte Ceramica...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Raku Vase, Signed James Franklin, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is a snakeskin pattern raku vase made by James Franklin in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The handmade pottery is signed "James" on the bottom. This unique vessel could be used decorativ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Tyra Lundgren Vase 'Calla' for Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Tyra Lundgren Vase 'Calla' for Venini
A calla vase in filigrana glass designed by Tyra Lundgren in 1948, manufactured by Venini, Venice 1981. Incised signa...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
White Cosmos Stoneware Planter by Ceramano, 1960s, West Germany
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Large stoneware cachepot decorated with dusty white Spatter Glaze and featuring an architectural relief pattern called Cosmos or Alpha. This is the large version measuring: H/D: 16/1...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Vetro Soffiato Glass Vase, Murano 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Vetro Soffiato Glass Vase, Murano 1920s
Beautiful 'Vetro Soffiato' vase with bell-shaped bowl and conical foot made of very thin, light blue, t...
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1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Large Lanvin Bottle, Arpège Perfume, 20th Century.
By Lanvin Paris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Lanvin bottle, Arpège perfume, 20th century.
Large Lanvin Arpège perfume bottle, emptied of its perfume, 20th century.
H: 25cm, D: 19cm
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Val Saint Lambert, Sculpted Heavy Crystal Vase , Belgium 1950s
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 favorit...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Bitossi pottery large bowl or flower pot, Rimini Blue, By Aldo Londi, Italy
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
Classic rather large Aldo Londi Bitossi ceramic bowl or flower pot from the Rimini blue range. A gorgeous Mid-century modern retro classic, with really nice glazing, the colors are w...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Wicker, Art Glass
Mid-century Modern vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
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