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
1970's Rosenthal Netter Pottery Modern Vase
Located in New York, NY
1970's Mid-Century Modern pottery decorative vase by Rosenthal Netter. in vintage original condition with minor wear and patina due to age and use.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Vase with Blue and Grey Layers, Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vase with Blue and Grey Layers, Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta 1950s
A vintage art glass vase designed by Vicke Lindstrand and manufactured by Kosta Glasbruk ca. 1950s. The vase feature...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
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
$658 Sale Price
20% Off
Ikeda Yoshiro Monumental Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Ikeda Yoshiro Monumental ceramic sculpture. The glaze on this large scale work has a patinated copper feel. Has a wonderful feel and scale from all perspectives.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Vase by Lino Sabattini, 1955
Located in Berlin, DE
This simple “Vaso 1” vase with two openings was designed by Lino Sabattini for Christofle, Paris.
It is made of silver-plated brass.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Sirkku Kumela, Vase, Glass, Finland, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue-coloured glass vase designed and produced by Sirkku Kumela, Finland, c. 1960s.
Category
1960s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Flavio Poli Valva Vase Model 9826 for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy 1954
Located in Milan, IT
Rare Flavio Poli Valva vase Model 9826 for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy 1954
Reference: Seguso Vetri d'Arte / M. Heiremans.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
$11,460 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Stone Composite AP Style Planters
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of stone composite Architectural Pottery style planters. A matched pair of concrete planters encrusted with crushed white marble chunks. Upper half ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Concrete, Marble
$2,295 / set
Undulating Op Art W.German Ceramic Flower Vase Vintage Mid-Century Psychedelic
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1970s Scheurich W.German Pottery. One of their most popular designs. No chip, no cracks.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist Balustrade Form Hand-Blown Blue Glass Vase by Oiva Toikka
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Mid-Century Modernist Balustrade Form Hand-Blown Blue Glass Vase is by Oiva Toikka and originates from Finland, Circa 1960. Featuring a balustrade form multi-tiered si...
Category
1960s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Two Mid-Century Modern Purple or Red West Germany Pottery Vases
Located in Barcelona, ES
Two eclectic mismatching ceramic vases produced in West Germany, 1960s. The purple vase rather tall.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large OP Art Vase Porcelain Vase by Martin Freyer for Rosenthal, Germany
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
OP Art Porcelain vase
Producer:
Rosenthal, Germany
Designer:
Martin Freyer
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage OP Art vase was produc...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Murano vase, art glass, Sommerso, 1960
Located in Nice, FR
This vase is made using the sommerso technique, typical of Murano, where several layers of colored glass are superimposed. This method was popularized by master glassmakers such as S...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Kraka Vase by Sven Palmquist for Orrefors, Sweden 1955
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Kraka Vase by Sven Palmquist for Orrefors, Sweden 1955
A large vase of the Kraka (fishnet) series designed by Sven Palmquist for Orrefors Sweden in 1954. Kraka refers to a N...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Mangiarotti Marbles vase by Angelo Mangiarotti, 1968
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mangiarotti Marbles vase by Angelo Mangiarotti, 1968
Designed in 1968 by Italian architect, sculptor, and designer Angelo Mangiarotti, the Marble collection reimagines bowls and vase...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
$1,026 / item
Rare Blue "Zigzag" Fat Lava Multi-Color Vase Scheurich, Germany Wgp, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. It is made of cer...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Faceted French Pressed Glass Vase, Triangular Geometric 1970s, France
By Luminarc
Located in Chicago, IL
French geometric shaped three-sided clear pressed glass vase by Luminarc with wonderful heavy weight. Reflects the light brilliantly. Signed F...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Opalescent Blue Fade Italian Ribbed Art Glass Pitcher Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful large Murano hand blown opalescent blue to white Italian art glass pitcher or vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. The piece is made with in the "Ombre" technique...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass, Glass
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Scandinavian Studio Pottery Vase, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Scandinavian Studio Pottery Vase, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Materials: Ceramic
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Color: Beig...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
New Dark Green Murano Glass Battuto Perfume Bottle
Located in Troy, MI
New and made in Italy by an unknown Murano glass maker, this perfume bottle is 11” tall with the stopper on and 8.5” diameter. Heavy, dark bottle green glass has cut and polished sur...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Fused Glass, Red, White, Brown, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi for Bitossi vase, ceramic and fused glass, signed. From Londi's Fritte series - large chunky, organic, hand built vase, with coarse matte brown raw clay body, elongated ne...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Five Small Fratelli Toso Millefiori Vases, Murano circa 1910
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A set of five small murrine glass vases, manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso around 1910. The vases are executed with polychrome multicoloured millefiori murrines and have an acid...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Fratelli Fanciullacci, Stylised Town Series, Sgraffito, Gloss & Lava Glaze Vase
Located in Frome, GB
This rare and stunning work of Italian Mid-Century Modern art pottery is by Fratelli Fanciullacci (1862-1988) from the stylised Town series that was designed and in production betwee...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
German Brutalist Vase from Dümler & Breiden, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
German Brutalist Vase from Dümler & Breiden, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark, I am sure that it is completely authentic and t...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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
Midcentury Collection of Seven "Ice" Gullaskruf Vases, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This collection of Seven vases were made at Gullaskruf in Sweden 1960s and designed by famous Lennart Andersson. Because of their shape they were named Isi, which translates to Ice. ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Sven Hofverberg, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A black green-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Sven Hofverberg, Sweden, c. 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Ditmar Urbach Ceramic Vase From Julie Collection, Czechoslovakia 1964
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful ceramic vase and in excellent condition without any wear. Produced by Ditmar Urbach in Czechoslovakia in 1964. The vase was designed as part of Julie Collection. Original s...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$155 Sale Price
50% Off
Barbini Murano Vintage White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Fan Rim Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass fan shaped rim flower vase. Attributed to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950-60s. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold Leaf
$488 Sale Price
24% Off
Large Robert Maxwell & David Cressey Sunburst Planter for Earthgender
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Robert Maxwell & David Cressey Sunburst Planter for Earthgender.
Studio executed in hand etched, glazed and textured earthenware. A very clean ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Art Deco Val Saint Lambert Signed 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...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Toso Mid-Century Modern Crystal Amber Black Gold Pair of Murano Glass Vases 1995
Located in Murano, Venezia
Two Murano glass blown vases, clear color with amber/gold and black/gold buttons.
The vases are of thick glass.
Project by Toso Murano in 1995s
Vases signed with engraving: Toso M...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Davide Oldani Taac Onion Ceramic Center Piece
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Davide Oldani Taac Onion For Cassina
Taac Pumpkin fa parte della collezione di contenitori in ceramica smaltata, che segna la prima collaborazione di Cassina con lo chef Davide Olda...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Murano Glass Bowl by Salviati & C. circa 1960
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A vintage glass bowl in 1950 style with thick overlapping green and orange glass and clear glass overlay. Signed on the base 'salviati venezia'. Manuf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Artisan Striped Cane Bottle Decanters like Gio Ponti for Venini
By Gio Ponti
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Unknown design/maker, unsigned, possibly Murano.
An amazing pair of hand-blown art glass bottles with matching stoppers. Thin walled, striping all through botles and the stoppers. ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
$956 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Ceramic Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Black ceramic vase with white/gray volcanic like glaze technique.
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$433
Mid-Century Modernist Ikebana Vase, Japan 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist Ikebana vase with multiple openings and a textured surface. nice colors signed on the side.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Celadon Xxth Century Abstract Porcelain Ceramic Vase by Askett French Design
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Askett
Realised circa 1970
French porcelain ceramic vase
Original good condition
Signed
Measures: Height : 24 cm
Large : 23 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Rare & Important Alfredo Barbini After Martinuzzi 'Siren' Murano Glass Sculpture
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Stunning, rare and important signed vintage mid-century centrepiece 'Sirena' sculpture by Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) after Neopolone Martinuzzi (1928-2014) Murano, Venice, Italy. Th...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$20,891 Sale Price
50% Off
Vintage Vase Marked W Germany Label Jasba Ceramic, Excellent Condition
Located in Verviers, BE
These original vintage Jasba vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. It is made of ceramic pottery.
The bottom are marked the vase series number 585-40 Handarbeit.
Straight forwar...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Nils Thorsson Unique Fine Art Vase for Royal Copenhagen Dusty Green 1950s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Unique large fine art vase by Nils Thorsson manufactured by Royal Copenhagen in Denmark in the 1950s
It features a stylized decor of eelgrass with glossy celadon glaze is dusty gree...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Five Mid-Century Tapio Wirkkala "Niva" shot glasses for Iittala, Finland
Located in London, GB
For sale is a vintage set of five Mid-Century Tapio Wirkkala “Niva" shot or liquor glasses, produced by Iittala, Finland, and designed in 1972.
In excel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
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 Large Italian Romeo Rega Flower Planters from 1970's
By Romeo Rega
Located in Vilnius, LT
Pair of large vintage Italian Romeo Rega planters in chrome and brass from the 1970s.
Solid and heavy planters are on wheels that works perfectly and makes easy to change position wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Jasba Fat Lava Op Art Vase Earthy Colors Western Germany Ceramic
By Jasba
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Jasba N3221120 vase is a part of N series of objects; this series covers a large segment of Jasba’s production. Items within the series come in a wide variety of forms and decors, a...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Majolica, Ceramic
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Transparent Murano Glass Artistic Vase with Black and White Patterns, 1990s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Transparent Murano glass artistic vase with black and white patterns, 1990s.
This artistic vase is a unique and special object, perfect for a refined Murano glass lover. Its shape i...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Gray and Yellow, Impressed, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, gray and yellow, signed. Medium scale rounded cylinder vase with footed base. The belly of the vase is glazed in a canary yellow and decorated with hand tooled...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Murano Style Vase Orange Freeform Handkerchief 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful Italian Murano Venetian style hand blown orange art glass decorative handkerchief vase.
Sculptural handcrafted decorative bowl in an organic form in a bright orange case in...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Danish Tue Poulsen Rustic Stoneware Vase of Chamotteclay with Stripe Decor 1970s
By Tue Poulsen
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Ceramic vase by Danish ceramist Tue Poulsen (born 1939) from his own studio. Made ca 1970s.
It is made with chamotte clay and has a rustic expression with incised stripes in earthen...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Cut Crystal and Sterling Silver Vase
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Oval vase with cut crystal details accentuated by a sterling silver band at the top. Band is stamped: Made in Germany/ 925 Sterling Silver and has a small maker's stamp (see image 3).
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Ceramic Pitcher by Jacques Innocenti '1926-1958'
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Two-tone ceramic pitcher in black slip and white glaze.
Decorated with verticals stripes on the sides and on the handle.
Vallauris, France
Signed : " D.I"
Circa 1950.
Dime...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Ostrich Egg Urns on Carved Elephants
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid-century pair of Anthony Redmile urns crafted with an eccentric array of materials featuring amethyst stone, ostrich eggs, boar tusks and carved ebony all in a dramatic compositio...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ostrich Eggshell, Hardwood
$13,900 / set
French Mid-Century Ciro Glass Perfume Bottle
Located in Queens, NY
2 French Mid Century 1940s concave trapezoid-shaped glass perfume bottle with an geometric stylized eagle-shaped stopper (for CIRO "New Horizons") (PRICED EACH)
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
$450 / item
Dino Martens Murano Red White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bottle Decanter
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown red and white ribbons, with gold flecks Italian art glass Genie bottle decanter. Documented to designer Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso. Similar piece is shown on the Dino Martens book, model number 6293 (see last photo). The decanter has its original stopper filled with gold leaf. It also has an original "Made In Italy" item number label underneath (folded). The alternating ribbon design creates a unique swirling pattern throughout the piece. You can feel each line on the shade, since it is not covered in clear glass. Very elegant shape. Would make a great display piece on any desk, vanity or coffee table. Use it as a decorative piece, or as a flower vase without the stopper. Mid-century era. Measures 12" tall x 4 3/4" wide.
Literature:
Vetreria Aureliano Toso, Murano 1938-1968, Designs by Dino Martens, Enrico Potz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Super Color Fat Lava Multi-Color Vase Scheurich, Germany WGP, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, heavy Brutalist glaze
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Ger...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Seta Vase, Ceramic, Gold, White, Turquoise, Sgraffito, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Seta Vase, Ceramic, Gold, White, Turquoise, Sgraffito, Signed. Cylindrical vase with tapered neck that widens below the shoulders. Decorated ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund Stoneware "GN ARH" Vase for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gunnar Nylund stoneware "GN ARH" vase for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s.
Blue hares fur glazed stoneware relief vase, 1950s. Signed with GN ARH. And R for Rörstrand.
Dimensions:
He...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Set of 2 Abstract porcelain Vases by Cuno Fischer for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s
By Rosenthal
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vase set of 2
Producer:
Rosenthal, Germany
Designer:
Cuno Fischer
Decade:
1980s
Set of two graphic, modernist porcelain vases...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Desimone Hand Painted Art Pottery Vase, Vessel with Handles Circus Horses Italy
Located in Miami, FL
A glazed and colorful Giovanni Desimone hand painted pottery vase or vessel, circa 1969 from Italy.
The painting depicts two men on horses riding in a circus arena and people applaud...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Paint
$1,295 Sale Price
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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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