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
Murano glass vase italy around 1970s
Located in Wien, AT
Murano glass vase italy around 1970s
Original condition
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
White and Brown Circular Ceramic Vase by Montreau for Virebent 1970 Design
By Yves Mohy
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Benoit Montreau - Virebent Edition
20th mid century porcelain ceramic vase
Grey and brown ceramic glazes colors
Singed under the base
Original perfect condition
Height 17 cm
Lar...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Tapio Wirkkala “Paper Bag" Vase For Rosenthal, Germany c.1970s
Located in London, GB
For sale is an iconic Mid-Century porcelain “Paper Bag" Vase designed by Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, circa 1977, for Rosenthal’s Studio Line "DO NOT LITTER" range.
This example...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-Century Wood Plant Stand in the style of André Groult, 1960s
By Andre Groult
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Wood Plant Stand in the style of André Groult, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece is designed in the style of the selected designer and/or m...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Vintage French Decorative Tall Vase by Albert Thiry 'circa 1960s'
By Albert Thiry
Located in London, GB
Mid-century decorative tall vase by Albert Thiry (circa 1960s). A gentle creamy-white glaze encompasses the exterior of the tall vase (it could also be used as an umbrella holder) to...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$1,671 Sale Price
20% Off
Tommaso Buzzi for Venini "Incamiciato" Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 1989
By Venini, Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Naples, IT
"Incamiciato" Italian Art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Clear, white and green. With original label.
Signed: Venini Italia '89.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage L.E. Smith Ruby Red & Amberina Ribbed Swung Vase 25.25"
Located in Atlanta, GA
Measuring 25.25" h x 7" w
This striking mid-century swung vase was produced by **L.E. Smith Glass Company**, a renowned American glass manufacturer known for its vibrant art glass and innovative designs. Crafted using the **swung glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Mid-Century Orrefors Crystal Decanter with Stopper
By Orrefors
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Mid-Century Modern vintage crystal decanter with stopper by Orrefors (Swedish, founded 1898), c. 1960's. Engraved signature to base Orrefors HM 2498 - this particular style was by Edvard Hall.
Includes original red Orrefors Sweden sticker with logo.
"Orrefors HM 2498" etched into base.
Measures 11.5" H x 3" W x 3" D.
Orrefors Glassworks was founded in 1898 on the same site where ironworks operations had been run since 1726. In the same year that the glassworks was founded, a hot shop was built for making technical, medical and household glass and stemware to make use of waste wood and labour. Glass now replaced the less profitable ironworks operations.
In 1913, Consul Johan Ekman from Gothenburg became the new owner of Orrefors Glassworks. He appointed Albert Ahlin as manager of the glassworks and this marked the start of a new era. In 1914, Orrefors started manufacturing crystal products, and as well as cut crystal according to purchased patterns and samples, Orrefors made art glass using the overlay technique with etched decoration. The new management quickly saw that artists were needed in the business, so Simon Gate was employed in 1916 and was joined by Edward Hald a year later.
That same year, Gate and Hald made their first tentative attempts at figure engraving. They also experimented with the new innovative graal (grail) glass technique that was developed at Orrefors by the master glassblower Knut Bergqvist. The major successes were achieved a few years later at the Gothenburg Exhibition in 1923, and in particular at the Paris Exhibition in 1925. The thin engraved glass was admired by the surrounding world, and both Orrefors and the artists themselves were awarded the Grand Prix.
The successes of Simon Gate and Edward Hald in Paris in 1925 constituted the start of the long Orrefors tradition of creative design closely combined with genuine and innovative craftsmanship.
Since then, new designers and skilled glassmakers have continued in the spirit of Gate and Hald. Vicke Lindstrand and Edvin Öhrström with the new glass technique called Ariel in the 1930s. Sven Palmqvist with Kraka and Ravenna in the 1940s. And in the 1950s with Fuga, which, along with Nils Landberg’s slender tulip-shaped glass “Tulpan” and Ingeborg Lundin’s apple-shaped vase “Äpplet”, are now seen as symbols of the renaissance of Swedish design. The 1960s are associated with Gunnar Cyrén’s Pop glass, and in the 1970s, Eva Englund, Olle Alberius, Lars Hellsten and Jan Johansson as well as Cyrén worked at the glassworks.
Since the 1980s, designers such as Anne Nilsson, Erika Lagerbielke, Helen Krantz, Matz Borgström, Per B Sundberg, Martti Rytkönen, Lena Bergström, Ingegerd Råman, Malin Lindahl and Efva Attling...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Silberdistel Fat Lava Vase "Yves Klein Blue"
By Silberdistel
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
This Silberdistel vase is also called the 'Yves Klein Blue' vase because of the resemblance of the blue colour used by the French painter Yves Klein. Yves Klein was famous for his use of blue pigment. This Yves Klein vase...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Fratelli Fanciullacci Majolica Vase with Floral Decor, Italy Mid Century
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual vase with complex, slightly textured glaze features applied relief in shape of abstract flowers and leaves. Top and bottom parts of the vase are decorated with delicate gree...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano Red Gold Italian Art Glass Ribbed Flower Bud Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown ruby red and gold flecks Italian art glass ribbed flower bud vase. The piece is documented to the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company. The vase is publish...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unique Murano Glass Vase Stellato in the style Pollio Perelda for Fratelli Toso
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Splendid murano mosaic vase with a perfect color combination and complex mosaic technique.
The stellato finish is made by rolling canes of various color over a small blob of incandescent glass. The design is attained by using the glass scissors at the end and making flat discs with a star design. All these are then heated on a flat surface, in the old time was a stone so this technique still carries that name, lavorazione a piera.
It's heated so that it becomes an unique mosaic rectangular piece. It's then rolled with a glass disc that has the exact perimeter of the rectangular side. This makes the name that this technique is internationally known, Roll-up technique. The difficulty is to close into a cylinder the two other sides of the rectangle. After that the cylinder is closed on the opposite end, glowed to ge to the size, changing the working point with the punty technique (a puntello) and handopening to get the final shape.
An incredible sequence of glassmaking technique to get a special design.
The result is an intricate design of stars in an infinitive patchwork of color matching.
This is commonly known as Stellato vase, which was enhanced and studied by Pollio Perelda...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Aldo Londi Thai Silk Vase, Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter, Blue, Green, Gold
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Mid-Century Modern vase was designed by Aldo Londi and produced by Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter. It is decorated with a band of gold flowers on Rimini blue, outlined with sgraffito ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Zanfirico Filigrana Glass Vase with Gold Inclusion Appliqué
Located in Torquay, GB
Midcentury Murano zanfirico filigrana glass vase with Appliqué cane.
Attributed to Fulvio Bianconi circa 1950s.
Pink, white and gold latticino and a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
$656 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Classic Soda Siphon Seltzer Glass Bottle with Wire Mesh
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Classic Soda Siphon Seltzer Glass Bottle with Wire Mesh.
This is a fantastic vintage seltzer bottle with a metal wire mesh casing around the glass.
Vintage seltzer bottle made in Germany.
Enjoy the fresh and healthy fizz of sparkling water...
Category
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Jean Cocteau Decorated Vase
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a glazed earthenware vase produced by Roche Bobois in the 2010s. The vase utilizes a design Jean Cocteau produced in the early 1960s. It features 2 taupe profiles with geomet...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Large Pottery Super Fat Lava Multi-Color 517-45 Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 517-45
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Robert Maxwell & David Cressey 'Teardrop Sunburst' Pot for Earthgender
Located in Glendale, CA
1970s Robert Maxwell & David Cressey 'Teardrop Sunburst' Pot for Earthgender
Studio executed in hand etched, glazed and textured earthenware. A very clean example from the short-liv...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Laura Seaman Stoneware Green Glaze Vase, Contemporary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Organic pottery vase with gloss warm blue / green colored speckled glaze. Made by studio potter Laura Seaman. Unsigned. 2020s
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-Century Modern Large Glass Vase GullaSkruf Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This wonderful large vase made in Sweden at GullaSkruf was designed by Kjell Blomberg in the 1950s.
It has a lovely color and as many of the designers from Sweden the light has a ce...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Barovier e Toso Murano Glass Mid-Century Modern Vase, 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Large transparent turquoise blue green handmade Murano glass vase.
Made with the Bullicante technique featuring air bubbles inside the glass thickness and the Aventurina technique fe...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Fratelli Toso large red vase in Murano Glass circa 1950
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Large FRATELLI TOSO red vase in Murano Glass circa 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Antique Millefiori Vase by Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Millefiori Vase by Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1920
A small millefiori murrine glass vase manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso, Murano around 1920s. Made of polychrome murrin...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Very Large San Marino Bottle Vase Smalto Roccia Glaze Italy 1950s
Located in Melbourne, AU
An unusually large example of San Marino tourist pottery with 'Smalto Roccia' or 'Lava' glaze. The brightly colored blue panel illustrates a Mediterran...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Mid Century Modern Large Green Art Glass Handblown Glob Vase
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful and unique large hand blown green glass glob vase, possibly Italian. The protrusions and irregular shape add to the handmade quality. This vase is an impressive 17 inches h...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Murano Flavio Poli Fuchsia Red Corroso Surface Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful large Murano hand blown deep fuchsia red with acid etched surface Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Flavio Poli for the Societa Veneziana di Conterie e ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Saint-Clement Huge Mid-Century Stoneware Vase, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Large Saint-Clément Stoneware Vase, France, 1950s. This impressive and rare stoneware vase from Saint-Clément, France dates to the 1950s and is distinguished by its exceptional size ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Midcentury Spanish Manises Porcelain Vase: Mauve, Cream, and Grey Marbled Decor
By Hispania CH
Located in Valencia, VC
Handmade Marbleized Porcelain Vase by Hispania CH, Manises, Spain — 1970s
A beautifully handmade porcelain vase, produced in the 1970s by the renowned Hispania CH factory in Manises...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Large Seguso Vetri d'Arte Red and Gold Vase by Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Sharon, CT
An important, late 1930s large Murano vase (29cm high). 'Sommerso'- a clear glass over a gold leaf, over very Fine bubbles over a deep rich red. As usual, unsigned. Bottom very worn....
Category
1930s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Accolay Midcentury Stoneware Vase, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Mid-century stoneware vase by ACCOLAY, France, 1950s. Height : 27cm (10.6"), Diameter : 18cm (7.1"). Marked "accolay" under the base (see photo, difficult to read)
After the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist Sculptural Amethyst & Acqua Murano Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
This elegant and graphic Mid-Century Modern vase was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. It fea...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Silver Plate on Copper Vase with Lizards by Emilia Castillo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout vintage vase handcrafted in silver plate on copper hammered in classic form featuring three stone clad lizards as supports. Stamped Emilia Castillo on the bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stone, Silver Plate, Copper
Mandruzzato Red and Clear Murano Glass Sommerso Block Vase
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing Venetian Murano glass Mid-Century Modern Mandruzzato vase made in Italy, circa 1960s. This is a glass block vase. Red within clear. The top of the vase is flat cut. Vase i...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
1950s Hand Blown Murano Clear Glass Organic Shaped Centerpiece
Located in Barcelona, ES
Elegant hand blown clear Murano glass centerpiece with organic design. Italy, 1950s.
Large size.
Clear hand-blown glass with elongated shape and elegant and clean design.
It will be ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$1,584 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Orrefors Purple Sommerso Scandinavian Glass Vase
By Orrefors
Located in Bochum, NRW
Beautiful purple glass vase made by Orrefors Sweden, realized in Sommerso technique, original manufacturer label to the front, signed and numbered to the bottom. Excellent condition....
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
$528 Sale Price
20% Off
California Studio Pottery Signed Ikebana Planter with Frog
Located in San Diego, CA
California studio pottery signed ikebana planter with frog, circa 1990s. The piece measures: 7.5" W x 6.75" D x 2" H and is signed on the underside. #1708.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Formafantasma Post Scriptum Cachepot Reticolo Nero Piccolo Vase For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Formafantasma Post Scriptum Cachepot Reticolo Nero Piccolo Vase For Cassina
BLACK ON WHITE, THE CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSION OF DESIGN
The Formafantasma designs become decorations on t...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Cenedese Rare Vintage Trio of Blue Glass Apothecary Lidded Jars Murano Italy
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Rare set of three Venetian Murano blue colored / coloured glass Apothecary jars or urns with lids. Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Italian glass and perfect for the storage sweets or snacks in the kitchen or for cotton wool buds or cosmetics in a bathroom or for make-up or jewellery or cotton wool buds and such accessoires. Similar in style to the original designs of apothecary jars from the 19th and early 20th century.
Measurements are circa:
Large jar - 18.8cm tall by 10.7cm wide
Medium jar - 15.7cm tall by 10.7cm wide
Small jar - 12.5cm tall by 10.7cm wide.
Rare set of jars...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Giant Lalique Perfume Bottle, 1960-1970, Giant Bottle.
By Lalique
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Giant Lalique perfume bottle, 1960-1970, giant bottle.
Giant Lalique perfume bottle, no perfume inside, crystal.
H: 30.5cm, W: 22cm, D: 6cm
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Empoli Emerald Green Verde Op-Art Glass Vase with Handles, Signed, Italy 1960
By Empoli
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage large, urn-shaped glass vase features elegant Op-Art design on the body of the vase and highly detailed ribbed handles. Monochromatic emerald green glass appears darker in t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Harald Östergren Vase for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1930s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A green and black glazed vase by Harald Östergren for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden. Circa 1930s. Very nice form could blend well in variety of interiors. Great scale.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Vase 'Haiti' by Bodo Mans for Bay Keramik
By Bay Keramik, Bodo Mans
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A stunning and rare Bay Keramik floor vase designed by renowned designer Bodo Mans. The decor or pattern is 'Haiti' (1959).
BAY Keramik was founded in 1934 by Eduard Bay. At the ear...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
R and Y Augousti Shagreen and Mother-of-Pearl Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
R&Y Augousti shagreen and mother-of-pearl vase, Paris, 21st Century. In great vintage condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Shagreen, Mother-of-Pearl
Zenith gouda Holland purple ceramic vase , 1970s
By Zenith
Located in Delft, NL
Zenith gouda Holland purple ceramic vase , 1970s
Dimensions: 16cm Diameter, 12,5cm Height
Condition: Good
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Small French Vallauris Clay Mosaic Vase by Ceramicist Jean GERBINO
By Jean Gerbino
Located in New York, NY
A small French "clay mosaic" vase by ceramicist Jean Gerbino, mosaic patterning is in blue, cream, brown and greens. Signed on the bottom "Vallauris".
Measures:- Diameter: 3.5, He...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Midcentury Modern Set of 3 Rörstrand Ritzi Vases and Bowl Gunnar Nylund
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderful blue glaze on these 2 vases and bowl from Rörstrand Sweden, designed by Gunnar Nylund in the 1950s.
They are all in good vintage condition.
Dimensions: Large vase H ...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color 517-45 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase XXXL version
Model: 517-45
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
Description:
This original vintage vase was produce...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large and Rare Vintage Orange Fenicio Glass Vase attr. to Fratelli Toso, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s.
This is a polychrome encased Fenicio glass vase attributed to Fratelli Toso.
It is quite rare for its dimensions.
This is a vinta...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Carlo Moretti Soliflor Glass Vase Red Scavo Etched Murano Studio Art Glass
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
The vintage Carlo Moretti long stem soliflor vase is a striking and elegant piece of art glass that showcases the mastery of Italian glassmaker Carlo Moretti. This vase embodies the ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$432 Sale Price
20% Off
West German Midcentury Blue Lava Drip Glaze Vase by Scheurich, circa 1965
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Gorgeous vintage Mid-Century vase by West German Pottery manufacturer Scheurich Keramik (Ceramic), circa 1965. Add a splash of color/colour to your home decor with this beautiful blu...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay, Pottery
$72 Sale Price
50% Off
Mid-Century Red Glass Vase, Model 9381, Wave Pattern by Whitefriars c.1950s
By Whitefriars
Located in Glasgow, GB
A rare variation of mid-century British art glass, this ruby red glass vase was made by Whitefriars Glass, England, circa 1950s.
Blown in their signature deep red glass, the piece ...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Danish Labrador Series Glass Vase by Per Lütken, 1950s
By Per Lütken
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Labrador Series Glass Vase by Per Lütken for Holmegaard, 1950s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1950 to 1959 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional info...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Rosenthal Paper bag vase by Tapio Wirkkala , 1970’s
By Rosenthal
Located in Delft, NL
Rosenthal Paper bag vase by Tapio Wirkkala , 1970’s
Dimensions: 19cm Height , 13cm Width , 8cm Depth
Condition: Mint
Material: Porcelain
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Orange Plastic Vase
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
1970s orange plastic vase.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Plastic
$52 Sale Price
20% Off
20th century free form ceramic vase by Jacqueline and Bernard Courcoul 1960
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jacqueline and Bernard Courcoul
Unique handmade stoneware ceramic vase by Jacqueline and Bernard Courcoul
Blue and grey ceramic glazes colors
Original 20th century design ceramic ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
1960's Modernist Porcelain Vases Collection by Rosenthal
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
Stunning collection of 5 1970's Mid-Century Modern Rosenthal porcelain vases collection by various designers, in good vintage condition with minor wear and patina.
They are all diff...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Post Modern Rosewood Hand Carved Wooden Abstract Ikebana Vase Signed
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Vintage Post Modern Rosewood Hand Carved Wooden Abstract Ikebana Vase Signed
Unique, Minimalist, Abstract Floating Wooden Wave, Hand Carved, Signed and Dated Rosewood Post Modern Ik...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Rosewood
Danish Mid-Century Modern Stoneware by Søholm 1960s, Set of 6
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Mid-Century Modern Stoneware by Søholm, Denmark 1960s. Set of 6.
Six pieces of gorgeous Danish vintage ceramic from Soholm.
This set consists of:
- Vase no. 3346.
- Vas...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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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