Modern Vases and Vessels
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Pottery, Wood, Hardwood, Maple, Oak, Reclaimed Wood, Scrap Wood...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
Early 19th Century French Antique Modern Vases and Vessels
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
1990s Unknown Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Vases and Vessels
Terracotta
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
1990s Japanese Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Rattan
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century German Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Ukrainian Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
1950s American Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Stoneware
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century English Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Vases and Vessels
Clay
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
1970s Mexican Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s North Korean Modern Vases and Vessels
Shell, Eggshell
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold Plate
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Stainless Steel
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Porcelain
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Terracotta
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
20th Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Vases and Vessels
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass, Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass