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Urns For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
Petite, Turquoise, Porcelain Urns, circa 1910
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Striking pair of hand painted and glazed urns with gilt bronze mounts. Marked "Made in France" on the base of each.
Category
1910s French Vintage Urns
Materials
Bronze
Neo-Classical Veined Marble Urn
Located in New York, NY
Outdoor Continental Neo-classical (19/20th Cent) veined marble urn on square base
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Urns
Materials
Marble
Unusual, Chinese, Gray-and-Blue Urns
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Pair of beautifully made, hand painted, gray-ground, craqueleur-glazed urns featuring incised clay bands and sculpted, willow-branch armatures.
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Urns
Materials
Clay, Porcelain
1931 NYC Waldorf Hotel Pair of Urns from the Conrad Suite
Located in New York, NY
1931 pair of marble urns with decorative bronze trim. These are original to what was last known as the Conrad Suite of the NYC Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Pric...
Category
1930s Vintage Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Very Fine Early 20th Century Hand-Carved Carrera Marble Urn
Located in New York, NY
A very fine Early 20th Century hand carved Carrara marble urn
Over sized and intricately designed with a man and woman's face, the sides with a lyre.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Urns
Materials
Carrara Marble
Large Royal Copenhagen Ceramic Jar in Coral and White ‘Craquelure’ Crackle Glaze
Located in New York, NY
Large Royal Copenhagen ceramic jar in coral and white (craquelure) crackle glaze and detailed in gold. Made in Denmark, circa 1940s.
Measures: Height 10", width 7.5".
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Diminutive Chinese Pewter Lidded Urns
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming pair of diminutive Chinese pewter lidded urns or vases featuring a turned finish with bell finials. Great for decoration, storage, or both. Minor...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Pewter
Tiffany Studios New York Gilded Age Heavy Gilt Bronze Urns
Located in New York, NY
American gilded age period pair of Tiffany urns made in heavy cast gilt bronze. This rare pair was made in the Tiffany Studios in New York City during the ...
Category
Early 1900s American Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
Carlton Ware "Tutenkamun" Covered Vase, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Enameled and gilt with Egyptian motifs. Printed marks in black and gilt.
Category
Early 20th Century English Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Painted Deco Style Antique Terracotta Amphora Jars
Located in Houston, TX
A tall pair of terracotta antique Mediterranean olive jars hand painted in the Deco style with a handsome male figure, horse and tropical foliage. Mea...
Category
Early 20th Century European Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Vintage Indian Hand-Hammered Distressed Tin Storage Canister, Early 20th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
An early 20th century hexagonal storage canister hand-hammered on distressed tin from India. This canister adopts an hexagonal shape with a curving b...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Urns
Materials
Tin
German Jugendstil Walter Scherf & Co. Vases with Handles
By Walter Scherf & Co.
Located in New York, NY
German Jugendstil pair of vases created by Walter Scherf & Co., circa 1900. The pair is made of repousse metal with added sculpted handles ending in bi...
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Urns
Materials
Metal
Pair of Ceramic Vases
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two beautiful large ceramic vases.
Measures: Height 51 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Urns
Materials
Ceramic
German Jugendstil Period Brass Repoussé Amphora With bronze Detailing
Located in New York, NY
German Jugendstil period amphora in neoclassical revival style, made in brass, repoussé inside and outside, with added bronze handles, legs, figures and sculpted bronze plaques, unsi...
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Mid-20th Century Marble Urn
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful French marble urn, circa 1960, provenance: Paris, France.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Urns
Materials
Marble
Two, 1900s, Lidded, Imari Jars
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Pair of vibrant, early 20th century, hand painted and parcel gilt, lobed Imari jars with Foo dog embellished lids.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Neoclassical Style Pair of Rock Crystal and Bronze Tazzas
Located in Cypress, CA
Italian neoclassical style pair of hand-carved and hand polished rock crystal and gilt bronze tazzas, mid-20th century.
Base measurement is 4.25 inches x 4.25 inches.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Andrianna Shamaris Original Teak Wood Rice Pounder
Located in New York, NY
This antique teak wood bowl was originally used to pound rice. We added the shell inlay.
This bowl was sourced in the spirit of wabi-sabi, a Japanese philosophy that beauty can be f...
Category
Early 1900s Indonesian Primitive Antique Urns
Materials
Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Monumental Ceramic Vase by Bitossi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Possibly unique with its enormous 32" height and spare modern glyph glaze decoration. Attributed to ceramicist Aldo Londi. Signed and labeled to underside. Distributed by Raymor.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of English Porcelain Covered Urns, Spode Copeland, circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
Rhododendron pattern.
Category
1920s English Vintage Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Large, Two-Handled Art Deco Urn with Stylized Leaves, Deep Orange, 1930
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A marvelous and important example of William Hentschel's artistry at the famed Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati, this large, two-handled urn depicts stylized leaf forms in a dark brown...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Four-Piece Studio Pottery Fountain, Manner of Raymor, Italy
By Raymor
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental four-piece studio pottery Fountain, manner of Raymor, Italy. Wonderful scale and proportion. Glazed ceramic, incised geometric designs, Versatile: can be separated and used as two jardiniers...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Very Chic English Mid-Century Urns of Great Scale and Proportions
Located in Buchanan, MI
Very chic English Mid-Century urns of great scale and proportions.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Italian Etruscan-Style Urn
Located in New York, NY
Mid-century Etruscan-style urn with painted scenes along the Amalfi coast with mythological figures on reverse. Italy, circa 1940.
Dimension: 4.75" base diameter x 8.5" ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Urns
Miniature Stoneware Vases by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of three miniature stoneware vases by Gunnar Nylund, in imaginative forms with rounded lines. Lovely glazes in nuances of terracotta, blue and steel grey.
Height 6/6.7/9 cm, Dia...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Large Antique Chinese Palace Urns
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of Chinese urns handcrafted in terracotta in an elegant classic form decorated in an alluring blue under a chic crackle glaze.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Terracotta
French Modernist Hand Forged Amphora
Located in London, GB
A large sculptural iron amphora from 60s France.
Hand forged and hand beaten on detachable iron base.
Category
1960s French Vintage Urns
Materials
Iron
Vintage 1950s Marble Urn
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A classical shaped urn. The marble is beautiful.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Urns
Materials
Marble
Pair of 1950s Tole Urns
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A pair of decorative tole urns. Nice large size.
Category
1950s French Vintage Urns
Materials
Metal
Quality pair of antique Chinese ornate bronze censers
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of antique Chinese ornate bronze censers, having a quality pair of antique Chinese censers with pierced covers and Kylin finials to the tops, raised on three shaped feet...
Category
Early 20th Century Urns
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Chinese Carved Bronze Incense Burner
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese Antique Carved Bronze incense burner has very detailed hand craft works around the body, a lot of open carved Buddhist floral pattern with dragon on lid and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Bronze
Moroccan Painted Wood Lidded Box or Urn
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking gourd form vintage Moroccan lidded box or vessel hand crafted in indigenous wood and painted with floral designs in distinctive mediterranean colors highlighted with decorat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Urns
Materials
Hardwood
Large Classical Black Vase with Handles, France, c. 1960
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Great form in a French Moderne Piece
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Bronze Incense Burner, Koro, w/ Kirin, Taisho Period, circa 1920 Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant Japanese cast and lacquered bronze incense burner, koro, topped with a mythical kirin, Taisho Period, circa 1920, Japan.
The tall koro of tripod form, with three elegant legs with outward curved feet resting on an integral circular base. The compressed body cast with a delightful scene of a pair of birds roosting on branches of flowering plum. A pair of monster masks adorn the sides. Rising from the top of their heads are a dramatic pair of horns, joined at the top, in the form of a Buddhist mandorla. The monster mask theme continues below, with their tongues forming the legs.
The pierced cover of the koro features a fantastic kirin (qilin in Chinese), a mythical chimeric animal with the head of horned dragon, body of a deer, and legs and hooves of a horse. Despite its ferocious appearance, the kirin is a benevolent animal, whose appearance foretells the arrival or passing of a great sage or ruler.
The bronze well...
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair Impressive Knife Urns, Regency Style Custom Bench Made Carved Finials
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine and impressive pair of knife urns by the custom cabinet maker W.K. Cowan of Chicago. Hand crafted to his exacting standards this pair feature...
Category
Early 1900s American Regency Antique Urns
Materials
Wood
Seguso White Murano Glass Vase with Stand attributed to Flavio Poli, Italy 1960s
By Flavio Poli, Seguso
Located in Roma, IT
Astonishing Seguso Vetri d'Arte white Murano glass handled vase. This piece was designed with a stunning "scavo" effect on the glass and on the metal stand.
This piece is marvellous as it is a Murano glass vase with the shape and the appearance of an ancient Roman transport amphora. This is evident from the two handles on top, the opaque white, the wide opening and the pointed bottom.
This iconic piece is attributed to Flavio Poli, who has been the artistic director of Seguso Vetri d'Arte in Murano from 1937-1963.
The "scavo" effect is translated into excavation glass...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Metal
Pair of Art Deco Blue Ceramic Vases or Urns Paul Milet for Sèvres France, 1925
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant pair of blue Art Deco ceramic vases or urns by Paul Milet for Sèvres.
The vases have bronze decorations with a silver patina. They are signed with the artists initials and m...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair Greek Terra Cotta Kalyx-Kraters
Located in Houston, TX
Mid 20th century Attica terra cotta kalyx-kraters featuring gods and goddesses in early Classical Greek scenes. These two handle bowls were made for...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Urns
Materials
Terracotta
French Art Deco Marble and Bronze Cassoulet Vases with Elephants, Ca. 1925
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of French Art Deco marble and bronze cassoulet vases with elephants. Ca. 1925. Marble and bronze.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1910s Sterling Silver Presentation Cup and Cover
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large antique George V English sterling silver presentation cup with cover made by goldsmiths and silversmiths Co Ltd; an addition to our presentation silverware collection.
This exceptional antique sterling silver presentation cup and cover has a plain bell shaped form onto a circular spreading foot.
The lower portion of the body is encircled with exceptional cast and applied alternating strapwork style ornamentation.
The upper rim of this antique silver...
Category
1910s British Vintage Urns
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Sterling Silver Plate Regency Urn with Lion Head Detail, Small
Located in New York, NY
A small Italian sterling silver plate Regency style urn with Lion head and loop detail, circa 20th-century, Italy. A great piece for any bar, bar cart, entertaining, etc. to hold appetizer picks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Urns
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Vase in Ceramic "Harlequin - Arlecchino" Design Nino Strada for Deruta, 1950s
By Deruta, Nino Strada
Located in taranto, IT
Rare "Arlecchino" series polychrome ceramic vase, 1950s, deruta production based on a design by Nino strada in the classic geometric pattern
It measures 33 cm in height, in very g...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Overscale Antique Sèvres Porcelain Urn Vases in Cobalt Blue with Gilt Accents
Located in Miami, FL
Overscale antique Sèvres Porcelain urn vases in cobalt blue with gilt accents
Offered for sale is a striking pair of overscale cobalt blue handled Sèvres Porcelain urn vases with ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 20th Century Painted Ceramic Chinese Vases, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Pair of great 20th century Chinese vases. Glazed and hand painted ceramic objects with golden decorations of beautiful quality and important me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Large Italian Early 20th Century Hammered Copper Vessel with Lid
Located in Milan, IT
Spectacular Italian craftsmanship hammered copper vessel.
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Copper
20th Century Pair of French Hand Painted Ceramic Vases with Brass Decoration
Located in Sofia, BG
Pair of hand painted asymmetrical ceramic vases decorated with flowers and butterflies in light colors on beige base, and they are painted in cobalt blue inside. Both are raised over...
Category
Early 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Asian Chinese Famille Noir Porcelain Urn Vase
Located in West Hartford, CT
Standing twenty five inches tall, is this beautiful Chinese urn in the famille noir pattern. There are hallmarks at bottom but they are hard to read, see pics.
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Massive Neoclassical Style Terracotta Garden Urn Campana-Form
Located in Cypress, CA
This monumental Italian neoclassical style terracotta Campana-form garden urn with masked handles. An extremely fine molded figural group of children in play all around the urn.
Bei...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Yellow Covered Vase and Stand, Vintage Mottahedeh, Rose Floral Motif
By Mottahedeh
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An interesting three part vase set featuring a fitted oval cover, pedestal base and under tray. Nice detailing from Mottadeh whose realistic depictions of antique patterns are world ...
Category
1960s Portuguese Vintage Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Antique and Vintage Urns for Sale
Decorative vases and antique and vintage urns are statement objects for the home that can date back centuries. Ranging from pieces with intricate, hand-painted details to more minimal forms with abstract shapes, decorative vases and urns come in a range of styles and sizes.
An urn is a type of vase that typically has a cover, a narrow neck and a round body, sometimes with a footed pedestal. However, when a vessel is called an urn, this often denotes its purpose rather than its origin or shape. One of the urn’s most crucial roles was and remains to be to hold the ashes of people for funerary rites. Another type of urn is adorned with figures that tell a story or show a scene.
Some of the earliest vases were formed from clay or metal-like bronze. Mesopotamians used them not only for decoration but also for storage. In ancient Greece, vases and urns frequently depicted stories from mythology, showing images of the gods and heroes. In ancient Egypt, vases such as the amphora had ceremonial purposes.
Over time, vases grew in popularity among artists as a different kind of canvas for expression. Unlike many of the ancient examples, these vases were not always functional but instead made for a striking addition to one’s decor. Even a plain, solid-colored vase can add color or style to a room. Metal urns are elegant additions to your living room or foyer rather than outside, unless you’re partial to the alluring weathered patina that is expected to characterize an antique cast-iron garden urn.
Every interior designer will tell you that decorative objects are what make a house a home. Decorative objects trumpet the homeowner’s personality while bringing a room to life. For designers, they present an opportunity to express their creative vision.
When looking for a decorative vase, it’s important to note the design and also the size and shape. Decorative vases vary from those with a wide base to those with long slender necks. Browse decorative vases and an extensive ceramic urn collection on 1stDibs.