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Urns For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1810s
Kayserzinn Art Nouveau Pewter Pitcher with Devils Head
By Kayserzinn 1
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
German Kayserzinn pewter wine/water pitcher or jug with Art Nouveau style low relief iris decoration centered by a Devils head under the spout and a ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Urns
Materials
Pewter
Large Green Jade Vase with Elephant Handles, Early 20th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Intricately carved green jade carved vessel with lid. The deep green jade with elephant and ring handles with custom wood base. 12.75 inches tall inclu...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Urns
Materials
Jade
Japanese Cloisonné Foil Urn Vase
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a cloisonné foil metal vase depicting a continuous scenes around it of three large white cranes, a volcano and some green leaves in a turquoise background. Under the base the...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Urns
Materials
Metal
Swedish Designer, Urn, Ceramic, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue and brown-glazed urn designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1960s.
Dimensions: 8” H x 7” diameter
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Green Moorish Ceramic Urns with Chiseled Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large green Moorish ceramic Urns chiseled with Arabic calligraphy poetry writing.
Handcrafted vases from Fez Morocco etched with Arabic calligraphy.
This kind of Art Writing looks ca...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Large Royal Copenhagen Crackle Glazed Lidded Urn. Thorkild Olsen, Denmark, 1951.
Located in Malmö, SE
Elegant Royal Copenhagen crackle glazed lidded urn with gilded banding on foot, rim and lidd.
Designed by THORKILD OLSEN (1890-1973) for ROYAL COPENHAGEN. Made in Denmark, 1951. Make...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Neoclassical Alabaster Urn Lamp on Solomonic Pedestal Column
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved Alabaster Floor Lamp.
Outstanding Neoclassical carved alabaster urn lamp with handles on column pedestal stand, Spain, 1930s-1940s
T...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Urns
Materials
Alabaster
Chinese Archaistic Bronze Ritual Vessel
Located in Stamford, CT
A finely cast Chinese Shang style bronze ritual vessel known as a fangding. With faces on all four sides, this is a wonderful decorative piece which coul...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Archaistic Urns
Materials
Bronze
Carl Falkenstein Mid Century Frosted Glass & Bronze Floral Vase Urn Jar 21"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 20th century Carl Falkenstein / Hollywood Regency style lidded urn / jar, made of white frosted glass with a design of applied bronze flowers and leaves.
Dimensions:
11.5" x 21"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Lacquer and Bamboo Offering Vessel, Hsun Ok, Pagan, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th or early 20th century lacquer and bamboo offering vessel, Hsun Ok, Pagan, Burma
A large offering vessel composed of four pieces, a base, a large food bowl with lid and the...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Urns
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Alabaster Vase in the Style of Ettorre Sottsass with Corals Decoration
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Alabaster vase in the style Angelo Mangiarotti, With Corails decoration.
This vase is in the tradition of some vases done by Ettore Sottsass.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Coral, Alabaster
Vintage Baluster Vase, Decorative, Oriental, Ceramic, Urn, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage baluster vase, a highly decorative, oriental ceramic urn dating to the mid 20th century.
Of classic form and in good proportion
...
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Neoclassical Style Faux Green and Black Marble Vase Urn, Large Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
Large scale faux marble vase form urn. This impressive piece is over 2 feet tall, (28 inches). It will make quite and impact on an entry or center table. Made of a sturdy composite i...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Composition
Midcentury Earthenware Vase by Anna-Lisa Thomson, Uppsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Striking earthenware floor vase by Anna-Lisa Thomson, glazed semi-translucent white. Decorative embossed graphic pattern.
The artist Anna-Lisa Thomson is best known for her stonewar...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Earthenware
"Perch & Angelfish, " Unique, Ambitious Art Deco Covered Urn by Nylund, Rorstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This ambitious, elongated urn with elaborate handles and a sunburst lid is beautifully decorated with perch on one side and angelfish on the other, all in tones of black, charcoal an...
Category
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Bambara Jidaga Water Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
Formed by pounding flattened clay around a convex mold, this oblong footed vessel is a water storage jar known as a jidaga, created by women of the Bambara people of Mali. The body o...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Large Decorative Black Enamel Urn with Brass Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome black enamel urn with brass detail.
The interior is lined with Brass.
This could be used decorative or to hold special items.
Neoclassical Style that mixes well with Trad...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Pink Marble Urn Planter
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A pale pink marble urn planter. Color variations ranging from pink to light gray and orange. Polished finish. Classical urn planter silhouette. Pair available, sold individually.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Marble
A Large Art Deco Style Black Glazed Ovoid Vase with Gilt Geometric Decoration
Located in San Francisco, CA
the large ovoid vessel tapering to the base; adorned overall with geometric gilt decoration all on a black matte ground
Category
1980s English Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Pottery
Large 20th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Decorative Piece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Add a touch of traditional Chinese artistry to your space with this large 20th Century Chinese export Porcelain Decorative Piece. This striking piece features a classic bottle shape ...
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Vintage Baluster Urns, Oriental, Ceramic, Art Deco, circa 1940
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of large vintage baluster urns. An Oriental, ceramic set from the Art Deco period, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1940.
Wond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Art Deco Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Maitland Smith Raku Style Ceramic Green Flower Vase Urn Cache Pot Jardiniere
Located in Dayton, OH
Maitland Smith green ceramic vase. Raku style with a squatty form and unique square imprint pattern. Measure: 14".
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Large Scale Italian Neoclassical Style Urns or Vases with Ram’s Heads, a Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of monumental neoclassical style pottery urns handcrafted in Italy. They are marked and in very good condition. The urns most likely date to the later part of the 20th...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Art Nouveau French Porcelain Ormolu-Mounted Urn
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Art Nouveau French porcelain ormolu-mounted urn.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pewter Vase by Sylvia Stave for GAB, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Round pewter vase by Sylvia Stave, with decorative handles on the sides. Smooth design with horizontal stripes. Sober and elegant.
Category
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Pewter
Ancient Greek Style Hand Painted Kantharos, Drinking Cup With High Handles
Located in Stamford, CT
Ancient Greek style "kantharos", a drinking cup with handles. In the Apulian style of southern Italy. Quite elegant with a fine painting of a seated, robed sculptor on the front, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Urns
Materials
Copper
Royal Worcester Porcelain Potpourri Vase or Urn with Hadley Roses, 1923
Located in London, GB
This is a very fine small potpourri vase and cover made by Royal Worcester in 1923. The urn has a blush ivory ground with exceptionally beautiful hand painted Hadley roses.
Potpourr...
Category
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Exceptional Georgian Style Carved Walnut Urn Form Knife Boxes
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very fine and rare pair of Urn Form knife boxes with telescoping lids and myriad cut-outs for utensils in the interior. Urn shapes with both lids and urns made in sections. The lid...
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian Urns
Materials
Walnut
Gustavsberg urn with lid by Josef Ekberg, Sweden 1930
Located in Bronx, NY
Green ceramic urn By Josef Ekberg Gustavsberg, Sweden 1930 in excellent condition quartz colored with gold ornament golden handles .
Surface has a color play like a pearl.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Boho Monumental Majolica Caffagiolo Terracotta Urn
Located in west palm beach, FL
Make a bold statement in your space with this exquisite vintage Majolica Caffagiolo terracotta urn. Featuring intricate hand-painted detailing in classic blue and gold tones, this ur...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Urns
Materials
Terracotta, Paint
Antique French Glazed Terracotta Olive Jug Floor Vase Amphora Urn Vessel 24"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French amphora / floor vase, handcrafted of light colored terracotta, rounded form with tapered base, molded green glazed rim / interior, and fo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Provincial Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Murano Scavo Art Glass Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano, Italy, 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Murano Pink and Blue Scavo Art Glass Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano, Italy, 1960s
Murano small vase in pink glass with blue handles, very delicate work w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Urns
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Chinese Ceramic Decorative Tureen with Abstract Tribal Motif
Located in Austin, TX
A vintage Chinese decorative tureen that's very 'of the moment' with it's animal motif in browns, blacks, creams and gold. A stunning and versatile accent piece for any room. A beaut...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Anglo Raj Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Huge Signed Seguso Vetri d'Arte White 'a Scavo' Murano Glass Amphora or Vase
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Monumental, large and elegant vintage Italian 16 inch tall 'a Scavo' white colored / colored glass Amphora or vase signed/engraved by Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano, Italy. Elegant in fo...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Wooden urn or vide poche France circa 1935
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Unusual and decorative urn or vide poche
Conic shaped, 2 handles with rope rings.
Gouge hand-carved walnut, rich patina.
" Africanist" inspiration, France circa 1935
Dimensions :...
Category
1930s French Brutalist Vintage Urns
Materials
Rope, Walnut
20th Century Vintage Chinese Bronze Incense Burner
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese Antique Carved Bronze incense burner has very detailed hand craft works around the body, elephants trunk as legs and handle and lotus bud on the lid of incen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Vases are truly a product of exceptionally skilled artisans! Thrown on a larger scale, the graceful form of each porcelain urn is centuries if not ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 1920's Art Deco Wedgwood Urns/ Brass Handle Detail / Smaller Size/ Signed
By Wedgwood
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair Antique Wedgwood Bone China Blue Urns with Brass Handles and Base. Signed and in ready to show condition. Smaller sized, highly detailed.
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Neoclassical Style Pair Of Urn Vases
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Maitland Smith Pair Of Blue Vases. It depicts a pair of royal blue urn shaped vases with handles decorated with a white relief of Roman neoclassical like scenes with nudes ...
Category
20th Century Thai Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Celadon Dragon Urns, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
A pair Chinese porcelain celadon lidded urns feature dragon design, 20th century.
Measures - 8.25" height x 4.5"diameter.
Category
20th Century Chinese Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Modern Large Scale Neolithic Style Ceramic Pots
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two modern Neolithic style Chinese ceramic pots. Sold separately. Large pot has a small hairline crack on the bottom that has been repaired. please...
Category
20th Century Chinese Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Light Green-Black Jade Lidded Urn
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a lidded light green-black color jade urn adorned with multiples branches of kelp leaves that are attached to it. The urn stands over an asymmetrical ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Jade
Royal Copenhagen Terracotta Crackle Glazed Vase, Gilded Banding Decoration #3060
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Royal Copenhagen porcelain gilded terracotta and grey crackle glazed baluster vase.
A premium quality vase with a matt glaze to the terracotta porcelain.
Circa 1954.
Stamped and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Large Art Deco Lustre Lidded Urn by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1930
Located in Malmö, SE
A large and rare lidded urn with amazing lustre glaze and hand painted gold details. Scandinavian Grace / Art Deco.
Made by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1930.
Great conditio...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Flame Fragment Decorations
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian hand-carved and painted wood fragment wall or table decorations. These fabulous fragment ornaments from Italy each feature a carved urn, with harp-shaped body embel...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Urns
Materials
Wood
Large Lidded Faience Urn with Flowers and a Bird by Rorstrand, Sweden, 1910s.
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful lidded rococo potpurri urn with amazing polychrome decoration in relief, branches, roses and a crowning bird.
Made by Rorstrand, Sweden, 1910s, after an 18th-century mode...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Rococo Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Faience
Antique French Glazed Terracotta Olive Jug Floor Vase Amphora Urn Vessel 24"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French terra cotta olive jar / floor vase - almond shaped form with wide middle and tapered top / base, two handles, decorative spotted / thumbprint band around middle, finis...
Category
Early 20th Century French Provincial Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Amalfi Coast Lemons in Blue Faux Stone Vases
Located in New York, NY
Amalfi Coast lemons in blue faux stone vases. Vintage Bundles of very real looking and vibrant faux lemons mixed with pine cone faux artichokes. Superb ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Urns
Materials
Paint
19" Marquis By Waterford Crystal Covered Urn
Located in Germantown, MD
Marquis By Waterford Crystal Covered Urn or vase. Use it just as ornament or as candy or just as storage. Measures 18.5" tall, 11.5" tall without cover, 8" in diameter. Opening is 3....
Category
Late 20th Century Northern Irish Modern Urns
Materials
Crystal
Antique 1920’s Grand Tour Italian Venice Majolica Vase
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique, grand tour, Italian hand painted and transfer ware majolica handled vase with panels depicting Ancient Greek Society, handles in the shape of winged griffin's and grotesq...
Category
1920s Italian Grand Tour Vintage Urns
Materials
Majolica
Dennis Kirchmann Art Pottery Lidded Vase in Midnight Blue
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully sleek and simple terra cotta pottery lidded vase or urn from Dennis Kirchmann. Glazed in a nearly black dark blue shiny glaze. Purchased directly from the potter at his ...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Moroccan Green and Brown Chiselled Ceramic Urns with Handles
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Moroccan green and brown ceramic urns with lid and handles.
Great Moorish style handcrafted and chiselled decorative ceramic urns etched with Arabic calligraphy poetry writin...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Austin Production Sculpture Claw Foot Bowl/Jardiniere
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
RARE AUSTIN PRODUCTION SCULPTURE
CLAW BOWL / JARDINIERE
Impressed mark
Rafael S.
Austin Sculpture, 1997.
Shaped as a roman Krater raised on four claw footed base,
plaster body with moulded laurel leaf band...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Grand Tour Urns
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Dried Flower Vase, Chinese, Handpainted, Decorative, Chinoiserie, C.1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage dried flower vase. A Chinese, waxed paper over board decorative drum vase, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Striking col...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Paper
Vintage Regency Bronze Urns - A Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add a touch of aristocratic charm with this magnificent pair of vintage Regency style urns. Their sophisticated silhouette, rich deep green body, and gilded bronze accents embody cla...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Urns
Materials
Bronze
Emile Gallé, Vase Glycines Wisteria Purple Cameo Acid Etched Glass
By Émile Gallé
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Glycines" (Wisteria) made in multilayer purple and white cameo acid-etched glass.
Molded signature.
Perfect condition.
height : 33 cm
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Urns
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Gustavsberg ceramic collection, Sweden, 1950
Located in Bronx, NY
Collection of ceramics By Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg Sweden quartz colored with silver inlays various sizes and shapes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Bowl by Lorenzo Burchiellaro
Located in New York, NY
A modernist bowl by artist Lorenzo Burchiellaro. Textured cast aluminum colored in earth tones. Signed underneath Burchiellaro.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
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.