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Urns For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1920s
Vintage Boho Patinated Wrought Iron Urn
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho urn. A chic patinated painted finish on a classic wrought iron shape. A brilliant green paint partially remains. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category

Early 20th Century American Urns

Materials

Wrought Iron

Large French Round Basket Container of Spiral-Work Cane with Lid
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large French basket container featuring a removable round top lid with wooden finial set upon a cylindrical body of hand-woven spiral cane work. Dimensions are H 22 3/4 inche...
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Early 20th Century French Urns

Materials

Wood, Cane

Ceramic urn designed by Louis Sue et André Mare
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Rare urne or vase in ceramic designed around 1925 by French artists Louis Sue and André Mare Documented
Category

1920s European Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Art Deco Urn Flambé 1930s - Gunnar Nylund - Rörstrand
Located in Stockholm, SE
A ceramic urn designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand. It is 22.5 cm (9") high and in excellent condition. It is marked as the photo shows and it is marked as 1st quality, it has some...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Urns

Materials

Ceramic

French Art Deco Marble Urns with Bronze, circa 1920
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French Art Deco marble urns with bronze, circa 1920.      
Category

1920s French Vintage Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Large German Floral Hand-Painted and Gilt Porcelain Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Step into a world of timeless elegance with this exceptional early 20th century German floral hand-painted and gilt porcelain urn. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this u...
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Early 20th Century German Urns

Materials

Gold

Pair French Stone Neoclassical Urns, 20th century
Located in South Salem, NY
Elegant and timeless, this pair of early 20th-century Neoclassical French stone urns embodies exquisite craftsmanship. Carved with care, each urn sho...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Marble

Pair of Italian Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marble Urns
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of Italian Neoclassical style marble urns, with bronze mounts including bronze heads of Satyr or Faun the sides of each urn, bronze bud finials, and a bronze acanthus de...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Vintage Boho Henderson Iron Works Petal Urns - Set of Two
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous set of two vintage urns. Made from a heavy case iron and painted white. An all over patinated rusty finish from time. Made by the Hinderson group in New Orleans and marked...
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Early 20th Century American Urns

Materials

Iron

Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Cloisonne Pot
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this magnificent Antique Chinese Cloisonne Pot. It shows very detailed hand craft works of cloisonne art - a lot of Chinese traditional f...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns

Materials

Metal

Pair, Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Celestial Dragon Urns, circa 1920
Located in Atlanta, GA
A dramatic blue pearl luster mottling porcelain vase dominated by a bold gilded celestial dragon and motifs of sacred pearls with flames with intricate detail. The top rim and bottom...
Category

Early 20th Century English Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of White Cast Iron Urns, French Early 20th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
These white-painted cast iron urns are a beautiful example of French design. They have a timeless quality that makes them a perfect addition to any garden or outdoor space. The urns ...
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Early 20th Century French Urns

Materials

Iron

Single Rusty Cast Iron Urn, French early 20th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
This cast iron urn is a beautiful example of French early 20th-century design. It has a timeless quality that makes it a perfect addition to any garden or outdoor space. The urn is m...
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Early 20th Century French Urns

Materials

Iron

Antique French Faience Enameled Urn, circa 1900-1910
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Faience Enameled Urn, circa 1900-1910.
Category

Early 20th Century French Urns

Materials

Faience

Pair Of Art Deco Marble & Bronze Urns
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine quality pair of marble and bronze Art Deco Urns Circa 1930 French Located In Dublin 8
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair of French Neoclassical Cast Iron Garden Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of French Neoclassical Cast Iron Garden Urns Country: France Materials: Cast Iron Condition: Original Vintage Condition Style: French Neoclassical Year: 1920s $2,895 ...
Category

1920s French Neoclassical Vintage Urns

Materials

Iron

Pair of Tall Silver on Copper Antique Engraved Anglo Indian Lidded Urns
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Stand out pair of antique Anglo Indian lidded urns handcrafted in silver on copper in a dramatic exotic form featuring ambitious hand engraved floral designs throughout. Best of the ...
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Urns

Materials

Silver Plate, Copper

Antique English Edwardian Classical Sterling Silver Covered Urn
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver covered urn. Made by Millar Wilkinson in London in 1905. Ovoid with reeded high-looping side handles and domed foot mounted to square base. Cover ...
Category

Early 1900s English Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Howard Edwardian Neoclassical Sterling Silver Covered Urn
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian neoclassical sterling silver covered urn. Made by Howard & Co. in New York in 1905. Ovoid bowl with high-looping leaf-mounted side handles; domed foot. Cover domed; top ste...
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Early 1900s American Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pair Art Deco Egyptian Revival Bronze Slate and Granite Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Art Deco Egyptian Revival vases crafted from black slate stone with engraved designs, and finely cast and gilt Egyptian motifs including prominent figures of the sun g...
Category

1910s French Egyptian Revival Vintage Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Japanese Satsuma Lidded Koro Artist Signed with Dragons and Faces Very Detailed
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Japanese Satsuma Lidded Koro Artist Signed With Dragons and faces very detailed Meiji Era Vessel with amazing signature on the bottom in red.
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Urns

Materials

Pottery

Large Important Japanese Meiji Satsuma Covered Urn with Foo Dog
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Important Japanese Meiji Satsuma Covered Urn with Foo Dog. Large impressive Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Satsuma porcelain covered urn...
Category

Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Fine Pair of Neoclassical Revival Bronze Patinated Copper Urns, Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very attractive pair of bronze patinated copper urns in the Neoclassical taste. Both ovoid shaped bodies showing embossed organic linear motifs, rising up to ormolu mounts & kylix...
Category

Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Copper, Ormolu

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

Intricately Carved Celadon Jade Dragon Handled Covered Vessel
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Early 20th Century intricately carved celadon vase with lid. The moon flask shape with dragon handles with rings. Incised on both sides with archaistic v...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Urns

Materials

Jade

Gilt Bronze Champleve and Capodimonte Porcelain Pair of Small Urns
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of Champleve and Capodimonte porcelain small urns. It depicts a pair of urns with colorful champleve pattern of flowers and scrolls at the ne...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Two Late Qing Dynasty Cloisonné Enamel and Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in London, GB
The enamel vases in this pair are of ‘garlic head’ form, each sitting on a four-leg, four scrolled foot wooden stand. The vases are of tripartite form. Each vase features a flared neck, an ovoid body, and a pinched stem, and each includes four gilt bronze (ormolu) medallions fashioned into reticulated cloud scroll patterns. Glimpsed through the reticulated medallions of each vase is a smaller, nestled vase, similarly decorated to the external shell. The body of each vase presents a rich blue enamel ground onto which cloisonné enamel motifs, bounded within gold enamel wire, are worked. The motifs are traditional, ranging from lotus scrolls and lotus flowers to ruyi heads, and are executed in a bold green, red, yellow, and pink palette. Upon the neck of each vase are mounted two gilt bronze elephant...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns

Materials

Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu

Retro Swedish Art Deco Ceramic Urn
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish Art Deco urn from the 1920s. The urn is made in ceramics by Uppsala Ekeby and measures 18 cm tall without the lid and 23 cm with the lid. The urn is a good size and is a love...
Category

Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Monumental Pair of 1920s Chinese Blanc de Chine Urns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These large vases are circa 1920-1940. They most likely are blanks meaning they were never decorated. Very unusual and hard to find.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Style Marble Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of circa 1900 French Louis XVI style marble vases with finely worked gilt bronze mounts. Gilt bronze swags terminate in handles anchored by satyr masks. Removable gilt bronze lids.
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Egyptian Revival Art Deco Style Pair Vase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Egyptian revival Art Deco style faux porphyry hand decorated pair two handled decorative piece / vase. Each vase features a pharaonic figure winged handles , with the neck decorated ...
Category

Early 20th Century European Egyptian Revival Urns

Materials

Pottery, Paint

Pair of Swedish Grace Josef Ekberg Lustre Lidded Vases, Gustavberg 1927
Located in Skanninge, SE
A very unusual pair of lidded urns by Swedish designer Josef Ekberg. Signed with Josef Ekberg's monogram and Gustavsbergs company mark and also dated 1927. Handpainted creamware with luster glaze and gold decorations. Really good condition, with no issues! JOSEF EKBERG He started working as a 12-year-old boy at the Gustavsberg factory in 1898. He continued working there till his death in 1945. In 1908 Joseph Ekberg...
Category

1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Ravinet & Co Paris 1912 Louis XVI Neoclassical Urn Vase Bacchus in .950 Silver
By Louis Ravinet and Cie, Paris
Located in Miami, FL
An impressive large mythological vase with Bacchus heads. Beautiful antique decorative urn vase, created in Paris France by Ravinet & Cie in...
Category

1910s French Neoclassical Vintage Urns

Materials

Marble, Silver, Sterling Silver

Republic Period, Spinach Jade Urn
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Elaborately carved, richly colored, Chinese, spinach jade urn with Foo dog lid and two-sided, top-to-bottom bas relief, foliate and geometric embellishments.
Category

1920s Chinese Vintage Urns

Materials

Jade

Giant Antique Art Glass Factice Perfume Apothecary Display Bottle Jar Urn Stand
Located in Thiensville, WI
Giant antique heavy art glass urn/factice/apothecary jar, with cap/topper and metal stand. Beautiful Art Deco decorative statement piece that can be used in a variety of ways; to display herbs and botanicals or scent an entire space. Simply fill the large glass structure with your favorite botanicals or fragrance, and keep the stopper inserted until you are ready to release some fresh fragrance. Can be filled with regular or colored water if desired. Can also be used as a vase to display a floral arrangement. Lightweight metal stand has a light beige/gold-toned color to the exterior and remains unfinished at the backside. Carved art deco design inclusive of long lines that begin at three separate curved clawfoot style feet and lead upward to distinctive fan pattern details that hold glass urn in place. Metal stand allows for glass urn to have an almost levitating appearance when placed inside. Some pieces are marked/labeled at backside with, "0-1" & "0-2". Glass urn features a curved/rounded design with a wide belly and pointed base. Circumferential groove details at top portion of urn with a heightened neck/mouth for matching stopper. Giant factice fragrance bottles...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Urns

Materials

Glass, Art Glass

Antique Japanese Bronze Rosy Vase, Japan 1900, H622
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Japanese bronze rosy vase, Japan 1900, H622. Japan 1900 Bronze Well cast and beautifully decorated with birds and foliage. With stylized handl...
Category

Early 1900s Scottish Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

20th Century French Bronze and Sevres Porcelain Vase, 1900s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice early 20th century French porcelain vase from the famous Sevres manufacture in the 1900s. Beautiful flowers and golden details. The bronze part is removable. There is als...
Category

Early 1900s French Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Medicean Pyramid, Medicean Chalice Vase with CAP Began, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Medicean pyramid, medicean chalice vase with cap. Central medallion with the head of Cosimo I de 'Medici on both sides of the vase. Measures: height...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Urns

Materials

Terracotta

French Terracotta Confit Pot
Located in Winter Park, FL
An earthenware confit pot from the Southwest of France with traditional yellow, ochre glaze. Some chips and losses to glaze. These ordinary earthenware vessels were once used daily i...
Category

Early 20th Century European French Provincial Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Louis XVI Style Verde Antico Marble & Gilt Bronze Urns 19th/20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Fine pair of Louis XVI style Verde Antico Marble and gilt bronze urns - featuring fine chasing and casting to the bronze elements - lids not removable - shallow enough in depth to fi...
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Louis XVI Style Brass Pedestal Urn with Lion Mask Handles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Of large scale and solid construction, the footed urn flanked by lion head handles and cast with guilloche and egg-and-dart bands.
Category

Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Brass

Copper Kindling Bucket with Blackened Iron Handles
Located in Greenwich, CT
An Arts & Crafts copper bucket having rolled rim and slightly tapered profile with blackened wrought iron escutcheon and ring handles. Now useful for kindling next to a wood fireplace or as a decorative accessory next to a gas fireplace.
Category

Early 1900s English Antique Urns

Materials

Copper

Set of Four Alabaster Urns with Beaded Glass Ornaments on Pedestals
Located in New York, US
Our set of four neoclassical alabaster urns with ormolu bronze mounts, of northern European origin and dating from the early 20th century, feature cascading molded and beaded glass ornaments...
Category

Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Kayserzinn Art Nouveau Pewter Pitcher with Devils Head
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

Beautiful Lavanite Vase Decorated with Elephants, Art Nouveau, circa 1910
Located in Knivsta, SE
A rare and beautiful Lavanite vase decorated with Elephants. Art Nouveau circa 1910. Probably made by W. Henker & Co in Berlin during the 1910s. Marked Lavanit Patent under the vase....
Category

1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Urns

Materials

Cast Stone

"Secessionist Covered Urn" by Fraureuth Porcelain Works in Cobalt, Gold & Black
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly glazed in tones of cobalt, gold, black and white, and decorated with an elaborate geometric pattern overlaid with undulating, organic Art Nouveau motifs, this domed porcelain urn was made by the Fraureuth works in Germany, and reportedly designed by Austrian architect Emanuel Josef Margold. Fraureuth was founded in 1866, and for almost a century produced some of Germany's finest porcelains, including some in the modern, bold style espoused by the German and Vienna Secessionist movements. Margold was born in Austria, studied in Königsberg and Mainz, and later became an assistant to Josef Hoffmann and an employee of the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1907, publisher Alexander Koch in Darmstadt became aware of Margold and published his designs in various magazines. Within a few years, Margold moved to Darmstadt to join the art colony there, and became a prolific designer of jewelry...
Category

1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Alabaster Urn Column Pedestal Floor Lamp
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outstanding Art Deco carved alabaster urn lamp on column pedestal, Spain, 1930s This Art Deco period alabaster floor lamp has an elegant neoclassical design. The Urn urplighter lamp stands on a column pedestal stand...
Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Urns

Materials

Alabaster

Decorative Cups in Onyx and Gold Bronze from the Art Deco
Located in Madrid, ES
Decorative cups in onyx and gold bronze from the Art Deco period of the 1920s in excellent condition measurement: 25 x 8 x 9 cm Very good condition.
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Urns

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

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

Vintage Monumental Boho Pottery Martaban Urn
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho glazed pottery urn. A monumental earthenware vessel with floating dragon motif and raised roundel faces. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Urns

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Pair of Late 19th Century Decorative Urns
Located in Middleburg, VA
A Very Decorative Pair of Late 19th Century Decorative Urns. Hexagonal forms with removable finials with gilded, carved, floral surfaces and inlaid with tiny colored mirrors and beads. They are tapering hexagonal in shape with interesting proportions. Made in Thailand...
Category

Early 20th Century Thai Urns

Materials

Wood

Antique English Edwardian Sterling Silver Covered Urn Trophy
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver covered urn. Made by William Comyns in London in 1908. Bowl has straight sides and curved bottom with leaf-capped and wrapped s-scroll side handles and step...
Category

Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Urns

Materials

Sterling Silver

Early 1900s French Antique Bronze and Marble Urn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This extraordinary French antique urn is a striking piece, expertly crafted from a combination of bronze and marble and preserved in great condition...
Category

Early 1900s French Renaissance Antique Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"Leaping Gazelles, " Early, Richly Glazed Art Deco Urn in Black and Gold, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very early example of Art Deco artisanry, dating from around 1917 just before Josef Ekberg left the Gustavsberg porcelain works in Sweden, is richly decorated with leaping gazel...
Category

1910s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Vases Red Ceramic and Bronze Paul Milet for Sèvres, 1920
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of French red ceramic Art Deco vases or urns with dark red glaze and bronze decorations. Paul Milet (1870-1950) son of Optat Milet. France 1920.
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Bronze

Very Large Market-Fresh English Sterling Silver Covered Urn
Located in New York, NY
George V sterling silver covered urn. Made by Mappin & Webb in Sheffield in 1917. Oval bowl mounted to lobed knop on domed foot. Cover double-domed with acorn finial. Leaf-wrapped an...
Category

1910s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Urns

Materials

Sterling Silver

Decorative Antique Sterling Silver Lidded Sugar Basket or Server, 1912
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1912 by George Howson, this attractive, antique sterling silver sugar basket, is in the Neoclassical reviv...
Category

1910s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Urns

Materials

Sterling Silver

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

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.

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