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Urns For Sale
French Belle Epoque Period Famille Rose Porcelain and Ormolu centerpiece urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most decorative French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Famille Rose Porcelain and Ormolu centerpiece urn. This stunning centerpiece is raised by a square Ormolu pl...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Urns
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Confit Pot w Handles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This classic French confit pot is from the south of France and dates from the late 19th Century. Note the pretty tapered base that is unglazed. Confit pots were half-glazed for two r...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Materials
Pottery
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
Old Hollowed Out Tree Stump Vessel
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This unique planter brings a touch of rustic charm and natural beauty to any outdoor space. The weathered wood and natural imperfections create a sense of time-worn elegance, perfect...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Urns
Materials
Wood
Late 19th/ early 20th Century Large Red Lacquer Offering Bowl, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Red Offering Bowl
Burma
Late 19th/early 20th century
Bamboo, lacquer
D: 31 in x H: 7.5 in :: 78.7 cm x 19 cm
Traditionally used to bring offerings to an altar, and to present ...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Urns
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
A Very Rare Pair of 19th Century Bronze and Sienna Marble Tazza Urns
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare pair of 19th Century finely cast bronze tazza urns of exceptional quality and grand proportions. The urns of circular form with decorative sphere motif detail to the eve...
Category
19th Century French Antique Urns
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Pair of Italian Glazed Terracotta Urns or Planters
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Italian glazed terracotta urns or planters.
This stunning pair of Italian glazed terracotta urns, planters or jardinieres are from the A...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Mn L Big Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Mn L big vase by Josefina Munoz
Mn LARGE collection
Dimensions: H 35 x D 18 cm
Material: Ceramics (Black Sandstone and Transparent Enamel)
Available in: Small, and Medium.
...
Category
2010s Swiss Post-Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
$1,461 / item
Antique Gustave Asch Blue Green and Gold Porcelain Vase
By Gustave Asch
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Most Gustave Asch Porcelain vase works come in cobalt blue. This piece is a rare blue green. It was created in the village of Sainte Radegonde in Southern France in the early 1900s b...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
18thc Large Antique French Sevres Porcelain Vase/ Covered Urn Ammon-Ra w/Bronze
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Stunning and Rare Large 18thc French Louis XV Marked Sevres Porcelain Covered Urn/ Vase Ammon-Ra. Pristine condition. Vibrant beautiful coloring. Mark 1758-59. Estate find from the S...
Category
1750s French Louis XV Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Umanoff Grenada Style Brutalist Black Iron Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage iron bowl in the style of Umanoff. The piece is designed in the Salterini Grenada pattern, making it unique. The bowl projects a st...
Category
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Urns
Materials
Iron
$212 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Three Hand-painted Ceramic Pugliese Pots late 1800s
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A wonderful set of hand-painted and hand-made ceramic pots from Puglia. The three have been hand-painted with deep blue leaf patterns and are utterly gorgeous. It is very rare to fin...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Large Pair of 19th Century Italain Medici Urns on Sienna Marble Bases
Located in Hudson, NY
This impressive and large pair of decorative urns from the grand tour are designed to recreate the famous Medici Vase. The grand vase a 1st cen...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Pair of 1800s Ormolu-Mounted French Sevres Style Drum-Shaped Vases and Covers
Located in Skien, NO
A Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Sevres-Style Drum-Shaped Vases and Covers. With Sevres Marks, from Late 19th Century
These elegant vases each feature domed covers, beautifully painted with...
Category
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Urns
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze
$12,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Ruby Ground French Porcelain Covered Vases, Samson, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Famille rose style covered vases on bronze mounts.
Category
1880s French Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Grand Tour Bronze & Ormolu Urn, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Grand Tour dark patinated bronze and ormolu urn with ormolu liner, C1850 in date.
This stunning bronze is superbly cast and has an elegant brown...
Category
1850s French Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Rare 19th Century Neoclassical Cast Iron Urn
Located in Bozeman, MT
Rare 19th-century neoclassical cast iron urn / vase with a mythological motif. Copenhagen, Denmark, circa 1850.
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Iron
Pair of Anglo-Indian Cast & Engraved Brass Ewers, Black Enamel & British Coins
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Anglo-Indian Cast & Engraved Brass Ewers, Black Enamel & British Coins, India, 1960s
An exotic pair of Anglo-Indian cast and engraved brass ewers, crafted in India during th...
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Urns
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian 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
Large and Rare French Faience Chinoiserie Covered Temple Jar, Nevers, circa 1740
Located in New York, NY
With underglaze blue and red decoration.
Category
1740s French Antique Urns
Materials
Faience
Pair of French Old Paris Porcelain Basalt-Glazed Urns w Neoclassical Decoration
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome pair of French Old Paris porcelain basalt-glazed double-handled urns with neoclassical decoration; each shapely vase with everted neck above an ovoid body flanked by loop ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
$1,500 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Of Neoclassical White Pottery Urns With Greek Motif
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Glazed White Pottery Urns. Stunning set of pottery urns that feature Greek motifs, depicting gods, goddesses, ...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Pottery
Large Antique 19th Century Hammered French Copper Water Jug with Handle
Located in COLMAR, FR
A wonderful antique French Water jug in copper. This handmade jug dates from the late-19th Century and is a great exemple of craftsmanship from this era. Most likely made by a local ...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Materials
Copper
Pair Of Marble And Bronze Cassolettes, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of light green marble cassolettes with gilded bronze ornamentation: garlands of flowers and leaves, putti heads, pine cone lids
Some wear and scratches, old restorations to the...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Talavera Majolica Hand Painted Amphora/Urn Vase
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Talavera Majolica Amphora/Urn Vase. It depicts a hand painted amphora/urn with a white background showing a scene in the front of a Spaniard gentleman riding a horse and in...
Category
20th Century Spanish Baroque Urns
Materials
Earthenware
Maitland Smith Heavy Bronze Neoclassical Cherub Sunflower Urn Compote Box 12"
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare vintage Maitland Smith bronze lidded and footed urn / compote featuring a low round form on paw feet, decorated with a Greek / Grecian design of cherubs in high relief, with a l...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Bronze
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
19th century xxl Spanish terra cotta urn ...
Located in Brecht, BE
an xxl spanish terra cotta urn, these were used as wine or olive oil containers, highly decorative piece inside the house as well as outside, often used now as planters or garden orn...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Urns
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century French Earthenware Censer or Small Stove
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Featuring a large lidded body decorated with lion heads on each corner depicted with open mouths where heat escapes. This thick glazed ceramic urns has openings on each side large en...
Category
19th Century French Rustic Antique Urns
Materials
Iron
$2,500 Sale Price
54% Off
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Patinated Bronze Pierced Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a bronze urn bearing a green and black patina, decorated with pierced sides forming patterns that wrap the form, and accented with one small...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Urns
Materials
Metal
Meissen Porcelain Urn Snake Handles Amphora, Germany
Located in New York, NY
An antique Meissen porcelain urn with snake handles amphora, circa early-20th century, Germany. This Meissen urn is hard-paste porcelain, hand painted, fea...
Category
Early 20th Century German Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Terracotta Pot with Aged Patina
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A striking antique French terracotta urn, this piece showcases a timeless patina that has developed beautifully over decades. The urn's elegant rounded silhouette and weathered textu...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Urns
Materials
Terracotta
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
Early 20th Century Lacquer & Bamboo Food Offering Vessel, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Food offering vessel, Ok-Kwet
Burma
Early 20th century
Bamboo, lacquer
Measures: H: 11 in x D: 11 in :: 28 cm x 28 cm
The black lacquered exterior and red interior Ok-Kwet, consis...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Urns
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Volume 1 Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Volume 1 vase by Milan Pekar
Dimensions: D11 x H15 cm
Materials: Glaze, porcelain
Handmade in the Czech Republic.
Also available: Different colors and patterns
Established own st...
Category
2010s Czech Modern Urns
Materials
Porcelain
$258 / item
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware vase by Gunnar Nylund, in a beautiful, curvesome form. Glazed oxidized copper green, with a beautiful “Mimosa” pattern.
Gunnar Nylund was one of the most influential ceram...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Stoneware
Wedgwood Black and White Jasper "Pegasus" Covered Vase, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
The black jasper ovoid body decorated in white relief with the Apotheosis of Virgil after John Flaxman, the shoulder with snake handles above Medusa masks,...
Category
19th Century English Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 5 Large Vintage Venetian Glass Apothecary Jars with Lids and Fruit Handle
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rare vintage cobalt blue venetian glass apothecary jars. Set of 5. Each jar has a lid with glass fruit or flower as handle. Perfect for vanity or bathroom storage. Very good conditio...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Urns
Materials
Blown Glass
Flora And Fauna Stoneware Urn Vase, Wilhelm Kage, Argenta, Gustavsberg, c1949
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Delicate sprigs of wildflowers and tiny insects adorn this piece from the Argenta series by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg, Sweden
Wonderful mottled glazed stoneware vase decorated wit...
Category
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Silver
Murano Green Urn, Circa 1950's
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Blown Murano Urn, Cira 1980
Sourced from London, England by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Category
Late 20th Century British Urns
Materials
Murano Glass
Antique Pair of Grand Tour Borghese or Medici Bronze Campana Urns Vases Marble
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Impressive Pair of Grand Tour Twin Handle Patinated Bronze Medici Urns of Campagne outline, of compact and heavy proportions. Second quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Firmly attribu...
Category
19th Century French Regency Antique Urns
Materials
Siena Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Moroccan Glazed Decorated Pottery Lidded Jars
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Bulbous shaped pottery lidded vessels tapering to the base. Decorated with blue and turquoise bands with scrolled vines and long stemmed flowers in yellow, white and brown. With comp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tribal Urns
Materials
Pottery
Antique Pair French Grand Tour Neo Classical Bronze Urns 19th C
Located in London, GB
This superb pair of French Neo Classical Grand Tour bronze urns are most elaborate and finely detailed, Circa 1870 in date.
They have a flared neck with foliate casting and a beaded...
Category
1870s Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Neoclassical Black and White Giustiniani Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of neoclassical black and white Giustiniani urns with contrasting foliate rims and scrolled handles on low plinths. Italy, circa 1780s.
Dimensions: 7.75" H x 4.5" W handle to ha...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Embossed Urn with Elephant Handles
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-174 Embossed bronze urn with stylized elephant handles
Bronze has aged patina with red oxide impressions
Reeds not included.
Category
1940s Central Asian Vintage Urns
Materials
Bronze
Handcrafted Moorish Ceramic Planters with Handles
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of very decorative large handcrafted Moorish, Spanish style ceramic urns planters from Fez,
Metal handles, bottom and top adorned with embossed metal.
Great decorative large ce...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Regency period bronze and ormolu Campana shaped Urns
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of early 19th Century bronze & ormolu campana shape Urns of unusual small proportions retaining original gilding, having beaded tops, & scroll decorated band above carryi...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Circa 1880 Louis XVI Style Green Marble Urn Bronze Dore Mounts
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Unique piece purchased in France.
Gorgeous Green Marble
See detailed photos
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Marble
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
20th Century Pair of Porcelain Shell-Encrusted Lidded Urns (Pair Available)
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a pair of white porcelain shell-encrusted lidded urns with porcelain coral-style finials, situated on a detached lucite base.
Category
Late 20th Century American Other Urns
Materials
Shell, Porcelain
Collection of 4 Vintage Pharmacy Mortars, Bronze and Marble, 17th-20th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Charming collection of 4 vintage European bronze, brass and marble pharmacy and herbalist mortars ranging in age from the 17th-20th century. Each shows evidence of working use. Rangi...
Category
17th Century British Renaissance Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
$280 Sale Price
67% Off
Herman Kähler, Urn, Glazed Earthenware, Denmark, c. 1910
Located in High Point, NC
A blue, orange and green-glazed earthenware urn, designed and produced by Herman Kähler, Denmark, c. 1910.
Category
1910s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Earthenware
Marvellous Mosaic Ceramic Vase By Jean Gerbino For Vallauris, France
By Jean Gerbino
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Created by the master ceramicist Jean Gerbino for Vallauris, a superbly designed flared shaped vase with mosaic patterning in tones of leaf green, sage, sand and cream
Circa 1960's
S...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
$593 Sale Price
64% Off
Cenedese Mid-Century Green Pair of Italian Murano Glass Apothecary Lidded Jars
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Cenedese vintage midcentury pair of new old stock Murano clear/translucent emerald green colored / coloured glass round Apothecary jars or storage containers with lids made circa 197...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Chinese Famille Verte Ginger Jar/Temple Jar c.1970s
Located in Glasgow, GB
Famille Verte style porcelain temple jar. Crafted in China towards the end of the 20th century in the 1970s.
This piece is made from white undergl...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Qing Urns
Materials
Enamel
$165 Sale Price
40% Off
Cenedese Tall Cobalt Blue Vintage Italian Murano Glass Vase
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Wonderful tall deep cobalt blue vase by Cenedese Vetri of Murano, Italy. A fun, funky and bright way to add a touch of bold colour / color to your interior - imagine glass like this ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$705 Sale Price
50% Off
Echizen Ware Edo Period Jar Tsubo Vase Pottery Japanese Wabi Sabi Ash Glaze
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique Edo period Echizen kilns tsubo jar, circa 17th/18th century. Coil built with reddish iron oxide clay and buff colored ash glaze. Large Echizen jars were famous in their time ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Urns
Materials
Stoneware
Late 19th/ early 20th Century Large Red Lacquer Offering Tray, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Red Offering Tray, Burma
Late 19th/early 20th century
Bamboo, lacquer ...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Urns
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Large Antique French Sevres Porcelain Urn, 19th Century, Signature and Mark
Located in Norton, MA
A large 19th century antique Sevres Porcelain Urn featuring in white and green ground color, decorated with scenes of courting couples and floral ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Diminutive Pair of Ocean Blue Mercury Glass Vases, France Circa 1900s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Diminutive Pair of Ocean Blue Mercury Glass Vases
France, circa 1900s
A captivating pair of Ocean Blue Mercury Glass Vases, originating from France in the early 1900s. Each vase,...
Category
Early 20th Century French High Victorian Urns
Materials
Mercury Glass
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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.