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Urns For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1940s
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Striking stoneware vase by Gunnar Nylund, in a bold asymmetric form, sometimes called the Nylund “Pike” vase. Brown and greenish glaze in an organic pattern. Gunnar Nylund was one o...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Stoneware

Three Modernist Stoneware Vases by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of three beautiful stoneware vases by Gunnar Nylund, in imaginative, curvesome forms. “Mimosa” patterned glazes in eggshell white, pale green and cloudy blue. Height 18/25/27 cm...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Stoneware

Italian Hammered Brass Urn Or Vessel
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Hammered Brass Urn Or Vessel. Stunning Italian Art Deco hammered brass urn or vessel. We have two other similar urns offered on 1stdibs. To see all our offerings on 1stdibs, ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Brass

Five Modernist Stoneware Vases by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of five stoneware vases by Gunnar Nylund, in a variation of elegant, curvesome forms and sizes. All glazed beautiful eggshell white. Height 14/15.5/19/20/22.5 cm, Diameter 8-13....
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Stoneware

Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovely stoneware vase by Gunnar Nylund, in a curvesome, tapering form. Glazed pale blue with a white “Mimosa” pattern. Gunnar Nylund was one of the most influential ceramicists and ...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

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Stoneware

Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful stoneware vase by Gunnar Nylund, in a plump form with a slender neck. Glazed pale greenish blue with a white “Mimosa” pattern. Gunnar Nylund was one of the most influentia...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Stoneware

Italian Hammered Brass Urn Or Vessel
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Hammered Brass Urn Or Vessel. Stunning Italian Art Deco hammered brass urn or vessel. We have two other similar urns offered on 1stdibs. To see all our offerings on 1stdibs, ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Urns

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Brass

A Mid 20th Century Bronze Urn
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A mid-20th century bronze urn. Dimensions: H 21cm W 15.5cm D 10cm Origin: English Date: Circa 1940 Item Number: 1903242
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1940s Vintage Urns

Materials

Bronze

Italian Hammered Brass Urn Or Vessel
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Hammered Brass Urn Or Vessel. Stunning Italian Art Deco hammered brass urn or vessel. We have two other similar urns offered on 1stdibs. To see all our offerings on 1stdibs, ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Brass

"Circus Scenes", Unique Art Deco Covered Urn w/ Ringmaster & Horse Rider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although this unique covered urn captures circus scenes that are decidedly populist in nature, this piece is highly sophisticated and emphatically Art Deco. Note the repeated geomet...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

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 :...
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1930s French Brutalist Vintage Urns

Materials

Rope, Walnut

Monumental French Art Deco Luminaire Urn with Bas Relief
Located in Hanover, MA
Monumental scale French Art Deco urn with bas relief on one side made of a plaster composite c, 1930. Urn is vase form with an elongated taper on a narrow round foot which is banded...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Composition, Brass, Nickel

Flora And Fauna Stoneware Urn Vase, Wilhelm Kage, Argenta, Gustavsberg, c1949
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...
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1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

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Silver

Elegant Urn with lid in Art Deco by Wilhelm Kåge, Gustavsberg. 1930s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very elegant urn with lid in Art Deco by Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960), artistic director at Gustavsbergs Porslinsfabrik. Made in the 1930s in stoneware with silver-plated decor in a peri...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Stoneware

Vintage Decorative Baluster Urn, Chinese, Ceramic, Lidded Vase, Art Deco, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage decorative baluster urn. A Chinese, ceramic lidded vase, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Wonderfully substantial urn, with attractive decorative finish ...
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1930s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant “Chamotte” stoneware vase by Gunnar Nylund, in a stately form. Made in a technique where crushed earthenware is mixed into the stoneware. Rörstrand introduced Gunnar Nylund’...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Stoneware

1940s Hand Hammered Studded Patinated Copper Pot With Handles
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Hand Hammered Studded Copper Pot With Handles Beautiful patina and hammered finish
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1940s Vintage Urns

Materials

Copper

1940s Hand Hammered Studded Patinated Copper Pot With Handles
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Hand Hammered Studded Copper Pot With Handles Beautiful patina and hammered finish
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1940s Vintage Urns

Materials

Copper

Crichton English Neoclassical Britannia Silver Covered Urn, 1930
Located in New York, NY
George V covered urn. Made by Lionel Alfred Crichton in London in 1930. Girdled urn with on stepped and stepped, raised, and gadrooned foot; s-scroll side handles with leaf cap and p...
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1930s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Urns

Materials

Britannia Standard Silver

Big decorative art deco bronze urn Denmark 1930’s
Located in Valby, 84
Rare big Art Deco decorative patinaed alloyed bronze urn made by a skilled craftsman in Denmark in the late 1930’s. The urn is the perfect piece for your favorite flowers or bunch o...
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Urns

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Bronze

Moroccan ceramics, Safi
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Ceramic pot with lid, Morocco - Safi, 30’s/40’s Signed on the bottom
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1930s Maghreb Islamic Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Decorative Urn in white Porcelain by Gien France 1930 signed
By Gien
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This Urn is a decorative Urn. It has Been made in France circa 1930. The color of the porcelain is white. it is signed with the Gien stamp underneath.
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1930s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Neo Classical Urn, Continental, Decorative Ornament, Grand Tour, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage neo-classical urn. A Continental, Bakelite decorative ornament in Grand Tour taste, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. Striking forms, with serpentine f...
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1930s Italian Grand Tour Vintage Urns

Materials

Bakelite

Porcelain amphora, Rosenthal, Germany, 1949
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain amphora made of ecru porcelain, decorated with gilding and a bouquet of flowers motif. Amphora produced by the excellent German Rosenthal label, signed with a mark from 194...
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1940s German Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain amphora, Rosenthal, Germany, 1949
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain amphora made of ecru porcelain, decorated with gilding and a bouquet of flowers motif. Amphora produced by the excellent German Rosenthal label, signed with a mark from 194...
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1940s German Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

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...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Art Deco Stoneware and Silver "Argenta" Vase by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Art Deco "Argenta" Vase was realized by the esteemed Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg in Sweden circa 1940. It features a subtly tapered conical stoneware body handpainted ...
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1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Sterling Silver

Japanese Wabi Sabi Oversized Turned Urn from Solid Block of Wood
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1390 Japanese Oversized turned hardwood urn.
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1940s Vintage Urns

Materials

Hardwood

Georg Jensen Extra Large Johan Rohde Pitcher 432C
Located in Hellerup, DK
An early extra large Georg Jensen sterling silver pitcher, design #432C by Johan Rohde from 1920. This design for Rohde was the topic of many conversations between him and Georg Jen...
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1940s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Urns

Materials

Sterling Silver

China Republic 1912-1960 Inside Paint Carved Rock Crystal Vase Silver & Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
An impressive China inside-painted vase in rock crystal. Beautiful and one-of-a-kind art-piece. created in China during the first years of the China-republic, circa 1912-1949. Thi...
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1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Urns

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Longwy Art Deco French Cloisonné Ceramic Geometric Gourd Shape Large Vase
Located in Oakland, CA
Longwy Art Deco French Cloisonné Ceramic Geometric Gourd Shape, Ex. Large Vase, bright color with stunning blues, classic gourd shape. Repeated floral and leaf designs with bright colors, blues, and crackle cream to create a dynamic pattern rarely seen in Longwy pottery...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Enamel

Longwy Art Deco French Cloisonné Ceramic Vase
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco Vase from Longwy of France in the distinctive “pyriform” -pear or gourd shape that so many of their creations employed. Smooth, faceted sides alternate with deeply etched...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Enamel

Czecholovakian Art Deco Hand Crafted Cream and Umber Ceramic Vase by Royal Crown
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Deco ceramic vase was realized by the esteemed atelier of Royal Crown in Czechoslovakia circa 1930. Suggesting a modern interpretation of the classic Greek amphora vase...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Silver Plated Urn With Leaf Detailing
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1139 Large silver plated urn with applied leaf details
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1940s Vintage Urns

Materials

Silver Plate

Large French Clear Crystal Vase by Daum
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning large French clear crystal vase by Daum, circa 1945-1950. Our large-scale shimmering crystal wide mouthed vase tapers to the base with an acid etched signature "Daum France" This gorgeous Daum crystal vase...
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1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Urns

Materials

Crystal

Höganas Keramik, Urn, Glazed Stoneware, Höganäs, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue, glazed stoneware urn designed and produced by Höganäs Keramik, Sweden, c. 1940s.  
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Stoneware

Vintage Iron Milk Can Side Table, Powder Coated Bright Blue
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large antique 20th Century heavy iron milk container with handle and lid. Great Folk Art to use in a farm or country rustic decor. Large, traditional, heavy pot, freshly powder coated bright metallic blue with an original removable lid. Keep your house organized by placing this beautiful, antique milk...
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1930s Industrial Vintage Urns

Materials

Iron

Pair of Czech Coronet Vases in Blue, Orange and Green
Located in New York, NY
Stunning near pair of cobalt, orange, green, maroon and yellow early czech vases by coronet. A great visual feast for early 20th century collectors. Each one is signed on the bottom ...
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1930s Czech Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

1930s Ozark Roadside Tourist Swirl Missionware Pottery Vase Arkansas Missouri
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Ozark Pottery Company vase in blue and light blue swirled glaze. When demand for utilitarian ware waned, many potteries introduced their art line. Artifi...
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1930s American American Craftsman Vintage Urns

Materials

Pottery

Pair of Zanesville Blue Pottery Urns
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of urns in a rich periwinkle blue from Ohio based Zanesville Pottery. Color in photos is accurate.
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1940s American Vintage Urns

Materials

Pottery

Very Large Moser Glass Decorative Vase / Piece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Very large and beautiful Moser Enameled green paneled with gilt gold design details decorative vase / piece. The vase is in great condition. Minor shelve wear underneath. No flaws ob...
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1930s Czech Vintage Urns

Materials

Gold

Rare Pierre D’Avesn French Figural Roses Vase in Pink
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare 1930s French art deco vase designed by Pierre D’Avesn. Artistry in glass that transcends time. This beautiful vase is etched with roses that beautifully bring the art deco eleme...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Glass

Sevres Style Porcelain Bolted Urns Garnitures
Located in Dallas, TX
Sevres style porcelain bolted urns, 19th c., royal blue ground, raised gilt enamel, hand-painted reserves with flowers, fluted plinth, rising on gilt met...
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1940s Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Very Large Moser Glass Decorative Vase / Piece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Very large Moser Enameled green paneled with gilt gold design details decorative vase / piece. The vase is in great condition. Minor shelve wear underneath. No flaws observed, the de...
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1930s Czech Vintage Urns

Materials

Gold

circa 1930s Bronze Urn / Jardinere with a Sculptural Hermaphrodite Handle
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a wonderful bronze jardinere or urn. Has a sculptural hermaphrodite handle, that starts with a cherub holding a goose, then with the...
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1930s Unknown Classical Greek Vintage Urns

Materials

Bronze

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.
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1940s Central Asian Vintage Urns

Materials

Bronze

Two Scandinavian Modern Vases "Topas" by Ewald Dahlskog for Bo Fajans
Located in Stockholm, SE
Measures: större: 16. x 13.5 mindre 12 x 10,5.
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Stoneware

"Man, Woman and Horses, " Striking Art Deco Covered Urn by Nylund for Rorstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in tones of rust, sable, ivory and chocolate, this unique lidded urn with foliated pinnacle and curving handles depicts a man with upraised arms and rearing horse o...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

"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...
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1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Brass Butsuga Butsudan Flower Vase/Incense Burner
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-270Japanese brass decorative vase/incense burner Unknown makers mark on bottom.
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1930s Japanese Vintage Urns

Materials

Brass

Antique Pair of Silver Dipped Bronze Urns
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully classic, this luscious pair of silver dipped bronze urns bring an element of elegance. Each piece is full of meticulous detail. When looked up close, the silver dipped br...
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1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Bronze

Bo Fajans Pottery Vase Designed by Evald Dahlskog
Located in New York, NY
Of pumpkin shape, fluted body, white glaze marked TOPAS/Made in Sweden, Bo Fajans, D 167, and E.D.  
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1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Brass Urn or Vase with Dark Bronze-like Patina on Weighted Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 1930s brass urn or vase with dark bronze-like patina and weighted base. Simple yet stately, the piece would work well on its own, or arranged as part of a set. 4 available. F...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Brass

Bo Fajans Pottery Vase Designed by Evald Dahlskog
Located in New York, NY
Of neoclassic) form, fluted body, orange glaze. Firms marks (Presentation piece for crafts competition.      
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1930s Scandinavian Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Scandinavian Modern Urn in by Eva Jancke Björk, Bobergs Faiance Pottery, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Scandinavian Modern urn with lid earthenware by Eva Jancke Björk (Birch) 1882-1981), Bobergs Faiance pottery, model 3428 in white glased cracked pattern, ce...
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1940s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Faience

Pair of Nickel-Plated Art Deco Wall Floral Sconces
Located in St. Louis, MO
Unique fixtures possibly from a St. Louis Art Deco era theatre or skyscraper. Pair brass nickel plated 3 - tiered, step base decorative wall floral vases / sconces or urns. Some mino...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Brass

1931 NYC Waldorf Astoria Hotel Engraved Coffee Urn
Located in New York, NY
Silver plate over steel coffee water urn made by D.W. Haber & Sons Inc. with the Waldorf engraved logo. There are more similar urns without engraving available to purchase. Waldorf A...
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1930s American Vintage Urns

Materials

Steel

Garden Urn Anonymous, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Garden urn anonymous, Sweden. 1930's. Cast iron. Dimensions: H: 45 cm/ 17 3/4''
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1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Iron

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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