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Urns For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1930s
Upsala Ekeby, Urn, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable blue-glazed earthenware urn designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, c. 1930s.
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1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Earthenware

Gustave Reynaud Le Murier, Vallauris Mid-Century Stoneware Fragrance Diffuser
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Mid-century stoneware vase by Jacqueline and Gustave Reynaud Le Murier, Vallauris, France, ca.1960s. Large fragrance diffuser made in Vallauris. Foliage decor on a light grey ...
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1960s French Mid-Century 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

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

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

1960s Blanc de Chine Pierced Porcelain Urn Vases, Pair
Located in Richmond, VA
Offered is a fabulous, pair of 1960s Blanc de Chine pierced porcelain urns. The pair feature a pierced design over the center body, with a raise...
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1960s Chinoiserie Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

"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

Vintage Italian Yellow Cased Glass Covered Vase or Urn Circa 1960's
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A cheery sunshine yellow blown glass vase with cover. By one of the Florence Italy glass blowers this piece is nicely cased and can be used as a vase. In wonderful vintage condition
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Blown Glass

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

Carl-Harry Stålhane, a large stoneware bowl
Located in Long Island City, NY
Carl-Harry Stålhane (Sweden, 1920-1990) Carl-Harry Stålhane, a large stoneware bowl, Designhuset, Sweden. Signed S Carl-Harry Stålhane with glaze no Y40. Round with glaze in beige, ...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Stoneware

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 Chinese Sculptural Crackle Glaze Chinoiserie Ceramic Urn
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage piece of ceramic chinoiserie. This beautiful urn is sculptural as it is versatile. Traditional chinoiserie profile and lines define this beautiful piece while the...
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1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

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

Materials

Bronze

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

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

English Modern Classical Sterling Silver Covered Trophy Cup, 1963
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Edward Viner in Sheffield in 1963. Wide shallow bowl with canted and elongated bracket side handles; cover raised with vasiform finia...
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1960s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Urns

Materials

Sterling Silver

Large Black Chalice Vase, France, c, 1960 signed ‘Chambord’
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large Black Chalice, France, c, 1960 signed ‘Chambord’
Category

1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

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.
Category

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...
Category

1930s Italian Grand Tour Vintage Urns

Materials

Bakelite

Clyde Burt Ceramic Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt stylized face vase in matte gray glazed stoneware with manipulated and applied facial details. Signed to underside: [CB]. American, circa 1965.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Wedgwood Pair of Pedestal Medici form Shell Twin Handled Urn Vases
By Norman Wilson, Wedgwood
Located in London, GB
Wedgwood Moonstone Urn Vase, 1960's Norman Wilson Cream Moonstone Glaze, Twin Shell Handled Medici Urn Vase A beautifully crafted, Wedgwood Queen...
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1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Midcentury Ceramic Tazza
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian glazed ceramic tazza. Measurements: Diameter: 13.5" Height: 9.5".
Category

1960s Italian Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Smoked Translucent Glass Vase by Holmegaard
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid Century Modern vase was realized by the esteemed maker Holmegaard in Denmark circa 1960. It offers an elongated spherical form with a rounded shoulders and a circula...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Glass

Mexican Talavera Guanajuato Pottery Urn Signed Capello
Located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX
Beautiful ceramic urn made in the city of Guanajuato in the 60s.
Category

1960s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Urns

Materials

Pottery

Sculptural Ceramic Vessel with Lid by Dutch Schalling
Located in London, GB
Organic free form vessel with lid by Willem Schalling. This vessel is glazed in deep blue, with an over glaze in chalk white aplied in vertical strikes. Schalling made a number of un...
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1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury James Mont Style Asian Style Greek Key Ice Bucket Urn
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Midcentury modern era Asian style ice bucket in the manner of James Mont. This highly detailed metal piece features a faux bronze verdigrises’ finish and intricate geometric engraving and embossing. The interior is lined with a removable turquoise plastic liner and is foam insulated. This handled three-footed urn could also be used as beautiful orchid planter compote. Inspired by Chinese Chou Dynasty 5th Century B.C. bronze Ding...
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1960s Taiwanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Metal

Pair of Brass + Amber Fractured Resin Urns, France, 1960s
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of Mid-Century urns constructed with patinated brass and fractured amber resin. These urns have pedestal bases and circular glass ball details on the lids. Sourced in France, ...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Brass

Inger Persson, b. 1936, Rörstrand, Sweden, c. 1960’s, signed: 'IP ATELJÉ SWEDEN’
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inger Persson, b. 1936, signed: 'IP ATELJÉ SWEDEN’ Rörstrand, Sweden, c. 1960’s H: 12 D: 5: W: 5 in. Slight Oval. This Tall version of the vase is u...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Stoneware

Large green porcelain amphora
Located in Chorzów, PL
A beautiful large green porcelain amphora. Preserved in very good condition, undamaged. Signed from below with the signature of Viennese porcelain, b...
Category

1960s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Aldo Londi Chinese Modern Lidded Vessel for Rosenthal Netter Bitossi Italy 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
An Aldo Londi Chinese Series vessel retailed by Rosenthal Netter and produced by Italian manufacturer Bitossi. This Mid-Century Modern line of pottery vessels and figures, Chinese was produced with a textured Etruscan Salt Glaze which produced a rough Lava exterior. The blue-green colored glazed and gilt painted bands were used to simulate ancient Chinese bronze vessels...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

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

West German Glazed Ceramic Vase by Jasba
Located in Houston, TX
West German glazed ceramic vase by Jasba. This stunning orange, cream and brown midcentury West German drip glaze vase. Great selection of md century West G...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

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

Porcelain Jar with Lid Bavaria Schumann Germany 1940s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Porcelain urn with lid, cobalt blue with two medallions hand painted floral décor, richly enhanced with 24K gold painted details. Made by Bavaria Schumann Arzberg...
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1960s German Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

West German Glazed Pottery Vase
Located in Houston, TX
West German glazed pottery vase. This handsome vase has the most interesting geometric design with beautiful colors and matte glaze. Just one of our large collection!
Category

1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Pottery

Lidded Tinned Brass Urn Asian Influenced Mid-Century Modern Vessel, 1960
Located in Miami, FL
Asian influenced Brass tinned lidded Urn, Vessel Mid-Century Modern. Made in the late 1960s and in pristine vintage condition.   
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Brass

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...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Enamel

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...
Category

1930s Industrial Vintage Urns

Materials

Iron

Large Mid-Century Modern West German Glazed Pottery Vase
Located in Houston, TX
Large Mid-Century Modern West German glazed pottery vase. Stunning large Mid-Century Modern West German tomato red glazed pottery vase with a great...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Pottery

Vase Urn Bavaria Design 1950s Blu Cobal Gold 24 Kt Germany KPM
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Vase Urn Bavaria Design 1950s Blu Cobal Gold 24 KT Germany KPM.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Artistic Ornament Vase in White Murano Glass Attributed to Seguso, 1960s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Artistic ornament vase in white Murano glass, attributed to Seguso, 1960s. The harmoniously rounded oval shape, the delicate cream-white color, and the horizontal green strips made ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Art Glass, Glass

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...
Category

1930s Czech Vintage Urns

Materials

Gold

Vintage Pair of Murano Glass Bubble Vases with Sommerso Gold, 1960s Barovier
Located in Villaverla, IT
Vintage pair of Murano glass bubble vases with "sommerso" gold, 1960s Barovier. This beautiful pair of vases is an outstanding example of the best Murano glass tradition. The detail...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Gold

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...
Category

1930s Czech Vintage Urns

Materials

Gold

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

Mid-Century Modern Glazed Pottery Vase
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning Mid-Century Modern West German tomato red glazed pottery vase with great stylized geometric design.
Category

1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Pottery

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...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Glass

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...
Category

1930s Unknown Classical Greek Vintage Urns

Materials

Bronze

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

Mid Century Murano Vase
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's rare Italian Murano hand-blown open-work blue glass vase. Measurements: Height: 19.5" Diameter at widest: 6"
Category

1960s Italian Vintage Urns

Materials

Blown Glass

Italian Glazed Ceramic by Capodimonte Multifunctional Vase 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Stunning signed Capodimonte glazed ceramic 1960 the ceramic can be use for different purpose.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Cast Aluminum Conical Sculpture Vase Urn Artist Signed
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant in it's direct form. Artist signed with a large S in a open circle. In very good vintage condition with minimal wear. 20.75 in height with a base that is 5 inch sq...
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Aluminum

Martin Freyer Vase Porcelain Pleated Plissee Black 1968
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Martin Freyer for Rosenthal Studio: Massive, black, porcelain, pleated or plissee vase, 1968 - The pleated vase is known as Martin Freyer’s best work ...
Category

1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

"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...
Category

1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Ceramic Vase by Bernard Rooke
Located in London, GB
An organic and Brutalist style vase with Medallion motif on front and verso. Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway. Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity. In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London. In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living. In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill. By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income. Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking. In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...
Category

1960s English Brutalist Vintage Urns

Materials

Clay

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...
Category

1930s American American Craftsman Vintage Urns

Materials

Pottery

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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