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Vases For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1910s
Peter and Denise Orlando Large Ceramic Vase, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Earthenware vase glazed in white with abstract and geometric decoration engraved and over-glazed in shinny black and orange.
Hand-decorated piece, made in France, circa 1950-1960.
Typical Mid-Century Modern abstract and geometric design, reminiscent of Joan Miro´ or Calder mobiles artworks...
Category
1950s Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Kreutz Keramik German Midcentury Orange and Red Fat Lava Handled Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A striking midcentury German art pottery handled vase decorated in vibrant red/orange glazes with black lava patterning by Kreutz Keramik. The pottery vase stands raised on a narrow ...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury Modern Set of 3Ceramic Vases Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Three wonderful vases from Rörstrand and maker, designer Gunnar Nylund. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful, glazed vases with wonderful curves. The craftsmanship on these va...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Set of Two Murano Glass Bottles by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare set of two bottles with stopper "A Fasce Verticali" by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Secessionist Pink Glass Goblet by Dagobert Peche for Johann Loetz
Located in Chicago, US
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Tall Stoneware Vase by Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
A long necked Gunnar Nylund ceramic vase with mottled blue and grey glaze. Incised with maker's mark and designer's initials "R, GN, Sweden, Y."
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Laura Andreson ceramic/pottery vase / vessel signed , dated 53.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice olive satin green pottery vase by the well known potter Laura Andreson signed and dated 53 in bottom .
Category
1950s American Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Pottery
Val Saint Lambert Crystal Decanter Charles Graffart Cut-to-Clear, 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert decanter, + 6 shot glasses Charles Graffart, the 1950s.
Beautiful signed Val Saint Lambert circular crystal decanter, h...
Category
1950s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Finger Art Glass Vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala 1951
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Finger Art Glass Vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala 1951
A vintage 'Jäkälä' (lichen or finger) vase designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala Glassworks in 1...
Category
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Saxbo Stoneware Sample in Green Glaze, 1950s
By Saxbo
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small conical vase executed with spotted teal green hares fur type glaze. It is a a rare one made at Saxbo in Denmark during the 1950s as a glaze sample prior to a larger volume. The...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Val Saint Lambert Art Deco Crystal Vase Cut-to-clear, 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert crystal vase cut-to-clear, 1950s
by Val Saint-Lambert.
Beautiful Val Saint-Lambert hexagonal crystal vases, handcut-to-clear, the glass is thick, deeply and evenly...
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Gaetano Pesce, Amazonia L, Vase in Flexible Blue Resin, Italy, 2013
Located in New York, NY
From the eclectic architect and designer Gaetano Pesce's humorously eponymous Fish Design series, Amazonia L is a cheeky blue vase on feet. To create the works in this series intens...
Category
1910s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Resin
1950s Black Stoneware vase by Ingrid and Erich Triller for Tobo – Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase designed Erich & Ingrid Thriller for Tobo, Sweden
1950s
Stoneware.
Signed.
H: 34.5 cm / 1' 1 5/8"
Dia: 19 cm / 7 1/2"
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
1950 Marc Lalique - Vase Everest Clear Crystal
By Marc Lalique, Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Everest" made in clear crystal by Marc Lalique created in the 1950s.
Stamped signature on bottom.
Perfect condition. Very nice and impressive model.
height: 29 cm
diameter: ...
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Suite of Three Bruno Gambone Off White Matte & Black Running Glaze Ceramic Vases
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Set of 3 Bruno Gambone Glazed Warm White Ceramic Bottle Vases. Featuring 3 handcrafted varied height ceramic off white matte bottle shapes with flared mouths, hand painted bicolor ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Arts and Crafts Pastel Floral Rookwood Vase by Fred Rothenbusch
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rookwood Vase, Monumental tapered shape in a Vellum glaze with a beautiful wild rose design, executed by Fred Rothenbusch in 1914, No.1653.
Bottom Di...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century, Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Brass Vase
Located in Turin, Turin
Some notes about the author Max Ingrand: a famous French master glass worker and decorator, he was artistic director of FontanaArte for one decade, starting from 1954. During that ti...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Brass
White Vase in Glazed Ceramic with Spiky Surface by Gunnar Nylund
Located in Berlin, BE
White vase in glazed ceramic with spiky surface by Gunnar Nylund
Made and marked by Rörstrand, Sweden.
Additional information:
Material: Glazed ceramic
Artist: Gunnar Nylund
...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Cenedese 1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian White Scavo Murano Glass Round Vase
By Cenedese
Located in New York, NY
1950s Italian Vintage white scavo Murano glass urn-shaped vase, with Art Deco design the quality of the work is exceptional and speaks Cenedese, a furnace specialized at that time in...
Category
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage French Ceramic Vase with Handles by Roger Capron, 'circa 1950s'
By Roger Capron
Located in London, GB
A vintage ceramic vase with classic-style handles by master ceramicist, Roger Capron (circa 1950s). In very good overall condition, the chalk-white background is decorated with a til...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Classic Italian Marble Bathtubs – 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant pair of classic freestanding bathtubs, crafted from high-quality white marble, showcasing timeless Italian craftsmanship from the 20th century. These luxurious bathtubs featu...
Category
1950s Vintage Vases
Materials
Marble
Massive Carrara Marble Vase with Dramatic Striations, Italy 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Massive Carrara Marble Vase with Dramatic Striations, Italy 1950s. Excellent condition. Would make for a gorgeous centerpiece on a dining table, mantel or in a foyer or entryway.
Whether furnishing a contemporary Soho loft or stylish post-war Park Avenue penthouse, an artistic Central Park townhome or your eccentric Brooklyn brownstone, our team is happy to help. We ship anywhere, so we can also assist you with that retro Palm Springs...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
1950 Beautiful and Rare Pair of Malicorne Potiche by Emile Tessier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
White-glazed earthenware baluster vase, decorated with a series of fine hand-pinched fillets forming serpentines around the vase.
Rare white earthenware vase (1940-1950 period) by Em...
Category
1950s French Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Gunnar Nylund Floor Vase AKT Stoneware Rörstrand Sweden 1950s
Located in Basel, BS
Monumental floor vase by Swedish master ceramist Gunnar Nylund.
One of Nylund‘s ‚alphabet vases‘, of which each has a three letter code describing it‘s shape, this one being the mo...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
West German Midcentury Stylish Red Glazed Twin Handled Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish West German midcentury mottle red and orange glazed twin handle art pottery vase. The red stoneware vase stands on a narrow round ung...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Jarrones orientales con pintura esmaltada
Located in VALÈNCIA, ES
Jarrones orientales con pintura esmaltada
Category
1950s British Anglo-Japanese Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Blue glazed ceramic vase by Art Ceram, circa 1950.
By Vallauris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Blue glazed ceramic vase by Art Ceram.
Artist monogram under the base.
Circa 1950.
H : 9.4 x 13.8 x 6.1 inches.
Category
1950s French Beaux Arts Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century French Ceramic Plate by Naumovitch Gourju, Grand Chêne, Vallauris
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-century French ceramic pitcher by Naumovitch - Grand Chêne Studio, Vallauris - 1950's
Enamelled dish with a white background, it is decorated with a f...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Enamel
Oriental Glass Bowl Vase 1950s
Located in Palermo, IT
Oriental glass bowl vase, Japan, 1950s
Decorated.
Found in a noble apartment. Intact. Small signs of the time.
We guarantee adequate packaging and w...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini. Pezzato 1950
Located in Zurich, CH
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini. Pezzato Vase “Fulvio Bianconi for Venini. Pezzato vase, with transparent glass tiles.
height 27 cm
Signed with 3-lines acid stamp: venini murano ITALIA...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Bronze Vase Gustav Gurschner circa 1912 Patinated Austrian Jugendstil
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Austrian Jugendstil Patinated Bronze Vase designed by Gustav Gurschner manufactured by K.K. Kunst-Erzgiesserei circa 1912 Signed
Gustav Gurschner is among the most famous Austrian ...
Category
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Vases
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Large stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in a beautiful plump form with a thick neck. Vibrant blue hare’s fur glaze with darker areas.
Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, renown...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
20th Century Carlo Scarpa Venini Lattimo Vase "a Mezza Filigrana", 50s
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Turin, Turin
In 1921 Venini and Cappellin opened a glass factory called Vetri Soffiati Muranesi Cappellin Venini & C. on the islands of Murano, the historic glass production centre in the lagoon of Venice, Italy. With Luigi Ceresa and Emilio Hochs as investors, they arranged to purchase the recently closed Murano glass factory of Andrea Rioda, hire the former firm's glassblowers, and retain Rioda himself to serve as technical director of the venture. Venini embarked on collaborations with architects and designers such as Cini Boeri, Tomaso Buzzi, Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, Ettore Sottsass, Tapio Wirkkala, Gae Aulenti, and Massimo Vignelli. The ethos was to "take the Murano tradition of glass blowing and combine it with the French fashion industry's tradition of using designers".
Here you can see a small lattimo vase "a mezza filigrana" realized by Venini on Carlo Scarpa...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Scandinavian Modern Vase in Purple by Gunnar Nylund for Strömbergshyttan -1950's
Located in Örebro, SE
Beautiful Scandinavian Modern vase in purple by Gunnar Nylund for Strömbergshyttan -1950's.
Unsigned. Wear and patina consistent with age and use. Scratches, some small brown spots i...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
Finzi, Porcellani Vase 1950 Porcellan Gold, Italy
By Arrigo Finzi
Located in Milano, IT
Exceptional vase porcelain gold finzi, 1950, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Vases
Materials
Porcelain
WMF Ikora SilverPlate Vase
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s WMF Ikora silver-plate vase. Some marks on vase.
Category
1950s Vintage Vases
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Vase by Gunnar Nylund
Located in Long Island City, NY
GUNNAR NYLUND. A floor vase, Rörstrand 1950’s, stoneware, harp fur glaze in brown shades. Signed.
H 17.3″.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Beautiful Vintage Signed Strombergshyttan Huntress Crystal Vase Collectable
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful blue tint glass with a picture of a huntress and her dog on the front.
Measures: 13" H x 4" W x 2" D
Signed Strombergshyttan and marked BY006 VC93
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
1950s Mexican Modernism Los Castillo Silver Vase Taxco Mexico
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Los Castillo modern silver vase from Mexico
Finely crafted hand-wrought silver over copper with abalone inlay detail.
Signed Los Castillo Taxco Mexico.
5 tall x 5 diameter
...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Copper, Silver
Edvin Ollers, Vase, Pewter, Sweden, 1952
By Edvin Ollers
Located in High Point, NC
A fluted pewter vase designed by Edvin Ollers and produced by Shreuder & Olson,, Sweden, 1952.
“GJUTET TENN” stamp on bottom
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Pewter
Mid-Century French Ceramic Vase Raymonde Leduc Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French vase signed Raymonde Leduc, Vallauris.
with plant motifs inlaid.
Raymonde Leduc is famous for using the plants of Provence's garrigue to inlay the decoration in h...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Val Saint Lambert, Sculpted Crystal Vase with Amethyst Core, Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert, sculpted crystal vase with amethyst core, Belgium.
Heavy Val Saint Lambert crystal vase catalogued in the 1950s.
The central amethyst color (a traditional favori...
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Stig Lindberg, "Vitrin" Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1956
Located in High Point, NC
A blue-glazed stoneware "Vitrin" vase designed by Stig Lindberg and produced by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1956.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Ken Price Signed Midcentury Modern California Studio Pottery Vase Vessel 1956
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed American/ California potter/ artist Ken Price.
This an earlier work done while he was at USC in 1956.
Signed and noted "USC 1956" on the underside of ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Midcentury Modern Ceramic Vase Gunnar Nylund Rörstrand, Sweden 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This wonderful vase was created and designed by Gunnar Nylund at the Rörstrand factory in the 1950s, Sweden.
The brown golden glaze is amazing and works wonderful with the shape a...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Typical Decanter with Handle by Loetz' glass Paste Austria 1910s
By Loetz Glass
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau Typical Decanter with Handle by Loetz' glass Paste Austria 1910s
Subtle, hand blown glass Decanter in the Art Nouveau style.
Special color and technique for any collec...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Antique Silver Vase, European Art Deco Decorative Cup, Floral Pendant Vase
Located in Wembley, GB
Large Art Deco antique silver plated vase or decorative cup pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved floral belt tested with the scratch test, height approx. 37 cm, diameter 18 cm,...
Category
1910s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver
Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso Rooster Sculpture 1952
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso Rooster Sculpture 1952
A vintage Murano art glass vase sculpture of a rooster designed by Dino Martens and manufactured by Aureliano Toso in Italy Mu...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Carl-Harry Stålhane, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A black-glazed stoneware vase designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Gorham Sterling Silver and Cut-Glass Handled Basket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, antique Gorham sterling silver and cut-glass handled basket. The glass insert has etched engraving and the basket has embossed and pierced decoration. An excellent example of...
Category
1910s American Vintage Vases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury Stoneware "Gnurgla" Vase by Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Striking stoneware vase by Stig Lindberg, model called “Gnurgla”. Unique, in a whimsical, drop form. Glazed glossy, dark purple.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Continental Stylish Mid-Century Purple & White Art Glass Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning mid-century Continental white cased purple art glass vase with a dropped wing top and dating from around 1960. Possibly Italian the hand-blown and heavily made vase has an...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini. Pezzato Americano vase, model 4402
Located in Zurich, CH
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini. Pezzato Americano vase, model 4402. Vase “ in the color variant “America” with transparent glass tiles in the colors straw, yellow, black and green). Veni...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Vittoria Mazzotti Albisola Monumental Iridescent Vase, Italy 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Monumental Vittoria Mazzotti, Albisola iridescent vase.
Signed V. Mazzotti, Albisola.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Venetian Glass Tazza or Compote, Amethyst Blown 24 Karat Gold Inclusion
By Salviati
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An interesting and vibrant piece of blown art glass from the Isle of Murano Venice Italy. Tall and with an interesting twist stem, this piece will be lovely for your table or dessert...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Vases
Materials
Gold
Midcentury Modern Set of 3 Ceramic Vases Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Three wonderful vases from Rörstrand and maker or Designer Gunnar Nylund. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful glazed vases in good condition.
Measures: Height 26 cm, 17 cm...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Purple Modernist Glass Vase by Nanny Still for Riihimäen Laso Oy, Finland, 1950s
By Nanny Still
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This purple glass vase was designed by Nanny Still and manufactured by Riihimäen Laso Oy in Finland in the 1950s. Mint condition. Signed to the bottom.
Category
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Bronze Greek Volute Krater Vase
Located in New York, NY
Greek Volute Krater in patinated bronze with cartouches depicting armed soldiers with handles depicting masks.
Category
1910s French Greek Revival Vintage Vases
Materials
Bronze
Antique and Vintage Vases for Sale
Whether it’s a Chinese Han dynasty glazed ceramic wine vessel, a work of Murano glass or a hand-painted Scandinavian modern stoneware piece, a fine vase brings a piece of history into your space as much as it adds a sophisticated dynamic.
Like sculptures or paintings, antique and vintage vases are considered works of fine art. Once offered as tributes to ancient rulers, vases continue to be gifted to heads of state today. Over time, decorative porcelain vases have become family heirlooms to be displayed prominently in our homes — loved pieces treasured from generation to generation.
The functional value of vases is well known. They were traditionally utilized as vessels for carrying dry goods or liquids, so some have handles and feature an opening at the top (where they flare back out). While artists have explored wildly sculptural alternatives over time, the most conventional vase shape is characterized by a bulbous base and a body with shoulders where the form curves inward.
Owing to their intrinsic functionality, vases are quite possibly versatile in ways few other art forms can match. They’re typically taller than they are wide. Some have a neck that offers height and is ideal for the stems of cut flowers. To pair with your mid-century modern decor, the right vase will be an elegant receptacle for leafy snake plants on your teak dining table, or, in the case of welcoming guests on your doorstep, a large ceramic floor vase for long tree branches or sticks — perhaps one crafted in the Art Nouveau style — works wonders.
Interior designers include vases of every type, size and style in their projects — be the canvas indoors or outdoors — often introducing a splash of color and a range of textures to an entryway or merely calling attention to nature’s asymmetries by bringing more organically shaped decorative objects into a home.
On 1stDibs, you can browse our collection of vases by material, including ceramic, glass, porcelain and more. Sizes range from tiny bud vases to massive statement pieces and every size in between.