Mid-Century Modern Vases
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Ceramic Vase or Solifore, France 1970s
Located in ROUEN, FR
Ceramic Vase or Solifore, France 1970s.
Elegant enamel in beige, orange and brown color.
Chic design !
Diameter of the hole on top : 2,5cm
A very tiny loss on top see the last ph...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Enamel
Mid century vessel by Fohr Keramik, in deep purple, mid 20th century
By Fohr
Located in View Park, CA
A large mid century ceramic vessel in electric purple by Fohr Keramik, West Germany 1960s. A vase, a jug, a pitcher - have it your way. Note the unique copper dribble along the neck ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Nils Landberg Glass Vase "Dusk" for Orrefors, Sweden
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A beautiful handblown vintage sommerso glass vase made and signed by talented Nils Landberg for Orrefors glassworks, Sweden in the 1960s. This vase has a dark smokey grey color which...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Swedish Yellow Glass Vase
By Aseda
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish light-yellow glass vase, Midcentury Modern Scandinavian Modern, Sweden, circa mid-20th century. Very good condition as shown in images and video. Markers' mark as shown in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Italian Midcentury Ceramic Vase by Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello
Located in Vienna, AT
This fantastic large Italian glazed ceramic vase was designed by Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello art ceramics ca around 1970.
It features a Beautiful speckled glaze in different shades...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase by Giovanni Gariboldi for San Cristoforo - Ginori
Located in Milan, Italy
Ceramic vase designed by Giovanni Gariboldi and produced by San Cristoforo - Ginori in 1950. Brand on the base. In excellent condition.
Biography
Designer, sculptor and modeler Giov...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Bellini PIU Italy Still Life Fruit Hand Painted Ceramic Vase Apple Pear
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Italian Hand Painted Still Life Fruit in a Basket Ceramic Vase from the 1980s by Bellini Studio.
Depicting an Apple and a Pear in a Basket, very colorful and glazed.
Makers M...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Murano Blown Glass Gold Color Midcentury Table Lamp, 1990
Located in Rome, IT
Stunning Murano glass table lamps. Note the beautiful elongated drops hot-attached to the body of the lamp. A supreme light gold color, with a little bit of gold inside. The Murano f...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Bay Keramik Vase from Bodo Mans West Germany late 60´s
By Bodo Mans
Located in Berlin, DE
Beautiful Bay Keramik vase with an embedded runic pattern, designed by Bodo Mans. This pattern was highly popular in the 1960s. This tall vase is in excellent condition and features ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Gustav Spörri Ceramic Vase. No: 65476 69, Ziegler Keramik, Switzerland 1969
By Gustav Spörri
Located in Bern, CH
Gustav Spörri Vase. Numbered: 65476 69 on base. Produced in 1969 for Ziegler Keramik, Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Depicts rural village / farm scene.
Designer: Gustav Spörri, Switzerl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vase by Barovier & Toso in Murano Glass with 1950s Filigree Workmanship
Located in Milano, MI
White and light blue Murano glass vase with filigree workmanship, made by Barovier & Toso in the 1950s
Ø 11 cm h 25.5 cm
Barovier & Toso is a renowned Italian company specializing ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Huge Vase from Bodo Mans for Bay West Germany 1960´s
By Bodo Mans
Located in Berlin, DE
This impressive floor vase, designed by Bodo Mans for Bay Keramik in West Germany, is a quintessential example of 1960s design. With its distinctive floral and bird motif, it embodie...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Vintage Murano Tiger Vase, Italian, Art Glass, Table, Floorstanding, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage Murano tiger pattern vase. An Italian, art glass table or floorstanding urn, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Wonderfully colourful with a distinc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
American mid-century modern Sculptural vase by Angelo Mangiarotti for Knoll 1960
Located in MIlano, IT
American mid-century modern Sculptural vase by Angelo Mangiarotti for Knoll, 1960s
Sculptural vase with a rectangular base, entirely in gray marble. On one of the two short sides it ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Vintage Murano Twin Handled Vase, Italian, Art Glass, Decorative, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Murano twin handled vase. An Italian, art glass decorative baluster, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Striking colour with a delightful proportion and a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Stig Lindberg Two Mid-Century Gustavsberg Reptil Vases
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stig Lindberg (Swedish, 1916-82) was one of the greatest Scandinavian designers of the Twentieth Century. He was prolific in ceramics designing everything from tableware ranges to u...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Oldrich Lipsky Cased & Cut Glass Vase For Novy Bor Exbor, Czechoslovakia c.1964
By Oldrich Lipsky, Exbor
Located in London, GB
For sale is a Mid-Century Bohemian three-colour cased, cut and polished vase designed by renowned Czech glass artist, Oldrich Lipsky in c.1964 for the Novy Bor (EXBOR) glass foundry....
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Sommerso
Art Ceramics Studio Etruscan Horses Vase 63/65 by Fratelli Fanciullacci
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Midcentury Art Ceramics Studio Stoneware Etruscan Horses Vase model 63/65 by Fratelli Fanciullacci, made in Italy 1960's. Signed Italy 63/65 on the bottom. Large model vase w...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Studio Pottery Weed Pot Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Signed studio pottery weed pot vase.
Would work well in a variety of interiors such as modern, mid century modern, Hollywood regency, etc. Piece blends seamlessly with other design...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Berndt Friberg Gustavsberg Miniature Sang de Boeuf Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Berndt Friberg (Swedish, 1899-1981) joined Gustavsberg in 1934 and his work is considered as some of the finest examples of wheel thrown pottery of the 20th Century. Inspired by the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Art Ceramics Seta Vase by Aldo Lodi for Bitossi Raymor, Italy 1960's
By Aldo Londi
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Midcentury Art Ceramics Studio Seta Vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Raymor Ceramiche. Made in Italy 1960's period. Large fluted neck vase with stripes in green, yellow and ora...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Seguso Mid-Century Modern Large Textured Italian Green Murano Glass Vase 1980s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Absolutely stunning and rare Seguso large, heavy vintage Mid-Century Modern textured Italian glass vase by Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano, Italy, circa 1980s / early 1990s. Elegant in fo...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Glass Pitcher with handle Twisted Glass Handle Purple Color Italy 20th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Murano Glass Pitcher with handle Twisted Glass Handle Purple Color Italy 20th.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Ceramic vase by Henri Cimal, Vallauris, Saint Paul de Vence, 60's
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Enamelled eramic vase by Henri Cimal Galerie La Courtine, Saint Paul de Vence, 60’s
Henri Cimal is a French ceramist who worked in Saint Paul de Vence and Vallauris in France.
Modern...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Art Glass Vase / Jug Empoli Opaline di Firenze Blue with Black Stripes Swirl
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This is an eye-catching and absolutely stylish bold coloured decorative vase to display your flowers in any room.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
Midcentury Modern Set of 3 Ceramic pieces Sweden 1950 Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Three wonderful pieces made in Sweden during the 1950s at Rörstrand factory and designed by Gunnar Nylund
The vases have nice antique look in a modern shape. The vases are nicely sc...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Green Blenko Glass Bottle with Stopper
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
William Blenko started a sheet glass company in 1921, in Milton, West Virginia because of low natural gas prices, a major concern for glass manufacturers of the time, which drew m...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Cylinder Vase in Heavy Smoked Glass from the 1960s
Located in bari, IT
A cylindrical vase late 1960s in smoked glass.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Art Pottery Studio Carved Handle Vase, 1960's Spain
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Midcentury Art Pottery Studio Hand Made Carved Handle Vase. Made in Spain, 1960's. Brutalist in style artisan made vase with grey underglaze and blues, oranges, yellow greeni...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Textured Orange Art Glass Vase / Jug Empoli Opaline di Firenze Hobnail Pattern
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A stunning Italian artwork and eye-catching colour accent in any living area. This is a high quality hand crafted masterpiece of Italian designed cased glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
Set of 3 Wooden Vases by De Coene, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Set of 3 Wooden Vases by De Coene, 1950
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Wood
Rare Midcentury Art Pottery Studio Vase by Marcel Guillot, France 1950's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Midcentury Art Pottery Studio Very Rare XL Vase by Marcel Guillot (1910 - 1985). Made in France, 1950's period. Marcel Guillot is a fellow ceramist from the same time period ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Crystalline Glaze Ceramic Vase, Red and Beige, American Art Studio Pottery
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The monumental studio pottery ceramic vase is decorated with crystalline glaze in striking, dark red and beige palette. The vase was hand thrown on a wheel; beige color crystals on ombre colored base, shifting from purplish tones on top to deep, dark red on the bottom, were grown in a kiln during a very long, controlled firing. Each crystalline piece is unique due to the nature of the glaze. The vase was allowed to develop an abundance of distinct, graphic crystals, creating a free-flowing abstract pattern and adding rich texture to the minimally shaped piece.
The vase was made by Wizards of Clay...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Berndt Friberg Gustavsberg Haresfur Glazed Bulb Shape Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Berndt Friberg (Swedish, 1899-1981) joined Gustavsberg in 1934 and his work is considered as some of the finest examples of wheel thrown pottery of the 20th Century. Inspired by the ...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Antique Millefiori Vase with Handles, Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1910
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Millefiori Vase with Handles, Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1910
A small millefiori murrine glass vase in an unusual rare shape with two handles. Manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso, Murano around 1910. Made of polychrome murrines (purple, green, red and white) which were melted together. Surface with acid etched matte finish. The vase is an authentic example of early 20th century Murano art glass. It was part of a large Fratelli Toso glass collection with over 600 pieces - collected since the 1970s.
Fratello Toso was one of the leading art glass manufacturers of Murano in the 20th century. In the early 1900's Fratelli Toso started to produce glasses in murrine technique. Murrine and Millefiori glasses remained a major product field of Fratelli Toso. In 1912 a very successful series of liberty inspired art glasses, designed by Hans Stoltenberg Lerche...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Early Marcello Fantoni Cubist Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Early Marcello Fantoni cubist vase. Extremely rare example. Signed.
Would work well in a variety of interiors such as modern, mid century modern, Hollywood regency, etc. Piece blen...
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Bertoncello by Roberto Rigon Mid Century Ceramic Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Bertoncello
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing ceramic Mid-Century Modern vase made in Italy, circa 1960s. This is a beautiful ceramic vase. Vase is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites. Nice col...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Ikebana 1960’sStriped Ceramic Vase
By Ikebana
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Japanese Ikebana vase in a triangular sculptural form with light gray and white stripes.
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
1960's Jakob Gelzer hand made ceramic vase
Located in Bern, CH
1960’s Hand Made Ceramic Vase from the Swiss Ceramisist, Jakob Gelzer. With grey & black glaze. With makers bird motif on base.
Designer: Jakob Gelzer
Producer: Jakob Gelzer Keramik,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Fat Lava Studio Ceramic Vase, K. Tschorner for Ruscha 1960s, Germany
By Ruscha, Kurt Tschörner
Located in Andernach, DE
Funky Fat Lava in a lava red: mid-century ceramic vase from the ''volcano'' series.
Executed by Kurt Tschörner, around 1960 for Ruscha, Western Germany.
Lightly bubbly Fat Lava glaz...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Luigi Carron for Alcyone Mid-Century Ceramic Vase, Italy 1950s
By Carron
Located in Atlanta, GA
Luigi Carron designed this stunning Mid-Century Modern ceramic vase for Alcyone of Marostica, Italy, in the 1950s. The chunky amphora shape has hand-painted geometric and stylized an...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Lladro Porcelain Floral Vase, 1970s
By Lladro
Located in Barcelona, ES
A beautiful porcelain floral vase designed by Julio Fernández and manufactured by Lladró. Spain, 1970s.
This elegant glazed porcelain vase has a clean design with floral and foliage ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Italian Handmade Murano Glass Vase / Centerpiece
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage Italian handmade Murano glass vase / centerpiece in asymmetric shape.
The glass is yellow/orange/green colors.
Heavy and solid.
Very good/excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Japanese Ceramic Glazed Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An oblong octagonal studio pottery vase with a flared rim. This vessel features an all over beige glaze with four blue bush strokes.
Signed on the underside.
Dimensions
5.5" diamete...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery, Clay
Hammered copper vase vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Hammered copper vase vienna around 1950s
Only polished
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Copper
Mid-Century Brown Fat Lava Studio Ceramic, Jug Vase Ethnic Vibe, 1960s, Signed
Located in Andernach, DE
Expressive Scandinavian style Mid Century Modern handmade ceramic vase with an enthnical abstract pattern.
Fat Lava ceramic in beige with tiny dots on a ''spared'' dark coffee brown ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Marti Rytkonen for Orrefors Sweden Ramses clear glass vase
By Orrefors
Located in Ferndale, MI
Orrefors Ramses vase designed by Marti Rytkonen . Large and impressive half inch thick clear glass vase depicting the face of Ramses . Glass is in fine condition no issues or apologi...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Small Ethnic Zebra Mid-Century Studio Ceramic Vase by BS, 1970s, Germany
Located in Andernach, DE
A beautiful ethnic vibe emanates from this small German studio ceramic vase.
Made around 1970, this vase is one-of-a-kind made and signed by...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Cut And Ground Crystal Vase With Flower Decoration
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Before describing the object under consideration we must make an important clarification; the artifact, one of many that we will publish over time, is part of the museum collection o...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Blue Glass Fish Vase in the Style of Blenko Glass
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Fun mid-century blue glass fish vase in the style of Blenko Glass, circa 1970s. The vase is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Berndt Friberg Gustavsberg Haresfur Flared Bottle Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Berndt Friberg (Swedish, 1899-1981) joined Gustavsberg in 1934 and his work is considered as some of the finest examples of wheel thrown pottery of the 20th Century. Inspired by the ...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Fat Lava Studio Ceramic Vase, STROMBOLI by Ceramano 1970s, Germany
By Ceramano, Hans Welling
Located in Andernach, DE
Expressive original Fat Lava Mid Century Modern handmade ceramic vase.
Executed and designed by Hans Welling for Ceramano, Western Germany around 1965.
Fat Lava glaze ''Stromboli'', ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Modern Large White and Grey Vase Rörstrand by Gunnar Nylund, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This large, unusual stoneware vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, 1950s is gifted with light grey and white hare fur glaze with stains of pink. And it has that stunning look of Nylu...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Set of Five 'Gulvase' by Otto Brauer for Holmegaard in Bottle Green
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
A perfect set of graduated 'Gulvase by Otto Brauer for famous Danish manufacturers Holmegaard, all in perfect condition, one still with original label.
Sizes from largest to smallest...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Ceramic Vase, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
'Rimini blu' glazed ceramic vase designed by Aldo Londi for by Bitossi. Italy, 1960s.
This eye-catching vase is made of blue glazed ceramic with engraved patterns surrounding the cen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
Fat Lava Vase (decor Lora) by Scheurich Keramik Germany
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A sought after Fat Lava vase by Scheurich Keramik.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Ceramic Plate Decorated with Geisha & Peasan, France late 19th C
Located in Labrit, Landes
Plate square-shaped in the Japanese style typical of 19th-century Europe's infatuation with Eastern cultures.
Ceramic decorated with a geisha carrying an umbrella under the rain and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Vintage Bird Vase by Gorka Géza by Applied Arts Company 1959 Hungary
By Cari Zalloni
Located in Berlin, DE
A masterpiece of abstraction
This fascinating ceramic bird vase, dated to the late 1950s, is a design by Gorka Géza from the 1940s. It was only manufactured a few years later by the...
Category
1950s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern vases made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Scheurich Keramik, Rörstrand, Bitossi, and Venini. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $44 and tops out at $113,467 while the average work can sell for $794.
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