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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Mid-Century Pottery Vase with Organic Shape from BKW Böttger Keramik Wandsbek
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Pottery Vase with Organic Shape from BKW Böttger Keramik Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution m...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Oval Object Holder in Blue, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern Murano glass oval object holder in blue, 1970s
Oval object holder in Murano glass, polychrome, transparent at the base and blue on the edges.
It is in ver...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Minimalist WGP West German Pottery Vase 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Minimalist WGP West German Pottery Vase from Marschner Kunsttöpferei, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additiona...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Amber-Gold submerged vase Flavio Poli for Seguso 1950.
By Flavio Poli
Located in Palermo, IT
A mix of emotions in looking at these colors that bring a 1950s sculpture vase to life.
Hand-knotted worked in the periods of the great glass masters of Murano.
Available with worldw...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Sommerso, Murano Glass
Early Handcrafted Signed Glass Vase by Michael Harris for MDina
By Mdina
Located in Dallas, TX
Early Handcrafted glass vase by Michael Harris for Mdina Glass on the Mediterranean Island of Malta. Signed Mdina on the base. Michael was inspired by the scenery of the island and t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Micronesian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Murano Opalescent Chalcedony Millefiori Flower Murrines Italian Art Glass Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown opalescent orange, and murrines Italian art glass flower vase. The vase is covered with layers of silver leaf, that triggers a chemical...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine, Opaline Glass, Glass
Mid Century Modern Vase by Marianne Starck Bornholm
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful pitcher vase from the Tribal Series made by Marianne Starck for the Michael Andersen Factory.
Marianne Starck (born 1931 Germany) became one of the leading ceramistes in De...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Mid-Century Studio Pottery Carafe Vase from Løvemose, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Studio Pottery Carafe Vase from Løvemose, Denmark, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional informatio...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Steen Kepp Large Stoneware Brown Ceramic Floor Vase 1975 La Borne Design
By Steen Kepp
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Steen Kepp - La Borne
Realised circa 1975-1980
Large brown stoneware ceramic floor vase.
Signed under the base
Original perfect condition
Measures: Height 49 cm
Large...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Vicke Lindstrand Orrefors Crystal Vase with Cut Leaf Pattern, Signed LU 1
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This ultra-rare and striking crystal vase, designed by renowned Swedish artist Vicke Lindstrand for Orrefors, exemplifies exceptional craftsmanship and artistic flair. Likely dating ...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Cobalt Murano Glass Vase, Murrine and Avventurina. Lapis Lazuli. Fratelli Toso
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Rare vase in blue cobalt glass from Fratelli Toso.
The finish of the vase is with Avventurina speckling fused over the glass (Tociato in Muranese) to resemble Lapis Lazuli gemstone....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
1990s Astonishing Andy Warhol Vase for Rosenthal. Made in Germany.
By Andy Warhol
Located in Milano, IT
1990s Astonishing Andy Warhol Vase for Rosenthal. Made in Germany. The item is in excellent condition. This vase in glass is designed by Andy Warhol and ma...
Category
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Signed Peruvian Urn Shape Studio Piece Black & Brown Ceramic Vase Pottery 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern black & brown hand painted ceramic urn shape vase pottery vessel.
Signed by the artist and marked at the base.
Simply lovely.
A-745-335
Category
1970s Peruvian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Murano Flavio Poli Fuchsia Red Corroso Surface Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful large Murano hand blown deep fuchsia red with acid etched surface Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Flavio Poli for the Societa Veneziana di Conterie e ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Purple Ceramic Brutalist Vase Fat Lava Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
ceramic pottery vase.
Origin:
Germany.
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany.
Decade:
1970s.
This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by C...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Mid Century Gerald Patrick Studio Pottery Art Vase
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Stunning hand thrown studio pottery art vessel signed by famed artist Gerald Patrick. This gorgeous studio piece features a an intense indigo blue and green glaze. The glaze was appl...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Kaj Franck Glass Vase Nuutajärvi Notsjö Finland 1964
Located in Basel, BS
Octagonal shaped glass vase designed by Kaj Franck, model KF298 for Nuutajärvi Notsjö, Finland, 1964.
Made of purple colored cased glass, hand-signed on bottom.
Height: 19.5 cm
Dia...
Category
1960s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Modern Murano Soliflore Vase
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Mid-Century Modern Murano vase, thick-walled glass with embedded flower decorations. It is a single flower vase, beautiful from every point of view.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
Scheurich Large Foligno Vase, West German Pottery 1970s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large sculptural West Germany pottery vase features molded Foligno decor, incorporating bands of stylized flowers, and semi-matte ochre and brown glaze. The inner surfaces are glazed...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Edvin Öhrström for Orrefors Crystal Engraved Vase, 1942 Scandinavian Modern
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Orrefors engraved crystal vase features "Wish To The Moon" pattern, created by Edvin Ohrstrom in 1942. The pattern depicts a young woman or g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Large Arte Murano ICET Purple Glass Vase
Located in Fairfield, CA
A beautiful large art glass vase by Arte Murano ICET, made in Venezuela. Lovely pale purple color with a white interior. Arte Murano ICET is a glass s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Venezuelan Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
LIMOGES hand-painted porcelain vase, 1950s
By Limoges
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
LIMOGES vase in hand-painted Porcelain, France, 1950s.
LIMOGES vase made of Porcelain hand-painted in France in the 1950s, with gold trim.
The attribution mark is present at the bo...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Blenko Style Amberina Red & Orange Glass Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in East Quogue, NY
Vibrant Blenko-style Amberina red and orange fluted square hand-blown glass vase. Intense orange color with subtle arching visible within the body of the vase, blending into red towards the neck.
A striking vintage piece. Unmarked.
Measures 9.5" tall x 4" diameter.
amberina, blenko, glass vase, amberina vase...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano Glass Big Vase by Ercole Barovier for Ferro Toso Barovier, Italy 1937
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing truncated conical big vase with applications in thick coulourless murano glass by the maestro of Murano Glass, Ercole Barovier.
1937 production: Ferro - Toso - Barovier.
C...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
70s Huge Mid Century Modern Sculpture Japanese Crescent Ikebana Planter Vase
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
70s Huge Mid Century Modern Sculpture Japanese Crescent Ikebana Planter Vase
Spectacular Large Mid Century Modern Gloss Black Toyo Sculptural Planter, Vase or Table top Centerpiece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
20th century black and grey stoneware ceramic vase circa 1970 handmade
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
In the style of Gustave Tiffoche
Original 20th century design stoneware ceramic vase
Black and grey design ceramic colors
Original perfect condition
height 24,5 cm
Large 11 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Archimede Seguso Murano Red Bands Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Gorgeous, large vintage Murano hand blown gold flecks with red bands Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. The piece is hand signed "Archimede Segus...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Gold Leaf
set of two black and brown 20th century ceramic vases by Gustave Tiffoche
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Gustave Tiffoche
Set of two 20th century stoneware ceramic vases
Black and brown abstract geometrci ceramic glazes decoration
Signed at the base
Dated 1984
Original perfect cond...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Early Gary McCloy Ceramic Vessel with Wooden Stopper, Signed, 1967
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage American art studio pottery vessel or jar with wooden stopper features abstract hand-painted decor in black, brown, and muted orange palette on speckled off-white background...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Carlo Moretti Soliflor Glass Vase Red Scavo Etched Murano Studio Art Glass
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
The vintage Carlo Moretti long stem soliflor vase is a striking and elegant piece of art glass that showcases the mastery of Italian glassmaker Carlo Moretti. This vase embodies the ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
German Mid-Century Ceramic Vase, 1960s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
German Mid-century ceramic vase, Germany, 1960s. Measures: Height: 45cm - 17.7 in., Diameter : 22cm - 8.7 in. Marked under the base (see photo).
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Very Tall Gunnar Nylund Vase by Nymølle with Dark Blue Glaze 1960s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
This very tall and slender vase was designed by Gunnar Nylund for Nymølle and produced in Denmark, circa 1960´s. It has a vivid dark navy blue glaze over a radiating pattern. Measure...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Mid Century Turned Ceramic Vase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine turned Mid Century ceramic vase with a particularly exceptional form and execution. With fine Earth tone colors, typical of the Mid Century period, the Vase has a soft and na...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Cenedese Xlrg Murano Blue Black Gray Scavo Texture Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and unusual, vintage Murano hand blown rich cobalt blue with excavated surface texture Italian art glass flower vase. The piece is documented to Cenedese company, with labe...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Large Barovier & Toso Murano Vase Italian Studio Art Glass Aborigeni
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A vintage sculptural art glass vase probably made by Barovier & Toso of the "Aborigeni" series, made in the 1960s.
The vase's sculptural form and vibrant colors would make it an i...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Cenedese Colorful Bright Red Vintage Round Italian Murano Glass Vase
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Colorful (colorful) vintage Mid-Century Modern bright red vase by Cenedese Vetri of Murano, Italy, circa 1970s-1990s. Particularly striking is the narrow necked round form with rippl...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Colorful Tall Large Pair of Green Vintage Italian Murano Glass Vases by Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Wonderfully colourful / colorful vintage mid-century modern tall pair of lime green vases by Cenedese Vetri of Murano, Italy. Particularly striking is the form - with it's flat base ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Gustav Spörri for Ziegler Schaffhausen Studio Pottery Vase, 1959
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A striking studio pottery vase by Swiss ceramicist Gustav Spörri for Ziegler Schaffhausen, dated 1959. This hand-thrown ceramic vase features a unique monochrome sgraffito decoration...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Black Midcentury Stoneware set of 5 "Mangania" Vases by Lillemor Mannerheim
Located in Bromma, SE
Set of five vases by Swedish Lillemor Mannerheim. Midcentury stoneware in organic shape with black glaze. It was designed in 1955 as part of the Mangania series.
The Mid-Century Ston...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Bruno Gambone Pair Glazed Ceramic Bottle Vases, Italy, circa 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Bruno Gambone Italian ceramic bottle-shaped vessels with chalk-white surface with a black and blue green drip glazed motif (circa 1970s). With a modern rectangular base and lean, el...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Ruscha Hellas Handled Jug Vase Geomitric Pattern Pottery Vase MCM
By Ruscha
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This striking mid-century modern handled jug vase is a rare piece from the Hellas series by Ruscha Keramik, Germany. Crafted in ceramic, the vase showcases a bold, tapered silhouette...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Huge Faceted Red Murano Sommerso Diamond Cut Glass Bowl Mandruzzato Attributed
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
A beautiful larger vintage midcentury Murano faceted art glass bowl attributed to Mandruzzato, circa 1970s. The combination of ruby red and yellow tinted uranium over clear 'Sommerso...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Glass Vase by Sven Palmqvist, 1950's
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Glass Vase by Sven Palmqvist, 1950's
Additional Information:
Material: Glass
Style: Midcentury, scandinavian
Produced by Orrefors in Sweden
Signed ‘Orrefors 9058/40 Sven Palmqvist′
...
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Val Saint Lambert, Label Sculpted Crystal Vase with Amethyst Core, Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert, Label sculpted crystal vase with amethyst core, Belgium.
Heavy Val Saint Lambert crystal vase catalogued in the 1950s.
The central amethyst color (a traditional f...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
ceramano VASE decor etrusca hanns welling west german mid century ceramic
By Hans Welling, Ceramano
Located in Mannheim, DE
Beautiful west german ceramic vase manufactured by Ceramano with the decor "Etrusca", early 1960s, designed by Hanns Welling.
Signed to bottom "168 Etrusca Ceramano W.Germany Handar...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Faceted Red Murano Sommerso Diamond Cut Glass Bowl Attributed to Mandruzzato
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Faceted vintage Midcentury Italian Murano art glass bowl, dish or ashtray attributed to Mandruzzato, circa 1970s. The combination of ruby red, yellow and blue tinted / clear 'Sommers...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Aage Rasmus Selsbo, Vase, Ceramic, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
An off-white and brown semi-glazed ceramic vase designed and produced by Aage Rasmus Selsbo, Sweden, 1960s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 5.5"H x 5.0"W x 5.0"D
All items ship from H...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Bruno Gambone Italian Stoneware Vase 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Stoneware stoneware vase designed and produced by Italian artist Bruno Gambone, production Italy 1970s
Signed Gambone Italy under the vase.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano Sommerso Green Yellow Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso yellow green Italian art glass bud flower vase. Attributed to designers Mario Pinzoni, Flavio Poli for the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company, c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Monumental Architectural Vase by Alessio Tasca
By Alessio Tasca, Raymor
Located in South Charleston, WV
5" x 7.75" x 27" Architectural scale vase by Alessio Tasca photographed with a Knoll dining chair to show scale. Produced in Italy using the constructivist method. Tasca produced pie...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Large Handcrafted Raku Pottery Vase with Crackle Glaze and Artist Signature
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exceptional handcrafted Raku pottery vase features a mesmerizing crackle glaze that forms an intricate web of fine black fissures across its subtly shaded surface. The vase boas...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental West German Ceramic Lava Glaze Fish Vases, Colorful pair
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental West German Ceramic Lava Glaze Fish Vases, Colorful pair
Offered for sale is a pair of monumental mid-century modern West German heavily textured lava glaze ceramic vases...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Erickson Sommerso Vase, American Art Studio Glass 1940s-1950s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Sculptural Mid Century Modern teal and clear glass decorative vase was created by Carl Erickson for Erickson Glass Works. The vase has Erickson's typical heavy encased glass design, with the teal glass gather encased in clear glass in sommerso technique and the pronounced base done in clear glass with controlled bubbles. The pontil is ground.
The vase is in good vintage condition with some age-appropriate signs of wear on the bottom. It is unsigned, as vast majority of Ericson piece were, and is missing its sticker, but can be clearly identified by multiple printed and online catalogues and other resources.
Carl Erickson (1899-1966) worked at Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, joining his father as an apprentice and spending the next 20 years developing a high level of craftsmanship, including precision use of controlled bubbles, a technique often associated with Pairpoint, that was widely used by Erickson in his own glass designs. In the early 1930s he was employed by Libbey Glass and from 1937 - by the Blenko Glass Company. After leaving Blenko, Carl founded his own art glass studio in Bremen, Ohio in 1943. Erickson glass was hand blown, so no two pieces could be identical.
Erickson made reproductions for a number of museums, including the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D.C., Old Sturbridge Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corning Museum of Glass, and the Ohio State Historical Society Museum. Many of his glass creations have been selected for display at several distinguished museums, and in 1953 a traveling...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Arthur Percy, Vase, Glass, Sweden, 1950s
By Arthur Percy
Located in High Point, NC
A glass vase designed by Arthur Percy and produced by Gullaskruf, Sweden, c. 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 12.8"H x 3.9"W x 3.9"D
All items ship from High Point, North Carolina.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Pair of Fine Quality Decorative Vintage Porcelain Floral Ladies Boots Vase
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of beautiful bisquit porcelain boots decorated with colorful flowers.
French hand painted and gilt bisque porcelain miniature shoe with flowers in relief made by Villenauxe duri...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Murano Italian Glass Red & Purple Striped Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good Murano glass vase with red and purple stripes.
In the style of Flavio Poli with a thick body, bullicine and 'a face' decoration.
Measure: Height ca. 12 1/2 in.
Items ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Big Floor Vase, German Pottery, Fat Lava, Scheurich Model 517-45, Horses
Located in Berlin, BE
Rare, big floor vase by Scheurich Germany with Fat Lava glaze and red horses.
Model 517-45
Measures : 45 cm / 17.7 inch high.
22 cm / 8.66 inch diameter
Well preserved. As...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Arthur Percy, Vase, Glass, Sweden, 1950s
By Arthur Percy
Located in High Point, NC
A blue-colored glass vase designed by Arthur Percy and produced by Gullaskruf, Sweden, c. 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 7.875"H x 2.5"W x 2.5"D
All items ship from High Point...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
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.