Modern Vases
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Period: 1950s
Gudmundur Einarsson (1895-1963), Icelandic ceramist. Ceramic floor vase.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gudmundur Einarsson (1895-1963), Icelandic ceramist.
Ceramic floor vase featuring geometric panels and text in the decoration: "Paul Smith 2-3 1956."
Decorated with turquoise-green ...
Category
1950s Icelandic Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Transparent Bullicante Murano Art Glass Vase by Barovier&Toso
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
Delicate triangular transparent Bullicante Murano art glass vase with "lateral morise" by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso.
The “bullicante” effect is amongst the most famous gla...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Fratelli Toso Glass Vase
Located in Lugo, IT
Perfect glass vase by Fratelli Toso
Thank you
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Ceramic "apple" vase by Georges Jouve, France, 1950's
Located in Paris, FR
Black ceramic vase by Georges Jouve, signed, France, 1950's
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Gerold Porzellan Vase
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant vase by German maker Gerold Porzellan, circa 1950. White glaze with gold accent.
Category
1950s German Vintage Modern Vases
1950’s French Crystal Vase By Anatole Riecke Transparent And Green
By A. Riecke
Located in Crespières, FR
French Crystal vase by Anatole Riecke – 1950's – white black and silver
This vase is a creation of the artist Anatole Riecke, of Russian origin, who lived in Paris at the beginning ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Fifties Italian Design Vases, Pair
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1950s, Italy. This hyper modern pair of vases are the epitome of Italian design fifties style. The color is utterly fabulous and very unusual, a particularly bold orange. Beau...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Modern Japanese Studio Ikebana c1950s
Located in Oakland, CA
Beautiful and unique vintage Japanese ceramic Ikebana with a matte glaze, remains of original sticker. Rare design c1950s.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Peter Voulkos Studio Vase
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) - Black Studio pot, circa 1953-1955.
Signed “Voulkos” on the base.
Voulkos, an American artist of Greek descent, was known for his Abstract Expressionist ceramic...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Beautiful Accolay's Vase Freeform
Located in PARIS, FR
ACCOLAY (manufacture) (1945-1989)
Very decorativ free form black pearly enamelled vase.
France, circa 1960.
Signed.
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Vase by Eva Stæhr-Nielsen for SAXBO
By Saxbo
Located in San Francisco, CA
A stoneware vase by Eva Staehr-Nielsen, with octagonal mouth decorated with brownish glaze. Signed E.St.N. Manufactured and marked by Saxbo, Denmark.
Category
1950s European Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Beautiful Accolay's Vase Free Form
Located in PARIS, FR
ACCOLAY (manufacture of ) (1945-1989)
Beautiful vase of free form enamelled black pearly.
France, circa 1950.
Signed.
Measure: height : 10.7 in
Contact us for a shipping quote.
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Ingeborg Lundin "Green Apple " Vase for Orrefors Sweden, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful green color Apple, by the well known Swedish designer Ingeborg Lundin, This vase is marked, signed , Expo 32-57.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Stig Lindberg Ceramic, Stoneware, Vase / Vessel for Gustavsberg, Grazia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful silver paint in this Lindberg vase by Gustavsberg, Grazia model.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Saxbo glazed vase ceramic/stoneware by Edith Sonne , signed/marked
By Edith Sonne Brun, Saxbo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful stoneware vase by the well known potter Edith Sonne.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Aldo Londi, Ceramic/Pottery Vase by Bitossi, Geometric/Mondrian Pattern
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and elegant ceramic vase by Aldo Londi and made by Bitossi.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Rare "Bandiere" Vase by Anzolo Fuga for A.V.E.M.
Located in New York, NY
Handblown Murano white glass decorated with rods of colored glass & swaths of opaque white glass. Abstract pitcher form. Published: AVEM Arte Vetraria Muranese, Artistic Production, ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Carlo Zauli Italian Modern Signed And Archived Archaic Vase
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Roma, IT
Archaic vase by Carlo Zauli 1953
Polychrome majolica Faenza
Vase in polychrome majolica, pear-shaped with an asymmetrical line and abstract-geometric decorations with relief borders....
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Majolica
Fratelli Toso Pair of Pinched-Top Glass Vases with Red Spiral, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
2 Stunning hand-blown glass vases with red spiral design by Fratelli Toso, Murano, Italy, 1950’s. They are pinched at the top with aventurine (gold) throughout the glass. These both ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Gold
Ercole Barovier, "Aborigeni Vase", 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Ercole Barovier
"Aborigeni vase", c. 1950
Execution: Cased glass, clear and black
H : 34 cm (13.38")
Overall Very good condition
A piece both highly collectible and decorative...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Ercole Barovier, "Porpora Cup", 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Ercole Barovier
"Porpora Cup", c. 1950
Execution: Cased glass, clear and red
Measure: H : 11 cm (4.33")
Overall very good condition
A piece both highly collectible and decorative at the same time.
Ercole Barovier was born in 1889 into a well-known family of glassmakers.
At the age of 26, he became artistic director of his father's factory, "Vetreria Artistica Barovier...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Vase with Handle, Geen, Ceramic, by Guido Gambone, 1950
Located in Berlin, DE
This opulent and very rare vase is made of ceramic with a green and brown glaze.
Unique piece by Guido Gambone, 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Fratelli Toso Rare Murano Glass "Carafe" Bottle/Decanter/Vase, by Ermanno Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Here we have a very rare Carafe by the well known Murano Master Ermanno Toso. Made for the Fratelli Toso studio.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Glass
Giulio Radi Vase with Silver Foil and Blue Inside, ca 1950
By Giulio Radi
Located in New York, NY
Hand-blown glass vase, yellow with silver foil and spiral design on the outside and blue on the inside, by Giulio Radi for A.V.E.M., Murano Italy,
ca 1950.
Reference:
Murano ‘9...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Silver Leaf
Ceramic Pitcher with Colorful Decoration in Red, Blue and Yellow, Albisola, 1950
Located in Berlin, DE
Joyful ceramic pitcher by Ceramiche Albisola. It has a smooth, glazed surface with flame like stripes in red, blue and yellow. Signed at the bottom 'Albisola', circa 1950. Albisola/L...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Archimede Seguso, Murano Glass/Gold, Rare Vase "Three Element" Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an amazing and rare murano glass and gold ribbed vase, Title Three Element" signed Seguso, made for Vetreria Seguso. This piece was made in the 1950s. probably 1954.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Glass
Antonia Campi Midcentury Ceramic Vase Prod. Lavenia, Italy
By Lavenia, Antonia Campi
Located in Milan, Italy
Ceramic vase designed by Antonia Campi and produced by Lavenia in 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Seguso Designed Art Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
A Seguso designed Italian art glass vase.
Cobalt blue with red and white pattern details.
Signed: Archimede Seguso Murano.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Vase Lamp by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1950s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Roma, IT
Vase-lamp in lacquered metal and brass, satin white glass diffuser made by Fontana Arte, Italian company founded in Milan in 1932 by Luigi Fontana and Giò Ponti.
Specializing in g...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Brass, Metal
Vase Designed by Erik Höglund for Boda, Sweden, 1950s
By Erik Höglund
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase designed by Erik Höglund for Boda,
Sweden. 1950's.
Glass.
Measurements:
H: 27.5 cm/ 11 7/8''
Erik Höglund started working for Boda when the company and the entire Swedish gla...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Wilhlem Kåge Vase
Located in New York, NY
Wilhlem Kåge unique "Farsta" vase. Fantastic form of stoneware with subtle patterning and glazed in shades of brown. Handmade by Kåge during his 30 years working at Gustavsberg, and ...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Gunnel Nyman Glass Vase for Nuutarjavi
By Gunnel Nyman
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant glass vase by Finnish glass artist Gunnel Nyman for Nuutarjavi. Controlled bubbles, in pink and clear glass. Approx. 8" H.
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Modern Vases
Paolo Venini Vase
By Paolo Venini
Located in New York, NY
A Paolo Venini. 'A Bolle' Murano glass vase.
Murano glass, clear and ruby-red with air-inclusions.
Signed: Venini Murano Italia.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Calo Scarpa "Corroso Vase" by Venini Murano Glass, Signed
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very well-known piece by Carlo Scarpa, acid signed four lines underside, Murano Venini made in Italy. Mint condition.Rare piece .
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Handblown Glass Vase by Anzolo Fuga 1950s
By Anzolo Fuga
Located in New York, NY
Large handblown glass vase from the "Bands" series, Pulegoso with vertical bands around the sides and large murrhine on front and back, by Anzolo Fuga for A.V.E.M. (Arte Vetraria Mur...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Fantastic Murano Flower Vase, Blue, Purple with Gold
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Mid Century Italian Murano flower vase. Blue, Purple with Gold
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Leonard Waegell Edmondson, Ceramic Vase, Dated, Signed, 1953
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an amazing vase by the very well-known artist, Leonard Edmondson, signed, dated.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Timo Sarpaneva Rare, Glass Vase 'Devil's Pearl" 1955 for Iittala, Signed
By Timo Sarpaneva, Ittala
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Just an amazing glass vase, very rare and a great design, by Timo Sarpaneva. Has a flea bite on rim as show in picture.
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique 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, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern vases made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Venini, RAAQUU, VG-VGnewtrend, and Carlo Moretti. 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 $28 and tops out at $45,920 while the average work can sell for $993.
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