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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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: 20th Century
Vintage Tall Italian Vase in Clear Murano Glass with "Mosaic" Flakes Decoration
Located in Milano, IT
Confetti are a symbol of the world renowned venetian carnival, so in a way it only makes sense to find them (sort of) into another world famous craft product from the floating city. ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Collectible Murano Glass Sculpture "Membrane" by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt
By Toni Zuccheri, VeArt
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Murano glass vase / sculpture, created by celebrated Italian designer Toni Zuccheri for glassmaker VeArt as part of the "Membrane" collection, which included lamps, vases and...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Vintage Italian Nason Mazzega Decorative Two-Body Orange Murano Glass Vase
By Mazzega, Ermanno Nason
Located in Milano, IT
This is a rare and extremely fascinating two-body vase in Murano glass. Designed by Ermanno Nason for I.V.R. Mazzega in the 1980s, it is a perfect expression...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Vase Art. "6000", Design Ettore Sottsass, Bitossi Production, Italy 1991
Located in Napoli, IT
Bibliography: "Ettore Sottsass, Tutta la ceramica" Umberto Allemandi & C. edizioni.
Signed and numbered vase.
Limited edition of 99 pieces.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Fazzoletto Opalino Large Glass Vase in Horizon by Fulvio Bianconi and Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Created from the collaboration between Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini, characterized by a soft shape with a graceful wavy lip, always unique, obtained using the free-hand technique...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Rare Emaux de Longwy Ceramic Boule Vase by Garouste and Bonetti Limited 1 of 5
Located in Miami, FL
This Boule vase “Ornament “ is a rare limited edition numbered 1/5 by Elizabeth Garouste was born in 1949 in Paris and Mattia Bonetti in 1952 in Lugano (Switzerland). They pooled their work from 1980 to dedicate themselves to the creation of pieces of furniture and interior decoration. They start with the decoration of the Palace that Fabrice Eamer asks them to design. Then shortly after, the Néotu Gallery publishes them. Their furniture, baroque and barbarian, surprises, made up of heterogeneous and unusual materials, such as rock, hammered bronze, raffia, leather, skin, logs and glass ... They are at the instigation of fashion "barbaric". For their work, they use references such as the Middle Ages, Africa, through the poetry of Cocteau, the Venetian baroque and neoclassicism. They have also been edited by the “Waiting for the Barbarians” galleries, David Gill, Kréo, Lou Fagotin...
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Italian 1980s round red travertine stone vase
Located in Milan, IT
Large Italian 1980s round red travertine stone vase
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Travertine
Lino Sabattini Italy Vase "Persepoli" Limited Edition 8/237
Located in Toledo, OH
Lio Sabattini "Persepoli" limited edition vase 8/237 Italy.
Category
20th Century European Modern Vases
Materials
Metal
Round Black Glazed Ceramic Vase by Leon Pointu, France, c. 1930
By Leon Pointu
Located in New York City, NY
Glazed ceramic vase. Minimalist, simple shape with a small lip at the opening.
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Phil Rogers Studio Pottery Salt Glazed Unomi with Impressed Panels
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Marston Pottery salt glazed stoneware studio pottery unomi by renowned potter Philip (Phil) Rogers (British, b.1951) dating from the latter 20th century. The heavily potted...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Wonderful Baccarat Harcourt Medium Baluster Signed Crystal Vase
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Baccarat Harcourt medium baluster signed crystal vase.
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Andrew Hague Studio Pottery Vase with Trailing Foliage
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large quality stoneware studio pottery vase hand decorated with trailing foliage designs by renowned potter Andrew Hague (British, born 1948) and probably dating from the 1970’s. Andrew Hague worked for a number of years as an apprentice to Marianne de Trey...
Category
1970s English Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Vaso in vetro di Murano
Located in Lugo, IT
Vaso in vetro bianco con filamenti neri e ad oro.
Ci sono dei piccoli punti dei filamenti non perfetti, nelle foto si nota.
Grazie
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
1970s Modernist Italian Polished Silver Plate Tapering Curved Vase
Located in London, GB
A 1970s Italian silver plated vase which is curved in shape, with a wider base and a narrower top. It has a smooth, polished surface and a simple, elegant design.
The vase has a fl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Silver Plate
Membrane Vase by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt
By Toni Zuccheri, VeArt
Located in Lugo, IT
Membrane Vase by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt
Good Condition
Thank you
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Octagonal Cachepot with Putti in Tuscan Terracotta, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Octagonal cachepot ornated with putti in Tuscan terracotta.
Measures: height: 30cm
diameter: 30cm
10kg
20th century
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Stanislav Libensky Czech Art Glass Vase for Skrdlovice Glassworks
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Czech art glass vase with a spiral twist design by Stanislav Libensky (1921-2002) for Beranek Skrdlovice Glassworks and dating from ar...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
A Wonderful Baccarat Cobalt Blue Crystal Oceanie Vase Modern French
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful crystal Oceanie cobalt blue collar vase designed by the French artist Thomas Bastide (born 1954) for Baccarat. Made in France, the vase features a cylindrical barrel stop...
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Wonderful Large French Cut Crystal Baccarat Edith Mid-Century Modern Chunky Vase
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French cut crystal Mid-Century Modern design panel / chunky vase by Baccarat, in the Edith pattern.
Stamped on the bottom
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Mid 20th Century Marcello Fantoni Raymor Italian Orange and Brown Ceramic Vase
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A mid-20th century beige, orange, and brown ceramic vase by sculptor, ceramist, metalworker, multi-media artist and designer Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) for Raymor Italy. The brown ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
An unique Murano Art glass vase, multi color orange yellow black by Alberto Dona
By Alberto Donà
Located in London, GB
Here we have an unique Italian Murano Art Studio glass vase , hand blown glass with multiple techniques involved and glass in tones of orange black and yellow colors melting in an ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano glass jug
Located in Borgo Veneto, IT
Venetian art glass carafe.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Modernist Frosted Smoked Amethyst Floral Detail Glass Vase by William Glasner
Located in New York, NY
This lovely and sophisticated Modernist Frosted Glass Vase with Floral Relief Detailing in Smoked Amethyst by William Glasner originates from the United States, Circa 1990. Features ...
Category
1990s American Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Boch Keramis, Belgium. Large ceramic vase. White glaze. Modernist design
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Boch Keramis, Belgium. Large ceramic vase. White glaze. Modernist design. Geometric pattern.
1970s/80s.
Marked.
In perfect condition with a minor firing flaw on the top.
Dimensions: ...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Murano/Venini, Italy. Large hand-blown ochre yellow art glass vase.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Murano/Venini, Italy.
Large hand-blown ochre yellow art glass vase. Triple gourd-shaped.
Ca. 1970.
Perfect condition.
Label.
Dimensions: Height 47.0 cm x Diameter 12.0 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Large Silver Metal Vase Signed Lino Sabattini - Italy - 1980s
Located in Milano, IT
Rare silvered metal vase with a distinctive shape, model "Inquietante," designed by Lino Sabattini for the Collezione Sattini Italia line in the 1980s.
In fact, the shape resembles a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
1980s Dino Martens Style Modernist Blue Murano Glass with Murrine Inserts Vase
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A particular blue Murano glass vase with murrine inserts in the style of Dino Martens, made in Italy in the 1980s, it's a unique piece. The vase is a captivating and exquisite piece ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Murrine
Pretty English Modern Sterling Silver Vase, 1937
Located in New York, NY
Pretty English Modern sterling silver vase, 1937. Straight and tapering sides with curved bottom; overhanging mouth has wavy curvilinear rim with applied reeding. Stepped and domed f...
Category
1930s British Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Nilo Vase, Designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1983 for the Collection Memphis Milano
Located in Beirut, LB
The Nilo vase was originally designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1983 for Memphis Milano 1981-1988. Produced by Memphis in 2013-2014.
A classic by Sottsass, the Nilo porcelain vase is par...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Murano Modern Carved Black over Red Italian Art Glass Sculptural Flower Vase
By Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful Murano hand blown black over red core Italian art glass sculptural flower vase with carved surface. Created in the manner of the Venin...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Large Ceramic Vase by Ivo de Santis for Gli Utruschi , 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Large decorative Modernist ceramic vase designed by Ivo de Santis for Gli Utruschi.
Earthen tones with colorful accents and lines with ribbed neck details.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Murano glass dishes as centrepieces, Italy Late 20th century
Located in New York, NY
Pair of shallow glass dishes made of tricoloured Murano glass in an oval shape with a slightly curled end. The center boasts an opaque white surface, encircled by clear glass and fra...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
"Kelo" Art Glass Vase
By Timo Sarpaneva, Venini
Located in New York, NY
"Kelo" Italian art glass vase by
Timo Sarpaneva for Venini & Co.
Glass, clear, black, white and red. Marked: Venini 90 Sarpaneva (engraved).
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Italian Ceramic Coral Pink Vase Vintage
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Mid-century modern ceramic vase was made in Italy for Americal importer. Its sleek and elegant form combines functional beauty and meticulous craftsmanship. The vase is finished wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Multicolor Murano Style Confetti Swirl Art Glass Vase
Located in East Quogue, NY
Elegant vintage multicolor Murano style End-of-Day swirl confetti 1970s bulb-shaped art glass vase with cinched neck and ruffle top.
A lovely, colorful, modern piece.
Excellent v...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Berndt Friberg Gustavsberg Miniature Celadon 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
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Christian Dior Paris Modernist Crystal Vase
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superb crystal vase was designed for the Christian Dior Home Collection in Italy in the 1980s. The monumental glass art piece has a smooth, streamlined, minimalist, wavy shape w...
Category
1980s French Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Berndt Friberg Gustavsberg Miniature Square 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
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vase possible Galvani production and decoration by Angelo Simonetto
Located in Lugo, IT
Ceramic vase possible Galvani production.
Good Condition
Thank you
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist White Porcelain Vase by Rosenthal Studio-Linie
By Rosenthal
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice modernist white porcelain vase by Rosenthal Studio-Linie, circa 1970s. The vase is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 6"W x 3"D x 6"H. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Franco Bucci Italian Black Ceramic Vase Italy c1970
By Franco Bucci
Located in Chicago, IL
A black ceramic vase by Franco Bucci for Laboratorio Pesaro Italy c 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Blue Ball Glass Vase by Birgitta Watz for Lindshammar, 1995
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rocking globe-shaped cobalt blue glass vase designed by Birgitta Watz in 1995 and manufactured by Lindshammar in Sweden. Standing on a plane surface th...
Category
1990s Swedish Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Small Murano glass vase Marcello Furlan made in italy 1990s
Located in Milano, IT
Small Murano glass vase signed on acid Marcello Furlan - 1990
In Great Condition
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Small Murano glass vase Marcello Furlan made in italy 1990s
Located in Milano, IT
Small Murano glass vase signed on acid Marcello Furlan - 1990
In Great Condition
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Art Glass Murano Blue and White Sculptural Bowl Vase Centerpiece
Located in Atlanta, GA
This beautiful hand-blown Art glass vase or decorative bowl centerpiece was designed in Murano, Italy, in the 1960s. The large organic and sculptural shape has a stylized jellyfish o...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Tiffany American Modern Sterling Silver Vase
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver vase. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1908. Cone with flared mouth on vertical ovoid knop mounted to domed foot. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pa...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Vases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Blue Sommerso Art Glass Vase
Located in Vallejo, CA
A beautiful vintage sommerso style art glass vase. Features vibrant cobalt blue interior glass surrounded by thick clear outer glass. Flattened sides. A beautiful sculptural accent p...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Jean Hastings Ceramic Figurative Sculpture in Blue White & Brown, circa 1970
By Hastings
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Jean Hastings Clothed Figurative Art Studio Glazed Ceramic Sculpture. Vase. Featuring hand constructed figurative form elements from potters wheel with separate hand built and applie...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Vases
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Large Pink and Gray Murano Glass Vase
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A cylindrical modern large vase produced in Murano, Italy with a base and top in pale pink with the center being a light gray color. Would do great as a center piece on a table with ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
German Desk Lamp After Cristian Del 60ies
Located in Berlin, DE
This lamp is very solid, but its colour and the "spine" make it in a certain way very decent.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Vases
Materials
Metal
Large Abstract Pottery Alien Mock Dinosaur Egg-Shaped Display Vase Pot
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
Egg-Shaped Display Vase Pot
This vase is an unusual piece of art that makes a great conversation starter. The vase is curved, with an abstract shape and raised detailing.
It's cra...
Category
20th Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Early Tall Ceramic Vase with Unique Glaze by Brother Thomas Bezanson
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early ceramic vase in a cylinder form by potter Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007). Unusually tall at 21.75 inches, the vase strikes the viewer with its slender silouette with a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Crystal Vase - Lalique - Saint Cloud
By Lalique
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely little crystal vase, made by the French brand Lalique.
The name of the model is Saint Cloud.
The vase is in very good condition. No chips and no hairlines.
Signed on the ...
Category
1980s French Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Ingeborg Lundin Orrefors Applet Expo Series 1964
By Orrefors
Located in Toledo, OH
Ingeborg Lundin (1921-1991) for Orrefors Applet from Expo Series 1964. Signed.
Category
20th Century European Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Art Glass Vase by Murano Oggetti, signed R. Pell
By Oggetti
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A beautiful art glass vase, Murano Italy by Oggetti signed by R. Bell. The hand blown vase with abstract decoration in blue, green, red, whit and black, Ricardas Peleckas was an art...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
A Large Vintage Rosenthal Gray Glass Battuto Style Bullet-form Vase
By Rosenthal
Located in San Francisco, CA
the bullet-form vase in gray glass with oculus opening above a frosted upper section over a carved faceted lower portion tapering to the base; this chiseled glass method is similar t...
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Cut Glass
Carlo Nason Av Mazzega Italian Model S 510 Glass and Steel Mount Vase
By AVMazzega, Carlo Nason
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A model S 510 glass vase with steel mount designed by the Italian designer Aldo Nason (born 1920) for Mazzega. Made in Murano, Italy, the vase has a tall tubular glass vessel squeez...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Metal
Signed Lalique French Crystal Three Petal Footed Flower Vase
By Lalique
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Signed Lalique French Crystal Three Petal Footed Flower Vase.
Category
1990s French Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
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