Scandinavian Modern Vases
SCANDINAVIAN MODERN STYLE
Scandinavian modernism is perhaps the warmest and most organic iteration of modernist design. The work of the designers associated with vintage Scandinavian modern furniture was founded on centuries-old beliefs in both quality craftsmanship and the ideal that beauty should enhance even the humblest accessories of daily life.
ORIGINS OF SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1930s
- Scandinavian design and Nordic design originated primarily in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Norway
- Introduced in the United States in mid-20th century
- Informed by the Bauhaus; influenced American mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold, clean lines and simple, sturdy symmetries
- Use of natural materials — native woods such as pine, ash and beech
- Open, airy spaces
- Promotion of functionality
- Emphasis on craftsmanship; rooted in cabinetry profession and traditional construction techniques
- Minimal ornamentation (little to no embellishment)
- A neutral or light color palette owing to prominence of light woods
SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Alvar Aalto
- Hans Wegner
- Kaare Klint
- Arne Jacobsen
- Greta Magnusson Grossman
- Finn Juhl
- Arne Vodder
- Verner Panton
ICONIC SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The gentle, organic contours that are typical of Scandinavian design appear in the furnishings and decor created by Danish, Finnish and Swedish designers not as a stylistic gesture, but rather as a practical, ergonomic — and, as importantly, elegant — response to the human form.
Each nation produced exceptional talents in all areas of the applied arts, yet each had its forté. Sweden was home to Greta Magnusson Grossman and Bruno Mathsson — creators of the classic Grasshopper lighting series and Berlin daybed, respectively — but the country excelled most notably at ceramics. In the 1920s at the great Gustavsberg porcelain manufactory, Wilhelm Kåge introduced pieces in the Scandinavian style based on influences from folklore to Cubism; his skills were passed on to his versatile and inspired pupils Berndt Friberg and Stig Lindberg.
Likewise, Finland produced a truly ingenious Scandinavian modern furniture designer in the architect Alvar Aalto, a master at melding function and artistic form in works like the Paimio chair, created in collaboration with his first wife, Aino. Yet Finnish glassware was pre-eminent, crafted in expressive, sculptural designs by Tapio Wirkkala and Timo Sarpaneva.
The Danes excelled at chairs. Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen were exemplars of the country’s facility with wood, particularly teak.
Wegner created such iconic pieces as the Round chair and the Wishbone chair; Jacobsen — while the revolutionary architect and furniture innovator produced the best-selling plywood Ant chair — designed two classic upholstered pieces of the 1950s: the Swan chair and Egg chair. The list of great Danes could go on and on, including Finn Juhl, a stylistic maverick and maker of the bold Chieftain chair; Poul Kjaerholm, with his lean metal-and-rattan aesthetic; and Verner Panton, who introduced a vibrant Pop note into international design.
Today, decades after their heyday, the prolific, ever-evolving Scandinavian modernists continue to amaze and delight, and interior designers all over the world use their pieces to bring warmth to any given space.
On 1stDibs, you will note both instantly recognizable vintage Scandinavian modern chairs, sofas, rugs and tables — those that have earned iconic status over time — and many new discoveries.
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Style: Scandinavian Modern
Mona Morales for Kosta Boda, "Ventana" Vase in Mouth-Blown Art Glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Mona Morales (1908-1999) for Kosta Boda. "Ventana" vase in mouth-blown art glass, 1980s.
In very good condition.
Incised signature.
Measures: 19 x 11.5 cm.
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Bo Fajans, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Bo Fajans
Located in High Point, NC
A brown yellow-glazed earthenware vase, designed and produced by Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Upsala-Ekeby Attribution, Vase, Green and Grey Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A green and grey glazed earthenware vase; design and production attributed to Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Knut Momqvist, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed and hand-painted earthenware vase designed by Knut Momqvist and produced by Nittsjö, Sweden, c. 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Upsala Ekeby Attribution, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A yellow glazed and incised earthenware vase attributed to Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, c. 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Ewald Dahlskog for Bobergs Fajansfabrik. Large faience vase. Ca. 1930s
Located in København, Copenhagen
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Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Faience
Höganas Keramik, Pitcher, Brown, Green Glazed Stoneware, Höganäs, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown and green glazed stoneware pitcher designed and produced by Höganas Keramik, Höganäs, Sweden, 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Baca Faience Vase by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Malmö, SE
Ceramic vase from the Royal Copenhagen "Baca" series designed by Nils Thorsson in the late 1960s. This vase was manufactured 1969-1973.
It features a pattern in brown tones with som...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand. Tall and slim ceramic pitcher / vase
Located in København, Copenhagen
Carl Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand. Tall and slim ceramic pitcher in blue and burgundy tones.
Produced in the 1960s.
Stamped with the manufacturer's mark.
First factory quality.
In pe...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 2 Small Mid-Century Swedish Modern Collectible Pistachio Stoneware Vases
By Gunnar Borg
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Height 7.5 cm Width 7.5 cm Depth 7.5 cm
Height 7.5 cm Width 5 cm Depth 5 cm
This set of 2 miniature vases was designed by Gunnar Borg for the Swedish manufacture Gunnars Keramik...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
$754 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Gunnar Nylund, Pitcher, Green Glazed Stoneware, Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A green glazed stoneware pitcher designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Carl-Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand Atelier, Mid-Century Brown Vase
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautiful mid-century Swedish vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand Atelier, Sweden, the vase is 11.5 cm high and in excellent condition. This vase was designed and produced in the mid-century.
Carl-Harry Stålhane is one of the top names when it comes to Mid century Scandinavian...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Hertha Bengtsson for Rörstrand. Ceramic vase with glaze in shades of brown.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Hertha Bengtsson (1917-1993) for Rörstrand.
Ceramic vase with glaze in shades of brown. Geometric pattern.
1960s.
Marked.
In very good condition. Second quality. Small glaze bubbles...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Upsala Ekeby, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A light blue and orange-glazed earthenware vase, designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, c. 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
2 Pc Mid Century Art Glass Nanny Still Pompadour Tamara Aladin Riihimaen Lasi Oy
Located in New York, NY
Nice lot of two pieces of Scandinavian art glass - one by Nanny Still Pompadour Vase, one attributed to Tamara Aladin. Both are in excellent original co...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Bertil Vallien Vase for Kosta Boda
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Bertil Vallien vase in art glass.
Made by Kosta Boda.
Signed.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Drip-Shaped Vase, Carl-Harry Stålhane Rörstrand, Midcentury Blue Stoneware
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautiful midcentury Swedish vase in stoneware by Rörstrand, designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane. It is marked as 2nd quality with the white line through the backstamp, because of some...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Upsala Ekeby, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A white-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, c. 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Upsala Ekeby, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A blue-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, c. 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Amber Scandinavian Modern Glass Vases by Erik Höglund for Boda, SWE 60s
By Erik Höglund
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of amber colored glass vases designed by Erik Höglund for Boda, Sweden 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Upsala Ekeby, Small Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A small orange and beige-glazed earthenware vase, designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, c. 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Stunning Strombergshyttan Etched Massive Glass Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
A masterful execution in this beautiful and large piece of Swedish art glass from Strombergshyttan Glass Company. On the front side is a beautiful girl's face, The glass has Stromber...
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Mette Doller Designed Bowl with Seated Women, Höganäs Keramik, Sweden, 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Danish Artist Mette Doller hand decorated ceramic bowl with two seated female figures with green hats. This bowl is signed by Doller on reverse along with Höganäs Keramik mark, Swede...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Large Glass Vases by Kjell Blomberg, 1963
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Pair of Large Glass Vases by Kjell Blomberg, 1963
Additional Information:
Material: Glass
Style: Mid century, Scandinavian
Produced in Gullaskruf in Sweden
Dimensions (W x D x H): 2...
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Carl-Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand, Midcentury Black Stoneware Vase
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautiful midcentury Swedish vase in stoneware by Rörstrand, designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane. The vase is marked as 2nd quality because of some blurriness in the glaze around the n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Mari Simmulson for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden. Ceramic vase in a modernist style.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Mari Simmulson (1911-2000) for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden.
Ceramic vase in a modernist style. Decorated with dark blue stripes on a sandy background.
1960s.
Model 6019.
Marked.
In excelle...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Brown Stoneware Miniature Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg, Sweden 1960s
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful miniature stoneware vase with amazing glossy glaze.
Made by master thrower Berndt Friberg, in the artist's studio at Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s.
Great condition.
Incise...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Hand Blown Blue Glass Vase by Per Lutken for Holmegaard, Denmark 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Lütken designed more than 3,000 pieces of glass for Holmegaard, for whom he worked from 1942 and until his death in 1998.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Scandinavian Modern Unique hand decorated Swedish Art Deco vase by Josef Ekberg
Located in New York, NY
Unique Scandinavian Modern hand thrown and decorated Swedish Art Deco vase by Josef Ekberg depicting a fish underwater. Made at Gustavsberg, circa 1930.
Measures: Height: 7.75", D...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Jerk Werkmäster, Vase, Glazed Earthenware, Nittsjö, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A yellow-glazed earthenware vase, designed by Jerk Werkmäster and produced by Nittsjö, Sweden, 1930s-1940s. Stamped.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Monumental Floor Vase by Hans Hedberg
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Monumental floor vase by Hans Hedberg (1917-2007) born in Sweden, work in Boet, France.
Stoneware with speckled glaze in green and yellow, signed, height about 28".
Category
1960s French Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Lovely Green and Black Art Deco Vase by Ilse Claesson, Rörstrand
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely vase designed by Ilse Claesson in the 1930s at Rörstrand, Sweden. It is 16 cm high and in very good condition except from some craquelure in the glaze because of the age.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
1940s Almue Danish Blue Decor on White Glazed Ceramic Vase
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pretty Nordic almue style ceramic vase with hand-painted admiral blue floral decor on white crackle glaze. Manufactured by Søholm on the Danish island of Bornholm in the early 1940s....
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Upsala-Ekeby, Vase, Black and Orange-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A black and orange, glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Nils Kähler for Kähler. Large ceramic vase in modernist style.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Nils Kähler for Kähler.
Large ceramic vase in mo...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Striking stoneware vase by Stig Lindberg, in a cylinder form. Graphic pattern with blue and sand colored glaze.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Upsala-Ekeby, Vase, Gray and Red-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A gray and red, glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Andersson & Johansson, Vase, Glazed Stoneware, Höganäs, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A beige, orange and green, glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Andersson & Johansson, Höganäs, Sweden, c. 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Porceline Vase Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane For Rörstrand
Located in Doraville, GA
A beautiful blue / green vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920‑1990) for Röstrand Procelain Works
Stålhand started working for Rorstrand at the age of 18. Initially, he decorat...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Holmegaard 1960s Opaline White, Mulberry Art Glass Vase
By Holmegaard
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish modern mouth blown art glass vase with mulberry colored bubbly landscape like pattern on opaline white glass. Manufactured by Danish glassworks Ho...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
$331 Sale Price
65% Off
Stoneware Vase by Hertha Bengtson. Rorstrand, Sweden, 1950s.
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful stoneware vase with amazing glaze.
Made by Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s.
Excellent condition.
Signed 'Bengtson' and 'R' för Rörstrand.
Hertha Bengtson (1917-1993) is one of the well-known representatives of the illustrious Swedish ceramic design of the 20th century. She was one of the leading designers for the Rörstrand factory in the 1950s. Bengtson is represented at the Swedish National Museum of Art and Design.
Hertha Bengtson was born in Ysane in Blekinge and grew up on a farm with her four brothers. Her parents were Henning and Asta Bengtson. Her father was a jack-of-all-trades and ran both a mink farm and a shop alongside his farm, which was the least of his interests. Her mother, to whom Hertha Bengtson was very close, was a skilled weaver. Hertha Bengtson's interest in textiles and handicrafts came from her mother. From her grandmother she inherited Scanian country textile knowledge and from her grandmother’s neighbour she learned to tat the Scanian way, without patterns.
Upon completing her education at a girls’ school, Hertha Bengtson wanted to become a drawing teacher. However, there was no money to continue her formal education. Hertha Bengtson achieved top marks in drawing and handicrafts and therefore gained a place as a handicrafts teacher at one of the region’s elementary schools. During her time at the girls’ school, she had also taken evening classes in porcelain painting. In 1937 she applied to Hackefors’ porcelain factory in Linköping where she became employed as a pattern designer. Hertha Bengtson was interested in all aspects of the factory and when the men were called up for military service at the outbreak of the Second World War, she became head of her department at age 22.
Hertha Bengtson wanted to create her own porcelain. She applied to and became employed at Rörstrand’s porcelain factory in 1941, where she started as a pattern designer but quickly became a master designer. Hertha Bengtson’s ability to combine beauty with function was fundamental to her success as a designer. Her breakthrough came with the innovative blue-and-white tableware...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Danish Mid-Century Modern Holmegaard Blue Bottle
Located in Queens, NY
Danish Mid-Century Modern bottle-shaped turquoise and white case glass vase with a long cylindrical neck and a wide, flat rim (Gulvvase by OTTO BRAUER for HOLMEGAARD)
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Scandinavian "Karneval" Faience Vase, Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Faience “Karneval” vase by Stig Lindberg, in a strict block shape. Large size and a humoristic decor of a mermaid one one side and a ship on the other. The rim and corners are unglaz...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Faience
White Art Deco Stoneware Floor Vase by Gunnar Nylund. Rorstrand, Sweden, 1930s.
Located in Malmö, SE
A grand white vase in chamotte stoneware. Art Deco / Swedish Grace.
Designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand, Sweden, 1930s.
Great condition. It has some dark firing spots at the bas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Upsala-Ekeby, Vase, Black And Green-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A black and green, glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Upsala Ekeby, Vase, Off-White and Green Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An off-white and green glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Gefle, Vase or Bottle, Green-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Gefle
Located in High Point, NC
A green-glazed earthenware vase or bottle, with a stopper. Design and production attributed to Gefle, Sweden, 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Motala Lervarufabrik, Vase, Ceramic, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A yellow-glazed fluted vase designed and produced by Motala Lervarufabrik, Sweden, 1930s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 7.0"H x 6.0"W x 6.0"D
All items ship from High Point, North C...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Ewald Dahlskog, Vase, Glazed Earthenware, Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A green-glazed earthenware vase Designed by Ewald Dahlskog, produced by Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1930s. Stamped and signed to underside.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Upsala-Ekeby, Green and Brown Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A green and brown, glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Raus Keramik, Freeform Vase, Glazed Stoneware, Sweden, c. 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown/ yellow glazed organic stoneware vase produced by Raus Keramik, Sweden, c. 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Axel Salto (1889-1961) for Royal Copenhagen. The onion-shaped vase in stoneware
Located in København, Copenhagen
Axel Salto (1889-1961) for Royal Copenhagen.
The onion-shaped vase in stoneware with a relief pattern, decorated with sung glaze.
1940s.
First factory quality.
Signed Salto, Kgl. P. ...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand 1950s Modernist Gray Striped Vases
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rare set of two Scandinavian modern smooth porcelain vases by acclaimed designer Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand and Nordiska Kompaniet in Sweden. Light gray glaze with dark gray stripes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Upsala-Ekeby, Vase, Beige and Black-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A beige and black, glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Nittsjö, Vase, Yellow Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A yellow glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Nittsjö, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Unique Vase by Toini Muona. Arabia, Finland, 1960s.
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful and unique hand thrown stoneware vase, with amazing glaze.
Made by Toini Muona at Arabia, Finland, 1960s.
Excellent condition.
Incised signature "TM".
Toini Muona (1904-1987) was one of the most respected art ceramists and trendsetters in Finnish ceramic art and art industry in the 1930s–1950s. Her artworks represent clean modern reduced forms and motives taken from finnish nature.
Toini Muona studied sketch drawing at the Central School of Fine Arts from 1923 to 1926 and postgraduate ceramics from 1926 to 1923. In the meantime, she worked as a textile designer at Atelier Vigli from 1929 to 1931, then moved to the Arabian Art Department, where she worked until 1970. In the same year, he received the Finnish National Award for Industrial Arts.
Toini Muona was a skilled wheel-thrower who, especially early in her career, created vases, jars, and objets d'art influenced by old Chinese ceramics. She is best known for her nature-inspired hay vases...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Scandinavian Modern Harald Notini "Flowerball" Vase for Pukeberg, Böhlmarks 1934
Located in Stockholm, SE
The black Cryopas Flowerball vase, designed in 1934 by Harald Elof Notini for Böhlmarks and produced by Pukeberg's Glass Factory, stands as a sublime functionalist piece in opaque gl...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Nils Kähler for Kähler. Cylindrical ceramic vase. Azure glaze. 1960s/70s.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Nils Kähler for Kähler.
Cylindrical ceramic vase.
Azure glaze.
1960s/70s.
Perfect condition.
Signed.
Dimensions: Height 18.0 cm. x Diameter 10.0 cm.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Søholm Shiny Black Glazed Cylinder Stoneware Vase, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Classic and simplistic tubular handmade ceramic Scandinavian midcentury modern vase with shiny black glaze on the exterior and interior. Manufactured on the small Danish of Bornholm ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Upsala-Ekeby, Beige and Green-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A beige and green glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Scandinavian Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Scandinavian 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, stoneware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Scandinavian Modern vases made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Sweden pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Rörstrand, Upsala Ekeby, Gunnar Nylund, and Gustavsberg. 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 $49 and tops out at $20,792 while the average work can sell for $1,110.
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