Urns
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Concrete
19th Century Turkish Rustic Antique Urns
Terracotta, Clay, Earthenware
2010s Mexican Modern Urns
Fiberglass
Early 20th Century Chinese Urns
Jade
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Urns
Iron
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Iron
20th Century Italian Greco Roman Urns
Terracotta
19th Century English Antique Urns
Majolica
1960s American Vintage Urns
Wood
18th Century French Antique Urns
Cast Stone
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Iron
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Urns
Iron
Mid-20th Century Urns
Lead
Mid-19th Century Neoclassical Antique Urns
Iron
Early 20th Century Urns
Terracotta
Early 20th Century Urns
Iron
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Urns
Terracotta
19th Century Hungarian Neoclassical Antique Urns
Stoneware, Paint
Early 1800s Italian Neoclassical Antique Urns
Sandstone
1930s French Vintage Urns
Iron
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Urns
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Urns
Iron
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Urns
Concrete
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Carrara Marble
Early 20th Century Georgian Urns
Iron
19th Century British George III Antique Urns
Cast Stone
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Urns
Metal, Lead
20th Century Urns
Iron
1980s Vintage Urns
Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Urns
Marble, Griotte Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Antique Urns
Marble, Ormolu
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century European Romantic Antique Urns
Bronze
1980s Vintage Urns
Marble
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Urns
Terracotta
20th Century Unknown Classical Roman Urns
Marble
Mid-19th Century British High Victorian Antique Urns
Iron
1870s English Neoclassical Antique Urns
Stoneware
20th Century European Empire Urns
Bronze
19th Century Irish Early Victorian Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Ormolu
1980s Vintage Urns
Marble
1890s British High Victorian Antique Urns
Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Urns
Marble
18th Century English Georgian Antique Urns
Limestone, Stone
Early 20th Century English Urns
Cast Stone
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Urns
Terracotta
1930s Vintage Urns
Marble
20th Century Senegalese Urns
Clay
Late 19th Century Antique Urns
Stoneware
Mid-19th Century Scottish Georgian Antique Urns
Stone, Sandstone
20th Century French Urns
Concrete
Early 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Urns
Terracotta
19th Century Victorian Antique Urns
19th Century Antique Urns
Ormolu
20th Century Moroccan Urns
Brass
Early 20th Century French Urns
Cement
1950s Vintage Urns
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary French Urns
Composition
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Alabaster
Vintage, New and Antique Urns
When people think of antique and vintage urns — a type of vase with a round body, narrow neck and integrated pedestal — they tend to imagine funerary urns. But all manner of urns have been made over the years, and these vessels can be used as decorative accents either inside your home or in your garden.
Garden urns became popular in early Greek and Roman gardens, where they complemented classical statues and other garden ornaments. Over the years, people have used urns as planters, fountain basins and stylish decorative elements in interiors as well as outdoors in gardens, patios and firepit areas.
Urns are typically made of stone, ceramics or metal. Stone urns are highly durable; while an antique stone urn will show wear with age, it can be used in any climate, and a neoclassical-style cast stone urn with natural world motifs carved in relief is guaranteed to make a statement in your garden. Position two stone urns with vibrant hibiscus bulbs or tulips at the bottom of an outdoor stairway to set it off from other exterior features. Elsewhere, place your urn in the middle of a garden bed to draw attention to your dazzling landscape design. A good concrete urn can easily make a good home for small trees or shrubs, but it will be very heavy to move around.
A ceramic urn is likely going to have thick, robust walls. A glazed terracotta urn, for example, is going to be ideal for potting plants. As glazing is part of the potter’s process for creating a terracotta urn, the urn itself can provide a pop of color to contrast with any low-maintenance plants such as moss or succulents that you have in mind for it.
Metal urns are best used as decor in your living room or foyer rather than outside, unless you’re partial to the alluring weathered patina that is expected to characterize an antique cast-iron garden urn. If you’re planning to use a metal urn as a planter, add a plant liner first. Metal may overheat and damage a plant’s roots if they are not protected, and urns made of certain metals may rust if they’re left outdoors.
But you don’t necessarily need to turn your urn into a planter.
A large urn can hold its own as an accent in any space and create a strong focal point. Browse the collection of decorative antique and vintage urns on 1stDibs today.





