Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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
Ikebana Ceramic Banana Leaf Shaped Tray / Planter, Japan c.1955
By Toyo
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ikebana Ceramic Banana Leaf Shaped Tray / Bowl / Planter, Japan c.1955.
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Scandinavian Modern Yellow Glass Vase by Alsterfors, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Valencia, VC
Mid-Century Scandinavian Modern Butterscotch Yellow Glass Vase by Per-Olof Ström for Alsterfors, Sweden, 1950s–1960s
A very beautiful Mid-Century Scandinavian Modern glass vase feat...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
20th Century Multicolored Murano Glass Vase, Italy ca. 1970
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Lovely late mid-century multicolored glass vase from the famous workshops of the little island of Murano in Venice/ Italy. Elaborately handcrafted in the period around 1970, this hig...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
1970s Modernist Blue and Purple Sommerso Murano Glass Tall Vase
By Seguso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An heavy Sommerso Murano glass vase designed and manufactured in Italy in the 1970s, it's in perfect conditions. This vase from the 1970s it's a fine example of modernist Italian gla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Porcelain vase by Hutschenreuther, Germany 1970s
Located in Herentals, BE
This Hutschenreuther white glossy porcelain vase combines craftsmanship with modern design. The glossy glazed surface and graceful relief details make this a versatile and timeless a...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Huge Vetro Verde di Empoli Green Glass Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and large Italian Vetrerie di Empoli vase from the 1960s, hand-blown from thick vibrant emerald green glass. The vase has a round base and a square top and hot-applied de...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Art Glass Blown Glass Gold Color Midcentury Vase, 2000
By Costantini
Located in Roma, Lazio
Splendid Murano glass vase. Note the beautiful transparent wings applied to the sides of the gold vase. A superb gold color with transparent wings. The Murano furnaces create an unde...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Guido Gambone Italian Midcentury Stoneware Ceramic Vase 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury modern design stoneware vase with abstract decoration, designed and produced by italian artist Guido Gambone with mark under the base, Italy 1950s
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Vase by Deruta Italy
By Deruta
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A unique piece by the renowned producer Deruta of Umbria, Italy. This piece is produced in the 1950's and has a greek motif in vibrant pink, white, black and gold. The condition is p...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Majolica
Mid-Century Modernist Crystal Bagatelle Vase signed Lalique
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
This stunningly designed Mid-Century Modernist Crystal Bagatelle Vase signed Lalique originates from France, Circa 1980. An emblematic piece by Lalique first designed in 1939, this v...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Winslow Anderson for Blenko "Pinched" Art Glass Vase, 1960s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Winslow Anderson for Blenko "Pinched" Art Glass Vase, 1960s.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Glass
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Scandinavian Mid-century modern vintage pottery vases from Tilgmans, Sweden
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A fantastic pair of large ceramic vases by Tilgmans, Sweden. Tilgmans is celebrated for its masterful use of graffito decoration, a signature technique that defines these striking pi...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century French Ceramic Vase Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic vase signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Decorative Floor Vases After Richard Klemm Dresden Made By Limoges
By Richard Klamann
Located in New York, NY
Amazing pair of large Richard Klemm style floor decorative vases, with cylindrical form and wide opening, with beautiful detail and design, in very good vintage condition.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Korean Light Celadon Goryeo Bud Vase, Flying Cranes and Clouds
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage vase features craquelure glaze in light celadon color with motifs of flying cranes and clouds, the "Thousand Cranes" design that common to Korean Goryeo ware. It has the dis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Celadon, Pottery
Exceptional Blown Glass Vase - Early XXth Century - Spanish Craftsmanship
Located in Barcelona, ES
Elevate your decor with the exceptional beauty of this vintage blown glass vase from the early 20th century. Created by an unknown Spanish manufacturer circa 1940, this vase remains ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
$589 Sale Price
65% Off
Murano Italian Modernist Blue White Glass Centerpiece Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
A highly decorative hand blown sky blue and white Murano glass centerpiece / vase with organic design. Italy, 1960s
Blue glass cased into clear glass. The interior part is made in wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
Two beautiful 1960s crystal glass vases by Miroslav Klinger for Bohemia Glass
By Bohemia
Located in München, DE
Two beautiful glass vases by Czech glass designer Miroslav Klinger from the 1960s.
Manufacturer: Bohemia Glass Zelenzy Brod Sklo Union. Made in the Czech Republic.
Great, high-qualit...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
20th Century White Italian Pair of Grande Cestini con Fiori, Ceramic Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A white, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian tall pair of glazed ecru colored ceramic décor in the shape of a vase with overspilling floral ornaments, in good condition. Wear consiste...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mint Condition Murano Barovier Black
Green Mount Blown Glass Art Vase
By Barovier
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful mouth blown art glass vase from the midcentury era.
If you are looking for unique and truly decorative works of art to grace your living space then this midcentury era, Italian vase could be the perfect addition to your collection. This entirely handcrafted and mouth blown work of beauty by Barovier has the most amazing organic design and coloring and it will always draw people's attention. This combination of black, green and transparent glass is unlike anything we ever saw and it looks like something organical that you would find on a seabed or on a tropical island somewhere. Also because of its good size this Italian workmanship gem will never fail to impress.
If you can already see it on your side...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Vase Masterpiece, Doppio Ritorto Amazing Technique, Signed
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This vase is a true work of art. It features a bold color palette and creates a beautiful interplay with the light. During its creation, the glass is heated again before blowing to a...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Amber Glass, Mid-Century, Bottle Vase by Otto Brauer for Holmegaard
Located in Glasgow, GB
Danish Mid-Century Amber Glass Bottle Vase by Otto Brauer for Holmegaard
A design icon and a superb example of mid-20th-century modern glass. Crafted during the 1960s, the vase f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
$205 Sale Price
50% Off
Set of Vase + Ashtray Mandruzzato, Goccia Italy, 1970s
By Mandruzzato
Located in Berlin, BE
This very special ensemble of a vase and ashtray with pusher is from Murano, Italy.
According to the corresponding facet cut and the color gradient, it is almost certainly from the h...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Flavio Poli Seguso Murano Sommerso Red, Yellow
Clear Glass Teardrop Tall Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
A wonderful Sommerso red and yellow hand blown Murano glass teardrop large vase. Designed by Flavio Poli and manufactured by Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy, 1950s.
Amazing teardrop shape...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$1,471 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Italian Florentine Black and Gold Gilt Pedestal Plant Stands
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Period Florentine Gold Gilt and Black Painted Pedestals, circa 1950-60's Italy. Classic and versatile Florentine Mid-Century stands. These can be stand-alone state...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage French Ceramic Vase by Raymonde Leduc
circa 1970s
Located in London, GB
Vintage ceramic vase by Raymonde Leduc (circa 1970s). Sandstone coloured cylindrical vase with inlaid plant motifs encircling the piece. Very charming...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$382 Sale Price
30% Off
Porcelain KPM Berlin Vase Designed by Margarete Friedlaender
Located in Vienna, AT
Buttle-shaped white porcelain with glossy glaze, designed by Margarete Friedlaender in the 1950s.
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Vase
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Just a beautiful stylish vase in matte brown with yellow stripes from the sixties
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Sic Rimini Blu Glazed Ceramic Large Lidded Vessel / Box Bitossi Aldo Londi Style
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Mid-Century Modern blue glazed ceramic (Rimini Blu) round lidded box , Manufactured by S.I.C Ceramiche Italy, 1950-1960s.
It has reminiscences in those Rimini blue designs from Aldo Londi and Bitossi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
1950s Studio Keramik floor Vase series GARDA Atelier Huber Roethe Landshut
Located in Landshut, BY
STUDIO KERAMIK FLOOR VASE
Atelier Herta Huber Roethe Landshut 1950s
marked "HR"
Manufacturer ATELIER HUBER ROETHE
Design Period 1950 to 1959
Production Period 1950 to 1959
Count...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Murano Scavo Amphora Vase attributed to Seguso, 1960s Italian Art Glass
By Seguso
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This striking Murano Scavo vase, attributed to Seguso and dating to the 1960s, showcases the refined artistry of mid-century Italian glassmaking. Designed in an elegant amphora form ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Flavio Poli Murano Art Glass Vessel
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful emerald-green and yellow Italian Murano art glass vessel, by Flavio Poli, for glassmaking company Seguso Vetri d’Arte, Italian midcentury modern design period, circa mid-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase by Johanne Gerber for Royal Copenhagen
Located in New York, NY
This beautifully detailed and well formed Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase by Johanne Gerber for Royal Copenhagen originates from Denmark, Circa 1960. Features a well proportioned ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Murano Sommerso Glass Vase by Salviati
Co. ca. 1960
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Murano Sommerso Glass Vase by Salviati & Co. ca. 1960
A vintage art glass vase in blue and yellow sommerso glass. Manufactured by Salviati & Co., Venezia. Most probably desi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Matched Pair of Tall Mid-Century American Sterling Silver Flower or Bud Vases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine matched pair of tall bud vases.
By Baldwin & Miller.
In sterling silver.
Each in an elongated trumpet form and medial band.
Simply a wonderful pair of sterling flower vases...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unique Mid-Century Stoneware Vase by Carl-Harry Stalhane, Rorstrand Sweden 1960s
Located in Malmö, SE
Unique stoneware vase with amazing glaze.
Made by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand Ateljé, Sweden, 1960s.
Great condition. No chips, cracks or crazing.
Signed 'CHS', 'ATELJÉ' and ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Round Venini Vase Murano Glass 1985 Multi-Color Italian Design
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Venini vase Murano glass 1985 multi-color Italian design.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
$2,076 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Murano Vase or Ice Bucket from LIP Murano design Marcello Furlan
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Rare vase from the 90s from Lip.
Blue cobalt incamiciato with clear glass with two massiccio green rods on the side.
Similar to the Tina Aufiero Alboino small vase made in the same d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Art Glass
$1,708 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Japanese Bronze Vase with Banded Neck
Located in Malibu, CA
Japanese banded bronze modernist vase with round body.
The flared top is separated with banding from the round body sitting on a circular round base. Smooth mottled patinated finish.
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
$197 Sale Price
50% Off
Black and Brown 20th Century Stoneware Ceramic Floor Vase by Steen Kepp 1975
By Steen Kepp
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Steen Kepp - La Borne
Realised circa 1975-1980
Large brown and black stoneware ceramic floor vase.
Signed under the base
Original perfect condition
Measures: Height 40...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Mandruzzato Hexagonal Vase; Cased Clear
Black With Silver Inclusions
Located in Southampton, NJ
A striking Murano glass Silver leaf and black Sommerso vase, made in Italy by Alessandro Mandruzzato, circa 1970’s. Murano Mandruzzato hexagonal glass vases are noteworthy for their...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
West German Scheurich Keramik Fat Lava Ceramic Vases / Jars, Set of Three
Located in Barcelona, ES
Colorful set of three West German fat lava brown and orange glazed ceramic vases. Germany 1960s.
The giant sized one is a West German Pottery fat lava glazed ceramic vase manufactured by Scheurich. Marked on underside: W.German 408-40. .
These vases are amazing placed together. They have eye-catching colors in orange, shades of red, orange and brown.
The smaller fat lava West Germany...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Lava
Large Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Voulkos Style Pottery Vase Vessel Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A spectacular, sumptuously glazed, masculine Mid-Century Modern Brutalist vase/sculpture. This piece is quite heavy and makes a bold statement. The dark black drip glaze with light...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Minimalist Sculpture Vase Gabbianelli 1970 Makio Hasuike White Italian Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Minimalist sculpture vase Gabbianelli 1970 Makio Hasuike white Italian design.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$747 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Glass Metal Vase, Yugoslavia 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
The fruit vase was made in a single copy in Yugoslavia in the 70s of the last century by an unknown master. In excellent condition, the metal structure is intact. Glass is transparen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Murano Vase Masterpiece, Blooming Field with Poppies and Lavender, Signed
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
The vase made with the same technique of the tumblers in another listing.
After the success of the tumbler group, I asked the maestro to make a vase that would keep the design and t...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Barovier Murano Pink Opalescent Italian Art Glass Paneled Surface Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown opalescent pink and white foot Italian art glass flower vase. It is attributed to the Barovier e Toso company. The surface of the vase ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Tall Vintage Stem Vase, French, Glass, Fluted Sleeve, Flower, Mid Century, 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall vintage stem vase. A French, blown glass fluted flower sleeve, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Striking blown form with a pleasingly slimline proportion
...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Giant Mandruzzato Murano Sommerso Smoked Grey Clear Faceted Art Glass Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Excellent Sommerso huge vase with faceted glass in shades of grey.
Dark and clear grey glass cased into clear glass using the Sommerso technique.
Attributed to Mandruzzato, Italy, 19...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Gio Ponti Style Large Decorative Vase with Floral Motifs, Deruta, 1950s, Italy
Located in Brescia, Brescia
An exquisite large decorative vase from Deruta, Italy, dating from around 1950, beautifully embodying the spirit and elegance reminiscent of Gio Ponti's iconic style. The vase, handc...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Green Pink Opalescent Chalcedony Flower Italian Art Glass Centerpiece Vase
By Cenedese, Aldo Nason
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Gorgeous, and large, vintage Murano hand blown opalescent "Chalcedony" surface Italian art glass vase with large flowers and vines motif. The vase is signed underneath with name and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Ceramic Ikebana Vase Sculpture, Japan 1960
Located in San Diego, CA
Sculptural conical form modernist Ikebana vase. This is a rare and hard to find form. It's artist signed on the base and labeled twice. It looks unused. Japan, 1960
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chalet Art Glass Freeform Green Sommerso Vase 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Mid-Century art glass vase was made by Chalet in sommerso technique with green colored glass gather cased over with clear-colored glass. Its distinctive, free formed twisting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Sommerso
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg Sweden Fladen Fish Dish Mid-Century Modern 1958
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Fladen series was designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg Sweden in 1958. The dish is formed in shape of a fish with beautifully detailed scales done in relief. Glossy warm brown...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Empoli Emerald Green Verde Op-Art Glass Vase with Handles, Signed, Italy 1960
By Empoli
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage large, urn-shaped glass vase features elegant Op-Art design on the body of the vase and highly detailed ribbed handles. Monochromatic emerald green glass appears darker in t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Jelly Vase Color Ametista
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Jelly Vases Color Ametista
Like a jellyfish with its vivid iridescent colors, Jelly is a modern vase that makes transparency and the interplay of light its trademark.
A va...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
$806 / item
Stig Lindberg Two Mid-Century Gustavsberg Reptil Vases
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stig Lindberg (Swedish, 1916-82) was one of the greatest Scandinavian designers of the Twentieth Century. He was prolific in ceramics designing everything from tableware ranges to u...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Huge Mandruzzato Murano Faceted Sommerso Red Yellow Pink Art Glass Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Sommerso Murano faceted vase in Red, Yellow and Pink Salmon glass attributed to Mandruzzato.
Large size.
Italy, 1960s.
Red and yellow glass double cased into pink salmo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass
Large Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Bottle Vase in the Style of Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, richly multi-glazed and textured, heavy Mid-Century Modern large stoneware bottle vase. Expertly crafted. The piece is very reminiscent of some of Peter Voulkos' early hand-painted works with traditional shaped vessels, though we believe it was made by a different artist.
From a Los Angeles estate that featured many well know Mid-Century and California artists' pottery pieces, artworks, and furniture.
Marked "BOT 2" on the underside.
Would be a great addition to any Mid-Century pottery/ceramics collection...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
vintage royal copenhagen porcelain VASE flower decor model 2667 36
Located in Mannheim, DE
Beautiful vase by Royal Copenhagen, model 2667 36. Flower decor on light blue.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 17.5 cm, width 12 cm.
Dimensions in inches:
Height 6.88", width 4.72".
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Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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