Modern Vases and Vessels
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1990s Swedish Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
20th Century German Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
Early 2000s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s German Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
Early 2000s Danish Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
1990s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century French Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Ukrainian Modern Vases and Vessels
Steel, Copper
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Northern Irish Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
2010s German Modern Vases and Vessels
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
1990s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Late 20th Century German Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Porcelain
2010s Korean Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Resin, PVC
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
2010s French Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
2010s Danish Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Danish Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Swedish Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Terracotta
Late 20th Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century French Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Vases and Vessels
Enamel
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
1990s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
20th Century American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
1980s European Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass, Art Glass
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s German Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Chinese Modern Vases and Vessels
Porcelain
2010s Belgian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass





