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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1960s French Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Vases and Vessels
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Resin
2010s Spanish Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
Early 2000s German Modern Vases and Vessels
Pottery
2010s Unknown Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
1980s Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain
1990s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
1950s American Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
Early 2000s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Clay
20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s Dutch Modern Vases and Vessels
Travertine
1980s Polish Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Vases and Vessels
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Onyx
2010s Argentine Modern Vases and Vessels
Fiberglass
1960s Maltese Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
1930s English Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
Early 2000s French Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
1990s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
20th Century European Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
2010s Argentine Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
1990s French Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
Late 20th Century North American Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
2010s Brazilian Modern Vases and Vessels
Soapstone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
1970s French Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Art Glass
Late 20th Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Modern Vases and Vessels
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Stoneware
2010s Dutch Modern Vases and Vessels
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass





