Blown Glass Vases

Original Flavio Poli Sommerso Glass Murano Seguso Vase encased with 3 different colors, dark red, green and transparent. Made in Italy in the late 1960. Looks stunning in any angle. ...

Gutta Sculptural Glass Vases by NOOM — designed by co-founder and chief designer Kateryna Sokolova — are a contemporary, bold, and minimalist tribute to the ancient glassblowing tech...

Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Silver Glass Vase, ca 1999. Measures 8” high, base 3-1/2” wide, and mouth 2-1/4” wide. There is a small scratch of silver finish/coating on glass (we've posted an image of the interior and exterior at the area of the scratch). There is also a faint area of small blemishes at the base See images for more detail. If there’s one thing karim rashid hates, it’s trophies. The 40-year-old designer has more than 40 of them, from big international ones like the 1999 George Nelson Award (given for breakthrough furniture design), to quaint little Canadian ones like Designer of the Year 2001. “It came with a little pin,” says Rashid, “and a … a … very nice …” He tries to describe the shape of the award with his hands but gives up. “It’s time that whole trophy thing changes. It’s kitsch. They’re functionless things.” Rashid was asked to design one for the DaimlerChrysler Design Awards (he’s a past recipient). “I was going to make it electro-luminescent. When the lights go out, it has a sensor so it turns on,” he says. But the trophy-as-night-light, a reminder of one’s worth in the darkest hours, didn’t impress Chrysler’s people. He never heard back. They may well be gnawing their knuckles over that decision right now because Rashid’s conquest of the realm of product design is all but complete. A lush and suitably worshipful retrospective of his work, Karim Rashid: I Want to Change the World (Thames & Hudson; 249 pages), hits Australasian bookstores this month. There was a crowd around anything with his stamp on it-including stools, chess sets and storage units-at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. More than 2 million North Americans are throwing their rubbish into a receptacle he designed, while 750,000 or so park their rears on one of his cheapo plastic chairs. It’s not just in North America. He has been dubbed Der Poet des Plastiks by a retailer in Germany and the prolifico progettista Americano by Interni magazine in Italy. Trophies he may despise, but accolades Rashid can handle. The problem with being the Most Famous Industrial Designer in All the Americas is that you’re still less famous than someone who got kicked off Survivor the first week. Most people cannot name the designer of one nonclothing item in their homes. Rashid, who was born in Egypt, raised in Canada and is living in New York City, is more than happy to bring an end to this anonymity. Not just because he wants to be famous, although there seems to be that, but because he believes design should be a bigger part of the social discourse. “I have been almost alone in this country, trying to make design become a public subject,” he says. His chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice design more. He likes creating expensive furniture and perfume bottles just fine, but what really gets his juices going is the everyday: manhole covers, a cremation urn, disposable cigarette lighters, garbage bins, salt and pepper shakers, plastic pens. “I want American Standard to come to me to do the toilets for Home Depot,” he says. In many ways Rashid is more like an itinerant industrial evangelist than a designer. He traveled 200 days last year. He claims to have been to every major mall in America, where he signs his products in high-end design stores and trolls about observing humans interacting with the objects around them. He has taught at design schools for more than a decade, and his work has been in 11 art shows in the past eight months. But mostly he has proselytized the corporate barbarians. And like any good missionary, he has learned to speak the language of his converts. One of the first things he does when he gets new clients is tour their factories to understand their manufacturing capacity. He also visits the retail outlets to see how the product might be displayed. And he really knows how to sell, especially himself. “I work with a guy in L.A.,” says Rashid, declining to name him. “He made a lot of really bad furniture. His business was hand-to-mouth. I proposed seven or eight projects. The pieces I’ve done for him have already become iconic.” The subtitle of his monograph, I Want to Change the World, is not ironic, just characteristically immodest. “Most industrial-design studios try to interpret a client’s needs and come up with a style,” says Paul Rowan, co-founder of housewares manufacturer Umbra. “Karim has his own personal vision.” It helps that Rashid’s vision incorporates things that Rowan needs, like a design that will stack and ship easily and that creates little waste in the making. Rashid’s father was a set designer for Canadian TV who rearranged the family furniture every Sunday. So perhaps it was ordained that Karim would grow up to become one of the pioneers in non-cheesy plastic, making objects that have energy and personality but aren’t wacky. He, like many of his generation, has championed the could-only-be-designed-with-computers blob. But his is not just a blob for its own sake. His Oh Chair...

Blown art glass vase in pale amber with encased white glass elements in the base by Tornowiec. The vase is detailed with a rolled and flared rim above a waisted neck and tapered ovoi...

Découvrez ce vase vintage en verre soufflé, un véritable bijou à l'élégance intemporelle. Sa forme ovoïde captivante se démarque, lui conférant u...

Vase has the number 48745 at the bottom. A central figure in contemporary Swedish glass art, Ulrica Hydman-Vallien played a transformative role within Kosta Boda, one of Europe’s ol...

A classical form inspired by faraway places, magically projected in the contemporary world by the new colours. Drawing inspiration from exotic destinations in the Far East, Paolo ...

Biomorphically shaped vase in cased blue and clear hand blown glass. Designed and manufactured at Seguso in Murano Italy during the 1950s or 60s. This vase came with a sticker origin...

A beautiful tall (31cm /12") vintage midcentury modern vintage Murano attributed glass vase, similar to works by Cenedese and Seguso, circa 1950s. Beautifully understated and elegant...

Stunnig pair of "Scavo" Murano pearlescent glass vases in turquoise and ivory color. These incredibly beautiful and rare objects were produced by Seguso Vetri d'Arte and produced in ...

This exuberant piece of mid-century art glass captures the bold color and complex techniques associated with high-end Murano glasswork. The substantial, flared bowl features three di...

A stunning mold blown glass Safari Vase by Tamara Aladin for Riihimäen Lasi Oy or Riihimaki of Finland. Textured bottom to the shoulder and then clear on t...

A fun and colored single-flower modern vase by Swedish glass master Bertil Vallien for Kosta Boda, limited Edition n.48 on 77. Etched with the artist's signature and details under th...

This Empoli vase showcases a stunning design characterized by its vibrant gradient of blue hues, transitioning from a lighter shade at the top to a deeper blue towards the bottom. Th...

A superb and stylish pair British Art Nouveau iridescent bronze glass vases by Thomas Webb and dating from around 1890-1910. The hand-blown glass v...

A beautiful and substantial Scandinavia Modern Mid-Century Modern blue art glass vase with a tiny, controlled bubble design, mid-20th century, Denma...

A 1950s Iittala Timo Sarpaneva heart vase, signed to base.  

Signed by the Artist 1952, Winslow Anderson. When Winslow designed the vase model 961 he produced prototypes, and he kept these 2 handblown prototypes with him until his death in 20...

A vintage sculptural art glass vase probably made by Barovier & Toso of the "Aborigeni" series, made in the 1960s. The vase's sculptural form and vibrant colors would make it an i...

A blown glass vase designed by Tapio Wirkkala and produced by Iittala, Finland, c. 1950s.

A tall rare double holed clear crystal glass vase designed by Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta Glasbruk (which eventually became Kosta Boda), Sweden, circa 1959. Vicke Lindstrand is consid...

Wonderful collection / ensemble of 'a Scavo' colored / coloured glass vases and vessels by Vittorio Rigatierri, who took over from Marco Pinzoni as Artistic Director in 1971 until 19...

Large pink and burgundy cameo glass vase signed Richard. Beautiful Art Nouveau large Cameo made by the Loetz factory glass vase Signed Richard. Beautiful a...

An Art Deco hand blown, iridescent organic shaped glass vase. Applied decoration of two green floral motifs either side and green edging to the rim. The base has a ground polished po...

A beautiful, tall and substantial abstract clear and white opaline art glass vase with a slight iridescence, Postmodern design, circa late-20th century. Center 'ball' area has an abstract design of clear and twisted white art glass. Very good condition as shown in images and video. No chips noted. Dimensions: 4.25" diameter x 15" height. For black and white handkerchief...

Mid-Century Modern red and white Murano Art glass vase with pulled details. Italy, 1950s. Sculptural Mid-Century Modern organic shaped Murano glass large flower vase in red and white...

Beautiful and rare, antique Murano hand blown white swirl and gold flecks Italian art glass applied flowers vase. Created in the manner of the Bar...

A blown glass vase designed by Ture Berglund and produced by Skansens Glasbruk, Sweden, 1940s.

Hand-blown glass vase with silver foil and blue and green murrhines, from the Reazione Policrome Series by Giulio Radi for Arte Vetraria Muranese, Murano Italy, ca 1950. All of thes...

White Light, Black Shadow: A Sublime Set of Three Murano Vases by Seguso Vetri d'Arte 1980s This magnificent ensemble comprises three perfectly matched Italian art glass vases, a te...

Vibrant and expressive, this hand-blown Murano glass vase is a bold celebration of Venetian artistry and contemporary color. Featuring a narrow yellow neck flecked with irregular bla...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and sapphire blue ribbons Italian art glass small flower bud vase. Documented to designer Dino Martens for the Aureliano Toso workshop circa...

This captivating Murano glass vase, created by Vintage Murano Gallery in the 1970s, boasts a rich, warm cream tulip shade that transitions beautifully from a deeper amber at the top ...

wonderful large vase from the 'Turmalin' series by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for WMF, blown and cold cut-glass

A very nice quality mid-20th Century art glass flower vase. This lovely blown art glass vase is marked Swispot and dated. Appears to be hand-blown using Murano...

Hand blown glass vase in violet. In Stock. Dimensions: W 22 cm, H 20 cm. Also Available by special order in : Quarzgrau quartz grey Amethystviolett amethyst violet Bernsteinoran...

KF292 was designed between 1961 and 1962, and manufactured between 1963 and 1964. Filigree glass, which was produced at Nuutajarvi in the late 1850s, was modelled on the techniques ...

Our large striped Crushed vase features a bold black stripe on a clear glass vessel. During the glass blowing process, vases are twisted and shaped to cre...

Large Vintage Mdina Glass Fish Vase by Michael Harris, 1980. Iconic Maltese hand crafted art glass vase "Fish Head" aka "Axe head" vase by Michael Harr...

A large model of the "Coreani" vase by Tapio Wirkkala, Venini Murano, Italy 1970. This beautiful piece in blown glass in the tones of watery green and blue sky, is acid signed Venini...

Large Seguso Murano Mid-Century Modern Blown Art Glass Fluted large Vase, encased with Honey Gold Amber Color. Heavy Craftsmanship made in Italy from the Famous Glassblower House Seg...

'Sakura TRP23003' is a unique sculptural glass vase covered in an organic adornment of glass shards by the Dutch artist, Maarten Vrolijk. The piece has been flame polished to soften...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and copper ribbons with gold flecks Italian art glass fan shaped flower vase. The vase has repeating alternating filigrana ribbons pattern, ...

Colorful (colorful) pair of vintage Mid-Century Modern cobalt blue vases by Cenedese Vetri of Murano, Italy, circa 1970s-1990s. Particularly striking is the narrow necked round form ...

Vase made of glass blown iridescent WMF Myra series. ORIGIN Germany PERIOD Years 20/30 MARK WMF MODEL Myra Series MATERIALS Iridescent blown glass DIMENSIONS Height:- 15cm Ø 15...

An absolutely stunning piece of Mid-Century Modern Murano glass by Barovier e Toso, circa 1965-1970. This bowl or dish is part of the 'Efeso' range designed by Ercole Barovier in 196...

Handblown Fazzoleto shape Murano glass vase with murrina applied glass drops. Italy, 1950s. Attributed to Compagnia di Venezia Murano. This beautiful Murano glass vase features a rec...

Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown red, blue, and aventurine flecks Italian art glass flower vase. The piece is documented to the Fratelli Toso company. I have owned othe...

Unique art glass vase designed and made by Per Lütken at Holmegaard in Denmark in 1957. Executed in green and clean hand-blown Sommerso Glass. Hand-signed to its base Holmegaard, 195...

Beautiful, early Murano hand blown amethyst purple and gold flecks Italian art glass footed flower vase. Documented to the Barovier e Toso company. The body of the vase has thin a ri...

Decorative set of seven beautiful midcentury murano glass vases. Italy, 1970s-1980s. 1. Height 6", diameter 3.9" 2. Height 7.1", diameter 3.55" 3. Height 5.7", diameter 4.7" 4...

Rare and beautiful, large vintage Murano hand blown coral red and gold flecks Italian art glass flower basket / vase. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, circa 1952. A similar p...

A stunning yet simple stylish Italian attributed art glass aubergine satin corroso design vase of simple rounded globular shape signed to base and dating from the 20th century. The hand-blown vase is of large fishbowl...

An exquisite piece from the wonder crystal collection, this handcrafted water container is a stunning fusion of clear and blue hues. Artfully blown from crystal, it features a spheri...

Murano Art Glass Basket Centerpiece Vase. Italy, 1950s. An unique and exceptional Murano art glass centerpiece in shades of green with applied...

Elegant Italian Murano Sommerso glass votive vase signed "SKL". The Art Deco Murano Spherical Sommerso Stylish glass is mesmorizing. The striking color of sea green blends with blue...

Large transparent aqua blue green handmade Murano glass vase. Hand-blown. Made with the Bullicante technique featuring air bubbles inside the glass thickness and the Aventurina techn...

Stunning 1980s Vintage Murano Art Glass Vase, with black Swirls Elevate your interior with this exceptional vintage Murano art glass vase, meticulously crafted in the 1980s by the r...

“Aria” vase designed by Renzo Stellon for Salviati, Murano, Italy, 2008. Expertly mouth-blown in softly matte rose glass, this medium-sized vessel embodies the purity and lightness t...

Tall bright pop art red Danish modern sculptural mouth-blown overlay art glass vase with matching glass globe. Beaming white encased opaline glass on the inside and top of the vase. ...