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 legendary 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.
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
Grande Vaso anni '50 Zsolnay Pirogranito - Antal Gazder
By Zsolnay
Located in Mariano Del Friuli, GO
Grande vaso da terra in pirogranito con decorazione floreale della manifattura di porcellane di Zsolnay (Pécs, Ungheria) in ottime condizioni.
Il pirogranito si riferisce a un tipo d...
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1950s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Extraordinary Vintage Pottery Fat Lava Vase Made by Es Keramik, Germany, 1970s
By ES Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase
Producer:
ES Ceramics, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany by premium vase producer ES Keramik...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Large Ceramic Vase Hand Painted
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Torquoise Ceramic large vase hand painted in gold 1960.
Large vase with gold flowers painted around the whole vase.
Tiny crack at the bottom.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Hivo Van Teal Lucite Perfume Bottle Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Hivo Van Teal Mid-Century Modern Lucite perfume bottle sculpture.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Lucite
Decorative French Studio Pottery Ceramic Vessel or Jar
Located in Miami, FL
This handcrafted, vintage French ceramic vessel is carefully decorated over a white base and contains lovely details.
Measures 5 1/8" diameter x 5 1/8" high
Very good condition, ...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Midcentury green CER PAOLI Ceramic Vase by A. Londi
By Aldo Londi
Located in Vienna, AT
This green and yellow italian ceramic vase by Bitossi Aldo Londi for Cer Paoli was designed in Italy 1960s.
Ceramiche Paoli "Cer Paoli" was created at the end of the Second World War by Bruno Paoli.
The Cer Paoli variation of the Bitossi Sahara...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Opalescent Chalcedony Millefiori Flower Murrines Italian Art Glass Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown opalescent orange, and murrines Italian art glass flower vase. The vase is covered with layers of silver leaf, that triggers a chemical...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Opaline Glass, Murrine, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Mid-Century Modern Faceted Acid Etched Mermaid Vase Sven Palmquist for Orrefors
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern vase was realized by the esteemed designer Sven Palmquist for Orrefors in Sweden, 1948. It features a faceted oval form in translucent glass with a st...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Large West German Vintage Mid Century Dümler & Breiden Ceramic Vase 1960s
Located in Valencia, VC
A beautiful and very rare Dümler & Breiden Domino Decor large ceramic vase. Hand produced in West Germany circa the 1960s.
The D&B Domino decor vases are a rarity - not easily avail...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Charlotte Perriand Vase À Fleurs Échancré by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Charlotte Perriand Vase À Fleurs Échancré
Manufactured by Cassina
ASIAN TRANSPARENCIES
A blown glass vase designed by Charlotte Perriand in the 1940s.
Made of mould-blown glass, t...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
1980s Gorgeous Vase in Ceramic by Emilio Pucci. Memphis Style. Made in Italy
By Aldo Londi
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Gorgeous vase in ceramic by Emilio Pucci. Memphis Style. This vase is in excellent condition. Made in Italy.
Dimension:
11,81 x 2,36 x 9,84 H inches
cm 30 x 6 x 25 H cm
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Glazed Ceramic Yellow Vase, Marianne Westman for Rorstrand, Sweden, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully glazed mid-century vase executed by Marianne Westman for the venerable Swedish based ceramics firm Rorstrand.
Signed.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Orient & Flume Iridescent Art Glass Pulled Feather Jack in the Pulpit Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Outstanding iridescent pulled feather art glass Jack in the Pulpit vase by the renown glass artists at Orient & Flume.
The front features a beautiful and vibrant iridescent gold. Th...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Giulio Radi Hand Blown Vase with Silver Foil and Blue and Green Murrhines 1950
Located in New York, NY
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...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver, Foil
Glazed Ceramic Grey Vase, Marianne Westman for Rorstrand, Sweden, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully glazed mid-century vase executed by Marianne Westman for the venerable Swedish based ceramics firm Rorstrand.
Signed.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Swedish Art Glass Crystal Vase by Strombergshyttan, Signed & Numbered
By Stromberg Hytten
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish handcrafted art glass with engraved deer design. Signed Stromberg and B9106027
Strombergshyttan began productions in 1933, and continued operations until early 1970's when O...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Tall Round Mid Century Green Ceramic Outsider Studio Pottery Rope Vase
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful rich verdigris green handmade rope vase. This piece stands at nearly 7" tall and is created from fired clay. The neck of the vase is made from clay coils that wrap all th...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Gunnel Nyman - Nuutajärvi - "Serpentine" vase - 1957
By Gunnel Nyman
Located in Helsinki, FI
- Gunnel Nyman " Serpintine" vase
- Nuutajärvi
- Signed : Gunnel Nyman Nuutajärvi Notsjö 1957
- Great example of her mid 20th century art glass design
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Post Scriptum Cassina Vase Designed by Formafantasma and Ginori 1735
By Cassina
Located in Milano, MI
Ceramic vase designed by Formafantasma and Ginori 1735 for Cassina. The vase is hand drawn on white biscuit porcelain and decorated with specific ceramic chalk pastels. Each piece is...
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Michael Andersen Bornholm Danish Ceramic Bottle Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A small factory was established in 1740 by Rasmus Olsen was eventually acquired in 1890 by Jens Michael Andersen (Danish, 1859 – 1931). The factory was in the town of Rønne on the is...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Aldo Londi for Bitossi Red Vase Made in Italy
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in San Carlos, CA
Beautiful 1960s red vase with the design and creation attributed to Aldo Londi and Bitossi. The vase is marked on the bottom with "Made In Italy" and a...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Multicolored Ceramic Vase Attributed to the Cantagalli Manufacture in the 1950s
By Cantagalli
Located in Milano, MI
Multicolored ceramic vase with geometric shape, in relief, whose creation is attributed to the Cantagalli Manufacture in the 1950s
Ø 13 cm h 31 cm
Manifattura Cantagalli is a histo...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Barbini Style White Blown Glass Vase with Footed Base
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage handblown glass vase with footed base in white opaque glass. The vase has a rounded urn form with Neoclassical / Mid-Century Modern inspired design and features tripod legs i...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Beatrice Wood Signed Midcentury California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful gem of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly coveted, gorgeously radiant turquoise luster glaze. A beautiful design with a delicate long neck rising from a circular base. Classic and timeless.
Signed by Beatrice in her customary "Beato" on the underside of the base (with noted inventory number).
Would be an amazing addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of her work or a fabulous stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. One of the best Beatrice Wood's luster glaze vases we have come across in quite a while.
Know famously in the art world as "The Mama of Dada", Wood lived a long (1893-1998) and very fruitful, creative life and is considered by many experts and collectors alike to have been a centerpiece in the modern ceramic art movement of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. At one point in her career, Wood studied with master potters Otto and Gertrud Natzler and later become famed in her own right for her distinct luster-glazing techniques. In 1994, the Smithsonian Institution named Wood an "Esteemed American Artist".
Her other awards include:
1994 Governor’s Awards for the Arts (California)
1993 Recognition as A Role Model by Women in Film
1992 Gold Medal for Highest Achievement in Craftsmanship, American Craft Council
1988 Distinguished Service Award, Arizona State University
1987 Fellow of American Craft Council Women’s Art Caucus, National Award (NCECA Award)
1986 Women’s Building Award
1984 Living Treasure of California
1983 Symposium Award of the Institute for Ceramic History
1961 Goodwill Ambassador from USA...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
New Murano Glass XL Dark Green Battuto Perfume Bottle
Located in Troy, MI
New and made in Italy by an unknown Murano glass maker, this perfume bottle is 18” tall with the stopper on and 5.5” diameter. Heavy, dark bottle ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Pink Green Aventurine Ribbons Italian Art Glass Mid-Century Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown teal green, pink and copper twisting ribbons Italian art glass flower vase. Created in the manner of Fratelli Toso company, and designer Dino Mart...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Ribbon, Murano Glass, Art Glass
Ceramic Vase with Earth-toned Patterned Glaze, Wallåkra, Sweden, 1960s
By Wallåkra
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic vase from Walla°kra, founded in 1864. Inscribed.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase in Gray Glaze, Marianne Westman for Rorstrand, Sweden, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully glazed mid-century vase executed by Marianne Westman for the venerable Swedish based ceramics firm Rorstrand.
Signed.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Scozzese 'or Tartan' Bottle with Stopper by Ercole Barovier, Barovier e Toso
Located in Brussels, BE
In 1969, the year when anything seems possible, Christian Dior commissioned Ercole Barovier to develop, design and produce a series of bottles with stopper. This series is inspired b...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Flavio Poli Murano Sommerso Purple and Yellow Faceted Art Glass Vase
By Flavio Poli, Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lovely faceted Sommerso glass vase in purple, yellow and clear glass. Attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso. Italy, 1960s.
Burgundy / purple glass with a layer in yellow glass submer...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Sommerso, Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Art Glass
Huge Flavio Poli Seguso Purple Vase
By Flavio Poli, Seguso
Located in Munich, DE
Huge and heavy Flavio Poli Murano Glass Vase in pink, purple and clear Murano Glass. Made for Seguso in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Bjorn Wiinblad White Relief Op Art Porcelain Vase, Rosenthal Studio-Linie, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful white matte relief op-art porcelain vase from the 1960s, designed by Bjorn Wiinblad and executed by Rosenthal Studio-Line, Germany. In very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Blenko Hand Blown Glass Yellow-Red Fish Sculpture by Winslow Anderson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Mid-Century Modern large scale Blenko sculptural fish vase designed by Winslow Anderson, hand blown glass that fades yellow to red. Blenko model #971, in fine condition, one ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano Archimede Seguso Scavo Vase Roman Amphora Style Italian Art Glass
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Vintage Single-Handled Art Glass Jug Vase in Ancient Roman Style - Timeless Beauty from Murano
This single-handled art glass jug vase is another impre...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Michaela Frey for AK Kaiser Midcentury Op Art Lidded Bisque Porcelain Jar, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Modern Op Art matte bone white lidded jar of high quality matte bisque porcelain. The exterior is decorated with a beautiful organic dotted circle relief pattern on both lid and body. The interior has been given a white smooth highly glossy glaze. Designed by Michaela Frey...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Two Pottery Fat Lava Vases Model "BLUE" Made by Scheurich, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Set of two fat lava art vases
Model: 203-26 and 517-30
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
These original vintage vases was produced ...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Willy Guhl Concrete Vase, 1960s Switzerland
By Willy Guhl, Eternit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic concrete vase by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit. Great tabletop vase or planter in a unique weathered hand painted patina. Very unusual shape. Great indoors or outs...
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1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Concrete
1960s Art Glass Vase By Josef Hospodka, Chribska Glass
Located in Zohor, SK
Introducing this exquisite large glass vase, a stunning piece of craftsmanship from the 1960s. This bowl was meticulously handcrafted at the renowned Chribska Glassworks in Czechoslo...
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
1970s Bruno Gambone Pink Sculptural Vase 30" Tall Italian ceramics
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A monumental Italian ceramic vase from Bruno Gambone. C. 1970s. A rare color in hot pink with a neutral toned relief sculpted form in the middle. This is an impressive size at almost...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage German Vibrant Blue Glass Tree Bark Vase by Ingrid Glas, circa 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern German vase by Ingrid Glas, circa 1970. This beautiful bright blue and clear vase brings a touch of fun and fantasy to any room with it's whimsical textu...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Russel Woodard Spun Fiberglass Planters
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Russell Woodard Spun Fiberglass Plant Stands Mid Century Modern.
Nice pair of plant stands. Light weight can be used inside, out...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Fiberglass
Danish Modern Glazed Stoneware Vase by Jørgen Mogensen, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
- Small studio Unika/Unique vase
- Designed by the Danish ceramist Jørgen Mogensen
- Comes in earthy glazes with a geometric relief
- Hand signed and n...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Set of 2 Porcelain Op Art "Artichoke" Vase by Heinrich Selb, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vase set of 2
Producer:
Heinrich Selb Bavaria, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vin...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Murano White Copper Aventurine Ribbons Italian Art Glass Footed Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown swirling white and aventurine flecks Italian art glass footed flower vase. Atrtibuted to Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.Ve.M.) company, and in the styl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Large Cyan Swirl Pattern Vase
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Large vase with exceptional glaze pattern. In excellent vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Sapphire Blue Controlled Bubbles Italian Art Glass Vanity Jar Powder Box
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso sapphire blue and bubbles Italian art glass lidded vanity dresser jar. The piece has a ribbed body, with large clear lid and spike topper...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Carl Harry Stahlane SOA H55 Stoneware Vase, Sweden
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Iconic raindrop shaped stoneware vase by Carl Harry Stahlane. Wonderful organic shape with bulbous form and petite opening.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
1960s Small Red Willy Guhl Rectangular Concrete Planter
By Willy Guhl
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Crafted by willy guhl in switzerland during the 1960s, these rectangular concrete box planters exhibit a rich red hue adorned with a beautifully aged patina.
Measurements: 23.5" l x...
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1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Cement
Flavio Poli Hand-Crafted Red Murano Vase, Italy, 1970
By Flavio Poli
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian vase designed by Flavio Poli in the 1970´s. The vase is hand-crafted in faceted Murano glass with a polygonal shape, in different colors with predominant red.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Small Planter or Catch-All Architectural Pottery Marilyn Kay Austin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare California design.
Geometric form + function.
Ceramic with a nice azure blue glaze.
One small nick on the edge.
No cracks or drain hole.
Great for indoors with a nice plant or...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Decorative Object Vase Murano Glass Cenedese Midcentury Modern Italy 1960s
By Cenedese
Located in Palermo, IT
Vase made of maculated white Murano glass with small handles in shades of shiny black. Produced in Italy in the 1960s, attributable to Cenedese.
Note: We try to offer our customers...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Galen Carpenter Black Palm Maple Hand Turned Vase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Hand turned black palm and maple vase created by Galen Carpenter, circa 1980s. Vase measures 3.75" by 6.5" and is signed Galen Carpenter on the bottom along with a date. In very good...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Maple, Palmwood
Carl-Harry Stålhane, Vase and Bowl, Stoneware Set, Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful ceramic vase and bowl set by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand.
Sweden, 1950's
Other ceramicists of the period include Berndt Friberg, Axel Salto, Arne Bang, Gunnar Nylu...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
French Crystal Vase Vianne Manufactures Mid-Century
By Cvv Vianne
Located in Labrit, Landes
Crystal vase circa 1960, France.
from Vianne manufactures in the South-West of France.
Signed.
Please note that the quality and shape of the crystal give the impression that some par...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, circa 1950s
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early work (circa early 1950s) by Master Greek-American potter Peter Voulkos.
Signed on base with incised signature by Voulkos.
Voulkos is widely considered to be the most important and impactful ceramists of the modern era. He won the Rodin Museum prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997. He was made an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also received six honorary.
Doctorate degrees as well as three National Endowment for the Arts awards.
His work can be found in many prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Albany Mall, Albany, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Toso Mid-Century Modern Amber Molato Murano Glass Jewelry Box, 1982
Located in Murano, Venezia
This boxes are a beautiful invention of the master glassmaker Toso Murano who designed them in 1982. They can be used as jewelry boxes, and they are beautiful thanks to the reflectio...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
Val Saint Lambert Large Clear Crystal Champagne Wine Bucket Cooler or Vase
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert Large Clear Crystal Champagne Wine Bucket Cooler
Large Heavy Val Saint Lambert Crystal Vase.
Has been given a thick Sommerso clear layer and sculpted with subtle ...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Aldo Londi Seta Series for Bitossi Modern Sgraffito Ceramic Vase, Italy, 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
One of Aldo Londi's midcentury creations, his SETA (Silk) Series of Sgraffito Pottery for Bitossi in fun vibrant orange glaze and gold gilt. A lovely handmade striated vase with band...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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