Urns
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Terracotta
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century European Country Antique Urns
Cast Stone
Late 20th Century French Urns
Ceramic
2010s Urns
Limestone
20th Century Neoclassical Urns
Cast Stone
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Stone
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Urns
Ceramic
20th Century English Urns
Cast Stone
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Urns
Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century French Antique Urns
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Renaissance Urns
Bronze
18th Century French Antique Urns
Lead
Early 20th Century French Other Urns
Stone
2010s Italian Neoclassical Urns
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary Greco Roman Urns
Copper
20th Century Rustic Urns
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Urns
Pottery, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Other Urns
Metal
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Urns
Clay
Early 19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Urns
Terracotta
Late 18th Century French Antique Urns
Brass, Copper
Mid-19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
20th Century Spanish Art Deco Urns
Alabaster
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Urns
Iron
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Urns
Coade Stone
Mid-19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
Late 19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
Late 19th Century Antique Urns
Stoneware
Early 19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
19th Century European Antique Urns
Terracotta
1980s Portuguese Vintage Urns
Terracotta
Early 19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
1880s French Antique Urns
Stone
Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Urns
Ceramic
20th Century French French Provincial Urns
Sandstone
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns
Terracotta
19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
Mid-19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
Mid-19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
20th Century French Neoclassical Urns
Aluminum
Early 19th Century Antique Urns
Terracotta
Late 19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
1880s English Victorian Antique Urns
Iron
Early 20th Century Urns
Iron
19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Marble
19th Century Antique Urns
Terracotta
Early 19th Century Greek Antique Urns
Terracotta
19th Century Spanish Antique Urns
Iron
Early 20th Century Art Deco Urns
Metal
1880s American American Empire Antique Urns
Iron
19th Century English Antique Urns
Brass
Late 19th Century Antique Urns
Terracotta
20th Century European Urns
Marble
20th Century Urns
Terracotta
1870s French Antique Urns
Iron
1940s English Vintage Urns
Stone
Vintage, New and Antique Urns
When people think of antique and vintage urns — a type of vase with a round body, narrow neck and integrated pedestal — they tend to imagine funerary urns. But all manner of urns have been made over the years, and these vessels can be used as decorative accents either inside your home or in your garden.
Garden urns became popular in early Greek and Roman gardens, where they complemented classical statues and other garden ornaments. Over the years, people have used urns as planters, fountain basins and stylish decorative elements in interiors as well as outdoors in gardens, patios and firepit areas.
Urns are typically made of stone, ceramics or metal. Stone urns are highly durable; while an antique stone urn will show wear with age, it can be used in any climate, and a neoclassical-style cast stone urn with natural world motifs carved in relief is guaranteed to make a statement in your garden. Position two stone urns with vibrant hibiscus bulbs or tulips at the bottom of an outdoor stairway to set it off from other exterior features. Elsewhere, place your urn in the middle of a garden bed to draw attention to your dazzling landscape design. A good concrete urn can easily make a good home for small trees or shrubs, but it will be very heavy to move around.
A ceramic urn is likely going to have thick, robust walls. A glazed terracotta urn, for example, is going to be ideal for potting plants. As glazing is part of the potter’s process for creating a terracotta urn, the urn itself can provide a pop of color to contrast with any low-maintenance plants such as moss or succulents that you have in mind for it.
Metal urns are best used as decor in your living room or foyer rather than outside, unless you’re partial to the alluring weathered patina that is expected to characterize an antique cast-iron garden urn. If you’re planning to use a metal urn as a planter, add a plant liner first. Metal may overheat and damage a plant’s roots if they are not protected, and urns made of certain metals may rust if they’re left outdoors.
But you don’t necessarily need to turn your urn into a planter.
A large urn can hold its own as an accent in any space and create a strong focal point. Browse the collection of decorative antique and vintage urns on 1stDibs today.