Calling All Collectors: Lady Head Vases

2026-02-23 14:37

From blog Bleu Avenue

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Calling All Collectors: Lady Head Vases

It sounds rather macabre when you say it out loud: it's a woman's head that you stick flowers in as a planter or vase, but this niche collectible was surely inspired by fashionable ladies in full floral hats of the 1880s. According to Discover Vintage America, that's when this odd little concept first appeared in Europe. Gaining a foothold in America in the 1930s, the Lady Head Vase really took off in the 1940s as Japan began making beautiful pottery in its progress toward rebuilding industry and its economy after WWII. By the early 1950s these vases had found a popular muse in Lucille Ball and the "Lucy" vase dominated market silhouettes until...

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