LSA have a good line in retro style ceramics, including these new Odette Mocha vase.
There's a definite trend toward featuring vintage-looking glassware on the high street at the moment and the dimpled surface of these vases definitely lends itself to that look. The unusual coffee coloured glass gives a nice twist to the trend.
The smaller vase sells for £27, while the larger vase goes for £44.
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A contemporary ceramic but this Paradisverkstan pink stripe vase is a perfect finishing touch to a 50s style room.
The Fifties feel comes from those pastel stripes which go perfectly with the classic shape of the vase. There's a couple of equally attractive variations on the website too, showing the vase with green or brown stripes. The Paradisverkstan pottery has a good heritage too: though it doesn't stretch back to the 50s, they have been producing ceramics in Sweden since 1976.
This vase costs £55.
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These vases made by Catherine Gray are a contemporary design but have something of a surrealist look.
Each yellow, orange or deep red coloured vase is printed with a digital photograph. In the spirit of the Surrealist movement, the images are the cropped faces of a 1920s-style girl whose eyes peer out at you across the room.
Unsettling or arty? You can decide. It's something of an investment piece though as each vase costs £195.
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Graham and Green are the latest high street retailer to start selling the folk trend with these dove vases from their Spring range.
Although they're a contemporary design, the vases definitely have got a vintage look. The use of such 70s-style motifs has been cropping up a lot recently, from Sanna Annukka's soul birds to Donna Wilson's bird nest plate, while the crackle green glaze adds to the impression that these might have been picked up in a charity shop, rather than online.
The vases come in two sizes and prices.The smaller vase is 31cm high and costs £36 and the larger is an extra 7cm tall and costs £48.
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If you saw this in someone's home, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a vintage number. Surprisingly this Folk vase is actually manufactured by Marks and Spencer and is part of their new Spring 2010 collections.
With its interesting shape and coloured glass, the vase has a definite late 60s/70s look. It's just one selected from their collection, all with the same retro feel. The range spreads across homeware, from cushions to rugs, so its worth a browse if you like the style of this piece.
This vase costs £9.50 with the rest of the vases in the range being similar reasonable prices.
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This Supernova vase by Pretty Random Objects has more than a touch of fifties style with its attractive muted pink glaze, clean shape and hand carved starburst-esque design. At £35 it also seems good value for a handmade piece.
Pretty Random Objects is the company name of Joanna Mendicino, a San Francisco based ceramicist who is one of the makers featured in the new homeware section on the Hannah Zakari website. The site is well worth a browse for prints and more pots, as well as the jewellery and accessories they've traditionally stocked.
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