This vase just shouts “German” at me, I might be wrong but everything about it is germanic in appearance from the robustly rotund body to the chimney neck and the solid straight-edged lip.
Of course none of that makes it attractive, in fact the German’s are pretty famous for some of the worst vase design out [...]

You just know this vase was made for ridicule, I mean even the most tolerant person couldn’t find something complimentary to say about it and I can’t think who might want to put it on display or in pride of place in their front room.
Bottle vases are such a waste of space in the first [...]

The second vase in my collection was also purchased from Mark and his title of “Ugly Item of the Week” made it a must have purchase. With the acquisition of this vase I now had a “collection”, albeit a collection of two, but it was a start. With the “Ugly” description my collection also had [...]