You’ve got to hand it to whoever made this vase, they didn’t want a perfectly formed pot and they went out of their way to make sure that it wasn’t!
The lip has been twisted this way and that, just like the Waltza fairground ride it rides up and down throwing the edge around in wild [...]

Some vases are in truth attractive (so I’ve heard - I’ve yet to find one), others are utilitarian vessels, some are downright ugly. This one defies belief in quite how foul it’s possible to make a vase.
I guess it’s supposed to resemble a bucket, but it’s not that good. It has what appear to be [...]

This hunk of stoneware comes from the English Dovecote Pottery. Adoring the base are two ducks either squaring up for a fight, or more likely due to the somewhat lecherous look on their faces two ducks about to engage in some loving.
I call it a vase, and I suppose it is as the hollow tree [...]

This is a hand made and decorated pot, by which I take it to mean it was made by a person operating some machines rather than automatically produced. It certainly wasn’t entirely made by hand but at the least a spinning wheel and punch were used.
Of course hand made doesn’t always equate to quality, sometimes [...]

You could be excused for thinking this vase is just a little dirty and a good scrub with some hot soapy water would restore it to it’s former glory taking away it’s dull sheen and showing off some bright vibrant colours.
You’d be wrong!
This vase really is as dull as it looks, it’s a decorated with [...]

This vase is a great shape and weight, it fits the curve of my hand perfectly and is just begging to be dashed to the ground and broken into smithereens. Either that or maybe bowled to someone wielding a baseball bat who could shatter it with one well aimed strike.
Of course I wouldn’t dream of [...]

I just adore trophy shaped vases for no other reason that it’s so easy to write about them for Ugly Vase. I mean be serious, why does a vase need handles in the first place? If it was large enough to hold several gallons of water then I could understand handles might be useful due [...]

I almost like this little oddity, it’s a great shape, perfect for showing a bunch of flowers splayed out so that the blooms are held in an arch rather than all bunched up with most of the flowers hidden behind the bunch…. at least it would be until you realise that this vase is only [...]

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 [...]