Roses, Roses, Roses! What is it about roses that people think a perfectly dull and boring white chunk of pottery will turn into a stunning vase by daubing a few smudged roses on the side? They’ve not even well executed, it looks like someone wearing an excess of lipstick has kissed it to make the [...]

I really worry about some people, and especially those that make products like this vase!
I’m really not certain if it’s meant to be a shell (and if so from exactly what type of mollusc it was modelled on) or if it’s meant to be a horn resembling some sort of instrument. In either case I [...]

There is just no way you can take this vase seriously! It’s got everything, and having too much often isn’t a good thing!
The vase itself is so overly juggy, that it’s almost a caricature of a jug - a hugely oversized handle, a curving spout and a neck that looks like a Victorian lady’s waist [...]

There’s just something about Brentleigh ware that I can’t resist, and this one is no exception.
What attracts me to this one isn’t the ridged finish, it isn’t the colours which are pretty worn and marked on this vase anyway. It’s certainly not the roses which whilst delicately painted just don’t do anything for the vase.
The [...]

I really worry about some people, and today I’m worrying about two in particular - the person that designed this vase and the person that bought it! (In that statement I exclude myself on the grounds I only acquired it for it’s unadultarated ugliness )
It’s about twelve inches tall and about as attracive a [...]

I have a fairly sizable collection of vases - I have some I’m quite fond of, I have others that I actually quite like. Sadly there is nothing that could convince me that this little set have any merit whatsoever. They’re over decorated, they’re hideously painted, they’re edged with the kind of grey/silver that truly [...]

I’m struggling to work out what’s wrong with this vase. It should be attractive with it’s classic scalloped edges reminiscent of a grecian column. It’s well proportioned neck and base make it a very stable vase.
The decoration although not what I’d call beautiful, is pleasant enough. If it was around the edge of a table [...]

It’s like the mouse vase - another power station cooling tower! I don’t know why anyone thinks this is a great shape for a vase but it appears to be quite popular.
It’s a horrible shape once you’ve used the vase and are trying to clean it though. No matter how much you try it’s [...]

I know it’s Chinese, because it has “MADEINCHINA” stamped on the bottom. And that’s about all it has going for it!
If it was glazed in a single attractive colour it’d be a great vase. If it had an attractive pattern it’d be a great vase. If it just had the blue butterfly on the neck [...]

We now move on to the truly hideous! It’s very rare that you find a vase which is entirely replusive but we at Ugly Vase have acheived the near impossible.
I’m struggling to find a good thing to say about this vase: The over the top raised red rose and the grotesque leaf design which grows [...]