Classic DREAMCARS Mount Dora, Fla. (352) 385-1945 www.classicdreamcars.com

AUTO VASES - CAR VASES - ANTIQUE BUD VASES

    

AS DISPLAYED ON THE '47 ALVIS WOODIE, NEW MINI COOPER S AND '39 FORD STANDARD 722A WOODIE

   

FOR DISPLAY : SOME OF OUR PERSONAL VASES ABOVE (NOT FOR SALE)- IN OUR VINTAGE HEARSES - CARS - PLEASE NOTE- THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A MATCHED SET TO 'WORK' !!

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SOMEONE ASKED WHERE 'AUTO VASES" CAME FROM??.. AND THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. THEY WERE CONCEIVED OUT OF NECESSITY. REMEMBER IT WASN'T UNTIL 1939 THAT PACKARD MOTOR CAR CO. FINALLY CREATED THE FIRST AIR CONDITIONED AUTOMOBILE. UP TO THAT POINT, YOU EITHER OPENED A WINDOW , THE COWL VENT OR IMPLEMENTED THE OPTIONAL "VENTILATING FAN", OFFERED AFTERMARKET BY DELCO OR TRICO. IN THEORY: THE MAJORITY OF AUTOMOBILES EITHER HAD LEATHER OR MOHAIR INTERIORS. MAYBE, THE FIRST BRAINSTORM CAME FROM SEEING (OR SMELLING) THESE DEVICES USED IN OLD FUNERAL COACHES BUT, SOMEONE HAD TO HAVE THE IDEA THAT WHEN IT WAS RAINING OR SNOWING OUTSIDE FOLKS ENTERING THEIR CARS SOMETIMES GOT THEIR CAR SEATS DRENCHED. THE MOHAIR OR LEATHER WOULD (PEE-YEW) STINK LIKE A WET DOG, OR COW SO, NECCESSITY WAS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION: THE OWNER OF THE OFFENDING 'PEOPLE TRANSPORTER' SIMPLY HAD HIS WIFE CUT SOME FRESH FLOWERS AND PLACE THEM IN "WALL POCKETS" OR BUD VASES AND HUNG THEM IN THE CAR. HENCE CAME THE FIRST DEODORIZER FOR CARS. SOMETIMES SILK FLOWERS REPLACED THE 'LIVE' VARIETY AND ONE ASTUTE (?) MANUFACTURER EVEN OFFERED AN ELECTRIC FLOWER ARRANGEMENT WHICH RAN OFF THE 6-VOLT CIGARETTE LIGHTER. IT IS ALSO WRITTEN THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRST VASES CAME IN ELECTRIC CARS TO OVERRIDE THE ACRID SMELL OF BATTERY ACID~~~.
THESE BEAUTIFUL VASES WERE MADE BY A HOST OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES WHICH COULD INCLUDE QUEZEL, SINCLAIRE, HAWKES,   MC KEE, BENZER, LIBBY, HENRI MARIE, AND EVEN STUEBEN. "BETTER VASES" WERE SOLD IN JEWELRY STORES, WHILE COMMON GLASS VASES COULD EVEN BE FOUND IN THE AUTO DEALERSHIP PARTS DEPARTMENT. THEY CAME MADE IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS FROM PRESSED GLASS, PORCELAIN, METAL, MERCURY GLASS, BRASS, WOOD AND EVEN CUT CRYSTAL. MOST OF THE STEUBEN LINE ARE CONSIDERED HAND-BLOWN (THOUGH THE MOLD WAS INDEED HAND-ASSISTED). HENRY FORD LIKED THE IDEA SO MUCH HE OFFERED THEM AS A MASS PRODUCTION ITEM ON HIS MODEL T'S CALLING THEM "THE AUTO VASE". MOST FOLKS ARE HAPPY TO HAVE JUST ONE BUT, THERE'S ALWAYS THOSE WHO HAVE TO OWN A MATCHED SET....SO, WE CARRY BOTH. WHAT WE HAVE FOUND AFTER 20 YEARS OF COLLECTING THEM IS THAT THEY ARE OFTEN FOUND CHIPPED & DAMAGED, OR WITHOUT THE BRACKETS BUT, FINDING THEM AS A MATCHED SET WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED BRACKET(S) INTACT IS PRETTY MUCH 'THE HOLY GRAIL'.  INCIDENTALLY, THESE ARE USUALLY REAL GLASS SO, CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHERE YOU MOUNT THEM IN YOUR VEHICLE (LOW TRAFFIC POSITION). EVEN THE NEW VOLKSWAGENS NOW OFFER THEM AGAIN AS AN OPTION IN PLASTIC- SO, THEIR POPULARITY HAS APPARENTLY SPAWNED ANEW.
NEWS FLASH !!!!  AS A TOKEN OF MY DEVOTION FOR MY GREAT WIFE-    I RECENTLY TOOK ONE OF THESE HOME AND MOUNTED IT ON THE WALL, NEXT TO HER VANITY.... SHE 'FLIPPED OUT'. IT LOOKS FABULOUS ..... ANOTHER GREAT USE FOR THESE WONDERFUL OLD VASES. WE INVITE YOU TO BRING THE GREAT OUTDOORS INSIDE AND ADD A 'TOUCH OF SPRING COLOR'. WE INTIALLY OFFERED THEM EXCLUSIVELY TO THE WOODIE CAR CLUBS BUT, HAVE NOW BROADENED OUR PERIMETERS TO PLACE THEM ON OUR WEBSITE FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.

 
   CURRENTLY OFFERED:  








(CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #30 COBALT VASE

SADLY, WE DIDN'T FIND THIS VASE IN STORAGE UNTIL WE SOLD OUR 'OTHER' COBALT VASE- THEY WOULD HAVE MADE A GREAT PAIR. THIS IS A SINGLE VASE, SHOWN IN TWO PICTURES TO DISPLAY 'COLOR', IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND COMES MARRIED TO A BRIGHT METAL BRACKET. IT MEASURES 7 1/2" X 2" (SQUARE SECTION) AND 1 1/4" OPENING. PERFECT FOR MODELS A'S AND 40'S CLASSIC CARS

#30 - $195





(PLEASE CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #33 CARNIVAL GLASS

A BEAUTIFULLY FIRED 'TREE OF LIFE' PATTERN IN CARNIVAL GLASS- PERFECT FOR THE MODEL A OR ANY VINTAGE CLASSIC WITH THE BROWN MOHAIR INTERIOR. COMPLETE WITH OLDER CHROME BRACKET. IF IT HAD A MATCHING 'FLOWER' BRACKET TO OUR 'OTHER' VASE ( #024) - THEY WOULD GET MARRIED, MAKE BABIES AND BE REPRICED.  7 1/2" IN LENGTH.

#033 - $145








(CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #29 RARE MERCURY GLASS

 THIS IS THE PERFECT VASE FOR THE VINTAGE WOODEN BOAT OR DUESENBERG/ PACKARD. IT IS SUPER RARE 'MERCURY' GLASS (NO BRACKET) WHICH LOOKS JUST LIKE CHROME. EXCELLENT CONDITION EXCEPT SOME DISCOLORATION WHERE YOU WON'T CARE- INSIDE THE MOUTH OR OPENING 7 3/4" X 2" AT TOP.  WOULD LOOK BEST ACCOMPANIED BY A WOODEN BRACKET ! 
  #029 -  $195
 
(CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #31 EMBOSSED CLEAR FLOWER & VINE

 A BEAUTIFUL SET OF VASES FROM 1926 IN MINT CONDITION WITH STERLING OR CHROME BRACKETS. WE WERE TOLD THEY CAME OUT OF AN OLD PACKARD SEDAN . THEY ARE EMBOSSED GLASS WITH FLOWERS AND VINES. THIS SET CAME WITH NEWSPAPER STUFFED INSIDE THE VASE ( SEE WAD OF PAPER ABOVE) CARRYING A STORY OF "JOHN BARRYMORE'S NEW FILM "DON JUAN" BEING  RELEASED AT THE LOCAL PICTURE SHOW [SILENT MOVIE] ACCOMPANIED BY A VICTAPHONE PRESENTATION". CHECKING GOOGLE THAT WOULD BE 1926! A GREAT MATCHED SET.

#31 - $245





(CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #32 EMBOSSED CLEAR FLOWER & VINE

 ANOTHER GREAT SET OF EMBOSSED CLEAR VASES WITH THE FLOWER AND VINE PATTERN BUT, WITH PAINTED BRACKETS. IF THE 'STORY' HOLDS TRUE THESE WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN USED IN A PACKARD, LINCOLN OR CADILLAC FROM THE 30'S. THE VASES ARE MINT CONDITION.

#32 - $200





(CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0027   SOLD TO CONNECTICUT FOR A VINTAGE WIOODEN BOAT

JUST DISCOVERED A GREAT SET OF STERLING SILVER (OVER BRASS) CAR VASES IN A FLOWER DESIGN W/ BRASS BRACKETS. THESE ARE 6 1/2" IN LENGTH AND THE TOP BLOOM IS ABOUT  3 1/4" IN DIAMETER. A STUNNING SET IN EXC. CONDITION.

                                                                                     #0027  PRICED AT ONLY $250. SOLD

 



(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0026  SOLD TO CALIFORNIA ( FOR A VINTAGE LIMOUSINE)

 

THIS IS A VERY NICE SET OF CARNIVAL GLASS CAR VASES WITH MATCHING BRACKETS, EACH CARRY A RETAINER SCREW TO KEEP THEM INTO POSITION DURING A ROUGH RIDE. (1) BRACKET BRASS, (1) PAINTED BRIGHT BRASS. THEY ARE SOME OF THE NICEST IRRIDESCENT COLORS WE HAVE EVER SEEN. SELDOM SEEN IN PAIRS.

JUST $275   #0026  SOLD, THANKS MIKE !

 



(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0011  SOLD

THIS SUPER RARE SET CAME TO US FROM ENGLAND AND WE WERE TOLD THEY ARE HENRI MARIE. THE DELICATE PATTERN IS SUPERB CUT GLASS . THEY WOULD BE PERECT FOR A MARK V BENTLEY, SILVER DAWN ROLLS ROYCE OR OTHER FINE AUTOMOBILE... LIKE A PACKARD. THEY HAVE MATCHED SET OF BRACKETS IN BRASS AND MEASURE 5 1/2" TALL- PERFECT FOR SMALLER VINTAGE CARS. MATCHED SET

#0011-   $295 THANK YOU-  SOLD IMMEDIATELY FOR AN 'ELECTRIC' CAR!


(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0014

THIS IS A VERY DELICATE FLOWER ETCHED CLEAR VASE WITH STERLING BRACKET. IT IS 7 1/2" IN LENGTH AND THE SIDES ARE FLUTED. THIS IS THE ORIG. STAINLESS (?) CHROME BRACKET.  

#0014 $155.00

(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0015

FROM OUR COLLECTION, A VERY UNUSUAL COLORED VASE. THIS ONE IS A VERY NICE 7 1/2" PRESSED GLASS IN MING YELLOW WITH A CHROME BRACKET AND TWO UNUSUAL FIXING SCREWS FOR HOLDING THE VASE TIGHT. THE BRACKET IS ANGLED FOR THOSE UNUSUAL APPLICATIONS (LIKE TRYING TO MISS THE CORNER OF A WINDOW MOLDING ETC) BUT, IT COULD BE SCREWED IN STRAIGHT ALSO. 

 #0015  $195

(CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0016

SUPER RARE PAIR OF TEAL BLUE CAR VASES WITH MATCHING CLAW BRACKETS

A FABULOUS 6 1/4" PAIR OF PRESSED GLASS VASES IN A TRULY UNIQUE / RARE COLOR OF TEAL BLUE. THIS IS ONE OF THE PRETTIEST SET OF VASES I'VE EVER OWNED. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A STAINLESS STEEL CLAW BRACKETS. THIS DESIGN WITH IT'S 'CUPPED' TOP, ALLOWS THE WATER TO STAY WITHIN THE VASE RATHER THEN SLOOSHING OUT ON YOUR INTERIOR. WE USE FAUX FLOWERS SO, NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT SPILLAGE.

 #0016 $305
 

(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0022

A SCALLOP TOPPED BEAUTY WITH ETCHED WHEAT CHAFS

9" LONG SCALLOPED TOP CAR VASE WITH BEVELED BRACKET. SIDES ARE DELICATELY ETCHED WITH CHAFES OF WHEAT AND A SPHERICAL BOTTOM. PRICED TO SELL AT

#0022 $125

(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0023

THIS IS ANOTHER SUPER FIND. ETCHED WITH SPHERICAL BOTTOM

THIS 'SHOWS' WAY BETTER THAN I CAN PHOTOGRAPH. IT IS A 8" BEAUTY WITH DELICATE FLOWER PATTERN BOTH IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND VERTICALLY CUT. A BAND OF ETCHING AT THE TOP WITH ASTERISKS CUT INTO THE GLASS. THE CROWNING TOUCH IS THE SPHERICAL BOTTOM WHICH IS LIGHTLY ACID ETCHED. COMPLETE WITH BRACKET.

#0023  $135.

(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0017

MATCHED SET OF VASELINE PRESSED GLASS CAR VASES WITH CLAW BRACKETS

A SUPER SET OF GREEN PATTERNED GLASS CAR VASES WITH ROUNDED TOPS. THESE ARE 6 1/4" LONG AND CARRY CLAW BRACKETS. VASE HAS A 2 SMALL CHIPS AT THE BACK BUT, IT IS HIDDEN WHILE DISPLAYED. NOT THAT YOU WANT TO BUY THESE FOR  A "HIPPIE VAN" BUT, THEY ARE VASELINE GLASS AND ACTUALLY GLOW UNDER BLACKLIGHT. 

 #0017  $225










CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE - # 0001 SOLD


ART DECO AUTO VASE WITH A KILLER (CONDITION) STERLING BRACKET. THIS BEAUTY IS 6 1/2" LONG WITH A SEE-THRU BRACKET. THE VASE IS CLEAR GLASS AND THE TOP IS SLOPED SO, THE WATER DOES NOT SPILL OUT. THE BRACKET IS A VERTICAL MOUNT.

 #0001 $165.00 SOLD...... THANK YOU

CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE #0028


TWO MATCHING, GREAT 'BUDGET' VASES- CLEAR GLASS WITH MATCHING BRACKETS

IN OUR EFFORT TO MEET EVERY BUDGET - HERE IS A GREAT OLD PAIR OF MATCHING 6 1/2" VASES THAT ARE CLEAR GLASS WITH A HAND-PAINTED FLOWER MOTIF. THEY HAVE MATCHING BRACKETS ARE PRICED FOR THE 'THRIFTY' .
 

#0028 JUST $159 FOR BOTH.

CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE #0024

VERY NICE DARKER CARNIVAL GLASS WITH FLOWER PATTERN BRACKET

CARNIVAL GLASS VASES ARE ONE OF OUR VERY BEST SELLERS. EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE TIME AS CHILDREN, WHEN YOU WOULD ATTEND THE CARNIVAL OR CIRCUS AND WIN ITEMS LIKE THESE FOR TOSSING BASEBALLS AT FUZZY (WEIGHTED) CLOWNS ON A SHELF. THEY ARE A PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY. THIS 71/4" VASE IS VERY NICE- GREAT COLOR FOR BROWN MOHAIR INTERIORS. THIS IS HAS A UNIQUE KILLER 'FLOWERED PATTERN (?) SEE-THRU BRACKET ...  

#0024  JUST $165

(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE)  #008 SOLD

BEAUTIFUL NEW-OLD-STOCK McKEE SHOWN WITH ORIG. BOX W/ BRACKET, SHOWN OUT OF BOX ON DARK BACKGROUND TO ILLUSTRATE THE DETAIL

THIS AUTO VASE IS ONE OF THE 'CROWN JEWELS' OF THE COLLECTION. IT IS A 6" SINGLE, FLUTED AND ETCHED 'NEW-OLD-STOCK' McKEE STILL IN IT'S ORIGINAL BOX- NEVER SOLD. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WANT MINT, "NEW", NEVER-USED....THIS IS YOUR VASE. NOTE; CHROME BRACKET IN 'NEW CONDITION'.  

 #008    $275 SOLD...TO A FLOWER VASE COLLECTOR, THANK YOU

(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0018 SOLD

COBALT BLUE CAR VASES WITH GOLD BOX BRACKET

SELDOM SEEN 7" DARKER COBALT BLUE GLASS AUTO VASE. IT HAS A SQUARE TOP, WHICH RESTS ON THE BRACKET, AND A ROUNDED TOP WITH PRESSED GLASS FINISH.  

#0018  $195 SORRY, SOLD

(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0019 SOLD

DROPDEAD GORGEOUS CARNIVAL GLASS VASE WITH CHROME BRACKET AND SET SCREW

THIS IS ONE OF THE NICEST SINGLE 7 1/4" CARNIVAL GLASS CAR VASES WE HAVE EVER STOCKED. EASILY CALLED 'MINT CONDITION' WITH A MATCHING CHROME BRACKET AND SCREW. THE GLASS IS BEAUTIFUL AND THE CHROME 'LIKE NEW' 

 #0019  $135 SOLD

(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #0020 SOLD

FLAT TOP CAR VASE WITH CHROME BRACKET

THIS BEAUTY IS 71/2" LONG AND IS CLEAR WITH FLUTED SIDES AND AN ETCHED PATTERN OF FLOWERS. OFTEN SEEN IN PACKARDS AND CADILLACS OF THE THIRTIES. HAS IT'S ORIGINAL CHROME BRACKET.

 #0020  BARGAIN PRICED AT $150.   SORRY, WE SOLD IT !

(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) # 0021  SORRY, SOLD TO CALIFORNIA

COBALT BLUE WITH SILVER BOX BRACKET AND 2 SET SCREWS.

ANOTHER GREAT FIND. THE SELDOM SEEN COBALT COLOR BLUE GLASS CAR VASE. 7" IN LENGTH WITH PATTERNED GLASS AND ROUNDED TOP. THIS ONE HAS 3 SMALL CHIPS BUT, THEY COULD BE PLACED AT THE INTERIOR POST SIDE AND EFFECTIVELY 'COVERED' BY FAUX FLOWERS. IT HAS A REALLY NICE SILVER BRACKET.

# 0021  REDUCED $50 TO $145.   SOLD

 

(CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE) #007  SOLD, SORRY

HOLY GRAIL BATMAN- IT'S A 'DEAD-ON' MATCHED SET!!

THIS PAIR OF CARNIVAL GLASS AUTO VASES CAME OUT OF AN ESTATE IN PENNSYLVANIA. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE KIND OF LIKE THEM THIS WAY : THE BRACKETS ARE CORRODED BUT, WE CAN MEDIA BLAST THEM AND PAINT THEM THE COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE. CARNIVAL GLASS WAS A TRENDY MEDIA USED FOR DISHES AND GLASSWARE FROM THE LATE FORTIES AND INITIALLY WAS GIVEN AWAY AS PRIZES AT THE TRAVELING CIRCUS' AND CARNIVALS- HENCE THE NAME 'CARNIVAL GLASS'. IT BECAME SO POPULAR.. GLASSWARE COMPANIES BEGAN TO OFFER SEVERAL DIFFERENT COLORS AND STYLES TO FILL THE CONSUMER'S NEEDS. DUE TO THEIR NATURE, THEY ARE USUALLY FOUND CHIPPED OR HAVE 'FLEABITES'. THIS PAIR IS MINT.

#007  $275.

SOLD... THANK YOU

CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE #0025 SOLD

VERY NICE CARNIVAL GLASS WITH PAINTED BRASS BRACKET

WE FORGOT WE HAD THIS ONE...JUST DISCOVERED IN THE LIBRARY CABINET. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CARNIVAL GLASS VASE WITH PAINTED BRASS BRACKET. A FEW MINI FLEABITES BUT, SHOWS WELL. 7 1/4" VASE IN CLASSIC CARNIVAL GLASS....


#0025 BARGAIN PRICED @ ONLY $110
SOLD TO CALIFORNIA FOR A GREAT OLD PACKARD- THANKS

 

MMMMMMMMA FEW A FEW MORE EXAMPLES ARE STILL TO BE ADDED AS BROUGHT IN FROM OUR COLLECTION  AT HOME........

YOU CAN FILL THESE VASES WITH YOUR OWN REAL FLOWERS OR SMALL FAUX FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS (AS SEEN AT TOP OF OUR PAGE). BRACKETS ATTACH BY SMALL SCREWS (USUALLY NOT PROVIDED), THOUGH SOME OF OUR CUSTOMER'S HAVE BI-PASSED THE THOUGHT OF DRILLING HOLES IN THAT NEW UPHOLSTERY BY AFFIXING THE BRACKET W/ DOUBLE-FACED TAPE OR TO THE WINDOW FRAMES WITH A NEW PRODUCT CALLED 'GOOP'. ELIMINATE THE TIME & HASSLE OF SEARCHING: TAKE ADVANTAGE NOW OF OUR 30 'YEARS OF SHOPPING' IN THE AUTO FLEA MARKETS & EUROPEAN AUTO JUMBLES. YOU'LL BE SURPRISED AT THE RESPONSE YOU GET AT THE AUTO SHOWS FROM BOTH MALE AND FEMALE ADMIRERS......

MMMM7% SALES TAX IN FLORIDA ONLY. PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE SHIPPING & CONFIRMATION RECEIPT. WE TAKE GREAT CARE IN BOXING & WRAPPING AND HAVE NEVER LOST ONE.