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Vintage Mid-Century Modern Marcia of California Glazed Ceramic CoffeeService-3pc
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infused with mid-century charm and California cool, this vintage glazed ceramic coffee service by
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pitchers

Materials

Ceramic

Otto Heino Signed Imperial Chinese Yellow Glaze California Pottery Vase Vessel
By Otto Heino
Located in Studio City, CA
addition to any modern ceramics and pottery collection or an eye-catching Stand-alone work in about any
Category

Early 2000s American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Beatrice Wood Signed Pink Lava Glaze Midcentury California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice Wood signed bowl featuring a unique pink lava
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Otto Natzler Signed Volcanic Glaze California Studio Pottery Oval Vessel Vase
By Otto Natzler
Located in Studio City, CA
began a ceramics studio. Their now well documented collaboration lasted over thirty years until
Category

Vintage 1970s American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Luster Crater Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed work by famed American California Studio master ceramist Beatrice Wood
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

F. Carlton Ball Midcentury Signed Ceramic Glazed California Studio Pottery Bowl
By F. Carlton Ball
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, wonderfully glazed and textured Mid-Century Modern pottery bowl by renowned California
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Beatrice Wood Signed Iridescent Luster Glaze California Studio Pottery Face Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful gem of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice Wood featuring her
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Beatrice Wood Mid-Century California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Framed Fragment
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed framed pottery fragment by famed American/California
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and complexly glazed vase by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Organic Modern California Art Pottery Ashtray in Red, Orange, and Yellow
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
California art studio potteries in 1950s - 1960s. It has an organic, asymmetrical sculptural shape with smoke
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Ceramic

Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic California Studio Pottery Glazed Honey Pot, 1978
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
-modern ceramic or California Pottery collection or admirers of the artist's work or eye-catching stand
Category

Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Paint

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Dark Lava Luster Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed work by famed American California Studio master ceramist Beatrice Wood
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Studio Pottery Red Lava Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful jewel of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist/artist Beatrice Wood featuring
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Midcentury Decorative Ceramic Dish by Phillip H. Paradise, California, 1950s
By Phillip Herschel Paradise
Located in La Teste-de-Buch, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rare decorative earthenware dish by renowned Californian artist Phillip Herschel Paradise. Hand
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Dark Lava Crater Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed work by famed American California Studio master ceramist Beatrice Wood
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

American Mid Century Modern California design Coffee Tea Set Atomic Age
Located in San Diego, CA
Whimsical rare set of 6 cups, sugar creamer, and caddy set by California pottery Leucadia Vadna
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Modern California Pottery Ceramic Lazy Susan Serving Tray
By Santa Anita Ware
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful and large lazy Susan serving tray by Santa Anita Ware of California. This serving platter
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Pottery, Wood

Otto and Vivika Heino Mid-Century California Pottery 12-Piece Goblet Tea Cup Set
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted, beautifully designed set of ceramic goblets/ cups by California pottery
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Ceramic

Early Dora De Larios California Studio Pottery Bowl with Abstract Modern Design
By Dora De Larios
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Handmade California studio stoneware bowl with abstract modern carved design created by Dora De
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

Materials

Stoneware

Dayle Rushall Incised California Studio Pottery
Located in Fulton, CA
Impressive, large-scale studio pot by California Artist Dayle Rushall. Exceptional detail to hand
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

MCM California Pottery Ashtray by Sascha Brastoff
By Sascha Brastoff
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM California pottery gold leaf ashtray by the celebrated designer Sascha Brastoff, circa 1970s. A
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Pottery

Bauer Big Ring Bowls California Pottery
By Bauer Pottery
Located in Cincinnati, OH
. Handcrafted by the Bauer Pottery company, California.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

Materials

Pottery

Rupert Deese California Art Pottery 1960 Bowl
By Rupert J. Deese
Located in New York, NY
An original low art pottery ashtray low bowl by famed California craftsman, Rupert Deese. Signed.
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Large California Studio Pottery Cigar Ashtray
By Stoneware Designs West, Robert Maxwell, Edith Heath
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
California Pottery, large vintage stoneware cigar ashtray. Classic mid-century modern ashtray in
Category

Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Mid-Century Lucite Ice Bucket with Embedded U.S. Coins, circa 1975
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Lucite Ice Bucket with Embedded U.S. Coins, circa 1970 Attributed to California Design
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Metal, Copper

California Redwood Carved Salt Pepper Shakers, American Studio Craft
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
striking choice of solid California Redwood wood. Minimal, Organic Modern lines of the piece emphasize the
Category

20th Century American Organic Modern Tableware

Materials

Wood

Large MCM California Pottery Ashtray by Sascha Brastoff
By Sascha Brastoff
Located in San Diego, CA
A large atomic design, California pottery ashtray by the celebrated designer Sascha Brastoff, circa
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Pottery

Vintage Redondo Beach California Tony’s Restaurant Cocktail Glasses 1960s
By Culver Ltd., Fred Press, George Briard
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
at Fisherman's Wharf on Redondo Beach California since 1952. These American California Restaurant
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Glass

Midcentury California Pottery Lidded Box by Sascha Brastoff
By Sascha Brastoff
Located in San Diego, CA
Midcentury California Pottery lidded box by celebrated designer Sascha Brastoff, circa 1960s. This
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Pottery

Midcentury Atomic California Pottery Ashtray by Sascha Brastoff
By Sascha Brastoff
Located in San Diego, CA
A large atomic design, California Pottery vase by the celebrated designer Sascha Brastoff, circa
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Pottery

Midcentury California Pottery Lettuce / Cabbage Plates by Brad Keeler
By Brad Keeler
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a set of eight California pottery lettuce / cabbage plates designed by Brad Keeler. They
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Materials

Pottery

LaGardo Tackett California Modernist Design Terracotta Tall Pitcher Rockingham
By Lagardo Tackett, Rockingham Pottery Company
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare tall water pitcher by Lagardo Tackett for Rockingham. circa 1950's excellent condition no chips or cracks , beautiful glozy brown finish on terracotta .
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware

Materials

Terracotta

Large MCM California Studio Pottery Signed Charger
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice California studio pottery charger, circa 1970s. The piece is signed on the reverse and
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Pottery

California Studio Pottery Ashtray by Robert Maxwell, 1965
By Robert Maxwell
Located in Denton, TX
Blenko crackled glass in the center signed by Robert Maxwell.
Category

20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Earthenware

Circular Black Tray Platter Couroc of Monterey California, 1960s
By The Couroc Company
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Midcentury Couroc of Monterey Inlaid Brass and Wood Cardinal Circular Tray. Mid-Century Modern
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Bakelite

Robert McKeown Handcrafted Salt Pepper Shakers, California, 1976
By Robert McKeown
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Robert McKeown Handcrafted Wood & Resin Salt & Pepper Shakers, California, 1976. Signed & Dated.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces

Materials

Resin, Walnut

Set of Six California Pottery Ring Pattern Ceramic Tumblers by Bauer
By Bauer Pottery
Located in New York, NY
Rare set of six California pottery Ring pattern drinking glasses, by Bauer Pottery. This set
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware

Materials

Pottery

Massice MCM California Studio Pottery Signed Charger
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice massive 22" eathenware studio pottery charger, circa 1970s. The piece is signed on the reverse and in excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks. The piece measu...
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Pottery

Vintage California Green and Brown Ceramic Pottery Round Ashtray
By Edith Heath
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
-Century Modern round ashtray in yellow green and brown glazed ceramic, the outside is painted brown but
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Ceramic

Gladmark Solid Walnut Tray, Burbank California, 1960 s
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard, Gladmark
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Gladmark Solid Walnut Tray, Burbank California, 1960's. Signed with makers mark to the bottom
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces

Materials

Walnut

American Ceramic California Design Signed Water Dispenser with Spigot Lid
By Robert Maxwell and David Cressey
Located in San Diego, CA
cracks California design.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Pottery

Robert McKeown Handcrafted Salt Pepper Shakers, California, 1976
By Robert McKeown
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Robert McKeown Handcrafted Wood & Resin Salt & Pepper Shakers, California, 1976.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces

Materials

Resin, Wood

1970 s Large Porcelain Ashtray Yellow Cab by Jack Nadel California
Located in San Diego, CA
beautiful elegant large ashtray by Jack Nadel of California circa 1970's with gold trim porcelain
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Porcelain

American Mid Century Inlaid "Owl" Tray by Couroc California
By The Couroc Company
Located in San Diego, CA
A ssuper cool inlaid brass "Owl" trays handcrafted by Couroc California, circa 1970s. The tray is
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Brass

Postmodern Silver Hammered Pendant, Necklace by Marjorie Baer California Design
By Marjorie Baer
Located in San Diego, CA
1980s, stamped in the back BAER SF, from San Francisco great California design. The necklace its 19.5
Category

20th Century American Post-Modern Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Large Vintage Brown Round Ceramic California Studio Cigar Ashtray Catchall
By Robert Maxwell
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
-Century Modern, Made in USA, California. Vintage from the 1960s. Similar to: Robert Maxwell (Designer
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Ceramic

Tom McMillan Handmade California Studio Pottery Triple Footed Rock Boulder Vase
By Tom Mcmillin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
California stoneware studio pottery boulder rock vase with three feet created by Tom McMillin
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Materials

Stoneware

Massive Midcentury Platter by Winfield Pottery of California
Located in San Diego, CA
Massive midcentury platter / serving tray by Winfield Pottery of California, circa 1950s. The piece
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Pottery

California Pottery Mardi Gras Plate by Marc Bellaire
By Marc Bellaire
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a beautiful midcentury California Pottery plate signed by Marc Bellaire, circa 1960s. The
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

Carl Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand. Set of four "California" ceramic plates
Located in København, Copenhagen
Carl Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden. A set of four "California" ceramic plates with violet
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tableware

Materials

Ceramic

Beautiful Mid-Century Inlaid "Roadrunner" Tray by Couroc California
By The Couroc Company
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful super cool inlaid "Roadrunner" tray handcrafted by Couroc California, circa 1970s. The
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Resin, Wood

Californian Pro Artisan Mustard Planter by David Cressey Raul Coronel
By Raul Coronel, Architectural Pottery, David Cressey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials Mustard Glaze Stoneware
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Stoneware

Four Piece California Pottery Smoking Set by Marc Bellaire, Excellent Condition
By Marc Bellaire
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hand painted, Signed Marc Bellaire set of four ceramic dishes. Three have indentations for whatever you are smoking and the fourth is to hold whatever you are smoking. Fruit motif in...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Pottery

Lagardo Tackett Kenji Fujita California Ceramic Fish Plate, 1960s
By Lagardo Tackett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An iconic, beautifully designed, and decorated fish plate/platter by famed Mid Century designers LaGardo Tackett and Kenji Fujita. LaGardo Tackett was the primary founder of “Archit...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Ceramic

Set of 3 Enameled on Copper Purple Midcentury California Design Low Bowls
By Ellamarie Jackson Woolley
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice set of 3 enameled on copper in purple circa 1960s, California design. Egg shape very cool
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Set of 3 Enameled on Copper Yellow Midcentury California Design Low Bowls
By Ellamarie Jackson Woolley
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice set of 3 enameled on copper in yellow circa 1960s, California design. Egg shape very cool
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Mid Century 20 Piece Dinnerware Set of California Ivy Poppy Trail by Metlox
By Metlox Manufacturing Company
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
with the Metlox maker mark and the pattern California Ivy. Thre three tea cups have beautiful faux bois
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware

Materials

Ceramic

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California Modern Ceramics For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of california modern ceramics available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct california modern ceramics — often made from ceramic, stoneware and pottery — can elevate any home. Find 108 antique and vintage california modern ceramics at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. There are all kinds of california modern ceramics available, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. California modern ceramics are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made california modern ceramics over the years, but those made by Gainey Pottery, Don Jennings and Rupert Deese are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are California Modern Ceramics?

California modern ceramics can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $637, while the lowest priced sells for $149 and the highest can go for as much as $3,850.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.