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Modernist Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Cigarette Box by W.H. Manton, 1956
By W.H. Manton Ltd. 1
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1956 by W. H. Manton Ltd. this modernist Elizabeth II sterling silver
Category
Vintage 1950s English Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modernist Sterling Silver Paperknife London 1971 By George Grant Macdonald
By Grant Macdonald
Located in Norwich, GB
An Elizabeth II Modernist sterling silver paperknife by George Grant MacDonald - London 1971. Fully
Category
20th Century English Futurist Letter Openers
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Rare Modernist Glass Clock, Signed P.M.Favre, France, c1930s
By P.M. Favre
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this super rare Art Deco modernist Bulle clock by P.M.Favre. One of the
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Glass, Wood
Art Deco 8 Day Modernist Green Glass Clock, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Still with it's original box is this Very impressive and rare 1930's Art Deco green and clear glass and chrome 8 day clock. Superb condition, just some mild corrosion to some areas o...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Steel, Brass
Vintage 1960s Modernist Inspired Handcrafted Hanging Wall Sculpture/Room Divider
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage 1960s Modernist inspired handcrafted hanging wall sculpture / room divider by New Zealand
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Art Deco Modernist 8 Day Chrome Clock by CYMA, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Impressive 1930s modernist clock by CYMA. Fully serviced by our horologist and in excellent working
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Bengt Orup for Johansfors Swedish Modernist Blown Glass Bottle Vase
By Bengt Orup
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Hand blown glass bottle vase created by Bengt Orup for Johansfors, Sweden, circa 1960s. Piece measures 16" by 3" and is signed beneath Johansfors, Orup. In very good vintage condition.
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
Big Kienzle Weltzeituhr Modernist Table World Timer Zone Clock
By Heinrich Möller, Kienzle Clocks
Located in Vienna, AT
Kienzle automatic world timer zone clock.
An exclusive big table clock from Ø 26cm wonderful clocks face with world map and world time zones, glass, the heavy case and base are of s...
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Big Kienzle Weltzeituhr Modernist Table World Timer Zone Clock, 1960s
By Heinrich Möller, Kienzle Clocks
Located in Vienna, AT
Kienzle automatic world timer zone clock.
An exclusive big table clock from Ø 26 cm wonderful clocks face with world map and world time zones, glass, the heavy case & base are of sol...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
French Modernist Silver Plated Cigar Box by Crevillen, Paris c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
modernist geometric design, highly sought-after today.
Just back from our silversmith's, the box has been
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Japanese Modernist Ceramic Ikebana
Located in Oakland, CA
Spectacular modernist Japanese ceramic ikebana c1970s. Incredible form and still retains the
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Walnut Ikebana Planter
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist solid walnut Ikebana planter with metal frog, circa 1990s. The piece measures: 5.5" D x
Category
Late 20th Century American Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Walnut
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Mobach, Holland, Two Large Modernist Unique Lidded Jars in Glazed Ceramics
Located in København, Copenhagen
Mobach, Holland. Two large modernist unique lidded jars in glazed ceramics. 1980s.
Measures: 33 x
Category
Vintage 1980s Dutch Modern Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Modernist Mixed Metal Kinetic Floor Sculpture by Irving Lehman
By Irving George Lehman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Titled Galaxy 79, which I believe to be the year? Amazing mixed metal sculpture, consisting of copper, brass, aluminum steel and wood. Aluminum frame consisting of five moving abstra...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper, Cut Steel, Aluminum
Modernist Abstract Sword Copper Plated Brass Letter Opener like Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Honest time worn age. Heavy wear and patina to plating letter opener, beautiful understated piece. This was definitely the estate owners go to desktop tool. A bit over 8 inches lon...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Letter Openers
Materials
Brass
$268 Sale Price
20% Off
Mexico 1970 Taxco Modernist Perfume Bottle in .925 Sterling Silver with Gemstone
By Taxco
Located in Miami, FL
Mexico back in the 1970. This very decorative bottle is a one of a kind piece, crafted with retro
Category
Vintage 1970s Mexican Modern Bottles
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
$418 Sale Price
30% Off
White Carl-Arne Breger Modernist Watering Can Vessel for Gustavsberg Sweden 1959
By Gustavsberg, Carl-arne Breger
Located in Troy, MI
Sculptural plastic watering pitcher designed by Carl-Arne Breger for Gustavsberg Sweden circa 1950
Asymmetric form with narrow spout and larger fill hole
Original label intact to un...
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Plastic
Mexican Modernist Hand Wrought 950 Silver Letter Opener with Onyx Handle
Located in New York, NY
Mexican mid century modern hand wrought 950 silver letter opener with hand carved Aztec motif green onyx handle. Hallmark stamped underside, 950
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Letter Openers
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
Amazing Modernist Huge Red Ceramic Italian Jug by Bertoncello, Italy 1980
By Bertoncello
Located in Catania, IT
Elegant Italian ceramic jug produced by Bertoncello, in perfect condition and with a very particular shape, decorated with a cheerful and unique fantasy.
Ideal item to furnish your ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Jars
Materials
Ceramic
$288 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist West German Ceramic Wall Plate Object by Helmut Schäffenacker, 1960s
By Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic wall plate
Decade:
1960s
Producer:
Atelier Schäffenacker, Ulm Germany
Design:
Helmut Schäffenacker
This original vintage ceramic wall plate with abstrac...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Modernist Brass And Leather Desk Set with Letter Opener and Scissors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage brass-plated scissor and letter opener set contained within a leather holder (ca. 1960, Italy).
Brass finish has rubbed off in places from natural aging along with general we...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Letter Openers
Materials
Brass
Mid-Twentieth Century Aluminum Gyroscope Compass Scientific Tool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
and modernist decorative object.
Very good, vintage condition with patina/light wear to the aluminum
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments
Materials
Aluminum
Re Sole
Fornasetti Modernist Charger
Located in New York, NY
'Re Sole' Barnaba Fornasetti large plate. Made by Fornasetti, Milan Porcelain, white, glazed, black and white lithographed pattern. Marked: Maker's mark, FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN IT...
Category
1990s Italian Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
Modernist Round Tray by Lorenzo Burchiellaro
Located in New York, NY
A Modernist round tray by artist Lorenzo Burchiellaro. Textured cast aluminum. Signed Burchiellaro.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Aluminum
Imhof Swiss 1950 Zodiacal Modernist 8 Days Desk Clock in Gilded Bronze and Glass
By Arthur Imhof
Located in Miami, FL
modernist zodiacs patterns in solid gilded bronze. Mount in a round pedestal base with a round beveled
Category
Vintage 1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Steel
$1,155 Sale Price
30% Off
Modernist Copper Enamel Tray with Abstract Decor
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Graphic Modernist rectangular tray or catch-all dish in enameled copper features colorful abstract
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel
Ceramic Italian Modernist Art Dish, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Kidney shaped ceramic art dish with a scenic motif of two persons. Style abstract expressionism. Designed and manufactured anonymously in Italy during the 1950s. It is numbered 236 a...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
1984s Modernist Black Murano Glass Vide Poche by Venini
By Venini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Vintage 1984 Modernist Black Murano Glass Vide Poche by Venini
A sophisticated and timeless piece
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Murano Glass
Modernist, Lobi Terracotta Floor Pot, Africa, 20th C.
Located in Manhasset, NY
Modernist, Lobi Terracotta Floor Pot, Africa, 20th C.
An example of a Lobi terracotta pot, an
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Terracotta
1960s German WMF Ikora Modernist Silverplate Tray
By WMF Ikora
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Stylish WMF Ikora Tray Plate Silverplate Dish Germany
1.25 h x 10 x 10
stamped
Preowned vintage
refer to images
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Silver Plate
Siegmund Schütz Modernist Ceramic Bowl for KPM Berlin
By Siegmund Schütz 1
Located in Downingtown, PA
Siegmund Schütz modernist bowl for KPM Berlin,
"Flowerboat" or "Floweships",
1950s
This
Category
Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...
Materials
Porcelain
1950s Oldfors Ekeby Graphic Modernist "Diagonal" Vase
By Hjordis Oldfors, Upsala Ekeby
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Oval shaped Swedish Modern vase with strong geometric decor. Dusty tea green and anthracite black glaze separated by one diagonal unglazed line in the middle. Designed and handmade b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
1980s Modernist Heavy Glass and Silver Plate Square Italian Tray
Located in Aci Castello, IT
decorative objects.
This Italian Tray is a beautiful and functional piece that can add a touch of modern
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Silver Plate
1960s Modernist Copper Enamel Art Jeweled Bird Plate
By Annemarie Davidson
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Midcentury Modernist copper Enamel Art bird plate with stones
in the style of Annemarie
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Stone, Copper, Enamel
EXPERIMENTAL MODERNIST CERAMIC 3 piece sculpture, 1970S
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Experimental 3 piece ceramic sculpture by a Dutch ceramists.
This stunning piece combines an experimental shape and glazing, with a intruding concept in function: together the 3 piec...
Category
20th Century Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Clay
$317 Sale Price
64% Off
Modernist Heavy Top Quality Crystal Lipped Bowl, 1970s
Located in Verviers, BE
Heavy lipped bowl made of top crystal in the 1970s in the Czech Republic. The dramatic olive green and cobalt blue bowl have been handmade from top quality crystal with a mastery of ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Art Glass
1970s Modernist Art Optical Dish Green Plate Usa
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Fabulous modernist optical art green plate USA.
Made USA.
Measures: 14.25 diameter x 1.75
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide...
Materials
Pottery
Large Modernist Red Marble Vide-Poche / Inkstand
Located in New York, NY
Large Italian marble vide-poche / inkstand. Rich red and buttery gold Sicilian marble calamaio/inkwell in a very clean and modern Louis XVI form with three wells and further shallow ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...
Materials
Marble
Sculptural Pastel Blue Modernist Vide Poche, Denmark, 1960s
By Søholm Stentøj, Einar Johansen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Light blue handmade ceramic Danish midcentury modern decorative vide poche bowl by Einar Johansen
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Modernist obsedian videpoche with gold mounted carnelian precious stones
By Cartier
Located in London, GB
A stunning modernist obsedian videpoche with gold mounted carnelian precious stones. Very small
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Carnelian, Gold
Asked Kjersgaard Danish Rosewood Mid-Century Modernist Planter
By Aksel Kjersgaard
Located in Westport, CT
Asked Kjersgaard rosewood /exotic wood Mid-Century Modernist planter, original black painted metal
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardi...
Materials
Metal
Sèvres Paul Milet Modernist French Cachepot In Hand-Painted Stoneware
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Prato, Tuscany
high-quality decorative and interior design objects. The surface was wheel-thrown and finished with a
Category
Mid-20th Century French Primitive Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Stoneware
Modernist Sculptural Gilded Dish with Swordfish Motif in Relief
Located in New York, NY
delight discerning collectors of idiosyncratic modernist objects, fishing and maritime enthusiasts, and
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Bronze
Mid-century Pink
Black California Pottery Modernist Indoor Planter Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1950s Pink & Black California Pottery Indoor Planter Set with a modernist Googie design
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...
Materials
Ceramic
$156 Sale Price / set
40% Off
1950s Modernist Copper Plate Silver Stork Bird Vicky Peru
By Vicky
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Copper Silver Metal Plate Modernist Stork Bird Vicky Peru
6 diameter x .5 h
Stamped Vicky
Category
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Materials
Silver, Copper
Surrealist Bronze Sculpture of a Woman and Alligator on Skates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
collections of modernist bronze, surrealist objects, or decorative art with a narrative edge.
Condition
Category
20th Century European Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1980s Abstract Modernist Pottery Plate Sculpted Optical Art Signed
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1980s abstract Modernist pottery optical art plate
Signed by artist Melching 1980
Measures: 13.38 x
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Modernist Vallauris Glazed Ceramic Ashtray, Desk Tidy, circa 1960
By Vallauris
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning Mid-Century modernist ceramic cigar ashtray, desk tidy, vide poche, or catchall, was
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
1970 Hollywood Regency Italian Design Modernist Cane Brass Flower Planter
Located in Brescia, IT
Hollywood Regency Planter
Italy, 1970
Cane and polish brass square planter on castors
Very good Condiction
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Brass
Oldfors Ekeby 1950s Graphic "Diagonal" Modernist Vide Poche Plate
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Softly shaped Swedish Modern oval vide poche dish with strong geometric decor. Dusty tea green and anthracite black glaze separated by one diagonal unglazed line in the middle. Desig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
John Glick Modernist Stoneware Glazed Ceramic Footed Planter Plum Tree Pottery
By John Glick
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A modernist stoneware glazed ceramic planter by Detroit artist John Glick of Plum Tree Pottery
Category
Late 20th Century American Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Two Modernist Stoneware Bowls by Drejargruppen for Rörstrand, Sweden 1974
By Rörstrand
Located in Bochum, NRW
A striking pair of Scandinavian modernist stoneware bowls, designed in 1974 by the Drejargruppen
Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Dish W/ Curved Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This serene and elegant Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Dish with Curved Lip in
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Murano Glass
1960s French Black Modernist Ceramic Vide Poche in the Style of Georges Jouve
By Georges Jouve
Located in Brooklyn, NY
green interior, reflecting the modernist style reminiscent of Georges Jouve. Unmarked, exact designer
Category
Vintage 1960s French Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Hildegard Abstract Modernist Art Yellow Enamel Plate with Grapes Signed
By Annemarie Davidson
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Hildegard abstract modernist art yellow copper enamel plate with Grapes
Signed art
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Mid-Century Modernist Speckled Murano Glass Dish w/ Multicolor Central Motif
Located in New York, NY
-This eye catching Mid-Century Modernist Dish originates from Italy, Circa 1960. Featuring a
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Murano Glass
Hjordis Oldfors for Upsala Ekeby, 1954
Kokos
Series, Modernist Sculptural Dish
By Upsala Ekeby, Hjordis Oldfors
Located in Frome, GB
this piece and of the series is undeniably Modernist in design, highlighting the seamless harmony of
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Materials
Ceramic
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Modernist Decorative Objects For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of modernist decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct modernist decorative objects — often made from metal, glass and wood — can elevate any home. There are 2617 antique and vintage modernist decorative objects for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 39 modern editions to choose from as well. Modernist decorative objects have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Modernist decorative objects bearing Mid-Century Modern or Modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made modernist decorative objects over the years, but those made by Carl Auböck, Curtis Jere and Baccarat are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Modernist Decorative Objects?
Prices for modernist decorative objects can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, modernist decorative objects begin at $35 and can go as high as $58,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,112.
Finding the Right Decorative Objects for You
Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with antique and vintage decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style.
Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.
Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation: Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?
Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”
To help with personalizing your space and truly making it your own, find an extraordinary collection of decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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