Mid-Century Modern Bottles
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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.
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Roger Capron - Vintage Ceramic Footed Serving Dish
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage Ceramic Footed Serving Dish by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tab...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
New Dark Green Murano Glass Battuto Perfume Bottle
Located in Troy, MI
New and made in Italy by an unknown Murano glass maker, this perfume bottle is 11” tall with the stopper on and 8.5” diameter. Heavy, dark bottle green glass has cut and polished sur...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Murano Glass
Dino Martens Murano Blue Green White Italian Art Glass Decanter Bottle Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage murano hand blown blue-green and white "filigrana" ribbons Italian art glass stoppered bottle / flower vase. Documented to designer Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso....
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Bottle with Stopper by Guido Gambone
Located in New York, NY
Stoneware. Bottle and stopper decorated with beige background. Green and brown linear decoration throughout. Similar bottle available with a yellow geometric pattern.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Paris Vanity Four Miniature Glass Perfume Bottles
By Givenchy
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Paris Vintage Vanity Miniature Glass Perfume Bottles
Set of four Vintage Vanity Glass Perfume Bottles
Includes Oscar de la Renta Givenchy Lancome Paris
Tallest 2.75, Smallest 1.75
P...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
Italian Decorative Decanter/Bottle, 1940s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian decorative hand made crystal bottle, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Crystal
Rare Set of 3 Opal Blue Glass
Carnaby
Vases by Per Lütken for Holmegaard
By Holmegaard, Per Lütken
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This is a very nice set of 3 opal blue glass Holmegaard vases with white inner casting from the Carnaby range designed by Per Lutken. This set contains out of...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
Large Empoli Italian Glass Green Ewer Pitcher Vase
By Empoli
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Empoli Italian glass green Ewer pitcher vase.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass
Rare Hammered Aluminum Decorative Bottle by Lorenzo Burchiellaro, 1960s, Signed
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A rare and exquisite decorative bottle by celebrated designer and sculptor Lorenzo Burchiellaro, known for his mastery of metals and his ability to blend artistic expression with fun...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
$1,879 Sale Price
20% Off
Cased Glass White Floor Vase
Located in Ferndale, MI
Tall cased glass floor vase in matte finish with gloss design.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
Italian Aventurine Vintage Murano Glass Black Copper Large Bottle with Stopper
Located in New York, NY
This is a little jewel! This large decorative Art piece in blown Murano glass is realized with high-quality technique: the black round spherical body of the bottle and the stopper ar...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Copper
$347 Sale Price
41% Off
Murano Blue Ribbons Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Powder Box Perfume Vanity Set
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage set of Murano hand blown blue ribbons and gold flecks Italian art glass vanity set. The perfume bottle and powder / jewelry box are made with very thin Filigrana ri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,480 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pink and clear glass "Sommerso" perfume bottle
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Pink and clear glass "Sommerso" perfume bottle
Murano - Italian decoration - Collector
Measures : 8x5cm H:12,5cm
Material : Murano Glass
Broken glass rod - See Photos
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Ceramic Vessels, Bauhaus Influence, Set of 9
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This set of nine Mid-Century Modern sculptural ceramic vessels exemplifies the refined clarity and geometric restraint that shaped European design in the postwar decades. Created between the late 1940s and 1960s, the group includes works attributed to Laach Abbey, Ulmer Keramik, and other West German workshops, several bearing marks or numerical stamps common to the region’s studio pottery.
Influenced by Bauhaus principles, these vessels balance functional purity with expressive form. Many incorporate symbolic motifs such as the Alpha
Omega, Chi-Rho, cross, or dove, reflecting the unique intersection of modernist design and spiritual iconography explored by Theodor Bogler...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Earthenware
$824 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Hermes Paris 1950 Vintage Large Eau D
Hermes Bottle In Crystal With Round Lid
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage perfume bottle by Hermes.
Estate and very fresh vintage Eau d'Hermes perfume bottle, made in Paris France by the fashion house of Hermes, back ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Crystal
$478 Sale Price
20% Off
Roger Capron - Vintage Ceramic Plate with Horse
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage Ceramic Plate with Horse by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled t...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Mid-Century Modern W. Germany Ceramic Pitcher
Located in High Point, NC
A ceramic vase from mid-20th century Germany. Neither large nor small, this studio made pot reflects the hand-held, and the handmade; the tactility of process and the artist's vision...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
Orrefors Sweden Thick Blown and Handmade Art Glass Perfume Bottle Heart Stopper
By Orrefors
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage clear signed Orrefors blown and handmade art glass perfume bottle with a heart shaped stopper.
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vessel made in Sweden circa 1980s.
Heavy perfum...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Tall White Opaline Glass Vase, French Work, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This tall decorative vase is made of white opaline glass. This is a French work. Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Opaline Glass
Group of FOUR Vintage African Beaded Bottles, Priced Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking group of four mid century bottles hand decorated with glass beads in bold colorful symbolic and geometric design with turned wood s...
Category
20th Century African Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass, Wood, Beads
Angelo Barovier a CANNE Bottle
Stopper, Murano
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Angelo Barovier (Italian, 1927-2008); Barovier
Toso (Italy)
Marking(s); notes: label
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 12.5"h, 5"w, 3"d
Addi...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
$1,750 Sale Price
30% Off
Alfredo Barbini Large Murano Glass Controlled Bubble Decanter Bottle White Gold
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Alfredo Barbini large Murano glass controlled bubble decanter bottle in white and gold. Matching original stopper is included.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Art Glass Jug by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d
Arte ca. 1962
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Murano Art Glass Jug by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte ca. 1962
A Murano art glass jug designed by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte ca. 1962. Cristallo antico...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Roger Capron - Vintage Ceramic Plate with Ram
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage Ceramic Plate with Ram by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled table...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
Thermo from Japan, Midcentury, Brown Bamboo with Metal Details, C 1950, Japan
Located in New York, NY
A thermo from circa 1950, Japan. Made of bamboo and brass details. midcentury design.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Brass
Salvador Dali for Rosso Antico Surrealist Design Glass Bottles, Signed, 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Excellent vintage condition original stoppers in tact
Beautiful succession of blue color light to dark
Each has a different serigraphed image created by Salvador Dali
Surrealist view...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass
Polychrome glass cane bottle attributed to Gio Ponti for Venini
By Gio Ponti
Located in Montreal, QC
Polychrome glass cane bottle attributed to Gio Ponti for Venini. underneath showing original Venini paper label. Italy: circa 1950
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
Hivo Van Teal Lucite Perfume Bottle Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Hivo Van Teal Mid-Century Modern Lucite perfume bottle sculpture.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Lucite
$650 Sale Price
40% Off
Roger Capron - Large Vintage Ceramic Vase with Handle
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Large Vintage Ceramic Vase with Handle by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring motifs such as stylized branches and geometrical suns. He was born in Vincennes, France on September 4...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Auböck #3632 Watering Can in Polished Brass and Cane
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #3632 watering can in polished brass and cane. Designed in the 1940s, this incredibly clean and refined Viennese watering can is executed in hand-woven cane, polished and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Brass
Roger Capron - Set of 4 Vintage Ceramic Goblets with Cobblestones
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Set of 4 Vintage Ceramic Goblets with Cobblestones by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of r...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
Roger Capron - Vintage Ceramic Vodka Decanter with Long Neck
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage ceramic decorative flask signed by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring mo...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Bottle with Stopper by Guido Gambone
Located in New York, NY
Stoneware. Bottle and stopper decorated with beige background. Yellow and brown interlocking motif throughout. Similar bottle available with a green geometric pattern.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Mid-Century Artisan Striped Cane Bottle Decanters like Gio Ponti for Venini
By Gio Ponti
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Unknown design/maker, unsigned, possibly Murano.
An amazing pair of hand-blown art glass bottles with matching stoppers. Thin walled, striping all through botles and the stoppers. ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
$956 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Venini Signed Murano Glass Bottle by Gio Ponti with Original Stopper, Italy 1997
Located in London, GB
A beautiful ‘a canne’ Murano blue art glass bottle designed by Gio Ponti and made by Venini in Murano, Venice, Italy in 1997.
The original design for this piece is by Gio Ponti a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass
Set of 3 Mid-Century Modern Style Large Red, Blue and Green Murano Glass Bottles
Located in London, GB
Set of 3 red, blue and green Murano glass bottles, Italy, 2000s
Red one is 75x12cm
Blue one is 56x15cm
green one is 43x23cm.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Murano Glass
Salviati Murano Glass Bottle, Handblown, Elegant Design, Italy, 1977
By Salviati
Located in Dronten, NL
An elegant and refined Murano glass bottle produced by the renowned Venetian firm Salviati, celebrated for its mastery of traditional glassmaking techniques and sophisticated modern ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Murano Glass
Antonio da Ros Murano Sommerso Glass Tall Stoppered Decanter
Located in Torquay, GB
Delightful Murano glass tall stoppered decanter by Antonio da Ros.
Large sommerso glass vase with the original 'Venetian Art Glass' silver foil label.
The stopper alone measures 32c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Uranium Glass
"Bumblebee, " Mid Century Jug in Purple
Blue by Gambone w/ Cubist Influence
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Astonishingly modern in color, texture and subject matter, this handled jug by the great mid century master, Guido Gambone, shows the clear influence of Cubism and Pablo Picasso in i...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Neal Small Vase
By Neal Small
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand Blown glass. Shown in the Moma.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
$6,930
Mid-Century Modern Murano Blue
Rust Art Glass Bottle with Stopper
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This heavy art glass bottle is unsigned and not labeled, but consistent with the style of the Italian Murano artist Angelo Seguso. This substantial art glass bottle is done in a thic...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass
Barbini Murano Sculptural Glass Carafe With Stopper, Italy 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Designed with a clean, modern form, this sculptural glass decanter blends seamlessly into mid-century and contemporary settings. The original Murano stopper...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Murano Glass
Monumental SOMMERSO fluted bottle / sphere stopper Luciano Mellara / Murano
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental SOMMERSO fluted bottle / sphere stopper Luciano Mellara / Hand Blown Murano,,,STUNNER!! Photos do this piece no justice. Stands nearly two feet high!!
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass
A Rare Paul Ysart Attributed Close-Pack Millefiori Art Glass Paperweight Bottle
By Paul Ysart
Located in New York, NY
This very rare Bottle is attributed to Paul Ysart, a Scottish glass artist known for his work in millefiori and paperweight techniques. The piece is executed in clear glass, encasing...
Category
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Cenedese Scavo Sea Grey-Blue Bowl and Bottle Set Romanesque Forms
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful set of ice blue art glass forms, Italy, circa 1950s. A pair of Gino Cenedese scavo vessels; a large shallow low bowl and tall squared bot...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass
$1,113 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Decorative Italian Crystal Bottle 1940s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Decorative crystal bottle made in Italy 1970s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Crystal
Lilac Hand Cut Crystal Glass And Brass Parfume Bottle, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s - 1950s.
This perfume bottle is made in cut crystal glass and brass.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be conside...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Brass
Roger Capron - Vintage Ceramic Whisky Bottle with Cobblestones
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage ceramic decorative flask signed by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring mo...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
Balenciaga 1950 Paris Perfume Crystal Bottles Trio in Coffret Set Le Dix Fuites
By Balenciaga
Located in Miami, FL
Balenciaga Paris perfume bottles trio in box.
Offered here is a darling trio of great Balenciaga perfumes in little quarter ounce flacons. The pe...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
$398 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Empoli Verde Duck Decanter attr. to Gio Ponti for Toso Bagnoli - 1960s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Empoli Verde Duck Decanter attr. to Gio Ponti for Toso Bagnoli
Gio Ponti Duck Wine Decanter
Mesaures : 14cmx23cm H:34,5cm
Material : Glass
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Glass
Murano Vintage Silver Flecks Purple Pulled Feather Italian Art Glass Decanter
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown silver flecks and purple swirl over white Italian art glass decanter. Created in the manner of designer Franco Moretti, circa 1970s. It is made wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Silver Leaf
Decorative Midcentury Ceramic Flower Vase by Pat Rowland
circa 1960s
By Pat Rowland
Located in London, GB
Decorative elongated ceramic flower vase (circa 1960s) by Pat Rowland. This mid-century ceramic flower vase is elegantly glazed in a golden brown, darker a...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
$1,422 Sale Price
20% Off
Marcello Fantoni Ceramic Bottle Vase, Glazed Stoneware, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Italian artist Marcello Fantoni ceramic bottle vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1970s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a personal friend of...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Ceramic Small Bottle by Bitossi
By Bitossi
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian ceramic oil bottle by Bitossi 1960s.
Colourful hand painted oil container beautiful piece to have on table.
Signature and numbers on the bottom.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
$350 Sale Price
30% Off
Empoli Italian Glass Grape Purple Vase
By Empoli
Located in Chicago, IL
Empoli Italian glass grape purple vase.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass
White Carl-Arne Breger Modernist Watering Can Vessel for Gustavsberg Sweden 1959
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
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Plastic
50s-60s Murano Glass Rigaree Perfume Bottle with Gold Polveri - Barovier
Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
50s-60s Murano Glass Rigaree Perfume Bottle with Gold Polveri - Barovier
Toso (assumed)
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Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Gold Leaf
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Mid-Century Orrefors Crystal Decanter with Stopper
By Orrefors
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Mid-Century Modern vintage crystal decanter with stopper by Orrefors (Swedish, founded 1898), c. 1960's. Engraved signature to base Orrefors HM 2498 - this particular style was by Edvard Hall.
Includes original red Orrefors Sweden sticker with logo.
"Orrefors HM 2498" etched into base.
Measures 11.5" H x 3" W x 3" D.
Orrefors Glassworks was founded in 1898 on the same site where ironworks operations had been run since 1726. In the same year that the glassworks was founded, a hot shop was built for making technical, medical and household glass and stemware to make use of waste wood and labour. Glass now replaced the less profitable ironworks operations.
In 1913, Consul Johan Ekman from Gothenburg became the new owner of Orrefors Glassworks. He appointed Albert Ahlin as manager of the glassworks and this marked the start of a new era. In 1914, Orrefors started manufacturing crystal products, and as well as cut crystal according to purchased patterns and samples, Orrefors made art glass using the overlay technique with etched decoration. The new management quickly saw that artists were needed in the business, so Simon Gate was employed in 1916 and was joined by Edward Hald a year later.
That same year, Gate and Hald made their first tentative attempts at figure engraving. They also experimented with the new innovative graal (grail) glass technique that was developed at Orrefors by the master glassblower Knut Bergqvist. The major successes were achieved a few years later at the Gothenburg Exhibition in 1923, and in particular at the Paris Exhibition in 1925. The thin engraved glass was admired by the surrounding world, and both Orrefors and the artists themselves were awarded the Grand Prix.
The successes of Simon Gate and Edward Hald in Paris in 1925 constituted the start of the long Orrefors tradition of creative design closely combined with genuine and innovative craftsmanship.
Since then, new designers and skilled glassmakers have continued in the spirit of Gate and Hald. Vicke Lindstrand and Edvin Öhrström with the new glass technique called Ariel in the 1930s. Sven Palmqvist with Kraka and Ravenna in the 1940s. And in the 1950s with Fuga, which, along with Nils Landberg’s slender tulip-shaped glass “Tulpan” and Ingeborg Lundin’s apple-shaped vase “Äpplet”, are now seen as symbols of the renaissance of Swedish design. The 1960s are associated with Gunnar Cyrén’s Pop glass, and in the 1970s, Eva Englund, Olle Alberius, Lars Hellsten and Jan Johansson as well as Cyrén worked at the glassworks.
Since the 1980s, designers such as Anne Nilsson, Erika Lagerbielke, Helen Krantz, Matz Borgström, Per B Sundberg, Martti Rytkönen, Lena Bergström, Ingegerd Råman, Malin Lindahl and Efva Attling...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Crystal
Bolle Collection by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini 1966
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Landscapes of glass and colour. Below and above. Before and after. Bolle ( Bubbles ) transforms air into matter, in two distinct chromatic areas, physically united with the incalmo t...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Murano Glass
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini Fasce Orizzontale Bottle w/ Stopper
Located in North Miami, FL
Extremely rare large blue striped hand blown Murano glass bottle and stopper. Decorated with two hot applied vivid blue bands. Listed in the Venini archives under the reference 4315,...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-century Modern bottles for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern bottles for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage bottles created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern bottles made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original bottles, popular names associated with this style include Roger Capron, Empoli, Blenko, and Fratelli Toso. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for bottles differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $89 and tops out at $114,459 while the average work can sell for $950.
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