Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
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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Vintage, Large Ceramic Fat Lava Henkel Vase Marked 606-24 W Germany
Located in Verviers, BE
These original vintage Henkel vase was produced in the 1960s in Germany.
It is made of ceramic pottery.
The bottom are marked the vase 606-24 W Germany
Straight forward and minimal...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bay
Brasil" Vase by Bodo Mans
By Bay Keramik, Bodo Mans
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A stunning and rare Bay Keramik floor vase finished with renowned designer Bodo Mans's 'Brasil' décor (1958).
BODO MANS was born in 1935. From 1949 to 1951 he apprenticed as a window dresser and a decorative painter. He next trained as a graphic designer in Cologne before taking up the study of ceramics at the technical school in Höhr-Grenzhausen (1954-1956). After brief employment as a ceramic painter with Keto Keramik, he took a temporary job at the Madoura company in Vallauris, a small community in southeastern France bordering the resort town of Antibes. The Madoura workshop is famously where Picasso realized his ceramic designs while living in Vallauris (1948-1955).
Following his 1957 return to Germany and a short stint with Ruscha Keramik...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Trinket Dish by Piero Fornasetti. Sun Burst "Solo Pattern"
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Trinket Dish by Piero Fornasetti.
Sun Burst "Solo Pattern",
1960s-70s
The circular ceramic dish has a sun burst design in black and white...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Bitossi by Aldo Londi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Nice vase from Bitossi by Aldo Londi. The Rimini pattern executed in glossy dark green.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bruno Karlsson, Table Lamp, Brown-Glazed Stoneware, Studio Ego, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed stoneware table lamp designed by Bruno Karlsson and produced by Ego Stengods, Sweden, c. 1960s.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 10.8125 x 5.062...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Mid Century Modern Ceramic Studio Signed Stamped Pottery Bowl.
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Mid Century Modern Ceramic Studio Signed Stamped Pottery Bowl. Circa 1960s
Features a brutalist inspired design with an incised raw partially glazed exterior and an abstrac...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$280 Sale Price
41% Off
Vintage Orange Small Vase, 20th Century, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. Made in Poland. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Vintage Ship Motif Ceramic Creamer Pitcher in Blue and Pink - Japan
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small ceramic ship motif creamer pitcher. This piece features a ship with tall sails on a blue background with a pink border. The bottom is marked "Made in Japan".
Dimensions:
3....
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Brown Mid Century Rustic Stoneware Ceramic Pitcher by Rouillard 1975 La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Rouillard
Unique handmade mid XXth century ceramic pitcher
Original brown stoneware ceramic color
Signed under the base
Original perfect condition
Measures: Height 21 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Fritte Bowl, Italy 1960
s
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Exceptionally large and thick-walled Bitossi “fritte” bowl, the bottom filled with gem-like fused glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Artichoke Set of Glazed Ceramic Tableware Pieces, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Beautiful artichoke and leaves 8 pieces crockery /tableware / serveware set. Spain, 1960s
This serving set is made in dark green glazed ceramic and it is comprised by:
1 artichoke sugar bowl / sauce tureen with lid+ 1 small serving spoon+ 1 small plate
1 serving small bowl
2 leaf shaped small plates
1 artichoke salt shaker+ 1 artichoke pepper...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Artistic Vintage Danish Pottery Bowl from the 1950s
Located in Søborg, DK
Vintage artistic Danish pottery bowl with a beautiful abstract design
Signed on the base but artist unknown
No cracks or chips.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
$375 Sale Price
31% Off
abstract WGP Ceramic handmade abstract Wall Plate "BIRDS" Object, Germany 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic wall plate
Decade:
1960s
Producer:
in style of Atelier Schäffenacker, Germany
This original vintage ceramic wall plate with abstract hand-painted and colorf...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Wall Pockets with Harlequin Mask Alien Faces
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of wall pockets are sculptures are marked by an unknown maker, but originated from Japan and date to approximately 1940 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Pink Vase, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Pink vase in amazing shape. Produced in 1960s in Poland.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The outer re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Georges Jouve French Ceramic Artist Dish Leaf Motif
Located in Chicago, IL
Georges Jouve French ceramic artist small leaf dish.Black glaze with multi color hand carved glazed motif of leaf in the interior.
Signed with Jouve cyph...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Vintage Transparent Oberglass Vase Rock Crystal, Austria, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Ober Glass, or rather Ingrid Glashutte, is a company based in Germany but with glassworks in Austria. Currently defunct, but operating from the early 1960s to the end of the 1970s. p...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Large Glazed Teal and Brown Ceramic Vase with Florist
s Label
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful West German vase. Signed D.O.K. HS ' on bottom and with a florist's label that reads Bloemenmagazijn "Andreanum" Grouw Tel 1391. Regarded as the golden age of ceramics, hig...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century, Fausto Melotti Set of 28 Ceramic Tiles, 1970
Located in Turin, Turin
Fausto Melotti (Rovereto 1901 - Milan 1986) was an Italian sculptor, painter and musician. He was born in Rovereto when it belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and he attended th...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Tall Brown Hand Thrown Ceramic Vase with Lip by Mobach
By Mobach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Excellent tall brown ceramic vase with lip by Mobach. Regarded as the golden age of ceramics, highly collectable 1950s-1970s Art Pottery is known for experimental and exploratory gla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three Decorative White Ceramic Boxes or Pots by Lion French Handmade
By Eugène Lion
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Eugene Lion,
circa 1940
Set of three decorative pots or boxes in stoneware ceramic.
Elegant white ceramic glaze color.
Original form of the 20th mid-century design.
n°...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
DeSimone of Italy, Hand Painted Ceramic Mid-Century Cup And Saucer c1960
By DeSimone
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
DeSimone of Italy, ceramic cup and saucer, hand decorated with girl holding flowers
A fun piece of Italian dash
Circa 1960's
Signed DeSimone, Italy
Cup: Height 2 inch, Diameter 4.25 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A Rut Bryk Karjalainen Talo
Karelian House
Blue Ceramic Wall Plaque, 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
An outstanding piece of art by one of the leading names of the mid-century Finnish ceramic scene. This large and colorful wall plaque made by Rut Bryk ...
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Johnathan Adler Couture Bowl Early Handmade
Located in Westport, CT
Johnathan Adler handmade ceramic couture bowl circa 1980s made for a friend early and rare.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 4 Pottery Vases "313" Designed by Kurt Tschörner Ruscha, Germany, 1960s
By Ruscha
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Height: 5.91 in (15 cm)Width: 7.88 in (20 cm)Depth: 6.7 in (17 cm)
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Vintage Red and Gray Dots Murano Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Murano glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Vintage Mid-Century Glazed Ashtray Catchall, 1960s
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage glazed ashtray/catchall piece, unique and classic of its period. This piece provides versatility and colorful fun with its beautiful color and finish. Ideal for your mid century or Atomic MCM decor...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$188 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Green Majolica Salt Cellar Vallauris
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Green Majolica Salt Cellar with leaves Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Midcentury West German Vase
Located in Troy, MI
West German tall ceramic vase has a gray blue glaze with a bold incised and glazed decorative border at the top, circa 1960s. Unknown maker - we cannot make out manufacturer’s number...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Black Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture by Joelle Deroubaix circa 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Joelle Deroubaix
Original abstract stoneware ceramic sculpture
Elegant black ceramic glazes colors
20th mid-century french design
Unique piece
Signed at the base
He...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Brown Abstract Ceramic Vase by Tim Orr Free Stone Form, circa 1975
By Tim Orr
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Tim Orr
Abstract ceramic free form
Brown stoneware ceramic vase
Original perfect condition
Signed under the base
Measures: Height 11 cm
Large 10 cm
Depth 11 cm.
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Pitcher by DeSimone, Decorative Vase, Italy, C 1960, Red, Green
Yellow
By DeSimone
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic pitcher by DeSimone, Italy, C 1960. This is a wild design with beautiful strong colors, red, green, yellow on a white background.
The pitcher is signed. It can be used as a p...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Carl-Harry Stålhane
Kent Eriksson, Table Lamp Glazed Stoneware, Studio, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A cream, glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Carl-Harry Stålhane and Kent Eriksson, Sweden, c. 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-Century West German Ceramic Vase with Stylized Flowers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
West German ceramic vase with stylized flowers and original label 'Keramikfabrik Uebelacker Ransbach/Westerwald. Marked 1835/25 401' on bottom. Wear consistent with its age and use.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tremiti vase square black Angelo Mangiarotti Aura edition
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Angelo Mangarotti Tremiti vase square black model. It is famous as Italian modern masterpiece ceramics published by Danese in the 60s. This model is published by Aura, Kyoto Japan ar...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Teapot and Jug Blå eld by Hertha Bengtsson for Gustavsberg Sweden
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A Mid Century Modern teapot and milk jug from the series "Blå eld" translated to Blue fire in English is quality earthenware from Rörstrand, Sweden desig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Mid Century Vintage Transparent Art Glass Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good original condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Crystal
Jumbo, Brown, West German Ceramic Vase with Round Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful brown glazed West German ceramic vase with round handle. In original condition with wear consistent with age and use. Marked 1782/45.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Ceramic German Jugs by Ceramano
By Ceramano
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Four hand-crafted jugs made in Germany in the Seventies by Ceramano, they are in perfect conditions and labeled and signed on the bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Modern Stoneware Vase Rörstrand Carl Harry Stålhane, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This stunning piece of ceramic was produced at Rörstrand and maker/designer Carl Harry Stålhane. Made in Sweden in the 1950s. Beautiful glazed vases with nice lines. Its rounded bott...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage French Ceramic Decorative Stein by Gustave Reynaud for Le Mûrier Studio
By Le Murier
Located in London, GB
Vintage French ceramic decorative stein by Gustave Reynaud, Le Mûrier studio (circa 1960s). A delightful drinking vessel (or preferably a small flower vase perhaps?) with handle in t...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$369 Sale Price
40% Off
Vintage Ceramic Floor or Table Lamp Orange Glaze
Located in Verviers, BE
Dramatic Ceramic floor lamp orange glaze with a narrow neck
In excellent condition and in full working order having recently been re-wired and provided with new fittings E27
And sa...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Large Ceramic Relief Tile Plaque by Helmut Schaffenacker
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern large relief tile handmade fat lava Helmut Schaffenacker ceramic wall plaque sail boats colorful abstract West German art.
Wonderful and colorful midcentury matte...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Deruta, Hand-Painted Ceramic Vase, Figure of a Dragon, Italy, 1960s
By Deruta
Located in Roma, IT
Bellissimo vaso in stile RAFFAELLO , raffigurante un Drago
Deruta, Italy, 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Blue Vase by Vladislav Urban for Sklo Union, 20th Century, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A graduate of Karol Štipl. He studied together with František Vízner, with whom he was often compared. Vízner and urban began working as designers at Rudolf Hut after graduation, in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Bruno Gambone Ceramic Italian Modernist Design Covered Box Desk Set
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Ceramic covered box with target design and cup desk set created by Bruno Gambone of Florence, Italy. Box measures 5.5" in diameter by 3.5" in heigh...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century White Poodle Dog Sculpture II, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Painted ceramic, good original vintage condition.
Damaged leg - was repaired - shown on pictures.
Beautiful and unique decorative sculpture.
White Poodle Dog Sculpture was produce...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Jean Lurcat Ceramic Plate – Ochre – Combatant c1955, France
By Jean Lurçat
Located in London, GB
Jean Lurçat 1892-1966
Combatant c1955
Plate – Ochre –
Glazed Ceramic, 21.5 cm diameter
Inscribed "Dessin J. Lurçat, Sant Vicens" on verso
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Orange Ceramic Vase Enzo Bioli for Il Picchio, Italy 1970s
By Enzo Bioli
Located in Rome, IT
Orange ceramic vase by the Italian designer Enzo Bioli for IL PICCHIO.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
The original signature is still visible on the bottom, as shown in the pictu...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti Astrolabio plate series
By Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
Astrolabio series 2 of 2 ceramic and gold dishes by Piero Fornasetti. Italian with original malachite print decorated boxes.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bagni Ceramiche Red and Black Vase Alvino Bagni Italy, circa 1970
Located in Pymble, NSW
A bottle shaped vase with a ring neck, reminiscent of an 18th century glass decanter, in black with a red swirl pattern glaze. With its original Raymor label.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Polia Pillin California Studio Pottery Seated Girl with Bird Lidded Trinket Box
By Polia Pillin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large ceramic lidded trinket box in shades of blue with decoration of a seated woman and bird. Created by Polia Pillin of Los Angeles, California,...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
“Entrelac” Max Idlas Ceramic Vessel, France 1950
s
By Max Idlas
Located in New York, NY
Large Woven ceramic vessel with amazing craftsmanship and gunmetal glaze.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Picault Vallauris France Ceramic Olive Pot Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000)
French ceramist in Vallauris
Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs.
His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors.
A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop.
In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet.
Robert Picault Vallauris France Olive Pot...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Modern Large Ceramic Bowl Rörstrand AXK Gunnar Nylund, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderful largest model of the AXK bowl manufactured in the 1950s at Rörstrand, designed by Gunnar Nylund.
The bowl has a wonderful glaze and it lifts the shape of the bowl to a won...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase with Flower Frog
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase with Flower Frog is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. With a S...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
MidCentury Vintage Artistic Glass Orange Vase, Tarnowiec, Sulczan, Europe, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vase made in the Tarnowiec Glassworks located in Poland,
designed by J. Słuczan-Orkusz.
Soda glass, mass-colored, hand-formed.
Vintage product from 1970s
Dimensions: height 17 cm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Floor Vase
Scheurich, Model 553-38
W-Germany, 1960s
Located in Verviers, BE
Floor Vase 'Scheurich, Model 553-38' W-Germany, 1960s
Satin finish ('half gloss') W-Germany, 1960s.
Stamped on base. (hard to verify under the glaze) 553...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Vintage Transparent Art Glass Small Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good original condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Crystal
Cylindric Handmade Brutalist Ceramic Vase Mid Century Modern Fat Lava Ikebana
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This Mid Century ceramic vase is a stunning piece from the 1960s, featuring a distinctive beige-brown Fat Lava glaze. Its most notable feature is the unique opening in the body, whic...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$825 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-century Modern ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern ceramics 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 ceramics created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, stoneware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern ceramics 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 ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Rörstrand, Gunnar Nylund, Roger Capron, and Bitossi. 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 ceramics differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $113,467 while the average work can sell for $901.
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Bruno Geyer
Burmese Silver Cup
Ceramic Wine Goblets
Ceramics Gustavo Perez
Chinese Export Blue And White Plate 18 Century
Clews Transferware
Cup With Lithophane
Dansk Dinnerware
Dansk Espresso
Dansk Mug
Dip A Mano
Don Schaumburg Flared Studio Bowl
Ernest Miller Ceramics
Famille Verte Cabbage Leaf And Butterfly
Fitz And Floyd Mug
Fornasetti Espresso Cups
Fornasetti Espresso
Francois Roger France Ceramics