Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Rosenthal Andy Warhol "Golden Angels" Plate, New in Box
By Andy Warhol, Rosenthal
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Andy Warhol Christmas Golden Angels plate. New in box.
Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop artist of our time, ...
Category
Early 2000s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Le Corbusier Unglazed Porcelain Tray by Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tray designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and the Le Corbusier Foundation in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Cassina takes its inspiration from the genius o...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
FORNASETTI Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate #81
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the smoking face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, no.81 / made in Milano Italy circa 1960
Original ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$441 Sale Price
30% Off
MCM Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes
Variations Porcelain Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Surrealist Icon: Piero Fornasetti for Rosenthal "Themes & Variations" Plate,
Motiv 22,
Circa 1980s
A striking and highly collectible porcelain plate from the celebrated "Themes & V...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Italian Porcelain Mountain Lion by Giulia Mangani for Oggetti
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A very large-scale gorgeous Italian porcelain mountain lion designed by Giulia Mangani and made for Oggetti.
Wonderful lifelike details with beautiful hand-painted gold tones.
Sign...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$2,500 Sale Price
26% Off
Multicolor Rainbow Coffee Porcelain Set with Gold Rims, Spain 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Demitasse Tea or Espresso Coffee Set, service for 6, Porcelain
An elegant and colorful porcelain gold rimmed demitasse coffee service for six. Spain, 1950s
Eye-catching multicolor gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,515 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rosenthal Porcelain Themes
Variations Plate For Piero Fornasetti, The Sun
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
The Sun,
Rosenthal Factory,
Motiv Number 18,
1980s
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as the face of the sun amongst clouds. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen German Weiss Porcelain Garden Bird Figure
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a collection of white and blanc de chine figures we are pleased to offer this fine German porcelain figure of a garden bird by renowned maker Meissen ...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Faience Ellen Malmer Design Year Mug 1974
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Danish Royal Copenhagen contemporary design year mug designed by Ellen Malmer and dated 1974. The large, handled porcelain mug is of cylindrical shape standing on a round u...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Silver
Lladro Porcelain Floral Vase, 1970s
By Lladro
Located in Barcelona, ES
A beautiful porcelain floral vase designed by Julio Fernández and manufactured by Lladró. Spain, 1970s.
This elegant glazed porcelain vase has a clean design with floral and foliage ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Christian Thomsen Royal Copenhagen Two Girls and Doll Figure
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce Danish Royal Copenhagen porcelain figure of two girls with a doll designed by Christian Thomsen (1860-1921) and dating from the mid 20th century. The figure stands raised on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate for the Year 1988
Located in Brussels, BE
Piero Fornasetti calendar porcelain plate for the year 1988.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Serving Oval Dish With Golden Border Gilding from Meissen
Located in Bastogne, BE
Antique Oval Deep Dish from Meissen
Meissen creates simple but impeccably elegant collections that fit perfectly into absolutely any interior, whether it is a strict classic or eleg...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20 Piece Porcelain Fish Set
Located in Vista, CA
20 Piece French Porcelain fish set. 20th century, consisting of a fourteen piece set by Porcelaines de Sologne, comprised of 12 plates, and Oval pla...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,500 / set
HOLIDAY GIFT - Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line, Porcelain Vase
Located in Bochum, NRW
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal studio-linie, bird decor painted in shades of blue, Germany, 1970s
Marked to the bottom.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions:
Diameter 10 cm [3.9 in.]
Heigh...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Porcelain Tea and Coffee Set
Located in Antwerp, BE
The beautiful set comprised of a tea or coffee pot, a cream jug and a sugar bowl with lid and twelve cups and saucers, each piece with gilded borders; Portuguese exquisite Porcelain,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,894 / set
Set for Six People for Tea and Espresso by Ceramica Franco Pozzi Milano
By Franco Pozzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
this is a espresso set for six some of pieces have some dents and shown on the photos but is still usable no cracks
Franco Pozzi work and exhibit with Gio Ponti in Milano.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
$618 Sale Price / set
34% Off
Mid-Century Modern Noritake Japan Coffee / Tea Set for 4 Snowville Porcelain
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare set of coffee tea for 4 great condition circa 1963 in white porcelain great condition like new, no chips or cracks, 4 snack plates - 8....
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Rattan
$460 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of Six Charlotte Perriand Porcelain Dinnerware Plates by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Hand-decorated porcelain dinnerware service, based on ancient influences filtered through the modern sensibilities of an extraordinary pioneer of modernity.
Designed by Cassina in ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Le Corbusier Unglazed Porcelain Tray by Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
TRay designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and the Le Corbusier Foundation in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Cassina takes its inspiration from the genius o...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Surreal Themes And Variations Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Surreal Themes And Variations Plate,
Cracked Ice Design,
Motiv Number 23,
With Original Black Box,
1980s
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as a female Bacchus. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain "Cook" Pattern Dinner Plate, Cobra a L
Indienne
Located in Downingtown, PA
Exotic Irony: Fornasetti's "Cobra a L'Indienne" Dinner Plate,
Piero Fornasetti and the Serpent's Secret.
This striking porcelain plate, titled "Cobra a L'Indienne," is a brilliant e...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Porcelain and Brass Coffee Set, First Half of the 1900s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Porcelain and Brass Coffee Set, Made in Italy, First half of the 1900s.
Very rare porcelain service consisting of 6 cups, made of porcelain and brass, and 1 sugar bowl made of porce...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Brass
FORNASETTI Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate #14
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri through a keyhole, no.14 / made in Milano Italy circa 1960
O...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$441 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair Porcelain "Bulldogs with Puppies" by Fitz and Floyd Co., American
Located in Incline Village, NV
Charming pair of porcelain white seated Bulldogs holding a pair of puppies each from their mouth in a straw basket with a blue bow around their necks; mounted on a blue base. Conditi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Rosenthal Black and White Monochrome Dish by Hans-Theo Baumann, 1960s
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and scarce vintage midcentury German porcelain rounded bowl of shallow form decorated with a central black star and web des...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hand-Painted Porcelain Figural Pitcher / Jug with Handle by Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool hand-painted porcelain figural pitcher / jug with handle by celebrated Danish ceramicist and illustrator, Bjorn Wiinblad, circa 1961. The piece is in good vintage condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Le Corbusier Unglazed Porcelain Tray by Cassina
By Cassina, Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
TRay designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and the Le Corbusier Foundation in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Cassina takes its inspiration from the genius o...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Serving Tray, Europe, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Good Original Condition
Made from Wood, Glass and Chrome
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain 1950s figurine “Lolita” dancing signed lladro, Spain
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Porcelain 1950s figurine “Lolita” dancing signed lladro, Spain
Spain / 1950 / figurine dancer / Lladro / porcelain / Mid-century / Vintage
An unusual ...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Le Arpie Gentili Porcelain Coasters, 8
Located in Astoria, NY
Set of Eight Piero Fornasetti "Le Arpie Gentili" Porcelain Coasters, depicting caged harpy with hand-colored embellishments, marked "Le Arpie / Gentili / Fornasetti Milano / Made in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Milano
Fiori
Pattern Porcelain Plates, Set of Twelve, circa 1965
By Fornasetti
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An incredibly rare set of 12 large porcelain dinner plates in the 'Fiori' pattern designed by Piero Fornasetti and produced by Fornasetti - Milano, circa 1965. There are two plates o...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Royal Copenhagen Denmark Porcelain Quaking Grass Coffee Service
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine vintage Danish porcelain set. Pieces Signed on underside. Service of eight with small cake plates. All with artistic decoration to the porcelain. Porcelain is a ivory color (h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe plate,
Numbered #7 in Series
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe in a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Spanish Lladro Porcelain Floral Large Centerpiece Vase
By Lladro
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Lladró Porcelain Floral Centerpiece vase
A beautiful porcelain floral centerpiece designed by Julio Fernández and manufactured by L...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Paragon Double Warrant Bone China Teacup
Saucer with Floral Pattern
By Paragon
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This teacup and saucer set was made by the renowned Paragon fine bone china factory of England in approximately 1960. The set is done with a robin egg blue ground with a large flowered pattern on the inside of the cup which is replicated on the saucer. The cup is done with a wide square mouth...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabio Model 2 Celestial Compass Wall Plate Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Astro Labio" series. Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Black Gold Measurement Insulator Paperweight Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Piero Fornasetti porcelain insulator paperweight is gold with a black background. Italian through and through. It is titled cleverly ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Vintage Italian Midcentury Porcelain Greyhound Dog Sitting on Blue Cushion
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage Italian porcelain greyhound dog from the mid-20th century resting on a comfortable-looking blue cushion. Born in Italy during the midcent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Mid-Century Modern Design Multi-Color Porcelain Bottle Vase, 1960s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Mid-Century Modern design Rosenthal multi-color porcelain bottle or vase with Rosenthal Logo printed on one side in excellent vintage condition, circa 1960
Please note that the it...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Charlotte Prerriand Set of Two Dessert Tronc Plates For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Charlotte Prerriand Set of Two Dessert Tronc Plates For Cassina
The exclusivity of a hand-decorated porcelain dinnerware service, based on ancient influences filtered through the mo...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pierre Cardin Porcelain Vase, Blue Wave, 1960s, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful flower vase made in white cylindrical porcelain, designed by Pierre Paulin, also with a logo on the vase, which is consistently applied to all his ceramiques of this settin...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$217 Sale Price
50% Off
1940s Set of Small Five Pastel Colored Soliflor Porcelain Vases
Located in Milan, IT
A splendid set of small 1940s Five Pastel Colored Soliflor Porcelain Vases,
For great table settings.
These are New, Old Stock in their original packaging.
Ten multi-colored sets a...
Category
1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$236 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Marius Giuge Fine Gilded Ceramic Tea and Coffee Set, Vallauris, circa 1960s
By Marius Giuge
Located in Antwerp, BE
The beautiful set comprised of a tea or coffee pot, a cream jug and a sugar bowl with lid and thirteen cups and saucers, each piece with gilded borders.
Exquisite ceramic, a make pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Herons by Jaroslaw Jezek, Royal Dux, 1958
By Royal Dux
Located in Meda, MB
This elegant and fine Royal Dux porcelain figurine sculpture was produced in the Czech Republic in 1958. It features a modern design by Ja...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti, Vintage Plate from the Series of Church Domes Cupole d
Italia
By Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Decorated porcelain
Plate number 5 from the series Cupole d’Italia: Cupola di San Lorenzo a Torino.
Each plate with a different dome of an Italian church seen from the inside named and numbered on the reverse. These plates were designed and executed for building contractor Andrea Brenta, Milan, as Christmas presents...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six Charlotte Perriand Porcelain Dinnerware Plates by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Hand-decorated porcelain dinnerware service, based on ancient influences filtered through the modern sensibilities of an extraordinary pioneer of modernity.
Designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
12 Colorfull Moccacups with Violets Hutschenreuther Selb Bavaria
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
12 colorfull moccacups with violets Hutschenreuther Selb Bavaria.
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1960s La Fonda Del Sol Restaurant Salt Shakers Girard Midcentury
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Alexander Girard for Mayer China / Minners. Made in the 1960s. Bollard-form salt shakers. Identical each with single hole. No chips, no cracks. Some crazing to the white bands around...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$796 Sale Price / set
20% Off
3 Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Table Lamps with Blue Conifer Cone by Fog
Mørup
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Three large table lamps with Blue Conifer Cone by Fog & Mørup For Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Company
The lamps are sold and priced individually. Discount available if sold as a grou...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Andy Warhol ‘Daisy‘’ XL Cup and Saucer
By Andy Warhol, Rosenthal
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line XL cup with saucer, suitable for a latte, soup, tea or your cereals. Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time.
The Flowers print port...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Hallmarked Porcelain Rectangle Serving Bowls Pair Of
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of fabulous and hard to find vintage 1960's hallmarked Italian Piero Fornasetti porcelain rectangular serving bowls or appetizer dishes have hand painted vegetables or frui...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Adamo or Adam Porcelain Plate # 7, Signed, Excellent Condition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Adamo or Adam porcelain plate number 7. Signed. Excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Bowl Darina By Ditmar Urbach, Czechoslovakia 1960s
Located in Zohor, SK
Large vintage ceramic bowl by Ditmar Urbach. Original stamp, and label visible on the bottom. The bowl is marked Darina, a name of a woman. As it was usual for the ceramic creators t...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$130 Sale Price
50% Off
Arrigo Finzi Lidded Pot in Porcelain and Oro Zecchino
By Arrigo Finzi
Located in Hanover, MA
A stunning 1940 Italian white porcelain lidded pot finely decorated with Zodiac figures from classical antiquity in 24k "Oro Zecchino" by Arrigo Finzi.
Gilt ceramic lid.
Signed Finzi Oro Zecchino Made in Italy on underside of potiche and Hutschenreuther on underside of cover.
Finzi often hand painted his designs on Hutschenreuther and Heinrich blanks.
Arrigo Finzi was the only Italian silversmith to be selected to participate in the exhibition "Italy at work, her renaissance in design today", promoted by the CNA (Compagnia Nazionale Artigiana) and hosted by 12 important American museums from 1950-1952 to present the best of the decorative arts produced in Italy since the end of the war. For years now, his production has also extended to porcelain decorated in pure gold. In 1952 he opens a store of two floors in Via Manzoni 17 in Milan and in 1954 he creates Finzi Arte, with the collaboration of his daughter Olga Finzi...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold Leaf
S.C. Richard S. Cristoforo Porcelain Tea Service, Italy 1930s
Located in Naples, IT
Antique white and pink porcelain tea set, six cups, six saucers, sugar bowl, coffee pot and milk jug, very good condition, 1930s, saucer diamete...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Eva or Eve Porcelain Plate # 8, Signed, Unused
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Eva or Eve porcelain plate number 8. Signed. Appears to be unused.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bowl by Kay Frank, White Porcelain, Scandinavian, Arabia, Finland, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Bowl designed by Kay Frank, designer of Arabia, circa 1957, porcelain. This is a new item, circa 2000. Made in Finland. midcentury design.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coasters Il Mondo Alla Rovescia Set Of Eight
Located in North Miami, FL
These theatrical vintage Piero Fornasetti complete set of 8 hand painted very colorful porcelain coasters and or small plates are Mid-Century Modern. They are for an opera and in translation of English for the opera mean Topsy Turvy. Great barware. These are not common. They come in their original round gold box...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Pair of Herend Porcelain Eagles
By Herend
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Pair of Herend porcelain eagles.
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,421 / set
Mid-century Modern porcelain for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern porcelain 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 porcelain created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern porcelain made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original porcelain, popular names associated with this style include Piero Fornasetti, Rosenthal, Royal Copenhagen, and Bing
Grøndahl. 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 porcelain differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $41 and tops out at $26,875 while the average work can sell for $582.
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Meissen Hentschel
Meissen Jug
Minton Coffee
Minton Cup And Saucer
Nantgarw China
Pierced Porcelain Plates
Pink And White Antique China
Pink Minton
Porcelain Slipper
Portmeirion Vintage
Raynaud Limoges
Reticulated Porcelain Bowl
Richard Ginori Pittoria