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
Beswick Barracuda Model No 1235, Porcelain Figurine
Located in København, Copenhagen
Beswick Barracuda model no 1235. Porcelain figurine.
In excellent condition.
Measures 26.5 cm. x 13 cm.
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Rosenthal Porcelain Flower Cylinder Vase by Wolf Bauer, Germany
By Rosenthal
Located in Barntrup, DE
A hand-painted Rosenthal porcelain vase designed by Wolf Bauer, the Studio-Linie line, Germany, 1970s-1980s.
The white porcelain vase is in a cylindrical form and is adorned with br...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Set of 6 Fornasetti Mural Plates by Louis Vuitton
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fornasetti Mural plate set, co-designed by Johnny Coca and the Italian atelier Fornasetti, each featuring a unique motif echoing the antiquity theme from the Louis Vuitton Women's Fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$3,120 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve Porcelain Plate # 3, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve porcelain dinner plate number 3. Signed. Never used as a dinner plate.
Category
Mid-20th Century 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
Its swivel
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Chrome
Kenji Fujita for Tackett Associates, Four Bowls in Porcelain, Dated 1953-56
Located in København, Copenhagen
Kenji Fujita for Tackett Associates. Four bowls in porcelain. Dated 1953-56.
Measures: 15.5 x 5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Kaiser Vase Model No 246, 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful bisque Op-Art porcelain vase by Kaiser Keramik Germany, 1960, with a reptilian relief, model no. 246 (spherical version).
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Italian Gilt Porcelain Plate Puccini Portrait
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of Italian composer, Giacomo...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rare Vintage Matador
Bull Porcelain Dinner Plates Set of Six
By Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
These wonderful hard to find and hard to come by complete set of RARE wonderful bullfight black and white vintage Mid-Century Modern porcelain dinner plates are the genius work and i...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rectangular White Dish, Gerold Porcelain, Bavaria Porcelain Serving Dish
Located in Bastogne, BE
The rectangular serving dish Bavaria West Germany is made of high-quality porcelain with white glaze.
The product has a cute and delicate pattern in the form of a three-dimensional ornament. Such a plate will perfectly fit into the interior of your kitchen and will be a worthy addition to the festive and everyday table...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea and Coffee Set "Elka" by Jezek for Brezova-Pirkenhammer, 1960s
By Pirkenhammer
Located in Praha, CZ
Elka coffee and tea set designed by Jaroslav Jezek in 1957
Awarded by Grand Prix at the Expo 1958
Manufactured and marked by Brezova - Pirkenhammer
6 tea cups with plates
6 coffee cu...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Blue and White Kobalt Porcelain Vase by Schumann Arzberg Vintage Vase
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage blue and white porcelain vase
Large cobalt vase
Schumann Arzberg Germany
High, floor Vase Made of porcelain known manufactory Schumann...
Category
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal, Five Romanze Blue Flower Porcelain Plates, 1960s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal. Five Romanze Blue Flower Porcelain Plates.
1960s.
Measure: Diameter: 19.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Modern German Blue
White Porcelain Coffee or Tea Set by Rosenthal
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful German porcelain coffee or tea cup set, with creamer and sugar, in white with touches of gold and blue. Set includes six cups, one creamer and one sugar bowl with lid, al...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$780 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabio Model 5 Porcelain Plate Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Fanstastic vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate. Model 5 from the "Astro Labio" series. Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Doll Heads, 1960.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of porcelain doll heads, 1960.
Pair of porcelain doll heads from 1950-1960.
H: 15cm, W: 8cm, D: 7cm
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$639 / set
Vintage Gilbert Portanier Rosenthal Liguria Candlestick
By Rosenthal
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning post modern Rosenthal Studio-Linie porcelain candlestick designed and signed by acclaimed French artist Gilbert Portanier (b. 1926) decorated in abstract designs in the Liguria pattern and dating from around 1980. The conical shaped candlestick is of simple hollowed out form and of funnel shape with the raised narrow top forming the candle holder. The candlestick is decorated with abstract designs in lustre colors with gilding on a matt dark lilac blue ground and is signed within the design. With printed makers...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Service, Richard Ginori- San Cristoforo, Milan, 1930s
Located in Milano, IT
Decorated white porcelain tea service. Paintings are attributed to Giò Ponti, director and designer of Richard Ginori at the time. Manufacturing brand under the base. Teas service made of teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug, 12 small plates...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Royal Berlin Design by Griemert Porcelain Coffee Set, Decor by von Unruh
Located in Epfach, DE
20th Century KPM Royal Berlin coffee or mocca set porcelain 41 pieces
form Krokus design by Griemert , decor by Siegrid von Unruh
made 1953 mid century
KPM ROYAL Berlin Crocus patte...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Karolina Porcelain Coffee Service, Poland, 1950s / 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain coffee set, a rare design of the Karolina set from the mid-twentieth century.
The service includes a jug, milk jug, sugar bowl, 6 cups and 6 saucers. One saucer has more...
Category
1950s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$331 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Plate- Themes and Variation, Motiv 15
Located in Downingtown, PA
Veiled Beauty: Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" Plate, Hands (Motiv 16)
This visually arresting plate is a powerful example from Piero Fornasetti's (1913–1988) celebrated Themes & Var...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Paragon Double Warrant Bone China Teacup
Saucer with Red Cabbage Rose
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 pastel mint green ground with a large red offset cabbage rose on the inside of the cup which is replicated on the saucer. Both the cup and saucer are marked with the Paragon 'Double Warrant...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H. Bequet Quaregnon Porcelain Vase, Celadon
Located in Miami, FL
A celadon colored porcelain floral motif vase, by H. Bequet Quaregnon, Belgium, c. 1940. This decorative vase would look great displayed in an array of interior styes.
The celadon and gold trimmed...
Category
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Eight Vintage French Porcelain Enamel
Floral
Cake Plates
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique set of eight porcelain enamel cake plates includes one large serving plate and seven small plates. Each plate is marked ‘France’ on the...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
7 Royal Copenhagen Figurines by Carl Martin-Hansen Amager Children
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Included in this fine group:
Amager Boy in typical costume designed by Carl Martin-Hansen circa 1906 - 1925. From the Danish National Costume series by Carl Martin-Hansen. Figurine ...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Friars Salt and Pepper Set by Deruta Fratelli Niccacci
By Deruta
Located in Rome, IT
The set consists of three different sized Franciscan monks in porcelain.
It has its original "Deruta fratelli Nicacci" stamp on the bottom.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Richard Ginori Porcelain Coffee Service, 1939
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Porcelain coffee service by Richard Ginori, Made in Italy, 1939.
This pocellana coffee service consists of 6 cups with their saucers, 1 sugar bowl, 1 creamer and 1 creamer.
The p...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,421 / set
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Midcentury Porcelain Face Lidded Jug
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish example of this charming midcentury Rosenthal porcelain lidded jug modelled as the bust of a young girl by renowned Danish born artist Bjorn Wiinblad (1918-2006). This...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Eva Zeisel Castleton China Porcelain "Museum Dinner Service" Four Place Settings
By Eva Zeisel
Located in Sharon, CT
The set consists of 25 pieces: Four cups and four saucers 6 5/8" x 2 1/2", four dinner plates 10 1/2" diameter, four soup bowls 7 13/16" x 2", four salad plates 8 1/4" diameter, four...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Modernist Vintage Rosenthal Netter Abstract Porcelain Object And Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This tall vintage modernist sculpture and or object of an abstract couple; man/woman in repose is white to off-white porcelain by Rosenthal Netter who ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pierre Cardin Modern Red Porcelain Vase Franco Pozzi Ceramica, 1970s, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pierre Cardin modern red porcelain vase Franco Pozzi Ceramica, 1970s, Italy. Gorgeous modern piece. A red rainbow or rising sun, signed. Franco Po...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Faience Inge-Lise Koefoed Design Year Mug 1977
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Danish Royal Copenhagen contemporary design year mug designed by Inge-Lise Koeford and dated 1977. The large, handled porcelain mug is of cylindrical shape standing on a ro...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Silver
Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Italian Gilt Porcelain Plate Bellini Portrait
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of 19th century Italian oper...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Coffee Service Bavaria Midcentury Modern German Design 1970s
Located in Palermo, IT
Nice/simpatic coffee service made of Bavarian porcelain with decoration in shades of green, purple and wisteria. The service composed of a milk jug, a sugar bowl, a coffee maker and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
White Porcelain Decorative Item "Osterfreude" by Carl Werner for Hutschenreuther
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Germany, 1960s.
This item is made in white porcelain and might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and r...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Worcester Pair of Demitasse Cup
Saucer Sets, England 1944-1955
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
air of flat demitasse cup and saucer sets was made of fine bone china by Royal Worcester.
One cup and saucer set is decorated with Z2621 pattern; the pattern can be described as mu...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Loewy Modern Form 2000 Grasses Pattern Coffee Service 3 Pcs Rosenthal Germany
Located in Miami, FL
A Mid-Century Modern porcelain coffee service set consisting of coffee pot, creamer and lidded sugar by Rosenthal in the GRASSES pattern with the iconic ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Vintage Spanish Porcelain Vase and Matching Bowl with Hand-Painted Cubist Faces
Located in Torquay, GB
Vintage Spanish studio pottery vase and matching lidded bowl.
Decorated with hand-painted brutalist Picasso-esque cubist faces.
Both the vase and the l...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hermès
Circus
Breakfast Set in French Porcelain 1980s
By Hermès
Located in Milano, MI
French porcelain breakfast set with cup, bowl and saucer, "Circus" collection, made by Hermès in the 1980s. The box is present, in fair condition with a few marks.
Ø cm 13 h cm 7
...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$454 Sale Price
27% Off
Sculpture Italy Glazed porcelain majolica Domenico Poloniato Geisha
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing porcelain sculpture of a geisha, made by Italian ceramist Domenico Poloniato in the 1960s. Japanese geisha were women who entertained at ban...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Gilt Porcelain Plate Monteverdi Portrait Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of revolutionary composer, C...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
MCM German Porcelain Dish Set - 3 Pieces - Ashtray, Cup, and Tray
Located in Fairfield, CA
A set of 3 mid century German porcelain dishes. Each in a unique organic shape and finished in black and white glazes. The set includes a large tray, and ashtray, and a cup. Marked "...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pure White And Gold, Crown Bowl Set By Gunnar Nylund For Rörstrand, Sweden
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Fabulous set of three Crown bowls, designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden
Beautifully crafted fine porcelain of the purest white, each decorated with bright gilded bands
Bel...
Category
Mid-20th Century British 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
Ceramic
Jean-Jacques Prolongeau French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Figure
By Haviland
Co.
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Delightful French Limoges porcelain figure of a girl with a basket of fruit resting on her head by Jean-Jaques Prolongeau for Haviland and dating from the 1970's. The hollow figure is Scandinavian in style and is decorated in natural glazed white porcelain with molded decoration and facial and and hair detail. The figure carries a wide rounded bowl on her head laden with apples and pears. With printed Haviland Limoges marks...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Cruet and Vase Set by Björn Wiinblad
By Rosenthal
Located in Stockholm, SE
Romance pattern set of cruet and vase by Björn Wiinblad for Rosenthal. Porcelain with 24-karat gold decorations. Very good condition.
Cruet measures: 16 x 10 cm, vase 18 x 8 cm.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
$160 Sale Price / set
36% Off
Meissen Blanc de Chine Porcelain Jester and Monkey Figure
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine vintage Meissen porcelain blanc de chine figure of a Jester with a monkey and owl dating from the 20th century. The figure stands on a narr...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Tureen Laveno Verbano Guido Andloviz, 1940
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Porcelain tureen Laveno Verbano Guido Andloviz 1940.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$580 Sale Price
30% Off
Royal Copenhagen Faience Gert Hiort Petersen Design Year Mug 1973
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Danish Royal Copenhagen contemporary design year mug designed by Gert Hiort Petersen and dated 1973. The large, handled porcelain mug is of cylindrical shape standing on a ...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Silver
Limoges Transfer-Printed Porcelain Cabinet Plates Designed by Salvador Dali
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of Six Limoges Transfer-Printed Porcelain Cabinet Plates Designed by Salvador Dali,
''Le Conquete du Cosmos''
Limited Edition Number 1639/4000,
Dated 1974
The six plates, ...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Lithophane Geisha porcelain coffee set of 5, 1950s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Beautiful coffee set for 5 people.
Marking: under glaze black stamp in the form of a hieroglyph.
Dating: Japan, 1950s.
At the bottom of the cups is a lithophane with a portrait of a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Midcentury the Magic Flute Sugar Pot
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A finely made and stylish midcentury Rosenthal porcelain lidded sugar bowl decorated with a scene from Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte (the magic flute) designed by renowned Danish bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
White Porcelain Trinket Bowl with Gold Details by Rosenthal
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Germany, 1960s.
Thomas Porcelain, a part of the Rosenthal Porcelain Group of Germany, manufactured this white porcelain bowl with gold details.
It is marked.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in perfect original condition and ready to become a great decor item...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ray Loewy White Grey Gold Porcelain Espresso Coffee Cup
Saucer, Set of 2
Located in New York, NY
A set of two (2) white, grey, and gold porcelain espresso coffee or tea demitasse cup and saucer by designer Raymond Loewy. Cup and saucer are white porcelain with grey and gold deta...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Blue
Gold Porcelain Tea Set By Stará Role, Czechoslovakia, 1950s
Located in Zohor, SK
A refined vintage porcelain set crafted by the renowned Stará Role factory in Czechoslovakia, celebrated for its exceptional quality and artistry. This elegant ensemble features six ...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Kenji Fujita for Freeman Lederman, Modernist Coffee Carafe Pitcher - Green
Located in Decatur, GA
Exquisite modernist coffee carafe designed by Kenji Fujita for Freeman Lederman. Beverage pitcher in rare green glaze with glossy white interior. Marked with the FL logo.
Excellent ...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Rattan
$553 Sale Price
37% Off
Pr. Signed Sevres Porcelain, Patinated and Gilt Bronze Mounted Egyptian Obelisks
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous and quite unusual pair of original signed and marked Sevres Porcelain patinated and gilt bronze mounted Egyptian Inspired Hyroglifics biscuit Porcelain obelisks. These are...
Category
1920s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Ginori Porcelain Cup and Saucer Set, Maiolica Pattern, Italy 1950s-1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Richard Ginori cup and saucer set was made of fine porcelain in Italy. It is decorated with Maiolica pattern, sometimes referred to as Birds o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold Leaf
$200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century Czech Studio Glass Vase by Atelier Molnar, Signed, 1980s
By Pavel Molnar
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This striking mid-century Czech studio glass vase, created by Atelier Molnar and dating to the 1980s, showcases the expressive artistry that characterizes the region’s finest studio ...
Category
1980s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
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
Chrome
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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Large Breakfast Cup And Saucer
Large Tea Cup
Limoges Dinnerware
Limoges T
Medusa Versace Glass
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