Mid-Century Modern Pottery
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
Ro Ro Handmade Studio Pottery Blue Glazed Dish, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid Century Studio Pottery dish or serving plate rendered in hand thrown clay with a pale blue glazed interior, by Ro Ro, 1960s. Stamped on bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay
$184 Sale Price
44% Off
1970s Large Green Lava Glazed West German Pottery Floor Vase by Carstens Atelier
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautifully hand thrown and glazed floor vase designed by Heinz Siery for Carstens Tonniesh of circa 1965. Carstens are considered to be one of the finest producers of West German pottery from the mid-century era. This vase, part of the 'Atelier' range, stands beautifully with its simple yet elegant form complimented by the textured moss green lava...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Vintage Pottery Cookie Jar Safekeeping in Mice Mouse Shape
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage pottery cookie jar / safekeeping in mice or mouse shape. One of a kind, not mass produced. Great quality. Unmarked.
Dimensions: 7.5" H x 7.25" D x...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Accolay Baluster Vase, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Mid-Century Vase by Accolay, France, 1950s. A stunning example of mid-century French ceramic artistry, this vase by Accolay features a captivating color palette of blue, yello...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Guido Gambone Midcentury Italian Linear Pattern Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish vintage Italian art pottery vase of compressed rounded slab form and slightly flared in shape with the readily recognizable linear pattern by Guido Gambone (1909-1969). The...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Glazed Signed European Art Studio Stoneware Pottery Vase or Vessel
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful brown salt glazed studio pottery vase or vessel. The piece is signed by the artist but we have not yet been able to identify them. Most cer...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-Century Modern Danish Studio Pottery Vase Pottestuen Keramik Frederikshavn
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Modern Danish Studio Pottery Vase from Pottestuen Keramik Frederikshavn, 1960s
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Marcello Fantoni Bowl Decorated with a Still Life of Italian Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Marcello Fantoni bowl decorated with a still life of Italian vases
Decorated with rich applied enamel, signed on the front lower right and on the ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare and Beautiful Wilhelm Kage Farsta Bowl
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Excellent hand thrown Kage Farsta stoneware bowl with interesting and nicely drippy matte finish yellow/ochre glaze. Hand signed and stamped, as shown. The world renown Wilhelm Kage ...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
$2,280 Sale Price
60% Off
Reginald A. Lewis Large Paradise Fish Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning large studio pottery bowl of shallow form titled Paradise Fish and decorated with three fish by renowned potter Reginald A. Lewis (British, 1899-1990) and probably dating from around the Mid-20th Century, if not earlier.
Reginald Lewis...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Set of 2 Vintage French Metal Pots – "Farine" and "Poivre" – Early 20th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
This exquisite set of metal pots, originating from France in the early 20th century, is a true collector’s treasure. Each pot is meticulously designed to store essentials like coffee...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Metal
$915 Sale Price
30% Off
Matched Set of 7 Midcentury Roger Capron Ceramic Coasters
By Roger Capron
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
A matched set of earthenware drinks coasters by Roger Capron
with incised and coloured decoration depicting trees and fishes.
Stamped signatures to the reverse
Vallauris, Fran...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Studio Pottery Vessel Gertrud + Otto Natzler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
California design.
The Natzlers moved to Los Angeles from Austria in 1938. They were trained artisans. She made the simple pristine pot forms and he made the amazing glaze designs.
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
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 Pottery
Materials
Pottery
$375 Sale Price
31% Off
Massive MCM Stoneware Studio Pottery Lidded Jar by Amy Donaldson
Located in San Diego, CA
Massive MCM stoneware studio pottery lidded jar by listed artist, Amy Donaldson, circa 1964. This gorgeous hand finished jar has a wonderful design, texture and color. The piece meas...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Stoneware Pottery Monkey Figurine by Knud Khyn for Royal Copenhagen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful stoneware pottery model of a Monkey designed by Knud Khyn for Royal Copenhagen.
Knud Khyn (1880-1969) was a Danish sculptor and painter. He was an important, long-term...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Harrison Mcintosh Signed Mid-Century Modern Set of 6 Pottery Sake Liqueur Cups
By Harrison McIntosh
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely formed and deeply blue glazed set of six ceramic sake/ liqueur cups by renowned American West Coast Californian master ceramist Harrison McIntosh who was famed for his Mid-Century Modern designed ceramics.
Mcintosh's works have been exhibited in such acclaimed venues as the Smithsonian in the United States the Louvre in France. Over his more than 60-year career, McIntosh had some 43 solo exhibitions from Los Angeles, New York, Belgium, Cannes, France to Japan. His work can be found in numerous collections and museums throughout the world including:
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
The National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
The Huntington Library, San Marino, California
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Belgian...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Scheurich West German Mid-Century Hand Painted Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish mid-century German art pottery vase decorated with a green and yellow panel design on a molded matt glazed ground by Scheurich K...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Wabi Sabi Style Studio Pottery Vase in Black Mid 20th Century
Located in Meer, VAN
Wabi Sabi Style Studio Pottery Vase in Black. Europe, Mid 20th Century.
A wonderful and very elegant vase. This studio pottery piece made in the middle of the 20th century is timele...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Michel
Denise Pointu French Mid-Century Stoneware Vase, 1950s
By Denise Pointu Detraz
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French mid-century stoneware vase by Michel & Denise Pointu (Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye), France, 1950s. Height: 11"(28cm), Width: 8.3"(21cm), Depth : 4.5"(11.5cm). Marked "Arts-ceram Gr...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Jerome Ackerman Modernist Ceramic Pottery Bowl
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Jerome Ackerman glazed ceramic bowl signed “Ackerman 98”. Jerome Ackerman and his wife Evelyn were central figures in creating the California mid-century modern aesthetic. This examp...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Jean Lurcat
Owl
Unique Hand Painted Plate
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Sharon, CT
Signed with initials, a most likely unique painted glaze plate of an Owl by Jean Lurcat.
Burnt Umber and Yellow Oxide.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
$1,200 / item
1960s Piero Fornasetti Roman Foot Italian Design Blue Pottery
Located in Brescia, IT
Blue pottery by Piero Fornasetti
Italy, 1960
Perfect condiction.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Italian Bitossi Attrib. Blue Pottery Vase with Figurative Design
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and rare Italian modern hand-thrown, hand carved, and hand painted blue pottery vase with figurative design, attributed to designer ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Terracotta
1970s Lidded Pottery Vessel by Gerry Williams, Ceramic, Listed Potter
Located in Round Rock, TX
This striking lidded vessel is an authentic work by Gerry Williams (1926–2014), a pioneering American ceramic artist and founder of Studio Potter magazine. Renowned for his innovativ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Aldo Londi for Bitossi Rosenthal Netter Ceramic Box, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Small-scale lidded ceramic box from Bitossi’s Pietra series, produced in the 1970s and imported by Rosenthal Netter. The box features an abstract pattern of incised relief with carve...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Candleholder France 1960 Beige Green Flowers Decor Pattern by Keraluc
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This CandleHolder is in ceramic. This has been made, in France in the 1960s.
This is signed in the bottom, Keraluc. Beige, yellow, Red and Green colors.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Lauritz Adolph Hjorth Danish Mid-Century Seated Nude Figurine
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century Danish Bornholm terracotta pottery sculpture of a nude maiden sat on a rock her arms raised by Lauritz Adolph Hjorth. The figure is glazed in white with element...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Pol Chambost 1950s French Pottery Bowl
By Pol Chambost
Located in New York, NY
An original 1960s pale pink and black striped glossy glazed bowl by famed French ceramicist, Pol Chambost. Signed. The inner bowl is a mottled pale pink. The top shape is either a he...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Katharina Eichler Signed German Art Studio Stoneware Nerikomi Pottery Vase #2
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
We are very proud to be able to present and offer this exceptional, stunning and large sculpture vase by German artist Katharina Eichler (b.1971). This piece is from 2023 and was for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-Century French Atelier Cérenne à Vallauris Hand Made Signed Tulip Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Atelier Cérenne à Vallauris in France, a hand made pottery Tulip plate, circa 1940-1950.
The plate is finished in a matte glazing of half black and half white, with a pair...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Vintage Hand-Painted Italian Pottery Water Pitcher by Montopola Arno
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage hand-painted Italian pottery water pitcher by Montopola Arno, circa 1960s. The piece is in good vintage condition with expected wear and a few small dings and chips. It mea...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Jørgen Morgensen for Royal Copenhagen Midcentury Art Pottery Chicken Dish
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stunning and heavily made midcentury Danish art pottery bowl designed by Jørgen Morgensen for Royal Copenhagen. Jørgen Morgensen is considered one of the most important potters and sculptors of the 20th century and this very stylish bowl has a central recess with a raised rim relief moulded with a repeat pattern of chicken like birds and finished in brown glazes. The bowl has printed Royal Copenhagen marks to the base along with incised initials JM.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
1970
s Pair of Decorative Hand Painted Italian Pottery footed Cups by DeSimone
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare decorative pair of hand-painted Italian dessert footed cups by DeSimone, circa the 1970s in great vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
A. Martin Vallauris French Provençal Palissy Trompe L’oeil Vegetable Wall Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rarely seen Palissy style Provençal majolica trompe l’oeil wall plaque made and signed by the potter A. Martin, from Vallauris, Cote d’Azur, France, Mid-Century Modern Era, circa ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Japanese Old Art Pottery Modern Green Tea Pot Mid-Century Modern
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, an old art pottery Japanese modern green tea pot signed by the artist .
Dimensions: 5" H x 6" D x 8.5" W.
Please visit take a l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Italian Desimone Hand Painted Pottery Round Decor Plate Fisherman Store Cast Net
Located in Miami, FL
Original Italian Giovanni Desimone hand painted art pottery, round decor plate depicts a scene of a fisherman folding his fish casting nets on a sunny day ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery, Paint
Wormser Terra-Sigillata Manufaktur Mid-Century German Art Pottery Jug
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish German mid-century art pottery jug with textured stoneware glazes by Wormser Terra-Sigillata Manufaktur. The tall bulbous and red clay potted...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Bitossi Italian Mid-Century Art Pottery Textured Lamp Base
By Bitossi
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish mid-century art pottery lamp base by renowned Italian makers Bitossi and dating from around 1960. The hand-crafted lamp base is of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Edna Arnow Illinois Modern Abstract Expressionist Stoneware Lidded Vessel
By Edna Arnow
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract expressionist glazed red stoneware lidded urn created by Edna Arnow of Chicago, Illinois, circa 1950s. Piece measures 10.5" tall by 6.5" diameter and is signed Arnow on reve...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Large Charles Cart "Cyclope" Glazed Pottery Pitcher Vase, 1960s
By Charles Cart
Located in Miami, FL
A striking and sculptural large mid-century French ceramic pitcher vase by Charles Cart, known for his imaginative volcanic textures and vividly glazed surfaces. This dramatic form—t...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic
Jerome Ackerman Modernist Ceramic Pottery
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Jerome Ackerman glazed ceramic bowl signed “Ackerman”. Jerome Ackerman and his wife Evelyn were central figures in creating the California mid-century modern aesthetic. This example ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
MCM Stoneware Studio Pottery Bowl on Pedestal by Amy Donaldson
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM stoneware studio pottery bowl on pedestal by listed artist, Amy Donaldson, circa 1967. This gorgeous hand finished piece has a wonderful design, texture and color. The bowl is in very good condition with no chips or cracks (some monor crazing) and measures 9.25"D x 7.75"H; it is signed on the underside. #3039
Amy Donaldson was born in San Francisco, CA in 1893. While at the University of Denver, Donaldson began studying art at the Reed Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Katharina Eichler Signed German Art Studio Stoneware Nerikomi Pottery Vase #3
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
We are very proud to be able to present and offer this exceptional, stunning and large sculpture vase by German artist Katharina Eichler (b.1971). This piece of European Art sculptuu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware, Clay, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6
1960s.
The stunning Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate depicts a cut red pepper from the Sezioni Di Frutta...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury Brutalist Ceramic Bowl by Drejargruppen for Rörstrand Sweden
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Large and heavy set ceramic bowl in typical design for Drejargruppen. Marked R, Drejargruppen 1973 in the bottom as well as having the original sticker from Rörstrand. In excellent c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
$427 Sale Price
28% Off
Mid-Century Set of Various Pottery Bowls 1970s, Studio Pottery
Located in Rosendahl, DE
This beautiful set of handmade ceramics consists of 16 bowls, all of which differ in size and color. Since they come from the same artist but different painting techniques were used,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
$3,043 Sale Price / set
32% Off
Wedgwood Mid-Century Cambrian Design Pottery Cruet Set
By Wedgwood
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish vintage Wedgwood Cambrian design pottery cruet set dating from the 1960's. The set comprises of a pepper and salt in typical 1960's style w...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
French Midcentury Fat Lava Style Bowl in the Manner of Charles Cart, 1960s
By Charles Cart
Located in Miami, FL
A wonderful decorative bowl from Vallauris made in the manner of Charles Cart's fat lava ceramics.
The firing process reveals the multiple layers b...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Antonia Campi Conchiglia Pottery, Italian 1950s Lamp
By Lavenia, Antonia Campi
Located in New York, NY
An original 1950s Conchiglia glazed ceramic lamp in the form of a conch shell.
Societa Ceramica Italiana di Laveno. Signed.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Porcelain
Guido Gambone Italian Modernist Foamy Glazed Ceramic Box with Grid Decoration
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Foamy glazed lidded ceramic box with grid design created by Guido Gambone, circa 1950s. Box measures 3.5" by 6" by 4.5" and is signed Gambone with his donkey mark. In very good vin...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental David Cressey Phoenix-1 for Architectural Pottery Planter
Located in Chicago, IL
Monumental David Cressey Phoenix-1 for Architectural Pottery Planter in unglazed stoneware
Unglazed with clean factory drill hole (pitchered)
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Vase Accolay the Dancers, France, 1950s
Located in London, GB
Vase Accolay with anthropomorphic dancers, 1950s
Reminds the dancers of Henri Matisse.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Bennington Pottery Fish Dish Model, 1807
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bennington Pottery Fish Dish Designed by David Gil. Beautiful dark Blue glaze! Quite the Looker and useful! In very nice original condition!
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
MCM Stoneware Studio Pottery Jar with Lid
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM stoneware studio pottery jar with lid, circa 1970s. This gorgeous hand finished jar has a wonderful design, texture and color. The pie...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Rookwood Pottery Mid-Century Glazed Ceramic Ashtrays, Pair
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Arts & Crafts or Mid-Century Modern glazed art pottery ashtrays or catchalls
By Rookwood Pottery
USA, 1954
Glazed ceramic in a handsome deep brown color.
Each ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Jerome Ackerman Modernist Ceramic Pottery Bowl
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Jerome Ackerman glazed ceramic bowl signed “Ackerman 93”. Jerome Ackerman and his wife Evelyn were central figures in creating the California mid-century modern aesthetic. This examp...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Bay Keramik Mid-Century West German Floral Design Art Pottery Vase
By Bay Keramik
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century West German art pottery vase with relief molded floral designs by Bay Keramik. The vase stands on a narrow rounded unglaz...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
A set of three ceramic studio art pottery vessels, 1968
Located in View Park, CA
A set of three clay studio art ceramic pottery cups, hand-crafted in 1968. Signed « NL & A, 1968 » on each vessel. In sumptuous tones of espresso, chocolate, and lichen. In fabulous ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
$144 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate, Number 5
By Fornasetti
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe, it is number five of twelve in series.
This is a very rare edition with the special mark on the back side "La Production I...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern pottery for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern pottery 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 pottery created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, pottery and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern pottery made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original pottery, popular names associated with this style include Bitossi, Aldo Londi, Scheurich Keramik, and Marcello Fantoni. 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 pottery differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $78 and tops out at $29,941 while the average work can sell for $726.