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
Tall Mid-Century Chinese Yixing-Style Glazed Earthenware Vase or Planter
Located in Miami, FL
A striking tall mid-century earthenware vase or planter in the Yixing-style, characterized by its hand-applied floral decoration and subdued glaze palette of brown and green tones.
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Group of Three 20th Century Art Pottery Pieces
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Group of Three 20th Century Art Pottery Pieces,
From left: Bottle vase inspired by Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach. Thick crimson "orange peel" glaze, accentuated light rust edges, pooling at the foot, 20th Century, Unmarked. The bottle measures 10 3/8"-inches high x 5 3/4"-inches wide x 3 1/4"-inches deep.
2nd) A German Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) vase with two sweeping handles, Circle of Richard...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Claude Conover "Ulel" Stoneware or Ceramic Vessel or Vase
Located in New York, NY
Claude Conover exquisite large glazed stoneware or ceramic vessel titled "Ulel." This stoneware vase is glazed in gray and white and finely decorated with Conover's signature pattern...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Horse, Italy, circa 1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A deep 'Rimini Blu' glazed horse by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Brilliant glaze with streaks of green over the highly detailed trappings.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Susan Parkinson Studio Pottery Architectural Tankard
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish studio pottery porcelain mug decorated with columns design by Susan Parkinson for the Richard Parkinson Pottery and made between 1953 an...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Lisa Larson Gustavsberg Sweden Zoo Figure Camel Scandinavian Pottery
By Gustavsberg
Located in Brescia, IT
Stoneware animals
Perfect condition.
Camel: H 18 x 19 cm.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-Century Ceramic Pitcher and Set of Drinking Cups by Jacques Blin, circa 1950
By Jacques Blin
Located in London, GB
Mid-century French ceramic pitcher set with four cylindrical drinking cups by Jacques Blin (circa 1950s). To find an intact set such as this is rare and certainly fortuitous. An eleg...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
$2,187 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Petite ceramic vase by Carl Harry Stalhane for Rörstrand Studio, 1950s
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Beige Ceramic Vase with earthy ceramic glaze.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Midcentury Era Ceramic 1970s
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
A glazed bud vase from the 1970s.
Ineligibly signed by artist on the bottom.
Category
19th Century American Antique Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Alvino Bagni Raymor Attributed Unusual Mid-Century Italian Art Pottery Vase
By Alvino Bagni
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual and stylish vintage Italian art pottery vase attributed to Alvino Bagni and probably made by Raymor. The waisted rounded bulbou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century German Studio Pottery Vase from Pottery Bücking Börnsen, 1960s
By Bücking-Börnsen
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Studio Pottery Vase from Pottery Bücking Börnsen, Cuxhaven, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional i...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Ceramic Radish Wall Salt Container, Vase
Pink Onion Salt Shaker
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of glazed ceramic radish salt wall container, vase
pink onion salt shaker
Beautiful set of Majolica ceramic radishes wall salt container and vase ...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$1,281 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Danish Brutalist Studio Pottery Wall Candleholder , 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Brutalist Studio Pottery Wall Candleholder , 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Material: Ceramic
Color: Brown
Styles:...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
1960s DeSimone Style Italian Mid-Century Decorative Plate with Egyptian Figures
Located in Miami, FL
1960s Italian Egyptian themed, hand painted decorative plate. Reminiscent of Desimone painted designs, marked on the back in the clay Italy. The profile of two Egyptian heads facing ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay
$150 Sale Price
33% Off
Hélène Ugo Yellow Leaf Platter
Six Plates, Vallauris, France 1950s
By Helène Ugo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Mid-Century seven piece dessert set, by Hélène Ugo, Vallauris, France, circa 1950s.
Hélène Ugo was a renowned ceramicist making pottery in Vallauris, a village in the South of Fra...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Jasba West German Mid-Century Marble Glazed Art Pottery Vase
By Jasba
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish German mid-century art pottery vase decorated with flames and marble designs and made by Jakob Schwarderlapp and dating from the 1960's. This formal vase was made in Baumba...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century German Studio Pottery Jug by Renate and Hans Heckmann, 1970s
By Renate
Hans Heckmann
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Studio Pottery Jug by Renate and Hans Heckmann, 1970s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
George West Studio Pottery Black Glazed Seated Child Sculpture Dated 1969
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A charming vintage studio pottery black glazed sculpture of a seated child by George West and dated 1969. The figure is hand modelled in red clay and is he...
Category
1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Terracotta
German Mid-Century Ceramic Vase, 1970
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
German Mid-Century Ceramic Vase, circa 1970.
A beautiful German mid-century ceramic vase, made around 1970. The piece presents a refined modernist silhouette with a height of 33 cm ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Pottery Faux Bronze Geometric Tea Pot Ceramic Studio Signed
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage pottery faux bronze geometric tea pot ceramic studio. Signed
Diane, unable to read last name.
Dimensions: 8.5" H x 6" W x 6" D
Please visit take ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
French Ceramic Vase with Handles from Quimper, France by Keraluc Pottery Studio
Located in Miami, FL
Dazzling glazed ceramic vase, the primary pale yellow and the floral designs are truly eye catching. Made in Quimper, France by Keraluc Pottery Studio.
It can enhance any shelf, ta...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
$540 Sale Price
22% Off
Signed Mid-Century Scheier Pottery Serving Dish
Located in Forney, TX
Early and rare hand-thrown ceramic serving dish by mid-century modern masters, Edwin and Mary Scheier. With curved handles and a swirl design, this fabulous hand-crafted pottery ston...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Thomas Hellstrom for Nittsjo Swedish Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A modernist mid-century Swedish tall art pottery vase with a rough cast finish by Thomas Hellstrom for Nittsjo Pottery and dating from around 1960. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
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
SET of midcentury Italy Grottaglie Drink Set Jug + 5 cups art pottery
Located in Landshut, BY
beautiful elegant artful Italian midcentury
Drinks Set
includes 5 cups
Famous art pottery from Grottaglie / Puglia Italy
by Ciro Farina
Design Period 1956 to 1964
Production Per...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
$930 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Midcentury Pottery Sake Cup
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Beautifully aged midcentury pottery sake cup.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Laura Andreson Large Scale California Studio Carved Stoneware Bowl
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A large scale carved, stoneware bowl created by Laura Andreson of Los Angeles California. Andreson was a graduate of UCLA, where she was also the head of the ceramics department for...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Diminutive Hand-Painted Delft Pitcher
Located in New Orleans, LA
Bring a touch of Dutch elegance and tradition into your home with this refined vintage Delft jug , an authentic work of art in hand-painted ceramic in classic white and cobalt blue ....
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Ceramic Vase, Germany, 1950s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
German Mid-century ceramic vase, Germany, 1950s. Vase with a handle. Fantastic red color on a cameo floral decoration typical of the 50s. Height : 30cm - 11.8 in. , Diameter : 22cm -...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Knabstrup Danish Midcentury Art Pottery Girl and Swan Figure
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish vintage Danish Knabstrup Keramiek pottery sculpture of a nude maiden with a swan seated on an oval pedestal base and decorated in white glazes with...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Studio Crafted Ceramic and Glass Decorative Plate
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Vintage ceramic and glass decorative plate. Beautiful crackled pattern and matte glazing.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
1980s Bruno Contenotte Italian Pottery Abstract Art Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
Silver, gold and black ceramic.
1983, Bruno Contenotte
Perfect condition
Measure: H 24 cm.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Patrick Horsley Handmade Stoneware Abstract Modern Graphic Design Tray Wall Art
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Stoneware tray or wall piece with superb graphic design, created by Patrick Horsley of Portland, Oregon. Piece is signed as seen in my third picture. T...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Copper and brass Watering Can, circa 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Copper and brass Watering Can, circa 1960s
Only Polished
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Brass, Copper
Shallow Bowl or Ashtray by Fantoni for Raymor, c. 1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Shallow Bowl or Ashtray
by Fantoni for Raymor
circa 1950
"great color and texture"
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Franco Bucci Italian Midcentury Art Pottery Bowl for Laboratorio Pesaro
By Franco Bucci
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Modernist midcentury Italian art pottery bowl designed by Franco Bucci for Labortorio Pesaro. The rounded handcrafted stonewa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
1970s McCoy Art Pottery Canyon Mesa Glazed Tea Pot
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s McCoy Art Pottery Canyon Mesa Drip Glazed Tea Pot
Vintage personal Tea Pot Art Pottery signed McCoy
Speckled Earth tones.
5.5 h x 9 d x 5
Pre...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Classic Victoria Littlejohn Hand Thrown Mid Century Pottery Vessel Dish Ashtray
Located in Miami, FL
An enticing pottery design by Victoria Littlejohn, hand thrown Dish with a wonderful neutral oatmeal color glaze with a central red orange crystalline thick glaze surrounded by a cri...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay, Earthenware, Pottery
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Studio Pot by Herman Roderick Volz Earthenware Vase
Located in Fulton, CA
Studio pot by Herman Roderick Volz. Hand thrown earthenware vase with applied handles. Inscribed on base "Volz". Circa. 1970.
7.13 inches High
5 inches deep.
6.75 inches wide.
HERM...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Judy Phillips - Vintage Studio Pottery Stoneware Charger - Canada - Mid-20th C
Located in Chatham, ON
JUDY Phillips - Vintage Studio Pottery stoneware charger with raised rim and contrasting glaze detail - signed on the base - numbered J.25 - Canada - late 20th century.
Excellent ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
1930s Susie Cooper Modern Grape Leaves and Grapes Pattern Breakfast Set, England
By Susie Cooper
Located in Miami, FL
Susie Copper's 1930s Breakfast / Luncheon set of 8 Demitasse cups / saucers and 12 plates in blue background and white hand painted underglaze decoration of Grape Leaves and Grapes. ...
Category
1930s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Franco Bucci Italian Midcentury Modern Gres Pottery Big Vase, 1970s
By Franco Bucci
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Very big Italian gres vase designed and produced by Italian artist Franco Bucci Pesaro, logo under the base, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Kreutz Keramik German Midcentury Orange and Red Fat Lava Handled Vase
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A striking midcentury German art pottery handled vase decorated in vibrant red/orange glazes with black lava patterning by Kreutz Keramik. The pottery vase stands raised on a narrow ...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Price Kensington Mid-Century Green Glazed Pottery Seahorse Jug
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish legacy from the mid-century era is this delightful jug modelled as a seahorse decorated in green glazes and by English makers Price Kensington...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Huge
Decorative Mid-century Ceramic Vase, 1970s, Possibly Lamp
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Huge and Decorative German Mid-Century Ceramic Vase by Strehla, Germany, 1970s. This striking ceramic vase by Strehla, produced in Germany during the 1970s, is a true statement piece...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Carstens Tonnieshof MCM West Germany Flower Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful vase designed by Dieter Peter for Carstens Tonnieshof in the late 1960s-early 1970s. This hand-crafted vase is identified as the "Mooncra...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
1950 Clara Istler Ceramic White Fawns Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
"Fawns"
Clara Istler
Milan, 1950s
White Glazen ceramic
Unique piece
Perfect condiction
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Handmade Studio Art Pottery Bowl with Multicolored Glaze, USA, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Unique Mid Century Studio Pottery bowl or serving dish, rendered in hand thrown clay with a beautiful vibrant multicolored glaze of rust, orange, blue, gray, and brown, USA, 1960s, m...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay
$240 Sale Price
44% Off
Midcentury Italian Pottery Candleholders
By Aldo Londi
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Unknown
Importer: Raymore
Period/Model: Mid-Century Modern
Specs: Pottery
These mid century Italian pottery candle hold...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
$1,250 / set
David Cressey Pro Artisan Stoneware Platter for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
David Cressey Pro Artisan stoneware platter for architectural pottery.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Studio Pottery Bowl with Multicolored Glaze, USA, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid Century Studio Pottery bowl rendered in hand thrown clay with a beautiful multicolored glaze of turquoise, aqua, violet, blue, brown and beige. Stamped L on bottom, USA, 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay
$200 Sale Price
31% Off
Decorative Organic Lidded Dish by Mary Hilkemeier, 1977
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Decorative Organic Lidded Dish
singed and dated on bottom: "Mary Hilkemeier 1977"
"great color and form"
"in good vintage as found condition"
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Ceramic Jar in Crackle Glaze Technique
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
This ceramic jar is manufactured using crackle glaze technique, the jar have two colors and different size of crackles, unknown designer and unknown date of manufacture.
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century French Decorative Earthenware Crockery Pot by Albert Thiry
By Albert Thiry
Located in London, GB
French vintage decorative earthenware crockery pot by Albert Thiry (circa 1960s). Delightfully pear-shaped body with incised floral motif decoration. A creamy white enamel covers the...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
$717 Sale Price
30% Off
Otto and Vivika Heino Mid-Century California Pottery 12-Piece Goblet Tea Cup Set
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted, beautifully designed set of ceramic goblets/ cups by California pottery/ ceramics masters husband and wife artists Vivika and Ott...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic
French Terracotta Pitcher Patinated circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Vintage terracotta jug French pitcher
This terracotta pitcher was painted and lated patinated, circa 1970.
Good and heavy.
In the 19th century, this pitcher was used to keep the well...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Terracotta
Monumental Mid-20th Century American Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
A monumental-scale mid-20th century American studio hand-thrown glazed ceramic bowl with fantastic texture and earthy neutral glaze colors. Signed illegibly on the bottom.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Bulbous Studio Art Pottery Vase by Jay Forsythe for Oxbrook
Located in Peabody, MA
We are pleased to have currently in the shop several ceramic works by the superlative young contemporary artist Jay James Forsythe of Oxbrook Pottery. A 2004 graduate of the Rhode Is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Bennett Bean Large Scale Ceramic Vessel With Butterfly Accents
By Bennett Bean
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large earthenware ceramic open vessel created by Bennett Bean of Blairstown, New Jersey. Piece has a wonderful finish which includes hand painted areas al...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Thomas Weir Howard Loughton Studio Pottery Mug, 1958
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Studio Pottery mug made at Loughton Pottery by Thomas Weir Howard. The shaped stoneware mug has a loop handle with thumb rest and is decorated wi...
Category
1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
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.