Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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
Colony Crown Topaz Amber Glasses, Set of 8
By Colony Glass
Located in Bradenton, FL
A set of eight amber glasses made by Colony for their Crown Topaz collection. Glasses are pressed with a crown thumb print around the vase and also on the stem. Dimensions per glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Picasso Ceramic Plate "Tête De Chèvre De Profil
Ramié 110
Located in Norwood, NJ
This Picasso ceramic plate "Tête de chèvre de profil' Ramié 110 is one in a small edition of only 60 and is glazed and painted, with the Empre...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
1950s Ice Cream Dipper Aluminum Spoon
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Ice Cream Aluminum Spoon
8 L x 2.5 W x .63
Original vintage
Refer to images
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Pansy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950.
8.3 inches diameter.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Alfredo Barbini for Salviati Sommerso Aventurine Murano Glass Fruit Bookends
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Alfredo Barbini glass fruit paperweights or bookends with layers of golden aventurine within. Made in Murano, Italy circa 1950's. Pear measures 6.5" by 5", apple 5" by 4.5". In ve...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Jacques Pouchain Ceramic Vase French Ceramicist Signed JP, Atelier Dieulefit
Located in Chicago, IL
Ceramic vase in the form of a woman by the noted French ceramicist Jacques Pouchain. Signed both JP and Atelier Dieulefit. Jacques Pouchain (1927-2015)
No chips or restorations, the ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Astonishing Italian Sambonet Cocktail Shaker Graffiti Collection
Located in Milano, IT
Astonishing Italian Sambonet Cocktail Shaker Graffiti Collection, Silver and stainless steel 1970s. Some signs of aging on it but however in good condition. Designed and signed by Sa...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000)
French ceramist in Vallauris
Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs.
His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors.
A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop.
In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Raymond Loewy Rosenthal - servies 26 pieces Form 2000 Bunte Blätter
Located in Verviers, BE
Raymond Loewy Rosenthal - servies 26 pieces Form 2000 Bunte Blätter
In the early 1950’s Rosenthal, a German maker of fine china, was looking to update their image and break into th...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century 1980s Chilean Brown Marble Ashtray, San Bernardo Atelier
Located in Toronto, CA
Exquisitely carved in the 1980s by an Italian-immigrant marble atelier in San Bernardo, Santiago, this remarkable mid-century-inspired ashtray embodies the sophistication and materia...
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Late 20th Century Chilean Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
$206 Sale Price
25% Off
1980s Tall White Porcelain Soft Floral Collar Vase, Arzberg
By Arzberg
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Tall and slender bone white sculptural porcelain vase. Smooth clean cylinder shape with soft asymmetrical organic floral collar. Stamped under base.
Beautiful vintage condition.
Arzb...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$525 Sale Price
36% Off
Murano Glass Vase, circa 1970
Located in Barcelona, ES
Murano glass vase, circa 1970
Manufactured in Italy.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
1960s Stunning Blue Table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning Blue and Yellow Table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli for Seguso. Made in italy
The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly
Dimension:
2,...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century French Decorative Ceramic Dish / Vide-Poche by Albert Thiry C. 1960s
By Albert Thiry
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
French ceramic decorative dish (c. 1960s) by Albert Thiry. Boat-shaped ceramic dish with milky-white glazed exterior. Within the dish you find the same base glaze mixed with thistle...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Era Christofle Silver Plated Serving Tray with Stylized Rope Border
By Christofle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage serving tray was made by the renowned Christofle company of France in approximately 1965 in a period Mid Century style. The tray is composed of silver plate and has a s...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Murano Italian, 1950 Glass Bowl or Ashtray
By Murano 5
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Murano Italian, 1950 glass bowl or ashtray.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid Century Vintage Transparent Glass Sugar or Fruit Bowl, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good condition. The sugar bowl looks very good on every style table. Very good original vintage condition.
Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950.
8.2 inches diameter.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Lovely Green Lava Studio Ceramic Vase by Wilhelm
Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Lovely Green Lava Studio Ceramic Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
Very good condition.
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Wilhelm Kuch, born 1925, 1947 apprenticeship - Gusso Reuss in Munich - 1948 opened the studio in Burgthann - 1953 became master potter
Elly Kuch, born 1929 died 2008
1946-49 apprenticeship in several studios - 1949-51 second apprenticeship as a goldsmith - 1951 marriage with Wilhelm Kuch
1953 the Kuchs started to worked together in their workshop in Burgthann
Their work like this Vase have received many honors:
1965 Gold Medal premio faenza, Italy
1965 prize of the „deutschen keramischen gesellschaft“
1966 Gold...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase by Wishon-Harrell
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ceramic vase by Wishon-Harrell.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Blue Vase Candlestick, Europe, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Blue and white vase in amazing organic shape. Produced in 1960s.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The ...
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Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Rare Jens H Quistgaard for Dansk Palisander Wood Bow Tie Tray
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Bow tie tray designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs, Denmark circa 1960's. Tray measures 27.5" by 8.25" by 2" and is signed on verso JHQ, Dansk Designs, Denmark, Palisander. ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Palisander
Glass Ice Bucket with Silver Stripe and Bamboo Handle in Style of Ralph Lauren
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sophisticated and elegant glass ice bucket with a silver stripe and bamboo handle. A compliment to many bar settings. The style is very indicative of Ralph Lauren and a lovely piece.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
HERMES Paris 1970 Table Menu-Cards Holders With Napoleon Coins 925 Sterling
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Table cards holders designed by Hermes.
This is a very rare and unusual set of four table menu-card holders created in Paris France by the luxury house of Hermes, back in the 1960-1...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$4,760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
LLANGOLLEN POTTERY - Early Glazed Studio Pottery Vase - U.K. - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
LLANGOLLEN POTTERY - Early wheel thrown terracotta studio pottery vase - glossy cat's eye glaze (brown streaked with white) - white glazed interior - dramatic form showing finger rid...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Centtury Porcelain Coffee Set, Czechoslovakia, 1954
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful mid-century porcelain set for tea or coffee serving. Original porcelain made in Czechoslovakia in 1954. The set is stamped with original stamp on each piece by Bohemia porc...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
$449 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Midcentury Modern Set of 5 Bowls Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Set of 5 wonderful bowls from Rörstrand and maker or designer Gunnar Nylund. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful, glazed bowls in good condition. The structure and form of th...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Italian Murano Glass Bowl Flavio Poli for Seguso, 1960
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A striking Mid-Century Modern Murano ashtray bowl featuring the iconic Sommerso technique, with faceted grey glass submerged in crystal-clear glass. Attributed to renowned designer F...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Serving Tray Lucite Faux Tortoiseshell Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing rectangular serving tray in lucite faux tortoiseshell effect in the style of Christian Dior.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
It's an iconic tray or plate made of luc...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Pumpkin Ice Bucket by Mauro Manetti
Located in Palermo, PA
Pumpkin ice bucket by Mauro Manetti, ca. late 1950s/early 1960s, Italy. Features a heavily textured, sculptural petiole and leaf decoration that ser...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Cristalleries De Baccarat Credited Mid-Century Crystal Centerpiece
Located in Roma, IT
Baccarat Credited Vintage Crystal Centerpiece
A beautiful and rare centrepiece composed of four crescent-shaped elements.
The quality of the crystal and its elegant craftsmanship ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Light Red Ceramic Egg Decoration French Production in Style of Pol Chambost
By Pol Chambost
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
In the style of Pol Chambost
Light red ceramic egg decoration
Original perfect condition
Not signed, realised circa 1970
Measures: Height : 27 cm large : 16 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Plate
Trois Personnages Sur Tremplin
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Plate 'Trois Personnages Sur Tremplin'
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Lemonade Refresher, Italian, Glass, Serving Ewer, Decanter, Circa 1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage lemonade refresher. An Italian, glass serving ewer or decanter, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Striking decorative finish accentuates this substanti...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Culver Set of Six Rock Glasses Frosted Gold and Black Regency Pattern
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Elegant exquisite vintage set of six rock glasses designed by Culver ltd.
Vintage Culver Set of Six Rock Glasses Frosted Gold and Black Regency Pattern
They will create a dramatic display for a back bar or table setting.
Midcentury low ball cocktail glasses frosted glass decorated with 24 K gold leaf and black.
Size: 4" tall,
3 1/4" mouth opening diameter.
Signed in gold "Culver Ltd "on each glass.
Description: Wide Frosted, Silver And Gold Bands
Pattern: Regency by Culver
Status: Discontinued.
Culver Glass Company – Lavish and Opulent Cocktail ware of the 1950s – 1960s
Culver Ltd was a glass company famous for their stunning decorative glassware in 22-karat gold.
Culver Ltd was founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1939 by Irving Rothenberg. Culver Glass features real 22-karat gold decoration used effusively and magnificently especially from the late 1950’s on through the 1960’s. The company gained notoriety and its products became highly collectible and only sold at high-end department stores. In 1980, the company moved to downtown Rahway, New Jersey. Irving Rothenberg passed away in 1987 and his son, Mark ‘Mickey’ Rothenberg, continued the Culver Glass Company. Mickey ran the company until he sold Culver Ltd. in 1996 to Moderne Glass Company, Inc. Mickey Rothenberg continued in the glass manufacturing business by running another glass company until his death on 9/11. He was one of the passengers on the hijacked Newark-to-San-Francisco flight that crashed in Pennsylvania.
The company’s early production line featured acid etch, decalcomania, sandblasted, hand-painted, banded, sand-cut monogramming and silk screen. In the late 1950’s, Culver Ltd started the application of the 22-karat gold to their glassware. The super-heated, roll-on process of gold remains a secret today. By the 1980’s, Culver stopped making its own glass and began using glassware...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Walter Gropius
Herbert Bayer
Tac 1
Tea Service
Located in Kent, Dover
A German, eight-person tea service, designed by Walter Gropius in the 1930's and again by Herbert Bayer for Rosenthal in 1979.
In excellent unused condition.
Measures: Tea Plates 1...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$1,711 / set
Jens Quistgaard Teak Peugeot Frères Pepper Mill for Dansk, Denmark, c.1965
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Jens Quistgaard Teak Peugeot Frères Pepper Mill for Dansk, Denmark, c.1965.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
1950
s Tony Paul Style Wire Base Porcelain Pottery Ash Tray MINT!
By Tony Paul
Located in Rockaway, NJ
1950's Tony Paul Style Wire Base Porcelain Pottery Ash Tray MINT!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Ceramic Bowl by Wilhelm Kage Gustavsberg Argenta Ceramic Bowl
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely vintage mid century modern ceramic turquoise green stoneware bowl has applied designs of sterling silver flowers and leafs and was designed by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsbe...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
$637 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid-Century Era Ronzan Italian Hand-Painted Ceramic Cheetah Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This sizable ceramic and well executed Cheetah sculpture is signed by the maker Ronzan of Italy and dates to approximately 1960 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Richard Rohac Leaning Tipsy Gentleman Brass Bottle Opener, Vienna, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A Mid-Century bottle opener from the 1950s by Richard Rohac, Vienna, Austria. Made of blackened brass, it depicts a leaning, presumably tipsy gentleman wearing a top hat and scarf, w...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Set of 6 Brass Skewers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 6 Turkish brass skewers -Each skewer has a different marking or design at the tip of the handle, a nice decorative touch and also will mark the gu...
Category
20th Century Turkish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
$350 / set
Gustave Tiffoche Large White Stoneware Ceramic Vase, circa 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Gustave Tiffoche
Large ligth grey stoneware ceramic vase by Gustave Tiffoche
Original perfect condition
Signed
Realised circa 1970
Measures: height 43 cm
large 25 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Michaela Frey for AK Kaiser Op Art Lidded Bisque Porcelain Jar, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Modern Op Art matte bone white lidded jar of high quality matte bisque porcelain. The exterior is decorated with a beautiful organic dotted circle relief pattern on both lid and body. The interior has been given a white smooth highly glossy glaze. Designed by Michaela Frey...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$979 Sale Price
25% Off
GUIDO GAMBONE, VIETRI, Monumental Glazed Ceramic Vessel, Italy, Circa 1950
s
Located in Chatham, ON
GUIDO GAMBONE - VIETRI - Rare Mid Century monumental studio ceramic vessel / jug - hand painted - thick, frothy, gritty glaze (sand added in production) - signed with a donkey and VI...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris French Glazed Grapes
Vine Leaves Ceramic Serving Plate Green and Red
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
French Mid-Century Modern glazed grapes and vine leaves ceramic, pottery serving plate in emerald green and red from Vallauris (small village on the French Riviera).
Marked at the B...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Tall Ship Ceramic Coasters with Box, Velieri Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Tall Ship Ceramic Coasters with Original Box,
Velieri Pattern,
1950s-1960s.
The complete set of eight Piero Fornasetti coasters each depict Spanish Galleons...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
1950s West German Midcentury Scheurich Keramik Model 529-50 Pottery Atomic Vase
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Large 1950s Scheurich pottery vase in mottled creamy/white lava finish, hand painted with black, orange and yellow stripes, with a yellow slip inside the v...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Set of Six Joe Colombo
Sferico
Glass Tableware by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Glass tableware designed by Joe Colombo in 1968.
Joe Colombo believed in democratic and functional design. In his lifetime he designed a wide range of different drinking glasses. S...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
1960/70s Danish Large turquoise Ceramic Platter by Kähler
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
1960/70s large ceramic platter by Kähler with glossy turquoise glaze. Very decorative and great as a statement piece on any table.
Perfect condition, no flaws.
Diameter: 41 cm (16....
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Large Steuben Art Glass Bouquet Trumpet Form Vase Model No. 7985
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine large-sized 'Bouquet' glass vase.
By Steuben Glassworks.
Designed by George Thompson.
Model No. 7985
The trumpet formed vase has two raised oval-shaped prunts on o...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Seguso Tortoise Turtle Figurine Sculpture Pink Alabastro Murano Studio Art Glass
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
An Archimede Seguso tortoise figurine in "Pink Alabastro" Murano art glass. A lovely sculpture and a beautiful and unique piece of art.
Archimede Se...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
$465 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Signed Claudio Pulli Polychrome Ceramic Italian Vase, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning polychrome enameled ceramic vase designed and signed by Claudio Pulli, one of the greatest Sardinian ceramicists of the 20th century. Made in Italy during the 1970s.
In fab...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Large Cenedese Italian Asymmetric Blue Sommerso Murano Glass Bowl, Dish, Ashtray
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros (attributed) for Cenedese large & heavy vintage Italian Murano glass bowl, serving dish or ashtray, circa 1965-1975. Utilizing the Sommerso technique this large, heavy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Massimo Vignelli for Heller Mid Century Modern Plates and Mugs for Six
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Iconic sixties design by Massimo and Lella Vignelli of stacking plates and mugs manufactured by Heller. This set consists of 6 dinner plates and 6 mugs in a sunshine yellow color. Al...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Italian 1950s Salviati Murano Footed Glass Bowl with Rainbow Colored Decor
By Salvati, Antonio Salviati
Located in Örebro, SE
This is the Italian rainbow colored Venetian footed bowl in glass from Salviati, Murano.
It comes decorated in colored translucent ribbons in blue, green, red and yellow on white fou...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Set of Seven Art Glass Decanters by Holmegaard, Denmark, 1960s
By Holmgaard
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Set of Seven Art Glass Decanters by Holmegaard, Denmark, 1960s.
Dimensions of the individual decanters are listed from largest to smallest.
1. 5 1/4'' wide by 5 1/4'' deep by ...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Glass
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Vintage Dark Red Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.
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Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Modern Ceramic Floor Vase Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
A gorgeous floor vase produced at Rörstrand and designed by maker/Designer Gunnar Nylund. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful brown glazed in shifting dark earthy colors. Rar...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic
Vintage Rare Kutani Japan Hand Painted Porcelain, 22 Carat Gold Foo Dogs MCM
Located in North Miami, FL
These large and fabulous pair of RARE vintage late 1940's to early 1950's Kutani Japan handcrafted and hand painted foo dog lions are very commanding both in stature and execution of meticulous painted detail with 22 carat gold leaf throughout. The persimmon color of a burnt hue porcelain ceramic porcelain male and female matched pair of foo dogs have a mariage decoration. These are a stunning and gorgeous example of Japanese 2oth Century Arts and a lost art form. The foo dogs are ferocious shishi lions with very colorful and detailed Kutano style moriage porcelain...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Gold
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