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
Copper Watering Can Around, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Copper watering can around 1950s
Polished and stove enameled.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper
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...
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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
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
Materials
Gold
Walter Bosse Donkey Salt and Pepper Shaker Set, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian Mid-Century shaker set, displaying a donkey. A very humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of metal and wood. In go...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Murano Glass Ashtray Yellow
Blue Cenedese by A. Da Ros Sommerso, 1970s Italy
Located in Andernach, DE
Very impressive chunky Murano glass ashtray from the 1960s to 1970s by Cenedese, Italy.
The greenish shimmering yellow appears almost like uranium glass and envelops the deep blue in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
$441 Sale Price
40% Off
midcentury teapot by Franco Pozzi for Gresline 1970
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Franco Pozzi started his own ceramic factory in 1942 with headquarters in Bolladello di Tradate, in the province of Varese, Italy. Over the years he collaborated with designers and m...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi, Aldo Londi, Mid Century Ceramic Vase, Signed, Italy, Circa 1950
s
By Bitossi
Located in Chatham, ON
Bitossi (Manufacturer) - Aldo Londi (Designer) - rare mid century studio pottery vase - hand made - featuring a color block palette of mustard and brown glazes with a white glazed in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
1960s, Stunning Alabaster Smoking Set by Romano Bianchi
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous alabaster smoking set by Romano Bianchi with ashtray, box and table lighter, everything is handmade carved. Made in Italy. This smoking set is in excellent condition.
...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Alabaster
1960s Purple Glass Set of Ten Italian Empoli Genie Bottles, Vases and Candy Jars
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very decorative aubergine, amethist, plum coloured purple set of ten different size and colour Italian art glass bottles, vases and apothecary or candy jars.
Mention Italian glass and probably everyone’s mind immediately leaps to Venice and Murano.
But there is another almost equally famous centre of Italian glass making known as Empoli.
Empoli glass is generally much simpler and does not have the intricately applied trim or decorations associated with Venetian and Murano pieces.
The simple traditional styles of Empoli glass were quickly adapted to the abstract shapes of mid 20th century modernism. It became hugely popular as a decorative home accent, and was exported across the world.
Now they are highly sought after by international collectors and look beautiful arranged together.
This set consists of three pressed genie bottles and seven blown glass items.
The bottles have their stopper and all items are different in design, shape and size (height with stopper):
Large striped swirl genie bottle, pressed glass, 53cm high, ø 13.5cm (20.9"x5.3")
Diamond design pressed 'genie' bottle, pressed glass, 55cm high, ø 13cm diameter (21.7"x5.1")
Angular 4 sided genie bottle with dancing women, pressed glass, 48cm high, 15x15cm depth and width (18.9"x5.9")
Carafe with clear handle and foot, without stopper, marked, made in Italy, blown glass, 38cm high, ø 13cm (15"x5.1")
Large cognac glass, blown glass, 27cm high, ø 18cm (10.6"x7.1")
Small cognac glass, blown glass, 23cm high, ø 13cm (9.1"5.1")
Optic bubble small vase on clear foot, blown glass, clear glass foot, 22cm high, ø 10cm (8.7"x3.9")
Small long vase with swirl design, blown glass, 25cm high, ø 8cm (9.8"x 3.1")
Bonbon or candy jar with clear foot and handle, blown glass, 24cm high, ø 11cm (9.5"x4.3")
Small bonbon or candy jar with clear foot and handle, blown glass, 16cm high, ø 11cm (6.3"x4.3")
Like Murano glass in the 1950s-1960s the great majority of Empoli glass was marked only with relatively generic “Made in Italy” paper or foil label. Over time, many of the original labels have fallen off and the majority of Empoli MCM glass...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass
$2,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Murano Clam Seashell Italian Art Glass Vase Large Purple Black Double Position
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, extra large, vintage Murano hand blown black over white and purple Italian art glass double position clam shell centerpiece vase / bowl sculpture. The piece is created in ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
Castaways Hotel Miami Beach Glass Ashtrays - a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of hexagonal glass ashtray from The Castaways Hotel of Miami Beach, Florida. The center is printed with their logo and reads “Castaways, Quality Courts, Miami Beach Florida”. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Nason Moretti signed vase in blown Murano glass, 1950.
Located in Palermo, IT
This exquisite Murano glass Art Deco chandelier, to celebrated designer Ercole Barovier, embodies the Venetian elegance and craftsmanship of the 1930s or 1940s. Its central metal fra...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
$6,293 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Denmark Solid Palisander Rosewood Ice Bucket
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed in the 1950s by Jens Quistgaard, this box is one of many designs he came up with for Dansk. This is one of the most special though. One of the largest available, it features...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic, Palisander, Rosewood
Il Quadrifoglio, Mid-Century Studio Ceramic Ice Bucket, Italy, circa 1958
Located in Chatham, ON
IL QUADRIFOGLIO - mid century studio ceramic twin handled ice bucket - wheel thrown with applied handles - featuring a hand drawn / decorated figure of...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Waterford Crystal Pitcher, Old Kerry Pattern, 1968 - 2008
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The rare, hard to find vintage crystal pitcher features a graphic, sculptural pattern of vertical and cross cuts in Kerry pattern. This version of Kerry pattern, often referred to a...
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20th Century Irish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Organic Oyster Shape Black
Tan Petrified Wood Tray Bowl Dish Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Organic Oyster Shape Black & Tan Petrified Wood Tray Bowl Dish Plate Ashtray
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Petrified Wood
Large Pair of Vintage Porcelain and Chinese Canton Vases, 20th century
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Large Pair of Vintage Porcelain and Chinese Canton Vases, 20th century.
Pair of porcelain and Chinese canton urn-shaped vases with vintage export rose medallion. The vase features h...
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Green Cased Alga Glass Vase with Gold Leaf by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Murano, 1930s.
Between 1932 and 1933 the Milanese architect Tomaso Buzzi, a spirited protagonist of the Milan “neoclassicist” movement, a friend and associate of Gio Ponti, and a partner of Il Labirinto, established a fruitful collaboration with the Venini glassware company, which would continue, albeit episodically, in later years. The architect’s creative contribution was evident both in the glass forms and in their innovative manufacturing technique. When Buzzi arrived at the Venini company in Murano, in 1932, he brought with him a remarkable cultural baggage and a thorough knowledge of ancient art, particularly the Etruscan period...
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1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Modern Glass Ice Bucket with Leatherette Cover, Germany, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A nice barware item from Germany, 1970s. An all original Mid-Century Modern item to display in your bar or just on a cupboard with your ice cubes. M...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faux Leather, Glass
Swedish Designer, Tea Light Holder, Glass, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A green-colored glass tea light holder likely designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1950s.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 2.5"H x 2.5"D
All items shi...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Flavio Poli Murano Sommerso Smoked Grey Faceted Glass Bowl / Ashtray, 1950
By Flavio Poli
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern Sommerso faceted Murano bowl in grey and clear glass. Attributed to Flavio Poli, Italy, 1950s.
Asymmetrical design with multiple faceted faces in grey color submer...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Mid Century Salvador Terán Mosaic and Brass Tray
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this modernist brass and mosaic glass tray designed by Salvador Teran . Known for his jewelry and vibrant glass mosaic and metal decorative pieces, Teran was an ...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stone, Brass
Set of six Fornasetti
Specialita Romane
recipe plates c1950
Located in London, GB
Wonderful set of six original Fornasetti Roman recipe plates. Italy c1950
Each plate with a typical Roman cuisine recipe along with a depiction of an historical Roman building.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Roger Capron - Slanted Vintage Ceramic Bowl with Yellow and Black Lines
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Slanted Vintage Ceramic Bowl with Yellow and Black Lines by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known fo...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Mid 20th Century French Aluminum Moet et Chandon Champagne Bucket or Ice Bucket
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This mid-twentieth century French aluminum champagne bucket features grapes and grape leaves around its upper rim. The bucket is marked Moet et Chandon, Fonde en 1743, the name of th...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
Ceramic Pitcher, in Brown and Black Green, Signed, Vintage, France, 1960
By Albert Thiry
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a vase in ceramic, in a blue and green color. This has been made in France circa 1960.
We have ahe Thiry signature underneath.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Faux Tortoise Shell Octogonal Tray with Brass Rim Christian Dior Style
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Elegant vintage octagonal serving tray featuring a rich faux tortoiseshell pattern in deep amber and brown tones, beautifully framed with a polished brass rim. The geometric form and...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Vintage Emilia Castillo Taxco Silver Plate Toast Rack with Malachite Frogs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Mexican silver plate and malachite toast rack.
By Emilia Castillo, daughter of the renowned Taxco silversmith Antonio Castillo of Los Castillos.
In silver plate.
With a sil...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Antonio Da Ros Large Italian Murano Clear Sommerso Glass Bowl, Dish or Ashtray
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio Da Ros for Cenedese large heavy vintage Italian Murano glass bowl or ashtray circa 1975. Utilizing the Sommerso technique this large, heavy piece of glass features two submer...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Da Vinci by Reed
Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Service 12 Set 50 Pcs Modern
By Reed
Barton
Located in Big Bend, WI
Da Vinci by Reed & Barton, circa 1967, sterling silver flatware set - 50 pieces. This set includes:
12 Knives, 9 1/8"
12 Forks, 7 1/2"
12 Salad Forks, 7"
12 Teaspoons, 6 1/8"
1 Se...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
German midcentury porcelain dinnerware set, Flowers, Eschenbach, 55 pieces
By Eschenbach
Located in Valladolid, ES
Beautiful German porcelain dinnerware made by Eschenbach during the 1950s. The dinnerware consists of 55 pieces, with round and oval trays of various sizes, soup and dinner plates, a...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$5,506 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Set of Four Exclusive Whiskey Glasses
Located in Roma, IT
A beautiful, important and rare set of whisky glasses, entirely hand-painted.
The beautiful subject of the painting refers to the ancient galleons that sailed the seas in centuries p...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Ettore Sottsass Style Vintage Pear Shaped Brass Ice Cube Bucket or Holder, 1970s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Vintage Mid-Century polished brass and. Plastic ice bucket, box or ice cube holder made circa 1970s. This piece would look fantastic displayed on a brass and chrome Romeo Rega or Maison Jansen bar cart...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Bottle Shaped Ice Bucket Tia Maria Advertising
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous advertising ice bucket. Tia Maria a Jamaican liqueur. Authentic in a copy of the original bottle just a lot bigger. Insulated to insure cold. In exc...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Set of 12 Hand-Blown
Painted Murano Art Glass Champagne Saucers by Salviati
By Salviati
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite set of twelve Murano art glass champagne saucers, attributed to Salviati and crafted in Italy circa 1950, epitomizes Venetian glassmaking at its most refined and histo...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Five piece Arne Jacobsen Stelton stainless steel modernist tea service
By Stelton, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Ferndale, MI
Five pieces of beautifully designed and ergonomic Stelton stainless steel tea service . These are from the cylinder line designed by Arne Jacob...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
$850 Sale Price
46% Off
Amber-colored Murano Glass Bowl, Italy 1960s
Located in Hellouw, NL
This Murano glass bowl, crafted in the 1960s, exemplifies the sophisticated artistry of mid-20th century Venetian glassmaking.
Design
Amber to brown in color, the bowl is richly inf...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid Century Vintage Dark Red Small 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
Mid-Century Lucite Tray with Louis Vuitton Monogram Fabric
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Unbeatable lucite barware tray with authentic Louis Vuitton fabric. To make this piece even more one-of-a-kind we added this early 19th Century watercolor print to the back. We see t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Lucite, Fabric
Kaj Franck for Nuutajarvi Notsjo Nuclear Orange Vase, Finland c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Original "Nuclear" orange blown vase, signed on bottom "Kaj Franck, Nuutajarvi Notsjo", Finland. Original label.
CREATOR Kaj Franz (1911-1989) for Nuutajarvi Notsjo, F...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Modernist Salt
Pepper Shakers
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Modernist salt and pepper shakers, price is for the pair.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
$100 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Midcentury Lucite, Wicker and Brass Ice Bucket Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing ice bucket in lucite, wicker and brass in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Great accessory for any modern interior.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Brass
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 li...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Murano Glass Vase
Located in Antwerp, BE
An Italian Murano glass vase manufactured in the 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$1,200 / item
Vintage Danish Holmegaard Atlantic White Wine Glasses, 1960s. Set of 6.
By Per Lütken, Holmegaard
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish Holmegaard Atlantic White Wine Glasses, 1960s. Set of 6.
Set of 6 beautiful hand-blown vintage drinking glasses from Danish glass...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Forbidden Fruit Glass
Wood Tray, Briard, 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the designer Georges Briard, and from the Forbidden Fruit collection, a White Opal glass serving tray with wood and brass handles, circa 1960s.
Georges Briard produced his For...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Murano Orange Ombre Fade Gold Italian Art Glass Horse Head Figure Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, extra large, vintage Murano hand blown orange to white and gold flecks Italian art glass horse head / knight chess piece sculpture. Attributed to Master glass artist and d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
$2,550 Sale Price
25% Off
Danish Ravnild Mid-Century Ceramic Dish with Floral Decorations, 1960s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Danish Ravnild Keramik Ceramic Dish with Floral Decorations, 1960s
Elegant mid-century ceramic dish from Ravnild Keramik, Denmark, 1960s. The piece features soft, rounded forms with...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Raimond Sheffield England Mother-of-Pearl Fruit Knives Silver Plated Set
By Raimond Silver Manufacturing Company
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Raimond Sheffield England Mother-of-Pearl Fruit Knives Silver Plated Set
Offered for sale is a set of six Raimond Silver Manufacturers, Sheffie...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
1960s Gorgeous Blue Ashtray or Catchall by Flavio Poli for Seguso.
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous blue ashtray or catchall by Flavio Poli for Seguso in Murano sommerso glass. Made in Italy. So rare to find it in this color.
The item is in excellent condition.
Dimen...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Flatware, Extensive 91 Piece Set
Located in Atlanta, GA
Modernist stainless steel flatware set, designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, Austria, circa 1963. This is a large set containing 91 pieces total. They are constructed of dishwas...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
American Mid-Century Danish Modern Hand Crafted Walnut Coaster Set of 6
Located in San Diego, CA
Danish modern solid walnut coaster set. Set of six coasters in walnut canister. handcrafter 1970's
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Walnut
Danish Odin Stainless Steel Salad Servers Set by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Stamford, CT
The enduring sensibility of Danish design has proven timeless, with both vintage and contemporary works continuing to captivate collectors worldwide. Dansk embodies this appreciation...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Rare Mid-century Hand Painted "Hu La La" Hula Girl Hawaiian Ceramic Ashtray
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare Mid-century Era "Hu La La" hula girl ceramic ashtray. The ashtray features a beautifully detailed pink hula girl with legs up in the air, revealing a bowl shape for resting your...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950.
8.2 inches diameter.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Wayne Husted for Blenko Sea Foam Green Genie Bottle Decanter
By Wayne Husted
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Sea foam green 5815 Genie bottle decanter designed in 1958 by Wayne Husted for Blenko. Decanter measures 25" by 8.5" and is signed with the acid ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Smal Vase Cobalt Bleu
Scheurich, Model 242-22 W-Germany, 1960s
Located in Verviers, BE
Smal Vase Cobalt Bleu 'Scheurich, Model 242-22 W-Germany, 1960s
Satin finish ('half gloss') W-Germany, 1960s.
Stamped on base. (hard to verify under the glaze) 242-22 W-Germany.
Mea...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Green Murano Glass Bowl Attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso d
Arte, circa 1960
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
A beautiful vintage Mid-Century Modern Murano glass bowl, dish or ashtray often attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso d'Arte, circa 1960, but these are hard to place to a specific mak...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Teak Brass Nutcracker by Poul Knudsen, Denmark, 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Exceptional Danish modernist nut cracker designed by Poul Knudsen. Nut cracker is in vintage condition, beautiful wood grain in teak and brass fittings with excellent patina. Great D...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
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