Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
POSTMODERN STYLE
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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Style: Post-Modern
Post-Modern Italian Polished Marble Shell Shaped Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-century Italian polished marble fruit bowl / centerpiece, circa 1980s. The bowl is in very good vintage condition and measures 11.5"W x 10"D x 3"H. It would make a great centerpi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Postmodern Classic Teapot Designed by Michael Graves for Alessi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Style of Alessi Vintage Memphis Tea Pot designed by Michael Graves
stainless steel made Taiwan
signed at bottom
10.5 h x 9 w 11.75 d
Original vintage u...
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Late 20th Century Taiwanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Cyan Murano Cased Glass Vases by Carlo Moretti, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
Made in cased Murano glass. The smaller vase is labelled (as shown in the video), while the other had it but lost it due to cleaning. We've had an identical vas...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Sugar Bowl
Spoon Designed by Michael Graves for Alessi Memphis Era
Located in San Diego, CA
Sugar bowl and spoon designed by Michael Graves for Alessi, circa 1988 made in Italy. Memphis era.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Chrome
$140 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Postmodern Martini Cocktail Glasses Memphis Style circa 1990 Set of 4
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Postmodern ball base martini cocktail glasses, set of 4, circa 1990.
Vintage Post Modern set of four Memphis style clear martini cocktail glass...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Guy Corrie Union Glass Donut Base Art Glass Vase Cobalt Blue Pink 1980
s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Guy Corrie Union Glass Donut base art glass vase in cobalt blue and pink 1980's.
Cobalt blue and pink art glass vase by R Guy Corrie, Union Street Glass...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Rimini Blue Ceramic Pitcher Vase by A. Londi and F. Montelupo for Bitossi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This is a Rimini blue vase from the 1970s. Made in Italy.
It was designed by Aldo Londi and produced by Flavia Montelupo, also known as Bitossi.
Bitos...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Murano Sommerso Orb Blue Art Glass Ashtray
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Gorgeous vintage Murano Venetian handblown art glass bowl or ashtray.
Italian Murano Sommerso Cenedese orb blue art glass ashtray.
Heavyweight glass ashtray in a gorgeous minimal design.
A very beautiful and substantial two-tone blue Italian Murano art glass cigarette ashtray...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Small Wild Animal Ashtrays by Hermès
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Pair of Small Wild Animal Ashtrays by Hermès
This pair of small Hermès ashtrays features a square design with rounded corners. Each ashtray features a central illustration of a wild ...
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20th Century French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage New York City Souvenir Ashtray The Big Apple NYC Collectible Catchall
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
This is a collectible round souvenir ashtray of New York, The Big Apple from the 1980s.
Vintage New York City Skyline of Manhattan with the Statue Of Liberty, the World Trade Center, Big Apple and the Empire State Building Decorative.
Vintage New York City Souvenir...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Babel
Resin Wine Bucket by Gaetano Pesce for Fish Design Italy, 1990s, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Limited edition 1990s flexible resin wine bucket by Gaetano Pesce for Fish Design, Italy. Numbered 182/1000.
Works great as an ice bucket, wine bucket, catch-all, vase, vessel, sculpture, planter, pot or jardinière. If you use it as a planter, we suggest an interior lining to protect the piece.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Gaetano Pesce, born on November 8, 1939, in La Spezia, Italy, is renowned as a leading figure in contemporary Italian design and architecture. Fearlessly experimental with materials and color, Pesce has collaborated with Italy’s foremost design companies, including Artemide, Vitra, Cassina, and B&B Italia.
Pesce began his journey into design at the University of Venice, where he pursued architecture and graduated in 1965. Influenced by prominent figures such as Ernesto Nathan Rogers and Mario Bellini at the Venice College of Industrial Design, Pesce embraced a commitment to novelty and avant-garde principles. He co-founded the avant-garde architectural collective "Gruppo N," inspired by the Bauhaus aesthetic, during his formative years.
Pesce’s portfolio encompasses a wide range of designs, from iconic furniture pieces to monumental architectural projects. His creations reflect a profound contemplation of modernity, exemplified by the La Mamma chair (1969), which evokes a prehistoric fertility figure, and the Organic Building in Osaka (1993), celebrated for its innovative hanging garden motif.
Among his most celebrated furniture designs are the Up series for B&B Italia, including the Up5 armchair (La Donna) and Up6 ottoman (La Mamma), which challenge traditional notions of form and function with their bold, anthropomorphic shapes. Other notable designs include the 357 Feltri chair...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Resin
$2,700 Sale Price
28% Off
Richard Meier Silverplated Tray for Swid Powell
Located in Doraville, GA
A beautiful silverplated metal tray designed in the 1980's by noted architect Richard Meier for Swid Powell, made in Italy. The tray has an embossed signature: Swid "Powel / RM / Sil...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
$312 Sale Price
40% Off
Stainless Steel Paper Towel Holder
Located in Treadwell, NY
Elegant modernist stainless steel paper towel holder with an off-black Paperstone base - unique and functional.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Green Marble Coasters Set 5 Pieces Handmade in Italy Collectible 1970
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Italian green marble coasters set of 5 Pieces.
Italian 1970s green marble cocktail coasters.
Set includes 5 coasters in green marble.
Vintage collectible set of 5 green marbl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
1970s Vintage Italian Murano Venini Venetian Art Glass Ice Bucket Blue and White
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1970s Vintage Venini Murano Light Blue White Clear Wine Cooler Ice Bucket Made in Italy.
handcrafted Italian Murano Venini venetian art glass ice bucket .
This is a delicate blown Murano art glass ice bucket.
It has a flared shape from the base to the rim.
It is a light sea blue color glass with white vertical lines and many small bubbles in the glass, the imperfection in the glass is due to the handcrafted blown glass.
Vintage hand blown Venini Murano martini ice cube glass container in light blue, white and transparent wine cooler, ice bucket
Hand-made in Italy 1970-80.
No Hallmark no signature.
Italian Murano art glass ice bucket.
Measures from handle to handle: 6.5 inches.
Diameter Top is 5.5 inches.
Dimensions: Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Width: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Depth: 5.5 in (13.97 cm).
Add a beautiful touch of Italian Mediterranean art...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Outdoor Palm Spring Mural by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Outdoor Palm Spring Mural by Olivia Cognet
Dimensions: D 5 x W 460 x H 170 cm
Materials: Ceramic.
Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a pre...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$112,770 / item
Italy Post-Modern Design Murano Glass Light Blue Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
This Post-Modern Murano glass vase has a very elegant and delicate light blue tone.
Becouse it’s not industrial production, the vase shows some little irregularities in the form.
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$531 Sale Price
55% Off
Modern to Postmodern Calla Lily Blue
Clear Lucite Sculpture or Centerpiece
Located in Topeka, KS
Beautiful vintage Modern to Postmodern calla lily sculpture or centerpiece comprised of light blue frosted Lucite blooms and leaves, frosted Lucite base & leaf, and clear Lucite stems. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Late 20th Century.
The meaning of a calla lily is purity, faithfulness, and holiness. Well, HOLY MOLY… that explains a lot! Just feast your eyes upon this PURELY GORGEOUS vintage calla lily...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Lucite
Grey Stoneware Pinakio Plate by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey Stoneware Pinakio Plate by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 34 x H 10 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: With\without handles - Black, Whi...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Handcrafted Double Old-Fashioned Cobalt Blue Set of 6 Glasses 1980s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted Swirl-Infused Old-Fashioned Glasses in Cobalt Blue – Set of 6.
These vintage Italian hand-blown drinking glasses boast a thick and heavy construction in captivating cobalt blue and clear glass with intricate swirls.
Elevate your barware collection with this beautiful set of 6 cobalt blue cocktail glasses...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Set of Six Colored Hand Blown Murano Glass Flutes, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
These flutes are made in very thin Murano glass.
They can also be use as flower vases.
They are vintage, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but the...
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1950s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Set of 2 Pigalle V1 and V2 Glasses by Simone Fanciullacci
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Pigalle V1 and V2 Glasses by Simone Fanciullacci
Limited Edition of 1000 pieces. Signed and numbered.
Dimensions: D8.5 x H15.6// H11.7 cm
Materials: Sanded Glass
Pigalle is...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Glazed Earthenware Abstract Woman by Ernest Treccani, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy in the 70s by Ernesto Treccani.
This is an incredible polished earthenware piece that would fit perfectly in a museum.
Measures: height: 140 cm
width: 41 cm
depth: 22 ...
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1970s Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Hand Painted Pink and Blue Heart Napkin Rings - Set of 4
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of four round hand-painted napkin rings with blue and pink heart motif.
Dimensions:
2" Diameter
1" Deep
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Paint
Post Modern Memphis Carnival Large Platter by Kato Kogei for Fujimori
Located in San Diego, CA
Postmodern Memphis colorful "Carnival" platter / serving dish by Kato Kogei for Fujimori, circa the 1980s. Wonderful colorful Memphis style.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Sculptural Brown and Cream Hand Carved Onyx Bowl or Centerpiece
Located in New York, NY
Monumental Hand-Carved Onyx Bowl with Swirling Brown and Cream Pattern and Undulating Raw Edge
A commanding and sculptural presence, this monumental hand-carved onyx bowl showcases ...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Onyx
Gustavo Pérez High Temperature Ceramic Vase With Slashes
Located in Mexico City, MX
A high temperature ceramic vase by Gustavo Pérez. The organic shaped vase shows black interior, oval vase and different circles and "slashes" on its surface with ocre and grey glaze ...
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1990s Mexican Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Two "Signature Black" Dinner Plates Designed By Richard Meier For Swid Powell
Located in Doraville, GA
Two Signature Black buffet plates designed by Richard Meier for Swid Powell in the 1980’s. Meier was at the peak of his career during this time, having designed the much lauded High ...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Agate Coasters Brazilian
Located in New York, NY
A set of Brazilian neutral agate stone wine, champagne or cocktail coaster set, Postmodern design, circa late 20th century, Brazil. Set includes six (6) round agate stone and rosewoo...
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Onyx, Agate
$325 / set
Mini Mural by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Mini Mural by Olivia Cognet
Dimensions: D 5 x W 28 x H 32 cm
Materials: Stone.
Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment captu...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stone
$3,761 / item
Angelo Mangiarotti for Vilca Crystal Italy Olive Oil Vinegar Table Top Set
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Angelo Mangiarotti for Vilca Crystal Italy Olive Oil Vinegar Table Top Set on Tray.
7 pieces set.
Hard to find. Amazing post modern classic vintage Angel...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Postmodern Red Acrylic Nutcracker, Finland, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Red Acrylic Nutcracker, Finland, 1980s
Category
20th Century Finnish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Mini Mural by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Mini Mural by Olivia Cognet
Dimensions: D 5 x W 26 x H 32 cm
Materials: Travertine.
Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment ...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stone
$3,761 / item
Set of Four Post-Modern Stoneware Plates Signed by Marshall
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool set of four post-modern stoneware plates by Marshall, circa early 1980s. This plates are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and each plate measures 10...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
$340 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Andrea Branzi for Zanotta Glass
Nickel Centerpiece
1999
By Zanotta, Andrea Branzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed in 1999 for Zanotta, Andrea Branzi’s Izzika is the perfect sculptural centerpiece. A frame of nickel holds in place woven glass rods, some of which are straight and some are...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Nickel
Vintage Murano Venetian Handblown Art Glass Cobalt Blue Ashtray
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Gorgeous Vintage Murano Venetian handblown art glass flower shaped bowl or ashtray.
Sculptural organic open flower form in cobalt blue art glass ashtray bowl.
Use it as an ashtray...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1970’s Blue Lucite and Rope Coasters With Holder - a Set of 9
Located in Charleston, SC
1970’s lucite in a blue finish with woven seagrass laid in a spiral design.
Each coaster measures: 4.5” diameter x .25” tall
Holder measures: 7” long x 3.25” deep x 3.25” tall
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Jute, Lucite
Vintage Heavy Cut Glass Ice Bucket Chivas Regal France 1980s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Heavy Cut Glass Ice Bucket Chivas Regal Made in France, circa 1980s.
Heavy cut glass ice bucket in the traditional style with solid, clear glass handles.
Made in France, ice bucket heavy cut glass crystal clear thick waffle cut glass diamond design Chivas Regal 12 years.
This ice bucket is in excellent condition.
Vintage crystal ice bucket...
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Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Mexican Ceramic Pottery Mugs, Set of 4
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Handmade ceramic pottery mugs by Rodolfo Padilla, Mexico. Mugs are a work of art in themselves. In excellent condition.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$370 / set
Memphis Ice Bucket and Trays Post Modern 1980
s Lacquer
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A great post modern 1980's set of three items: ice bucket with cover and two additional trays. Made in Japan by Taste Setter Sigma. Serving trays are ...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic, Lacquer
Hermes Paris porcelain ashtray
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Hermès Paris Porcelain Ashtray
This ashtray features a charming, detailed design of a duck in a natural setting, with delicate brushstrokes and a harmonious color palette. The depict...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Murano Glass Aquarium by Gino Cenedese with Two Fishes, Paperweight
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Murano, Italy, 1980s.
This rare decorative object, which can also be used as a paperweight, depicts two colored fishes in an aquarium with its own algae and corals.
It is made in m...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Anzolo Fuga Attb Murano Glass Vase
By Anzolo Fuga
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice and large glass vase for a very well known glass blower artist.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Set Of 4 Raw Sunrise Glassware by Milena Kling
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 4 Raw Sunrise Glassware by Milena Kling
Unique Pieces.
Dimensions: Ø 8 x H 9 cm.
Materials: Mouth-blown crystal glass.
Available individually and in sets of four glasses. Di...
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2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Archimede Seguso Style Murano Glass, Carnival Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Just a beautiful vase in the Carnival style colors murano glass vase.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Bottega Vignoli Large Majolica/Ceramic Vase, Signed, Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bottega Vignoli is brand created in Italy in the 1970's and makes unique and limited editions of Byzantine, Roman design ceramics, Majolica, located in Faenza.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set Of 4 Raw Forrest Glassware by Milena Kling
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 4 Raw Forrest Glassware by Milena Kling
Unique Pieces.
Dimensions: Ø 8 x H 9 cm.
Materials: Mouth-blown crystal glass.
Available individually and in sets of four glasses. Di...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Christian Dior Home , rare set 2 Ice Bucket and Wine bottle cooler silver plate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and rare 2 pieces set , ice bucket plus wine cooler . Shows original red sticker label . Made in Italy, Quick not most of the French production of Christian Dior was produc...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Postmodern Brown Murano Glass Fish Decorative Figure by Vincenzo Nason, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Vincenzo Nason & C. Murano, Italy, 1970s.
This fish is made in Murano glass.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in exce...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Nob Hill
Ceramic Mug Sculpture by Peter Shire, 2015
By Peter Shire
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Glazed whiteware ceramic mug sculpture by Peter Shire, 2015.
Approximate measures: 11 3/4" high x 16 1/2" wide x 29" long (to handle)
Peter Shire:
Peter Shire is an LA-based art...
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2010s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Large Earthenware Vide-Poche / Decorative Plate by Pino Castagna, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
This catchall / vide-poche / decorative plate is made in glazed earthenware.
It is signed by Pino Castagna.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show sl...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Transparent Murano Glass Vase by Carlo Moretti, Signed and Labeled, Italy 1990s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
Made in hand-blown and hand-polished Murano glass.
It is signed and labeled by Carlo Moretti.
This vase might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
John Miller Blue Plate Special Cola
Straw 2008 Blown Pop Art Glass Sculpture
By John Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by Americana, Miller's work stands to bring new light and perspective to the often overlooked but ubiquitous cultural artifacts that form the American visual lexicon and lived experience. Maybe as impressive as the work itself, is the magnitude of which his creations come to life. At such an impressive scale, his process is truly spectacle to witness.
Pieces from his famed ‘Blue Plate Special...
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Set of 2 1980s Ashtrays
Picture Frame in Cut Glass
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This set is composed by 2 glass ashtrays and 1 glass picture frame. Very good condition.
Picture frame: cm 13 H x 10 W x 2,6 D
Ashtray: cm 3 H x 9 W x 9 D.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
Franco Bucci Coffee Service ACR Arte Ceramica Romana, 1973
By Franco Bucci
Located in Melbourne, AU
Franco Bucci coffee service for six with coffee pot, cups, saucers, sugar and creamer.
We love this service for its bold, elegant, robust Italian design, typical of the 1970s. Curvacious, chunky, innovative, attractive, lovely to use and to hold - it's got it all.
Bucci designed ceramics for high quality manufacture. During the 1970s, he produced this 'budget' household crockery service for mass production which proved very popular. This set can be viewed in the Bucci archive, listed as item 805.
It was produced serially by Arte Ceramica...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$752 Sale Price
48% Off
Rare Pair of Memphis Bottle Openers by Marco Zanuso for Giotto 1993 Italy
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Pair of Memphis Bottle Openers by Marco Zanuso for Giotto 1993 Italy
Designed by Marco Zanuso jr. for GIOTTO. Although Ettore Sottsass was part of the company, it has to do with...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Italian Postmodern Koncord Series Espresso Maker by Walter Capp, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Italian Postmodern Koncord Series Espresso Maker by Walter Capp for Vev Vigano, 1970s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979 This piece has an attribution mark.
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Hermès Set of 7 HTS Collection Dinner Spoons
By Hermès, Nedda El-asmar
Located in Mexico City, MX
A set of 7 dinner spoons by Hermès. The HTS collection, Hermès Tout Simple, presents an ergonomic design and a new form of elegance born from the combination of mirror polish and dee...
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Early 2000s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Matteo Thun for Arzberg Tea-for-One Set, 1980
By Arzberg, Matteo Thun
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic Memphis post-modern stack tea-for-one set from the "Fantasia" line by Arzberg, designed by Matteo Thun, a contemporary of Ettore Sottsass, loop handles, tripod cup feet, st...
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1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 24 Euclid Tableware Pieces by Eter Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 24 Euclid Tableware Pieces by Eter Design
Unique Pieces.
Dimensions: Dinner plate L: Ø 33 x H 1,5 cm.
Dinner plate M: Ø 26 x H 1,5 cm.
Dessert plate: Ø 19.8 x H 1,5 cm.
Bread & butter plate: Ø 14.5 cm x H 1 cm.
Cereal bowl: Ø 19.8 x H 8,5 cm.
Cereal plate: Ø 14.5 x H 1 cm.
Soup plate: Ø 25.5 x H 6 cm.
Serving bowl M: Ø 28.2 x H 9 cm.
Serving bowl L: Ø 39.5 x H 11 cm.
Casserole: Ø 22.2 x H 3.5 cm.
Espresso cup: Ø 10 cm x H 5,5 cm.
Espresso plate: Ø 14.5 cm x H 1 cm.
Mug: Ø 9 cm x H 9 cm.
Water cup...
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2010s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay
$2,076 / set
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