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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MEMPHIS "VOLGA" PostModern Porcelain Vase Italian / Matteo Thun (Austria)
By Matteo Thun
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
VOLGA Porcelain Flower Vase Matteo Thun
Hand-turned and hand-shaped white porcelain vase with kiln-sublimated decorative decals.
The VOLGA porcelain is a vase designed by Matteo Thu...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vase 1 Atlantis Collection by Angeliki Stamatakou
Located in Geneve, CH
Vase 1 Atlantis Collection by Angeliki Stamatakou
One of a kind, 2022
Dimensions: H 9.5 x W 11 cm.
Materials: Stoneware, handmade glaze.
Colors: blue, pink, ivory.
Angeliki St...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Fine Handcut Crystal Oklahoma Tray
Located in Geneve, CH
Fine handcut crystal Oklahoma tray
Materials: Fine handcut crystal
Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 30 cm
Weight: 7.5 kg.
Reflections Copenhagen, a collection of handmade decorative mirrors and crystal pieces, finely balanced to Challenge the traditional styles and shapes of todays’ homes by adding new dimensions and possibilities to interior decorating. Julie Hugau and Andrea Larsson, inspired by the graphic expression of Art Deco, the vast contrasts of the 1980s and the opportunity to explore the delicate materials that the mirrors are made of, combined their visions and the start of Reflections was a fact. The collection sums up their perspectives of how to provide new expressions through strength and form, the mirrors are designed with a strong visual structure to create a contrast of light and reflections through non-traditional mirror...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
$1,091 / item
Scones Lamp by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Scones lamp by Olivia Cognet
Materials: Ceramic.
Dimensions: D 20 x H 38 cm
Non electrified.
Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a prec...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$4,390 / item
Unique Arq 007 Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Arq 007 vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz.
Dimensions: Ø 15.5 x 15.5 cm.
Materials: Hand-sculpted glazed stoneware.
The Arq series emerged from our own past production. ...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Bel Ava Washbasin by Studio Nosqua
Located in Geneve, CH
Bel Ava Washbasin by Studio Nosqua
Dimensions: D 52 x W 52 x H 93 cm
Material: Glass.
Basin drain not included.
Between desertic expanses and frozen mountains, Bela Ava offers you ...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$1,661 / item
Fall Regular Ashtray by Cal Summers
By Cal Summers
Located in Geneve, CH
Fall Regular Ashtray by Cal Summers
Dimension: D 6.8 x W 15 x H 2 cm
Materials: Stainless Steel.
Cal Summers is a British designer who makes bespoke handmade furniture and contempo...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
$2,871 / item
Set of Serving Bowl L with Serving Spoons by Eter Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of Serving Bowl L with Serving Spoons by Eter Design
Unique Pieces.
Dimensions: Serving Bowl L: Ø 39.5 x H 11 cm.
Serving Spoons: Ø 5,5 x H 28,5 cm
Materials: Clay.
Sustainable ...
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2010s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay
Vintage 1980s Shelton Ware Terracotta Fabric Ice Bucket with Lucite Handle Tong
Located in Toronto, CA
A rare and luxurious vintage ice bucket by Shelton Ware, crafted in the United States during the 1980s. This exceptional piece combines the glamour of Hol...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Fabric, Lucite
$243 Sale Price
25% Off
Half Half Vase by Jung Hong
Located in Geneve, CH
Half half vase by Jung Hong
Unique Piece
Dimensions: W 28 x D 28 x H 31 cm
Materials: Porcelain
I use the technique of 'sang-gam' (=inlay work) with my special tool, which I made myself, and create delicate and exact lines, which are all handmade, although they are often mistakenly considered manufactured. In the notched hollow lines, I delicately place the subtle different colors one by one, just as hyperrealist painters do. It took me about a year to get a detailed "moon" pattern on the porcelain "moon jar".
I am a Berlin-based ceramic artist from Korea and these are very early works made in Berlin,
Moon jar is a type of traditional Korean white porcelain...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$3,915 / item
Set of 2 Euclid Teapot and Mug by Eter Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Euclid Teapot and Mug by Eter Design
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Teapot: D 16 x W 28 x H 16 cm.
Mug: Ø 9 cm x H 9 cm.
Materials: Clay.
Sustainab...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay
Medium Creux Tray by Clemence Birot
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Creux tray by Clemence Birot
Dimensions: 39 x 22 cm
Materials: ash (black stained).
Clemence Birot started her career in Copenhagen,...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ash
$352 / item
1980s Marco Zanini Design by Hollywood Collection Ceramic by Flavia Montelupo
By Marco Zanini
Located in Biella, IT
Marco Zanini for Hollywood collection by Flavia Montelupo, ceramic years 80.
Measure h 4 inches x diam 5".
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 Refined Contemporary Marble Travertino Silver Cake Stands and Plate
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Refined Contemporary Marble Travertino Silver Cake Stands and Plate
Signed by Leo Aerts.
Dimensions:
D 26 x H 22.5 cm
D 32 x H 15 cm
D 32 x H 2 cm
Material: Travertino Sil...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
Unique Arq 002 Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Arq 002 vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Dimensions: Ø 15.5 x 28 cm
Materials: hand-sculpted glazed stoneware.
The Arq series emerged from our own past production. Draw...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
$1,234 / item
Refined Contemporary Marble 02 Grey Saint Laurent Marble Cake Stand
Located in Geneve, CH
Refined Contemporary marble 02 grey saint laurent marble cake stand
Signed by Leo Aerts.
Dimensions: diameter 32 x height 15 cm
Material: graf...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
Refined Contemporary Marble 03 Bianco Statuarietto Marble Cake Stand
Located in Geneve, CH
Refined Contemporary Marble 03 Bianco Statuarietto Marble Cake Stand
Signed by Leo Aerts.
Dimensions: diameter 26 x height 22.5 cm
Material: Bianco Statuarietto Marble
Technique: polished, carved.
Available in marble: Kyknos, Bianco Statuarietto, Grey Saint Laurent, Picasso Green, Port Saint Laurent, Travertino Silver, Rosso Lepanto, or Travertino Rosso. Available in sizes Small or Medium. Also available in Sets.
Angelo O is the brother and scale model of the natural stone table Angelo M. Angelo O can be ideally used as a cake dish or to serve other delicacies. The collection consists of three different models available in nine different marble types. Each object is completely hand-finished and is signed on the bottom. The slim base provides an elegant look and also promotes holding the object while serving.
The objects have a honed, matte finish. Every Angelo O cake dish is packed in an original wooden...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Unique Arq 009 Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Arq 009 vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Dimensions: Ø 15 x H 23 cm
Materials: hand-sculpted glazed stoneware.
The Arq series emerged from our own past production. Draw...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
$1,020 / item
Temple Tray by Emre Yunus Uzun
Located in Geneve, CH
Temple tray by Emre Yunus Uzun.
Dimensions: D 50 x W 30 x H 4 cm.
Materials: brushed oak wood, leather top.
Custom sizes and finishes available.
...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Leather, Oak
$1,566 / item
Unique Arq 010 Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Arq 010 vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz.
Dimensions: Ø 15.5 x H 16.5 cm.
Materials: hand-sculpted glazed stoneware.
The Arq series emerged from our own past production...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Ceramic Set Form 3000
Sicilia
by Arzberg, 1970
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning 11-piece porcelain tea/coffee set 'Sicilia' form 3000 ceramic set by Hans Theo Baumann for Arzberg Porzellan, Germany. The set contains a tea/coffee pot with lid, a small ca...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Refined Contemporary Marble 03 Kyknos Marble Cake Stand
Located in Geneve, CH
Refined Contemporary marble 03 Kyknos Marble cake stand
Signed by Leo Aerts.
Dimensions: Diameter 26 x height 22.5 cm
Material: Kyknos marble
Te...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
Set of 2 Le Mani Bowls by Marcela Cure
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Le Mani Bowls by Marcela Cure
Dimensions: W 42 x D 42 x H 15 cm
Materials: Resin and Stone Composite
The latest addition to our CORPOREA Collection is the Le Mani bowl....
Category
2010s Colombian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stone
$6,578 / set
Postmodern Philip Morris Porcelain Stacking Ashtray Pyramide Tip Lid, 2000s
By Frank Stella
Located in Hamburg, DE
Pyramids, pointed lid for the Limited Edition Philip Morris ashtray from Rosenthal.
This top was designed by Frank Stella. The other stacking ashtrays from various designers. A new ...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Arq 007 Musgo Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Arq 007 Musgo Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz.
Dimensions: Ø 15.5 x 15.5 cm
Materials: Hand-sculpted glazed stoneware.
The Arq series emerged from our own past product...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Postmodern German Flying Objects Series Sauciere for Arzberg, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German Flying Objects Series Sauciere by David Palterer and Sieger Design for Arzberg, 1990s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1990 to 1999 This piece has an attribution ...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
PostModern Michael Graves Swid Powell Handblown Glass Aerator Wine Decanter
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
1990s Post Modern Memphis Michael Graves and Swid Powell Handblown Glass Wine Decanter with Interior Blue Bird Aerator by Alessi. Italy
A remarkably delicate and clever design. The poetic glass blue bird serves as an aerator for the wine.
The cross shaped acacia wood foot as used by again by Swid Powell im his coffee set. A stylistic signature that makes a pleasing come back with this decanter.
Other recurring figure across Michael Graves' career, the blue glass bird...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Rosewood, Cork
German Postmodern Chrome Coffee Filter Holder from Zack, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
German Postmodern Chrome Coffee Filter Holder from Zack, 1980s
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Half Half Vase by Jung Hong
Located in Geneve, CH
Half Half Vase by Jung Hong
Unique Piece
Dimensions: W 26 x D 26 x H 27.5 cm
Materials: Porcelain.
I use the technique of 'sang-gam' (=inlay work) with my special tool, which I made myself, and create delicate and exact lines, which are all handmade, although they are often mistakenly considered manufactured. In the notched hollow lines, I delicately place the subtle different colors one by one, just as hyperrealist painters do. It took me about a year to get a detailed "moon" pattern on the porcelain "moon jar".
I am a Berlin-based ceramic artist from Korea and these are very early works made in Berlin,
Moon jar is a type of traditional Korean white porcelain...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$3,915 / item
Porcelain Breakfast Bowls
Chromatics
by Arzberg, 1971
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful set of shallow breakfast bowls from the 'Chromatic' series, designed by Gerald Gulotta for Arzberg Porzellan, Germany between 1971-73. The bowls are part of the 'Goldbraun'...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Double Dip Bowls
Chromatics
by Arzberg, 1971
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful double dip bowls from the 'Chromatic' series, designed by Gerald Gulotta for Arzberg Porzellan, Germany between 1971-73. These double bowls are great for small snacks and d...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Presenter Tray by Gentner Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Rare presenter tray by Gentner Design
Dimensions: D 20 x W 20 x H 20 cm
Materials: tarnished brass
1 x Rare presenter tray
4 x Rare whiskey glasses by Felicia Ferrone
Inspir...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
$1,198 / item
Esteban Prieto Bronze Iridescent Tumblers - Set of 5
Located in Fairfield, CA
A set of 5 blown glass tumblers by Oakland, CA glass artist, Esteban Prieto. Each with a beautiful iridescent bronze coloring to the glass and an applied serpent design wrapping arou...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage "Twisted Ribbon" Lucite / Acrylic Wine Rack, 1970
s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage "Twisted Ribbon" Lucite / Acrylic Wine Rack, 1970's
"In good vintage condition - some scuffs and fogging"
Category
1970s Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
Classic Teapot Designed by Michael Graves for Alessi Stamped
Dated Postmodern
Located in San Diego, CA
A Classic iconic teapot designed by Michael Graves for Alessi, made in Italy in nice original condition. Stamped Alessi very light use.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mardi Jo Cohen 1990 Memphis 20 Flatware Service in Sterling with Gemstones
Located in Miami, FL
Flatware set designed by Mardi Jo Cohen (1959-).
Fabulous sculptural table pieces, crafted by the renowned American metalsmith artist Mardi Jo Cohen back in the 1990. These pieces has been individually made with Memphis design patterns in solid sterling silver, with high polished finish. This set is composed by 20 pieces divided in 5 sets.
Gemstones: Mounted in bezel settings, with round brilliant cuts gemstones such; five peridots and five pink topaz, with an approximate weight of 12 carats.
Materials: Silver, Lucite, gemstones, Formica and enamel paint.
Weight: Combined of 911.60 Grams, (584.36 Dwt).
Measurements: Average of 30 mm by 174 mm (1.18 x 6.85 Inches).
Hallmarks: Each piece is stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "MARDI JO COHEN 90 STERLING SILVER".
Mardi Jo Cohen born in 1959. Her works can be found in the Yale University Collection, the National Museum of American Jewish History and the Museum of Art and Design in New York, as well as other prominent museums and galleries coast to coast. Often seen in the form of serving utensils and jewelry is rarely seen let alone available to acquire.
The Memphis style
Was emerged in 1981, when the Italian designer and architect Ettore Sottsass founded a group of artists and designers called Memphis. Bob Dylan’s song 'Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again' was playing on repeat during the group’s first meeting, which led to the group being named 'Memphis'. After the inaugural meeting, the group decided that they would meet again in February 1981. The members brought over 100 drawings with them, picturing a variety of bold, colorful designs with multiple stylistic influences. The Memphis Group went on to create furniture, fabrics, patterns, ceramics and other products in a distinctly Postmodern style that blended stylistic traits of 1950s kitsch...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
$4,316 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Tall Mug Sculpture, Dated 1981
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from 1981 and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP" pottery (Echo Park Pottery...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Post-Modern Stainless Steel Bar Set by Michael Graves
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice post-modern stainless steel bar tool set by Michael Graves, circa the 1980s. The set is in good vintage condition and measures 6.5"W x 8.25"D x 1"H. The set includes cocktail ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Carafe by Marco Susani for hwc EGIZIA Sottsass Associati (Italy)
Located in Round Top, TX
Marco Susani designed carafe for hwc EGIZIA by SOTTSASS ASSOCIATI. This piece is documented as having been retailed by Birks.
A Postmodern mouth blown, stu...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Black Glass Ashtray, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Black Glass Ashtray, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Materials: Glass
Color: Black
Styles: Postmodern
Item Type: Vintage, Anti...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Ceramic Cookie Jar Designed by Michael Graves Atomic Bomb
Located in San Diego, CA
Great and unique design by Michael Graves classic 1980's postmodern look with atomic Age design , in a white porcelain finish cookie jar with a lid and rubber sealer to keep them fresh.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Mugs K. Fujumori for Kato Kogei Japan Twilight Post-Modern Memphis 1980s
By Fujimori
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Pair of mugs in Twilight pattern were designed by Kaneaki Fujimori for Kato Kogei Japan in 1980s. The mugs are decorated with colorful designs in black, olive, and orange that are c...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern Glossy Black Ceramic Braided Woven Abstract Centerpiece Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Stunning woven braided ceramic centerpiece bowl glazed in a chic glossy black. Great size for a coffee table or entryway. Very unusual abstract shape, pleasing from every angle. Not ...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern Ceramic Ashtray in Gold from Arabia, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Ceramic Ashtray in Gold from Arabia, 1980s
Category
20th Century Finnish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
24K gold-plated drink set designed by Pino Spagnolo for Biesse, Italy 1978
Located in Milano, IT
24K gold-plated drink set designed by Pino Spagnolo for Biesse, Italy 1978.
Biesse products are made using die-casting in alloy and undergo a four-layer galvanic process, achieving ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Swedish Postmodern Centerpiece Bowl by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien, 1990s
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Postmodern Swedish art glass centerpiece bowl by artist and designer Ulrica Hydman-Vallien, circa 1990s, for Kosta Boda, Sweden. Centerpiece ...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$500 Sale Price
20% Off
Whimsical Set of salt
Pepper Shakers Silverplated by Godinger
By Godinger
Located in San Diego, CA
Whimsical pair of salt & pepper shakers never used circa 1980's original box very cool design.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Peter Secrest Art Studio Glass Vase Pitcher Red Gold Flakes Postmodern 2003
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The pitcher or vase was hand blown by Peter Secrest in Naples, NY. It has ruby red body with gold flakes inclusions throughout; it is decorated with applied textured blue and clear ...
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
Asprey
Co. hollow Silver pair of candelabras, London, 1961
Located in Braintree, GB
Vintage pair of hollow silver candelabras
Made in England, 1961
Made by Asprey & Co.
Fully Hallmarked
Dimensions -
Approx Size : 30 x 12.8 x 25.6 cm
Total Weight 1768 g in to...
Category
1960s British Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fulvio Bianconi, "A Spicchi", 1953
Located in Paris, FR
Fulvio Bianconi
'A Spicchi' Vase, c. 1953
Execution: Venini, blown glass, purple, pink and blue.
Signed: Original label and signature (Picture 4)
H : 36 cm (14.17")
Overall Ver...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Milk Creamer Jug from Galzone, Denmark, 2000
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Milk Creamer Jug from Galzone, Denmark, in Flawless conditions. Designed from 2000 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Ceramic
Style: P...
Category
20th Century Danish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
1980s Memphis Milano Black and Blue Ceramic Teapot by Marco Zanini for Bitossi
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Memphis Milano black and blue ceramic tea pot designed by Marco Zanini for Bitossi in perfect conditions. The tea pot by Marco Zanini is a stunning piece of functional art. It embo...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
White Art Glass Vase with Abstract Design Postmodern
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, tall and substantial abstract clear and white opaline art glass vase with a slight iridescence, Postmodern design, circa late-20th century. Center 'ball' area has an abstract design of clear and twisted white art glass. Very good condition as shown in images and video. No chips noted. Dimensions: 4.25" diameter x 15" height.
For black and white handkerchief...
Category
1990s European Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Alessandro Mendini Collectable Postmodern Wine Opener by Alessi Signed
Number
Located in San Diego, CA
Alessandro Mendini wine bottle opener series made for Alessi in 2006 dated and numbered as shown great condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Huge Kaneaki Fujimori Collection Art Glass Platter Kato Kogei Japan, 1985
By Kato Kogei, Fujimori
Located in Melbourne, AU
Just wow! A huge, gorgeously colourful Kaneaki Fujimori platter.
This will display equally well standing, hanging or flat (we prefer it flat because this emphasises the generous size).
We love the shocking white of the background which makes the colours pop. We love the smooth gloss of the glass. We love the slightly off-kilter and ovoid shape. It’s a total winner!
Kaneaki Fujimori for Kato Kogei 1980s - a classic piece of Japanese postmodern Art Glass. Signature etched to base and original sticker also attached.
Red, Green, Yellow and Black are swirled through clear glass, over a milky-white background.
Delicious and punchy. Not for the faint-hearted decorator. This piece is loud and assertive. Delightful and fun, with extravagant size and a glossy smooth finish to reflect light and attract the eye.
There are some natural flaws which we’ve tried to illustrate in images. These include numerous small bubbles, mots and blemishes. The images are an example, with match-head for scale.
Comes with a lucite stand to raise the plate a little higher off surfaces if desired.
Kaneaki Fujimori is one of Japan’s preeminent artists and designers of the 20th century.
Fujimori was born in Japan in 1935, graduating college in 1956. He majored in oil painting. He travelled to the US and worked in Chicago, Illinois, as a designer for a major ceramics firm.
He returned to Japan in 1963, and became a freelance designer for various companies in Nagoya.
At age 19, he had won the national art award (for painting) in Japan. Many other awards followed through the 1980s.
At the time of the production of this work, he was the director of Kato Kogai, a ceramics and glassware company which was a major supplier to the international market during the 1980s.
Reference to his work can be found in the book ‘1950s Then and Now’ by Richard Horn, a publication from the 1980s which compares original 1950s design with new 1980s design done in the 1950s style. He is most well known outside Japan for his lively 1980s ceramics...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
$440 Sale Price
63% Off
Peter Saenger Sculptural Porcelain Creamer Pitcher
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A vintage studio pottery porcelain creamer pitcher by ceramicist, Peter Saenger. Matte white glaze and a wonderful sculptural shape. Signed on the bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
SOTTSASS ASSOCIATI for EGIZIA - Hand Made Glass Carafe - Italy - Circa 1990
s
Located in Chatham, ON
DEFNE KOZ for hwc EGIZIA by SOTTSASS ASSOCIATI - Retailed by Birks - Postmodern studio glass carafe - mouth blown - featuring a metallic horizontal stripe h...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Marble Coasters
Located in New York, NY
A set of four (4) coral hue marble drinks coasters with cork bottom, Postmodern period, circa late-20th century. Coasters are square with a rounded corner in varying shades of coral ...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
$450 / set
1980 Geert Koster Michele De Lucchi Solid Postmodern Design Metal Salt Pepper
Located in Brescia, IT
Salt and Pepper
Geert Koster & Michele De Lucchi
prod. Solid Group
Italy, 1987
Postmodern Shapes
Great Manufacture
Rare items
"SOLID" mark engraved
Excellent Condiction. Never used.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
1970
s Hand-Painted Studio Pottery Clay Vase
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
A vintage hand painted clay pottery vase with scalloped edge.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay
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