Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
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 legendary 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.
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
Year Plate by Eduardo Paolozzi for Rosenthal, 1978
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing bisque porcelain year plate, designed by Eduardo Paolozzi for Rosenthal, number 1620 from a limited series of 3000, complete with certificate and original box. Priced individ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Vase, Chodziez, Poland, 1950s
Located in Chorzów, PL
A vase made of porcelite, decorated with a floral motif
Signed Chodziez. Made in Poland in the 1950s
Very good condition
Measures: Height 26cm, diameter 15cm.
Category
1950s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Capodimonte Ceramic Decorative Item by Mollica, Rococo Style, Italy
By Capodimonte
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s.
This group of 7 cherubs are made in Capodimonte lacquered ceramic by Mollica.
This item might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be consid...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Piero Fornasetti Medaglioni Crescent Catchall Trays, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
A set of six (6) vintage catch all crescent shaped decorative dishes designed and manufactured by the Italian master of playful and surreal self-expr...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Tureen Laveno Verbano Guido Andloviz, 1940
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Porcelain tureen Laveno Verbano Guido Andloviz 1940.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal, Five Romanze Blue Flower Porcelain Plates, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal. Five Romanze Blue Flower Porcelain Plates.
1960s.
Measure: Diameter: 19.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Jean-Jacques Prolongeau French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Delightful French Limoges porcelain figure of a girl with a basket of fruit resting on her head by Jean-Jaques Prolongeau for Haviland and dating from the 1970's. The hollow figure is Scandinavian in style and is decorated in natural glazed white porcelain with molded decoration and facial and and hair detail. The figure carries a wide rounded bowl on her head laden with apples and pears. With printed Haviland Limoges marks...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Collection of 9 Friars Franciscan Monks Porcelain, Bottle, Shot Glasses Steins
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Lot of 9 Friars Franciscan Monks Porcelain collectibles. Made by Goebel Germany. The Bottle measures approx. 10" high, small shot glasses are approx. 1 3/4" high and 1 3/4" in diamet...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, Coffee Service for Twelve People, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal.
Coffee service for twelve people. Porcelain with gold decoration. 1970s.
The cup measures: 7 x 6 cm.
The sugar bowl measures: 8.5 x 7.5 cm.
In exce...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gorgeous Vintage Vase by German Company Krautheim, Selb Bavaria
Located in Bastogne, BE
Krautheim
Collection of Meadow Flowers.
Gorgeous antique vase!
1884.
Bone china, hand painted, gilded.
From the most famous porcelain manufactory in Germany Krautheim.
For sale is a wonderful collection porcelain vase.
Coral color has been around for ages, just like corals themselves, but in the last decade this color has become increasingly popular, as coral color is a very pleasing color to the eye and evokes bright and positive emotions, and often brings a smile to people's faces for no particular reason.
On the bottom there is an overglaze stamp Krautheim, Selb Bavaria...
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Early 2000s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Karlskrona, Upsala Ekeby Serving Platters, Sylvia Pattern
Located in Riverdale, NY
Set of 8 Upsala Ekeby Serving Platters, Karlskrona Sylvia Pattern from the 1960's with autumnal leaf edge pattern which is a beautiful Karlskrona classic. Can be used as a dinner pla...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Villeroy & Boch Paired Porcelain Naif Christmas Collection Small Candlesticks
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage porcelain Villeroy & Boch Candlesticks.
Christmas Series by French artist Gerard Laplau.
Candlesticks look very exquisite. They will help to create a romantic atmospher...
Category
1980s Luxembourgish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Japanese Porcelain Appetizer Plates 'Set of 4' Mid Century
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful set of 4 porcelain japanese appetizer plates. Each piece is beautifully rendered in the shape of a shell and together add a chic element to y...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Six Mid-Century Modern Handpainted Plates by Piero Fornasetti, "Floralia", 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare Six Mid-Century Modern Handpainted Plates by Piero Fornasetti, "Floralia", 1950s.
Plate from the Floralia series by Pierro Fornasetti for his...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Lacquered Ceramic Decorative Clown Figure, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This item is made in lacquered ceramic and might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and r...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Rosenthal Porcelain Flower Cylinder Vase by Wolf Bauer, Germany
By Rosenthal
Located in Barntrup, DE
A hand-painted Rosenthal porcelain vase designed by Wolf Bauer, the Studio-Linie line, Germany, 1970s-1980s.
The white porcelain vase is in a cylindrical form and is adorned with br...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine of a Boy with a Hammer, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1945
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a boy (shepherd) with a hammer
Made in Denmark by the Royal Copenhagen manufactory
Manufactured in 1945.
Model number # 620
Very good condition, no ...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
White Porcelain Decorative Item "Osterfreude" by Carl Werner for Hutschenreuther
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Germany, 1960s.
This item is made in white porcelain and might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and r...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Plates, Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of rare Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates,
Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish,
Numbered # 2 & 3,
circa 1960s
The porcelain plates depict two diff...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Murano Art Glass Vases
Located in Miami, FL
A wonderful pair of Murano art glass vases screaming to be displayed.
Round in form with a tapered base, and balloons out at the middle and cinches in at the top.
Tall strokes o...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Art Glass
Large Mid-Century Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine of a Rooster by J. Feldtmann
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine mid-century Rosenthal porcelain figurine.
In the form of a rooster.
Designed by J. Feldtmann in the 1950s for Rosenthal.
S...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori Trinfale Vase, Red with Silver Overlay, Italy, 1929
By Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Richard Ginori Earthenware form with “Triumphal chariot” relief on front, red glaze and hand-applied silver in floral motif. Exceedingly rare piece. Hand-painted signature on undersi...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Silver
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve Porcelain Plate #5, Signed, Unused
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve porcelain plate number 5. Signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
MCM Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Plate,
Motiv 22,
With original box,
The 1980s
From a select group of porcelain plates made by Rosenthal from ...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #15
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti porcelain themes & variation plate #15,
The Hand,
Barnaba Fornasetti, Fornasetti Studio.
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation patt...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain and Gilded Appetizer Bowls Midcentury Barware Set / 6
Located in North Miami, FL
These fabulous small Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti vintage appetizer small serving bowls are porcelain with gilded gold edges, bottom and ins...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
MCM Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate, #1, Astrolabio Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe porcelain plate,
#1 in Astrolabio pattern,
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti plate depicts an astrol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 8 Cups or Coasters “Cocktails” by Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti Milano
Located in Brussels, BE
About this set of 8 cups or coasters "Cocktails" by Piero Fornasetti
Porcelain with polychrome decoration.
Each coaster illustrating a cocktail and its recipe.
Each coaster marked...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine of a Woman with a Goose, Gerold Porzellan, Germany, 1980s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a woman with a goose
Signed Gerold Porzellan Bavaria
Very good condition
Measures: Height: 21cm width: 9cm dept...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Plates from the Musical Instruments Series by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Porcelain plates from the Musical Instruments series by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s
with screen-printed and hand-painted decoration.
Produced and designed in the 1950s by Piero Fornasetti.
Present the brand of the manufacture.
This plate are very rare and in very good conditions, probably never used as plate but just to decorations for a living wall or in a kitchen furniture...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine of Children, Gerold Porzellan, Germany, 1980s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of children
Signed Gerold Porzellan Bavaria
Very good condition
Measures: height: 17cm; diameter 8cm.
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Ivory Ceramic Vase with Brown Floral Details by Rosenthal, Italy
By Rosenthal
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1943.
This ceramic vase is marked by Rosenthal.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in perfect original...
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Figurine of a Sewing Woman, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a sewing woman in regional costume.
Made in Denmark by the Royal Copenhagen manufactory
Manufactured in 1957.
Model number # 1314
Very good conditio...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate, Number Twelve in Astrolabio Series
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe, it is number twelve of twelve in series. A ribbon above reads "Ad Habendum Horam Ineqvalem Et Qvatvor Angvlos Celi In Die"....
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Eva Zeisel for Hallcraft Porcelain Gravy Bowls
By Eva Zeisel
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful design and prints, by Eva Zeisel for Hallcraft porcelain bowls can be sold separate buyer can buy 1 or 2 great conditions no chips or cracks.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate, #11 in Astrolabio Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain astrolabe plate,
#11 in Astrolabio Pattern.
1960's-mid 1970's.
The plate depicts an astrolabe, it is number 11 ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Calandar Plate for 1969
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Plate for the Year 1969,
The design of the 1969 Fornasetti porcelain calendar plate depicts a bunch of gr...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Marked White Royal Dux Porcelain Snow Owl, Animal Sculpture Mid-Century Modern
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Royal Dux Bohemia white royal dux porcelain snow owl, animal Sculpture Mid-Century Modern.
Marked at Base, numbered #813 33-10 & Makers Trademark.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Eva Zeisel Rare 'First Issue' Castleton "Museum Dinner Service" 2 Cups & Saucers
By Eva Zeisel
Located in Sharon, CT
The original discontinued cups with the downward handles and golden tan added over the porcelain white from the famous set commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). Four cups ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Barnaba Fornasetti Calendar Plate for 2013 with Piero Fornasetti Self Portrait
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Barnaba Fornasetti Calendar Plate for 2013,
with Piero Fornasetti Self Portrait,
#518 of 700
The plate depicts an image of Piero Fornase...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal Germany Modern Grasses Pattern Coffee Service 3 Pcs
Located in Miami, FL
A Mid-Century Modern porcelain coffee service set consisting of coffee pot, creamer and lidded sugar by Rosenthal in the GRASSES pattern with the iconic ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Gio Ponti Set of Two Decorative Bottles in Ceramic by Cooperativa Ceramica Imola
By Gio Ponti
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Set of two decorative blue bottles in ceramic with gold lusters decorations (realized by Bottega Gatti in Faenza) from the Bottiglie Abitate series which is designed by Gio Ponti in the 1950s and manufactured during the 1990s by Cooperativa Ceramica Imola.
The manufacturer's brand and signature are visible under the bases.
Dimensions:
A buttoned bottle H36 cm
A decorated bottle H30 cm
Gio Ponti was an icon of the modernist movement: the Italian designer, architect, artist and publisher contributed significantly to the worlds of architecture and design with his extensive work in fine furniture and ceramics, education, office and residential buildings, and everything in between.
Giovanni, known as Gio Ponti was born in 1891 in Milan. It was there that he spent his childhood, and in 1921 he began to study architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. From 1923 to 1930 he served as the artistic director of the Richard-Ginori porcelain factory. In 1927, Ponti started his first architectural office, together with Emilio Lancia, and in 1928 he started the magazine Domus, which is still regarded as one of the most influential European magazines for architecture and design. He was also very influential during the period as a curator of the Milan Triennale.
After his collaboration with Emilio Lancia had come to an end, upon completion of the Torre Rasini, he began to work as an architect together with the engineers Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Luster
Italian Tea Service Guido Andlovitz Italy 1940s with Venice and Gondolas Laveno
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Saucers diameter 14.5 cm
Cups diameter 12 cm, height 4 cm
Teapot height 20 cm, width 25 cm, depth 10 cm
Sugar bowl 13 cm high, 14 cm wide, 7 cm deep.
Spout 11 cm high, 14 cm wide...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Shelley England Fine Bone China Enameled and Gilt Demitasse Cups and Saucers
Located in Miami, FL
Shelley England Fine Bone China Enameled and Gilt Demitasse Cups and Saucers
Offered for sale is a set of five fine china cups and saucers from Shelly...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Italian White Lacquered Ceramic Decorative Figure of a Woman, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This item is made in white lacquered ceramic and might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Rosenthal Studio Line by Christa Hausler-Goltz, White Porcelain Bisque Vase
Located in New York, NY
Rosenthal Studio Line white porcelain bisque vase by Christa Hausler-Goltz. Beautiful rounded oblong form, with linear details.
Measurements:
H...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Porcelain Green Vase by Wallendorf, Germany
By Wallendorf
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain vase by Wallendorf, Germany.
Very good condition.
Dimensions: height 26.5 cm / diameter 16 cm.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Björn Wiinblad for Rosendhal Studio Linie White Porcelain Bowl, 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Original Rosenthal Germany Studio Linie white porcelain bowl,
designed by Danish artist Björn Wiinblad, circa 1970.
Signature of manufacturer and designer under the base.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe plate,
Numbered #7 in Series
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe in a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20 Piece Porcelain Fish Set
Located in Vista, CA
20 Piece French Porcelain fish set. 20th century, consisting of a fourteen piece set by Porcelaines de Sologne, comprised of 12 plates, and Oval pla...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Spice Company Dish of a Bill of Sale from the Weikel & Smith
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti ceramic bill of sale tray,
Weikel & Smith Spice Company, Philadelphia
The 1950s-1960s
The large ceramic tray or ashtray depicts a bill of sale from the Weikel &...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Tea and Coffee Set "Elka" by Jezek for Brezova-Pirkenhammer, 1960s
By Pirkenhammer
Located in Praha, CZ
Elka coffee and tea set designed by Jaroslav Jezek in 1957
Awarded by Grand Prix at the Expo 1958
Manufactured and marked by Brezova - Pirkenhammer
6 tea cups with plates
6 coffee cu...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Porcelain "Bulldogs with Puppies" by Fitz and Floyd Co., American
Located in Incline Village, NV
Charming pair of porcelain white seated Bulldogs holding a pair of puppies each from their mouth in a straw basket with a blue bow around their necks; mounted on a blue base. Conditi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Plate, Themes & Variations, Motiv 19
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Rosenthal Fornasetti Temi E Variazioni porcelain plate,
Themes & Variations,
Motiv 19,
1980s.
The striking gold-rimmed black and white printed plate depicts a nude fema...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine of a Girl with a Boy, Bing & Grondahl, Denmark, 1960s / 1970s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a girl with a boy
Made in Denmark by Bing & Grondahl
Produced in 1960-70
Model number # 1781
Very good condition, no damage
Measures: Height 21cm...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine of a Bernardine Puppy, Bing & Grondahl, Denmark
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a dog Barnardine
Made in Denmark by Bing & Grondahl
The mark used in the years 1915-1947.
Model number # 1926
Very good condition, no damage.
Mea...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1944 Mid Century Rookwood Pottery Floral Porcelain Bud Vase Jens Jensen
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 1944 Rookwood Pottery porcelain vase with a floral design by Jens Jensen featuring white dogwood or magnolia blossoms on a mottled brown ground.
Category
1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Noritake Japan Coffee / Tea Set for 4 Snowville Porcelain
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare set of coffee tea for 4 great condition circa 1963 in white porcelain great condition like new, no chips or cracks, 4 snack plates - 8....
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Rattan
Mid-century Modern porcelain for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern porcelain for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage porcelain created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern porcelain made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original porcelain, popular names associated with this style include Piero Fornasetti, Rosenthal, Royal Copenhagen, and Bing & Grøndahl. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for porcelain differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $41 and tops out at $26,875 while the average work can sell for $582.
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