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Vintage Heath Ceramics Plate Sausalito California USA 1990
By Heath Ceramics
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This gorgeous plate by Heath Ceramics of Sausalito, CA is perfect for your Mid-Century minimalist
Category

1990s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

California Originals Ewer Vase Mid-Century Modern
By California Pottery
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Bright and distinct ewer vase was made by California Originals pottery in 1950s-1960s. It is
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pitchers

Materials

Pottery, Ceramic

California Art Tile Company Tile California Pottery & Arts and Crafts
By California Pottery
Located in Cincinnati, OH
on camels . Hand colored and crafted by the California Art Tile Company , Richmond California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Pottery

Materials

Pottery

Green Majolica Ceramic Serving Tureen Set California Pottery, Mid 20th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A polychrome verdigris green and blue majolica California Pottery Serving Tureen with lid and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Paint

Laura Andreson Signed Glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Laura Andreson
Located in Studio City, CA
, California 1979 A Century of Ceramics in the United States, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Mid-Century Modern Lava Glazed Blue Ceramic California Studio Pottery Plate
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and blue lava crater glazed studio pottery plate in the style of Mid-Century
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Barbara Willis Signed Large Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Barbara Willis
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and gorgeously glazed large stoneware Mid-century Modern low bowl by
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Luster Crater Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of Beatrice's work - or make
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Doyle Lane California Studio Pottery Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Three Bead Set
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
, one ocean blue, one white crackle glaze) by famed mid-century American artist and potter Doyle Lane
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Dark Lava Luster Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of Beatrice's work - or make for
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Studio Pottery Red Lava Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of Wood's work or make for a fabulous
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Dark Lava Crater Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of Beatrice's work - or make
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Polia Pillin Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Yunomi Tea Cup
Located in Studio City, CA
and glaze techniques to create mid-century motifs painted onto hand-thrown pottery such as pots, vases
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Dora De Larios Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Large Vase
By Dora De Larios
Located in Studio City, CA
University of Southern California where she graduated with a major in ceramics in 1957. In the 1960s, artist
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Metlox California Pottery Grill / Divided Plates Set
By California Pottery
Located in Cincinnati, OH
. Coined California Pottery because of the style and manufactured in the state by the Metlox Pottery
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Pottery

Rupert Deese Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Pedestal Bowl
By Rupert J. Deese
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeously crafted, beautifully yellow glazed, Mid-Century Modern pedestal bowl by California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Glen Lukens Signed Mid-Century Modern Glazed Ceramic California Pottery Bowl
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
to any Mid-Century Modern ceramics collection. Lukens work can be found in various museum
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Polia Pillin Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Yunomi Tea Cup
Located in Studio City, CA
and glaze techniques to create mid-century motifs painted onto hand-thrown pottery such as pots, vases
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Laura Andreson Signed Glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Laura Andreson
Located in Studio City, CA
a great addition to any collectors of Andreson's work or mid-century ceramics/ pottery collection or
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Rupert Deese Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Floral Bowl
By Rupert J. Deese
Located in Studio City, CA
the base. Would be a great addition to any Mid-Century Modern ceramics and pottery collection or a
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Raul Coronel Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl, 1960s
By Raul Coronel
Located in Studio City, CA
any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or beautiful stand-alone accent piece. Dimensions: 1
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Plate Charger
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
, Albany, New York American Museum of Ceramic Arts, Pomona, California The Anderson Collection at
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Brad Keeler 1950's Lobster Seafood Sauce Bowls California Pottery
By California Pottery
Located in Cincinnati, OH
pair was designed by Brad Keeler from the noted California pottery companies during the Mid Century
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

Joel Edwards Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Ceramic Bowl
By Joel Edwards
Located in Studio City, CA
the base. Would make for a great addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or eye
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
an amazing addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of her work
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Beatrice Wood Mid-Century California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Framed Fragment
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed framed pottery fragment by famed American/California
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Midcentury Charles and Alice Smith California Pottery Tea Cups, Set of 3
By Chalice of California
Located in Fairfield, CA
A set of 3 mid century studio teacups from the 1940s-50s by husband and wife ceramicists, Charles
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Materials

Pottery

Otto and Vivika Heino Mid-Century California Pottery 12-Piece Goblet Tea Cup Set
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted, beautifully designed set of ceramic goblets/ cups by California pottery
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Midcentury California Ceramic Planters
Located in Atlanta, GA
California. They have clean lined incised decoration and a beautiful glaze. They are priced at $650 each or
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Lucite Ice Bucket with Embedded U.S. Coins, circa 1975
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Lucite Ice Bucket with Embedded U.S. Coins, circa 1970 Attributed to California Design
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Metal, Copper

Rupert Deese Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Stoneware Ashtray
By Rupert J. Deese
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted beautifully glazed Mid-Century Modern curved bowl, Ashtray or catchall by California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

1970s Mid-Century Pottery Bud Vase California Design Influenced
By Robert Maxwell and David Cressey
Located in Hyattsville, MD
really captures some of the more collectible design aspects of the Mid-Century era.
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Materials

Stoneware

Rupert Deese California Studio Pottery Compote
By Rupert J. Deese
Located in Palm Springs, CA
California studio stoneware compote created by Claremont, California ceramist, Rupert Deese
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Marcia of California Glazed Ceramic CoffeeService-3pc
Located in west palm beach, FL
Infused with mid-century charm and California cool, this vintage glazed ceramic coffee service by
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pitchers

Materials

Ceramic

Beautiful Mid-Century Inlaid "Roadrunner" Tray by Couroc California
By The Couroc Company
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful super cool inlaid "Roadrunner" tray handcrafted by Couroc California, circa 1970s. The
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Resin, Wood

Mid Century 20 Piece Dinnerware Set of California Ivy Poppy Trail by Metlox
By Metlox Manufacturing Company
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
with the Metlox maker mark and the pattern California Ivy. Thre three tea cups have beautiful faux bois
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware

Materials

Ceramic

Early Laura Andreson California Modernist Ceramic Stoneware Bowl
By Laura Andreson
Located in Palm Springs, CA
, California. She received a bachelor's degree in education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

William Polia Pillin California Studio Colorful Ceramic Bowl
By Polia Pillin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Colorful California studio pottery bowl created by William and Polia Pillin of Los Angeles
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Charles and Alice Smith California Studio Pottery Tumbler
Located in Fairfield, CA
Alice Smith of California. Decorated with a series of figures carved into the sides of the mug. Finished
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Marc Bellaire Balinese Ceramic Covered Dish California ca 1950s
By Marc Bellaire
Located in Cathedral City, CA
to provide that mid-century modern decorative touch to any interior. Measures 2 inches high, 8 1/8
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Beatrice Wood Signed Pink Lava Glaze Midcentury California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice Wood signed bowl featuring a unique pink lava
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Mid Century Modern California Pottery Ceramic Lazy Susan Serving Tray
By Santa Anita Ware
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful and large lazy Susan serving tray by Santa Anita Ware of California. This serving platter
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Pottery, Wood

William Shinn Lavender California Studio Pottery Extruded Ikebana Vase 1980s
By William Shinn
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Hand formed and extruded lavender ikebana vase created by William Shinn of Santa Maria, California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware, Ceramic

Beatrice Wood Signed Iridescent Luster Glaze California Studio Pottery Face Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
. Truly a special piece and one of our personal favorites. Would be an amazing addition to any Mid-Century
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Otto and Vivika Heino California Studio Ball Weed Vase
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Palm Springs, CA
White splash ball vase created by Otto and Vivika Heino of Ojai, California. Vase measures 5" by 5
Category

1990s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

3 Piece Set California Pottery Mardi Gras by Marc Bellaire
By Marc Bellaire
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Mid-Century Modern ceramic pottery by Marc Bellaire, 3 piece set includes stylized covered
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Marc Bellaire Large Decorative Ceramic Bowl Luau Signed California Pottery USA
By Marc Bellaire
Located in Monrovia, CA
piece of California pottery. Marc Bellaire was born in 1925 in Toledo, Ohio. He studied at the Toledo
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Beautiful Mid-Century Inlaid san Francisco Cable Car Tray by Couroc California
By The Couroc Company
Located in San Diego, CA
California, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition.  
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Brass

Vivika Otto Heino California Studio Pottery Small Weed Pot Bud Vase
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Small stoneware weed bud vase created by Vivika and Otto Heino of Ojai, California. Vase measures
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Pair of Studio Ceramic Giraffes by Frank Engle Studio California
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of Studio Ceramic Giraffes, Wonderful Form . Gold over matte black glaze . From the studio of Frank Engle . Originally in Los Angeles . Eventually relocated to Newburgh Indiana .
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Dora De Larios Signed Mexican American California Studio Pottery Art Plate
By Dora De Larios
Located in Studio City, CA
Larios' work/ Mid-century Modern ceramics or gorgeous eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Edmund Ronaky Ceramic Bowl Dish Hand painted Under Glaze California Potter
By Edmund Ronaky
Located in Chicago, IL
This fun ceramic dish by California potter Edmund Ronaky has a free form and a two-part shape. It
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Dora De Larios Signed Mexican American California Studio Pottery Sculpture Bowl
By Dora De Larios
Located in Studio City, CA
. Would be a great addition to any collectors of De Larios' work/ Mid-century Modern ceramics or gorgeous
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Dora De Larios Signed Mexican American California Studio Pottery Sculpture
By Dora De Larios
Located in Studio City, CA
California studio art potter Dora De Larios. It was recently brought to our attention by a collector of her
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Beatrice Wood Signed Midcentury California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
underside of the base (with noted inventory number). Would be an amazing addition to any Mid-Century
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Glen Lukens Signed Early Midcentury Glazed California Pottery Weed Pot Vase
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
addition to any collectors of Lukens' work or Mid-Century Modern ceramics collection or eye-catching accent
Category

Vintage 1920s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Otto and Vivika Heino Signed Midcentury Large California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed, exquisitely handmade bowl by pottery or ceramics masters husband and wife
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Decorative Ceramic Dish by Phillip H. Paradise, California, 1950s
By Phillip Herschel Paradise
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Rare decorative earthenware dish by renowned Californian artist Phillip Herschel Paradise. Hand
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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Mid Century Ceramics California For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the mid century ceramics california you’re looking for. Frequently made of ceramic, stoneware and pottery, every mid century ceramics california was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect mid century ceramics california — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A mid century ceramics california made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — is very popular. A well-made mid century ceramics california has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Gainey Pottery, Don Jennings and Rupert Deese are consistently popular.

How Much is a Mid Century Ceramics California?

Prices for a mid century ceramics california can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $135 and can go as high as $3,900, while the average can fetch as much as $600.

A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture

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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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.