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Set of 8 Vintage Libbey Highball Glasses in the Longchamp Pattern
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 vintage Libbey Longchamp frosted highball glasses decorated in vibrant orange, white, and
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Set of Mid-Century Highball Glasses with Black Frosted Interiors & Gold Dancers
By Federal Glass
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage set of 8 highball glasses. Clear glass with black frosted interiors decorated on the
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Set of Mid-Century Highball Glasses with White Frosted Interiors & Gold Dancers
By Federal Glass
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage set of 8 highball glasses. Clear glass with white frosted interiors decorated on the
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Eight Libbey Highball Glasses with 22k Gold Angel Fish on Frosted Ground
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight Mid-Century Modern highball glasses by Libbey Glass, having a frosted water-patterned ground
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Vintage Midcentury Libbey Set of Eight Highball Frosted and Gold Glasses
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant vintage Libbey barware frosted glasses with leaves pattern in a gold finish.
Set includes
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Brass
1950s Silver Foliage Highball Cocktail Glasses by Libbey Glass Co Set of 8
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
"Silver Foliage" highball cocktail glasses by Libbey Glass Co.
Elegant vintage Libbey barware frosted
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Libbey Barware Cocktail Set Glass Highball Juice Wire Carrier MCM
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
Set of vintage glassware, highball or water shaped, decorated in frosted glass and different shaped
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
H 8 in W 8.5 in D 13 in
Set of 8 Vintage Libbey M. Petti Signed Highball Glasses With Gilt Decoration
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 Vintage Libbey M. Petti Signed Highball Glasses with Gilt and Frosted Checkerboard Design
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Gold
H 5.5 in W 2.75 in D 2.75 in
Fred Press Atomic Highball Glasses with Two-Tone Gold and Frosted White Columns
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 6 mis-century modern highball glasses designed by Fred Press in the Atomic style with two
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
MCM, Fred Press "Gold Fish" Highball Glasses, 22 Karat Gold on Black Frosted
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight Mid-Century Modern highball glasses designed by Fred Press, with 22k gold fish in different
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Vintage Libbey Frosted & Golden Foliage Cocktail Glasses, Set of 4
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern libbey frosted & golden foliage cocktail glasses, set of 4.
Elegant
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
1950 Tumbler Frosted Drink Glasses Cavalcade by Libbey Galloping Horse Set of 5
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
stallions.
Fabulous and fun set to enjoy a cocktail, Libbey Tom Collins or Highball frosted glasses
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Vintage Barware Cocktail Set Pitcher and 4 Glasses Frosted and Silver Rim
By Culver Ltd., Blendo Glass 1, Libbey Glass Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
style by West Virginia Glass Co. cocktail pitcher and four cocktail glasses set.
“Frost Nip Clear
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Equestrian Frosted and Gold Drink Glasses Cavalcade by Libbey Galloping Horses
By Libbey Glass Co., Georges Briard
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Set of Mid-Century Modern frosted horse highball tumblers glasses frosted white and gold toned
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Etched Lily Highball Tumbler Glasses lilac Bohemia C
By Bohemia
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Serve up classic and chilled cocktails in this Bohemia highball glasses in a lavender frosted color
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Mid-20th Century Czech Hollywood Regency Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Georges Briard Forbidden Fruit Highball Glasses with White Interiors
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern highball glasses in the Forbidden Fruit pattern by Georges Briard. Clear glass
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Set of 6 Highball Glasses with Crowns and Shields Decoration.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 Vintage Mid Century Highball Glasses with Shields and Crown Decorations on a white frosted
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Gold
Vintage Georges Briard, White "It's Later Than You Think" Highball Glasses
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of six vintage highball glasses designed by Georges Briard in white interior frosted clear
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Vintage Highball Glasses with Images of Antique Automobiles by Gay Fad
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight mid-century highball glasses decorated at Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Studio, clear glass with
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Fred Press Highball Glasses in Black with Gold Atomic Fish
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 8 Fred Press highball glasses of clear glass with black frosted interiors and 22 karat gold
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
16 Vintage Georges Briard International Time Zone Glasses, 8 Highball, 8 Rocks
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
of 8 highball and 8 double old fashioned glasses of clear glass with the interiors frosted a grey
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
MCM Libbey Cavalcade Galloping Horse Cocktail Glasses Gold White Pilsner Collins
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
pilsner stems and six tall Tom Collins highball tumblers. Each of these drink glasses is adorned with
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Vintage Georges Briard Highball Glasses "The Higher You Go, The Harder You Fall"
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of eight Georges Briard hot air balloon highball glasses. White interior frosted clear glass
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Boxed Set of 8 MCM Libbey Cavalcade Galloping Horse Tom Collins Cocktail Glasses
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
. They are frosted and featuring white and gold galloping horses in their original box. All highball
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Six "METH" Mid-Century Highball Glasses w/Fishing Lures in 22k Gold and Enamels
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of six vintage highball glasses of clear glass with white frosted interior and decorated with a
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Set of Eight MCM Fred Press "Lime" Highball Glasses with Gold-tone Wire Caddy
By Fred Press
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage set of 8 Fred Press glasses with translucent green lime slices embellished with raised
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Metal
Vintage MCM Libbey Frosted & Golden Foliage Cocktail Glasses, Set of 13
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant vintage Libbey Golden Foliage barware frosted glasses with leaves pattern in a gold finish
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Libbey Cavalcade Horse Tom Collins Cocktail Glasses-Set of 12
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Downingtown, PA
twelve,
The 1950s
Twelve (12) Libbey Tom Collins or Highball frosted glasses decorated on both sides
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
16 Vintage Culver LTD. 8 Highball and 8 Rocks with Emerald Green Chrysanthemums
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage set of 16 cocktail glasses signed in script Culver, LTD. Eight each highball and double
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Vintage 7 Piece 22 Karat Gold & Frosted Herringbone Patterned Ice Bowl Set
Located in Nantucket, MA
Seven-piece, ice bowl and highball glass set with 22k gold and frosted decoration in a herringbone
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
1980s Memphis Style set of 8 Vintage Rocks Glasses with Colorful Shapes & Tray
By Georges Briard, Neiman Marcus
Located in St. Louis, MO
1980s "Memphis" style set of 8 vintage frosted rocks, highball old fashion glasses with colorful
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1980s Unknown Post-Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Metal
H 3.88 in W 18.75 in D 11.5 in
Culver Fairway 22k Gold Decorated Glasses - 4 Rocks and 4 High Ball/Collins
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Kennett Square, PA
Mid century barware classics in pristine condition! Set of 8 - 4 rocks and 4 highballs. Wonderful
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
H 6.25 in W 2.75 in D 2.75 in
13 Piece Calypso Performer, Cocktail Bar Suite Shaker, Pitcher and Glasses
Located in Nantucket, MA
Thirteen piece vintage barware set, clear glass with white frosted interiors having an image of a 3
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Set of 12 Collins and High Ball Culver Glasses with 22 K Gold, Regency Pattern
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Wichita, KS
Vintage Mid-Century Modern set of 6 Collins and 6 Highball glasses by Culver. The style is called
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Gold, Silver
Vintage Art Deco Culver Gold Striped Set of 2 High Ball Tumblers
By Culver Ltd.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Vintage Culver Gold and frosted Chevron Stripe Lines Mid-Century Modern Glasses,
Bar cocktail highball
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Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Georges Briard 22k Gold and White Glassware Barware Fish Marine Design Set of 3
By Georges Briard, Culver Ltd.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Design Tumblers.
Georges Briard Signed Mid-Century Marine Life Highball Glasses.
Mid-century Georges
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Mid-20th Century American Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Smoke Series Highball Glass by Joe Colombo for Arnolfo di Cambio, 1964
By Arnolfo di Cambio, Joe Colombo
Located in Rome, IT
This original-shaped glass was created by Joe Colombo in 1964 and produced by Arnolfo di Cambio
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Crystal
8 Frosted Glass Carousel Highball Glasses, Libbey
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in New York, NY
Set of 8 whimsical high ball glasses featuring frosted glass background and colorful enameled
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Enamel
8 Frosted Glass Carousel Highball Glasses, Libbey
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in New York, NY
Set of 8 whimsical high ball glasses featuring frosted glass background and colorful enameled
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Enamel
Midcentury Libbey Set of Six Highball Frosted and Gold Glasses in Brass Cart
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant vintage Libbey barware frosted glasses with leaves pattern in a gold finish.
Set includes
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Golden Foliage 22k Gold Libbey Highball Glass Set
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern/Hollywood Regency set of eight frosted Libbey highball glasses. This is a
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Rare Set of 8 Libbey Highball Glasses in the Longchamps Pattern in a Caddy
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of Libbey Glass Co., highball glasses in the Longchamps pattern. Decorated in orange and white
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Colorful Highball Cocktail Glasses, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A chic and rare set of six (6) Mid-Century Modern colorful highball cocktail or beverage glasses
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Brass
6 Vintage Highball Glasses, Peter Arno, New Yorker Magazine Cartoons
By Peter Arno
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six vintage highball glasses with cartoons in black on frosted blue-grey panels. The cartoons are
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Pair of Mid Century Culver Cat Highball Tumblers
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Vallejo, CA
A gorgeous and adorable pair of mid century glass cat highball tumblers. An image of 3 kitties in
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Eight Mid-Century Modern Highball Glasses, Numbered 1 to 8 in Different Colors
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of eight Mid-Century Modern highball glasses, clear glass with weighted rounded base having a
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Vintage By-the-numbers, Highball Glasses, Numbered 1 Thru 8 in 22 Karat Gold
Located in Nantucket, MA
Rare set of eight vintage highball glasses with 22k polished and satin finish gold numbers below a
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Blendo Glass Orange & Green Ombre Beverage Barware Set 7 pcs
By West Virginian Glass Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Mid-Century Modern barware set, a pitcher and six matching highball glasses, from the Blendo line
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Vintage Libbey Highball Glasses, Black Stylized Horses on Pink Frosted Ground
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of eight Libbey highball glasses. Clear glass frosted pink at the base, fading to cleat at the
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Set of 6 Libbey Glass Vintage Atomic Period Highball Glasses
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Rare, Libbey Glass Co. abstract atomic period bar glasses with black, red and white geometric
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Six Vintage Maida Amour Design Siamese Cat Highball Cocktail Glasses
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of six rare, vintage highball glasses of Maida Amour "Siamese Cat" design on Libbey glass. Each
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Italian Mid-Century Era Barware Sky Blue Frosted & Gilded Highball Glasses - S/6
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of six, Highball glasses from the Mid-Century Modern era, Made in Italy - circa 1960s
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
8 Vintage Libbey, Mobile Highball Glasses, 2 Each, Boats, Planes, Fish, Origami
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 8 vintage highball glasses made by Libbey Glassware Company. Frosted glass decorated in
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Set of Six Mid-Century Libbey Highball Glasses in Brass Cart
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
highball glasses in a polished brass cart with a handle. Mid-Century Modern vintage glasses.
Hollywood
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Brass
Fred Press Derby Time, 8 Highball Glasses and Pitcher w/Black Frosted Interior
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern set of highball glasses and pitcher in the Derby Time pattern designed by Fred
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Vintage Midcentury Libbey Set of 13 Frosted and Golden Foliage Cocktail Glasses
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant vintage Libbey Golden Foliage barware frosted glasses with leaves pattern in a gold finish
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Set of Eight Georges Briard Highball Glasses
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Georges Briard highball glasses
Hard to find set of eight Georges Briard highball glasses
frosted
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Mid-20th Century American Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Six Vintage Barware Glasses in the "Longchamp" Pattern by Libbey Glass Co.
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Very hard to find, midcentury highball glasses with stylized Atomic period horse race design of
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
Set of Eight Mid-Century Libbey Glasses in Brass Cart
By Culver Ltd., Libbey Glass Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
highball glasses in a polished brass cart with a wood handle.
Mid-Century Modern vintage glasses. Hollywood
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Brass
PC Consolidated Listing - Glassware
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Set of Eight Culver Highball Glasses with 22-Karat Gold Valencia Design , 5.5 x 2.5
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1950s Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses
Materials
Glass
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Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of vintage frosted highball glasses available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique vintage frosted highball glasses was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, metal and brass. Vintage frosted highball glasses have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Mid-Century Modern vintage frosted highball glasses are consistently popular styles. Vintage frosted highball glasses have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Libbey Glass Co., Federal Glass and Fred Press are consistently popular.
How Much are Vintage Frosted Highball Glasses?
Prices for vintage frosted highball glasses start at $225 and top out at $1,020 with the average selling for $450.
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
- 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.
Finding the Right barware for You
Whether it’s streamlined or sophisticated, a bar area is always a welcoming feature in any home interior. A cheery well-made drink with friends and family has the potential to yield some unforgettable moments alongside those that aren’t easily remembered. And the only way to conjure that exemplary cordial is by putting the proper antique, new or vintage barware to work.
Essential barware equipment ranges from sterling-silver barspoons for mixing your cocktails in tall collins glasses to jiggers, shakers and strainers that allow you to whip up martinis and old-fashioneds.
From a design standpoint, some barware, such as our array of Art Deco glass whiskey sets or mid-century modern silver-banded tumblers crafted by Dorothy Thorpe, can help position your bar as a bold and attractive centerpiece to a room. At the very least, a carefully curated collection of barware can elevate with subtlety the bar’s nearby fixtures, as a handcrafted crystal decanter might do for your vintage 1960s bar cart.
As cocktail hour draws near, find inspiration in our gorgeous gallery of home bars in locales ranging from London to New York to San Francisco, and browse the exquisite selection of antique, new and vintage barware and glassware on 1stDibs.
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