Lino Sabattini Ashtrays

Italian, 1925-2016

Lino Sabattini was the preeminent figure in modern Italian silver and metalware design. His expansive and diverse body of work is marked by its strength and boldness, whether in dynamic forms that suggest the thrust and power of Italian Futurist art and design or light and curvaceous biomorphic serveware and decorative objects.

Sabattini was largely self-taught as a designer. Born in the northern Italian town of Correggio, he learned metalsmithing techniques while working in the studio of a maker of brass tableware. He also served as an apprentice of sorts to the expatriate German ceramist Roland Hettner, who taught Sabattini about fluidity of form and showed him how shapes derive from the behavior of materials.

At age 30, Sabattini opened a studio in Milan, and his work quickly came to the attention of Gio Ponti, who decided to publish it in Domus, the Italian design legend's influential design and architecture magazine. Ponti also arranged for Sabattini’s creations to be included in a 1956 exhibition of contemporary Italian design in Paris. The principals of Christofle, the revered French silverware maker, were so impressed that they hired the young designer as the firm’s artistic director, a post he held until 1963. Sabattini, who would also go on to design ceramic wares for Rosenthal, returned home to open Argenteria Sabattini in Bregnano, a company still in business today.

A designer with a questing curiosity and ever-evolving aesthetic sensibility, Sabattini couldn’t be pinned down to one particular style. His best-known work, the Como coffee and tea service of 1956, has an elegant, attenuated and energetic form; his Stairs coffee and tea service (1971), meanwhile, is a clever group of simple columnar shapes in stepped heights, which nest together in a compact arrangement. Other Sabattini pieces have dramatic angles, or sweeping, wing-like flourishes, or consist of perforated ovoids somehow reminiscent of sculptures by Brancusi. In any style, Sabattini produced objects of singular fascination.

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Creator: Lino Sabattini

Silver-Plated Metal "unipersonale"ashtray from Lino Sabattini, 1972, set of 3

$559

Silver-Plated Metal "unipersonale"ashtray from Lino Sabattini, 1972, set of 3

By Lino Sabattini, Sabattini Argenteria

Located in Varese, Lombardia

Set of 3 silver plated metal unipersonale ashtray by Lino sabattini, 1972. Manifacture's mark on the base.

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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Lino Sabattini Ashtrays

Materials

Metal, Silver

Lino Sabattini, Large silver-plated centerpiece / tray, Sabattini Italy 1970s

$1,665

H 1.19 in Dm 17.33 in

Lino Sabattini, Large silver-plated centerpiece / tray, Sabattini Italy 1970s

By Lino Sabattini, Sabattini Argenteria

Located in Firenze, IT

Large silver-plated centerpiece / tray by Lino Sabattini Sabattini Italy 1970s H 3 cm / 44 cm diam. Marked on the base. Conditions: excellent, no defects

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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Lino Sabattini Ashtrays

Materials

Silver Plate

Flower Ashtray, Brass and Silver-Plated Metal, France 1970s

$704

H 2.17 in W 6.3 in D 6.3 in

Flower Ashtray, Brass and Silver-Plated Metal, France 1970s

Located in ROUEN, Normandie

Flower Ashtray, Brass and Silver-Plated Metal, France 1970s This French vintage ashtray was designed in the 1970s and meant to be used during dinners and lunches, as a centerpiece f...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lino Sabattini Ashtrays

Materials

Metal, Silver, Brass

1970s Minimalist Silver Plated Caviar Serving Bowl by Lino Sabattini

$571

H 2.76 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in

1970s Minimalist Silver Plated Caviar Serving Bowl by Lino Sabattini

By Sabattini Argenteria, Lino Sabattini

Located in Aci Castello, IT

Exquisite 1970s Minimalist Silver-Plated Caviar Serving Bowl by Lino Sabattini Presenting a remarkable piece of modernist design: a sophisticated silver-plated caviar serving bowl, m...

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Late 20th Century Italian Minimalist Lino Sabattini Ashtrays

Materials

Silver Plate

Lino Sabattini Large Round Silver-Plated Centerpiece/Tray, 1970s Italy

$1,189

H 1.19 in W 14.97 in D 14.97 in

Lino Sabattini Large Round Silver-Plated Centerpiece/Tray, 1970s Italy

By Sabattini Argenteria, Lino Sabattini

Located in Brescia, Brescia

Indulge in the grandeur of the 1970s design era with this remarkable and substantial Lino Sabattini Large Round Silver-Plated Centerpiece Tray. Crafted in Italy by the revered artisa...

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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lino Sabattini Ashtrays

Materials

20th Century Lino Sabattini Centerpiece Model Baja in Silvered Metal 1973

$2,974

H 2.76 in W 19.69 in D 12.6 in

20th Century Lino Sabattini Centerpiece Model Baja in Silvered Metal 1973

By Lino Sabattini, Sabattini Argenteria

Located in Turin, Turin

Centerpiece model "Baja" by Lino Sabattini in Silvered Metal, produced in '70s. Very good condition, as never used, fully original. Presence of the signature with name of the model.

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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lino Sabattini Ashtrays

Materials

Metal

Lino Sabattini ashtrays for sale on 1stDibs.

Lino Sabattini ashtrays are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of silver and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Lino Sabattini ashtrays, although silver editions of this piece are particularly popular. Prices for Lino Sabattini ashtrays can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $562 and can go as high as $562, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $562.