Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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
Set of Vintage Michelin Man Tiles, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Embark on a journey of vintage charm with this exceptional set of tiles, featuring the iconic Michelin Man in a vibrant blue centerpiece, surrounded by original yellow tiles. Crafted...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Vintage Michelin Man Tiles, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Embark on a journey of vintage charm with this exceptional set of tiles, featuring the iconic Michelin Man in a vibrant blue centerpiece, surrounded by original yellow tiles. Crafted...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Vintage Michelin Man Tiles, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Embark on a journey of vintage charm with this exceptional set of tiles, featuring the iconic Michelin Man in a vibrant blue centerpiece, surrounded by original yellow tiles. Crafted...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Vase with Narrow Neck from 1960's, Italy
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Murano glass vase with narrow neck from 1960's, Italy. Hand blown Sommerso glass in red and iridescent green color.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Vase with Wide Neck from 1960's, Italy
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Murano glass vase with wide neck from 1960's, Italy. Hand blown Sommerso glass in red and iridescent green color.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso Amber Tortoise Shell Drinking Glasses Set of Six, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Elegant hand-blown amber glass bar set with tortoise shell motif.
Made of mouth-blown glass, these handmade double tumblers with tortoise shell pattern add depth and texture to any t...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Tiffany Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Bowl with Strawberry Finial
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Curved sides and splayed foot ring. Cover top gently curved and mounted with cast strawberry and leaf finia...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Vintage Michelin Man Tiles, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Embark on a journey of vintage charm with this exceptional set of tiles, featuring the iconic Michelin Man in a vibrant blue centerpiece, surrounded by original yellow tiles. Crafted...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Vintage Michelin Man Tiles, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Embark on a journey of vintage charm with this exceptional set of tiles, featuring the iconic Michelin Man in a vibrant blue centerpiece, surrounded by original yellow tiles. Crafted...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Traditional Spanish Stone Mortar, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique vintage stone mortar.
Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
...
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1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stone
Glass Vase, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Glass jug, circa 1930
Manufactured in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
D 9 cm
...
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
1953 hand painted signed Art Glazed Ceramic Plate by Salvatore Meli Rome Italy
Located in London, GB
This is 1953 Art glazed Ceramic Charger Painted with two stylised blue figures suggesting dance movement on an off white background with earth brown and grass green soil with a touch...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Piatto P.Fornasetti Serie Astrolabio 1965
Located in Lucca, IT
Dish by Piero Fotnasetti Serie Asttolabio 1967 .White and gold porcelain,cm 24 .First series Marked numbered and dated on the back. I have published two other dishes in the same ser...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
French Majolica Oyster Marcel Guillot, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica oyster signed Marcel Guillot, circa 1950.
10.5 diameter.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-Century Italian Handmade Sommerso Murano Glass Vase
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage Italian handmade Sommerso vase handmade of multi-colour layers Murano glass is asymmetric form.
Signed/engraved on the base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Piatto Piero Fornasetti Serie Astrolabio 1968
Located in Lucca, IT
Piatto di Piero Fornasetti Serie AstroLabio 1965 .
White and gold porcelain first original edition .Marked numbered and signed on the back .
It presents jna deficiency that will be t...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Bitossi Ceramic Covered Vase, Italy
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bitossi ceramic textured vase or jar with matching lid. Interesting design not often seen in Rimini blue with darker blue trim. A few age appropriate minor chips that don't detract f...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
60s MCM Italian Blue Cased Empoli Glass Pitcher and Tent Lidded Apothecary Jars
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very pretty set of three 1960s Italian Empoli Rossini and Stelvio Opalina Fiorentina cased glass vases. A high pitcher, vase or decanter and two candy or apothecary jars.
In deep bl...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
Vintage Alessi Espresso Coffee Maker Richard Sapper Italy
By Richard Sapper, Alessi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Stovetop Alessi Coffee Espresso Maker Richard Sapper 9090
stainless steel
Made Italy
exhibited at MoMA New York
6.5 h 4.25 diameter x 5 d
Preowned unrestored vintage conditio...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
1970s Mid-Century Modern Silver Plated French Set of Wine Cooler and Ice Bucket
By Christofle
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A set of french vintage barware composed by an ice bucket and wine cooler. They are hall marked on the bottom and in very good conditions overall. The height of ice bucket is 14 cm. ...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
20th Century KPM Berlin Walking White Tiger Statuette, Antoine Louis Barye
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
20th century KPM Berlin / Walking white tiger statuette - Antoine Louis Barye
This listing is for a stunning statuette of a walking white tiger. Designed by Antoine Louis Barye and ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Alfredo Barbini Large and Vibrant Murano Art Glass Aquarium Vase Italian 1950s
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Offered for sale is a rare and important Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) Italian Murano blown glass aquarium vase. This fine example of Barbini's work has wonderful detail to the fish, f...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Christofle Silver Plate Knife Rests Set Of Twelve
By Christofle
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A stylish set of twelve (12) knife rests by Christofle. In two original boxes, made in France ca' 1960's, silverplate. In the shape of a racquet.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
California Originals Ewer Vase Mid-Century Modern
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Bright and distinct ewer vase was made by California Originals pottery in 1950s-1960s. It is decorated with intense multicolored drip glaze in red and yellow palette on black backgr...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Tiffany & Co. Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Shot or Sake Cups
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of shot glasses (or sake cups).
By Tiffany & Co.
In sterling silver with a gold wash to the interiors.
Model no. 25005.
Marked to the bases: Tiffany & Co Makers / Ste...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
MidCentury Vintage Artistic Glass Orange Vase, Tarnowiec, Sulczan, Europe, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vase made in the Tarnowiec Glassworks located in Poland,
designed by J. Słuczan-Orkusz.
Soda glass, mass-colored, hand-formed.
Vintage product from 1970s
Dimensions: height 17 cm...
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Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of 1940's "King Cedric" Oneida Cocktail Oyster Seafood Forks
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The cocktail seafood forks from the King Cedric Sterling collection by Oneida Silver, dating back to 1949, are a pair of elegant utensils made of sterling silver. They have a classic...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Picassoesque Ceramic Figure Dinner Bell by Jack Squier for Howat Kilns - Mexico
Located in St. Louis, MO
Artist / Sculptor and later Professor Jack L. Squier (1927-2015) Picasso style ceramic figure for Howat Kilns, Mexico 1950s, signed inside with "S" in a circle. Hand Painted and glaz...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Set of 10 Murano Tumblers, Cenedese Murano 1960, Young Collection, Signed
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This set of 10 Cenedese cocktail/whisky glasses, meticulously crafted in the renowned Murano glass-making tradition, is a rare work of art.
These glasses showcase a remarkable array of glass-making techniques. From the ethereal Aquamarine Sfumato to the intricately detailed multicolored relief stripes, a vibrant Cadmium red base incalmo and an Uranium yellow dot placed sideways, each piece is an absolute masterpiece.
The Young collection by Cenedese hails from the 1960s. The use of Uranium and Cadmium glass...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Piatto P.Fornasetti Serie Astrolabio 1965
Located in Lucca, IT
Piatto di Piero Fornasettivdella serie AstroLabio 1967.Firmato e datato sul retro Prima serie Porcellana decorata e dorata. Piatto cm 24 .
Sono pubblicati altri due di questi piat...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Murrine Vase with Aventurine, Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Murrine Vase with Aventurine, Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1920s
Item e7092
A rare millefiori murrine glass vase manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso, Murano around 1920. Made of polychrome murrines in green and white which were melted together with aventurine glass. The vase is an authentic example of early 20th century Murano art glass. It was part of a large Fratelli Toso glass collection with over 600 pieces - collected since the 1970s.
Fratello Toso was one of the leading art glass manufacturers of Murano in the 20th century. In the early 1900's Fratelli Toso started to produce glasses in murrine technique. Murrine and Millefiori glasses remained a major product field of Fratelli Toso. In 1912 a very successful series of liberty inspired art glasses, designed by Hans Stoltenberg Lerche, was presented at the Venice Biennale. From 1936 Ermanno Toso became artistic director. He brought the Millefiore glasses to a new level. A big succes where also the 'Stellato' and 'Cattedrale' murines vases designed between 1948 and 1964 by the artist Pollio Perelda...
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murrine, Murano Glass
Dino Rosin Large Murano Chalcedony Glass nude male Adonis Sculpture Signed
By Dino Rosin
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Dino Rosin Large Murano Chalcedony Glass nude male Adonis Sculpture Signed By the artist.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Massive 1970s Blenko 'Caribbean Blue' Brutalist Ashtray
By Blenko Glass
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Massive 1970s Blenko 'Caribbean Blue' Brutalist Ashtray
USA, Circa 1970s
Transport yourself to the vibrant era of the 1970s with this striking piece of Blenko craftsmanship: a Mas...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Ceramic Vase by Gerard Brossard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ceramic Vase by Gerard Brossard with partially glazed, grooved body and flared neck. Signed on the underside.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay
Porcelain Salt and Pepper shakers with Hand-Painted Errants by Bing & Grondahl
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A organically shaped set of porcelain shakers called Erantis or Errant by Bing & Grondahl, Denmark. They feature Hand-painted errant flowers and gold glaze. Fully marked, original an...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Century Butcher Block Kitchen Island
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A mid-century freestanding butcher's block. Perfect as a kitchen island. Ready for everyday use.
Made of solid stained beech and elm wood. Straight-lined frame on 4 industrial casto...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Beech, Elm
Wine Bucket by Christian Dior
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wine Bucket by Christian Dior in pewter with a balustor form with a lion mask and ring handles. Stamped on the underside "Made in Belgium for Christian Dior
Category
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Traditional Rustic Large Ceramic Vase, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional rustic ceramic vase.
Manufactured in France, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Midcentury Crystal Cigar Ashtray (France)
Located in San Diego, CA
Absolutely gorgeous mid-century French crystal cigar ashtray, circa 1960s. Not only versatile as a vide-poche or trinket dish but stylish and beautiful. Clean modernist lines that w...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Ceramic and Metal Decanter Italy Riprod Vietata Art 2598
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage ceramic decanter with highly detailed metal base, top, and handle was made in Italy in 1960s. It is decorated with reliefs of grapes on wines framing a pastoral scene, and i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Bohemian Glass Decanter Set - Set of 7 Pieces
Located in Vallejo, CA
A vintage Bohemian crystal decanter set. Includes 1 large decanter with a stopper and 6 cordials. Each piece has a lovely smokey gray color to the glass and is decorated in metallic ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Sterling Silver Sciarrotta Bowl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is an oval Mid-Century bowl by the world famous Alfredo Sciarrotta.
Sciarrotta's work is characterized by a sleek and simple style, and many of his smaller pieces fea...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pierre Cardin Porcelain Vase, Blue Wave, 1960s, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful flower vase made in white cylindrical porcelain, designed by Pierre Paulin, also with a logo on the vase, which is consistently applied to all his ceramiques of this settin...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Trophy Cup Worn Silver Plated Champagne Chiller Ice Bucket by Bristol
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Distressed Trophy Cup Silver Plated Champagne Chiller Ice Bucket by Bristol. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 10" H x 10.5" W x 10" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Sculptural Bronzed Metal Ashtray in the shape of a Rooster, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
A small ashtray box with a zoomorphic shape, very widespread in Italian homes during the 60s, each of us had a grandmother or an aunt who had it on the coffee table.
Made between th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Pair of Cutting or Charcuterie Boards in Teak
By Finn Juhl
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of cutting or charcuterie boards in teak. They both have the original straps for hanging. They appear to be unused. Made in Denmark.
Each board measures: 15.75x 5.75 x.75
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen, Budding Vase, model 20708, 1st quality
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Axel Salto, Budding Vase, circa 1968 for Royal Copenhagen
Stoneware with green/brown Solfatara glaze, incised signature, painted with model number 20708 and manufacturer's mark [Den...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Frances and Michael Higgins Large Square and Round Multi Colored Rondelays Lot
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Fifteen fused 9″ circles of richly-colored handcrafted glass in square and circular shapes, created by Frances and Michael Higgins of Riverside, Illinois. These date from the mid 90'...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Art Pottery Coffee Mug Striped Rainbow Color
By DeSimone
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Italian rainbow coffee mug
stamped Italy
colorful art pottery
4.5 h x 4.75 d x 3.25
Original vintage
Refer to images for condition
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Gerald Benney Stainless Cutlery by Viners of Sheffield, British, 1970s
Located in Melbourne, AU
Superb set of 'Fisheaters', i.e. Six knives and six forks designed by Gerald Benney, in original box. The influence of Danish design is very clear, yet these are quintessentially midcentury British in their trim, measured and practical style.
'Gerald Benney CBE (21 April 1930 – 26 June 2008) was a British silver and goldsmith who along with David Mellor...
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1970s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Set of 6 Danish Organic Modern Cherry Wood Serving Bowls, USA, c. 1960s
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a gorgeous, hand-turned and hand-polished set of six serving bowls carved from solid cherry wood. Featuring stunning woodgrains inside and out and each with their own uni...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Cherry
Fred Press Lime Slices Cocktail Pitcher and Rocks Glasses
By Fred Press
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern cocktail pitcher designed by Fred Press, of cylindrical form with a molded ice dam/pour spout and decorated with translucent green lime slices with raised, texture...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
1950s Royal Holland Sculptural Pewter Carafe Coffee Pot KMD
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Royal Holland KMD Pewter Pitcher Carafe Coffee Pot
10 h x 5 diameter x 7.75 d
Original vintage unrestored
Not original lid
Refer to images.
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
3 Sets '6 Pieces' of Aubocks Favorite Cobe Holder, Mid-Century
Located in Vienna, AT
3 sets (6 pieces) Corncob holder from Carl Aubock II.
The corncob holders are also shown in the Auböck catalog (see photo).
The holders have a beautiful streamline shape and it see...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Silver Plate Pitcher in the Style of Spratling or Jensen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very sexy and sophisticated Silver Plate Pitcher. The shape and styling are impeccable. A nice sized pitcher for mixers, cocktails, juices, etc.
The star of any well stocked bar...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
1960s Michael Lax Copco Blue Lidded Pot Saucepan Denmark
By Michael Lax
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Michael Lax for Copco Blue Lidded Pot Saucepan Denmark
Cast Iron Enamelware
4.5 h x 13 w x 7.25 d
Original vintage unrestored
Refer to images
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Enamel, Iron
MCM Walnut Handled Wine Opener / Corkscrew
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM walnut handled wine opener / corkscrew, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good condition and measures 3.75"W x 5"D x 1.25"H. #3646
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
SIGNED Oball Murano Red, Green & Yellow Sommerso Glass Vase
Located in Bolton, GB
Here is a wonderful Venetian glass organic shaped vase. Made on the island of Murano, near Venice, Italy, by the Oball glassworks, signed to base Oball, Murano. In a stunning combina...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-century Modern serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern serveware, ceramics, silver and glass 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 serveware, ceramics, silver and glass created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern serveware, ceramics, silver and glass made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Cenedese, Rörstrand, and Piero Fornasetti. 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 serveware, ceramics, silver and glass differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $295,000 while the average work can sell for $679.
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