Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
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 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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Unique Copper Hand Beaten Canadian Maple Leaf Bowl, 1950s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Pure handmade. Fantastic work. Copper cutout and with the Hammer blow technique to an artistic object sculpted.
A real eye-catcher of a talented metal artist.
After all these ...
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1950s Canadian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper
Rare and Beautiful Wilhelm Kage Farsta Bowl
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Excellent hand thrown Kage Farsta stoneware bowl with interesting and nicely drippy matte finish yellow/ochre glaze. Hand signed and stamped, as shown. The world renown Wilhelm Kage ...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Otto and Vivika Heino Signed Monumental Studio Pottery Six Bird Head Bowl Pot
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and exceptionally rare earthenware six bird's head bowl or pot (bird head works are very coveted among collector's of the Heino's work) by ceramics masters husband and wife artists Vivika and Otto Heino. Quite heavy and substantial in Size. The couple were best known for their inspired designs and distinctive glazes.
This massive bowl or pot is signed on the underside and is in very good vintage condition with no discernible flaws. Again, quite rare. We have never seen another like it with this many birds.
Would be the crown jewel in any collection and sure to stand out in any setting.
Dimensions: 10.5" high, 11" diameter
The couple are winners of the following awards:
Gold Medal from the sixth Biennale internationale de céramique d'art, in Vallauris, France, (1978).
Silver medal from the International Ceramics Exhibitions in Ostend, Belgium, (1959)
Their work can be found in the following museums and collections:
American Craft Museum, New York City, NY
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York
County Art Museum and Craft Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Hartford Jewish Community Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
Mingei Museum, San Diego
Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Picasso Museum in Vallauris, France
St. Paul Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
Ventura County...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Murano Barbini White Black Gold Fleck Italian Art Glass Seashell Sculptural Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced per item (2 available). Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown black, white, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass seashell sculptural bowl. Documented to designer...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare Vide Poche from Francois Châtain
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare vide poche in emailed ceramic designed by ceramist François Châtain in the 1980's.
Original sticker on the piece.
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
French Mid Century Large Wooden Bowl by Odile Noll Produced in France, 1960s
By Odile Noll
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare oversized French mid century edonized wooden bowl by Odile Noll (daughter to Alexandre Noll) produced in France 1960s. In good original condition. Signed.
Dimensions: H: ...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
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Ebony
Red Murano Ashtray or Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage red triangular Murano glass ashtray or candy bowl / Made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: diameter 6 inches, height 3 inches
Order Reference #: FABIOLTD G195
This piece make...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Large Black and Green 'Krenit' Bowl by Herbert Krenchel for Torben Ørskov & Co
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This 'Krenit' bowl was designed by mechanical engineer Herbert Krenchel and his good friend Torben Ørskov who put them in production in 1953. They had realised that Americans ate a l...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Fasce Centerpiece Giant Eye Bowl Fulvio Bianconi IVR Mazzega Murano Sommerso
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare 'A FASCE' centerpiece bowl by Fulvio Bianconi for I.V.R. Mazzega, Murano, Italy, 1959. An eye shaped body, clear glass handles with applied horizontal bands in red, blue, green,...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Seguso Murano Sommerso Blue Clear Glass Square Geode Art Glass Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand blown Murano glass Sommerso triangle geode bowl in dark blue and turquoise blue glass. Italy, 1960s.
A darker blue in the central part contrasting with the edge in turquoise bl...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Mid-Century Set of Various Pottery Bowls 1970s, Studio Pottery
Located in Rosendahl, DE
This beautiful set of handmade ceramics consists of 16 bowls, all of which differ in size and color. Since they come from the same artist but different painting techniques were used,...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
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Pottery
Blue Murano Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian dark blue Murano glass bowl / Made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: diameter 6 inches, height 5 inches, opening 3.5 inches
Order Reference #: FABIOL...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Unique Seguso Bullicante Bubble Murano Glass Shell Bowl Vase, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass shell element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
An elegant green brown Murano glass bowl utilizing the bullicante technique of controlled bu...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Pink Opalescent Italian Art Glass Heart Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown pink and opalescent Italian art glass heart shaped bowl with wild flower murrines. The piece is documented to the Fratelli Toso, circa 1950s. The ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine, Opaline Glass
Vintage Patinated Bronze Low Bowl, Sweden, 1960s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A gorgeous Patinated bronze low bowl. Great color and form being mostly mid century modern/ minimalist with a slight art deco detail. Very good original condition.
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
Murano Art Glass Finger Food Bowl Catchall Red and Clear Vintage, Italy, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous hand blown Murano art glass piece with Sommerso and bullicante techniques. A beautiful organic shaped bowl, catchall or ashtray in red and clear, Italy, 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Finnish Hand Produced Juniper Wooden Block Tray Plate, Finland
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Vintage wooden tray plate made from block wood and then hand-turned. Hand produced in Finland the early 1980s from solid Juniper wood
Yvaskuua Fi...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Murano Glass "Strawberry" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Seguso Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Producer:
Seguso Dalla Venezia (SDV) see label sticker.
...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Round Bowl or Ashtray in Green Glass Mirrored by Fontana Arte, Italy 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Rare round bowl or ashtray in green crystal glass and mirrored underside with four concave circle by Fontana Arte.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Monumental Huge Italian Diamond Cut Faceted Murano Glass Bowl, Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Barcelona, Cataluna
These heavy bowls are commonly attributed to Seguso Vetri d'Arte and Flavio Poli as a designer.
Faceted on four sides and utilizing the Sommerso technique over three tiers with a wo...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
unique Murano Glass "Yellow" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was produced in the 1970s in Murano, Ital...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Galliano Ferro Amber Murano Glass Bullicante Decorative Bowl, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Spectacular mid-century decorative bowl in amber Murano glass with air bubbles (bullicante). This wonderful piece was produced in Italy in the 1960s and is attributed to Galliano Ferro.
This piece is unique for the elegant mix of peculiar "bullicante" technique to shape Murano glass: the "bullicante" effect is one of the most famous glass working techniques and is seen quite often around the island of Murano. This particular effect is achieved by inserting a piece of molten glass inside a metal mold with spikes, very similar to the texture of a pineapple. These spikes make small holes in the surface creating a pattern all around the piece of glass. After it has been allowed to cool for a few moments, the whole piece is immersed again in the molten glass. This second layer completely covers the first. However, thanks to the thick consistency of the glass, the holes previously impressed on the first layer are not covered, thus causing air to be trapped between the two layers of glass. This process can be repeated several times, creating a pattern as complicated as the master glassmaker wishes. This technique not only gives a sense of depth to the whole object but also an incomparable decorative effect, famous for its originality.
This decorative piece can also be used as an ashtray and spruce up a mid-century style living room.
Measurements (cm):
Diameter - 14
Height - 11
Galliano Ferro formed his own glass factory in 1955 after leaving Arte Vetraria Muranese, or AVeM (A.Ve.M.), which he co-founded in 1932. Designers at Galliano Ferro include his son Giorgio Ferro, Ezio Rizzetto, Fulvio Bianconi and Vinicio Vianello. Giorgio Ferro became head of the company in 1972. British importers Jaffe Rose...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Uranium Glass, Murano Glass
Large 1, 7kg Murano Glass Crack Structure Bowl Shells Ashtray Element Italy 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass element was designed and produced in the 1970s in Murano, I...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Stump of a Tree Art Glass Bowl by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala 1951
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Stump of a Tree Art Glass Bowl by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala 1951
A large 'Kalvolan kanto' (stump of a tree) bowl designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala Glassworks in 1951. Mo...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Mosaic Ceramic Tile Dish Vide-Poche Catchall Black and Terracotta, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful Mid-Century Modern round tile mosaic dish vide-poche catchall, circa 1960s. Dish is designed with black, and terracotta glazed ceramic tiles and black grout. A beaut...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Cuno Fischer Rosenthal Studio-Linie White Relief Op Art Bowl with Lid, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful white matte relief op-art porcelain vase from the 1960s designed by Cuno Fischer and executed by Rosenthal Studio-Line, Germany. In excellent condition.
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Livio Seguso, Heavy Murano Glass Bowl, Rainbow Design and Glass Orb, 80s Signed
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Exceptional historical piece. It has the rainbow patter. A sequence of canes that Livio loved to place in sculptures where the play with the lens effect of the other clear massiccio ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Beate Kuhn Oval Ceramic Bowl 1960s
By Beate Kuhn
Located in Munich, DE
Beautiful early work by the famous German ceramic artist Beate Kuhn designed in the 1960s. The bowl has an oval organic shape and is made of light blue, yellow, grey and green unglaz...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Fratelli Toso Murano Pink Blue Gold Flecks Art Glass Bowl / Ashtray with Swirls
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing murano handblown glass bowl or ashtray with gold flecks and optic swirls in pink and blue. Attributed to Fratelli Toso, Italy, 1950s
The iridescent effect of the gold aventu...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Mid-Century Cranberry Murano Bowl with Applied Dolphins & Gold Netting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This early Murano art glass bowl is unsigned and unattributed, but presumed to have been made in Italy in approximately 1950 in the period Mid-Century Modern style. This crimped bowl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Large Biomorphic Murano Blue & Green Glass Bowl, circa 1970
By Barbini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Biomorphic Murano Blue & Green Glass
Bowl or Dish
Murano, Venice, Italy, circa 1970
"three small chips to the edge of the glass - see images"
"great color"
"add some sparkle to a ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
1960s Danish Modern Teak Wood Work Bowl in Great Condition
Located in København K, 84
1960s Danish modern vintage teak bowl in very good condition. Beautiful woodwork and elegant shape. The bowl is signed "W Denmark" by burn mark.
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Teak
Midcentury Glass and Vienna Straw Wicker Italian Box 1970s Christian Dior Style
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful Mid-Century decorative round box made in clear crystal glass with a stylish lid in brass and Vienna straw.
This elegant box was designed in Italy in the 70s following the...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wicker, Straw, Lucite
Midcentury Ceramic Bowl Rörstrand Carl Harry Stålhane, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderful bowl on a small foot. Manufactured in the 1950s at Rörstrand, designed by Carl Harry Stålhane.
The bowl has a wonderful glaze and it lifts the shape of the bowls to be won...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Italian Murano Sommerso Orange and Clear Art Glass Bowl / Ashtray
Located in Barcelona, ES
Murano Art Glass Flower Shaped Bowl, ashtray or vide-poche, Italy 1950s-1960s.
Attributed to Seguso Vetri d'Arte.
Orange and clear glass.
Gorgeous h...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Josef Hospodka Czech Mid-Century Art Glass Chribska Glass Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Czech Chribska art glass bowl in yellow and mauve cased glass bowl by Josef Hospodka dating from around 1960. The heavily blown glass bowl ...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Pink & White Mid-Century Modern SCAVO Glass Vessel CLOSING SALE
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Warrenton, OR
Pink & White Mid-Century Modern SCAVO Glass Vessel CLOSING SALE
*****NOTICE: OUR 1ST DIBS SHOP CLOSES AT THE END OF MAY*****
While scavo works are considered the style of Carlo Scarp...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Barovier Toso Murano Orange Silver Flecks Art Glass Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of a kind orange and clear Murano glass centerpiece bowl with fire flame design. Attributed to Barovier e Toso, Italy, 1950s.
This monumental and colorful blown glass centerpiece...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Leaf
Decorative Object Bowl Vide-Poche Flavio Poli Murano Glass Midcentury Italy 1960
By Flavio Poli
Located in Palermo, IT
Decorative multifaceted diamond-shaped bowl made of Murano glass in shades of transparent and grey. Flavio Poli, Italy in the 60s. Please watch the video and photos carefully, thank ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Teak Fruit Bowl or Basket
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful and practical fruit basket made of teak wood from the 1960s. Probably of Scandinavian origin. This basket has a simple geometrical shape, design and timeless and made of na...
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1960s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Teak
1940 Pietro Chiesa Chiseled Heavy Art Glass Green Tinted Bowl Fontana Arte Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern heavy green tinted hand chiseled Art Glass Bowl attributed to Fontana Arte and designed by Pietro Chiesa.
This beautiful aquamarine colored glass was crafted using...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Murano Art Glass Bowl Turquoise Blue Seguso Style
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial Italian Murano art glass bowl in Caribbean/turquoise/azure blue with shimmering copper art glass, in the style of designer, Seguso, Midcentury Modern peri...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Swedish Art Glass Centerpiece Ruby & White Bowl by Flygsfors Coquill
Located in New York, NY
This curvaceous and elegant Ruby Centerpiece originates from Sweden during the 1960 by Flygsfors Coquille. The rounded elliptical edge swells from a flattened base, one side curving ...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Pink White Copper Aventurine Ribbons Italian Art Glass Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown pink, white and copper aventurine twisted ribbons Italian art glass decorative bowl. It is documented to the Fratelli Toso company, with similar d...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Marked Vallauris France Ceramic Lemon Basket Green & Yellow Mid-Century Modern
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
1970s Mid-Century Modern handcrafted ceramic, pottery lemon basket or fruit plate in glazed dark green and black with yellow lemons, made in Vallauris.
M...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Würtz Denmark Huge Unique Ceramic Bowl Anthracite, Gray, Dark Blue Glaze ca 2010
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Unique huge bowl from the Danish ceramic workshop Würtz Form run by father and son duo Aage and Kasper Würtz.
The bowl is covered with an interesting matte glaze in anthracite an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Mid-Century Modern Green and Yellow Murano Glass Sea Shell Bowl by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A green and yellow sommerso murano glass bowl designed and manufactured in Italy by Seguso in the Seventies. Item it's in perfect condition and it can be used also as an ashtray. Sommerso Murano glass is a technique of creating layered and colored glass objects, The process of creating sommerso Murano glass involves heating and melting together layers of different colored glass, usually with a clear layer on top. The glass is then blown, shaped, and finished by skilled artisans to create a variety of objects such as vases, bowls, sculptures, and figurines. This Bowl by Seguso is a beautiful and unique piece of vintage glassware...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Set of 3 "Submerged" Murano Glass Italian Bowl, Barovier, Italy 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Mid-Century collection of three decorative bowls in "Sommerso" Murano crystal glass. This wonderful set was designed by Barovier in Italy during the 1970s.
The sinuous li...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
French Midcentury Painted Mercury Glass Bowl
Located in Copenhagen, K
Painted silver plated glass bowl in mercury silver or poormans silver, France.
For sweets or as a decorative object for Christmas.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Mercury Glass
Seguso Murano Art Glass Bowl 1960 Green Italian Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Seguso Murano art glass bowl 1960 green Italian design.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Monumental Stoneware Spiral Dish by Gerd Bogelund for Royal Copenhagen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unique - unika 'Centerpiece' bowl designed by Gerd Bogelund and manufactured under license for Royal Copenhagen, Denmark. Earthy pastel glazes, incised spiral motif' composes the int...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Sculptural Curvilinear Art Glass Fruit Bowl by Daum, France
By Daum
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Sculptural curvilinear crystal art glass fruit bowl, model Aquarius 1960 signed.
The midcentury bowl offers an oblong form with tapered rounded ends, ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Group of Five Bird Sculptures in Gold Leaf Glass Barovier & Toso
Located in London, GB
Group of five bird sculptures in gold leaf glass by Barovier & Toso (1939) a famous Italian company that specialised in Venetian glass, the birds produced circa 1950. This was part o...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Sommerso Aqua Green Art Glass Bowl, Ashtray or Vide-Poche
Located in Barcelona, ES
Beautiful and colorful Aquan green Murano glass bowl with flower shape. Italy, 1960s.
It has a gradient of shades of green to clear glass and organic shapes.
A highly decorative pi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Vintage Italian Ceramic Candy Dish by Guido Gambone, circa 1950s
Located in London, GB
Vintage Italian decorative ceramic candy dish by Guido Gambone (circa 1950s). A flying saucer shaped dish with cover is painted with alternating blu...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Bob Stocksdale Signed Mid-Century Modern Turned Walnut Wood Large Art Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely crafted, rich, quite large wood art bowl by American master woodturner/California artist (Indiana born) Bob Stocksdale (1913-2003).
Signed and marked ("Black Walnut ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
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Wood, Walnut
Murano Pink Gray Pulegoso Bubbles Italian Art Glass Mid Century Bowl Vide Poche
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown frothy bubbles over pink Italian art glass bowl or personal ashtray. Created in the "Pulegoso" technique, with thousands of tiny bubbles creating ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Murano Pink Black White Alternating Ribbons Italian Art Glass Decorative Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, vintage Murano hand blown black and pink ribbons over white Italian art glass folded rim decorative bowl. Created in the manner of designer Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Ribbon, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
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