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
Italian Ceramic Ashtray in the Style of Bitossi
By Bitossi
Located in San Diego, CA
Italian ceramic ashtray in the style of Bitossi, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 6.125"D x 1.75"H. It is stamped "Ital...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Solid Brass Bowl Italian Design Ovoid Gold, 1970
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Solid brass bowl Italian design ovoid gold, 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
$478 Sale Price
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Murano sommerso glass bowl, 1960’s
Located in Delft, NL
Murano sommerso glass bowl, 1960’s
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Alfredo Barbini Murano Black Gray Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Centrepiece Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Price per item (2 available as shown).
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown black, grey and gold flecks Italian art glass centerpiece bowl. Documented to designer Alfredo ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
$680 Sale Price / item
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Mid-Century Modern Hand Blown Murano Sculptural Multi Colored Decorative Bowl
Located in New York, NY
This refined Mid-Century Modern decorative dish/ bowl was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production- c...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Blown Murano Art Glass Bowl Ashtray
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant Italian sculptural hand-blown Murano art glass decorative bowl, Ashtray in dark pink, blue, and clear tone.
The bowl is very heavy.
Simply lovely on Top of the Hallway Entry ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Studio Pottery Leaf Bowl by Albert Ferlay, Vallauris France 1960's
By Vallauris
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Midcentury Period Art Studio Pottery Large Leaf Bowl by Albert Ferlay. Made in France, Vallauris, 1960's. Stamped on the bottom: Creation A. Fe...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
$369 Sale Price
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Sommerso Organic Murano Art Glass Bowl, Catchall or Cigar Astray
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous hand blown Murano art glass piece with Sommerso and bullicante techniques. A beautiful organic shaped Cigar ashtray or catchall in blue glass cased into dark pink and clear ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
1970's Murano Italy Freeform Catch it all Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful elegant candy dish freeform Murano , glass bowl circa 1960's in blue and red excellent condition .
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Mid century design italian glass bowl by progetti , 1980s
By Progetti
Located in Delft, NL
Mid century design italian glass bowl by progetti , 1980s
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Vicke Lindstrand Large Decorative Bowl for Upsala Ekeby
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A gorgeous large decorative bowl designed by Vicke Lindstrand for Upsala Ekeby. Features a almost shell like motif with alternating raised areas. Would work well as a fruit bowl.
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1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Joel Edwards Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Ceramic Bowl
By Joel Edwards
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and executed bowl by famed American California potter, Joel Edwards. This piece features his hand-painted brushwork. Edwards was inspired by Japanese Sumi and Abstract Expressionist painters and this bowl exemplifies this.
Edwards was a student of Peter Voulkos at Otis. He also studied under Marguerite Wildenhain and Shoji Hamada.
This hefty and solid bowl is signed by Edwards on the base.
Would make for a great addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting.
Edward's works can be found in many private collections and museums including:
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Ponoma, California
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Scripps College...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Murano Glass "Honey Bubble" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
1970s Fabulous Five Blue Art Pottery Bowls Abstract Ceramic
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Fabulous Five Blue Art Pottery Bowls Abstract Ceramic
4.75 x 2.25
Preowned original vintage
Refer to images listed
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Murano Barovier Toso Orange Art Glass Bowl with Silver Flecks, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing hand blown Sommerso orange and clear silver flecked Murano glass decorative bowl or ashtray. Attributed to Barovier e Toso, Italy, 1950s
It has an incredible design with small silver flecks creating stripes ending with an air bubble. It is made with orange glass submerged into clear glass and a coat of Aventurine silver flecks thorough.
The stylish organic shape and its color make this piece highly decorative.
The piece is in excellent condition.
Perfect as a gift idea. It can be used as vide-poche, ashtray, decorative bowl or rings bowl.
Measures: 18.5 cm W x 10 cm D x 7 cm H.
We are specialists in Murano glass decorative objects. More art glass bowls, ashtrays and vide-poche are avaliable at our 1stdibs marketplace. We invite you to enjoy the whole collection.
Murano Glass Ashtray // Murano Glass Decorative Bowl // Murano Glass Jewelry...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Leaf
Vallauris, France, a Pair of Ceramic Bowls Shaped like Hands
Located in København, Copenhagen
Vallauris, France, a pair of ceramic bowls shaped like hands in brightly colored glazes.
1960s-1970s.
In great condition.
Dimensions: L 16.5 x 9.5 cm.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Bullicante Murano Glass Ashtray by Barovier & Toso, Italy, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
A splendid vintage sculptural murano glass handcrafted in Italy between the 50s and the 60s.
A glass that can be used as an ashtray or a coin tray, w...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
$527 Sale Price
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Vintage Murano Fratelli Toso Opalescent Glass Bowl with Orange Optic Swirls
Located in North Miami, FL
This gorgeous round optical vintage chunky Murano hand blown glass bowl by Fratelli Toso is thick walled of opalescent glass with the interior of luscious orange optical swirls. It is somewhat in the form of a geode bowl. It is large and heavy. This can be used for serving or just as a beautiful happy Murano glass object...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
$1,350 Sale Price
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Oblong Danish Modernist Pottery Dish by Astrid Tjalk for Kähler, 1950s
By Astrid Tjalk
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Spectacular Unika dish decorated by Astrid Tjalk and manufactured by HAK - Kähler during the 1950s. It still has its original sticker to the backside as well as the initials of the d...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
$327 Sale Price
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Midcentury Hand Blown Clear Crystal Bowl Made in Sweden
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Sweden is famous for its glass production and this bowl is proof for its fame. This is a handmade heavy set clear crystal glass bowl weighing 2.2kg(!) in very good condition. Use for...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Laura Andreson Signed Monumental Glazed Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed (in Fall greens and browns) large bowl/vase by renowned American potter Laura Andreson. Gorgeous in its Mid-Century Modern design and shifting colors.
Signed on the base by Andreson.
A quite special and rare work. Certainly, one of the best pieces of Andreson's work we have had the pleasure to come across. Highly collectible. Would be a great addition to any midcentury ceramics collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting.
Andreson, who studied under Glen Lukens, founded and headed the ceramics department at UCLA from 1933-1970. Her work can be found in many collections and museums worldwide including:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Walker Art Center
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
Her exhibitions include:
1937 Rene Rosenthal Gallery, New York City, New York.
1938 First California Ceramic Exhibition, San Diego, California
1940 Honolulu Academy of Art.
1947 Eleventh National Ceramics Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1970 Fredric Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
1970 Laguna Beach Art Gallery.
1971 Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California.
1971 Hoover Art Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1971 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California.
1971 Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
1972 Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California.
1972 Ceramics West, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
1972 Ogden Art Center, Ogden, Utah.
1972 Bower Museum, Santa Ana, California.
1973 Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1973 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.
1973 California Crafts VIII, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California.
1974 California Ceramics...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Ceramic Vase by Albert Green
Located in Dallas, TX
A potter and painter, Albert Green (1914 - 1994) earned an international reputation for his ceramics, stoneware, and canvases. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he studie...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Georges Jouve French Ceramic Artist Dish With Pink and Green Interior
Located in Chicago, IL
Georges Jouve French ceramic artist small dish with pink and green interior glaze. Black brushstroke on the rim. Signed with Jouve cypher.
Excellent co...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Bubble Form Serving Bowl, English, Glass, Fishbowl, Planter, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Our Stock # 24486
This is a vintage bubble form serving bowl. An English, glass fishbowl or decorative planter, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Delightful mid century b...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
"Cones and Olives, " Superb Footed Enamel Dish Depicting Sea Shells
By Karl Drerup
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Crafted by, arguably, America's finest Mid-Century enamel artist, Karl Drerup, this superb and unique dish depicts a grouping of sea shells dominated by Olive and Cone specimens, all...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel
1940s Grouping Pair Candleholders & Center Piece Abingdon Pottery Flower Motif
Located in Miami, FL
Grouping of a pair of candleholders and center piece bowl from the mid-1940s by Abingdon Pottery. The two porcelain candleholders hold two candles eac...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Livio Seguso Murano Purple Red Blue Alexandrite Art Glass Bowl
By Livio Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Signed Livio Seguso Murano Alexandrite Neodymium Sommerso Organic Large Art Glass Bowl. Italy, 1970s.
Hand blown purple "Alexandrite" glass over...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Small Ceramic Bowl by Albert Green
Located in Dallas, TX
A potter and painter, Albert Green (1914 - 1994) earned an international reputation for his ceramics, stoneware, and canvases. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he studie...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Fajance Square Bowl by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful Fajance square bowl from the Baca line by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen, circa 1960s. The stunning gold and brown gla...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
$240 Sale Price
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Mid-Century Decorative Bowl, Czechoslovakia, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made of resin.
Manufacturer Ruch Liberec, Czechoslovakia.
Good original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Resin
Wood Scandinavian Bowl Centerpiece 1960s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Midcentury moderrn design scandinavian teak wood bowl centerpiece, Denmark 1960s
Please note that the item is original of the period and this shows normal signs of age and use.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood, Teak
Italian White Marble Bowl / Ashtray, circa 1975
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Italian White Marble Bowl / Ashtray, circa 1975.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Marble
$187 Sale Price
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Art Glass Bowl by Josef Hospodka for Chribska Glassworks, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Art glass bowl by a glass designer Josef Michal Hospodka, made in Chribska Glassworks in former Czechoslovakia in the 1960's.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
1960s Sculptural Staved Solid Walnut Wood Bowl
By Rude Osolnik
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
MCM solid walnut staved wood bowl
Sculptural shape. No label.
USA 1960s.
Very good condition. Expect light vintage wear.
Refer to images.
4.63 H x 8.63 diameter
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Walnut
Ceramic Japanese 1970's Fish Bowl
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Decorative mid-century ceramic bowl from Japan with glaze painted yellow and white fish.
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Murano Green Gold Art Glass Bowl Ashtray Seguso
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful Italian Murano emerald green and gold controlled bubble art glass bowl or ashtray, attributed to Barovier e Toso or Seguso...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Nils Thorsson Danish Royal Copenhagen Faience Glazed Baca Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good quality stylish Danish Royal Copenhagen Aluminia Faience glazed bowl in the Baca design with fish by renowned Scandinavian ceramic artist and designer Nils Johan Thorvald Thor...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Glass "Multi-Color" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
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.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
$623 Sale Price
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Murano Orange White Spotted Art Glass Free Form Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Murano Art Glass Bowl, Italy, 1960s.
Sinous Murano art Glass bowl with free form design in clear glass with spots and stripes in white and orange / red glass.
Lovely to be used as rings bowl, candy bowl or decorative bowl. Place it alone or as a part of a Murano glass collection...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
colorful Fat Lava "DOTS" Ceramic bowl by Dümler and Breiden Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Pottery ceramic bowl
Producer:
Dümmler and Breiden, Germany
Decade:
1970s
Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic bowl made in Germany. High quality German produc...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
1960s Studio Murano Bowl Smoke Glass Speckled Gold Italy
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Masterful Murano smoke glass bowl with speckled gold Italy
Unmarked. Attribution Murano Sommerso.
13.25 diameter x 3.5 tall
Original v...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Noomi Backhausen Graphic Stoneware Bowl, Søholm 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Large ceramic bowl in chamotte clay. Designed and decorated by Noomi Backhausen and manufactured by Søholm in Denmark during the 1970s. Modernist in style with a touch of cubism part...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
$426 Sale Price
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Brass Vide Poche or Bowl in Brass, France, 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This vide poche is in brass, these are interlaced bronze elements, that give a geometrical pattern.
Modern atmosphere, and patina from the 1960s.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
$431 Sale Price
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Lee Barnes Peck Abstract Bronze Etched Plate
Located in South Charleston, WV
Measures: 12.5" x 1.75. Produced circa 1975 by Lee Barnes Peck. Modernist large decorative plate with original shop tag detailing the production of the plate using bronze, and a mult...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
Bamboo Fruit Bowl, Scandinavian Design 1970s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Bamboo Fruit Bowl, Scandinavian Design 1970s.
Elegant vintage fruit bowl crafted from bamboo and straw.
Its gently curved slats are skillfully connected with braided straw ties.
W...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bamboo, Straw, Teak
Mid Century Conical Teak Bowl - Small Size - Signed - Denmark - Circa 1960's
Located in Chatham, ON
Mid Century Danish teak conical bowl - small size - featuring an elegant modern design - varnished finish - signed on the base (unidentified maker) - Denmark - circa 1960's.
Excelle...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Teak
Barovier Toso Murano Red Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flared Rim Gondola Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown deep red and gold flecks Italian art glass gondola shaped flared rim decorative bowl. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier, for the Barovier e T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
$600 Sale Price
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Danish Mold Blown Glass Condiment Bowl with Four Sections
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danish mold blown glass condiment bowl with four sections. In original condition with visible scratching. Wear is consistent with its age and use.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Carl Auböck Model #4206A Polished Brass Bowl
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4026A polished brass bowl.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese bowl or catch-all is executed in polished brass. Originally con...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
$344 / item
Set of 2 Green Glass Shell Bowls by Per Lutken for Holmegaard, Denmark, 1960s
By Per Lütken, Holmegaard
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Glass bowl elements set of 2
Design:
Per Lütken
Producer:
Holmegaard, Denmark.
Age:
1970s
Set of 2 wonderful heavy glass elements designed by...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Bowls w/ Scalloped Edges
Located in New York, NY
This charming Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Bowls W/ Scalloped Edges & Millefiori Detailing W/24 Karat Gold Flecks originate from Italy, Circa 1950. Featuring...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold
French Oval Mid Century Wooden Tray by Alexandre Noll Produced in France, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare French mid century decorative wooden tray / dish with handles in solid carved elm by Alexandre Noll. In good original condition. Signed.
Dimensions: H: 2.5 cm / 1" W: 47 cm / 1...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Elm
Set of 2 Murano Glass Sailing Boats Ship Elements, Murano, Italy 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass sailing boats set of 2
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass elements was produced in the 1970s in Murano, I...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Reginald A. Lewis Large Paradise Fish Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning large studio pottery bowl of shallow form titled Paradise Fish and decorated with three fish by renowned potter Reginald A. Lewis (British, 1899-1990) and probably dating from around the Mid-20th Century, if not earlier.
Reginald Lewis...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Small Mette Doller Black Stoneware Bowl, 1960s
By Mette Doller
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Black decorative stoneware bowl by Danish ceramic artist Mette Doller on the island of Bornholm in the 1960s. Clear glaze with incised hand-carved swirling and lined decorations. Sig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Vintage Art Glass Bowl 'Tulpan' by Astrid Gate 2006
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Art Glass Bowl 'Tulpan' by Astrid Gate 2006
A heavy art glass bowl in blue, yellow and purple glass with clear overlay. Designed by As...
Category
Early 2000s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Blue Green Pulegoso Bubbles Italian Art Glass Decorative Bowl Ashtray
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown sky blue over emerald green and bubbles Italian art glass bowl or dish. Documented to the Arte Vetraria Muranese company or A.Ve.M. It has a folde...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Designer, Bowl, Glass, Italy, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
An experimental blown glass bowl or vide poche designed and produced in Italy, c. 1970s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 3.5"H x 7.9"W x 7.9"D
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
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Glass
Midcentury Chrome Glass and Briar Wood Pocket Emptier in Christian Dior Style
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury chrome glass and briarwood pocket emptier. This fantastic piece was designed in Christian Dior Style during the 1980s.
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal, Chrome
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