Modern Decorative Bowls
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Pair of Crystal Glass Votive Candleholders, Bowls by Holmegaard, 1980
By Holmegaard
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful sparkling candleholder by Holmegaard in Denmark, 1988. Step like indented pattern creates a mesmerizing optical effect and scatters light under the piece. Candle socket is ...
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Studio-Made Carved Glass Dish by Ghiró Studio, Small
By Ghirò Studio
Located in New York, NY
Irregularly- shaped, hand carved dish with deep engravings to underside, and dark coloring infused with metallic elements. Artist-signed on underside.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Wooden Bowl from Papua New Guinea
Located in Roma, IT
Its elongated oval shape recalls that of a canoe, it has two carved handles shaped like stylized animals.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwo...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Unique Ceramic Bowl by Birthe Sahl, Halvrimmen, Denmark
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique ceramic bowl by Birthe Sahl, Halvrimmen, Denmark. Black glaze. Late 20th century
Her work is characterized by a "floating" body on a narrow foot. Glaze is usually monochrome....
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Jean Luce Etched Glass Bowl, circa 1930s
By Jean Luce
Located in New York, NY
Jean Luce acid etched crystal glass bowl. Signed on the bottom with the etched monogram of the double ‘L’.
Jean Luce (French, 1895-1964) Bio – “Trained as a ceramist and glassmake...
Category
20th Century French Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Waves No 245, a unique glass bowl in Yellow, Pink and Orange by Neil Wilkin
By Neil Wilkin
Located in London, GB
'Waves No 245' is a beautifully crafted, handblown glass bowl by the British artist, Neil Wilkin.
Taking a painterly approach, Neil Wilkin merges his colours to create a larger palette of soft hues. Utilising both transparent and opaque glass adds to the soft aesthetic of each piece adding an ethereal effect.
Since graduating in 1981, Neil Wilkin has used his skills to produce exquisite, luxury glass from his workshop. Clients from every sector include individuals, interior designers, property developers, architects etc. Companies include -Thomas Goode, The Grove, Asprey, Liberty, Cunard, Disney, Grosvenor Estate and Four Seasons. His specialist restoration skills earned him coveted commissions including the ‘blanks’ for the Royal Windsor...
Category
2010s British Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Monumental Art Glass Hand Blown Drip Bowl by Will Dexter
By William Dexter
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Striking monumental sized drip bowl hand blown by acclaimed glass artist, Will Dexter. This bowl is composed of thick rivulets of glass that give it a dyna...
Category
1990s American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
DECORATIVE SCULPTURAL VESSEL in Clay by Jake Irving
By Jake Irving
Located in Somerton, GB
Sculptural vessel in clay with four parallel lines of lava work lines, against a finger worked background, by Jake Irving.
This piece is of dish form with corners turning upwards.
...
Category
Late 20th Century British Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
Henry Wilkinson, English Silversmith, Sheffield, Modernist Silver Bowl on Foot
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Henry Wilkinson. English silversmith, Sheffield. Modernist silver bowl on foot with handles, 1930-1940s.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
Measures: 26 x 11 cm.
Category
1930s English Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver
Blue Holmegaard Bowl with Candy Stripes by Torben Jorgensen, 1980s
By Holmegaard
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Thick cobalt blue conical glass bowl with white spiral/swirl decor og opaque glass. Manufactured by Holmegaard and designed by Torben Jørgensen in Den...
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Arnaldo Gamba Metal Bowl
Located in Stratford, CT
Limited edition 'Mioevo II' cast bowl makes whimsical use of a worn plaster and brick motif. Comes with certificate of authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Modern Style Hand Carved Rock Crystal Bowls
Located in Cypress, CA
Exquisite pair of modern style high quality hand carved and hand polished rock crystal bowls.
These matchless pieces of rock crystal are hand carved and hand polished from all natur...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Rock Crystal
Modern Style Carved Rock Crystal Fish-Form Dish Platter
Located in Cypress, CA
One of a kind modern style hand carved and hand polished rock crystal fish form dish platter, late 20th century.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Rock Crystal
24 Karat Gold Paper Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
The paper series embodies the idea of crumpling paper set in time. The materiality of the brass is utilized by the intricate folds and bends that not on...
Category
2010s American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold
Common Ray with Salmon Red, a unique glass centrepiece by Sabine Lintzen
Located in London, GB
Common Ray with Salmon Red is a unique handblown and crafted vase & artwork / bowl / centrepiece by the German artist, Sabine Lintzen. The initial inner form is free-blown and adorne...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
David Chatt Spiky Glass Sculptural Bowl Barware
By David Chatt
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous cast sand glass bowl by David Chatt done between 2006-2008 is spiky, sculptural and just a bit off center as per the purpose. It is a work of art and one of a kind. Man...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Burchetta Art Glass Bowl
Located in Belmont, MA
Art glass bowl by Burchetta, Wilmington NC, signed and dated 1997.
Category
1990s American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Contemporary Unique Travertine Bowl by Kueng Caputo
By Kueng Caputo
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Travertine bowl with colored lacquer.
Kueng Caputo consists of Swiss-born Sarah Kueng (1981) and Lovis Caputo (1982). The studio is based in Zürich, Switzerland. Previous exhibitions include Salon 94, New York, Miami Basel, Frieze Art...
Category
2010s Swiss Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Travertine
Italian Design, Ceramic Bowl with Motif of Woman, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Italian design, ceramic bowl with motif of woman, 1960s.
Indistinct signed, presumably Italian ceramist.
Measures: 24 cm. X 12 cm. X 6 cm. high.
In perfect condition.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
3 Italian Modernist Franco Bucci Stacking Pottery Bowls for Laboratorio Pesaro
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of three stacking pottery bowls. Designed by Franco Bucci for Laboratorio Pesaro. Retailed by Nieman Marcus.
Turquoise, yellow, and pink on grey.
Bowl diameters: circa 9...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Set of Two Ceramic Centerpieces by Emilio Scanavino for Cedit, Italy, 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare set of two ceramic centerpieces by Emilio Scanavino for Cedit.
Different shapes and decorations, this set features a limited/numbered edition piece.
Size refers to the largest...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Archimede Seguso \"Valva\" murano glass bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a rare Valva line in a thick glass green, brown, yellow colors.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
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“Sommerso a bollicine” bowl mod. 4117 for Venini
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Koper, SI
Bowl by the Italian Master Carlo Scarpa, signed and published. Designed in 1936 for Venini. A large piece, compared to many others designed for Venini.
Features gold foil inclusions....
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
“Sommerso a bollicine” Glass Bowl Mod. 3550 by Carlo Scarpa for Venini, 1936
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Koper, SI
Bowl by the Italian Master Carlo Scarpa, signed and published. Designed in 1934-36 for Venini. A rather large pieces, compared to many others designed for Venini.
Murano glass with g...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Decorative ceramic bowl by Ingegärdh Burmeister, Modernist style / late 1900s.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare bowl in style of Pablo Picasso made by swedish/german designer Ingegärdh Burmeister for swedish ceramics manufacturer Gabriel Keramik AB.
This beautiful modernist bowl with de...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Blue Art Glass Bowl
Located in Vallejo, CA
A lovely vintage art glass bowl in the style of Murano. Vibrant blue color to the glass with a greenish blue rim. Wonderful circular wavy shape and a tapered base, made of thick glas...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Ceramic Tall Champion Bowl
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Champion Bowl is made of a Portuguese clay baked in low heat and sealed with a textured matte glaze finish.
Sourced by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
Tall Graphite Champion Bowl
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Champion Bowl is made of a Portuguese clay baked in low heat and sealed with a graphite finish
Sourced by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
Short Champion Graphite Bowl
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Champion Bowl is made of a Portuguese clay baked in low heat and sealed with a graphite finish
Sourced by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
Large Cobalt Blue Art Glass Scalloped Petal Bowl by Blenko Glass
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Large cobalt blue art glass scalloped edge petal bowl by Blenko Glass, circa 1990s. This beautiful piece is signed (foil Blenko sticker attached) and conceptualizes the beauty and g...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Antonia Salmon Studio Pottery Two Part Blade Form Vessel
By Antonia Salmon
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual sculptural studio pottery vessel with blade by renowned visual artist Antonia Salmon and believed to date from the latter 20th century. The stoneware vessel is finely made...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Italian modern Round vase in light blue Murano glass by Venini 1990s
By Venini
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Round vase in light blue Murano glass by Venini 1990s
Fantastic and vintage round vase in textured light blue Murano glass. On the upper part it has a round hole. It w...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Blue glazed vintage glass bowl
Located in Budapest, HU
Deep blue decorative glass bowl, offering from the 70s. There is no mark. The glass plays in special opal-pearl colors, its material is unique.
In our studio, we collect exciting pi...
Category
1960s European Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Usa Modern Centerpiece Bowl by Angelo Mangiarotti for Knoll, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Usa modern centerpiece bowl by Angelo Mangiarotti for Knoll, 1970s.
Centerpiece bowl in the shape of a cup with a round base, in gray marble.
Produced by Knoll in 1970s and designe...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Marble
Bodil Manz Own Studio Bowl in Eggshell Ceramics
By Bodil Manz
Located in Stockholm, SE
Porcelain, transparent glaze with hand-painted pale beige and black pattern over matte cream glaze. Height 6.5 cm Width 15.5 cm. Width 12cm. Pre-own by a Private collector who bought it at an exhibition backin the 1980s.
Painted "Bodil Manz", monogram. Painted signature. Perfect condition with no damage or restoration.
Over 40 years, Bodil Manz, b. 1943, has perfected her ceramic art, with her wafer-thin, transparent cylinders as one of the high-water marks. The cylinders have been cast and are of white, translucent porcelain...
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Eggshell
Patinated Bronze Bowl by Krone Bronce
Located in San Francisco, CA
A patinated bronze bowl with highly polished interior. The rim of the foot has a relief pattern of concentric stripes. Designed and manufactured ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Silver Acanthus Leaf & Hand Crafted Glass Footed Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Dayton, OH
Hand crafted glass centerpiece bowl gently rippling texture, standing on a trio of silver painted metal acanthus leaves on a silver and black pedestal base.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal
Live Edge Redwood Bowl/Catchall
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Live edge redwood bowl/catchall.
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Italian Modern Round Bowl Centerpiece in Black Painted Metal, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Round bowl centerpiece in black painted metal, 1990s
Vintage round bowl in black painted metal. The central part consists of a hemisphere with a protruding profile, r...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal
John Procario, Terraqueous, USA
Located in New York, NY
Todd Merrill Studio has represented artist John Procario since 2016. Having grown up around his carpenter father’s workshop, Procario entered the world of art and design with a well defined love of woodworking and a distinct vision inspired by his reverence for the material’s possibilities and limitations. Starting with his Freeform Series, and later translating and taking inspiration from this series to develop new works, Procario has continued to produce elegant, contemporary, and minimalistic designs that capture its audiences emotionally through sensation and observation.
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While studying sculpture in graduate school, Procario developed a unique aesthetic that began with the notion of wood as metaphor for the human body. “I would describe my work as having a heartbeat,” says Procario. “Each one has so much personality. As you move around them, the forms appear to shift and change. Just as we push the limits of our bones and muscles, I enjoy pushing the limits of wood to create a sense of strain in the material’s gesture,” Procario further elaborates. By pushing the limit of breakage, Procario creates a sense of strain in the otherwise fluid gestures of his works. Conceptually, this reveals beauty to be the product of stress.
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This evocation of the human form found throughout his Freeform Series can also be found in his recent furniture...
Category
2010s American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ash
Geometric Pedestal Bowl in Marbled Aqua Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Our decorative geometric pedestal bowl is great for holding fruit, plants, decorative objects, faux succulents and specially everyone's attention. You can have it on display on a kit...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Resin
David Melville Large Shallow Abstract Patterned Studio Pottery Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish English large studio pottery dish decorated with abstract floral and linear designs by David Melville dating from the 20th or early ...
Category
20th Century English Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
David Melville Large Twin Handled Abstract Patterned Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish English large studio pottery twin handled bowl decorated with abstract swirl and linear designs by David Melville dating from the 20th or early 21st century. The heavi...
Category
20th Century English Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
David Leach Tenmoku & Dolomite Glazed Wax Resist Studio Pottery Bowl
By David Leach
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very impressive British stoneware bowl decorated in tenmoku and dolomite glazes by renowned potter David Leach (British, 1911 – 2005) and dating from the 20th century. The bowl of wide rounded shape stands raised on a thick narrow round unglazed foot with recessed base. The bowl has a fold back rim the outer body decorated in deep brown tenmoku glazes. The inner bowl is decorated with an abstract design with brown tenmoku glazes beneath a thick crawling green white dolomite glaze with speckling and with wavy wax resist...
Category
20th Century English Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
1295 Murano Hand Made Art Glass Limited Edition Sommerso Centerpiece
Located in Venice, VE
Our aim is the emotion, through glass, lighten by the spirit of art.
1295 Murano is a furnace, a design lab and an interior point of view
regarding to the most exclusive producti...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Nickel Silver and Brass Dove Bowl with Brass Ball Feet
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely bowl or serving bowl has brass dove birds on either side and 3 rounded brass ball feet. It is not marked anywhere of the maker. It is from...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Nickel, Brass
Wonderful Lorin Marsh Murano Seguso Gold Swirl Flecked Glass Centerpiece Bowl
By Lorin Marsh
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful Lorin Marsh retailed murano clear & gold swirl flecked large art glass centerpiece bowl in the manner of Seguso.
Signed 2000, s...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Geode Style Murano Glass Prism Sommerso Technique Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Murano glass vase Geode Style Prism Sommerso Technique (or Dish or Bowl) from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Gold Flecked Thumb Bowl Elsa Peretti Seguso Archimedes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large vintage Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co made by Seguso Archimedes - Murano gold flecked thumb bowl - from a Palm Beach estate.
there are two signatures - the sign of archimede and the handwritten signature Elsa Perreti for Tiffany...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold
Luka, a unique amber / orange glass art work and centrepiece by Paul Stopler
By Paul Stopler
Located in London, GB
Luka is a cast glass artwork in a beautiful soft amber / orange by the British artist Paul Stopler. With a smooth exterior, the interior is stepped into five sections by four ridged protruding "shelves" of glass, which are all created in the wax model from which this is cast.
Using a complex series of processes, Stopler’s primary fascination is with the craft of lathe-turning waxes to produce unique cast-glass vessels. Made using the lost-wax technique, each of the pieces investigates the dialogue between its outer and inner surfaces; deeply cut exteriors projecting their changing mass onto internal cores and cut interiors illuminating the vessel's exterior with graduating tones.
Each vessel is ground and polished to a satin finish, facilitating a soft interior view of light, tone and colour, with the rims being polished to a reflective finish for contrast. A single translucent color is chosen for each form for its potential to transmit changing hues and light accents; the deeper the mass of glass, the more saturated the color.
Having studied at the Royal College of Art and previously assisted many other artists including Bruno Romanelli, Max jacquard, Colin Reid and Ann Robinson...
Category
2010s British Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Florimel Organic Bowl in Mahogany
By Roman Erlikh
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Florimel series inverts a narrative of purely utilitarian object into artistic interpretation of interplay of colors, light, and shadows on organic-based 3-dimentional forms. Bowl I ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Mahogany
Medium Bowl in Nickel with Stainless Steel Base by Johnny Swing, 2017
By Johnny Swing
Located in New York, NY
Unique medium bowl in bent and welded nickels on a stainless steel base. Designed and made by Johnny Swing, USA, 2017.
Category
2010s American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
Small Bowl in Nickel with Stainless Steel Base by Johnny Swing, 2018
By Johnny Swing
Located in New York, NY
Unique small bowl in bent and welded half dollars, quarters and nickels on a stainless steel base. Designed and made by Johnny Swing, USA, 2018.
Category
2010s American Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
Modern decorative bowls for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern decorative bowls 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 decorative bowls created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern decorative bowls made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative bowls, popular names associated with this style include Gunnar Nylund, Alfredo Barbini, Antonio da Ros, and Danese Milano. 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 decorative bowls differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $48 and tops out at $4,863 while the average work can sell for $498.
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