Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
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
Danish Modern Shiny Blue Stoneware Vide-Poche Dish, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade Danish modern stoneware vide-poche bowl by Stogo Stentøj on the island of Zealand in the 1960s. Square shape with soft corners covered with a shiny blue brown speckled glaze...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Solid Brass Ashtray Old Patina France 1960 Gold Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Solid Brass Ashtray Old Patina France 1960 Gold Color
1960 solid brass ashtray.
Brass sculpture, Vide Poche, decorative object.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Brass
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
Fratelli Toso Murano Pink White Ribbons Italian Art Glass Decorative Dish Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown dark pink and white ribbons Italian art glass decorative scalloped rim bowl / vide-poche. Attributed to the Fratelli Toso company. Created with pi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
Jacques Buchholtz 20th Century Porcelain Ceramic Design Bowl or Cup 5/9
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jacques Buchholtz
Large porcelain ceramic cup or bowl or vide poche
Unique handmade piece realised circa 1980
original perfect condition
Signed under the base
Light gr...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
Distinctive Gabriel Fourmaintraux Hand Painted Ceramic Vide Poche - Circa 1950's
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Superb petit ceramic vide poche by Gabriel Fourmaintraux
Intense black glaze, hand decorated with distinctive red, yellow and green enamel motifs
Circa 1950
Height 1.5 inch, Width ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Archimede Seguso Murano Blue Gold Flecks Art Glass Large Clam Shell Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing hand blown clam shell bowl in cobalt blue glass with gold flecks. Attributed to Archimede Seguso, Italy, 1950-1960.
This large clam shell bowl has an eye-catching color with blue glass submerged into clear glass with inclusions of aventurine gold flecks.
Lovely to be used as rings bowl, ashtray or decorative bowl, alone or as a part of a Murano glass collection. It is large enough to be used as vide-poche or soap bowl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jane and Gordon Martz Ceramic Vide Poche or Catchall for Marshall Studios
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A nice vide poche or catchall tray with floral design by Jane and Gordon martz for Marshall studios. Largely known for execution of lamps, the ceramicist duo also did a number of oth...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Rosenthal Studio-Line Porcelain Jewelry Dish Danish Designer Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in New York, NY
A small, beautiful, white and gold porcelain jewelry dish by Danish Designer Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio-Line porcelain, Germany, 20th century. With designer and marker's mar...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
Small Mid-Century Italian Burl Tray and Map of Bermuda
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Very charming burl wood tray displaying a detailed map of Bermuda's original tribes. We see this functional little tray on a coffee table, desk or an en...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Wood
Rustic Midcentury Ceramic Art Plate, 1979
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Midcentury modern ceramic artwork to be used as decoration, serveware or wall hanging. Earthcolored matte glaze in modernist abstract lines and shapes. Cream, brown and black colors....
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Raija Uosikkinen Decorative Plate for Arabia of Finland, 1978
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Raija Uosikkinen Decorative Plate for Arabia of Finland, 1978. Retains the original box.
Category
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
Pineapple porcelain By Bassano , 1970
By Bassano
Located in La xara, VC
Unveil the allure of Italian craftsmanship with this stunning pineapple porcelain, a treasure from 1980s Bassano, Italy. Immerse yourself in the ra...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
$326 Sale Price
27% Off
Mouthblown Murano Art Glass Dish with asymmetrical shape and mutil
Located in London, GB
This is a truly unique and individual piece of Murano Art Glass with an asymmetrical shape and pattern in Autumnal hues of Golds, Greens, Rusts, Orange all accentuated with Gold Leaf...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Gold Leaf
$377 Sale Price
20% Off
Jørgen Mogensen for Royal Copenhagen Stoneware Vide-Poche Dish, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish midcentury modern square shaped stoneware vide-poche dish by Jørgen Mogensen for Royal Copenhagen in the 1960s. Abstract organic decor in earthy brown, ochre, yellow and blue ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Danish Leif Messell Round Ceramic Dish with Figurative Bat Motif 1997
By Asger Jorn
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Danish mid-century low ceramic bowl by Leif Messell made at his own ceramic workshop in Sejs, Silkeborg, Denmark in 1997.
The low bowl has a figurative decoration of a flying bat ...
Category
1990s Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract, Organic Gabriel Fourmaintraux Hand Painted Ceramic Vide Poche c1950's
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Organic in form, abstract ceramic vide poche by Gabriel Fourmaintraux, France
Strong pallet of red, yellow and orange enamels contrast wonderfully with the exterior matt black glaze
...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Sergio Asti for Up&Up Centerpiece in Marmno Bianco di Calacatta, Italy 1970s
By Sergio Asti, Up & Up
Located in Naples, IT
Beautiful centerpiece/emptying tray white-grey Calacatta marble from the 1970s designed by Sergio Asti for the Up & Up Group that brings together various artists such as Achille C...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Marble
Large Ceramic Brown Vide Poche in a Fish Form Circa 1960 Italy
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This Ceramic Ashtray or Vide Poche, has a Fish Shape. The colors are the Brown white and black.
It has been made in Italy Circa 1960
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
Exceptional & Large Carved Oak Tray, France 1950's
Located in New York, NY
A very large hand-carved asymmetrical tray in the shape of a stylized leaf raised on a large plinth, the scale can be seen on the second photo with three green apples resting inside ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Oak
1970s Astonishing Ashtray or Catch-All By Daum Nancy. Made in France
By Daum
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Astonishing rare ashtray or catch-all by Daum Nancy in crystal. Made in France
No chips or other, this item is perfect in excellent condition. The design of this piece is amazi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Crystal
$456 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Decorative Metal Tray, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern decorative metal tray, by an unknown designer. Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserv...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Metal
$563 Sale Price
50% Off
Raija Uosikkinen Decorative Plate for Arabia of Finland, 1981
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Raija Uosikkinen Decorative Plate for Arabia of Finland, 1981. Retains the original box.
Category
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
Jacques Buchholtz 20th Century Porcelain Ceramic Design Bowl or Cup 2/9
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jacques Buchholtz
Large porcelain ceramic cup or bowl or vide poche
Unique handmade piece realised circa 1980
original perfect condition
Signed under the base
White ce...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Marble Vide Poche, Grey Color, Italy, 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This vide poche or boxe is in a cylindar shape, is in Marble, in Grey color, from Italy.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Marble
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
Steuben Thumbprint Bowl Series by George Thompson
Located in Huntington, NY
Steuben Thumbprint Bowl Series by George Thompson
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Art Glass
Large Catherine Mathieu 20th century design grey ceramic plate or vide poche
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Catherine Mathieu
Large 20th century design stoneware ceramic plate
Original perfect condition
Height 5 cm
Large 27 cm
Width 26 cm
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Decorative Object Vide-Poche Seguso Murano Glass Midcentury Modern Italy 1950s
Located in Palermo, IT
Vide-poche/decorative object by Archimede Seguso produced in Italy in the 1950s.
The pocket emptier was made of transparent massive Murano glass with a circular body and external pro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Murano Glass
Round Walnut with Brass Insert
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Round walnut ashtray c.1950s from Duk-It out of Buffalo, New York. This ashtray features a walnut exterior with brass insert. This piece can also be used ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Brass
Red Stoneware Ceramic Cup or Decorative Bowl by J. Buchholtz 1980 Design 1/9
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jacques Buchholtz
Unique piece
Red stoneware ceramic cup or bowl by french artist Jacques Buchholtz
Original perfect condition
Signed
Height 5 cm
Large 19 cm.
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Italian gilt metal vide poche cendrier style of Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in London, GB
An elegant floor standing vide poche cendrier in the style of Paolo Buffa. Wear to the lacquered finish consumate with age and use.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Brass
Serving Tray or Vide-Poche in Bamboo and Tortoiseshell Lucite, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular serving tray or vide-poche in lucite effect tortoiseshell and Bamboo.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Robert Maxwell Ceramic & Crackle Glass Vide-Poche, California, c.1970
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Robert Maxwell Ceramic & Crackle Glass Vide-Poche, California, c.1970.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Art Glass, Ceramic
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
Large 20th Century Porcelain Ceramic Decorative Dish Bowl by Jacques Buchholtz
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jacques Buchholtz
Large porcelain ceramic dish or decorative bowl
White ceramic glaze color
20th century design
Signed
Height 6 cm
Large 19 cm.
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
Rookwood 1949 XLIX Fish Ashtray Compote Change Dish 6964 6"
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare mid-century Rookwood fish ashtray / compote / dish featuring a teal / seafoam green / light turquoise glaze. Circa XLIX = 1949. Shape 6964. Size B.
Dimensions:
5.75" x 4" x ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Pottery
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Brown Color Genuine Decorative Shell 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Brown Color Genuine Decorative Shell 20th Century
Category
20th Century Burkinabe Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Shell
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Colored Ceramic 1970 Ashtray on Lava signed
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Colored ceramic 1950 ashtray. Made in a piece on Lava, covered with Ceramic enameled.
Signed
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Lava
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Raija Uosikkinen Decorative Plate for Arabia of Finland, 1987
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Raija Uosikkinen Decorative Plate for Arabia of Finland, 1987. Retains the original box.
Category
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Vallauris Majolica Ceramic Platter
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
Impressive and colorful leaf shaped glazed ceramic platter, serving tray or centerpiece manufactured by Vallauris France, pottery makers, circa 1950s.
Useful as centerpiece, fruit or dessert...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
$475 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Tiger's Eye Stone Style Ashtray South Africa Circa 1955 Caramel Color
By Luigi Cervone
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Rare Tiger's Eye Stone Style Ashtray South Africa Circa 1955 Caramel Color
Category
20th Century South African Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Stone, Marble
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Vide Poche from Keraluc Quinper 1960 Multicolor Color, Rond Shape
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Ceramic Vide Poche from Keraluc Quinper 1960 Multicolor Color, Rond Shape
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Carl Auböck Decorative Brass Dish in the Shape of a Leaf
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a beautiful decorative dish in the shape of a leaf. It was hand-crafted from brass and designed by the renowned workshops of Carl Auböck in Austria. It is a perfect examp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Brass
Johann Seltmann German Porcelain Chocolate Dish with Bamboo Handle
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare configuration of af JSV chocolate, cake or cookie dish. Decorated with gold-glaze, brass-ball and bamboo handles with plastic rattan. Made by Johann Seltmann...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Armogrès Belgian 'Zodiac' Studio Pottery Dish in Dark Brown Tones, 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Armogrès Belgian 'Zodiac' Studio Pottery Dish in dark tones. Belgium, 1960s. Beautiful and large 'Zodiac' themed studio pottery dish by Armogrès, one of the famous pottery works...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Seguso Large Oval Concave Plate with Bubbles and Gold Dust 1950s Great Quality
By Seguso
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large Seguso Oval Concave Tray circa 1950s Italian, with bubbles and gold dust inside, excellent workmanship.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Murano Glass
Biot Glass 1960 Champain Bucket Purple Color France
By Biot
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Magnifical, Champagne bucket, made by the well known glass firm BIOT in the South of France, near Vallauris.
See the details in pictures to see how the color is beautiful.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Art Glass
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
1950 Brutalist Wood Ashtray / Centrepiece
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1950 Brutalist wood ashtray / centrepiece, in the style of Noll, or Nakashima.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Wood
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Ashtray from France 1960 Multicolor Color, Rond Shape Grey and Orange
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Ceramic Ashtray from France 1960 Multicolor Color, Rond Shape Grey and Orange
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Ashtray Ceramic Form by Accolay, circa 1975 Black and Green Colors
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Accolay
Abstract ceramic form for this ashtray by Accolay.
Elegant black and green colors with decoration inside.
Signed under the base
Dimensions: 4.5 x 11 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Modernist Copper Plate Silver Stork Bird Vicky Peru
By Vicky
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Copper Silver Metal Plate Modernist Stork Bird Vicky Peru
6 diameter x .5 h
Stamped Vicky Industria Peruana
Preowned unrestored original vinta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Silver, Copper
Pair of Apple-Shaped Vide Poche Bowl in Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite, Italy 1970
By Dior Home
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful pair of midcentury apple-shaped vide-poche or bowls in a gorgeous tortoiseshell effect lucite. These delightful and unique objects were designed in Italy during the 1970s....
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Modernist Vallauris Glazed Ceramic Ashtray, Desk Tidy, circa 1960
By Vallauris
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely Mid-Century modernist ceramic cigar ashtray, desk tidy, vide poche, or catchall, was crafted in Vallauris, France, in the 1960s. The elevated faux-square form has a glaze...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mid-Century Modern Clear Crystal Bowl Made by Val Saint Lambert
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Large clear crystal bowl, made by the Belgian brand Val Saint Lambert.
In very good condition. Nicely decorated with geometric carvings.
Signed ...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Crystal
Murano Art Glass Cobalt Blue Basket with Handle 1970s Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Murano cobalt blue art glass basket,
Murano Glass bowl Italy, 1970’s.
An amazing Murano style thick art glass object in an unusual design in a beautiful blue and burgundy combination...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Art Glass
Grandjean-Jourdan 'Faux Bois' Ceramic Centerpiece Vallauris, 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Grandjean-Jourdan 'Faux Bois' Ceramic Centerpiece, Vallauris, France, 1960s. Fantastic ceramic centerpiece by pottery artist Eugène Grandjean for his family company Grandjean-Jou...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Large Blue Gray Crackle Glazed Square Plate, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade Danish midcentury modern decorative plate. Decorated by hand with blue lines and floral shapes over white and warm gray p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Carl Erickson Green Bowl Ashtray American Art Studio Glass 1940s-1950s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Sculptural, heavy Mid Century Modern dark green glass decorative bowl or ashtray was created by Carl Erickson for Erickson Glass Works. The bowl is decorated with controlled bubbles that are radiating from its center; four symmetrically placed indentations can serve as cigarette rests. The pontil is ground.
The bowl is in good vintage condition with some age-appropriate signs of wear on the bottom. It is unsigned, as vast majority of Ericson piece were, and is missing its sticker, but can be clearly identified by multiple printed and online catalogues and other resources.
Carl Erickson (1899-1966) worked at Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, joining his father as an apprentice and spending the next 20 years developing a high level of craftsmanship, including precision use of controlled bubbles, a technique often associated with Pairpoint, that was widely used by Erickson in his own glass designs. In the early 1930s he was employed by Libbey Glass and from 1937 - by the Blenko Glass Company. After leaving Blenko, Carl founded his own art glass studio in Bremen, Ohio in 1943. Erickson glass was hand blown, so no two pieces could be identical.
Erickson made reproductions for a number of museums, including the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D.C., Old Sturbridge Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corning Museum of Glass, and the Ohio State Historical Society Museum. Many of his glass creations have been selected for display at several distinguished museums, and in 1953 a traveling display...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass, Art Glass
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Starck Andersen Persia Crackle Glazed Rectangular Dish, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade Danish midcentury modern decorative vide-poche plate. Decorated by hand in blue lines and floral shapes over white and warm gray persia crackle glaze. Designed by Marianne S...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Blue and White Art Glass Bowl by Paul Kedelv for Flygsfors
By Paul Kedelv, Flygsfors
Located in Toronto, ON
Art glass decorative bowl by Paul Kedelv for Flygsfors. Made in Sweden in the 1960s. This gorgeous decorative bowl is made with light blue, white, and clear art glass which is meticu...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Art Glass
Raija Uosikkinen Decorative Plate for Arabia of Finland, 1985
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Raija Uosikkinen Decorative Plate for Arabia of Finland, 1985. Retains the original box.
Category
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Raymor Style Handcrafted Solid Brass Seashell Footed Dish Bowl Catchall
By Sarreid Ltd., Raymor
Located in Miami, FL
Nautical Hand-crafted Raymor Style solid Brass footed Seashell dish, bowl, or Catchall.
Beautiful warm aged patina shows the age. Comes from Italy and is not marked.
Great addition to any Coastal, Tropical or Florida Home...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Brass
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