Mid-20th Century Bowls and Baskets

Bakelite glass bowl - 1930s. This opalescent bakelite bowl is in excellent condition. It is still a stylish must-have for any Art Deco interior. This bowl is a versatile acces...

Vintage polychrome hand painted and handcrafted ceramic wall decorative plate with polychrome Ottoman floral design. This is an intricately, hand painted Moorish plate that was made in Turkey. Turkey is famous for its kiln products, such as tiles and pottery, which are glazed and multicolored. It has a beautifully hand painted geometrical Moorish design in burgundy, yellow, turquoise, light and dark blue. An Islamic ceramic...

Moulded glass fruit bowl. With a translucent bluish hue, the piece has an asymmetrical and organic shape, with edges that rise gently on two sides, creating a shallow central cavity....

Large and delicate sky blue tinted Swedish midcentury modern textured glass bowl from the Reffla series (reffla is Swedish for grooves) designed by Arthur Percy in 1952. White and li...

This elegant mid-century modernist crystal bowl, circa 1960, showcases the artistry of Orrefors, Sweden. The sculptural design beautifully captures and refracts light, highlighting t...

A large murano glass bowl manufactured in Venice in the manner of Fulvio Bianconi, it's in perfect conditions. This Centerpiece is a striking and luxurious decorative piece that show...

This burl made in Sweden with precision handcraft gives a nice edition to any living room with intention to give an organic simple, but jet complex look. The signs of the wood struct...

Sommerso Murano glass decorative bowl attributed to Flavio Poli, Italy, 1960.

Wonderful vintage Phyllis Wallen enamel on copper abstract bowl/dish dating from 1960's. Phyllis was a prolific San Diego Modernist artist. Signed on the bottom by the artist and has...

A beige and orange-glazed earthenware bowl designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1930s.

In this listing you will find a spectacular Hollywood Regency Champagne Bottle Holder done in solid brass. It features a very elegant shape of Nautil...

Elegant Royal Copenhagen crackle glazed bowl with gilded banding on the base. Designed by THORKILD OLSEN (1890-1973) for ROYAL COPENHAGEN. Made in D...

Sylvia Leuchovius (1915–2003) swedish artist, worked for Rörstrand, Sweden mid-1900s. This large, rare decorative plate / platter with its di...

A beautiful stoneware art deco dish with crackle glaze. Details in hand painted gold. Designed by Gunnar Nylund for ALP (Lidköpings Porslinsfabrik), Sweden, 1930s. Great condition. ...

Stunning Italian mid-century Vide Poche or catchall or ashtray dish rendered in marbleized resin with an inset polished brass dish and green felt backing. Made in Italy, circa 1970s.

This burl made in Sweden 1962 with precision handcraft gives a nice edition to any living room with intention to give an organic simple, but jet complex look. The signs of the wood s...

Circa 1970s, one-of-a-kind delightful and rare Venetian Art glass organic centerpiece / vide-poche, entirely Hand Made in blown Murano glass, high quality of execution in 2 colors: a...

Kähler, Denmark, glazed stoneware dish 1960s. Designed by Nils Kähler. Turquoise glaze. Measures: 31 cm in diameter, 6.5 cm high. Stamped. In perfect condition.

Martin Åberg wastepaper basket made by Swedish Servex. This tall version the conical basket is made of teak veneer. Nice vintage condition  

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...

Mid-20th-century vintage malachite dish with green swirl detailing, polished bullseye Malachite specimen vide poche, decorative trinket dish, or ash...

Foam glass vases. Loetz. Johann Loetz Witwe, Klostermühle, Around 1930s. Colorless glass with soda fusions in the intermediate layer, with rolled-in thread net of Green opal glass. ...

Large 1930s to 1940s WMF IKORA silver plated metal bowl with black stripe decor and 3 disc-shaped feet. Marked WMF IKORA GERMANY SILVERPLATE with tower symbol. Dimensions in cm: Di...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent white and twisted pink ribbons Italian art glass footed bowl. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, circa 1956. The bowl has a scall...

Roger Capron (1922-2006) decorative dish with bamboo handle Signed Capron, Vallauris, 1950s. Roger Capron was born in Vincennes, France on September 4, 1922. Interested in drawing, he studied Applied Arts in Paris from 1939 to 1943 and worked as an art teacher in 1945. He died on November 8, 2006 leaving behind a considerable body of work that is recognized worldwide. In 1946, Roger Capron moved to Vallauris, where he founded a ceramics workshop known as 'l`Atelier Callis', contributing to the renaissance of ceramics in Vallauris. In 1952, Roger Capron purchased an abandoned pottery in Vallauris and opened a small ceramics...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opaline purple, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass bowl / vide poche. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini. Profusely covered ...

Japanese Yamaji Porcelain Fan Dish with delicate floral motif, scalloped fan shape, and gold detailing, perfect as a unique decorative accent. We sell items as acquired, without r...

This mid-20th century hand-woven basket originates from the Dayak tribe of Borneo crafted with rattan fibres and an iron wood frame and rim. These baskets were used to carry leaves, ...

Unique cast red painted iron decorative leaf platter. A platter possibly a prototype, made of cast iron. The design originates from a model in cast brass plate that was exhibited at ...

Val Saint Lambert Heavy Bowl with Air Bubbels 1950s Handcrafted with red highlights fading through bringing warmth into your color scheme. Still in lovely condition Weight Crystal: ...

A patinated bronze bowl by Just Anderson, Denmark.

Amazing mid-century plexiglass with tortoiseshell effect rounded centrepiece. This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s in the style of Christian Dior. This item i...

Beautiful Italian Mid-Century centerpiece. This piece, marked Made in Italy, certainly is a versatile piece that can function as a bowl as well as a decorative piece in a kitchen, or...

MCM Green Painted Metal Vide-Poche or Dish A versatile newly powder coated vintage metal tray in a fantastic shade of green. This particular green...

Beautiful clothes basket of teak veneer wickerwork and string. Probably Scandinavian. Slight signs of wear, see pictures. Inside water stains on ...

Ce magnifique vide poche, réalisé par Albert Thiry, est une pièce emblématique de la céramique française de Vallauris des années 1960. Avec un diamètre de 13 cm et une hauteur de 7 c...

Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers. Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase. Swedish ceramist for Elfstrands Kärlfabrik, Sjöb...

Large Moroccan ceramic decorative serving tajine polychrome with leather, stones and metal overlay with conical overlay lid. The bottom is a circular ceramic bowl and the top of the tagine is distinctively shaped into a cone. Handcrafted and hand painted with Moorish designs by artisans in Fez Morocco. Great decorative Moroccan Folk ceramic...

Aqua Majolica basket with plate Sarreguemines, circa 1930. Basket 8" by 7.5", height / 2.5" Pplate 8.5" diameter, height / 1.3".  

Antique French metal wire egg decorative basket, rustic French farmhouse decor with collapsible zigzag lids and two folding handles, loop feet, the basket has...

Carl Auböck Bowl, Austria 1960s.

Small ceramic bowl by French artist Jacques Blin, made in France during the 1950s. The bowl is glazed in green shades with an incised leaf pattern. Signed on the bottom.

Italian Venetian Vase in Blown Murano Glass, Blue and 24-K Gold finishes, 1960s, with a very sophisticated and elegant shape, in very excellent original conditions, as documented in ...

Rustic Vintage Kitchen Molcajete Mexican Stone Bowl Chef's grinding dish Preowned original unrestored distressed condition. Hole in center. 2.75 h x 7.75...

Bowl made by Rogier Vandeweghe for Amphora. Has a amazing red glaze and are highly decorative. The outside is dark green.

Vintage Danish Holmegaard Aqua Vases by Per Lütken, 1960s. Set of 5. Beautiful set of Danish mid-century modern hand blown aqua blue glass vases designed by...

A beautiful round starburst-like cut crystal ashtray or jewelry dish. Dimensions: 4.25" diameter x 1.25" Height.

Mid Century Copper And Brass Brutalist Vide Poche C.1960 In very good condition commensurate with age. Please refer to photos.

A gorgeous white & gold regency style reticulated porcelain basket compote Circa mid 20th century Measures: 9"W x 6.5"D x 7.5"H E...

1960s Danish modern vintage teak bowl in very good condition. Beautiful woodwork and elegant shape. The bowl is signed "W Denmark" by burn mark.

Crafted in Normandy or Burgundy circa 1920, the bread basket is handwoven with wicker. Use is to serve your baguettes or displaying other types of bread. This type of basket is both ...

A beautiful stoneware bowl with amazing glaze. Made by Tyra Lundgren. Executed during the artist's time spent at Sèvres, between 1934-1939. Excellent condition. Impressed with artist's name and maker's marks. Tyra Lundgren (1897-1979) was one of the most multifaceted artists and modernists of the twentieth century. She was a painter, drawer, sculptor, ceramist, glass- and textile designer, as well as an author and an art critic. She was the first woman who designed glass for Paolo Venini at Murano in Venice and she also served as the artistic leader at Arabia in Helsinki at a time when men tended to hold those kinds of positions. Tyra Lundgren grew up in Djursholm, near Stockholm. Her parents were John Petter Lundgren, professor at Veterinärinstitutet (institute of veterinary sciences) in Stockholm, and Edith Lundgren née Åberg, who was a housewife and raised their six children. The bourgeois home also comprised a nanny and a female cook. The family were very socially active, travelled often, and enjoyed the outdoor lifestyle. Tyra Lundgren’s schooling began at Djursholm coeducational school, where her teachers included Natanael and Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér. Her school friends included Greta Knutson-Tzara, Stellan Mörner, and Ingrid Rydbeck-Zuhr. Tyra Lundgren knew from the time she was five years old that she wanted to be an artist. She first became aware of the profession through Axel Fahlcrantz, who rented a studio on the plot of land where she lived with her family. In 1913 she began to attend Högre konstindustriella skolan (HKS, now known as Konstfack, college of arts, crafts and design) where she studied decorative art as well as handicrafts in various forms until 1917. One of her fellow students and friends there was Estrid Ericson, who later founded Svenskt Tenn AB in 1924. Whilst attending HKS Tyra Lundgren also took painting lessons at the Althin school of painting. In 1917 she was accepted as a candidate at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts where, apart from breaks during which she undertook studies abroad, she remained until 1922. She spent a couple of months taking lessons from Anton Hanak in Vienna and from 1920–1923 she was a student of André Lhote in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was primarily active in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France, and Italy. She spent much of her professional life travelling and considered herself to be a European. Greece and Mexico also formed important centres in her artistic life, as did the USA. She had an extensive social network which included focal individuals within twentieth century-European and American artistic and cultural circles. Tyra Lundgren’s main artistic motifs were birds, fish, and people which she depicted through different techniques and materials. Her artistic expression involved a variety of different directions and styles. She was a pioneer of the 1920s Swedish Grace style, the name of which had been coined by the art critic Morton Shand at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. This was a Swedish Art Deco style, characterised by elegance and traditional art which contrasted with the current artistic ideals of functionalism. Tyra Lundgren made her debut at a group exhibition held at Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in 1921. She went on to show her work at various exhibitions throughout the 1920s. After that period she only very rarely exhibited her paintings. Tyra Lundgren’s painted output can be divided into different periods or stylistic directions. The first of these, and the most extensive, was her post-Cubist period which began in 1920 on her arrival in Paris. Her paintings from this time and right up to the mid-1930s typically comprise portraits, self-portraits, live-model painting, still-lifes, interiors, and landscapes in the Cubist style. Many of the great number of self-portraits she painted were produced in the New Objective style, displaying broad variation in terms of clothes, poses and techniques. Two of these – Huvud med vit duk and Självporträtt both from 1921 – can be seen at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, although the majority of these works are at Gotlands Museum. Tyra Lundgren’s second artistic period comprises the years of 1927 to 1929 and is characterised by the New Objective style inspired by medieval techniques and materials (Giotto, Piero della Francesca). Her motifs were still-lifes and landscapes. At this point she was living in Rome and was close to the circle involved in the Valori plastici: rivista d’arte art journal. This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style. Using light pastel colours her paintings sought light in a sometimes non-figurative expression, but often depicting abstract bird-shapes or other nature-inspired imagery. Her paintings from this period are outsized and display powerful colours, in yellows, reds, and blues. Tyra Lundgren maintained a constant production of drawings, both in terms of individual artworks and sketches for patterns and designs. She also produced the illustrations for her book Fagert i Fide. Årstiderna på en gammal gotlandsgård, published in 1961. During her early years she also produced advertising illustrations. She spent the final years of her life primarily working with lithographs which were printed at Galleri Prisma and depicted images of doves, swallows, magpies and crows. Tyra Lundgren is meanwhile best known for her work as a ceramist and in this sphere she was one of Sweden’s leading exponents. She worked in the porcelain industry as a designer and as an artisan and ceramic sculptor. Her first job was at St Eriks Lervarufabrik in Uppsala from 1922–1924, she then worked at Arabia from 1924–1937, and at Rörstrand and Lidköping Porslinsfabrik. She was the artistic leader at Arabia ahead of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition and she exhibited her work at the World’s Fairs. During the 1934–1938 period she was connected to the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres porcelain factory in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was a pioneer when it came to giving ceramic art a public space in Sweden. She produced around 20 outsized reliefs in stoneware, so-called monumental reliefs. One of these is Märkeskvinnor, from 1947, for the former girls’ school at Bohusgatan in Stockholm. From the 1940s onwards Tyra Lundgren produced sculptural objects in Chamotte clay and stoneware, with various glazings. Her small birds are well-known and popular with many. When her ceramic efforts became too much for her during the 1970s she then produced models for sculptures in bronze. There are six of these in various places around the globe, including Solfågel in Almedalen, Visby. Tyra Lundgren began to work as a glassware designer at Moser in Karlsbad in 1922 where she designed new table services and modernised older ones. She also worked freelance for Riihimäki factory in Finland during the 1924–1929 period. From 1934 to 1938 she was employed by Kosta glass factory where she mainly designed thick-walled bowls and vases, engraved with classical motifs. She was introduced to the glassmaker Paolo Venini at Murano during the Triennale di Milano of 1936 and they began a collaboration that lasted into the 1950s. As part of this collaboration Tyra Lundgren became the first woman to design glassware and, in conjunction with the glassblower Arturo Biasutto, she developed new techniques of glass production. Her motifs at this point were birds, fish, snail-shaped designs and leaf-patterned bowls using traditional techniques as well as in new designs. It was during this time that she created the so-called tissue-shaped bowls and it remains unclear as to who specifically came up with the design but Tyra Lundgren claimed it was of her making. Tyra Lundgren was active as textile designer for Licium (now HV Licium), the sacred textiles...

Classic leather and glass catchall / ashtray by French designer Jacques Adnet. Rich cognac leather base with signature Adnet contrast stitching and a circular inset cutout. Crystal g...

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...

A beautiful bone china saucer or trinket dish in Minton's "Ancestral" pattern. With scalloped edges, painted in gold, and a floral green, red, and brown...

Small Leaf Bowl by Tyra Lundgren for Venini Small leaf bowl made of red glass with regular air bubble decoration and a pinched rim. Designed by Tyra Lundgren in the 1930s, manufactu...

French ceramic ashtray catch all Vallauris, France, circa 1960’s The multi dimensional mosaic patterned design are reminiscent of Picasso A deli...

Vintage French decorative ceramic platter by Le Mûrier (circa 1960s). A classic platter with raised edges makes for a delightfully rustic bit of Provence. A French coq motif is hand ...