1950s Decorative Objects

Wonderful large vase in ceramic named Rubus and designed by one of the ceramic designer icons of Sweden Gunnar Nylund. This one with incredible colors in blue, grey and dark brown. ...

Elegant Pewter Vases designed by Ellen Schlanbush for Just Andersen in the early 1950s. * Set (2) of cannelated pewter vases * Designer: Ellen Schlanbusch * Manufacturer: Just Ande...

Gorgeous hand blown Murano art glass piece with Sommerso and bullicante techniques. A beautiful organic shaped bowl, catchall or centre piece, Venice, Murano, Italy, 1970s. Found at ...

French midcentury tripod flower pot / planter / cachepot by Accolay, France, 1950s. Purple concentric circles vase. Measures: Height: 20.4cm (8"), diameter: 26cm (10.2").

Petite Murano Barbini attributed blue bud vase. Robins egg blue blown glass with overall bullicante (controlled bubbles).

A wonderful entrancing brazened assemblage of nuts and a bolt, with good weight, 2 inch square in size. Reminiscent of the work of Claus Oldenburg but in normal scale. W 2 x H 2 x ...

Incredible and large Archimede Seguso murano glass "Opalino retorto" green vase circa 1950. Nice color.

1950's Original Military Storage Boxes - Set Of Five Khaki. We recently cleared a military storage depot in Latvia where we found these boxes. Sold a...

Copper enameled bowl by California artist, Jade Snow Wong c.1950s. The bowl features a copper form with a orange enamel glaze. Signed on the underside. Dimensions 10.25" diameter x ...

Tuscan vintage clay hand-painted vase, signed by the famous Zaccagnini, Tuscan artist. Not affected by fashion: there is no other like it. It's also per...

Incredible Archimede Seguso Murano glass "sfumato oro retorto" tricolor vase circa 1950.

1970s French Sculpted Wood Ashtray – Two-Tone Design in Black & Brown with Rich Patina Description: This elegant French ashtray, crafted in the 1970s, is a refined example of functi...

1950s bronze monkey bowl.

Incredible AVeM Murano glass "bizantino" multicolor blue circa 1950 vase with inclusions.

A beautifully modeled and graceful ceramic sculpture of a woman, the body having an unexpected and striking combination of unglazed brown stoneware and a rich turquoise glaze.

A small decorative teak bowl designed and produced by Stig Sandqvist, Sweden, 1950s.

A 1960s ceramic sculpture titled "Cavallerizzo" (Horse Rider), designed by the visionary artistic director Aldo Londi for Bitossi Ceramiche in Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy. The sculp...

Rare black vase by Vicke Lindstrand made at Kosta Glasbruk during the 1950s. The vase is made in sommerso technique with a large asymmetric hole through the body of the vase.

1950s square ashtray made of Onyx marble color Green , small imperfections.

Walter Bosse Brass Key Hanger Donkey, Dog, Cat and Cock, Hertha Baller, Austria Original condition

Stunning decorative dish in white, blue, and gold speckled. This bowl is made with a white base, blue layered art glass with aventurine speckles in gold tone. The outside is a white ...

Thorkild Olsenl terracotta matt glaze dish for Royal Copenhagen A large functional piece decorated with gilded band to rim Circa 1954 Stamped and numbered 3606 Height 2 inch, Diamete...

Schaffhausen vintage International Watch Co. (IWC), circa 1950s. 18-karat yellow gold watch with rose gold dial and applied yellow gold bar markers. ...

An exceptionally rare miniature version of the iconic “Kraka” vase, designed by Sven Palmqvist for Orrefors, Sweden, in 1954. The Kraka series is regarded as one of the most importan...

Unusual "Stamp" rose in box handcrafted "Rose" made of hundreds of French stamps, circa 1950s. Unusual French novelty in its own glass and brass framed casket. ...

Early 1950s - 1960s Austrian Walter Bosse Figurine An elegant early 1950s - 1960s figurine, crafted in Austria and exemplary of mid-century Austrian bronze design. The piece display...

A decorative carved solid wood bowl, made in France, dating from the 1950s. Its free-flowing, organic shape, with irregular contours and a subtly undulating rim, highlights the natur...

Danish rosewood cigar box, 1950, good original condition

Ceramic vase, Italy, circa 1950-1960.

"Coq Nain" crystal paperweight, signed Lalique. Model no. 1135. Originally created as car mascots, they were mostly designed and created by René Lalique in the mid- to late 1920s be...

Mid-century pink and green Inquisitive flamingo ceramic figurine. The statue detailed a pink flamingo with long legs, a slim, tall form standing on a grassy field, with a curious exp...

Lidded urn designed by Wilhelm Kåge, Gustavsberg, Farsta, Sweden, 1953. Stoneware. Signed. H: 41 cm / 1' 4" Dia: 13 cm / 5 1/8"

Iconic blue glass Scandinavian bottle or vase designed by Otto Brauer for Holmegaard, made in Denmark 1959 -1960s.

Timo Sarpaneva decanter vase ‚Jääpuikko‘ (icicle) in deep blue crytsal for Iittala, made in Finland in 1958. Good condition with some scratches and minor water (lime) staining on th...

Early 1950s Austrian Herta Baller Figurine An elegant early 1950s Herta Baller figurine, crafted in Austria and exemplary of mid-century Austrian bronze design. The piece displays s...

The Farsta series by Wilhelm Kåge, produced between 1930 and 1960 at the Gustavsberg studio is one of his most exclusive and celebrated series. Characterised by sculptural forms and ...

Wonderful work my well-known Hungarian-born, Midwest potter Eugene Deutch. This magnificently glazed vase/ vessel features a dark, rich glaze that drips freely down the inside of the work. Signed and dated (1950) on the underside. Would make for a great addition to any midcentury pottery collection or eye-catching Stand-alone work in about any setting. Deutch's work is held in many private collections and museums and he was exhibited in solo shows at the Dallas Museum of Art...

Claude Viseux est un peintre, sculpteur et graveur aquafortiste et lithographe français né le 3 juillet 1927 à Champagne-sur-Oise et mort le 9 novembre 2008 à Anglet. 'est dans les années 1959-1960 que la sculpture de Claude Viseux, qualifiée de « protéiforme, onirique, fantastique » — ami de Max Ernst, Man Ray, Francis Ponge et Henri Michaux, il ne désavoue pas une parenté avec le Surréalisme9 — se substitue à la peinture, ses premières réalisations étant les objets trouvés en bord de mer qu'il pétrifie dans la cire10 d'une part, les empreintes de pierres et d'algues coulées en bronze d'autre part. En 1960, il signe le Manifeste des 121 titré « Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie ». En 1961, ses expérimentations s'orientent vers les corps organiques, notamment avec sa série Ostéales constituée d'assemblages d'os fossilisés qu'il patine ou au contraire décape, qu'il visse, scie, assemble et plastifie. Les Concrétudes ou Coulées directes qui suivent en 1961-1962 sont obtenues à partir de coulées de métal en fusion dans le sable, générant des reliefs qu'il soude sur des plaques d'acier. Il va cependant adopter rapidement l'acier inoxydable — qu'il est avec Pol Bury parmi les premiers à employer en sculpture — comme matériau de prédilection. « Il assemble divers rebus industriels — tuyaux, écrous, boulons, cuves… — pour créer des sculptures à mi-chemin du mécanique et du biologique » restitue ainsi Sophie Serra11. Claude Viseux, qui fréquente alors Jean Tinguely, Piotr Kowalski, Michel Guino, Takis et César, confirme : « Ma récupération de l'élément industriel s'élargit vers les aciers spéciaux, avec un essai de vocabulaire formel : des barres, des profilés, des sphères, des rotules, des fonds de cuves, des chambres à combustion de Boeing, des tubulures, des soupapes de navire »9. « L'artiste entre au cœur de la réalité industrielle, prospecte dans les chaînes de montage de Renault et rôde dans les terrains vaques autour des usines », restitue donc l'encyclopédie Les Muses : « il récupère ferrailles, pièces détachées, débris de voitures, vieux châssis, toute une série d'éléments devenus inutiles. Ils les assemblent, tels quels, sans les modifier. Des créatures agressives ou pathétiques vont surgir de ce combat physique et dialectique que l'artiste livre avec la matière et entrer dans le domaine d'une poétique étrange, surnaturelle5 ». Dans les années 1967-1970, Les « structures actives » en acier inoxydable procèdent ainsi de la production industrielle de série. Elles se répartissent en familles de formes combinatoires composées par addition, soustraction, multiplication, division. Il confirme : « le monde industriel est ma nature, mon bouillon de culture, où je cherche des corps, des familles de corps, des genres, des espèces, dans un aller-retour de l'artificiel au naturel pour confondre les règnes, pour en inventer d'autres selon une géométrie organique qui féconde les différents types de structures, qui aménage la forme concernée par la forme à venir »9. En 1968, Claude Viseux s'installe à la villa Baudran à Arcueil, atelier qu'il conservera jusqu'en 1992. Si des corps imaginaires naissent ainsi des pièces mécaniques que Claude Viseux emprunte à l'automobile, à l'avion et au bateau, en 1972, « la symétrie de ces formes pures en inox », constate Lydia Harambourg, « l'amène à s'interroger sur la notion d'équilibre instable »12. Ses Instables sont de la sorte exposés à la Biennale de Venise en 1972 où, rappelle encore Lydia Harambourg, une salle entière est consacrée « aux dessins qui reprennent son vocabulaire mécanique identitaire de sphères, toupies, hélices, anneaux, astrolabes et balanciers »12. Les Instables sont de même, en 1973, présentés à la galerie Le Point cardinal à Paris où Claude Viseux avait déjà exposé en 1968 avec Henri Michaux et Joaquin Ferrer...

1950s Italian Taurus zodiac figure by Cacciapuoti. Fully signed and in excellent original condition.

Large majolica drum vase with cicadas signed Sicard, circa 1950. From South of France (Provence).

Jansen French Tole Life Size Palm Tree mounted in a Tole Planter. Beautifully handcrafted and hand painted in realistic colors. A very Hollywood Re...

Lovely hand-painted ceramic flower vase from Vallauris, France. Signed Vallauris, JH and numbered 503. Gold trim finish and beautiful floral details makes this hand-painted ceramic...

A beautifully shaped "Carolina" vase with a blue / black matte feldspar glaze designed by Gunnar Nylund in the 1950's for Rörstrand Procelain Works in Denmark. Gunnar Nylund (1904-1...

Vase Apple Designed by Ingeborg Lundin for Orrefors Sweden, 1955 Large Orrefors 'The Apple' EXPO vase, designed by Ingeborg Lundin, Sweden, 1955, free-blown colorless glass with yel...

A detailed ceramic figurine showing a seating nude woman. Manufactured by Gmundner Kerami in the 1950s.

Vicke Lindstrom hand-chiseled Art glass bowl. Has the look of a piece of ice that has been Chiseled and formed. Beautiful simple Bowl signed on bottom ...

A brass tazza by Tommi Parzinger for Dorlyn

Large ceramic vase circa 1950 in the style of Jean Besnard.

Pair of Italian ceramic sculpture vases designed and produced by artist Carlo Zauli, signed Zauli Faenza under base, Italy 1950s. Measures: height 37 cm - diameter 17 cm height 31 c...

Wilhelm Kåge (1889–1960) stands as a central figure in the history of 20th-century Swedish ceramic design. Widely regarded as a pioneer of Swedish modernism, Kåge played a crucial ro...

Vintage red murano glass vase with Sommerso gold attributed to Seguso 1950s. This is an outstanding Italian design vase, characterized by a harmoni...

A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed bowl by renowned American California master potter Laura Andreson. This bowl features a deep, mesmerizing, rich purple/blue glaze. Gorgeo...

Studio Pottery dimpled vase in mint condition by Otto & Gertrud Natzler. Signed with their customary "Natzler" signature on the base. Measures: 4 inches high and 6 ½ inches across a...

Stylish and decorative sewing box / storage box designed by Joost Teders for Metalux Netherlands in 1955. The original lacquered wooden boxes colo...

Spectacular Translucent and Purple Murano Art glass pinched shape bowl with gold flakes. Featuring purple art glass on the top layer with gold flakes scattered throughout on the bott...

Extremly rare pot-bellied vase. Rich glazes with a juxtaposition of white and light purple and an abstract overprinted decor whose contours go beyond the strict visual field to colon...

Mid-Century Modern bowl crafted with meticulous detail.

1950's ceramic vide poche by Albert Thiry Famous French ceramist

A pair of American circa 1950's lava glazed porcelain cachepots. Measurements: Height: 12" Diameter: 14.75".

Inger Blomberg for Upsala-Ekeby Oblong dish “Prisma”, model 7009. Elegant oblong dish in glazed ceramic with light blue crackle glaze and dark underside in a refined, minimalist mid-...