1950s Barware

Classic early 1950s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.

Classic early 1950s Austrian bottle opener, attributed to be designed by Ludwig Bemelmans showing "Noodle" the Dachshund dog. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection o...

This set of six highball glasses, hand-painted by Frank Vosmansky in the 1950s, is a delightful tribute to the untamed spirit of a young colt. Each glass features the colt in a diffe...

Designed in the 1950s by Jens Quistgaard, this box is one of many designs he came up with for Dansk. This is one of the most special though. One of the largest available, it features...

A stunning modernist cocktail shaker designed by the world famous Lino Sabattini for famous Orfevrerie Christofle, a magical combination of quality and minimalist design. Created as...

Walter Bosse cat bottle opener vienna around 1950s Original condition

An extraordinary set of three SACAB Milano vintage soda fountains in mouth awteringly pretty pink and green pastel. It is rare to find this shape...

A pair of 1950s Blue Soda Bottles etched with the name of the owner and the town, Ercole Monelli, Sassuolo. Both bottles have wonderful decorative indentations in the glass. Spectacu...

Pipe holder for 3 pipes by Rohac around 1950s Original condition

A rare and highly sought-after stitched leather double decanter holder designed by Jacques Adnet for the French fashion house, Hermes of Paris. The caddy is fitted with two cut crys...

Unusual Wiener werkstätte inspired sea lion or seal balancing a corkscrew with spherical teak handle. The seal is made from patinated copper and was made by Zero in Copenhagen Denmar...

Silver Plated Brass Coin Bottle Opener by Carl Aubock, circa 1950 Original condition

1950s Astonishing MACABO Cocktail Shaker by Aldo Tura in stainless steel Made in Italy. This cocktail shaker is rare and is in excellent condition. Dimension: diam 3,93 x 8,66 H inch...

This is a fancy French Mid-Century bar accessory cocktail pick set. That can be where you spent your last vacation in the Alps. Still, it is a great conversational piece for your nex...

Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Palloni, Hot Air Balloon. Complete Set of Coasters, 1955-60 The Piero Fornasetti ceramic coasters are a complete set of eight. They each depict a different...

Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac Crystal Decanter by Baccarat The underside is acid-etched with the Baccarat maker’s mark: "E. Remy Martin & Cie., Cog...

Cigarette Dispenser Maple Execution, circa 1950s The opening on top for the cigaretts is 7,4cm Wood polished

This little Hermès charm takes the shape of the iconic Bolide Bag. Made from sterling silver, the bottom panel of this piece pops open revealing a shallow storage space. Text engrave...

Walter Bosse cat bottle opener vienna around 1950s Original condition

Champagne bucket by Jean Despres, France, circa 1950. Important hammered silver plated champagne bucket with cylindrical hammered body presenting two scrolled handles underlined with spheres and decorated at the top of the Jean Despres flat link chain. Incised signature "J.Després" under the base (see photo). A similar model is illustrated in the book "Jean Després, jeweler and goldsmith between Art Deco and modernity" by Melissa Gabardi, page 151, to Editions Norma (see photos). Jean Despres, born June 15, 1889 in Souvigny (Allier), and died in 1980 in Avallon (Yonne), is a French goldsmith, creator of jewelry, objects and furniture of Art Deco style, specializing in the work of the silver. Jean Despres was born into a descendant family of master glassmakers, Després de Loisy, and glaziers, Turlin. The family moved in Avallon in 1890 to open an articles of paintings and art store at no. 27 rue de Paris and then at no. 20 place Vauban. He attended school and college in Avallon without being a very bright student. His passion was cycling and competitions. He obtained his patent in 1905. His father placed him in apprenticeship with a friend, goldsmith in Paris in the Marais district. At the same time, he completed his training by following the drawing classes in the schools of the city of Paris and frequented the Bateau-Lavoir, where he met Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Paul Signac, Giorgio De Chirico, Marie Laurencin, Chaim Soutine, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Braque, whom will be his best friend. He is passionate about cubism. During World War I, Jean Despres was assigned as a draftsman mechanic in the workshops of the military aviation. This double experience will durably mark him and feed all his work. He participated in the Art Deco movement. He had many friends in the avant-garde of the time, such as Paul Jouve or Maurice de Vlaminck. In the 1920s and 1930s, he took over his parents' store in Avallon and set up his studio where he created motor jewelry, whose pure forms inspired by aeronautical mechanical parts were part of the avant-garde movement. Craftsman of metal, gold, silver, tin, Despres shaped material, invented new forms. Like his contemporaries Marcel Sandoz or Raymond Templier, he was one of those pioneers who renounce the codes of high jewelry and the use of precious stones. He participated, with the help of Paul Signac, in his first Salon des Indépendants in 1926. He also participated in the revival of the forms of goldsmithing by removing the classic ornaments, to create pieces with massive shapes, silver, pewter, usually silver metal, everyone recognizable by its hammered appearance. In 1935, he took care of the Art and Fashion Gallery at No. 39 rue du Colisée in Paris. In 1936, he married Simone Delattre, painter and decorator on embroidered fabrics. He was rewarded by the Aeroclub which awards him a gold medal in 1937. These works were beginning to be known abroad. The following year, he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor. He run his gallery and kept his studio in Avallon. In 1940, he was President of the Goldsmiths' Union, a professional delegate for artistic protection at the international jewelry-goldsmith's office. He was the goldsmith's rapporteur on the awards commission of the Society for the Promotion of Art and Industry. In 1943, he came to live on rue de La Trémoille in Paris, where he had a shop at the same address. Among his friends, he counted Pierre Vigoureux and frequented Jules Cavaillès, Worms, Peltier, Lalique, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Fernand Léger and many others. He counted Josephine Baker among his famous clients. After the war, Jean Despres will expose several times, with the support of the State, in different foreign countries. In 1972, he offered the city of Avallon sixty-eight of his works. Exhibitions 1925: Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, with Rose Adler and the painter Étienne Cournault 1925: International Exhibition of Decorative Arts 1926: Salon des indépendants 1928: Salon of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts 1928: Salon des Artistes-Decorateurs 1930: Union des Artistes Modernes, at the Pavillon de Marsan, he exhibits surrealist jewelry...

Add a pop of fun to your next night entertaining with this classic bar cart by Arthur Umanoff. Featuring an aged iron frame with rush trim and slatted wood. Four contrasting blue and...

Heavy Strömbergshyttan crystal decanter. Crafted of thick Strömbergshyttan crystal with it's characteristic light blue hue. The very one-dimensional looking stopper suggest that Elis...

This is not a midcentury torture devise or thumb-screw. But it is indeed a beautifully crafted midcentury nutcracker of the finest quality solid brass. This is the larger version des...

1950s Light Green Soda Bottle with the name of the bar owner and the town - L. Bernagozzi & Co, Bologna - Vichy Artificiale. A spectacular decorative piece for a home bar and display.

Adorable wood and cork bottle stopper, Germany, 1950s. Ideal decoration bottle stopper. Great idea to surprise your guests or a very interesting gift.

Stunning thermos decanter in vitrified dyed green goatskin and brass. This charming object was designed by Aldo Tura for Macabo in Italy during the 1950s and is signed on the bottom....

Classic early 1950s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.

Green hand-blown Winston decanter designed in 1956 by Per Lütken. Manufactured at Holmegaard in Denmark between 1956-65. Its very rare featuring its original cork stopper. Measuremen...

Classic early 1950s Austrian Walter Bosse design corkscrew in the form of a horseshoe. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection of Austrian bronze items. Found at an es...

Vintage Heavily silver-plated (hallmark for 90 microns), very stylish cellar key-corkscrew depicting the Bremen coat of arms featuring the Bremer Schlüssel (Bremen Key). It originate...

This chic bar accessory is made by the renowned manufacturer WMF. The shaker is in a very good condition. The shaker has a removable cap and strainer. It is marked underside the cap ...

Teak and Metal Bottle Opener Denmark, circa 1950 Inscribed Mark: PJO (PJ Ostergaard) Denmark "in good vintage condition" "it is quite heavy"

Bamboo Bottle Holder in the Style of Louis Sognot, France, 1950s. A beautiful mid-century design piece, this bamboo and rattan bottle holder is in...

A French liquor set consisting of small decanter (0.4-0.5 l) and 5 matching glass. Transferprintet modernist motifs in diffrent colors. Imprinted Franc...

A rare set of ten vintage Belgian Val Saint Lambert wine glasses in the Montana pattern, each with eight panel cut sides. Panel cuts are t...

Beautiful Carl Aubock Neptune Fish Bottle Opener. Heavy Steel. Leather has gorgeous patina and shows well. Dimensions: 9.5L x 1.45 W 

A nice set of vintage bar items, an ice bucket and a cocktail shaker. Made by the Italian manufacturer Macabo, designed by Aldo Tura. Made of gold-colored metal. Hollywood Regency st...

Elegant vintage Libbey barware frosted glasses with leaves pattern in a gold finish. Set includes eight highball glasses. Mid-Century Modern v...

Set of 8 Libby Golden Foliage leaf glasses and ice bucket. Frosted and clear glass with gold overall leaf motif and gold banding. Each glass measures:...

A wonderful set of ten mid-20th century English Stuart crystal wine glasses with wheel and panel cut design including thumbprint impression...

Set / 10 crystal cordial glasses from the Lenox Wreath Collection by Tiffin. The handblown stemware feature an elegant engraved wreath motif an...

A 1960s Val Saint Lambert crystal and gold plated Cocktail shaker with additional shaker base and muddling spoon. The additional base give you the option for shaken and stirred cockt...

Vintage Libbey bar glasses, (23 pieces) Curio Line designed by Freda Diamond, Early 1950s. The charming set of twenty three pieces of barware each d...

This original American soda (Seltzer water) chromed metal bottle was designed and manufactured by Soda King Co. in the 1950s. From the party or cocktail culture, these bottles were f...

A fabulous and unusual boxed set of three drinks openers (Corkscrew and two different types of bottle openers), perfect for the most fashionable bars / trolleys or drinks trays. Made from Spanish solid silver with a 915 fineness, Identified by the Pentagram which is the standard hallmark in Spain for solid silver, used between 1934 and 1985; I would date these to the 1950's. The vase in a Hexagon is the silversmith or Orfebreria for Pedro Duran...

1950s Green Soda Bottle with the name of the (bar) owner - Rocco Chiari on the front and Aqua di Seltz on the back.  A spectacular decorative piece for a home bar and display.

Austrian Toothpick Holder, Displaying a Monkey. Design by Walter Bosse 1950s Original condition

Carl Auböck fish shaped bottle opener, Vienna, 1950s Bottle opener model no. 4687 Carl Auböck II.

Jacques Adnet 1950s bottle opener / ice hammer and ice tongs bar set in original case. Stylish and functional bar wear from the master of French modernist d...

Beautiful set of Culver Moroccan themed rocks glasses and ice bucket set with original accompanying carrying tray. 6 rock glasses and ice bucket on a gilded carrying tray in great co...

AMBIANIC presents 1950s Luxembourg Hand Carved Wood Wine Bottle Cork Stopper Folk Art musician attributed ANRI stamped made Italy 5 x 2 x 1.75w Preowned new original vintage unrestor...

Rare bottle opener from walter bosse vienna around 1950s Original condition

Beautiful Amber color Glass Wine cooler .Decorated with Porcelain Flowers , And Hand painted 24 carat Gold styling . Very good condition . And very rare the signature is still there .

1958 Morgantown WV Hoffman House Glass Martini Pitcher & Four Glasses Fabulous 5 Piece Set MCM Barware Unmarked. 8.88 tall x 4.38 w x 5.25 d Pitcher an...

Mid-Century Modern Arthur Umanoff tall 30 bottle wine rack with two butcher block shelves for Shaver Howard. Butcher block tops were sanded and tung oil applied , leather straps were cleaned, treated with leather conditioner and are solid, some have wine stains...

A chic set of ten mid-20th century Belgian Val Saint Lambert DOF cut cobalt crystal glasses, Kent York pattern. Perfect for cocktails, juice, wa...

Set / 12 crystal cocktail glasses from the Lenox Wreath Collection by Tiffin. The handblown stemware feature an elegant engraved wreath motif and a stylized floral stem, invoking ele...

Beautiful display bottle from Italy C1950. In very good condition with minimal wear, some label losses. Great color.