Mid-Century Modern Barware
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 legendary 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.
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.
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Color: Silver
Silver Golf Club Champagne Cork Pliers Bottle Opener by Valenti Spain, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and solid silver-plated tongs / cork pliers for opening sparkling wine or Champagne bottles. Designed in the shape of two golf clubs, crafted in the 1970s by Valenti Barc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
1960s Stunning Ice Bucket 20GNS. Made in France.
By Christofle
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning and elegant ice bucket 20GNS. Made in France. The item is in excellent condition and it's signed at the bottom.
Dimension:
diameter 7,87" x 9,44" H inches
diameter cm ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid Century Checkered Silver Rim Tumblers - Set of 6
Located in Vallejo, CA
A beautiful set of 6 mid century silver rim tumblers. Unique checkered pattern to the silver rims. Perfect for using as water glasses or for cocktails.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
MCM Silver Fade Roly Poly Cocktail Glasses Set of 8 Chrome Carrier Style Thorpe
Located in Topeka, KS
Just WOW! What a gorgeous chrome caddy filled with EIGHT stunning roly poly silver rimmed cocktail glasses!! What a sophisticated set of glassware to...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
Gucci Silver Animals, Signed Italy 1970, set of 2
By Gucci
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Vintage Gucci Silver Animals, Signed Italy 1970s set of 2
Beautiful pair of aperitif glasses in silver metal, Gucci Italia, bear head and bull head
Silver Plate,Hand-Crafted
GoodW...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
MCM Emilia Costillo Ceramic and Silver Drinks Coasters and Caddy
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Six mid-century modern Mexican silver drinks coasters. Each coaster of a silver plate base and rim with a matte green ceramic surface, each inlai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate
Mauro Manetti "Pumpkin" Ice Bucket - Florence, Italy c.1970
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous vintage ice bucket in silver plate designed by Mauro Manetti and made in Florence in the 1970's.
In good vintage condition measuring 7" in diameter x 7 1/2" tall to top o...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
MCM Silver Decorated Highball Glasses Numbered 1 to 8 and Marked Metalyte
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of eight highball glasses numbered 1 to 8 having wide silver rims and oval medallions with stylized numerals in the center.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Vintage Drinks by the Numbers Highball Glasses - Set of 8 Numbered Glasses
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 vintage numbered highball cocktail glasses with silvered band. Glasses are 5 1/2" high x 2 3/4" across. All in excellent vintage condition.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Set of 6 Pilsner Glasses with Silver Band
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 6 pilsner glasses, each with a wide silver band in the style of Dorothy Thorpe.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Mid-Century Italian Silver-Plated "Apple" Insulated Ice Bucket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern "apple-form" ice bucket with silver plate exterior and cream plastic interior.
Features a heavily textured, sculptural petio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Reed and Barton Silver Plate Ice Bucket in the Form of a Staved Tub
Located in Nantucket, MA
Reed and Barton ice bucket made in the form of a staved and banded tub with raised handles.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Modern Ice Bucket with Tongs Made by Christofle Gallia
By Gallia
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful silver plated bucket for ice cubes from the French brand Gallia (part of Christofle). On the bottom is a removable plate with holes, for...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Dorothy Thorpe Mid-Century Silver Fade Cocktail Barware Glasses and Ice Bucket
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Dorothy Thorpe midcentury barware set of 8 glasses and ice bucket.
Elegant exquisite vintage 1950s Designer Dorothy Thorpe pure silver overlay band barware glasses and ice bucket.
This rare set Dorothy Thorpe midcentury cocktail glasses barware has the pure silver faded band around top edge of each piece.
Set includes 8 cocktails glasses. and ice bucket
1960s Mid-Century Modern Dorothy Thorpe cocktail barware set. Silver fade.
Measurements:
Eight tall cocktail glasses height 5.5 inches, diameter 2.75 inches.
Ice bucket: 5 inches height, diameter 5.75 inches
The glasses looks like it was used very little and stored well.
The Ice bucket sows some wear on the silver band.
Dorothy Thorpe 1950s midcentury glassware or barware set
They will create a dramatic display for a back bar or table setting.
These are from the 1950s and must be hand washed.
They are not dishwasher safe.
Dorothy Thorpe glassware was a chic staple of every Mid-Century Modern wet bar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Murano Vintage Silver Flecks Purple Pulled Feather Italian Art Glass Decanter
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown silver flecks and purple swirl over white Italian art glass decanter. In the manner of designer Franco Moretti, circa 1970s. Created with a "Fenic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Leaf
Mauro Manetti Duck Ice Bucket, Italy, 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant silver plated duck ice bucket by Mauro Manetti, with an metal inlay inside and signed on the bottom.
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Mid-Century Italian Modern Silver-Plated "Squash" Lidded Serving / Candy Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern silver-plated snack/candy/serving dish with lidded top formed to resemble a squash.
This is a shorter, uninsulated version of fruit and vegetable-formed ice buckets made in Italy and France at the time.
Though shallow, this piece can additionally hold ice to stylishly refresh a drink or enhance any tabletop decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Franco Lapini Bear Head Silver Plated Ice Bucket Cookie Jar, Italy, 1970
Located in Munich, DE
Franco Lapini exquisite bear head sculpture is made entirely of metal plated in silver and its surface is lightly textured to give it an organic feel, the clear Murano glass gracing ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Six Vintage Georges Briard Silver Recumbent Lion Highball Glasses
Located in Nantucket, MA
Signed set of 6 Georges Briard highball glasses with a silver rim above stylized images of recumbent lions wearing crowns.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Italian Silver-Plated "Apple" Ice Bucket by Argenteria Teghini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern "apple-form" ice bucket with silver plate exterior and ivory-hued plastic interior designed by Argenteria Teghini (ca. late 1960s/early 1970s, Florence, It...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Sterling & .900 Silver Cocktail Spoon Set with Figural Animals
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This boxed set of six cocktail or ice tea spoons are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Germany and date to approximately 1960 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern s...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
MCM Cocktail Shaker with Silver Plate Top and Recipes for 6 Cocktails
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage six recipe cocktail shaker with silver plate, center-pour lid and decorated in red and black enamel with the cocktail names printed above the ingredients with lines for amoun...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Sterling & .900 Silver Sipping Straw Cocktail Spoon Set with Animals
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This boxed set of six sipping straw cocktail or ice tea spoons are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Germany and date to approximately 1960...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Bottle Rack in 1960 Hexagonal Polished Steel Italian Design Silver
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Bottle rack in 1960 hexagonal polished steel Italian design silver.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Steel
Dorothy Thorpe Mid-Century Silver Band Roly Poly Glasses and Cocktail Punch Bowl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Midcentury Dorothy Thorpe style silver rimmed punch bowl and roly poly glasses, set of twelve
Vintage 1960s attributed to Dorothy Thorpe midcentury b...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Silver Plated Pear Ice Bucket 'a Bit Damaged', Italy, Circa 1970
By Teghini
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This unusual ice bucket is presenting a pear. This is a nice piece made of silver plated and plastic. The pear is a little bit damaged as shown on the pictures. This is an Italian wo...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Silver Plate Ice Bucket and Tongs with Lizards
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout modernist ice bucket and matching tongs crafted in silver plate on copper featuring stone clad lizard handles. Signed Wolmar Castillo Silversmiths...
Category
20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
1960s Modernism Genesis Vintage Silverplate Ice Bucket with Tongs Mexico
By Georg Jensen
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernism by Genesis vintage silverplate ice bucket & tongs from Mexico
Ice bucket 5 tall x 5.5 diameter x 8 w Tongs 1 tall x 2.5 w x 6.5 d
Vintage ice bucket, silver plated with original vintage patina throughout.
Selling as original vintage unrestored uncleaned condition.
Ice bucket stamped Genesis Mexico
Tongs stamped.
Silverplated.
Beautiful decorative and useful bar item...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Six Mauro Manetti Silver Plate Animal Heads Stirrup Goblets Cups, Made in Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Six Mauro Manetti silver plate animal heads stirrup, goblets, cups, made in Italy.
We have the Hunting collection of a German shepherd, Labrador, deer, rabbit, donkey, boar.
All ma...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Vintage Italian Silver-Plated "Tomato" Insulated Ice Bucket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern "tomato-form" ice bucket with silver plate exterior and cream plastic interior.
Features a dense, sculpted stem that serves ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian Modernist Silver-Plated Insulated "Pomegranate" Ice Bucket by Teghini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern "pomegranate-form" ice bucket with silver plate exterior and white plastic interior designed by Argenteria Teghini (ca. late 1960s/early 1970s, Florence, I...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Dorothy Thorpe Mid-Century Silver Cocktail Barware Glasses and Pitcher
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Dorothy Thorpe midcentury barware set of 5 glasses and pitcher.
Elegant exquisite vintage 1950s Designer Dorothy Thorpe pure silver overlay band barware glasses and pitcher
This rare set Dorothy Thorpe midcentury cocktail glasses barware has the pure silver faded band around top edge of each piece.
Set of 5 Mid-Century Modern Dorothy Thorpe clear with silver overlay band "Tom Collins" / high ball cocktail glasses.
Set includes 5 cocktails glasses. and pitcher.
1960s Mid-Century Modern Dorothy Thorpe cocktail barware set.
Measurements:
Five tall cocktail glasses height 5.75 inches, diameter 3 inches.
Pitcher: 10.5 inches height, 6 inches diameter, 8.5 inches with handle
The glasses looks like it was used very little and stored well.
Dorothy Thorpe 1950s midcentury glassware or barware set
They will create a dramatic display for a back bar or table setting.
These are from the 1950s and must be hand washed.
They are not dishwasher safe.
The set is in pristine condition and were either never used or were hand washed and well taken care of considering their age.
Dorothy Thorpe glassware was a chic staple of every Mid-Century Modern wet bar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate, Silver Leaf
MCM Silver Fade Highball Cocktail Glasses Style of Dorothy Thorpe Set of 6
Located in Topeka, KS
Stunning Mid-Century Modern silver fade highball sized cocktail glasses in the style of Dorothy Thorpe, set of 6. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Mid-20th Century.
We have a half dozen reasons to catch your attention!! Just LOOK at this lovely set of six tumblers, highballs, or cocktail silver rimmed glasses in the style of the iconic Dorothy Thorpe!! Having a mid-morning brunch or evening cocktail party? What a sophisticated set of glassware...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Italian Modernist Silver-Plated "Pepper" Ice Bucket with Neon Green Interior
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming Mid-Century Italian Modern ice bucket resembling both a bell pepper and an acorn with silver plate exterior and neon green plastic interior.
Features a heavily textured, s...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Royal Canadian Engineers Field Squadron Etched Cut Crystal & Sterling Decanters
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
These quite heavy and well executed bottle decanters are possibly hallmarked by an unknown maker, but presumed to have originated from Canada and date to approximately 1970 and done ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Vintage Boxed Set of Six Cocktail Sipper Stir Spoons in Silver
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six silver sipper/stir spoons in a fitted faux alligator box. The faux bamboo handle of the spoons are hollow for use as a straw with a lotus flower...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Large 82 Pc. Set of Silver Band Stemware Att. to Dorothy Thorpe
Located in New York, NY
Incredible complete set of silver band glassware, almost impossible to find this intact. The set consists of 9 sizes, with a total of 82 pieces.
12 Cordials 4.25 Height x 1.75 Diameter.
14 Large Wines 7.5 Height x 4 Diameter.
8 Brandy Glasses...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Leaf
Lino Sabattini Drinks / Cocktail Set / Ice Bucket, c.1970
Located in Bath, GB
A rare and highly prized silver plated modernist drinks/cocktail set retaining all six of the original glasses inside, dating to c.1970. I believe this is in the "Whisky" pattern by Sabattini.
Designed by the well renowned Italian designer, Lino Sabattini when he launched 'Argenteria Sabattini' in the 1960s, where he created beautiful silver shapes of 'exquisite simplicity'.
Fully signed "Sabattini Italy" on the underside.
Just back from our silversmith's workshop where it has been professionally cleaned and polished, restoring it to it's former glory.
Superb condition measuring 10 1/4" in diameter x 6 5/8" tall.
Lino Sabattini was the preeminent figure in modern Italian silver and metalware design. His expansive and diverse body of work is marked by its strength and boldness, whether in dynamic forms that suggest the thrust and power of Italian Futurist art and design or light and curvaceous biomorphic serveware and decorative objects.
Sabattini was largely self-taught as a designer. Born in the northern Italian town of Correggio, he learned metalsmithing techniques while working in the studio of a maker of brass tableware. He also served as an apprentice of sorts to the expatriate German ceramist Roland Hettner, who taught Sabattini about fluidity of form and showed him how shapes derive from the behavior of materials.
At age 30, Sabattini opened a studio in Milan, and his work quickly came to the attention of Gio Ponti, who decided to publish it in Domus, the Italian design legend's influential design and architecture magazine. Ponti also arranged for Sabattini’s creations to be included in a 1956 exhibition of contemporary Italian design in Paris. The principals of Christofle, the revered French...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Franco Moretti Murano Silver Flecks Blue Pull Feather Italian Art Glass Decanter
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown silver flecks, aqua blue swirl, and soft cream yellow Italian art glass decanter. Attributed to designer Franco Moretti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Leaf
Emilia Castillo Silver Plate Fish Bottle Opener
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
This is an awesome addition to your bar. An articulating fish bottle opener. Piece made by the daughter of Antonio Castillo, a craftsman who develope...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Dorothy Thorpe Style Midcentury Silver Fade Cocktail Glasses Barware Set of 8
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Dorothy Thorpe style midcentury cocktail bar set of 8 pieces
Elegant exquisite vintage 1950s Dorothy Thorpe style pure silver overlay band barware glasses.
This vintage midcentury cocktail glasses barware has the pure silver faded band around top edge of each piece.
Set includes 8 glasses.
1960s Mid-Century Modern cocktail barware set.
Measurements:
Eight tall cocktail glasses height 5.5 inches, diameter 3 inches.
The set looks like it was used very little and stored well.
1950s midcentury glassware or barware set
They will create a dramatic display for a back bar or table setting.
These are from the 1950s and must be hand washed.
They are not dishwasher safe.
Dorothy Thorpe glassware was a chic staple of every Mid-Century Modern wet bar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Cassetti, Firenze, Pair Modernist Silver Plated Thermal Wine Coolers
Located in Bath, GB
A superb and rare pair of silver plated insulated wine coolers dating to the 1970s, handmade in Florence by the top-notch silversmith's, Renzo Cassetti of Florence.
The interior i...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid Century Vintage Glass Ice Bucket with Silver Handle
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful thick glass ice bucket with a silver metal handle. The sides of this bucket have a lovely raised droplet texture. This will be a gorgeous addition to any bar.
Dimensi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mauro Manetti Silver Plate Pumpkin Ice Bucket Mid-Century Modern, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Original Mauro Manetti silver plate pumpkin ice bucket, made in Italy.
Keeps the ice cubes frozen for a long time as the lid sits tight on the bucket.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Aluminum, Metal, Silver Plate
Martini Pitcher with 6 Small Cocktail Glasses in the Manner of Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A great cocktail Martini set with 6 matching glasses. The glasses greatly resemble Dorothy Thorpe and actually could be... very similar to the rolly polly glass...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Vintage Silver Plated Pumpkin Ice Bucket by Teghini, Firenze, Italy c.1970
By Teghini
Located in Bath, GB
A stylish addition to any bar or bar trolley, this Italian ice bucket was made by Argenteria Teghini in Florence around 1970.
The silver plated body and lid is made from silver plate and has just returned from our silversmith's workshop where it has been professionally cleaned polished, dents and scratches removed, restoring it to it's former glory.
The interior has a plastic liner which can be removed for cleaning by removing the screw on the underside; it is in undamaged condition. There is a silver plated trip that sits over the rim.
In the form of a Pumpkin, this novelty ice bucket...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Silver Plate Soap or Candy Dishes in the Manner of Elsa Peretti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of delightfully curved sliver plate dishes by Rogers, however the look is reminiscent of Elsa Peretti - organically curvaceous. Originally designed for Bon Bons, the pair well s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Italian Silver-Plated "Pumpkin" Ice Bucket by Mauro Manetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage "pumpkin" ice bucket designed by Mauro Manetti (ca. 1970, Italy). Crafted from silver-plated cast aluminum with an aluminum interior bucket.
Features a heavily textured, scu...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Aluminum, Silver Plate
Mid-Century Sterling & .900 Silver Sipping Straw Cocktail Spoon Set with Animals
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This boxed set of six sipping straw cocktail or ice tea spoons are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Germany and date to approximately 1960...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Mini Martini Shaker
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fabulous Reed & Barton sterling mini martini shaker for making an individual martini. A tapered cylinder design with removable lift-up dome lid, pronounced spout with stopper on chai...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Italian Silver-Plated Insulated "Pumpkin" Ice Bucket by Teghini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern "pumpkin-form" ice bucket with silver plate exterior and ivory-hued plastic interior designed by Argenteria Teghini (ca. late 1960s/early 1970s, Florence, ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Modernist Cut Crystal and Silver Plated Ice Bucket with Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A popular design of cut crystal in the mid-century of repeating patterns of circular and star shapes. Similar in style to Orrefors Glassworks of Swed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
12 Vintage Dorothy Thorpe Style Highball Glasses / Greek Key Embossed Silver Rim
Located in Nantucket, MA
Twelve Mid-Century Modern highball or water glasses in the manner of Dorothy Thorpe, with a wide silver band at the top embossed with a Greek key motif.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Danish Midcentury Drink Coolers, Stirrers from ABSA, 1950s, Set of 5
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A set of 5 drink coolers or stirrers. Composed silver plated brass. Designed of manufactured by ABSA in Denmark in a style reminiscent of Piet Hein.
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mauro Manetti Italian Silver-Plated "Pumpkin" Ice Bucket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage "pumpkin" ice bucket designed by Mauro Manetti (ca. 1970, Italy).
Crafted from silver-plated cast aluminum with an aluminum interior bucket.
Features a heavily textured, sc...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate, Aluminum
Vintage Cut Glass and Silver Plate Cocktail Shaker
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage cocktail shaker of clear glass cut in a diamond pattern with a silver plate collar and center-pour strainer lid.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian Modernist Silver-Plated "Squash" Lidded Serving/Candy Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern silver-plated snack/candy/serving dish with lidded top formed to resemble a squash.
This is a shorter, uninsulated version of fruit and vegetable-formed ice buckets made in Italy and France at the time.
Though shallow, this piece can additionally hold ice to stylishly refresh a drink or enhance any tabletop decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Black, Starr & Gorham Sterling Silver Bar Cocktail Shaker Mid-Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
Black, Starr & Gorham sterling silver bar cocktail shaker, in Mid-Century Modern style in beautiful geometric design. It measures 8 3/4'' in height by 5'' in width by 4 1/3'' in dept...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-century Modern barware for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern barware 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 barware created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern barware made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original barware, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Culver Ltd., Georges Briard, and Aldo Tura. 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 barware differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $29 and tops out at $295,000 while the average work can sell for $495.
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