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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Vintage Mid-Century Orrefors Crystal Decanter with Stopper
By Orrefors
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Mid-Century Modern vintage crystal decanter with stopper by Orrefors (Swedish, founded 1898), c. 1960's. Engraved signature to base Orrefors HM 2498 - this particular style was by Edvard Hall.
Includes original red Orrefors Sweden sticker with logo.
"Orrefors HM 2498" etched into base.
Measures 11.5" H x 3" W x 3" D.
Orrefors Glassworks was founded in 1898 on the same site where ironworks operations had been run since 1726. In the same year that the glassworks was founded, a hot shop was built for making technical, medical and household glass and stemware to make use of waste wood and labour. Glass now replaced the less profitable ironworks operations.
In 1913, Consul Johan Ekman from Gothenburg became the new owner of Orrefors Glassworks. He appointed Albert Ahlin as manager of the glassworks and this marked the start of a new era. In 1914, Orrefors started manufacturing crystal products, and as well as cut crystal according to purchased patterns and samples, Orrefors made art glass using the overlay technique with etched decoration. The new management quickly saw that artists were needed in the business, so Simon Gate was employed in 1916 and was joined by Edward Hald a year later.
That same year, Gate and Hald made their first tentative attempts at figure engraving. They also experimented with the new innovative graal (grail) glass technique that was developed at Orrefors by the master glassblower Knut Bergqvist. The major successes were achieved a few years later at the Gothenburg Exhibition in 1923, and in particular at the Paris Exhibition in 1925. The thin engraved glass was admired by the surrounding world, and both Orrefors and the artists themselves were awarded the Grand Prix.
The successes of Simon Gate and Edward Hald in Paris in 1925 constituted the start of the long Orrefors tradition of creative design closely combined with genuine and innovative craftsmanship.
Since then, new designers and skilled glassmakers have continued in the spirit of Gate and Hald. Vicke Lindstrand and Edvin Öhrström with the new glass technique called Ariel in the 1930s. Sven Palmqvist with Kraka and Ravenna in the 1940s. And in the 1950s with Fuga, which, along with Nils Landberg’s slender tulip-shaped glass “Tulpan” and Ingeborg Lundin’s apple-shaped vase “Äpplet”, are now seen as symbols of the renaissance of Swedish design. The 1960s are associated with Gunnar Cyrén’s Pop glass, and in the 1970s, Eva Englund, Olle Alberius, Lars Hellsten and Jan Johansson as well as Cyrén worked at the glassworks.
Since the 1980s, designers such as Anne Nilsson, Erika Lagerbielke, Helen Krantz, Matz Borgström, Per B Sundberg, Martti Rytkönen, Lena Bergström, Ingegerd Råman, Malin Lindahl and Efva Attling...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Six Barware Cognac Snifters Glasses on Mid-Century Modern String Wire Caddy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A Mid-Century Modern Barware caddy or display Stand. It holds six cognac snifters glasses. It is made of brass wire, plastic string handle and mou...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Tennis Themed Cast Aluminum Ashtray Attributed to Bruce Fox
By Bruce Fox
Located in Nantucket, MA
Cast aluminum ashtray of large proportions having raised crossed tennis rackets and balls in the center on a black enameled ground and raised rim with 5 divots for cigars/cigarettes ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Aluminum
Auböck Bottle Stopper Vienna Around, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Auböck bottle stopper vienna around 1950s.
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Bottle holder, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Bottle Holder, Austria 1960s. The leather part measures 10cm in diameter.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
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
Set of Danish Modern Fondue Forks with Teak Wood Handles, c. 1960's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Set of four Mid-Century Modern fondue forks in stainless steal and teak wood. Sleek two pronged fork with minimalist wood handles. Makes a chic addition...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Couroc Phenolic Resin Serving Tray with Circus Train Inlay
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage mid-century modern rectangular serving tray made of black phenolic resin, inlaid with brass and colored resins. This tray depicts a brightly col...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Set of Six MCM "Ethyl Anti Knock Compound Gasohol" Highball Glasses by Cera
By Cera
Located in San Diego, CA
Great set of six MCM "Ethyl anti knock compound gasohol" highball glasses by Cera, circa 1980s. The glasses are in excellent condition with no cracks or chips and graphics are crisp....
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Set Barware Bar Green Goatskin and Brass by Aldo Tura for Macabo, Italy 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Barware set It's composed by a thermos carafe, an ice bucket and a mixer , in green goatskin and brass by Aldo Tura for Macabo.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Brass
8 Georges Briard Golden Celeste Highball Glasses in Green Enamel and 22k Gold
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of eight vintage highball glasses designed by Georges Briard and having a 22 karat gold check pattern over translucent green enamel. Each square contains a classical motif includ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Gold Cocktail Mixer Decanter & Cocktail Rocks Glasses by Culver Ltd, 1960s
By Culver Ltd.
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of seven (7) cocktail decanter and cocktail rocks glasses, Mid-Century Modern period, by Culver Ltd., circa 1960s, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Set consists of one (1) co...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Foil, Gold
Set of 6 Mid-Century Modern Colored Etched Crystal Moser Bar Glasses with Box
By Moser
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of six etched crystal multi-colored bar glasses were made by the renowned Moser glass factory of the Czech Republic in approximately 1965 in a period Mid-Century Modern style. Each of the six glasses in this set is done in a squat 'rolly polly...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Midcentury Frosted Glass Ice Bucket Italy, 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite vintage Mid-Century Modern glass ice bucket, Italy circa, 1960s.
A Mid-Century Modern glass ice bucket by DeValbor Italy featuring a wheat design pattern. over frosted glass.
The bottom is marked Italy on one side and DeValbor on the other.
Holds enough ice for a few cocktails. Looks great for any bar or counter.
A swirl glass bottom gives this ice bucket beautiful visual interest.
A gold band around the the top of the frosted area.
Must be hand washed with a mild detergent like Ivory soap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Vintage Feltman Langer Ceramic Pitcher Art Deco Barware
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This great Art Deco style beautiful vintage pitcher is made of ceramic by FELTMAN LANGER.
Midcentury vintage grey color Retro barware pitcher with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Smokey Gray Holmegaard Glass Cinched Decanter Bottle Rare Crown Stopper Vintage
By Holmgaard, Jacob Bang
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage smokey gray gradient blown glass cinched decanter bottle was designed by Michael Bang for Holmegaard. It is called the Kluk Kluk. He was a major designer for the company. This is from the 1960s. What is most unusual about this is the rare crown stopper that was only made for the Danish markets. This was brought back from Denmark by a collector. For the upper class homes, this was used at the time for liquors and serving special schnapps. Great barware. The small gray gradient bowl seen in the photos must be purchased separately and was only used in this instance for a mini photo still life...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Modernist Stainless Steel "Pear" Ice Bucket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern brushed stainless steel 'pear-form' ice bucket with white plastic insulated bucket (ca. late 1960s/early 1970s, Italy).
Features a textured, sculptural s...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Faceted Green Glass Juice Cups, Set of 2
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of two faceted green juice cups, or small vases.
Dimensions:
2.75" diameter
3.75" tall.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
1960s Alfra Cocktail Shaker Designed by Carlo Alessi in Stainless Steel
By Carlo Alessi
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing ALFRA cocktail shaker designed by Carlo Alessi in Stainless Steel Made in Italy.
dimensions: 3,54 inch x 8,26H inches
dimensions: cm 9 x cm 21 H.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Vintage Metal French Crocodile Shaped Nutcracker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique vintage traditional nutcracker. In a crocodile shape.
Made by unknown manufacturer in France, circa 1960.
In original condition, wear consistent with age and use, prese...
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Italian Modern Aluminum "Apple" Ice Bucket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern aluminum 'apple-form' ice bucket with white plastic insulated bucket (ca. late 1960s/early 1970s, Italy).
Features a textured, sculptural stem decoration...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Aluminum
MCM Ice Bucket by
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage MCM ice bucket by Kromex
This chrome ice bucket is a cool as the ice it handles; with wooden handles and decorated in true 1960’s fashion wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
Small Toothpick Holder Bamboo Vienna Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Small toothpick holder bamboo vienna around 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Hazel Atlas LOTUS Autumnal Ice Bowl Bucket
By Hazel-Atlas
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Hazel Atlas LOTUS Ice Bowl Bucket Clear Glass with Gold and Pink Leaf Design Mid Century Modern.
This fun mid century Lotus Autumnal vintag...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Boar Head, Glass and Silver Plate Ice Bucket
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage clear glass jar of cylindrical form with a silver plate rim and lid. The lid with a model of a Boar's head with glass eyes. Attributed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Bamboo Bar Trolley from 50s, Made in Italy
Located in Catania, CT
Great vintage condition for this bar cart made from bamboo and produced in Italy during the 50s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Bamboo
Vintage Set of 12 Linen Cocktail Napkins by Leacock in a Nautical Flag Pattern
Located in Nantucket, MA
Boxed set of 12 nautical flag linen cocktail napkins by Leacock of New York. Printed on linen in red, white, blue and yellow, an enclosed card identifies the letter, word and meaning...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Linen
Vintage Italian Aluminum "Pear" Ice Bucket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern aluminum 'pear-form' ice bucket with white plastic insulated bucket (ca. late 1960s/early 1970s, Italy).
Features a textured, sculptural stem decoration ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Aluminum
Set of Six Fred Press Atomic Eclipse Highball Glasses in Green and 22K Gold
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage set of six Fred Press "Atomic Eclipse highball glasses in green and 22 karat gold.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
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
Mid-Century Modern, Couroc Phenolic Resin Serving Tray, Bull and Bear
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern serving tray made of phenolic resin, which was developed to be resistant to damage from alcohol, hot water and cigarette burns. Inlai...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
MCM Walnut & Stainless Steel Nutcracker
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM walnut and stainless steel nutcracker made in Germany, circa 1980s. The nutcracker is in good vintage condition with a beautiful walnut wood grain ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
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
Vintage Cera Glass Set of 8 Dow-Jones Industrial Average 1958-68 Rocks Glasses
By Cera
Located in St. Louis, MO
Set of 8 vintage Ceraglass, 10 years of Dow-Jones Industrial Average 1958-68 rocks glasses. Printed in black and white with 22k ticker tape, with highlight...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Six Mid-Century Culver, Ltd Highball Glasses in the Barcelona Pattern
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six Mid-Century Modern highball glasses in the Barcelona pattern by Culver, LTD. 22 Karat gold with embossed geometric patterns over blue enamel, the blue with the same geometric pat...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
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 Tall Sterling Silver-Mounted Glass Cocktail Shaker by T.G. Hawkes
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century, very tall, sterling silver-mounted rippled glass cocktail shaker, T. G. Hawkes and Co., New York, ca. 1950's. Measures 13 inches high x 4 1/2 inches diameter at widest p...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of MCM Cocobolo Wood Minimalist Salt & Pepper Shakers by Don Shoemaker
Located in San Diego, CA
A goegeous pair of MCM cocobolo wood minimalist interlocking salt & pepper hakers by Don Shoemaker, circa 1970s. The pair were made in Mexico and are in very good vintage condition m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Cocobolo
Wall Mounted Vintage Barometer, Weather Station in Brass, Barigo Germany
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Vintage German barometer and hygrometer - Weather instrument by Barigo in Germany. It has a unique looking barometer with a visible mechanism, a bubbl...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Opalescent Italian Opaline Vase from Florence 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Opaline di Florence (Empoli) opalescent green and brown Italian art glass vase the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Beautiful hand-blown opal and hand-applied white foot
Measures: 17....
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Rare Silver Plated and Leather Champagne Bucket with Flutes Holder, French, Circ
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare champagne bucket with flutes holder is made of silver plated and leather. This is a French work. Circa 1970. A pair is available.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
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
Mexican Abalone and Brass Cocktail Pitcher in the Style of Los Castillo
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful cocktail pitcher in the style of Los Castillo - the pitcher is made of brass and covered in Abalone.
The mid century piece is a collectable item and has many relatives in the Mexican Taxco style - a compliment to any mid century bar. house warming gift...
Category
20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Bartlett Collins Color Frosted and Gilt Chain Link Tom Collins Glasses
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern set of eight Tom Collins glasses by Bartlett Collins, two each of four frosted colors with a clear central band with 22 karat go...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Brass Bar Cart
Located in Nantucket, MA
A handsome Mid-Century Modern brass bar cart with glass shelves. Features a handle on one side for moving around, and round swiveling wheels ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mdina Glass Decanters with Balloon Stoppers, Carafes in Earth Tones
By Mdina
Located in Hamburg, DE
This pair of heavy and finely crafted decanters are from the Mdina Glass company and date from around the 1970s. The two carafes have a balloon-shaped stopper, which can certainly be seen as a recognition feature for the Mdina company.
They are undamaged and both signed on the underside of the base.
Mdina Glass is a manufacturer of glassware, based in Malta. It was founded in 1968 by Michael Harris, a lecturer in industrial glass design at the Royal College of Art. Attracted by various government incentives offered by newly independent Malta, Eric Dobson and Michael Harris (Royal College of Art colleagues) ventured out to Mediterranean island from the UK with the aim of opening Malta's first ever glassware manufacturer. The company, Maltese Glass...
Category
1970s Maltese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Vintage Martele Champagne / Wine Cooler Bucket. Italy 1960´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Vintage Martelé (Hammered Metal) Champagne / Wine Cooler Bucket.
Italy 1960´s. Excellent conditions. Fits well with large bottles (the one on the pictures is a normal size bottle, n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Arthur Umanoff Tall Black Wrought Iron 67-Bottle Wine Rack, 1950s
Located in Monrovia, CA
Original vintage Arthur Umanoff tall black wrought iron wine rack holds 67 bottles - Mid-Century Modern.
Arthur Umanoff tall wrought iron wine rack that holds 67 bottles of your f...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Iron
1950s Aldo Tura Macabo Fancy Red Thermos Pitcher Carafe Goatskin & Brass
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Red Carafe
Aldo Tura Macabo Italy 1950s
Red Thermos Carafe Pitcher in Goatskin. Brass lidded top.
Ebonized wood handle.
Stamped underneath Macabo.
Measures: 12.75 tall x 8.75 w...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
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
Faceted Avocado Green Kings Crown Indiana Thumbprint Stem Glasses, Set of 19
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of 19 avocado green Kings Crown glasses. This beautiful set of stemware is from the 1960s and includes 8 tea glasses, 8 water or wine gob...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Six Mid-Century Libbey Glassware Rocks Glasses in the Peacock Feather Pattern
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six Libbey glass rocks glasses with gilded rims and of cylindrical form with raised translucent blue enamel swirls in a ground of raised translucent green enamel creating an abstract...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Aldo Tura Faux Malachite Ice Bucket with Brass Rings, Italy, 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Tura faux malachite ice bucket with brass rings and brass rim detail under lid, Italy, 1970s. This stylish malachite ice bucket is well-made ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Fred Press Ice Bowl with 22k Gold Stylized Fish on Black Frosted Ground
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern ice bowl designed by Fred Press with 22k gold vertical stylized fish alternately pointing up or down on clear glass with interior black frosted surface.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Vintage Collectible Retro Highball Spaghetti Tumblers Set of 3 Blue and Yellow
By Fred Press
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of three vintage collectible retro spaghetti string tumblers.
Set includes 3 highball vintage yellow gold and powder blue spaghetti drizzle drink...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Modern Danish Teak Wood Bottle Opener Shaped as Whale, Denmark 1960s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find Danish Mid Century Modern bottle openers made of teak wood. They feature shape of the whale, with brass details as their mouth used to open the bottles....
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Milo Baughman Decor Burl Walnut & Chrome Mid-Century Modern Liquor Serving Bar
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mio Baughman decor burl walnut & chrome Mid-Century Modern liquor serving bar.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
1970s Gorgeous Ice Bucket attributed to Gio Ponti for Fratelli Calderoni.
By Calderoni
Located in Milano, IT
1970s amazing Italian ice bucket attributed to Gio Ponti for F.lli Calderoni, in excellent condition. Made in Italy.
Dimensions: Diameter 4,33 x 5,90 Height inches
Dimensions: Diame...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
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