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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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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 celebrated 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.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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 Italian FERRARI Chrome Brass Ice Bucket Wine Cooler
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Impressive mid size chrome and brass plated champagne cooler, ice bucket, wine cooler or SPUMANTIERA as they say in Italy. It was made in Italy in the 1980’s by a company called Italesse in Trieste...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Metal, Brass, Chrome

Mauro Manetti, Italy - Set Six Figural Stirrup Cups c.1970
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning set six figural hunting stirrup cups in silver plate, made by the iconic Italian designer, Mauro Manetti. The six cups are in the form of animal heads: Fox, Horse, Stag,...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Silver Plate

1970's Italian Cube Ice Bucket in Thick Lucite With Sliding Lid
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage Ice cube bucket in thick lucite. Beautiful and functional ice bucket with sliding top is an outstanding addition to any bar. The lucite is in very good condition and will kee...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Lucite

George Briard Cocktail Napkins -The Higher You Go The Harder You Fall, S/8 Boxed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of eight pure linen cocktail napkins, by artist and designer Georges Briard (1917–2005) — a name that has for more than a century been a marker of spectacular and stylish vinta...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Linen

Georges Briard Ice Bucket Brown Suede Square with Brass Vintage 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Georges Briard Signed Square Brown Vinyl and suede with brass accents Ice Bucket Mid Century vintage from the 1950s. Unique square brown vinyl with brass handle designs ice bucket by...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Plastic

Articulated Mexican Abalone and Brass Bottle Opener by Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Beautiful vintage Mexican abalone shell and brass bottle opener in the form of fish by Los Castillo. The mouth of the fish are made of brass which has a very nice aged patina. Made i...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Metal

Mauro Manetti, Florence, Italy - Silver Swan Ice Bucket c.1970
By Fonderia d'Arte Foundry, Mauro Manetti
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and highly collectable silver plate Swan ice bucket, made in Florence, Italy c.1970. Made by "Fonderia d'Arte it is fully marked on the underside M/M for Mauro Manett...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Silver Plate

Vintage Classic Soda Siphon Seltzer Glass Bottle with Wire Mesh
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Classic Soda Siphon Seltzer Glass Bottle with Wire Mesh. This is a fantastic vintage seltzer bottle with a metal wire mesh casing around the glass. Vintage seltzer bottle made in Germany. Enjoy the fresh and healthy fizz of sparkling water...
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Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Glass

Set of 4 Vintage Fred Press Designed "Sea Ballet" Old Fashioned Glasses
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of four mid-century modern old fashioned glasses designed and signed by Fred Press in the "Sea Ballet" pattern in aqua and 22k gold, having a row of seahorses circling the glass ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Glass

1950s German Bronze Key Corkscrew Wine Bottle Opener Worms
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s European Bronze Key Corkscrew Wine Bottle Opener In Vino Worms Germany Veritas stamped 5.5 T x 2 W x .5 d Original vintage unrestored Refer to images.
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Brass, Bronze

Walter Bosse Brass Cat Figurine Bottle Stopper Pourer, Baller Austria, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Bosse cat Figurine Collectible. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection of Austrian bronze items. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austr...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Brass, Bronze

Mexican Abalone and Iron Bottle Opener
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Beautiful vintage Mexican abalone shell and iron bottle opener in the form of fish.
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Abalone

Set of Vintage Carlo Moretti Wine Cordial Stemware
Located in Round Rock, TX
Beautiful set of 7 Carlo Moretti cased glass cordial stems in excellent condition. The vibrant chartreuse green contrasted with the white casing captures the era perfectly.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Blown Glass

Vintage Soda Siphon Seltzer Glass Bottle with Metal Mesh
Located in New Orleans, LA
Vintage and Classic Soda Siphon Seltzer glass bottle with cool Chrome Wire Mesh around the glass. Vintage mid century seltzer bottle made in Czech...
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Chrome

Vintage 22K Gold Overlay Shoji Trellis Screen Highball Glasses Set of 9 Barware
Located in North Miami, FL
This elegant set of vintage iconic 1960's Imperial Glass set of highball glasses are 22K Gold overlay over clear glass and are the shoji screen trellis pattern also called Golden Sh...
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1960s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Gold Plate

Vintage Midcentury Libbey Set of Eight Highball Frosted and Gold Glasses
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant vintage Libbey barware frosted glasses with leaves pattern in a gold finish. Set includes eight highball glasses. Mid-Century Modern v...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Brass

Bottle Opener in Key Design by Auböck
Located in Wien, AT
Bottle Opener in Key Design by Auböck Original condition
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Metal, Brass

Pair of Gay Fad Studio Beau Brummel Bent Stem Cocktail or Martini Glasses 1950s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Playful clear glasses with bent stems are hand decorated with comical hand-decorated faces that appear to have a bit too much to drink. The glasses are signed with Gay Fad Studio logo on the side of the face. While traditionally considered martini glasses, the glasses are somewhat smaller in size that contemporary ones, standing xx" tall. Fran Taylor’s Gay Fad Studios was a world-renowned Mid-Century cocktail glassware...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Glass

Vintage Bronze Fossil Bottle Opener Mid-Century Modern Metal Breweriana Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s mid century modern 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.
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Brass, Bronze

Mid-Century Tommi Parzinger 4 Piece Cocktail Shaker Set
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Iconic design by one of the top designers of his time. Mid-Century Modern tall brass cylinders with walnut accents. All three pieces have been signed on the bottom, Made in Italy. Gr...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Brass

Mid-20th Century Stainless Steel Aperitifs / Cordials or Shot Glasses, Set of 8
Located in Austin, TX
This set of 8 stainless steel cordials / aperitifs or shot glasses is attributed to Arne Jacobsen, the sought-after mid-century Danish architect and designer of the Functionalist Movement. Jacobsen was among the 20th century's most famous designers. Think Egg Chair, Swan Chair, Ant Chair. This set of cordials is a rare MCM find...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Stainless Steel

Mid-Century Sterling & .900 Silver Sipping Straw Cocktail Spoon Set
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
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 and done in the period Mid-Ce...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Sterling Silver

Midcentury Pewter Pineapple Form Ice Bucket by Mauro Manetti Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful form pineapple ice bucket, a container with lid, in pewter by Mauro Manetti for Fonderia D'Arte Firenze. Made in Italy in the 1960s. Manufacturer's stamp on th...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Metal, Aluminum, Pewter

Vintage Midcentury Barware Rocks Glasses 1960s Gold Presidential Coins
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Midcentury vintage Set of 7 pieces 5-ounce rocks glasses 1960s gold printed presidential coins. Cera 22-karat gold signed glassware barware. Gold and black coin design. The glasses f...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Glass

Mid-Century Modern Imperial Glass Shoji 22K Barware Set
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large 14 piece collection of 22K gold hand painted barware in the iconic Shoji pattern by the Imperial Glass Company, 1960's. The set includes 6 rocks glasses, 7 highball glasses an...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Glass

Piero Fornasetti "Mitologia" Cocktail or Glass Coasters, Set of Eight
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Piero Fornasetti "Mitologia" set of 8 bar or drink coasters, circa 1970's. This stylish set of cocktail coasters were produced exclusively for the New York City department store Bonw...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Porcelain

1970's Vintage Honey Dew Blenko Style Wine Decanter
Located in San Carlos, CA
🎉 Elevate Your Entertaining Experience! 🍸 Introducing our Very Cool Mid Century Brown Decanter – the ultimate statement piece for your next gathering...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Glass

Cobalt Blue Decanter with Handle and Covered Spout
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely cobalt blue decanter with sliver base, handle and hinged lid. A compliment to any bar or table setting - the blue is a stunning color. In...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Silver

Exclusive Set of 6 Murano Tumblers, Burnt Orange Zanfirico over White, Cenedese
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Special and exclusive full set of 6 Murano tumblers, Made and Signed by Cenedese. The pattern of these glasses is a special technique used also by Venin...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

1960s Gorgeous Cocktail Shaker With Ice Bucket in Aluminium. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous Cocktail Shaker With Ice Bucket in Aluminium. Made in Italy The items are in excellent condition. _Cocktail Shaker diameter 3,54" x 8,66" H inches diam cm 9 x cm 2...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Aluminum

Pair Asymmetrical MCM Baccarat Crystal Whiskey Decanters, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Unusual asymmetrical configuration Modernist style pair of Baccarat crystal decanters. Signed on the bases Excellent condition.
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Crystal

George Jensen Denmark large bar cocktail tool set in fitted teak holder
Located in Ferndale, MI
Height of elegance in cocktail bar ware cocktail preparation . Complete set of Magnus Stephensen for George Jensen stainless steel bar accessories . To include pickle/olive fork . i...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Stainless Steel

Mid-Century Lucite and Wood Chalet in the Alps Cocktail Picks, 1950s
Located in Atlanta, GA
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...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Metal

Couroc Roadrunner Bird Design Barware Vintage Serving Tray Circa 1960
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Mid-Century Modern Couroc of Monterey California roadrunner bird design barware serving tray. Vintage Couroc Roadrunner Design Barware Serving ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Bakelite

Vintage Bronze Key Corkscrew and Bottle Opener Metal Breweriana Barware, France
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s or older bottle opener, if unscrewed it has also a corkscrew inside. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale i...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Brass

Walter Bosse Brass Cat Figurine Bottle Stopper Pourer, Baller Austria, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Bosse cat Figurine Collectible. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection of Austrian bronze items. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austr...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Brass, Bronze

Vintage Metal Nude Girl Bottle Opener MidCentury Modern Metal Breweriana Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s 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.
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Bronze

Valentí Lucite and Brass Ice Bucket / Wine Cooler with Horse Head Handles
Located in Barcelona, ES
Midcentury Equestrian Lucite and Brass Cylinder Ice Bucket with Horse Head Handles, Spain, 1960-1970. Manufactured by Valentí. Stylish Mid-Century Modern cylinder shaped ice containe...
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Brass, Bronze

1950s Gorgeous Champagne or Ice Bucket by Christofle in Silver Plated.
Located in Milano, IT
1950s Gorgeous champagne or ice bucket by Christofle in silver plated. It's part of the Gallia collection. Made in France. The item is in excellent condition. Gallia collection is si...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Silver Plate

rare variation of carl auböck´s ice bucket no. 3703 with tongs
Located in Munich, DE
previous unknown smaller version of the no.3703 ice bucket with tongs by carl auböck. we als can offer the bigger one...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Steel

Rare Mauro Manetti "Apple" Ice Bucket - Florence, Italy c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A rare example of a Mauro Manetti designed ice bucket in the form of an apple, one of the scarcer models and in good condition. Made by "Fonderia d'Arte it is fully marked on the u...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Metal

Vintage Mid-Century Liquor Dispenser and Shot Glasses
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Mid-Century Carousel Liquor Dispenser with Set of 6 Shot Glasses sitting on a circular chrome plate with 6 cut-out slots to hold the shot glasses. Shot glasses are grouped in...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Chrome

Luciano Frigerio Brass Apple Ice Bucket
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage Italian double walled ice bucket or vide poche in the form of an apple in polished brass with gold plating interior attributed to Luciano Frigerio (1928-1991) for Cellini A...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Gold Plate, Brass

Vintage Italian Modernist 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 (ca. 1960s). Features a heavily textured, sculptural petiole and leaf decorat...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Silver Plate

Martini & Rossi Vermouth French Ashtray
Located in Bradenton, FL
A French Martini & Rossi triangular ashtray. White Opalex is branded Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth on each side. Each corner has a beveled cigarette rest. Marked “Made in France, Re...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Opaline Glass

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...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Metal, Silver Plate

Vintage Mid Century 22-Karat Gold Highball Cocktail Glasses Set of 8, circa 1965
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Dress your cocktails in high style with these beautiful tall highball cocktail glasses in mint condition. This Mid Century Modern set dates back to the 1960s - dressing up sexy bars for decades - and features an elegant 22-karat gold plated MCM pattern. These sexy Mid Century cocktail glasses...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Gold

Vintage Cera Glass Highball Glasses With Old World Maps - Set of 8
By Cera
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 Vintage Cera Glass Highball Glasses With Old World Maps. Glasses measure 5 1/2" tall x 2 3/4". All in excellent vintage condition.
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Glass

Set of Two Vintage Cocktail Glasses by Libbey
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of two vintage cocktail glasses. Manufactured by Libbey. 1950s Hollywood Regency. Decorated with a classical gold lief pattern on frosted ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Glass

Mid-Century Modern Culver Gold Plated Cocktail Mixer & Rocks Glasses Set c. 1965
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Sexy Mid-Century Modern cocktail mixer and matching rocks glasses set with 22k gold plating produced by Culver in the late 1960s. This set is in grea...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Gold Plate

Midcentury Cubic Chromed Steel, Wood and Glass Dry Bar, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Unique midcentury cubic dry bar in lacquered ash wood, mirrored steel and glass dry bar with hidden wheels. This gorgeous Willy Rizzo style dry bar was produced in Italy during the 1970s. The wheeled bar cart's four sides are in mirrored chromed steel, while the top is in dark smoked glass. It moves thanks to four hidden wheels, and the structure is veneered black lacquered oak. A design masterpiece that will become a cult furniture element in a midcentury bar or living room. Italian designer and photographer Willy Rizzo (1928-2013) first came to prominence in the 1960s as both a chronicler of and participant in La Dolce Vita, the glamorous, jet set lifestyle enjoyed by many international celebrities and socialites in the postwar era. While photography was Rizzo's first love, in the 1970s he developed a passion for interiors and launched a second successful career as a luxury furniture designer. Rizzo was born in Naples in 1928 but moved to France early. After expressing an interest in photography at the age of 12, Rizzo's mother gifted him an Agfa Box camera; soon he was shooting portraits of his classmates at Paris's Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci. In the 1940s, Rizzo began his career as a photojournalist, working for several French publications, including Ciné Mondial, Point de Vue, and Image du Monde. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Rizzo notably covered the Nuremberg Trials and travelled to Tunisia for Point de Vue to photograph the conflict in North Africa, later published in Life Magazine. As his reputation grew, he was hired by France Dimanche to take portraits of the rich and famous at flashy events like the Cannes Film Festival. Rizzo's charm won the trust of royalty, dignitaries, and movie stars, allowing him to capture these public figures in unusually candid moments. Hoping to advance his career further, Rizzo travelled to New York with Black Star Agency in 1947 to photograph American starlets. When he returned to Paris two years later, he was invited to join Jean Prouvost’s newest publication in colour, Paris Match, as head photographer—a position that he held for 20 years and, along the way, sparked a new culture of celebrity photographers who were as intriguing and fashionable as their subjects. In 1959, he became the artistic director of Marie Claire and collaborated with other fashion magazines, such as Vogue. Throughout his career, Rizzo photographed dozens of stars, including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Salvador Dalí, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck, as well as striking up close friendships with famous personalities like Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jack Nicholson. In 1962, Rizzo famously captured some of the last moments of Marilyn Monroe’s life on film before tragically committing suicide a few weeks later. In 1968, Rizzo married Italian actress Elsa Martinelli, and the pair relocated to Rome. It was here that Rizzo began his work in furniture design, starting with his newly-leased, run-down Roman apartment. Just for personal use (at first), Rizzo created a series one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by modernist icons, such as Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. But as his glitterati friends—Rodolfo Parisi, Gigli Rizzi, Franco Rapetti, Salvador Dalí, Brigitte Bardot, and the like—became admirers of his work, Rizzo was flooded with design commissions. Rizzo went on to furnish apartments for Italian aristocracy in the Palazzo Borghese and Palazzo Ruspoli that same year and quickly earned an international reputation as a designer to the rich and famous. In response to ever-growing demand, he launched his own Tivoli-based company dedicated to contemporary furniture design handmade in lux materials such as wood, marble, stainless steel, brass, and wild boar. Over time, his team of eight grew to 150, and he was able to open shops in France and throughout Europe, as well as in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. With an emphasis on clean lines and geometric forms, Rizzo's tables, chairs, and accessories combined contemporary shapes with traditional materials—in contrast to many of his contemporaries, like Ettore Sottsass and Vico Magistretti, who were popularizing plastic, foam, and other synthetics in furniture production. Rizzo's most successful designs are many low, box-like tables in granite, metal, glass, or burled wood, often embellished with brass or chrome accents or built-in liquor cabinets or trays. Two examples of his most celebrated designs include the Alveo Coffee Table (1970s) for Mario Sabot and the circular Yin Yang Coffee Table...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Steel, Metal, Chrome

Bimini Glass Cocktail Picks with Dice Stand, 1960s, Vienna Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s Austrian cocktail picks made of glass, showing Lucky Charms in a mouth blown glass dice stand. The total high is approx. 5 inches. The Dice Stand itself is approx...
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Art Glass

Set of 6 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Cocktail Tumblers or Mugs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 6 cocktail mugs or glasses. By Tiffany & Co. In sterling silver with gold washed interiors. With tapered side walls and a slightly concave base. Fully hallmarked f...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Sterling Silver

Two Part Modernist Cocktail Shaker by Orfèvrerie Christofle, Paris
Located in Bath, GB
A smart Bauhaus style two-part cocktail shaker with it's sleek modernist design in silver plate. Made by the top-notch Parisian silversmith, Christofle of Paris, signed on both pi...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Silver Plate

Vintage Libbey Frosted & Golden Foliage Cocktail Glasses, Set of 6
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage MCM Libbey Frosted & Golden Foliage Cocktail Glasses, Set of 6. Elegant vintage Libbey Golden Foliage barware frosted glasses with leaves patter...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Glass

Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac Crystal Decanter by Baccarat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Crystal

Italian Hallmarked Gucci Silver-Plate Stirrup Cups 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Set of three vintage Gucci silver plate stirrup cups have two ways and are in the design of a dog, deer and a fox. They actually flip over and can be used as barware and be conversat...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Silver Plate

Italian Mid Century World Globe Ice Bucket on a Wooden Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautiful Italian ice bucket in the shape of a world globe The ice bucket has a brass finial and a wooden base with a diameter of 7.4 inches. It's a beautiful and elegant piece that ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Aluminum

Set of 6 Vintage Gold Decorated Highball Glasses
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 6 Vintage Gold Decorated Highball Glasses in a criss-cross pattern mesh design and top and bottom gold bands.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Gold

Nutcracker in the shape of a walnut by DMF Nagel, West- Germany 1970s
Located in Herentals, BE
Nutcracker in the shape of a walnut by DMF Nagel, West- Germany 1970s This 'The Supernut' silver-plated nutcracker in the shape of a walnut was produced in the 70s by BMF Nagel, also...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware

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Metal, Silver Plate

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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