Modern Barware
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Modern
Giovani Ottaviani Crystal & Horse Head Sterling Silver Decanter Barware, Italian
Located in North Miami, FL
This gorgeous vintage crystal and sterling silver signed Italian Giovani Ottaviani decanter has an abstract large sterling silver horse head as the stopper. From every direction the ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Vintage Hand Chased Italian Silver Wine Cooler & Serving Tray, Milan, 1955-1971
Located in New York, NY
Large, substantial Italian mid-century hand chased grape motif 800 silver wine cooler with matching serving tray/underplate by Pietro Chinetti, Via Leonardo da Vinci 2, Milan(Gallarate), Varese, created between 1955-1971. Great modern interpretation of a classic Italian motif of grape vine decoration with wonderful hand hammered details. The large wine cooler...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
French Barware Champagne, Wine or Cocktail Coasters, 1970 Paris by Jacques Lamy
By Jacques Lamy
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and rare set of three (3) Jacques Lamy made Champagne, wine or cocktail coasters, circa mid to late-20th century, 1970s Paris, France. Set is by French artist Jacques Lam...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Velvet, Paint, Paper
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern Lorin Marsh French Bronze Mirror Round Serving Tray
By Lorin Marsh
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful Mid-Century Modern Lorin Marsh heavy "French Gold" bronze with inset mirror round serving tray.
Category
20th Century Modern Barware
Materials
Bronze
Peill & Putzler Vintage Clear Incised Circle Glass Ice Bucket or Vessel Barware
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful and geometric incised raised and textural organic sculptural forms glass small ice bucket or vessel or container is by Peill and Putzle...
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Lucite and Rattan Large Square Tray
By Dior Home
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Square serving tray in Lucite in the manner of Christian Dior Home, with capsuled blonde rattan surrounded by a metal silver frame and in very good...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Tupilak Bottleopener in White Bone, Greenland, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A figural bottle opener hand carved in white bone/tooth. Made at home by a creative Hunter in Greenland circa 1960-70. Measurements: H/L: 16.5 cm.
Category
1960s Greenlandic Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Strömbergshyttan Sweden Blue Glass Ice Bucket with Sterling Silver Handles
Located in Southampton, NJ
Strömbergshyttan Sweden, ice bucket with scarcely seen sterling silver handles.
Designed by Olaf Gunnar Hjertzel. Clearly branded on each of the handles OGH 925S.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Modern Barware
Materials
Art Glass
Silver Plated Wine Bottle Holder with Grape
Located in Weiningen, CH
Silver plated wine bottle holder with grape.
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Large-Scaled American Polished Aluminum & Brass Rabbit Wine Cooler, Arthur Court
By Arthur Court
Located in San Francisco, CA
A delightful and large-scaled American polished aluminum and brass rabbit wine cooler/ice bucket by Arthur Court, San Francisco; this life-sized rabbit ma...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Barware
Pair of Multicolored Murano Goblets/Glasses with "Fazzoletto" Base
Located in Pasadena, TX
Pair of multicolored Murano Goblets/Glasses with "Fazzoletto" base
Pair includes both glasses/goblets.
Each piece features a multicolored marble ef...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Pair of Chic Swedish Decanters Sven Palqvist
By Orrefors
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A chic pair of water clear Swedish crystal decanters. The bulbous bottoms with panel cut long necks with slender faceted stoppers.
Signed Orr...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
English Victorian Modern Sterling Silver Decanter in Christopher Dresser Style
Located in New York, NY
Victorian modern sterling silver and glass decanter. Made by Edgar Finley & Hugh Taylor in Birmingham in 1884. Clear glass cylinder on round...
Category
1880s English Antique Modern Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bottle Cooler or Ice Bucket by Michael Aram
By Michael Aram
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Beautiful ice bucket from the famous artisti Michael Aram - an idea for Christmas gift -
O/5921.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Barware
Materials
Iron
Polish Nickel and Lucite Ice Bucket by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare hexagonal shape polish nickel and Lucite ice bucket design by Charles Hollis Jones in the 1970s. Newly nickel plated. The ice bucket is signed by CHJ.
Dimensions: 10” high, 8...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Nickel
Gucci Rare Vintage Silver Plate, Brass Horse Bit Oval Tray with Handles Barware
By Gucci
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and fantastic rare and unusual vintage Italian hallmarked Gucci oval horse bit monumental large tray is a combination of brass and silver plated. It is so versatile for serving, for dining or for barware. The oval size is large and the combination of the two metals is gorgeous. This is a great find of a huge Gucci tray...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Vintage Italian Sterling Silver Jug / Pitcher / Ewer circa 1960 Water Cocktail
Located in London, GB
A stylish Vintage Italian Jug with an understated elegant straight sided design displaying the luster of plain polished silver. The Jug has subtle spout which has a straight geometri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
fferrone Contemporary Handcrafted Czech Glass Revolution Cocktail Mixer Set
Located in Chicago, IL
Strikingly simple in form, the contemporary handcrafted Revolution Collection Cocktail Mixer Pitcher Set is handcrafted in the Czech Republic by master glassblowers, and formed from a pure extrusion of handblown borosilicate glass.
The cocktail mixer set...
Category
20th Century Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Gold Disco Era Modern Acrylic Ice Bucket, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A chic 1970s modern clear acrylic and gold disco era ice bucket by designer Georges Briard, circa 1970s. Piece appears to have never been used. Original tag...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Murano Glass Bonbonniere Dish
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic Murano glass bonbonniere dates to the 1950s-1960s and was created by Barovier et Toso and sold by Camer Glass. The piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Brown Leather and Steel Industrial Bar Stools
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pair of brown leather and steel Industrial stools. Leather is very thick and sturdy. Bar height stools are non-adjustable but the seats swivel.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Steel
12 Venetian Goblets w/ White Cane Twist Stems & Gold Inclusions
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A lovely set of 12 hand blown tall and elegant wine goblets. The bowl and foot are embellished with gold leaf and the tall stems are composed of white twisted canes which are a subtl...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Cool Ice Bucket in the Shape of a Pear in Brushed Aluminum from the 1970s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cool ice bucket in the shape of a pear in brushed aluminum from the 1970s.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Handblown Clear Venetian Glass Goblets with Threaded Decoration Set of 12
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This elegant set of 12 handblown clear crystal goblets feature bowls which have been decorated with opaque white glass threads. The threads extend from the bottom of the bowls and spiral around the exterior, forming a series of closely spaced horizontal ribs. The goblets themselves have a simple form with straight sided bowls that rest on thick clear cylindrical columns. The pedestal feet...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Abalone and Silver Plate Bottle Opener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very handsome bottle opener perfect for any bar or kitchen. Heavy and impressive.
Category
20th Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Brass and Caned Square Tray Barware, Italian, Style of Christian Dior
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely vintage Italian square tray has 2 rows of circles of brass as the borders and a caned base with a Lucite top. It is from the 1970s. It has 4 peg feet. Great for serving, ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Hand-Hammered Brass Monumental Round Serving Tray Barware Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This versatile extra large polished brass serving tray is hand-hammered. It has been professionally polished. The semicircle apron design on the perimeter is sculptural. Great for ba...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Lucite Box with Foiled Enameled Cloisonné Blue Abstract Top Signed
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage lucite and mixed-media box, vessel or container has a removable foiled enameled cloisonné top with a spectacular signed artistic design. The colors of the enamel top are...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Enamel, Foil
Rosewood, Palisander Tall, Ice Bucket by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, Stamped
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great ice buacket designed, by Quistgaard, made for Dansk.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Rosewood
Vintage Etched Glass Whimsical Man Decanter Bottle Barware
Located in North Miami, FL
This all dressed up whimsical vintage glass man is ready to pour your liquor or water from the decanter. He is stenciled with frosted glass on the decanter...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Christofle Modernist Crystal Decanter Bottle Barware Vintage
By Christofle
Located in North Miami, FL
This chic vintage modernist and heavy clear crystal Christofle glass decanter with its circular raised design is perfect for any bar. The wonderful ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
Carl Auböck Brass Key Corkscrew with Elephant
Located in London, GB
A cast brass corkscrew featuring an Elephant designed and made by Carl Auböck II in Vienna, Austria, in the 1950s. This item was made as an exclusive corporate gift and so is a rare ...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Black Leather Cork Stopper
Located in London, GB
Great leather bottle stopper with the original leather string.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Leather
Maitland Smith Tesselated Coconut Shell Tray or Serving Platter
Located in North Miami, FL
This monumental flat tray and or platter by Maitland Smith looks like a beautiful rose that has opened up in segments and in still form. Luscious shades or r...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Barware
Materials
Coconut
Carl Auböck Coin Bottle Stopper
Located in London, GB
Vintage coin bottle stopper made by the Auböck Werkstätte in the 1950s.
In cast brass, it bears the Auböck stamp on the coin. In very good condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Jean Desprès Champagne Bucket
By Jean Despres
Located in London, GB
An incredibly stylish and important, heavy gauge silver plated champagne bucket, with classic hammered (or marte´le) finish, with trademark Despre`s chain motif around the foot and r...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Martelé
Pair of Bowls by Gottinghen, 1970s
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A pair of glam octactonal boxes produced in Germany during the 1980's. The material is stainless steel covered with a fine layer of 24 carat gold. They are solid and well made in the...
Category
20th Century German Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Steel, Gold, Stainless Steel
Christian Dior Home Barware Silver Plate and Glass Serving Tray
Located in Atlanta, GA
This sophisticated modernist barware serving tray platter was designed for the Christian Dior Home Collection in the 1980s. The large rectangular butler shape is built with silvered ...
Category
1980s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Porciani Italy Silver Plate Modernist Martini Cocktail Shaker, 1980s
By Porciani
Located in Atlanta, GA
Porciani, Italy, designed this modernist silver plate cylindrical Martini or cocktail shaker. This three-sectioned cocktail shaker has a removable cap and filter strainer. The lovely...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
French Mortar and Pestle
Located in New York, NY
A substantial French stone mortar and pestle set, circa late-20th century, France. Mortar is a light coral/salmon hue with white pestle. A nec...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Barware
Materials
Stone, Marble
Aldo Tura Champagne Ice Bucket in Goatskin and Bronze Italy 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC is pleased to offer beautiful champagne bucket or ice bucket by Aldo Tura.
Goatskin with original lacquer finish.
Original brass lid. Label present from the maker. Clean m...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Bronze
Italian Hand-Hammered Silverplate Wine Caddy with Rosewood
Located in Miami, FL
Italian hand-hammered silverplate wine caddy with rosewood
Offered for sale is an Italian hand-hammered silverplate and rosewood wine bottle caddy...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Modern barware for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique 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, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern barware made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Czech Republic pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original barware, popular names associated with this style include Felicia Ferrone, AIREDELSUR, Simone Crestani, and Marco Fedi. 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 $15 and tops out at $18,666 while the average work can sell for $539.
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