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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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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Style: Modern
K-OVER Champagne, SUN, silver 999/°°, Italy
By Marco Fedi
Located in Firenze, IT
SUN :
Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the more common glacette. The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabric that ma...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
fferrone Contemporary Czech Minimal Carafe Pitcher with Six Tumbler Glasses Set
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary Czech glass set includes one Bessho Carafe Pitcher and six Bessho Tumblers
Just as the small town is known for the healing properti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
French Modern 'X&O' Cut Glass & Patinated Bronzedecanter, Smaller
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Modern 'X&O' cut glass & patinated bronze decanter, smaller
With a high caliber (heavy) cast bronze orb stopper, resting on a bronze elongated ...
Category
20th Century French Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
fferrone Set of 2 Czech Contemporary Dearborn Mini Shot Liqueur Glasses Handmade
Located in Chicago, IL
Dearborn shot liqueur mini glasses, set of two.
A pair of Czech contemporary glass handcrafted is the perfect modern shot glass or liqueur glass for after dinner libations. Also t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
fferrone Set of 2 Czech Clear Contemporary Sofia Large Cocktail Wine Glasses
Located in Chicago, IL
Sofia large cocktail wine glasses, set of two.
With the elegance of a forgotten time, the clear Czech contemporary Sofia collection glasses are a series of barware ideal for bever...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
K-OVER Champagne, WALL STREET, silver 999/°°, Italy
By Marco Fedi
Located in Firenze, IT
WALL STREET :
Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the more common glacette. The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabric...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Set of 6 Sun Moon and Stars High Ball Crystal Glasses 1990s Made in Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful set of 6 high ball crystal glasses. Each glass renders a motif of Sun, Moon and Stars in gold leaf designs. Dazzling and whimsical. Beautiful pieces that add shimmer and be...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal, Gold Leaf
Vintage Christofle Albi Silver-Plate Coasters, Wine Coasters Set of 10 Barware
By Christofle
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful set of 10 hallmarked Christofle silver plate coasters for cocktails or wine and water coasters are vintage and from 1968. They are...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
K-OVER Champagne, ZEBRA, silver 999/°, Italy
By Marco Fedi
Located in Firenze, IT
ZEBRA :
Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the more common glacette. The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabric that ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
fferrone Set of 2 Czech Contemporary Dearborn Champagne Flute Glasses Handmade
Located in Chicago, IL
Dearborn champagne flute glasses, set of two
A pair of Czech contemporary glass handcrafted is the perfect modern champagne glass.
Perf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Vintage Gucci Rare Silver Plate, Brass Horse Bit Oval Tray with Handles Barware
By Gucci
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning, 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
fferrone Contemporary Czech Glass Margot Decanter with Four Small Boyd Glasses
Located in Chicago, IL
Margot Decanter and four Boyd small clear glasses
Entirely hand-formed without the use of molds, the contemporary minimal Margot Decanter is an ideal companion to any evening spen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Dansk Crystal Oval Facette Highball Glasses Set of 5
Located in San Diego, CA
Tall, column like, crystal clear and modernist in essence, these beautiful glasses will make a statement in your bar. Each highball glass is 6” tall and 2.75” wide. All together, t...
Category
1990s French Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Aldo Tura cocktail shaker in zebra /tiger parchment pattern .
By Aldo Tura
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice modern design cocktail shaker in a zebra/ tiger parchment pattern and brass .by the well known designer Aldo Tara .
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Parchment Paper
Nanny Still for Riihimaen Lasi Decanters- Set of 2
By Nanny Still
Located in Ross, CA
Set of two Finnish blown glass decanters and lids designed by Nanny Still for Riihimäen Lasi in the 1970's. One retains the original sticker.
Nan...
Category
1970s Finnish Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
fferrone Set of 2 Czech Contemporary May Medium Glasses Handmade
Located in Chicago, IL
May medium glasses, set of two
A pair of Czech contemporary handcrafted glasses perfect for everyday use.
The May collection is inspired by the lightness of the early summer mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Gorgeous "Neptune" Crystal Whiskey Decanter by Baccarat of France with Box
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous "Neptune" crystal whiskey decanter by Baccarat of France circa 1980s. The piece is in great vintage condition with no chips and measures 4.5"D x 7.75"H; it comes with origin...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
fferrone Eight Contemporary Minimal Clear Champagne Flute Glasses Handmade Czech
Located in Chicago, IL
This set includes eight clear minimal Revolution Champagne Flute Glasses.
Strikingly modern in form, the double ended contemporary Revolution Collection is handcrafted in the Czec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Small Maui Blue Metal Wire Basket Tray with Two Handles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Maui blue metal flat wire basket tray with two handles
The basket is newly powder-coated in Maui blue color.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Barware
Materials
Cut Steel
Jon Michael Route Pewter & Leather Coasters
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this set of four handmade pewter and leather coaters by metalsmith, Jon Michael Route (b. 1954). They have distinctive trapezoidal forms with inset black le...
Category
1990s American Modern Barware
Materials
Leather, Tapestry
fferrone Set of 2 Czech Contemporary Dearborn Medium Collins Glasses Handmade
Located in Chicago, IL
Dearborn medium / collins glasses, set of two
A pair of Czech contemporary glass handcrafted is the perfect modern collins or long drink.
Perfect for everyday or formal dining settings, modern Dearborn will enrich any occasion. It inverts tradition with intricate detail on the interior of the glass. Made without the use of molds and created with the finest quality fluted Boroscilicate glass, the Dearborn Collection is innovative in its use of materials and is the perfect minimal aesthetic for any table or evening.
Each piece is handcrafted by master glassblowers of fluted Boroscilicate glass allowing for thermal resistance for a range of hot and cold applications. The collection is dishwasher safe.
Designed by: Felicia Ferrone, 2014
Handcrafted: Czech Republic
Material • Boroscilicate glass
Type • glassware
Size • 385...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
K-OVER Champagne, Kintsugi, silver 999/°, Italy
By Marco Fedi
Located in Firenze, IT
Cover Champagne : Kintsugi
Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the" glacettes" . The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal f...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Ribbed Crystal Ice or Champagne Bucket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful ice bucket or champagne bucket of ribbed glass and a start feature on the bottom. A compliment to any bar, especially those featuring shiny glass - the piece is of good w...
Category
20th Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
K-OVER Champagne, YOUR MOON, silver 999/°°, Italy
By Marco Fedi
Located in Firenze, IT
YOUR MOON :
Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the more common glacette. The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabric t...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Italian Cigar or 420 Cobalt Blue Glass Ashtray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A truly stunning Cobalt blue ash tray perfect for those occasional cigars, 420 or french cigarettes! A compliment to any desk, bar, or smoking room.
...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Murano Red, White, Green, Turquoise, Purple, Blue Glasses S/ 6 Barware
Located in North Miami, FL
These vintage Italian murano hand blown tumblers are great barware and a set of 6. They have applied swirls of textural glass on the outside of white and gold. There is gold aventuri...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Gold
Champagne Bottle Cover, Merry Christmas, Luxury Christmas Gift, Hand made, Italy
By Marco Fedi
Located in Firenze, IT
We are happy to present our latest creation: our Merry Christmas champagne bottle cover.
This K-Over is perfect to celebrate the most magical and happiest time of the year. Your sp...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Bronze
fferrone Contemporary Czech Minimal Carafe Pitcher with Four Collins Glasses Set
Located in Chicago, IL
This set includes contemporary, minimal 1 Dearborn Carafe and 4 Dearborn Collins Glasses.
Perfect for everyday or formal dining settings, minimal Dearborn will enrich any occasion. It inverts tradition with intricate detail on the interior of the glass. Made without the use of molds and created with the finest quality fluted borosilicate glass, the Dearborn collection is innovative in its use of materials. Perfect for cocktails or drinks of any kind.
Each piece is handcrafted by master glassblowers of fluted borosilicate glass allowing for thermal resistance for a range of hot and cold applications. The collection is oven, microwave, and dishwasher safe. In stock.
Designed by: Felicia Ferrone, 2014
Handcrafted in Czech Republic
Dearborn Carafe
Material: borosilicate glass
Size: 765 ml (26 fl oz)
H 20 cm (7.87in) ø 8cm (3.15in)
Dearborn Collins medium glass
Material: borosilicate glass
size 385...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
fferrone Modern Czech Clear Contemporary Fluted Glass Boyd Decanter with Top
Located in Chicago, IL
The clear Czech contemporary boyd glass decanter carafe pitcher with top is formally strong, yet with delicate details expressed through the lines and inner fluting. Modern yet retro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Valle Square Small Silver Alpaca & Brown Onyx Stone Bar Tray
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
This family is inspired by the forms and figures shaped by the wind of the Moon Valley (in the province of San Juan, in the North of Argentina). It comes from this magical and inspir...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Barware
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
K-OVER Champagne, WEDDING BAND silver 999/°°, Italy
By Marco Fedi
Located in Firenze, IT
WEDDING BAND :
Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the more common glacette. The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabri...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
K-OVER Champagne, Fantasy, argento 999/°°, Italia
Located in Firenze, IT
Questa cover per bottiglia di champagne è una vera opera d’arte. Questa
K-OVER appartiene alla collezione Works of Art. L'opera è stata realizzata dal maestro Foglia con l'intento di celebrare l'artista surrealista Daniel Merriam...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Set of 3 Tiffany Tumblers Awarded as New York Athletic Club Trophies
Located in New York, NY
Set of 3 Modern sterling silver tumblers. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1941. Each: Straight and tapering sides. Applied emblem for the New York Athletic Club...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Veuve Clicquot Orange Champagne Ice Bucket Four Glass Set
Located in Chula Vista, CA
French Veuve Clicquot Orange Champagne Ice Bucket Four Glass Set
Four wine champagne flute glasses and ice bucket acrylic set
Bucket 15.25 h x 10 d x 8.5 w
Glass 8.5 h d x 2.5 diamet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Barware
Materials
Acrylic
Set of Four Translucent Crystal Brandy Snifter by Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
This stunning set of four brandy snifters were realized by the fabled American company Tiffany & Co. They feature circular bases; cylindrical stems (that flare slightly at their apex...
Category
20th Century American Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
French Black Glass Ice Bucket Seashell Tongs, circa 1970s France
Located in New York, NY
A chic French black glass ice bucket with ice tongs, of the '70s Modern period, circa 1970s, France. Bucket is black glass in an octagonal shape with a g...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
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
Guido Galbiati, Italy, Modernist Silver Plate Cocktail Shaker
Located in Atlanta, GA
This modernist three-sectioned cocktail shaker was crafted by the renowned silversmith Guido Galbiati Argenteria in Italy, circa 1960. The superb modernist design showcases a geometr...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Contemporary Modern, Kubbe Champagne Bucket, Varnished Silver-Nickel Plated
By DAY Studio
Located in İstanbul, İstanbul
Kubbe collection was designed with inspiration from the domes of the courtyards, shops and workshops of the Grand Bazaar, which has been the center of silver-smiting in Istanbul for ...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Nickel
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
Stunning Champagne Wine Bucket Cooler, Polished Brass, France
Located in Paris, FR
One of a kind gorgeous designer's Champagne and wine bucket cooler, in About the artist:
Polished brass.
About the artist: E.H.
Graduate in ceramic design and metal sculpture (2...
Category
2010s French Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
12 1960s Steuben #7924 Controlled Bubble Smaller Goblets/ Wines
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of 12 Steuben #7924 Controlled Bubble Smaller Goblets/Wine Glasses
1960s Signed in Script 'S' Discontinued Pattern
This rare set of twelve (12) vintage Steuben #7924 controlled...
Category
20th Century American Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Taittinger Reims French Polished Aluminum Champagne Chiller Ice Bucket by Etain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Taittinger Reims French Polished Aluminum Champagne Chiller Ice Bucket by Etain. Item features Heavy polished aluminum construction, red painted interior,...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
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
Set of Four Rare Rosenthal Studio-Line Champagne Flutes by Michael Boehm
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
These gorgeous special edition handblown glass flutes are designed by Michael Boehm for Rosenthal. They are a modernist stylized abstract design and very...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Set of 12 English Modern Wine Tasters with Armorial, 1930
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 English Modern sterling silver wine tasters, 1930. Each: Curved and tapering sides and snakehead ring handle. Engraved armorial in well. For a tiddly night with all your sw...
Category
1930s English Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Champagne Bottle Cover, New York New York, Luxory Personalized Gift, Silver
By Marco Fedi
Located in Firenze, IT
Introducing a distinguished piece from our K-OVER Works of Art Colleciton, New York a 999/°° pure silver champagne bottle cover, masterfully inspired by the New York skyline. This in...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Large Hawkes Modern Sterling Silver & Glass Duck Cocktail Shaker
Located in New York, NY
Large sterling silver and glass cocktail shaker. Made by Hawkes in Corning, New York, ca 1925. Tall and tapering glass bowl. On exterior acid-etched flying flushed from its hiding pl...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
1980s Modernist Silver Plated Italian Square Tray and Champagne Flutes
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A high-quality silver-plated tray and flutes designed and manufactured in Italy in the Eighties by Disatron Silver, they are in original very good condition. The height of the flutes...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Contemporary Brass Champagne Bucket Stand by Jonathan Amar
Located in Paris, FR
Contemporary made-to-measure handcrafted polished brass champagne or wine bucket stand with skillfully sculpted and handmade hammered details.
Designed by Jonathan Amar, handcrafted ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Set of 6 Deborah Ehrlich Simple Crystal Red Wine Glasses, Handblown in Sweden
Located in Accord, NY
Launched with Takashimaya in 1999, these handblown crystal red wine glasses have become a modern Classic. Each Deborah Ehrlich piece is designed for the extraordinary strength and cl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Aldo Tura Modernist Cocktail Shaker
By Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
An Aldo Tura Modernist cocktail shaker.
Green colored parchment with silver and brass plated details.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Noel BC Modernist Barware Chrome and Lucite Ice Bucket, circa 1980
By Noel BC
Located in Atlanta, GA
Boost your barware collection with this extraordinary Memphis-style ice bucket, a rare creation by esteemed Italian designer Noel BC. Crafted in Italy circa 1980, this luxurious bar ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1970s Modern Silver Plate and Brass Accents Bottle by Gucci Firenze
By Gucci
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This 1970s Gucci bottle is a striking combination of luxury and functionality, showcasing the high-quality craftsmanship the brand is known for. The body is silver-plated, giving it ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Barware Silver Plate and Crystal Martini Cocktail Shaker
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite modernist silver plate and crystal Martini or cocktail shaker was crafted in Italy circa 1970. This three-cylindrical sectioned form has a removable cap and filter str...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Silver Plate
Glaciar Large Silver Alpaca & Cream Onyx Stone Tray
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Glaciar collection is meticulously handcrafted by our local artisans with these rectangular onyx pieces set around alpaca silver flower vases, boxes and trays.
Our pieces are made b...
Category
2010s South American Modern Barware
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Set of 60 Modernist Etched Crystal Glasses by Stuart with Neoclassical Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This stunning set of 60 glasses were realized by the renowned British maker, Stuart, in England during the latter half of the 20th Century. The set features 12 of the following piece...
Category
20th Century English Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
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.