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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
43
to
4
37
6
43
43
43
238
43
30
18
7
1
1
1
215
322
1
59
128
3
11
16
43
34
15
29
16
13
9
9
33
16
9
8
8
6
2
2
2
1
Style: Modern
Period: 1970s
Christofle silver Napoleon corkscrew - Rotary club
By Christofle
Located in Lugo, IT
Napoleon Corkscrew in Silver Christofle
Rotary club Christmas 1976 incuse as pictured
Good conditions.
Thank you
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Hallmarked Gucci - Italy Silver-Plate "Fox Head" Hunt Bottle Opener Barware
By Gucci
Located in St. Louis, MO
Circa 1970s Hallmarked Gucci - Italy Silver-Plated Fox Head bottle opener hunting / equestrian theme bar accessory. Stamped Gucci / Italy. See my other listings for signed Gucci Elk...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Hallmarked Gucci - Italy Silver-Plate "Elk Head" Stirrup Cup Barware - Hunt Club
By Gucci
Located in St. Louis, MO
Circa 1970s Hallmarked Gucci - Italy Silver-Plated Elk Head hunting equestrian theme stirrup cup.
This drinking / vessel cup can rest on the head or be displayed turned over with th...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Hallmarked Gucci - Italy Silver-Plate Horse Head Stirrup Cup Barware - Hunt Club
By Gucci
Located in St. Louis, MO
Circa 1970s Hallmarked Gucci - Italy Silver-Plated Horse Head hunting Equestrian Stirrup Cup.
This drinking / vessel cup can rest on the head or be displayed turned over with the he...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate, Metal
Hallmarked Gucci - Italy Silver-Plate "Dog Head" Stirrup Cup Barware - Hunt Club
By Gucci
Located in St. Louis, MO
Circa 1970s Hallmarked Gucci - Italy Silver-Plated Dog Head (English Pointer) hunting equestrian theme stirrup cup. This drinking / vessel cup can rest on the head or be displayed tu...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
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
Vtg Knight Silver Smith's Silver on Copper Lidded Ice Bucket w Aluminum Lining
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Knight Silver Smith's Silver on Copper Lidded Ice Bucket w Aluminum Lining. Circa 1970s. Measurements: 9" H x 9" W x 7.5" D.
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Wiskemann Modernist Silver Plate Champagne Ice Bucket Wine Cooler
By Wiskemann
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Wiskemann modernist silver plate ice bucket or cooler is an exquisite piece of midcentury barware. Crafted by silversmith Wiskemann, Belgium, its elegant design features a trape...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Vintage Rede Guzzini Faux Tortoise Lucite and Brass Tray Barware
By Rede Guzzini
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Rede Guzzini Italian faux tortoise lucite tray with brass handles has been professionally polished and makes great barware and ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
French Black Glass Ice Bucket with 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
Lancel Paris Silver Plate Cocktail Strainer for Boston Shaker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Maison Lancel, Paris, designed this silver plate cocktail strainer. Used on a Boston-type shaker, the strainer allows only the liquid to be poured into the glass, removing the ice. T...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Christian Dior Lucite and Rattan Barware Coasters, set of 5 pieces
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely barware coaster set was designed for the Christian Dior Home Collection in the 1970s. They feature a square shape with cut corners in crystal clear Lucite or acrylic with...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Wicker, Cane, Rattan, Resin, Acrylic, Lucite
Christian Dior Lucite and Rattan Barware Wine Coasters Set
Located in Atlanta, GA
Barware wine coaster set designed for Christian Dior Home Collection in the 1970s. They feature a square shape with cut corners in crystal clear Lucite or acrylic with genuine rattan...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Wicker, Cane, Rattan, Resin, Acrylic, Lucite
Vintage Brass Large Oval Shell Design Tray Barware
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage lovely brass oval tray has embellishments of shell design at either end along with a spiral braided perimeter. It is from the 70's and a great size. it was polished and ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Lucite and Rattan Barware Coasters, set of 5 pieces
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely barware coaster set was designed and manufactured in Italy in the 1970s. Five pieces in this set feature a square shape with rounded corners in crystal clear Lucite or ac...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Wicker, Cane, Rattan, Resin, Acrylic, Lucite
Gucci Italy Barware Set Silver Plate and Crystal HighBall Tumbler Glasses, 5 pc
By Gucci
Located in Atlanta, GA
Entertain with style with this Gucci barware set of crystal highball tumbler glasses with a gold-plated GG logo.
This chic Italian hallmarked Gucci s...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Italian Black Marble Cocktail Drink Coasters with Holder, circa 1970s, Set of 6
Located in New York, NY
A great set of six (6) Italian jet black marble stone hexagon cocktail or drinks coasters, with holder, in the Modern style or Postmodern period, circa 1970s, Italy. The hexagon shap...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Marble
Lars Göransson, Hammered Modernist Pewter Cocktail Shaker
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Lars Göransson, hammered modernist pewter cocktail shaker.
High-quality cocktail shaker.
1978.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: H ...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Pewter
Daum Nancy Barware Crystal Tumbler Glasses Set, 9 Pieces
By Daum
Located in Atlanta, GA
Daum Nancy France hand-crafted this elegant crystal barware serving set in the 1970s. The bar set features nine tulip tumbler glasses with deep geometric etching. Each item is labele...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Italian Sculptural Steel Bottle Holder, 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Italian sculptural steel bottle holder, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Steel
Lucite Crackled Ice Serving Tray, Willy Rizzo Style
Located in Riverdale, NY
Crackle finish lucite serving tray from the 1970's with silverplated rim in the style of Willy Rizzo. Cut square corners give an interesting shape. The chipped lucite surface is plac...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Lucite
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
Mozer Signed Faceted Yellow Glass Bowl Vintage Barware
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely bowl glass by the Moser glass works in the Czech Republic has faceted sides. It is vintage from the 70's and is a beautiful light color of yellow. This would make great b...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
Teghini Ice Bucket Silver Plate Bar/Table in Pear Shape
By Teghini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful ice bucket, made and designed by Teghini, Italy, Firenze. includes top, bottom and glass lining.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Paul Evans for Directional "Cityscape" Chrome and Brass Ice Bucket, 1970's
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Paul Evans for Directional Furniture Cityscape Series gold and chrome mirror ice bucket with thermos liner. Featuring a square hinged brass and chrom...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Modernist Set of 8 Sterling Silver Wine Goblets, London 1978 George E. Grant
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1978 by George Edward Grant, this stylish set of 8 Modernist design, Sterling Silver Goblets, features textured stems, and gilt in...
Category
1970s English Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dewert Signed Vintage Silver-Plate Cocktail Mixer or Pitcher with Spoon Italian
Located in North Miami, FL
This tall elegant chic ribbed silver-plate signed Italian vintage cocktail mixer or pitcher has a curved handle. There are 2 areas of ribbed lin...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Murano Mandruzzato Jewel Toned Emerald Green, Purple Faceted Glass Bowl Italian
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Italian Murano glass faceted square bowl has jewel tone colors of luscious emerald green and the purple center. The sides are semi faceted paddled and the 4 corners are an angled. Great as is as a beautiful Italian Murano glass object...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Blown 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Modernist Silver Plate Cocktail Martini Shaker by PM Italy, 1970s
By PM Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Modernist silver plate cylindrical cocktail or Martini shaker designed by PM, Italy. Two-sectioned designed cocktail shaker with removable cap and internal strainer. The piece boasts...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, 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.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Mid Century Modern Coasters
Used Wine Barrel Furniture
22 Karat Gold Barware
Set Of Highball Glasses
Gilted Champagne
Vintage Barware Cocktail Sets
Gucci Retro Glasses
Set Vintage Wine Glasses
Vintage Glass Wine Set
New Coasters
Green Drinking Glass
Hand Blown Bar Set
Decanter With Brass
Retro Imperial Glass
Vintage Juice
Glass Cordial Set
Gucci Silver Plated
Gold Imperial Glass