Modern Barware

Jacques Adnet 1950s bottle opener / ice hammer and ice tongs bar set in original case. Stylish and functional bar wear from the master of French modernist d...

Set of 12 American sterling silver mint juleps. Each: Straight and tapering sides, beeded rim and foot, and applied cast horse head. A great way to celebrate Derby Day with a dozen o...

An Impressive suite of 12 sterling silver champagne flutes designed with vase shaped bowls and styled with beautiful hammered patinas. The silver gilt raised pedestal feet have eleg...

This stylish mid-century-modernist silver plate wine cooler or champagne ice bucket was crafted in France in the 1960s. This ultra-chic bottle holder features a whimsical handkerchie...

Teghini Firenze designed this lovely modernist silver plate ice bucket in the 1980s. The piece features a rounded shape with an oversized stylized tomato design with a lid and a stra...

A silver plated ice bucket designed and manufactured in Florence by Teghini. It's in good condition overall, marked on the bottom. It represents an exquisite blend of mid-century mod...

This is a stunning French modernist aluminum ice bucket or wine cooler crafted in the 1950s. Specially designed for tall Alsace white wine bottles, this bottle chiller will work with...

Set of 12 Modern sterling silver goblets. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1940. Each: Conical bowl mounted to tapering stem; foot round and gently raised. Easy grip with nice b...

Set of 12 Midcentury Modern sterling silver cocktail cups. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Each: Curved conical bowl on tapering columnar stem with incised bands. Foot round and r...

Made circa 1930 by Oliver & Bower Ltd. This striking, Art Deco Period, Silver Plated Cocktail Set, comprises a cocktail shaker and six cocktail cups, each of a matching design, stand...

A solid brass and fake tortoise lucite bar tray designed and manufactured in Italy by Guzzini, brass it's in original patina, lucite it's in very good condition as visible on the pho...

E. Dragsted, Danish silversmith. Danish design. Modernist ice bucket in art glass with a sterling silver handle and a silver-plated metal ice tong. Sleek Danish design. From the 1960...

Danish design. Modernist ice bucket in art glass with a silver handle. Sleek Danish design. From the 1960s/70s. In perfect condition. Handle marked with a royal crown and "Denmark". ...

Danish design. Modernist ice bucket in art glass with a handle in sterling silver. Sleek Danish design. From the 1960s/70s. In perfect condition. Handle marked OGH, 925s. Dimensions:...

Vintage Poole Silver Co Silver Plated Cocktail Martini Shaker Pitcher. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 12" H x 7.5" W x 4.5" D

WM Rogers & Son Paul Revere 27 Silver Plated Lidded Ice Bucket. Item features leafy twin handles, glass liner, clean modernist lines, original hallmark. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measu...

Pair of Eisenhower-era sterling silver mint juleps. Made by Scearce in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Straight and tapering sides, and beaded and molded rim and foot. A great way in these tu...

This modernist three-sectioned cocktail shaker was crafted by the renowned silversmith Cesa 1882 in Italy in the 1960s. The beautiful modernist design features a geometric pattern an...

Vintage English Sheffield Silver Plated Reticulated Hinged Handle Lidded Ice Bucket with Glass Liner. Circa Mid to Late 20th Century Measurements: 13" H x 8.5" W x 7.5" D.

Vintage Fisher K308 Modern Silver Plated Lidded Ice Bucket with Glass Liner. Item features Swinging hinged handle, shapely form, glass lined interior, very nice vintage ice bucket. C...

This 1980s Modern Rectangular Italian Tray is a stunning example of 1980s design aesthetics. Its use of premium materials, minimalist design, ...

Vintage F.B. Rogers Silver Co Silver Plated Fluted Trophy Cup Champagne Chiller Ice Bucket. Circa Mid to Late 20th Century. Measurements: 10.25" H x 10" W x 9" D

Modern Carl Auböck Glass Pitcher with his classic caned wrapped handle. Featuring a handcrafted large, wide mouth clear Austrian Glass Pitcher with...

Champagne bucket by Jean Despres, France, circa 1950. Important hammered silver plated champagne bucket with cylindrical hammered body presenting two scrolled handles underlined with spheres and decorated at the top of the Jean Despres flat link chain. Incised signature "J.Després" under the base (see photo). A similar model is illustrated in the book "Jean Després, jeweler and goldsmith between Art Deco and modernity" by Melissa Gabardi, page 151, to Editions Norma (see photos). Jean Despres, born June 15, 1889 in Souvigny (Allier), and died in 1980 in Avallon (Yonne), is a French goldsmith, creator of jewelry, objects and furniture of Art Deco style, specializing in the work of the silver. Jean Despres was born into a descendant family of master glassmakers, Després de Loisy, and glaziers, Turlin. The family moved in Avallon in 1890 to open an articles of paintings and art store at no. 27 rue de Paris and then at no. 20 place Vauban. He attended school and college in Avallon without being a very bright student. His passion was cycling and competitions. He obtained his patent in 1905. His father placed him in apprenticeship with a friend, goldsmith in Paris in the Marais district. At the same time, he completed his training by following the drawing classes in the schools of the city of Paris and frequented the Bateau-Lavoir, where he met Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Paul Signac, Giorgio De Chirico, Marie Laurencin, Chaim Soutine, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Braque, whom will be his best friend. He is passionate about cubism. During World War I, Jean Despres was assigned as a draftsman mechanic in the workshops of the military aviation. This double experience will durably mark him and feed all his work. He participated in the Art Deco movement. He had many friends in the avant-garde of the time, such as Paul Jouve or Maurice de Vlaminck. In the 1920s and 1930s, he took over his parents' store in Avallon and set up his studio where he created motor jewelry, whose pure forms inspired by aeronautical mechanical parts were part of the avant-garde movement. Craftsman of metal, gold, silver, tin, Despres shaped material, invented new forms. Like his contemporaries Marcel Sandoz or Raymond Templier, he was one of those pioneers who renounce the codes of high jewelry and the use of precious stones. He participated, with the help of Paul Signac, in his first Salon des Indépendants in 1926. He also participated in the revival of the forms of goldsmithing by removing the classic ornaments, to create pieces with massive shapes, silver, pewter, usually silver metal, everyone recognizable by its hammered appearance. In 1935, he took care of the Art and Fashion Gallery at No. 39 rue du Colisée in Paris. In 1936, he married Simone Delattre, painter and decorator on embroidered fabrics. He was rewarded by the Aeroclub which awards him a gold medal in 1937. These works were beginning to be known abroad. The following year, he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor. He run his gallery and kept his studio in Avallon. In 1940, he was President of the Goldsmiths' Union, a professional delegate for artistic protection at the international jewelry-goldsmith's office. He was the goldsmith's rapporteur on the awards commission of the Society for the Promotion of Art and Industry. In 1943, he came to live on rue de La Trémoille in Paris, where he had a shop at the same address. Among his friends, he counted Pierre Vigoureux and frequented Jules Cavaillès, Worms, Peltier, Lalique, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Fernand Léger and many others. He counted Josephine Baker among his famous clients. After the war, Jean Despres will expose several times, with the support of the State, in different foreign countries. In 1972, he offered the city of Avallon sixty-eight of his works. Exhibitions 1925: Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, with Rose Adler and the painter Étienne Cournault 1925: International Exhibition of Decorative Arts 1926: Salon des indépendants 1928: Salon of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts 1928: Salon des Artistes-Decorateurs 1930: Union des Artistes Modernes, at the Pavillon de Marsan, he exhibits surrealist jewelry...

Attributed to Alessandro Albrizzi (Italian, 1934-1994) Modern lucite faceted octagonal ice bucket with swivel cover. 8.25" H x 10.5" W x 10.5" D.

This is a beautiful Italian bar coaster set from the 1960s. They are made of 800 sterling silver, and each shape is a different fruit, including a pear, two lemons, an apple, a pinea...

Set of 8 American sterling silver mint juleps. Each: Straight and tapering sides, molded mouth rim, and skirted foot. Marked “Sterling / 0040”. Total...

WM Rogers & Son Paul Revere 3027 Silver Plate Lidded Ice Bucket. Item features Leafy twin handles, glass liner, clean modernest lines, original hallmark. Circa Mid 20th Century. Meas...

Beautiful high end Christofle "Fleuron" ice Champagne bucket.

Carl Auböck (1900-1957), bottle holder in modernist design. Made of brass and bamboo wickerwork. 1960s. In perfect condition. Dimensions: H 16.3 cm x L 21.5 cm.

Pair of Patrick Henry silver plated julep cups. Beaded rim and fluted base. Newly polished to a high shine. Stamped on the underside Made in England.

Scandinavian modern oak and brass fish shaped bottle opener Danish Arts and Crafts bottle opener formed as a shark made in brass and oak wood...

This unique bartool separates into three pieces. The body has a non-slip textured surface. The bottle opener unscrews from the top revealing a bar knife. The bottom section has the i...

A cast brass bottle opener featuring the letter U made by Carl Auböck II, Vienna circa 1955. The piece is formed of two geometric shapes, a circle -inside which the black patinate...

Tortoiseshell Murano glass & brass decanter, attributed to Barovier Toso. Italy, 1950s A beautiful example, fitted with its original 2-inch cast brass and cork stopper, the bottle is hand blown in a deep rich earth tones to resemble tortoise shell. This work is highly detailed, with the applied Murnao glass...

An Italian alabaster marble bowl or catchall vide-poche, circa mid to late-20th century, 1960s-1970s, Italy. Bowl has a modern soft edge and knob center. Great as a nut bowl, catchal...

An elegant and classic insulated ice bucket with lid by Maestri. Stamped in the bottom with makers name and the name of the collection. Fully functional and in great condition. No de...

Extremely rare set of glass goblets. The cup and foot base are in cobalt blue. This style of cup is what was considered a Champagne glass in the 50s and 60s. There is a complex bar...

A rare Hand-finished beech nutcracker designed and made by Kay Bojesen during the early to mid 1930s. Great original patina and humorous/cartoon'ish details like neck rolls, circular glasses and a bend nose. Everything synonymous with the attributes of the Primeminister Thorvald Stauning who's face the nutcracker...

This wonderful set of 10 hallmarked Christofle silver plate coasters for cocktails or wine and water coasters are vintage and from 1968. They are...

An Aldo Tura Modernist cocktail shaker. Green colored parchment with silver and brass plated details.

This is a large piece for the artist and many of her works are in Museums.

Novelty 9 Ct gold golf club swizzle stick, Deakin & Francis, 1938, Birmingham Unusual to see a swizzle stick in gold and with a golfing iron at the end. Made by one of the premier si...

An elegant set of six tumblers retailed by Davis, 200 Picadilly, London. Silverplated brass, all fit in one with original leather holder. Each one marked on bottom with proper hallma...

Extremely rare set of glass goblets. There are 12 and this is the listing if someone is interested in the set of 6. The cup and foot base are in cobalt blue. This style of cup is wh...

Strömbergshyttan Sweden, ice bucket with scarcely seen sterling silver handles. Designed by Olaf Gunnar Hjertzel. Clearly branded on each of the handles OGH 925S.   

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.

A beautiful Italian white onyx espresso coffee or tea demitasse cup and saucer set, circa 20th century, Italy. Cup and saucer are each mad...

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...

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...

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...

Great ice buacket designed, by Quistgaard, made for Dansk.

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 ...

Great leather bottle stopper with the original leather string.

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.

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...

This Tray by Ulderico Cavinato embodies the spirit of its era, blending cutting-edge materials with timeless design principles to create a visually st...

Beautiful goatskin ice bucket by the well known designer Aldo Tura.