Mid-20th Century Serving Bowls

A nice vintage apothecary bronze mortar and wood pestle, circa 1950s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a nice patina and measures 5"W x ...

A fruit bowl made of wire brass by Carl Auböck.

Unique decorative cheese plate with Mouse from Italy. Produced in 1970s. Plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Mouse ears are a bit de...

Decorative Rose plate from Bavaria, Germany. Produced in 1970s. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful p...

A very nice staved teak bowl by renowned Dansk designer Jens Harald Quistgaard. Made in Denmark. #35

Decorative wood plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every inter...

Murano glass bowl set from the 1930s attributed to Carlo Nason. When tradition meets contemporary vision, creations like this extraordinary set of bowls by Carlo Nason, one of the mo...

Pair of charming Italian Leather backed nut dishes in the Fantoni style. Ceramic with of 1950s vases and musical instruments. They appear unused with or...

Mid-Century Modern French Ceramic Platter by Albert Thiry, 1960s, era Blin One beautiful glazed ceramic platter with an engraved and hand-painted blue thistle flower bud. We find the vocabulary of preference of the ceramist: a chalky white background, both bright and neutral to highlight the blue flower and foliage, the edge is also engraved with decorative motifs. In very good condition. Signed under the base. Circa 1960. ----------- Albert Thiry (1923-2009) Ceramist from Nice, he studied at the School of Decorative Arts in the city. He settled with his wife Pyot Gavaudan in 1943 in the pottery village of Vallauris. There he continued his training as a ceramist in various workshops, notably that of Charles Voltz...

1960s. This is an elegant set of serving bowls by Jozef Stanik. The bowls are in Bohemian crystal with pure gold rims and feature a curved base, that works non only as a base but a...

Vintage Victorian Silver Plated Oval Pedestal Centerpiece Fruit Bowl By Lunt. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 5" H x 15.25" W x 9.5" D.

Stoneware bowl, enameled; Made in scandinavie circa 1960. Signed.

Designed by Alphonse La Paglia for International Sterling, set of 8 sterling silver dessert bowls in Mid-Century Modern style and in an elegant, geometric design. They measure 3 1/4'...

Holmegaard Provence blue bowl ø 31 cm. New production. When Per Lütken designed the Provence bowl in 1955, he created a Danish classic The blue bow...

Wonderful nut bowl by Carl Auböck II handmade in his workshop in Vienna, Austria, 1955. Made out of carved mahogany, the bowl has a brass handle that follow the shape of the same bow...

Beautiful decorative light blue glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass, amazing...

Rare mid century Rookwood bowl or compote featuring a divided turquoise interior with grey brown drip glaze body. Circa XLIX 1949, Shape 7024, size A. Dimensions: 6.5" x 3" (Diamet...

A graceful Art Deco bowl produced in the 1930s by Swedish maker Guldsmedsaktiebolaget (GAB) located in the town of Eskilstuna. This elegant piece is elevated by four black wooden pil...

A beautiful, premium-quality caviar bowl / caviar cooler, crafted from crystal glass and silver-plated metal. This exquisite centerpiece was part of the Riedel Mesa Collection, a col...

Handmade California studio stoneware bowl with abstract modern carved design created by Dora De Larios of Los Angeles, California. Bowl measures 3.5" by 7.5" and is signed Dora de La...

Awesome grain patterns in this vintage hand turned decorative teak bowl. Large format, 15x15x4.25 inches So much teak character

Decorative wood plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every inter...

Decorative ceramic plate from Belgium The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every i...

Arthur Espenet Carpenter Teak Bowl with Utensils, 1957 United States, circa 1950s A finely hand-turned teak bowl by renowned California woodworker Arthur Espenet Carpenter, accompani...

Beautiful decorative crystal blue glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Unique piece for every table and interi...

Family of six small stackable hedgehogs bowls in cast bronze. The super cute set of porcupines can be used as salt and pepper cellars or olives, nuts etc. This complete set of si...

Set of four "new / old stock" Danish modern staved teak salad / serving bowls in original boxes by Flemming Digsmed for Digsmed Design, circa 1970s. The bowls are in new unused cond...

Vintage set of six bar snack or appetizer bowls, decorated in black and white with images and letters to form the contents and a wide gilt band to the foot and inner rim. The subject...

Beautiful decorative glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Unique piece for every table and interior! Only one...

Beautiful decorative crystal blue glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Uniqu...

Decorative Fishes plate from Germany. Produced in 1970s. Every plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece fo...

Vintage William Adams WA Spain Silver Plated Figural Repousse Large Footed Fruit Bowl. Item features Ornate females and birds throughout, pierc...

Vintage Victorian Style Grapevine silver plated oval twin handle fruit bowl. Item features a pierced grapevine gallery, ornate branch and vine twin handles, raised on base, nice oval form, very nice antique item...

Decorative pan for aperitif by Jean Despres, France, circa 1950. Silver-plated metal piece with a hammered handle, and decorated at the base of a flat link chain. The plating is original. Dimensions : H 1.93 in. x W 8.15 in. x D 4.3 in. - H 4.9 cm x W 20.7 cm x D 10.9 cm. Signature incised "J.Després" under the handle and hallmark "JD" with an Amphora in the center (see photos). Jean Després, 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 Després 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 Després 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 jewelery, whose pure forms inspired by aeronautical mechanical parts were part of the avant-garde movement. Craftsman of metal, gold, silver, tin, Després 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 jewelery 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 jewelery-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 Després 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...

A very early production Koben style sauté pan in a sky blue turquoise tone with wrapped handle . The finely woven wrap to the handle and the enameled steel p...

A turned bowl in stained mahogany with a flaring conical form. Signed by the artist. "Inscribed Mahogany from Honduras"

Danish Modern sterling silver centerpiece. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Oval bowl with flared rim; at ends and sides are loose-mounted rings entwined with grape bunches. Base ...

This wonderful Art Deco plate or shallow bowl made in Sweden 1930s at Gustavsberg factory, was designed by the painter and ceramicist Wilhelm Kåge. The name Argenta comes from the La...

Decorative purple murano glass plate from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for e...

Decorative plate from Greece. Produced in 1970s. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every i...

Beautiful decorative light blue ice glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Unique piece for every table and interi...

Vintage Mid Century Danish Modern Blue, Green, Red Silver Plated Enamel Compotes - 3 Pc. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: Blue: 3.75" H x 5" Diameter. Green: 3.75" H x 5" Diamet...

Minimalist modern Italian polished glass bowl / centerpiece in the style of Salvatore Polizzi, circa 1980s. The bowl is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and mea...

Decorative blue basket bowl designed by Jan Sylwester Drost in 1960s from Poland. Bowl is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for eve...

Spectacularly beautiful midcentury modern handblown smooth, wavy, asymmetrical art glass bowl in heavy, solid glass by Czech designer Hana Machovska for Mstisov. Yellow, peach, green...

Lovely small art glass bowl from former Czechoslovakia.

This is a vintage decorative sugar bowl. An English, ceramic confectionary or bonbon dish, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950. Small proportion bowl with a charming floral ...

Decorative Rose plate from Bavaria, Germany. Produced in 1970s. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful pi...

Large hand-turned wooden solid teak bowl from Wiggers, Denmark. It was designed and manufactured in the early 1960s. Wiggers collaborated with Illums Bolighus in Copenhagen during th...

Circular fruit bowl in solid purple glass, colored throughout the mass. Crafted in the 1960s in the United States. In excellent condition. DV2054

1950's brass double chafing designed by Tommi Parzinger for Dorlyn Silversmiths, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina due to age and use.

Decorative wood plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original wood...

German Art Glass bowl in red, white, and burgundy by By Metallwarenfabrik Württembergische Ikora, ca. 1930s. The bowl with a red border, silvery inclusions, contoured base. Attribute...

Pair of decorative transparent basket bowls designed by Jan Sylwester Drost in 1960s from Poland. Bowls are in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one unique set. About the designer: From 1952 Jan Sylwester Drost studied at the Faculty of Glass of the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, in the studio of Stanislaw Dawski (diploma in 1958), from 1959 he worked as a designer at Zaklady Mechaniczno-Optyczne "Opta" in Katowice. In 1960 Drost started working for forty years at the Design Center of Huta Szkla Gospodarczego "Zabkowice" in Zabkowice Bedzinskie, where he was the organizer, designer and design manager. In 1972 he studied in Sweden, he had the opportunity to learn about the work of glassworks in Orrefors, Johansfors, Lindshammar, Sandvisk, Hofmantorp and in Reijmyre glasbruk. He also practiced in the ceramics factories in Rörstrand and Gustavsberg. Also in 1972, he received a scholarship from the Swedish government, he gained knowledge at the Faculty of Industrial Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Konstfackskolan, at the Centers of Industrial Design in Stockholm and Milan, as well as at the Glass Institute in Växjö. After returning to Poland, he received a two-year creative scholarship from the Council of the Fund for the Development of Artistic Creativity. Drost skillfully combined his technological knowledge of glass pressing with artistic sensitivity, and in the seventies he was granted a patent for a device for forming glass products by extrusion. As a result, vessels with a freely shaped upper rim were created. Drost was constantly involved in coming up with new technological solutions that improved the embossing of patterns. He also experimented in the field of machine processing of the outer surface of the extruder and the inside of the cast iron mold...

Three Rörstrand ceramic bowls with glaze in violet and green shades. Mid-20th century. Marked. In excellent condition with natural crackling. First factory quality. Dimensions: Diame...

Beautiful decorative blue glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Unique piece ...

For your consideration, a Cathrineholm green bowl holland. Modern mid-century bowl in a square shape with round corners. Avocado Green. Signed by maker. Dimensions: 3.5 H x 8.25 W x...

Decorative wood plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every inter...

Decorative wood plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every inter...

Decorative transparent crystal glass plate from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one uniq...