Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Vintage Dark Decorative Ceramic Plate, Belgium, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Metal
Pair of La Paglia American Sterling Silver Blossom-Inspired Nut Dishes
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Midcentury Modern sterling silver nut dishes. Made by Alphonse La Paglia (d. 1953). Each: Shallow and curved oval bowl applied with seed-spilling pod in style of Jensen Bloss...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Heller 3 Quart Glass Bakeware with Lids by L & M Vignelli
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A set of two glass Heller bakeware pieces with lids designed by L & M Vignelli that can be used in the oven, microwave or as severing pieces. The lids can be used as pie pans so the ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Glass
Small Mini Vintage Decorative Porcelain Plate, Greece, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Vintage Light Blue Decorative Ice Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Vintage Decorative Sugar Bowl, English, Ceramic, Confectionary Dish, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Machovska for Mstisov Romana Bohemian Art Glass Bowl, 1960
Located in Copenhagen, DK
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Blue Decorative Glass Basket Frill Bowl, Drost, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Vintage Purple Decorative Murano Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative purple murano glass plate from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
FORNASETTI Set of 6 Ceramic Appetizer Bowls by Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
$1,680 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Vintage Teak Hand Turned Decorative Bowl
Located in Cedar Falls, IA
Awesome grain patterns in this vintage hand turned decorative teak bowl.
Large format, 15x15x4.25 inches
So much teak character
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Teak
Danish Sterling Silver Caviar Bowl
Located in Hellerup, DK
A handcrafted Danish sterling silver caviar bowl, meticulously crafted to exemplify the highest standards of quality and infused with the elegance of the Art Deco era. This exquisite...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,786 / set
Mid Century Vintage Rose Decorative Porcelain Plate, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Danish Teak Salad Bowl with Servers by Wiggers, 1960s
By Wiggers
Located in Esbjerg, DK
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...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Teak
$312 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Vintage Italian Murano Pink Scavo Glass Bowl Maurizio Albarelli Attributed
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Large vintage textured Italian glass bowl, ashtray or dish attributed to Maurizio Albarelli or Vittorio Rigattieri for Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano, Italy, circa late 1970s / 1980s. El...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Set of Four New / Old Stock Danish Modern Staved Teak Salad Bowls by Digsmed
Located in San Diego, CA
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Green Glass Sarvituoppi Bowl with Handle by Sirkku Kumela, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Sarvituoppi Vase by Sirkku Kumela-Lehtonen for Kumela, Finland official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs, designer records, or other literature sources.
Additional inf...
Category
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century German Space Age Pink Plastic Bowl Plate from Revolit, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Space Age Pink Plastic Bowl Plate from Revolit, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution m...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Plastic
Set of 3 Mid-Century German Minimalist Heat Resistent Brillant Bowls, 1960s
By Cortendorf
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Minimalist Heat Resistent Brillant Bowls from Cortendorf, 1960s, Set of 3, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Addi...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 5 Mid-Century German Wooden Bowls, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Wooden Bowls, 1960s, Set of 5, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Materials: Wood
Color: Brown
Styles: Mid-Century Modern
Cou...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Wood
Set of 3 Mid-Century Danish Cabaret Glass Bowls with Teak Tray, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Cabaret Glass Bowls from Holmegaard with Teak Tray from Illums Bolighus, 1960s, Set of 3, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribut...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Glass, Teak
Mid Century 17" Ikora German Art Glass Bowl
Located in Bridgeport, CT
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Stackable Bronze Ashtrays or Salt Cellars Jars of Porcupine Family
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Bronze
$280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Early Dansk Koben Style Sauté Pan by Jens Quistgaard Denmark
Located in Cincinnati, OH
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Three 1950s Art Deco Serving Bowls Designed by Gio Ponti for Fratelli Calderoni
By Gio Ponti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Three serving bowl designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Fratelli Calderoni in the Fifties. They have been especially made for hotel use, they are marked on the bottom. They have...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Alpaca
Vintage Transparent Decorative Glass Flower Bowls, Drost, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Pair of Green and Gold Cornucopia Murano Glass Cups Italy 1960s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Rare and marvelous pair of green and gold Cornucopia Murano glass cups, Italy, 1960s.
These stunning glasses are composed of an elega...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Gold
Midcentury Vintage Black Swan Bowl Decorative Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative blue glass plate/bowl from Italy.
Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks.
Original glass. Unique piece ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Carl Auböck Handmade "A-436" Nut Bowl with Brass & Wicker Handle, 1955
Located in Odense, DK
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...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Transparent Decorative Crystal Glass Fruit Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Early Staved Teak Bowl by Jens Quistgaard, Denmark
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare and hard to find, large teak bowl by J.Quistgaard. Unusual form with raised handles and great patina.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Teak
Tommi Parzinger for Dorlyn Silversmiths Brass Double Chafing
Located in New York, NY
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.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Brass
Vintage Deep Red Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Giltwood
Early Dora De Larios California Studio Pottery Bowl with Abstract Modern Design
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
$495 Sale Price
44% Off
Vintage Light Blue Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Metal
Vintage Light Blue Decorative Ice Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative light blue ice glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Unique p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Mid Century Vintage Flowers Decorative Porcelain Plate, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative Flowers 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Mid Century Teak and Brass Nutcracker 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
A great mid century teak and brass nutcracker. Beautiful craftsmanship. Unsigned. 1950s
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Brass
10 Mid-Century Modern Cenedese Murano Glass Serving Bowls with Spiral
Located in Stockholm, SE
10 Mid-Century Modern elegant Cenedese Murano serving bowls in glass with spiral, circa 1970-1990. Wonderful clear glass with a colorful beige spiral inclusion.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
$4,381 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid Century Vintage Green and White Decorative Small Plate Shell Italy 1960
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative green 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!
On...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Blue and Clear Hand Blown Murano Dish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage hand blown blue & clear Murano glass dish. A great accent piece or bookshelf decor.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
$147 Sale Price
40% Off
Minimalist Modern Italian Polished Glass Bowl in the Style of Salvatore Polizzi
Located in San Diego, CA
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Massive Scandinavian Midcentury Organic Teak Bowl, Signed 1967, Sweden
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful sculptural handmade organic teak wood bowl - signed "SV 67", Sweden.
Weight 18 lb.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Teak
1960s Cordova Sculptural Stainless Bowl Set of 2
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Modernist Sculptural Stainless Bowl Set of 2
lovely decorative base trim
stamped Cordova
4.75 h x 9.75 w x 9.75
Preowned original vintage wear
Refer to listed image...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Deep Orange Decorative Ceramic Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative ceramic plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Giltwood, Ceramic
Midcentury Pheasant Birds Decorative Ceramic Porcelain White Plate Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative porcelain plate from Poland. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original ceramic. Beautifu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Vintage Transparent Decorative Glass Plate with Flowers, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative transparent glass plate with flowers from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Vintage Art Glass Bowl by Chribska Glasswork, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful vintage art glass bowl made by the famous Chribska Glasswork in former Chechoslovakia in the 1960s. There is an engraved mark '1414' a...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Mid Century Danish Modern Blue Green Red Silver Plated Enamel Compote - 3 Pc
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
1960s Cathrineholm of Holland Avocado Green Enamelware Bowl
By Cathrineholm
Located in Chula Vista, CA
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...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Enamel
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Hand Painted Ceramic Set of Bowls / Dessert Serving Set
Located in Barcelona, ES
A colorful set of ceramic bowls with hand painted stripes in red, orange and black color over white. Manufactured by Vargas, Spain, 1960-1970.
Six small bowls and a big centerpiece ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Cenedese Raisin Colored Sommerso Glass Vessel
By Flavio Poli
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional raisin colored glass vessel encased in light grey glass.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Guzzini Orange Plexiglass Lucite Italian Centerpiece, 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Roma, IT
Unique Guzzini Italian production in Lucite and plexiglass with original orange shade.
This midcentury centerpiece has an incredible napkin ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Vintage Blue Decorative Glass Basket Bowl, Drost, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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 every interior! Only one unique piece.
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Digsmed Danish Modern Staved Teak Salad Bowl Set
Located in San Diego, CA
Staved teak salad bowl set. One large salad serving bowl and six smaller bowl. Super clean condition. All pieces are marked Digsmed Denmark. 1960s
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Teak
Vintage Light Blue Decorative Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative light blue glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Unique pie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Mid Century Vintage Flowers Decorative Porcelain Plate, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative Flowers 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Mid-Century Modern Eva Zeisel for Hallcraft Porcelain Gravy Bowls
By Eva Zeisel
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful design and prints, by Eva Zeisel for Hallcraft porcelain bowls can be sold separate buyer can buy 1,2 or 3 great conditions no chips or cracks.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
$100 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Midcentury Vintage Decorative Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative crystal 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!...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Very Large Teak Midcentury Wooden Bowl by Galatix England, 1970s
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Very large wooden bowl, hand produced in solid Teak.
Stamped to the underside Galatix Burma teak handmade Made in England.
Bowls produced by Galatix come in varying sizes, this is t...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Teak
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