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Period: 20th Century
Vintage Italian Decorative Tray 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The "Vintage Italian Decorative Tray, 1960s" features a mirror base and a stylish chrome handle encircling the base. This piece combines Italian cha...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Silver Centrepiece and Tray by Luigi Genazzi, 1934-1944
Located in Roma, IT
Important vintage silver centrepiece and tray, Italian manufacture Luigi Genazzi goldsmith - Milan. Fascist stamp 1034-1944. Rounded and inlaid body with two shaped handles with natu...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
$5,870 Sale Price
30% Off
Amazing Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Trophy - Hallmarked in 1931
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1931 by William Bruford & Son, this very handsome, Sterling Silver Trophy, is in the Art Deco taste, with striking handles, and a...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Empoli Bright Orange Italian Art Glass Umbrella Stand Floor Flower Vase
By Guildcraft, Empoli
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Large vintage, hand blown, bright orange Italian art glass floor flower vase or umbrella stand. Attributed to the Empoli company, circa 1960s-1970s. The p...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Wonderful French Empire Neoclassical Cut Crystal Bronze Ormolu Urn Centerpiece
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French Empire / neoclassical cut crystal and bronze ormolu mounted urn with lady figure handles centerpiece.
Category
French Empire 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Large Glazed Ceramic Dish. Signed "Dorrit" May 97"
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large unique glazed ceramic dish.
White base, decorated with blue and light green.
Made by Dorrit May
Dorrit May worked with the Danish cera...
Category
Danish Modern 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Art Déco Centerpiece / Bowl 925 Sterling Silver, Gothenburg 1920s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Swedish Art Déco centerpiece / bowl 925 Sterling Silver, Gothenburg 1920s
The puristic and light-footed bowl from the 1920s Sweden captivates with its delicacy and floating charac...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wonderful Large Midcentury Murano Seguso Gold Swirl Flecked Glass Centerpiece
By Seguso
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful large Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano signed seguso gold swirl flecked ribbed glass centerpiece pedestal bowl.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1970s Ion Tamaian Art-Deco Hand Blown Colored Crystal Footed Bowl
Located in Lambertville, NJ
1970s Belgian artist Ion Tamaian Art Deco hand blown colored crystal (heavy glass) large footed bowl. Signed on the bottom rim foot. Lively orange colors with hand painted abstract p...
Category
Belgian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass
Arts & Crafts Style 1906 Edwardian Sterling Silver Presentation Bowl
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver presentation bowl in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our silver presentation collection.
This...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Antique 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Murano Blue Bowl Black Leafs Aventurine Fruit Italian Art Deco Glass Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Gorgeous antique Murano hand blown light blue, black and aventurine flecks Italian art glass potted plant decorative sculpture. Created in the manner of the Venini and Seguso Vetri d...
Category
Italian Art Deco 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Bronze Plated Figural Compotier
Located in Bradenton, FL
A large figural centerpiece compotier. A cut glass bowl with a sawtooth edged rim and faceted pattern is supported by a bronze plated cast cherub. On the ...
Category
20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
1920s Antique French Malicorne Faience blue white yellow centerpiece with cover
Located in New York, NY
French centerpiece vase with lid, from the Faiencerie Emile Tessier in Malicorne, all hand decorated by the artist Paul Lecomte, with cameos of hand-painted blu landscapes highlighte...
Category
French 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
La Borne Pierre Digan
By Pierre Digan
Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
Pierre Digan (1941-2016), artist from La Borne in France, was renowned for his sandstone creations.
Its generous pyrite stoneware bowl, glazed with a magnificent blue inside, is a f...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Sandstone
$3,354
Wedgwood Two Tier Shell & Coral Centerpiece, Early 20th Century
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wedgwood Bone China Two Tier Shell & Coral Centerpiece, Early 20th Century. This stunning two tier centerpieceis formed from a naturalistic conch shell gently raised on intertwined c...
Category
English 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Porcelain
Brazilian Architectural Bowl Slatted Centerpiece Mid-Century like Oscar Niemeyer
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Made in Brazil, a hand-crafted footed centerpiece sculpture, truly an mid-century masterpiece. A fragile, brass belted, curved Jacaranda (Brazilian Rosewood) slat design. A rare find...
Category
Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Jacaranda
$5,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Centerpiece Bowl Murano Glass Perple Mid-Century Modern Production Italian 1970
Located in Palermo, IT
Large Murano glass centerpiece plate, in shades of purple and transparent. Modeled in an organic motif, of considerable thickness. Please watch the video and photos carefully, thank ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Murano Glass
19th Century Neoclassical Silvered Muses Centerpiece in the Manner of Christofle
By Christofle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century neoclassical style silver-plated figural centerpiece, in the manner of Christofle and a design by Mathurin Moreau (French, 1822-1912). The circular or...
Category
French Neoclassical Revival Antique 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Bronze
$7,495 Sale Price
41% Off
Swedish crystal with divisions, "animal print" 1950, Sweden
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
Formia 1980 Italian Vintage Purple Blue White Murano Glass Organic Design Vase
Located in New York, NY
Blown Murano Art glass signed Formia, created exclusively for Roche Bobois Paris. The very modern minimalist design and execution are striking in the luxurious quality of glass, that...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Huge Cenedese Italian Rhombus White and Clear Murano Glass Bowl, Dish, Ashtray
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros for Cenedese huge oversized large and heavy vintage midcentury modern Italian Murano glass rhombus shaped bowl, serving dish or ashtray, circa 1965-1975. Large and hea...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Tiffany Sterling Silver Centerpiece Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in New York, NY
Spare and Modern sterling silver geometric centerpiece after design by Frank Lloyd Wright. Retailed by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Large and detachable shallow cone set in small shall...
Category
Italian Art Deco 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wonderful French Baccarat Diamond Cut Crystal Ormolu Bronze Lion Paw Centerpiece
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French Baccarat style diamond cut crystal ormolu bronze lion paw large oval centerpiece
Dimensions: H 5.25" x D 18.5".
Category
French Belle Époque 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Val St. Lambert, Belgium. Elegant two-part Art Deco centerpiece in art glass.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Val St. Lambert, Belgium. Elegant two-part Art Deco centerpiece in art glass. Handmade crystal glass with air bubbles from production.
Ca. 1920s/1930s.
Classic design.
Marked.
In per...
Category
Belgian Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
Murano, 1930, Italian, Attributed to Fratelli Toso, Technical Avventurina
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano
Technical Avventurina :
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Fratelli Toso, Venice
One of the oldest glass factories established in Murano, Fratelli Toso was founded in 1854 by six brothers who loved the art of glassmaking. With over 150 years of experience in the field, the Toso family improved their techniques and nowadays are one of the top award-winning manufacturers of Murano glass.
Technical Avventurina :
Avventurina is a Murano glass-making technique developed on Murano island in the 17th century. I was first mentioned in a document dating from 1614 as "a kind of stone with gilt stars inside", at which point it already mesmerized people with the unusual and attractive look. The technique owes its name to the fact that its discovery happened by chance thanks to a lucky coincidence, when a glass artisan is said to have accidentally dropped some metal shavings into the glass mixture. Italians say it happened "all'avventura", which in Italian means "by chance".
The first documented recipe for the technique dates from 1644, when Murano master glassmaker Giovanni Darduin described how Avventurina glass should be created. The recipe involves adding various metal oxides such as copper and iron to the hot glass mixture, which will cause tiny particles of the metals to crystallize as the glass mixture cools off.
Complicating the process, for such crystallization to occur the furnace had to get fully extinguished, and the metal particles would slowly separate from the glass base over a few days during the natural cooling of the glass. This was a very difficult process from a logistical perspective, since every time a glass furnace got extinguished it caused work to be paused, and re-igniting it was quite a big process, as it took time to fully heat it to the desired temperature.
As industrial revolution set foot on Murano in the nineteenth century, the process got a remake. Large volumes of fine Avventurina paste were made and then skillfully stretched into glass canes, which were then re-melted for jewelry-making under a small flame, or for glass blowing. This Avventurina paste received worldwide acclaim and re-ignited the fame of Murano Glass workshops due to its use in Salviati mosaics...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Murano Glass
Formia 1980 Italian Vintage Purple Blue White Murano Glass Modern Design Vases
Located in New York, NY
Two vases in blown Murano Art glass signed Formia, created exclusively for Roche Bobois Paris. The very modern minimalist design and execution are striking in the luxurious quality o...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Crystal Vase, 1950
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Large clear crystal free-form vase in translucent white crystal,
circa 1960.
Category
European 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
Vase pot pourri porcelain and bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A french vase pot pourri in porcelaine and bronze bear the mark on leg E.S probably Escalier De Cristal, famous maker in the late of 19 century and beginnin...
Category
French Chinese Export Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Bronze
Mona Morales Schildt for Orrefors Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mona Morales Schildt for Orrefors bowl or vase. Beautiful design of 1/2 round circles polished all around. Signed bottom.
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Blown Glass
Mod French 1960s Starburst Glass Bowl
Located in Buchanan, NY
Mod clear glass centerpiece/bowl with starburst design. French, 1960s. Good vintage condition.
Ref #: H1218-02
Dimensions: 7"H x 12"W x 14"D
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Presentation Cup
By Charles Harrold & Co. 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver presentation cup; an addition to our presentation silverware coll...
Category
English Antique 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wonderful Lorin Marsh Rigadin Bowl Clear Murano Glass Centerpiece Large Bowl
By Lorin Marsh
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Lorin Marsh Rigadin bowl clear Murano hand blown art glass centerpiece large bowl
Item#: 4771, made in Italy
Measurements: 15" diam...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Italian Crystal Glass Centrepiece Bowl
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Crystal Glass Centrepiece Bowl
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
Ceramic Centerpiece by Franco Bucci for Laboratorio Pesaro, 1970s, Signed
Located in Bagnolo Mella, Brescia
Introducing a large and impressive ceramic centerpiece designed by Franco Bucci for Laboratorio Pesaro in the 1970s. This exquisite piece measures 45 cm in diameter and 4.5 cm in he...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic
Oval bronze centerpiece in French Louis XV style 1990s
Located in Cantù, IT
Oval bronze centerpiece in French Louis XV style 1990s
Category
Louis XV 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Bronze
Silver Plated Dish by Los Castillo with Malachite Inlays
By Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this beautiful handmade Silver Plated Dish by Los Castillo with Malachite Inlays , includes Los castillo marked and numbered with the piece 250.
Los Castillo is...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Malachite
Visiting Card Tray, German, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1900, WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Double fruit or Sweet dish, Centerplace, WMF, German
Page 173: in the Book – Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork from WMF Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik: The English Catalogue 1906 H...
Category
German Art Nouveau Antique 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Metal
Wonderful French Scalloped Crystal Centerpiece Gilt Bronze Footed Bow Basket
Located in Roslyn, NY
This beautiful diamond shaped crystal insert has a fluted bottom and cut crystal
border which is scalloped. The doré bronze basket is decorated wi...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Postmodern Silver-Plated Serving Plate or Tray Attr. to Lino Sabattini
By Lino Sabattini, Mesa
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s - 1980s.
This is a great silver plated metal and glass serving dish / centerpiece.
Its simple design is attributable to Lino Sabattini.
It is marked Mesa.
Thi...
Category
Italian Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Silver Centerpiece
Located in London, GB
This stylish and beautiful centrepiece was made in Germany, circa 1900. It is a wonderful example of Art Nouveau, and the organic form ensures that, like an interesting sculpture, it...
Category
German Art Nouveau 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Silver
Splendid Roger Capron Rooster Framed Ceramic Tile Plaque - For Vallauris, France
By Roger Capron
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A boldly strutting rooster fills a framed ceramic tile from Roger Capron for Vallauris, France
Dark wood framed tile with cream background and dark brown detailed etching
Circa 1970...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Large Danish Orange Centerpiece Fruit Table Bowl Mid-Century
By Krenit
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A wonderful 1950s mcm pop of color for any interior with a real design heritage behind it, by Herbert Krenchel for Krenit of Denmark. Massive at 15 inches in diameter.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Enamel, Steel
$446 Sale Price
25% Off
French Large Round Colourful Ceramic Plate
Located in Sofia, BG
Large ceramic round plate with colourful design.
France, circa 1970.
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic
Wonderful French Doré Bronze Ormolu Bow Tassel Crystal Centerpiece Bowl Basket
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French doré bronze ormolu bow and tassel, cut crystal centerpiece / bowl / basket.
Category
French Belle Époque 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Covered Dish Bowl in Rope Pattern 290a from 1920s
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Georg Jensen Danish divided vegetable serving bowl in the blossom pattern. Blossom buds on two sides across from each other. Measuring 12 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 2 3/4 inches...
Category
Danish 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Hand Painted and Gilt Chinese Export Porcelain Centerpiece Bowl & Giltwood Stand
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Very large Chinese export porcelain centerpiece bowl (or fishbowl) of the finest quality with giltwood stand. Featuring enameled decorations and cartouches in the shapes of fans, flo...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Studded Ombre Riser by Brian Stanziale
Located in Chicago, IL
In an exclusive collaboration with PAGODA RED, each hand-studded piece by artist the bms. was transformed from a provincial 19th century artifact into a one...
Category
Chinese Modern 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Sign: Made in Belgium, Boch F. La louviere Fabrication Belge
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Ceramic: Sign: Made in Belgium, Boch F. La louviere Fabrication Belge
The Boch manufacture was established in Belgian La Louvière by Jean-François Boch, one of main owners of another...
Category
Belgian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Bronze
Large Alfredo Barbini Italian Glass Double Fish Centrepiece Platter
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large Sommerso Alfredo Barbini for Cenedese Murano Italian glass double fish centerpiece platter. Bullicante glass formed fish and centrepiece bowl. No signs of chips or breaks.
...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Ceramic Centerpiece Vessel in Sculptural Form Warren Mackenzie
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine studio ceramic vessel with exceptional sculptural form by American potter Warren Mackenzie (1924-2018). In a barrel shape with slightly concaved wall, the centerpiece sta...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic
Murano 1930, Italian, Technical Avventurina
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano.
With silver applications.
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Technical Avventurina :
Avventurina is a Murano glass-making technique developed on Murano island in the 17th century. I was first mentioned in a document dating from 1614 as "a kind of stone with gilt stars inside", at which point it already mesmerized people with the unusual and attractive look. The technique owes its name to the fact that its discovery happened by chance thanks to a lucky coincidence, when a glass artisan is said to have accidentally dropped some metal shavings into the glass mixture. Italians say it happened "all'avventura", which in Italian means "by chance".
The first documented recipe for the technique dates from 1644, when Murano master glassmaker Giovanni Darduin described how Avventurina glass should be created. The recipe involves adding various metal oxides such as copper and iron to the hot glass mixture, which will cause tiny particles of the metals to crystallize as the glass mixture cools off.
Complicating the process, for such crystallization to occur the furnace had to get fully extinguished, and the metal particles would slowly separate from the glass base over a few days during the natural cooling of the glass. This was a very difficult process from a logistical perspective, since every time a glass furnace got extinguished it caused work to be paused, and re-igniting it was quite a big process, as it took time to fully heat it to the desired temperature.
As industrial revolution set foot on Murano in the nineteenth century, the process got a remake. Large volumes of fine Avventurina paste were made and then skillfully stretched into glass canes, which were then re-melted for jewelry-making under a small flame, or for glass blowing. This Avventurina paste received worldwide acclaim and re-ignited the fame of Murano Glass workshops due to its use in Salviati mosaics...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Silver, Gold
3 Centerpieces, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, France, 1900, Sign:Christofle
By Christofle
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
3 pieces Christofle
Measures: Big Centerplace
65 cm (24.80 inch) long x 18 (7.08) High x 39 (15,35) depth (cm)
Silver plated bronze and crystal
Sign: Christofle , Number: 1391742
2...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Six Silver Glasses, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Six silver glass is a silver decorative item realized in the Early 20th Century.
A very elegant set of six little glass, finely decorated with a Star of David.
Don't miss this ...
Category
European 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Silver
$575 / set
Signed Venini Murano Blue Birds Doves Designed by Tyra Lundgren
By Venini
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Designed by Tyra Lundgren circa 1930s, this signed pair of whimsical full sized doves was made by Venini in Murano, Italy. The pair are well proportioned, each one unique in design i...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass
Impressive Art Nouveau Centerpiece / Flower Dish by WMF Superb Example Faultless
Located in London, GB
Impressive Art Nouveau Centrepiece / flower dish with original glass liner By WMF, Württembergische Metallwaren Fabrik.
Stamped marks: WMF mark and numbered 331 on the base.
Ori...
Category
20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Silver Plate
Red Murano Glass Ashtray, circa 1970
Located in Barcelona, ES
Red murano glass ashtray, circa 1970 Manufactured in Italy. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Glass
TAPIO WIRKKALA 1962 Finland Modernist Sculptural Dish-Tray in .916 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Modern sculptural tray designed by Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985).
Fabulous and very rare modernist tray dish, designed by the silversmith artist Tapio Wirkkala, back in the 1955. The sculptural tray has been crafted by Kultakeskus Oy in the city of Oulu, Finland in the shape of a boat in solid .916/.999 sterling silver with high polished finish. The incredible design is dated 1962 and is made up with a navette shaped piece, with several embossed levels in low and high elliptical with an elliptical hammered recess and an elliptical convex base, which create a fabulous optical effect. This tray is beautiful and elegant piece by one of the great 20th century designers is in lovely condition. It is a piece of sculptural art and will display with great eye appeal.
Note: This is the model TW-114.
Weight: 186.2 Grams, (119.40 Dwt).
Measurements: 95 mm by 301 mm by 26 mm (3.75 x 11.85 x 1.04 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped and engraved with the Finnish crown mark; the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the .916 silver, the code for the date of production of 1962, the mark for the town of Oulu and signed in full, "TAPIO WIRKKALA 916H 1-7".
Tapio Wirkkala
Wirkkala was born in Hanko in 1915. He attended the Töölö co-educational school in Helsinki. His father, Ilmari Wirkkala, was a cemetery architect, and mother Selma (née Vanhatalo) a wood-carver. His sister Helena Korvenkontio and brother Tauno Wirkkala were also artists. Wirkkala's work ranges from designs of plastic ketchup bottles and metalwork to glass, ceramics and plywood in a range of styles. His success as a glass designer began in 1946 when he designed the Kantarelli vase for Iittala, and the mass-produced Tapio collection was launched in 1954. His range was immense, including glassware, stoneware, jewellery, and furniture for mass production, as well as individual sculptures in several media. He designed commemorative postage stamps for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, and also designed the Finnish markka banknotes introduced in 1955. In the early 1950s, Wirkkala worked as the artistic director at the Helsinki Central School of Industrial Design. The WIR lightbulb designed by Wirkkala for Airam Electric was awarded the Grand Prix at the XII Milan Triennial in 1960.
Among his most famous work have been the designs for the Finlandia vodka bottle (1970–1999) and for Iittala's Ultima Thule set of kitchen glasses. Both glassware items feature a dripping icicle look, and in the case of the Iittala's glassware it is said to have taken thousands of hours to develop a glassblowing technique that would produce the effect. Wirkkala did much of his initial design work using a traditional Finnish carving knife, the puukko. Wirkkala designed his own version of the knife, the Tapio Wirkkala Puukko...
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Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Manner of Christofle 19th-20th Century Silver-Plated & Crystal Fruit Centerpiece
By Christofle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and rare 19th-20th century neoclassical Revival style silver plated metal and cut-glass centerpiece in the manner of Christofle. The boat-shaped ornately body with finely chas...
Category
Unknown Neoclassical Revival Antique 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Metal
$4,895 Sale Price
48% Off
Italian Aldo Londi Ceramic Bowl
By Aldo Londi
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Art Ceramic bowl by Aldo Londi 1960s.
Decorative plate, the art is hand painted representing a colourful land scape.
Signature on the bottom on p...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic
'Majolica' Palissy Style Plate by Alvaro Jose
Located in Montreal, QC
'Majolica' Palissy style ceramic plate decorated in relief with a lobster and shells.
signed: "Alvaro Jose Caldas da Rainha Portugal"
Category
Portuguese Vintage 20th Century Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic
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