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Technique: Hand-Crafted
Venere V11, Man's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Black/White
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that co...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Enamel
Barovier Toso Murano Red Iridescent Silver Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown deep red, silver flecks, controlled bubbles Italian art glass flower vase. Attributed to the Barovier e Toso company. The piece has a crimped rim ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Silver Leaf
Costantini Italian Sculpture Iridescent Black Murano Glass Round Vase
Located in New York, NY
A very organic magnificent round vase in blown Murano glass, late 20th century, signed by Costantini, the deep black body worked with an extensive and sophisticated iridescence that ...
Category
1990s Italian Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano blue & clear sommerso glass centerpiece/bowl by Seguso
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Large blue and transparent Murano glass pocket emptier bowl made with the "soomerso" technique. Depending on the refraction of the light, the glass takes on different colors, as can ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Murano Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Red White Stripes Large Art Glass Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sculptural Early 20th century Blown Glass Zanfirico Murano Vase with Red and White Ribbons. Attributed to Fratelli Toso.
Made with the caneworking glassblowing technique in ruby re...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Art Glass
Sterling Silver / Gilt Barware / Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Late 19th century sterling silver footed centerpiece bowl with exterior floral band design details and gold wash interior. The centerpiece bowl is in great antique condition. Minor w...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Vintage Fratelli Mannelli Travertine Channeled Plate Charger Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Veined channeled Travertine Fratelli Manelli charger plate centerpiece with appropriate Fratelli Mannellli labels on underside, see pic.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Travertine
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
Early 20th Century French Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Hat Maker 1900 Handcrafted Mold, Folk Art
Located in Forest, BE
Hand crafted Swedish massive wooden hat mold circa 1900. Some traces of use. Different shades of brown and beige with a fantastic patina. Lots of history and a warm feeling. Looking ...
Category
20th Century French Folk Art Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Hardwood
Moorish Head, Handmade Sicily, Vase, Size L, Colorful, Metallized Finishing E23
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that comb...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Enamel
Fratelli Toso Murano Opalescent Pink Bubbles Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent pink and controlled bubbles Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. It still retains two original label...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
21st Century italian Sterling Silver Centerpiece
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid sterling silver centerpiece.
The shape of the body of the large bowl is round, rounded and shaped in the upper part to follow the design of the leaves.
The leaf design was ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Pair of Antique French GIlt Bronze and Cut Crystal Baccarat Style Centerpieces
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Exquisite Large Antique French Louis XVI style hand diamond cut crystal and gilt bronze centerpieces of superb quality. T...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
"Water Drop", Murano Glass Centerpiece, Handmade in Italy, Unique Design, 2022
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The jellyfish is the main element of the Mosche Bianche's "Medusa" collection: fluid, delicate but also dangerous and deadly. It represents the water, the circle of life.
Glass fu...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venere V25, Man's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Gold finish, Size S
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that co...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Enamel
Belleek Four-Strand Oval Basket, 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Belleek four-strand oval basket
20th century
Oval basket with a waved loop rim applied with sprigs of flowers,
impressed banner mark.
Note:
Restoration to four loops, as i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Irish Edwardian Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Amber-Color Murano Glass Amphora, 1980s, Venice
Located in Villaverla, IT
Italian amber-color Murano glass amphora, 1980s, Venice.
This amazing creation clearly owes to the Venetian love of beauty and art. Entirely made with blown amber-color glass in the...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass, Glass
Large Murano Aventurina Flecked Biomorphic Glass Centerpiece
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful hand blown Murano glass biomorphic centerpiece/platter, decorated with iridescent Avventurina copper flecked edges around a transparent orange halo with milky white center....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Very Large Sterling Silver Decorative Piece / Vase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Very large 19th century sterling silver decorative centerpiece / vase with exterior design details and fluted neck top opening. The vase / piece is in great antique condition. Minor ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury Lucite and Brass Octagonal Italian Tray, Willy Rizzo Style, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing Mid-Century tray in clear lucite and brass. This fantastic item was designed in Italy in the 1970s and is in the style of Willy Rizzo.
This incredibly elegant centerpiece is...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Cornucopia Goblet in Blown Murano Glass with Gold Finishes, 1960s, Italy
Located in Villaverla, IT
Pair of cornucopia goblet in blown Murano glass with gold finishes, 1960s, Italy
This unique pair of blue and pink stem glasses with gold finishes...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Gold
Handmade Big Fruit Bowl in Paonazzo Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Big fruit bowl in Paonazzo marble, extracted and processed in Carrara, Italy. You have a 100% made in Italy product. Measures: 30 cm diameter.
It is ...
Category
2010s Italian Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Marble
Val St. Lambert Mid-Century Large Clear & Submerged Cranberry Crystal Candelabra
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial three arm candelabra was made by the renowned Val Saint Lambert factory of Belgium in approximately 1950 in the period Mid-Century Modern style. This candl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
Murano Blue Glass Centerpiece
By Creart
Located in Milan, IT
This majestic centerpiece makes a beautiful addition to any table. Its round base is in 24k gold plated brass supports a striking multicolored striking sculptural piece of Murano gla...
Category
2010s Italian Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Gold, Brass
French Louis XV Style Oval Bronze Dore Centerpiece
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) oval bronze dore centerpiece with 2 cupids and handle with green liner (R.S. Garrard & Co.)
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Bronze
Salviati Vintage Italian Minimalist Smoked Gray Textured Murano Art Glass Vase
By Salviati
Located in New York, NY
9 available with individual hand-crafted textures. Elegant Venetian vase of organic ovoid shape, in a chic smoked grey Murano glass, blown and signed by Salviati, with a high quality...
Category
1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
19th Century Victorian English Silver Plate & Horn Dinner Gong
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb large 19th Century Victorian English silver plate and bovine horn dinner table gong with striker. This fine dinner gong has a beautiful mellow tone and a lovely horn design ...
Category
1880s English Antique Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Silver Plate
Modern Italian Pair of Gold Honeycomb Murano Glass Organic Round Vases
Located in New York, NY
Can also be purchased individually - A set of two Venetian decorative vases, in blown Murano glass, worked with pure 24k gold, the body in a textured gla...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Gold
Murano Blue Daisy Silver Flecks Italian Art Glass Tall Fan Shape Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique, early Murano hand blown blue and silver flecks Italian art glass fan shaped footed vase. Attributed to the Fratelli Toso company, with a similar vase pictured in t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Travertine Centerpiece by Pier Alessandro Giusti & Di Rosa for Up & Up, 1970s
By Up & Up
Located in Bagnolo Mella, Brescia
A stunning sculptural travertine centerpiece designed by Pier Alessandro Giusti and Di Rosa for Up & Up Italia in the 1970s. This remarkable piece showcases the timeless elegance of ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Travertine
Archimede Seguso Style Scavo Glass Green Brown Centerpiece After Vetri d'Arte
Located in Miami, FL
Archimede Seguso Italy Attributed Scavo Blown Murano Glass frosted green and brown color Blown Art Glass decorative Fruit Plate or Centerpiece Mid-Century Modern in the Style of Segu...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Giulio Lazzotti Centerpiece Low Bowl for Casigliani
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Modern white quartzite marble with black circular details centerpiece low bowl or charger plate by Giulio Lazzoti for Casigliani, with intact label on ...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Marble
English Aesthetic Silver-Plate And Blown Glass Bridal Bowl
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stunning and unusual, rare English Aesthetic period silver plate and hand blown, hand painted with bell flowers, glass bridal bowl, having a perching bird with open beak under a canopy of leaves and sitting on a rocky outcropping on a shaped base with very detailed engraving of flora and fauna.
Brides...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Silver Plate
Murano Orange Ombre Fade Gold Italian Art Glass Horse Head Figure Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, extra large, vintage Murano hand blown orange to white and gold flecks Italian art glass horse head / knight chess piece sculpture. Attributed to Master glass artist and d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Gold Leaf
ISIDE I11, Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Centerpiece, Size S
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
THE COLLECTION
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that combine history and design.
The extreme attention to details, supported by twenty years of experience of master craftsmen, is the company’s strength.
The production technique hides secrets and art mixtures that make the product unique and exclusive. Mosche Bianche chooses to combine art and design to recall history through ceramic artworks in doing so, history revives, as in a fairy tale, an incredible civilization that is the sicilian culture.
The moorish heads in ceramics, tribute to the beauty of ancient Sicily...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Enamel
Black + White Porous Ceramic Chess + Checkers Board, Wooden Pieces, Walnut Edge
Located in London, GB
Porous ceramic chess and checkers set with pieces. This simple game would make a lovely, light-hearted yet sophisticated gift.
Ceramic is very delica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic, Cork
Luciano Gaspari Salviati Murano Smoky Green Italian Art Glass Abstract Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown clear smoky gray color with green paint stroke Italian art glass sculpture on base. Documented to designer Luciano Gaspari for the Salviati compan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Salviati Murano White Amber Gold Italian Art Glass Birds Centerpiece Sculptures
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Gorgeous matched pair of vintage Murano hand blown white, dark amber and gold flecks Italian art glass bird on branch sculptures. Documented to th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dino Martens Murano Multi-Color Oriente Italian Art Glass Fan Shape Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, striking, vintage Murano hand blown painted style, multi-color Italian art glass vase with aventurine flecks. Documented to Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso, circa...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Sommerso, Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
1950s Vallauris Majolica Ceramic Large Leaf Platter / Centerpiece
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching large leaf flower glazed ceramic platter, serving tray or centerpiece manufactured by Vallauris. France, 1950-1960s.
Interesting to be used as decorative centerpiece, fr...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Pottery, Majolica, Ceramic
Pair of Very Large German Porcelain Figural Centrepieces
Located in London, GB
Pair of very large German porcelain figural centrepieces
German, c. 1880
Height 90cm, width 41cm, depth 34cm
This remarkable pair of c...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Porcelain
Transparent Venetian Murano Stem Glass with Gold Finishes Italy 1990s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Transparent Venetian Murano Stem Glass with Gold Finishes Contemporary, Italy, 1990s.
This is an amazing and unique Venetian work of art from the 1990s. T...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
God E12, Man's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily Vase, Size S. Monochrome
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that co...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Enamel
20th Century Rococo Style Sterling Silver Set of Two Sugar Spreader, Italy, 1993
Located in Cagliari, IT
Gorgeus set of two sterling silver sugar spreaders.
The incomparable chisel work reproduces the motif with vollutte and shells is typical of Ge...
Category
1990s Italian Rococo Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
White Painted Italian Gold Leaf Metal Pendant Centerpiece, circa 1950s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Metal Painted Gold Leaf 1950's Pendant Centerpiece, Italy
This 4 armed gilt metal piece was originally a pendant chandelier.
Very functional, with many uses such as tabletop din...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Metal
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Centre-Piece Shell-Shaped with Base
Located in VALENZA, IT
Shell-shaped oval centerpiece completely handmade with base, embossed and chisel finish.
Maker Silver Art - Alessandria, Italy
1,310 grams.
Category
1990s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
"World Freedom and Peace", Black, 2021, Sculpture with Marble Powder and Resin
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Born in 1992 in Macerata in the Marche region, the Italian artist carried out a path that between studies of Surveyor and Architecture led him to a long collaboration with a craft co...
Category
2010s Italian Industrial Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Marble
Modern Italian Gold Honeycomb Murano Glass Tall Round Conical Double Vase
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Venetian Decorative Arts gold vase, in blown Murano glass, worked with pure 24k gold, one part more elongated than the other and both can function as a base. The bodies ...
Category
2010s Italian Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Gold
Murano Glass Vase Centerpiece in Amber and Opal White Glass, Italy, 960s
Located in Valencia, VC
Large Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Vase/Centerpiece, Italy, 1960s
Elegant and sculptural, this Mid-Century Modern Murano glass vase features fluid, curled forms and a striking am...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Opaline Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass, Glass
ISIDE I17, Man's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Colorful Vase Size M
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
THE COLLECTION
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that combine history and design.
The extreme attention to details, supported by twenty years of experience of master craftsmen, is the company’s strength.
The production technique hides secrets and art mixtures that make the product unique and exclusive. Mosche Bianche chooses to combine art and design to recall history through ceramic artworks in doing so, history revives, as in a fairy tale, an incredible civilization that is the sicilian culture.
The moorish heads in ceramics, tribute to the beauty of ancient Sicily...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Enamel
Italian Modernist Murano Glass Fazzoletto Centerpiece, Octopus Skin Animal Print
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of a kind Octopus Print Animal Fazzoletto Murano Glass Extra Large Centerpiece Vase.
Attibuted to Compagnia di Venezia Murano. Italy, 1950s.
Rare fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
Signed Italian Vase in Sky Blue Murano Glass
Located in New York, NY
Late 1970s vase in very thick and quality blown Murano glass in an unusual translucent aqua blue color, with a rare wavy form. The body shows a triple decoration of clear glass in re...
Category
20th Century Italian Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Brutalist Shallow Bowl Cast Alumium and Brass Reference A024 by David Marshall
Located in Benahavis, AN
The shallow small bowl was created by David Marshall, from sand cast aluminium.
We use recycled materials all our pieces are handmade, mounted and finished in our foundry and workshop in Spain.
It is certified authentic by the Artist David Marshall.
He is insipired by nature and the landscaps making useful art with cast brass and alumium materials.
We also make bespoke designs for clients, like signage for condominums, private homes, Hotels & Restaurants, awards for Charity...
Category
2010s Spanish Brutalist Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Venere V11, Woman's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Black/White, Size S
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that comb...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Enamel
20th Century Solid Silver Italian Handmade Centrepiece with Decorations
By PRIA & SARI
Located in VALENZA, IT
"Canetè" oval solid 800 silver centerpiece with golden interior. The decoration (detachable for cleaning) was made with the silver casting technique which depicts a reedbed of Typha ...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Silver
Val Saint Lambert Vintage Stretch Fruit Dish or Flower Bowl in Clear Crystal
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage Val Saint Lambert fruit dish or bowl in colerd crystal.
The item can be used as a table centerpiece or on a mantelpiece.
Giving it a strong peri...
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
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...
Category
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Centerpieces
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
