Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
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 legendary 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.
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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Horizontally Striated Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Horizontally Striated Ceramic Vase is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. Wit...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase W/ Spiral Motif
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic (Vase W/ Spiral Motif is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. With a S...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Bowl W/ Bowed Line Work
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Bowl W/ Bowed Line Work is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. With a...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase with Banded Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist ceramic vase with banded detailing is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. With a Stunning textural finish composed in Cream White and Blackened Umber, the surface of each vase features Molten Geometric Motifs unique to each Vessel. The quality of the surface balances the materiality of the glaze with the scale and emotional expression of the line work, seamlessly integrating the intrinsic nature of ceramic with the touch and inspiration of the maker. This particular vase has horizontal lines creating bands of space delineating the silhouette and profile...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase with Leaf Motif
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase With Leaf Motif is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Hand-Crafted Ceramic Fish
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century ceramic fish, circa 1960s from our recent acquisitions, local travels- a nice catch.
A nice sized hand-crafted ceramic fish sculpture symboli...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Horizontally Striated Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Horizontally Striated Ceramic Vase is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. Wit...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase with Banded Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase With Banded Detailing is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. With a Stunning textural finish composed in Cream White and Blackened Umber, the surface of each vase features Molten Geometric Motifs unique to each Vessel. The quality of the surface balances the materiality of the glaze with the scale and emotional expression of the line work, seamlessly integrating the intrinsic nature of ceramic with the touch and inspiration of the maker. This particular vase has horizontal lines creating bands of space delineating the silhouette and profile...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase W/ Bowed Line Work
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic vase W/ Bowed Line Work is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. With a...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Horizontally Striated Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary circa 1960. With a Stunning textural ...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Maxwell Signed Large Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully made and beautifully designed Mid-Century Modern pottery charger by famed California potter and sculptor Robert Maxwell.
Maxwell co-founded Earthgender pottery with fellow potter David Cressey.
This charger/platter was made at his Venice beach, California Pottery studio in the early 1960s as verified by his wife. It is a very rare piece in respect to design, pattern, and sheer Size/heft (it is a very heavy work). We have not seen another quite like it.
Apparently, he only made a few with some filled with melted glass to create the design/pattern.
Signed by Maxwell on the base.
Would clearly be a great addition to any mid-century pottery/ceramics collection...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Tim Keenan Ceramic Vase
By Tim Keenan
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Tim Keenan ceramic vase, 2022.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Green Ceramic Lettuce Cabbageware Serving Tureen after Dodie Thayer
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A bright green cabbage motif tureen with lid and serving saucer. This iconic pattern will be a great accent for your next dinner party. Slightly larger than a soup bowl, this piece w...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Midcentury Charles and Alice Smith California Studio Pottery Tumbler
Located in Vallejo, CA
A wonderful midcentury studio pottery tumbler from the 1940s-1950s by ceramicists, Charles and Alice Smith of California. Decorated with a series of figure...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase with Banded Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase With Banded Detailing is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. With a Stunning textural finish composed in Cream White and Blackened Umber, the surface of each vase features Molten Geometric Motifs unique to each Vessel. The quality of the surface balances the materiality of the glaze with the scale and emotional expression of the line work, seamlessly integrating the intrinsic nature of ceramic with the touch and inspiration of the maker. This particular vase has horizontal lines creating bands of space delineating the silhouette and profile...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mid Century Decorative Bowl Norway
By Elle
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A beautiful Norwegian ceramic charger by Elle, ca' 1960's with interesting, abstract decoration. Large size at 11.5" diameter.
Category
1960s Norwegian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Geometrical Stoneware Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A geometrical ocher, sienna and blue stoneware glazed vase.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Picasso Ceramic Plate "Tête De Chèvre De Profil' Ramié 110
Located in Norwood, NJ
This Picasso ceramic plate "Tête de chèvre de profil' Ramié 110 is one in a small edition of only 60 and is glazed and painted, with the Empre...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Mid Century Ceramic Lemon Pitcher with Juicer and Lid in Yellow and Green Japan
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A rare ceramic juicing pitcher in the shape of a lemon. Glazed in yellow, the exterior of this pitcher is textured to mimic the skin of a lemon. The lid ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Four Pottery Vice Jars / Drug Canisters Imported by Raymor, Italy, 1950s, Rare
By Raymor
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare set of four "Vice Jars" all signed, Raymor. Opium, Morphine, Cocaine and Marijuana. Rarely seen and virtually never seen in this condition. No chips, cra...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
ES Keramik Blue and White Lava Vase, 1960s
By ES Keramik
Located in New York, NY
Blue vase by ES Keramik, the variation of blue and white in the matte lava glaze makes for a stunning vase.
Measurements: H 8.5", W 5", D 3.5"
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Yellow and Green Ceramic Corn King Corn Husk Serving Bowls, Set of 4
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of four ceramic corn side dishes in yellow and green. A fabulous way to add interest to a place setting, this set will wow your guests! Use these bowls to serve roasted corn on...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Mid-Century Restaurant Ware Porcelain Bowls in White and Green, Set of 3 1960s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of three heavy restaurant ware bowls in green and white. Vintage restaurant ware is making a comeback in entertaining. Known for their strength and versatility, they seem to last forever. This set is from Shenango China...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Unusual Freeform Ceramic Bowl in Gray and Red Glazes, Czech Republic, 1950s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking and highly unusual slip cast ceramic vessel in a rather complex matte, gray glaze that nearly resembles stone, finished with an intense glossy red glaze to the interior. C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Lot of 22 Mid-Century Goebel Hummel Friar Tuck Monks Tableware West Germany Vtg
Located in Dayton, OH
Lot of twenty two pieces of assorted Friar Tuck Goebel Hummel monk shaped tableware including a decanter, cream and sugar sets, salt and peeper shakers, a j...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Anne Goldman Stoneware Vase
By Anne Goldman
Located in Dallas, TX
Anne Goldman has been involved in ceramics for over twenty years. Her work is represented extensively in galleries, museums and private collections throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has been featured in numerous one-woman shows. Her many commissions include the U.S. embassy, Bahrein; the Executive Suites of Tokyo's Sekitei Hotel; the Laguna Beach Hilton; the Presidential Suite of the Hyatt Regency Maui; the Private Tasting Room of Napa's Robert Mondavi...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
French Moderne Annecy Fat Lava Glaze Ceramic Drink Serving Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Heavily textured ceramic nine-piece drink serving set including eight cups/tumblers and a single pitcher (ca. 1960s, Annecy, France).
Fat volcano lava glaze in charcoal and white w...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Green Pierced Ceramic Tabletop Bowl, in Stock
Located in Oakland, CA
Inspired by Mid-Century Modern design, this bowl is wheel thrown and hand pierced stoneware. The satin glaze varies subtly from moss green to blue to gray. Controlled, slow cooling i...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Ceramic Corn Husk Covered Soup Serving Tureen in Yellow and Green, 1973
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A wide corn motif ceramic serving tureen. Hand-painted in yellows and greens, this lovely dish is wide and oval in shape. Along the sides, textured yellow co...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Robert Picault Large Decorative Centerpiece Oval Dish
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Picault Large Decorative Centerpiece Oval Dish
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tim Keenan Ceramic Vase
By Tim Keenan
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Tim Keenan Ceramic vase, 2022.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large White Dansk Platter with Abstract Motif, Denmark 1960's
By Dansk
Located in New York, NY
Large platter by Dansk in white ceramic with an abstract royal blue pattern.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Rina Menardi Royal King Vase in Mint
By Rina Menardi
Located in Troy, MI
New and imported from Italy, this art pottery vase by Rina Menardi is a thin-walled vessel with generous proportions. Round, globe-shaped base with a tall, narrow neck and saturated ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
2 Large French Organic Modern Sculptural Ceramic Vases / Urns by Marius Musara
By Marius Musara
Located in New York, NY
Two of the most elegant and important ceramic works of Vallauris artist, Marius Musara (France, 1910-1991). These French Mid-century Organic Modern sculptures or vases are beautiful, handmade, objects transposing dramatic size with a pure, sober, timeless form. In 1988, Musara was the winner of the International Biennale of contemporary ceramics, the top pottery prize in the world. The pieces are priced and sold as individual pieces.
Sizes are: H 31.5 x D 8 and H 23.25 x D 10. Signed on bottom "Marius Musarra...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware, Pottery
Marc Bellaire Large Decorative Ceramic Bowl Luau Signed California Pottery USA
Located in Monrovia, CA
Vintage marc Bellaire ceramic bowl. Extra-large decorative ceramic dish or bowl "luau" pattern designed and signed Bellaire.
Extra-large ceramic decorative centre piece or fruit bowl or large decorative piece that will enhance any home or office. No chips or marring. Excellent 1950s vintage ceramic piece of California pottery.
Marc Bellaire was born in 1925 in Toledo, Ohio. He studied at the Toledo Museum of Art while employed at the Libby Glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Robert Picault Set of 6 Shallow Bowl Plates
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Picault set of 6 shallow bowl plates.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Picault Large Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Picault Large Centerpiece Bowl
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tim Keenan Ceramic Vase
By Tim Keenan
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Tim Keenan Ceramic vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tim Keenan Ceramic Vase
By Tim Keenan
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Tim Keenan Ceramic vase, 2022.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1971 Signed Large Hand Painted Italian Decorative Plate
Located in Germantown, MD
For your consideration is this 1971 Large Hand Painted Italian Decorative plate. It is 13" in diameter and features a man watching a large wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Bitossi Italy for Raymor Ceramic and Glass Mosaic Ashtray, Catchall Mid Century
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Outstanding 1960s Aldo Londi for Bitossi ceramic catchall or cigar ashtray. Imported and distributed in the United States by Raymor of New York. Featuring a large-scale low centerpiece bowl...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Art Glass
Rina Menardi Bouquet Vase in Teal Green Glaze
By Rina Menardi
Located in Troy, MI
New and made in Italy by Rina Menardi, this bouquet vase stands 10” tall. This finely crafted pottery has a saturated, matte teal green glaze inside and out, thin walls, and a sculpt...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set Of Hand Painted Pottery Tea Cups
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Set Of Vintage pottery tea cups , hand painted.
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Clyde Burt Ceramic Platter
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt ceramic platter glazed stoneware with incised, abstract details.
Signed to underside: [CB].
American, circa 1965.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Gambone Style Ceramic Crackled Glass Fritte Turquoise, Green Brown Bowl Vintage
By Bitossi, Guido Gambone
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous Dutch Mid-Century Modern ceramic bowl with crackled glass fritte in the center is a very obscure and rare bowl marked Holland on the bottom. It is very much in the styl...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Pair of Lisa Larson Lion Sculptures Gustavsberg
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of large lion ceramic sculptures by Lisa Larson for the Africa Series made by Gustavsberg. This size is the largest of the series. Signed at bottom. Whimsical interpretation a...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Iroquois China Samovar by Ben Seibel
By Ben Seibel
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural ceramic samovar, ice tea, water dispenser, designed by Ben Seibel for the Iroquois China company. Rare hard to find form, in mint condition,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris Decorative Handled Pitcher or Vase, France, Mid-Century
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
A very collectable mid-century vintage handled vase or pitcher. This decorative piece has classic modernist simplicity.
A rich red glazed finish makes...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tim Keenan Ceramic Vase
By Tim Keenan
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Tim Keenan Ceramic vase, 2022.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Large Ceramic Decorative Bowl with Fat Lava Glaze - 20th c.
Located in Clermont, FL
A 12 in wide vintage studio pottery bowl. Fat lava glazing with earth tone hues. From late mid century period (1970's - 1990's).
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Skoby Joe Blue Ceramic Vase Wabi Sabi / Mid-Century Modern
By Skoby Joe
Located in La Jolla, CA
Joseph Skoby is a Southern Californian whose work is inspired by the nature of his native state. His ceramics, created in his own lush garden, recall his intimate dance with the ocea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Stoneware, Ceramic
Selection of Blanc De Chine Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Blanc de Chine Animalier Lamps, circa 1960s. They have all been rewired and are ready to use. They are priced at $850 each, and the price noted includes the shade.
From...
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Metal
Pottery Vessel or Sculpture by noted American Potter Don Reitz
By Don Reitz
Located in Greensboro, NC
Large impressive pottery sculpture, vessel form, by Don Reitz (1929-2014)
Via 1stdibs:
Don Reitz
AMERICAN, 1929-2014
Donald Lester Reitz was an American ceramic artist, recogn...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plates, Nos 4 and 12
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plates,
Nos 4 and 12
Made Exclusively for Tiffany,
Circa 1970
The tromp l"oeil porcelain plates each depicts a section of ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vallaurice France Turquoise Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp Pottery Folk Art French
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning handmade French Country turquoise glazed ceramic table lamp from Vallauris (village on the French Riviera where Picasso, Matisse, Jean Marais were working).
Will be rewired...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1960s DeSimone Style Italian Mid-Century Decorative Plate with Egyptian Figures
Located in Miami, FL
1960s Italian Egyptian themed, hand painted decorative plate. Reminiscent of Desimone painted designs, marked on the back in the clay Italy. The profile of two Egyptian heads facing ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Signed Vallauris France Ceramic Pottery Glazed Blue & Black Mid-Century Modern
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
Superb Mid-Century Modern handcrafted drip glazed ceramic vase, vessel, object of Fine Art in hues of blue and black.
Signed underneath Vallauris France.
Vallauris is the famous vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Palissy Portuguese Lobster Wall Platter, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese lobster platter, circa 1940.
Decorated with mussels and shells,
Signed Caldas da Rainha.
12.5 inches Diameter.
Category
1940s Portuguese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Faience, Majolica, Ceramic
Mid-century Modern ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern ceramics for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage ceramics created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, stoneware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern ceramics made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Rörstrand, Gunnar Nylund, Roger Capron, and Bitossi. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for ceramics differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $113,467 while the average work can sell for $901.
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