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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Rare and Very Early Relief Teapot by Danish Jens Harald Quistgaad Ihq, 1960s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Rare and very early tea pot from the well known service RELIEF launched in 1959 designed by Danish Jens Harald Quistgaard IHQ.
The tea pot has a brass + rattan handle and an embos...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Bruno Gambone Glazed Ceramic Horse Sculpture, Italy, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Bruno Gambone large glazed ceramic horse sculpture with flattened hollow body, Italy, 1970s. This regal stoneware horse has an off-white matte gla...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Traditional Spanish Ceramic Vase
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Early 20th century Traditional Spanish ceramic vase
By Unknown Manufacturer, Spain.
In original condition with minor wear consisitent of age and us...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antoni Cumella Abstract Minimalist Ceramic Artwork, 1979
By Antoni Cumella
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceramic artwork by Antoni Cumella, 1979.
Hand-signed.
In good condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
He was born in Granoller...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
ALISON FENIAK - Mid Century Studio Pottery Candle Holders - Canada - Circa 1956
Located in Chatham, ON
ALISON FENIAK - Mid Century studio pottery candle holders - intermingled matte turquoise and brown glazes - hand made / wheel thrown - each signed and dated on the base - Canada - ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
French Midcentury Cobalt Blue Ceramic Vase, Manner of Edmond Lachenal
Located in Miami, FL
Midcentury French ceramic vase in a stunning cobalt blue color, glazed.
Signed piece, unknown ceramic artist.
This gorgeous decorative object will e...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Red & White 1960s Decorative Ceramic Tiles by SAM S. Marino
Located in Varese, Lombardia
beautiful and decorative tiles in red, black and white glazed ceramic with fish subject and still life. Very good condition.
Category
1960s Sammarinese Vintage 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
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
Mid-Century Purple Fat Lava 'Guitar' Vase by Roth Keramik
By Roth Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A Roth Keramik double-handled vase, with blue outlined white and black lava and is only found with purple glaze. These vases are very sought after and especiall...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Willem de Vries Mid-Century Modern 'Cleopatra' Lidded Bowl for Fris Edam, 1961
Located in Tilburg, NL
Willem de Vries (1908-1969) Mid-Century Modern 'Cleopatra' Lidded Bowl for Fris Edam. Holland, 1961.
This is very distinct piece of Dutch mid-century mode...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Ceramic vase by Jean de Lespinasse
Located in Paris, FR
Jean de Lespinasse (French, 1896-1979)
Vase with handles, enamelled ceramic
Signed under the base
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1960S Scheurich Modernist Green Ceramic German Vase
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A light green ceramic German vase in perfect conditions. It's marked on the bottom West Germany and a number. The 1960s Scheurich Vase is a distinctiv...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Vintage Pink Big Vase, Val Saint Lambert, Belgium, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc.
Designed by Large Val Saint Lambert. Vase is very heavy, it...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Bitossi Italy for Raymor Ceramic and Glass Mosaic Ashtray, Catchall Mid Century
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
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
Mid Century Pink Vase, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Pink vase in amazing shape. Produced in 1960s in Poland.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The outer re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Pair of Black Ceramic Italian Vases, Bucaros, Centerpieces
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing pair of Italian black vases or Bucaros with lid ,in black ceramic , large in size and of great decorative strength in their shapes. The pieces are made by hand, so each piec...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Boleslaw Danikowski High Enameled Ceramic Sculpture, France, 1950
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Boleslaw Danikowski ( 1928-1979) high enameled ceramic sculpture, France 1950.
Boleslaw Danikowski was the first ceramist to work regularly with Robert Guillerme and Jacques Chambron...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Harding Black Texas Artist Signed Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Pitcher
Located in Studio City, CA
A hand-thrown, well-crafted, piercing green glazed ceramicpitcher by famed Texas-born San Antonio ceramic master Harding Black. A perfect combination of form and function.
Signed and dated (1983) by the Black on the base.
This work has a great feel and heft to them. The deep rich colors are striking.
Harding Blacks Exhibitions include:
San Antonio Local Artists Annual Exhibition (1939-42, 1945, 1947); Texas General Exhibition (1940 award, 1942, 1948 honorable mention); National Ceramic Annual Exhibition, Syracuse Museum of Art (1947-54); River Art Group, San Antonio (1948-49); National Collection of fine Arts...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Ceramic Bowl with Circular Pattern by Carlo Zauli, Italy, 1960s
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Ceramic bowl by Carlo Zauli, Italy 1960s. Nice exceptionally decorated bowl in a light greyish clay with a contrasting black circular pattern. The wor...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Small Vintage Red Vase, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Red vase in amazing shape. Produced in 1960s in Poland.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The outer rel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Roger Capron Whisky Flask
By Roger Capron
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Roger Capron anthropomorphic shaped ceramic whisky bottle in pyjama stripes. Signed to the underside “Capron Vallauris 39A”
Vallauris France, circa 1950
Roger Capron was born in Vincennes, France on September 4, 1922. Interested in drawing, he studied Applied Arts in Paris from 1939 to 1943 and worked as an art teacher in 1945. In 1946, Roger Capron moved to Vallauris, where he founded a ceramics workshop known as 'l`Atelier Callis', along with Robert Picault and Jean Derval he began his contribution to the renaissance of ceramics in Vallauris.
In 1952, Capron purchased an abandoned pottery in Vallauris and opened a small ceramics...
Category
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 French Ceramic Condiment Set by Albert Thiry, 1970s
By Albert Thiry
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-Century French ceramic Condiment set by Albert Thiry, 1970s
Circa 1970
With wooden spoons.
22cmx12cm
16.5cmx10.5cm
15cmx8.5cm
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Albert Thiry (1923-2009)
Ceramist from Nice, he studied at the School of Decorative Arts in the city. He settled with his wife Pyot Gavaudan in 1943 in the pottery village of Vallauris. There he continued his training as a ceramist in various workshops, notably that of Charles Voltz...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Ceramic Traditional Hand Painted Plate by Catalan Artist Puigdemont, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceramic decorative hand painted plate artwork.
Manufactured by Catalan artist Puigdemont, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preservi...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi purple ram Italy, circa 1968
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A small Aldo Londi designed ram for Bitossi with a frothy purple glaze over a manganese brown gloss body. Unmarked.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Guido Gambone Huge Blue Ceramic Bowl
Located in Munich, DE
Colorful huge bowl in blue, dark grey and golden glazed ceramic made by Bruno Gambone in the 1970s, signed Gambone Italy on the bottom.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic plate, 20th century, France 20th century
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic plate decorated with a rooster.
Signed under the plate.
French work, circa 1950.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Rustic Design Brown Ceramic Pticher by Hervé Rousseau Boisbelle
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Hervé Rousseau - Boisbelle
Brown stoneware ceramic pitcher
Realised circa 1980
Original perfect condition
Signed
Measures: Height 20 cm
...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Aldo Londi for Bitossii Mid-Century Rimini Blu Pottery Sausage Dog
By Aldo Londi
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Delightful and stylish Italian mid-century Rimini Blu art pottery sausage dog figure designed by Aldo Londi (Italian, 1911-2003) for Bitossi and dating fro...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Angelo Mangiarotti Italian Ceramic "Barbados" Ashtrays for Danese Milano, 1964
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury moderrn design enameled ceramic ashtray centerpiece Barbados series model 4000A designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Danese Milano in 1964, marked Danese Milano Made...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage 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
GUIDO GAMBONE, VIETRI, Monumental Glazed Ceramic Vessel, Italy, Circa 1950's
Located in Chatham, ON
GUIDO GAMBONE - VIETRI - Rare Mid Century monumental studio ceramic vessel / jug - hand painted - thick, frothy, gritty glaze (sand added in production) - signed with a donkey and VI...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Alessio Tasca Ceramic Vase, Italy, 1970
Located in Piacenza, Italy
A stunning squared unique ceramic vase designed and exectuted by Alessio Tasca.
Italy, 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Brown Mid Century Rustic Stoneware Ceramic Pitcher by Rouillard 1975 La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Rouillard
Unique handmade mid XXth century ceramic pitcher
Original brown stoneware ceramic color
Signed under the base
Original perfect condition
Measures: Height 21 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Hornsea Studio Craft Mid-Century Pair Westminster Ceramic Vases
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and attractive pair English Hornsea Studio Craft mid-century ceramic vases decorated in the Westminster pattern probably designed by John Clappison and dating from around 1960-62. The vases have a trumpet shaped body with an incised linear pattern decorated in red on a cream colored ground. Based on the Gothic architecture of London’s Westminster...
Category
1960s English Vintage 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
Ceramic Vase by Roger Capron
By Roger Capron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Roger Capron was a student of Applied Arts in Paris from 1938 to 1943 before teaching drawing there from 1945 In 1946 he moved to Vallauris where he created a ceramics workshop
Cal...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Steen Kepp Brown and Grey Stoneware Ceramic Vase La Borne 1970 Woodfiring
By Steen Kepp
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Steen Kepp - La Borne
Stoneware ceramic vase, woodfiring ceramic
Original perfect condition
Height 19 cm
Large 12 cm.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Brown Green Turquoise Glazed Ceramic Pottery Dish Mid-Century Modern, USA
By Royal Haeger
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Royal Haeger Style pottery 3 compartments, chips and dip dish in turquoise, green and brown.
Glazed on the Top and marked at the base,...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Studio Del Campo 1960 Italian Mid Century Enamel Bowl
Located in New York, NY
An original sleek 1960s polished steel and blue/violet enamel bowl by the famed Italian Studio of Del Campo. Signed
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Enamel, Steel
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
Victoria Littlejohn Fish Ceramic Wall Plaque / Trivet, circa 1975
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Victoria Littlejohn fish ceramic wall plaque / Trivet, circa 1975.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Hand Painted Vase by Catalan Artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceramic hand painted vase by Catalan artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960.
Manufactured in Spain.
Signed.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Traditional Spanish Ceramic Rustic Vase, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional Spanish rustic ceramic vase.
Manufactured in Spain by unknown manufacturer, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
Ceramic Bowl by Robert Picault, France 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic bowl by Robert Picault
France, 20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Traditional Spanish Ceramic Vase
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Early 20th century traditional Spanish ceramic vase.
In original condition with minor wear consisitent of age and use, preserving a beautiful pat...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish 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
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Ceramic Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rare design by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Rimini Blue ceramic footed vase with geometric motifs, Italy, 1960s
This stunning glazed ceramic vase has a pattern with circles in dark blue with rhombus inside in shades of green / turquoise color accented by decorative flowers.
Excellent vintage condition.
This piece is perfect as a gift idea and it could placed alone or with other 'Rimini Blu'Bitossi pieces creating a set. Display it in a cabinet or on a console table, with flowers or just as a cool decorative vase.
Measures: 22 cm height x 18 cm diameter (8,66 in height X 7,08 in diameter )
More Bitossi Aldo Londi pieces are avaliable at our 1stdibs marketplace.
About Bitossi (Manufacturer)
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass.
The company was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.”
But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. Starting in the 1950s, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis Postmodern design...
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Janne Fagerfäldt Bleue Ceramic Boule Limhamn Sweden Ruelland Jouve Capron
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Janne Fagerfäldt (b. 1941) Sweden Unique sculpture in glazed stoneware.
In excellent condition.
Signed.
Diameter 10 cm 3.93 inch
Height 14cm 5.51 inch.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Danish Midcentury Hand Painted Ceramic Vase, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Small midcentury handpainted ceramic pitcher vase. Decorated with landscape motif of a Danish stone age viking grave built of large rocks. Multicolored unique decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic, Stoneware
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
Portuguese Majolica Pink Ceramic Dessert or Breakfast Service for Four
By Secla
Located in Barcelona, ES
A lovely Majolica pink glazed ceramic set of 12 pieces: four large plates, four small plates and four serving bowls.
The set has a lovely pale pink color with details in white and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Ceramic Pitcher, Robert Picault, France, 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic pitcher by Robert Picault.
France 20th century.
Signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three Mid Century Empoli Glass Decanter with Stopper, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A set of 3 stunning glass decanters with geometric design, made by one of the many glass manufacturers based in the region of Empoli, Italy. Has "Made in Italy" embossed on the base....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
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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