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
Set of 4 Dutch Mid Century Studio Pottery Goblets
Located in Tilburg, NL
Set of 4 Dutch mid century Studio pottery Goblets. The Netherlands, mid 20th century.
Wonderful set of 4 studio pottery goblets made in the Netherla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Mid-Century Bay Keramik Bodo Mans Vase
By Bodo Mans, Bay Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A Bay with moulded runic patterns, designed by Bodo Mans, this pattern was quite popular during the 1960s. This tall vase is in a very good condition and has...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Chenille
Bruno Karlsson, Brown Stoneware, Studio Ego, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown and light green, glazed stoneware designed by Bruno Karlsson and produced in his studio "Ego Stengods Atelje", Sweden, 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Green Ceramic Lettuce Cabbageware Serving Tureen After Dodie Thayer
By Dodie Thayer
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A muted 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 wi...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Black and Colored Abstract Ceramic Cup circa 1950 Style of Georges Jouve
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
In the style of Georges Jouve
20th-mid century design
Original bastract ceramic vide-poche / dish or cup by french artist
Signed under the base
Original perfect condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Ceramic Vase Gunnar Nylund Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
The green/brown glaze is amazing and works wonderful with the shape and form of this vase that’s a not so usual one to come by.
Very nice condition.
Dimensions: Height 24 cm,...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Traditional Hand Painted Plate by Catalan Artist Diaz COSTA, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceramic hand painted plate artwork by Catalan artist Diaz COSTA, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and u...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Big Leaf Transparent Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Transparent vase in amazing big leaf shape. Produced in 1960s.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box....
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Carlo Zauli Ceramic Vase Iconic Gray Mottled Glaze
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Chicago, IL
The black potion of the glaze is composed of both matte and glossy glaze.
The vase, the archetype of every ceramist, is central to the research of the initial period of Carlo Zauli...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Angelo Mangiarotti Three piece vase for Brambilla, Italy 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Angelo Mangiarotti Rare Three piece vase for Fratelli Brambilla, Italy 1970s
Ref: Domus July 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Guido Andlovitz Freeform Dish for SCI Laveno, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Guido Andlovitz Freeform dish for SCI Laveno, Italy, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund, Stoneware Pitcher, Rörstand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A sizable stoneware pitcher produced by Rörstrands, Sweden, 1940s. Designed and signed by Gunnar Nylund, (Swedish, 1914-1997).
Nylund served as artistic director at Rörstrands, wh...
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Bruno Karlsson, Table Lamp, Brown-Glazed Stoneware, Studio Ego, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed stoneware table lamp designed by Bruno Karlsson and produced by Ego Stengods, Sweden, c. 1960s.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 14.875 x 6 x...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
White and Red 20th Century Design Ceramic Vase Style of Pol Chambost 1950
By Pol Chambost
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
In the style of Pol Chambost
Original 1950 ceramic vase
White and red ceramic glazes colors
Signed X under the base
Original perfect condition
French handmade unique p...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris France Glazed Woven Ceramic Basket Emerald Green Mid-Century Modern
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Woven Ceramic, Pottery in Emerald Green from Vallauris (small village on the French Riviera).
Marked at the Base and dated A-62.
Beautiful as well as practical.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Crackle Glazed Ceramic Dish by Marcello Fantoni
Located in London, GB
Colourful Mid Century, Italian ceramic dish with raised decoration of a stork in crackle glaze. Signed to the base Fantoni.
We have three dishes av...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Small Angel Gypsum Sculpture, Germany, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
German sculpture, original good vintage condition. All damages on pictures. The Angel was produced in 1960 in Germany.
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Mini Spaniel Dog Family Sculptures, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Painted ceramic, very good original vintage condition. No damages or cracks. Beautiful and unique decorative sculpture. Mini Spaniel Dogs Sculpture was produced in Italy. Only one se...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bruno Karlsson, Table Lamp, White Glaze Stoneware, Ego Stengods, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A white glazed stoneware table lamp produced by Bruno Karlsson for Ego Stengods c. 1960s-1970s. Stamped and signed to underside.
Dimensions listed are without lampshade. Sold with...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Playful Candleholders by Waylande Gregory
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A great set of five (5) playfull candle holders by Waylande Gregory. Vintage ca' 1960's. One gold, signed and 5 finished in shiny white unsigned.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Ceramic White Small Spaniel Dog Decorative Sculpture, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Painted ceramic/terracotta, good original vintage condition. Beautiful and unique decorative sculpture. Spaniel dog was produced in 1960s in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
"Tremiti" Bowl by Angelo Mangiarotti for Danese, Italy, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
High glazed orange ceramic bowl by Angelo Mangiarotti for Danese, Italy from the late 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Small Gray Poodle Dog Sculpture, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Painted ceramic, very good original vintage condition. No damages or cracks. Beautiful and unique decorative sculpture. Gray Poodle Dog Sculpture ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Joseph Simon, Table Lamp, Glazed Stoneware, Søholm, Bornholm, Denmark, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
An off-white and brown striped table lamp produced by Søholm Keramik, located on the island of Bornholm in Denmark.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 12 x...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Robert Picault Large Vallauris Casserole
Located in Sharon, CT
Important large pot with handles green and brown hand painting decoration in a typical and unique Picault style of squares, spirals and x's. 6.75" high x 8"diameter. 12.50" from hand...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Lina Cavalieri Torso Porcelain Plate
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Vintage Italian porcelain plate by Piero Fornasetti (Italian 1913-1988) decorated with the face of his muse, Lina Cavalieri, printed on a nake...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Ceramic Decorative Plate by Claude Vayssier for Atelier Cerenne
Located in London, GB
Mid-century ceramic decorative plate by Claude Vayssier for Cerenne Workshop (circa 1950s). This ceramic plate with a fish incised in the centre over the lustrous black background is signed by Claude Vayssier, the decorator. The black base is complemented by a brown and cream pattern with repeating vertical lines incised at the edges. An eye-catching piece from the South of France. In good overall condition. The maker's mark appears on the underside with the signature of Mr. Vayssier. Upon request a video may be provided.
About Atelier Cerenne: Created by Charles René Neveux, the Cerenne workshop, active from 1945 - 1958, takes its name from the contraction of its company name "Céramique René Neveux". At the height of its renown, the workshop was one of the most important in Vallauris, employing around fifty people, including 15 decorators. Its production ranged from utilitarian ceramics to unique pieces with special custom orders for French and international customers. Cerenne also created pieces of furniture with ceramic...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Rose and Erni Cabat Glazed Porcelain Feelie Vase Citron Chartreuse Yellow Green
By Rose Cabat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rose and Erni Cabat glazed porcelain Feelie vase citron chartreuse yellow green, USA, 1970-1985
Incised signature to underside 'Cabat' and numbered. This li...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Sculpture Bird Bitossi Design 1960 Black and Blu Ceramic
By Bitossi
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian sculpture bird Bitossi Design 1960 black and blu ceramic.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Ceramic German Jugs by Ceramano
By Ceramano
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Four hand-crafted jugs made in Germany in the Seventies by Ceramano, they are in perfect conditions and labeled and signed on the bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
‘Faux Bois’ Ceramic Bowl by Grandjean Jourdan, Vallauris 1950s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
'Faux Bois' ceramic bowl by Grandjean Jourdan, Vallauris France 1950s. The southern French town of Vallauris is famous since centuries for ages, but the arrival of Picasso in the 195...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Jeanne Pierlot De Monvel White and Red 1950 Ceramic Pitcher Vase Ratilly
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jeanne de Monvel - Jeanne Pierlot
Original 1950 ceramic pitcher by Jeanne de Monvel wife of Norbert Pierlot
White and red ceramic glaze color
Signed under the base
Circa ...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vase Designed by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1963
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg,
Sweden, 1977.
Stoneware.
Signed.
From a private Swedish collection.
Berndt Friberg is among the most skilled Swedish ceramicists of the 20...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Italian Mid-Century Terracotta Hand Decorated Street Scene & Fountain Tile
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An Italian mid-century hand crafted signed terracotta tile decorated with a street scene with a fountain in colored enamels. The tile of tall rectangular shape has an incised outline...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Mid Century Ceramic Tea Pot
Located in Denton, TX
Unusual tea pot with the handle mounted on the side.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Ceramic Box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, Orange with Gold Decoration, C 1960
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Decorative ceramic box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, circa 1960. Signed at the bottom, 79/11, Italy.
Organic designs on the lid with gold decorations.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Accolay, Ceramic Vase circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Accolay, ceramic circa 1950.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Italian Bitossi Studio Pottery Ashtray
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in San Diego, CA
Ashtray produced in the 1960s by Bitossi, based on a design by Aldo Londi. This piece is a rare abstract fat lava glaze textured piece. A truly unique piece that will add style to yo...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Artistic Vintage Danish Pottery Bowl from the 1950s
Located in Søborg, DK
Vintage artistic Danish pottery bowl with a beautiful abstract design
Signed on the base but artist unknown
No cracks or chips.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic Square Ashtray, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing blue glazed (Rimini Blu) ceramic ashtray design by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi. Handcrafted in Italy with hand carved geometric design and in a glazed vibrant turquoise and cobalt blue, Italy, 1950s-1960s.
Marked Italy at the back.
Measures: 15 cm W x 15 cm D x 3 cm H ( 5,90 in W x5,90 in D x 1,18 in H )
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
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
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Vintage Matt Glazed Ceramic Horse by Bruno Gambone
Located in London, GB
Large matt glazed ceramic horse by the celebrated ceramicist Bruno Gambone. This particular subject matter is an unusual one for this artist. Ital...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Upsala Ekeby Blue, Light Grey Ceramic Striped Vase, 1960s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade vintage chamotte clay vase manufactured by Upsala Ekeby in Sweden in the 1960s. Light grey glazed inside and top part of the vase. Lower part of the vase has hand carved str...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic, Stoneware
Ceramony Vallauris Earthenware Set Mat Black and Shiny Lead 1950 - 38 Pieces
By Vallauris
Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, FR
Ceramony Vallauris earthenware set mat black and shiny lead comprising:
12 dinner plates / 23 cm
6 dessert plates / 19 cm
6 soup plates / 21 cm
1 salad bowl
1 dish
1 oval di...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Fat Lava Style German Colored and Glazed Ceramic Pitcher with Handle
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Parti...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Boleslaw Danikowski (1928-1979) large ceramic circa 1950/1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Boleslaw Danikowski (1928-1979) large ceramic circa 1950/1960 Boleslaw DanIkowski, collaborated with Robert Guillerme
to the creation of decorative ceramic elements for "Votre Maison...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Ceramic Boxer Dog Decorative Sculpture, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Painted ceramic/terracotta, good original vintage condition. Beautiful and unique decorative sculpture. Boxer dog was produced in 1960s in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Mithe Espelt Ceramic Mirror in Various Shades of Red and Orange 60's
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Mithe Espelt square ceramic mirror enameled in various shades of red and orange ceramic, France, 1970s.
In good original condition with felt green backing.
Mithé Espelt born in 1923 is a French ceramist based in Camargue, South of France. At the end of her studies, she moved to Paris for two years and made jewelry and ceramic buttons...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
Large 20th Century Abstract Brown Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture by F Clasen 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
F. Clasen
Original and large stoneware ceramic sculpture
Brown stoneware woodfiring ceramics colors
Abstract ceramic form
Signed at the base
Original perfect condition...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Artichoke Set of Glazed Ceramic Tableware Pieces, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Beautiful artichoke and leaves 8 pieces crockery /tableware / serveware set. Spain, 1960s
This serving set is made in dark green glazed ceramic and it is comprised by:
1 artichoke sugar bowl / sauce tureen with lid+ 1 small serving spoon+ 1 small plate
1 serving small bowl
2 leaf shaped small plates
1 artichoke salt shaker+ 1 artichoke pepper...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
20th Century Small Dalmatian Dog Sculpture, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Painted ceramic, good original vintage condition. Beautiful and unique decorative sculpture. Dalmatian Dog Sculpture was produced by Thun factory in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Mid-Century Green Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Green in amazing organic shape. Produced in 1960s.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The outer relief s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
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
Turgis Blue Design Ceramic Vase French Unique Piece, 1960
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Turgis pottery.
French unique handmade piece by Turgis.
Elegant ceramic vase with dark blue ceramic glaze color.
Original perfect condition.
...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Gio Ponti Set of Two Decorative Bottles in Ceramic by Cooperativa Ceramica Imola
By Gio Ponti
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Set of two decorative blue bottles in ceramic with gold lusters decorations (realized by Bottega Gatti in Faenza) from the Bottiglie Abitate series which is designed by Gio Ponti in the 1950s and manufactured during the 1990s by Cooperativa Ceramica Imola.
The manufacturer's brand and signature are visible under the bases.
Dimensions:
A buttoned bottle H36 cm
A decorated bottle H30 cm
Gio Ponti was an icon of the modernist movement: the Italian designer, architect, artist and publisher contributed significantly to the worlds of architecture and design with his extensive work in fine furniture and ceramics, education, office and residential buildings, and everything in between.
Giovanni, known as Gio Ponti was born in 1891 in Milan. It was there that he spent his childhood, and in 1921 he began to study architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. From 1923 to 1930 he served as the artistic director of the Richard-Ginori porcelain factory. In 1927, Ponti started his first architectural office, together with Emilio Lancia, and in 1928 he started the magazine Domus, which is still regarded as one of the most influential European magazines for architecture and design. He was also very influential during the period as a curator of the Milan Triennale.
After his collaboration with Emilio Lancia had come to an end, upon completion of the Torre Rasini, he began to work as an architect together with the engineers Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Luster
Bo Bergström, Table Lamp, Stoneware, for Svensk Form, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed stoneware table lamp produced by Svensk form, designed by Bo Bergström.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 8.75 x ...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Large Green Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture by Maxime Defer circa 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Maxime Defer
Realised circa 1970 in France
20th century unique handmade ceramic sculpture by french artist Maxime Defer
Original perfect condition
Grey and green ceramic ...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bruno Gambone Ceramic Vase or Bottle, Italy, 1970s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in New York, NY
Bruno Gambone light black glazed ceramic bottle or vase with a flattened circular body and elongated tapering neck, Italy 1970s. The body is incised with an abstract engraved decorat...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
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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