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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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
Lovely White & Black Studio Ceramic Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Lovely White & Black Studio Ceramic Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
We have a whole collection of the series for sale here on the platform.
Very good condition.
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Bird Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture Brown Pottery Color by B. Favre
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Benoist Favre
Midcentury bird ceramic sculpture realized, circa 1975.
Brown stoneware pottery colors with effects.
Excellent original conditions...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned 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
Vintage Hand Painted Ceramic Centerpiece
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful hand painted ceramic centerpiece made at the beginning of 900, of Chinese manufacture.
The centerpiece has a circular shape and is totally made of red and white ceramic totally hand painted.
It is composed by a central body useful as object holder, cookies or candies holder...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Ceramic Candleholder by Liisi Beckmann for Gabbianelli, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of candleholders designed by Liisi Beckmann for Gabbianelli in ceramic, red and white. Made in Italy, circa 1960.
Signed on the bottom with "Gabbianelli - Ceramiche d'Arte - Di...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stephanie Kalan Studio Pottery Two Small Penguin Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual vintage studio pottery small penguin figures Stephanie Kalan (1909-1978) probably dating from around 1950. The hand crafted figures ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Yellow Pottery Vase by Rosenthal Netter
Located in New York, NY
Yellow pottery vase with floral design by Rosenthal Netter. Signed. Italy, circa 1960.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Architecural Stoneware Brown Ceramic House Form by Laroussinie La Borne, 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jacques Laroussinie, La Borne,
circa 1980.
Architectural stoneware ceramic sculpture. Elegant brown pottery effects.
Excellent original condition.
Measures: Height 30 cm
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Ceramic Porcelain Vase Midcentury by B. Prigent Landscape Decoration
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
B. Prigent
Pair of ceramic porcelain vase signed by the French artist.
Ceramic glaze color with landscape decoration.
Original perfect conditions
Signed under the base.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
German Studio Ceramic Floor Vase or Umbrella Stand from Wilhelm & Elly Kuch 1960
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Huge Studio Ceramics Floor Vase from Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s Germany.
Very good condition.
Wilhelm Kuch, born 1925, 1947 apprenticeship - Gusso Reuss in Munich - 1948 opened the studio in Burgthann - 1953 became master potter
Elly Kuch, born 1929 died 2008
1946-49 apprenticeship in several studios - 1949-51 second apprenticeship as a goldsmith - 1951 marriage with Wilhelm Kuch
1953 the Kuchs started to worked together in their workshop in Burgthann
Their work like this Vase have received many honors:
1965 Gold Medal premio faenza, Italy
1965 prize of the „deutschen keramischen gesellschaft“
1966 Gold Medal (premio faenza) , Italy
1967 Gold Medal (academie internationale de la ceramique) turkey
1968 prized again in faenza, Italy
Gold Medal (premio pineta) cervia, Italy
grand prix biennale ceramiche artistiche in Vallauris;
grand prix des rates alpes maritimes
became members of the academie internationale de la ceramique, gent Belgium
1969 Gold Medal (premio faenza) Italy
1970 international pottery symposium bechyné, Czech republic
1971 Gold Medal (premio faenza) Italy
1973 Gold Medal (premio faenza) Italy
internationalceramics symposium Memphis, USA
Gold Medal ceramics international in Alberta, Canada
1975 westerwaldpreis höhr Grenzhausen Germany
1982 founder member 'gruppe 83' together with other important potters like Dieter Crumbiegel...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Raymor Gambone Style Monumental Glazed Tall Ceramic Sculpture Italy
By Gambone Fantoni, Raymor
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing textural vintage Italian hallmarked monumental glazed and raised ceramic sculpture has it all going on. It is in the style of Gambone meets Fantoni meets Raymor. Hallmar...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
MIdcentury ZS White Ceramic Italian Vase for Nove Bassano del Grappa, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury white ceramic vase. This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1960s by ZS for a Nove Bassano del Grappa production.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Graphic Floral Decor Cone Shaped Vase, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Midcentury modern vase with graphic dotted, organic, floral decor on white base. Decorative leaves in green, yellow, red colors. Manufactured in the late ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Ceramic Vase Signed by Italy G3
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Ceramic hand painted vase 1950s.
Magnificent vase hand painted with colourful abstract leafs, amazing ceramic texture.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
White & Black Studio Ceramic Floor Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
White & Black Studio Ceramic Floor Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
We have a whole collection of the series for sale here on the platform.
Very good condition.
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Wilhelm Kuch, born 1925, 1947 apprenticeship - Gusso Reuss in Munich - 1948 opened the studio in Burgthann - 1953 became master potter
Elly Kuch, born 1929 died 2008
1946-49 apprenticeship in several studios - 1949-51 second apprenticeship as a goldsmith - 1951 marriage with Wilhelm Kuch
1953 the Kuchs started to worked together in their workshop in Burgthann
Their work like this Vase have received many honors:
1965 Gold Medal premio faenza, Italy
1965 prize of the „deutschen keramischen gesellschaft“
1966 Gold...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Grey Ceramic Vase, Carl-Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand Atelier, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A grey rough, ceramic vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, it´s 24,5 cm high and it´s in very good condition except from some minor marks in the glaze from the producti...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Roth Keramik orange and black lava glaze, 40cm, West Germany, c. 1970.
By Roth Keramik
Located in Pymble, NSW
A Roth Keramik large jug vase, 40 cm, in bright orange with a black lava glaze highlighting the coloured panels.
With 2 ring handles and the manufacturer’s label still attached.
A di...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Majolika-Karlsruhe with melted glass tops
Located in Berlin, DE
Nice pair of 1960s Majolika ceramics, known for bold glazes and artistic designs. The larger lidded container has a textured cobalt blue lid with gold and orange accents, contrasted ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Large glazed ceramic Lava Vase from Ceramano Scheurich, Germany 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Large glazed ceramic lava vase from Ceramano Scheurich, Germany 1960s
Very good condition.
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Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Midcentury Vase with Green and Black Lava Glaze Accents
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Midcentury vintage vase produced by an unknown maker. This vessel was probably produced in West Germany or Italy somewhere in the 1960s or 1970s. Beautiful form decorated with a deep...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Roger Capron - Vintage Ceramic Gin Flask
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage ceramic decorative flask signed by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring mo...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Important Stoneware Architectural Ceramic Vase Brown and Grey Color La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
La Borne, circa 1970
Important and architectural stoneware ceramic vase with brown and grey ceramic glaze color.
Elegant form and decorative colors.
Midcentury design realis...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Six Cup Espresso Set by Lagardo Tackett
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of six cups and dishes in original packaging.
Signed
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
White & Black Studio Ceramic Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Nice White & Black Studio Ceramic Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
We have a whole collection of the series for sale here on the platform.
Very good condition.
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic "Pastis" Bottle by Roger Capron, France, circa 1955.
By Roger Capron
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Dive into the traditional French "aperitif" with this piece from the famous Vallauris French ceramicist, Roger Capron.
Ceramic bottle by Roger Capron, featuring a deep orange color ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Hen, Scandinavian Midcentury, Denmark, Mid-century Design, C 1960
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic midcentury hen, circa 1960, Denmark. Decorative turquoise hen with a floral pattern in a rustic quality.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Wall Ceramic, Belgium circa 1950/1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wall ceramic, Belgium circa 1950/1960.
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Roger Capron Vallauris Ceramic Vintage Vide Poche Banette France
By Roger Capron
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Rare, large and elegant ceramic empty pocket Boomerang with bunk from the 50s by Roger Capron.
Signature under the ceramic.
Of wicker handle fixed by delicate wooden ties.
A...
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Angelo Mangiarotti Italian Ceramic Barbados Ashtrays Set for Danese Milano 1964
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury moderrn design wbrown enameled ceramic ashtray centerpiece set of three Barbados series designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Danese Milano in 1964, marked Danese Mil...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$1,190 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Roth Keramik orange and black lava glazed vase, West Germany, c.1970.
By Roth Keramik
Located in Pymble, NSW
A Roth Keramik small orange and black lava glazed vase, pattern number 309. The most common form of this highly desirable range, it can be found in two sizes, this being the smallest...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Fantoni for Raymor Signed Ceramic Lion Lamp with Original Label
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Amazing Lion Form table lamp by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor. Signed and retains its original label.
Marcello Fantoni was Born in Florence on October 1, 1915, Marcello Fantoni reg...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Odette Dijeux Mid-Century Signed Black Ceramic Box, circa 1960, Belgium.
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare Odette Dijeux mid-century large box, circa 1950, Belgium.
Black enameled ceramic with pale blue-green patterns.
Signed underneath: Odette Dijeux Céramique de Namur.
Dimensions: ...
Category
1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$2,374 Sale Price
30% Off
Set of Two Orange Ceramics Vase Franco Bettonica for Gabbianelli, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Set of two vases in orange ceramic in different heights made by Franco Bettonica for Gabbianelli, Italy, 1970s.
Both of them come with thei...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Fat Lava Floor Lamp Orange and Green Drip-Glazes by Walter Gerhards
Located in Verviers, BE
Dramatic fat lava floor lamp in green and orange glazes on a neutral stoneware ground, with a narrow neck, overload base and two bisected handles. ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Dark Green cone-shaped Unique Vase, Carl-Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand, 1961 Vintage
Located in Stockholm, SE
A vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, it´s 13,5 cm in diameter, 13 cm high and it´s in mint condition. This is a unique pot only made in one copy as you can see of the...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic orangeade set by Dominique Marino, Le Vaucour, Vallauris, circa 1960
By Le Vaucour
Located in LE CANNET, FR
Orangeade set by ceramicist Dominique Marino from Le Vaucour workshop in Vallauris, southern France, dating from the 1960s. Abstract patterns on the exterior, beautiful bright orange...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Mid-Century Modern "Sarek" Ceramic Vase by Olle Alberius for Rörstrand
Located in New York, NY
This refined Mid-Century Modern "Sarek" vase was desinged by Olle Alberius for Rörstrand in Sweden circa 1960. Handcrafted and glazed in a sophisticated dove gray hue with concentric...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Espresso Set by Franco Pozzi
Located in Weesp, NL
New Old Stock Mid-Century Modern dark brown 9 pcs Espresso set produced by Ceramica Franco Pozzi. This set has never been used. It contains the perculator...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set Of 12 White Porcelain Cups By Lubiana, Poland 1960s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful, never used set of 12 porcelain cups sold in the original package. The cups were never used. Produced in Lubiana, Poland. The original label on the porcelain. The cups are ...
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1960s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
$276 Sale Price / set
60% Off
Gunnar Nylund Magenta Chamotte, Porcelain Vase for Rorstrand, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Exceptional Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern handmade chamotte clay and porcelain vase by acclaimed Swedish designer Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand. Chamotte body with shiny deep raspber...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery, Stoneware
Button Jar Ceramic Decorative Object by Giancarlo Scapin, Italy, 1970s
Located in Bagnolo Mella, Brescia
Introducing a charming Button Jar ceramic decorative object by renowned artist Giancarlo Scapin, created in Italy during the 1970s. This exquisite pi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Accolay French Ceramic Vase or Vessel Manner of Alexander Kostanda
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful handcrafted mid-20th Century French Accolay ceramic vase or vessel. This stunning Accolay ceramic vase was hand-crafted with an eye catching design. The neutral colors and design fits perfectly with almost any color scheme.
Designed in the manner of Alexander Kostanda pieces this Accolay ceramic vase will enhance any setting.
Stamped Accolay.
Very good vintage condition, no cracks or chips.
Measures: 9" H x 9 3/4" W x 5 1/2" D
More about Accolay pottery:
Under the term Poterie d'Accolay or Accolay pottery, we group together the production of a community of potters settled in the village of Accolay, in the department of Yonne. This production center was created by four former students of Alexander Kostanda.
Active from 1945-1983, their pottery is distinguished by a great technical inventiveness and an extremely abundant production. The pottery community exploited the proximity of the National 6 (can be compared to Route 66 in the USA) by investing in the service stations to make permanent exhibition places on the circuit of migration of Parisian tourists. Their exhibition buildings, inspired by the construction of the 24h circuit of Le Mans, became the obligatory stage for holiday makers in transit. The National 6 joins the 7 known as the sun route.
This form of marketing continued at the entrance to Vermenton until the closure of factories in 1983. The creation of the Lyon motorway had however for several years derived the flow of tourists.
The forefather Alexandre Kostanda (Dec 1921 - Nov 2007) was born in Poland of Russian parents. The family emigrated to Lorraine in France, where his mother Irene worked as a decorator in a porcelain factory. They then moved to Vallauris, where his mother worked at Louis Giraud's workshop. Alexandre joined the company as an apprentice from 1936-1938. After the war he taught pottery at the Longchamps Pottery...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$800 Sale Price
33% Off
Marianna Von Allesch 'German/American Modernist' Large Ceramic Abstract Bowl
Located in Sharon, CT
Unique and iconic bio-morphic mid-century ceramic large bowl with abstract scraffito decorations, by this important German American Modernist. Signed.
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
White & Black Studio Ceramic Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Nice White & Black Studio Ceramic Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
We have a whole collection of the series for sale here on the platform.
Very good condition.
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Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
White & Black Studio Ceramic Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
White & Black Studio Ceramic Floor Vase by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
We have a whole collection of the series for sale here on the platform.
Very good condition.
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Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 Studio Ceramic Vases by Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Huge Studio Ceramics Floor Vase from Wilhelm & Elly Kuch, 1960s Germany.
Very good condition.
Three different sizes.
1. height 15cm - diameter 11cm.
2. height 22cm - diameter 13cm.
3. height 27cm - diameter 15cm.
Wilhelm Kuch, born 1925, 1947 apprenticeship - Gusso Reuss in Munich - 1948 opened the studio in Burgthann - 1953 became master potter
Elly Kuch, born 1929 died 2008
1946-49 apprenticeship in several studios - 1949-51 second apprenticeship as a goldsmith - 1951 marriage with Wilhelm Kuch
1953 the Kuchs started to worked together in their workshop in Burgthann
Their work like this Vase have received many honors:
1965 Gold Medal premio faenza, Italy
1965 prize of the „deutschen keramischen gesellschaft“
1966 Gold Medal (premio faenza) , Italy
1967 Gold Medal (academie internationale de la ceramique) turkey
1968 prized again in faenza, Italy
Gold Medal (premio pineta) cervia, Italy
grand prix biennale ceramiche artistiche in Vallauris;
grand prix des rates alpes maritimes
became members of the academie internationale de la ceramique, gent Belgium
1969 Gold Medal (premio faenza) Italy
1970 international pottery symposium bechyné, Czech republic
1971 Gold Medal (premio faenza) Italy
1973 Gold Medal (premio faenza) Italy
internationalceramics symposium Memphis, USA
Gold Medal ceramics international in Alberta, Canada
1975 westerwaldpreis höhr Grenzhausen Germany
1982 founder member 'gruppe 83' together with other important potters like Dieter Crumbiegel...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Majolica Duck or Goose Cabbage and Cauliflower Tureen with Lid and Ladle
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A hand-painted Italian majolica cabbageware or lettuceware bird and cauliflower tureen with lid and ladle. This petite ceramic serving dish will be ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Very Beautiful Original Midcentury Hand Painted Ceramic Women Faces
Located in München, DE
Pair of beautiful hand painted ceramic women's faces
as a wall decoration from the 1950s.
Classic midcentury design. Very high quality and detailed.
V...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Handmade Yellow and Blue Glazed Ceramic Amphora Vase by Zulimo Aretini, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This wonderful and high-quality piece is made by Zulimo Aretini and is hand painted with blue animals figure and golden lines.
I...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Roger Capron - Large Vintage Ceramic Vase with Handle
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Large Vintage Ceramic Vase with Handle by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring motifs such as stylized branches and geometrical suns. He was born in Vincennes, France on September 4...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
French Midcentury Ceramic Bowl, Earth Tones
Located in Miami, FL
A fine decorative bowl with beautiful beige and brown hues. This mid-century ceramic bowl with earth tones is wonderful decorative object, very pleasing to the eye and has interestin...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Tapered Ceramic Vase W/ Leaf Motif
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Tapered Ceramic Vase with Linear Leaf Motif is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary circa ...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Zaalberg 1950s Dark Red Green Lustre Glazed Vase
By Zaalberg
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Dark red and green glaze with mother of pearl sheen covers this soft cylinder shaped tall Dutch vase from the 1950s. Signed under base. Beautiful vintage condition.
Zaalberg, The N...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Luster, Pottery, Stoneware
Vintage Vase Marked W Germany Label Jasba Ceramic, Excellent Condition
Located in Verviers, BE
These original vintage Jasba vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. It is made of ceramic pottery.
The bottom are marked the vase series number 136-26 Handarbeit.
Straight forwar...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Collection of 7 Yellow Pernod Ceramic Pitchers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Impressive collection of seven Pernod The Oddball yellow ceramic vintage pitchers. This collection would look great displayed on bookshelves or used as barware on any Mid-Century or ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
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Ceramic
Longwy Large French Glazed Ceramic Table Centerpiece Multicolor
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Large...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
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Terracotta
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.
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1960s Norwegian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
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Ceramic
Antoine De Vinck Stamped Ceramic Pot circa 1975, Belgium.
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautiful Antoine De Vinck pot with lid, circa 1975, Belgium.
Dark stoneware. Stamped.
Dimensions: 13 cm diameter, 13 cm H.
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1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
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Sandstone
$2,666 Sale Price
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Small Ceramic Bowl by Albert Green
Located in Dallas, TX
A potter and painter, Albert Green (1914 - 1994) earned an international reputation for his ceramics, stoneware, and canvases. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he studie...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
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Ceramic
Small Ceramic Bowl by Albert Green
Located in Dallas, TX
A potter and painter, Albert Green (1914 - 1994) earned an international reputation for his ceramics, stoneware, and canvases. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he studie...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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