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
Roger Capron - Vintage S-shaped Ceramic Serving Platter
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage S-shaped Ceramic Serving Platter by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables a...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Six Vintage Square Hand-Crafted Earthenware Plates by De Simone, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1964.
This is a set of hand-crafted lacquered earthenware plates signed by De Simone.
It is a vintage set, therefore the plates might show slight traces of use, but ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Mid Century Modern Ceramic Bowl Vase Signed Berndt Friberg Gray Hare Glaze 1960s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a gorgeous, ceramic vase, with a gray hare's glaze, made in Sweden, signed on the base by Berndt Friberg, circa the 1960s. In excellent condition. The dimen...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
3 Piece Set California Pottery Mardi Gras by Marc Bellaire
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Mid-Century Modern ceramic pottery by Marc Bellaire, 3 piece set includes stylized covered bowl, two stylized plates.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic rooster by Lilli - Hummel König for the Karlsruher Majolika. 1956
By Hummel
Located in CADALSO, ES
Hand Painted and designed by Lilli Hummel König. In this perfect condition rare to find.
Item Number: 6186
Year: 1956
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
White Lacquered Ceramic Ashtray - Vide Poche by Antonia Campi for Verbano
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
They are in in lacquered ceramic.
These could be by Antonia Campi or Gio Ponti.
These are vintage pieces, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but t...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Cubist-Style Studio Stoneware Pottery Vase after Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Intriguing Cubist-style studio stoneware vase with a distortion of a woman's face to both sides. Nice textural elements: mottling to the surface along with linear and geometric motif...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Decorative Hand-Painted Ceramic Jug by Gustave Raynaud, Vallauris, France, 1960
Located in New York City, NY
Decorative Mid-Century Hand-Painted Ceramic Jug by Gustave Raynaud, Vallauris, France, circa 1960.
This delightful jug is cylindrical in shape and h...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Extremely Rare Illuminated Ceramic Mirror from the Esteemed House Pan Ceramic
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Extremely rare. An illuminated ceramic mirror from the esteemed house PAN Ceramics.
There are four e14 sockets attached. Can also be operated with LED.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
Clyde Burt Ceramic Charger
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt ceramic charger in glazed stoneware with incised image.
Signature to underside: [CB].
American, circa 1965.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Multifaced Ceramic Vase by Angelo Mangiarotti for Brambilla
Located in Barcelona, ES
Multifaced vase designed in 1968 by Angelo Mangiarotti for Brambilla Ceramiche, Italy. Glazed ceramic in different tones. Labelled.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Vase by Joan Serra, Spain, 1960's
By Cerámica Serra, Joan Serra
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large ceramic vase by Joan Serra, Spain, 1960's. Glazed ceramic with gradients in brown tones.
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Weiss. Modern Brazilian ceramics, c. 1950
By Weiss
Located in PARIS, FR
This modern Brazilian ceramic vase, dating from about 1950, bears the signature "Weiss" under its base with the numbers: 512M-077-810-818- Brasil / Weiss. It is made of enamelled cer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Portuguese Faience Plate from Coimbra Polychrome Decoration
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Dish in Portuguese Estatuária faience from Coimbra. Polychrome decoration with a colourful floral pattern inspired by traditional handmade ceramics. The dish has a white background w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Mid century Modern ceramic jug and bowl by Jean Marais
By Jean Marais
Located in London, GB
Stylish jug and bowl in glazed ceramic by Jean Marais. Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais known professionally as Jean Marais was a French actor, film d...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
$1,029 Sale Price
20% Off
Howard Howie Post Cartoon Drawing Plate Art of Sigmund Freud, Anthro DC Comics
By Howard Post
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Portrait of Sigmund Freud on hand thrown ceramic plate.
Signed, "Post to Post with love..." "January 21, 1962"
Howard "Howie" Post (1926-2010)
American animator, cartoonist, and comic strip and comic book writer-artist. Post is known for his syndicated newspaper comic strip The Dropouts which had a 13-year run and for creating DC Comics...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of ceramic pots by Mado Jolain, France circa 1960
By Mado Jolain
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Set of 3 glazed ceramic cylindrical jars with tightened necks with a beautiful orange enamel with their original label "confiture" by Mado Jolain, a great French ceramicist whose pot...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Otello Rosa Designed San Polo Venezia Italy Carnivale Vase, 1955
By Otello Rosa, San Polo
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large wave shaped tapering vase painted all round with Carnivale masked male and female figures in 18th century costumes, highlighted against a deep black background with a brick p...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
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
$2,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Figural Studio Stoneware Vase / Candleholder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Impressive, dense figural ceramic vase / candleholder. Marvelous textural elements: an unglazed slab with a hole for a candle or flowers was applied to a thick, round base with a spi...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
8 Vintage Georges Briard Snack Sets in the Fancy Free Hot Air Balloon Pattern
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Georges Briard snack sets, service for 8. In the Fancy Free hot air balloon pattern - each plate has an image of a hot air balloon on a whit...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large French Midcentury Oval Red Ceramic Serving Platter by Voltz, Vallauris
By Vallauris AM
Located in New York, NY
Very large French Mid-Century Modern oval red ceramic serving tray or platter, handmade by Voltz, Vallauris, France circa 1950-1960. Signed on the...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Ceramic Leaf Plates Set Edera Model from the Sixties
Located in bari, IT
Dinnerware set for 6 plus a large serving plate and a deep tray, SKI production from the 1960s.
Dimensions:
Large serving plate 41 × 32 cm, he...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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
$2,640 Sale Price / set
22% Off
Studio Stoneware "Pigeon" Sculpture Attributed to Polk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1970s stoneware sculpture representing a pigeon. Surrealist in style, with humanistic characteristics / physical features.
Minor loss to the brown glaze "straps" in the back.
Like...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Midcentury Alvino Bagni for Raymor Italian Ceramic Centrepiece Bowl
By Raymor, Alvino Bagni
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exquisite piece of midcentury Italian pottery by Alvino Bagni for Raymor.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
2 ceramic bottles roger capron vallauris 60's
By Roger Capron
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Duo of “Gin” and “Whisky” ceramic bottles from the 1960s by French ceramist Roger Capron, produced in Vallauris. White-glazed ceramics with multicolored geometric decoration on each....
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$3,070 / item
Vintage Ceramic Tray , Italian made 1960's
Located in Milano, IT
Big Ceramic Tray - Marine Themed Ceramic - Collectible Handpainted Ceramic
Offered for sale is a vintage, uncommon and very cool ceramic tray, handmade and hand painted, decorated a...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Gio Ponti Design for "Manifattura Rossi" A Bucchero Female Nude Sculpture
By Gio Ponti
Located in CH
Carlo Alberto Rossi (Gubbio 1903-1970), Manifattura Rossi a Bucchero Female Sculpture after a Gio Ponti drawing, signed C. A. Rossi, circa 1940
Gio Ponti in the 1940s collaborated w...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Satyrs and Pan, " Large and Important Italian Lamp Base, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Decorated with several nude pan and satyr figures in a laughing, high-spirited mood, each masterfully glazed in tones of ivory, charcoal, turquoise, teal and cerulean, this magnifice...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Handmade Marine-Themed Ceramic Tray, Green, Blue and Yellow, Collectible
Located in Milano, IT
Big Ceramic Tray - Marine Themed Ceramic - Collectible Handpainted Ceramic
Offered for sale is a vintage, uncommon and very cool ceramic tray, handmade and hand painted, decorated w...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$754 Sale Price
20% Off
Clyde Burt Ceramic Charger
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt ceramic charger in glazed stoneware with incised image.
Signature to underside: [CB].
American, circa 1965
Category
1960s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Green ceramic leaf tidy by Madoura Vallauris circa 1950
By Suzanne Ramie, Madoura
Located in NICE, FR
This vibrant green glazed ceramic plate is a striking example of Madoura’s artistry. Shaped like a stylized leaf, it captures both elegance and a touch of whimsy. The glossy glaze hi...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Small hand crafted vase by Mobach, Netherlands 1960s
By Mobach
Located in ECHT, NL
Small hand turned ceramic vase or container in earth tone colors. It has three globes with the upper globe functioning as a lid. The creator is unknown. But could easily be a design ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$462 Sale Price
20% Off
1970s Ceramic Jug by Ditmar Urbach, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Glazed ceramic vintage jug in green and white color, produced by Ditmar Urbach in former Czechoslovakia in the 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Heavily Textured Stoneware Vase Signed Pollack
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking and unique stoneware vase made in 1976 by ceramicist, Pollack. Interesting incorporation of textures and patterns - a matte-beige mottled surface with a slight metallic shee...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Studio Stoneware Slab Signed Pollack 1973
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stoneware slab / decorative plate with of an attractive palette of brown, green and navy with a mottled pattern throughout. Attached fragments in ochre and mustard adorn the sides.
...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Studio Terracotta "Geese" Vase Sculpture Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
USA terracotta vase with geese motif on both sides, circa 1970s.
Signed "R" to the underside.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Ceramic Vase With Black Glaze & Decorated With Flowers From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
This ceramic vase boasts a sleek black glaze adorned with charming floral motifs, capturing the essence of vintage elegance. Crafted in the 1960s, it stands as a testament to the end...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Jean de Lespinasse, Large Vase with Rider Decoration, France, 1960
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Jean de Lespinasse (1896-1979), Large Vase with rider decoration, France, 1960. Blue background nuanced, decoration enhanced with yellow, black and yellow enamel.
In a perfect state.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pedestal Large Cup by Pol Chambost, circa 1970
By Pol Chambost
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
This large chalice vase was crafted by the French ceramist Pol Chambost. Initially a sculptor but self-taught in ceramics, he made substantial contributions to this art form in post-...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$4,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Collection of 20th Century Japanese and American Ceramics
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of seven Japanese and American ceramic vases, 20th century. The Japanese vases are seen along the back row in the first photo and all exhibit sculptural forms and have a w...
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Small Vintage Studio Stoneware Vase in Ochre with Sgraffito Decoration
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Petite ochre vase with blue / gray slate rim and sgraffito detail, circa 1970s.
Unsigned.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Jean Derval, White Ceramic Vase with Red Motif, France, C. 1960
By Jean Derval
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful mid-century vase in a cream glaze with red details. With its broad four sides and its cylindrical neck, widest at its mouth, this piece possesses an elegance of form char...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Studio Ceramic Terracotta Vase with Crude Figural Design
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American Studio Pottery work featuring a hand painted Primitive figure motif on terracotta, circa 1970s. Attractive combinations of colors; the ochre and brown background contrast ni...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
"Gathering Around the Table, " Large, Rare Mid-Century Bowl by Meister
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Deliberately and charmingly naive and Primitive in style, reminiscent of some of the WPA-sponsored work produced in America, this large and very rare decorated bowl was produced by t...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Set of Five Antique 18-Karat Porcelain Table Tea Limouge and Signed Osborne
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Set of five 18-karat plated porcelain table tea set with bowl, creamer, sugar, large sugar dish signed Osborne with Candlestick signed Limouge.
Measur...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Gold Plate
$715 Sale Price / set
30% Off
French Vide-Poche Ceramic Tray with Bird Decor by Jacques Blin, 1950s
By Jacques Blin
Located in Münster, DE
Very rare ceramic bowl or vide-poche with bird motif by French artist Jaques Blin from the 1950s.
Jacques Blin was born in France in 1920. He earned a de...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Studio Ceramic Tall Urn / Lidded Jar Signed Polk, 1971
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1970s tall studio terracotta jar / urn, uniquely thin with a removable lid. Hand-applied linear and geometric design with an attractive color palette of black, brown, beige, and red....
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Mid-Century French Ceramic Wall Plaque or Decorative Plate, 1960s
By Le Cyclope
Located in London, GB
Highly decorative mid-century pottery wall plaque or plate by le Cyclope art pottery, in the style of Jean Lurcat.
The Cyclopes pottery is best know...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic wall tiles of the Karlsruher Majolika by Feisst 1958
By Karl-Heinz Feisst
Located in CADALSO, ES
Great condition
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Lidded vessel designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s, Floral
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lidded vessel designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg,
Sweden, 1950s.
Signed.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage "Farm Girl with Lamb" Decorative Stoneware Figural Plate
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming decorative plate in a heavy matte white glaze depicting a farm girl with a lamb.
What looks like a small edge chip is merely a spot that wasn't gla...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
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
1976 Pale Blue Matte Glaze Studio Stoneware Vase by Pollack
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pale blue stoneware vase with a 'sand' colored floral decoration on both sides.
Signed "Pollack '76."
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Important ceramic by Otello Rossa
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare and important enameled ceramic by Otello Rossa, edition Richard Mason, Italy circa 1950.
Bears the markings « San polo - made in italy - ligno ».
U...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Vintage Stoneware Flared Vase Attributed to Polk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1970s tall studio pottery vase, uniquely thin with a flared top. Hand-applied linear and geometric design with an attractive color palette of brown, beige, and red.
Unsigned, but a...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Rosenthal Netter Italian Ceramic Vase
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Italian ceramic vase with siena mottled glaze and hand-carved and etched unglazed band around center with geometric designs. Made in Italy, circa 1960
Base diameter - 5.5"/Mouth d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Zsolnay Eosin Iridescent Glaze, 1950s Large Vase Hungary
By Zsolnay
Located in Pymble, NSW
A beautifully hand painted Zsolnay Eosin glazed vase with birds on fruiting stems and leaves. Fully marked on the base. Superb quality from this famous H...
Category
1950s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Set of Six Candleholders in Glazed Ceramic, 1950's
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of six Italian candleholders from 1950's. Hand painted glazed ceramic, with attachable shapes that can work in group or individually.
Category
1950s 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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