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
Mari Simmulson Ceramic Bowl, Woman’s Portrait for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Göteborg, SE
Decorative ceramic dish by Mari Simmulson for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, featuring a stylized portrait of a woman in vibrant hand-painted colors. The triangular form and textured glaze gi...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Hand Painted Freeform Dishes, Italy, 1950's
Located in Barcelona, ES
A pair of Italian free form dishes from 1950's signed Man. Hand painted glazed ceramic. They can be used as a dish or tray or as wall decoration.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Impressive and large ceramic sphere by Pino Castagna, Italy 1960's
Located in Renens, CH
Impressive and large ceramic sphere by Italian sculptor and ceramist Pino Castagna (1932-2017).
Glazed ceramic with tiny bubbles. Lava technique.
Unique piece. Signed under the bas...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Claire Berger at La Borne, “owl” ceramics, France 1970
Located in LYON, FR
We fell in love with this sandstone owl sculpture turned by Claire Berger in La Borne, made in the second half of the 20th century.
In very good condition, note a chip on the lower ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Sandstone
Lovely Chocolatiere Pitcher in green enameled ceramic by Robert Picault
Located in NICE, FR
This is a ceramic chocolatière by Robert Picault, a renowned French ceramist known for his distinctive green-glazed pottery with linear motifs. The piece features an elegant, rounde...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Sturm Huge Ceramic Sculpture, 1970s
By Robert Sturm
Located in Munich, DE
Big plastic. Ceramics. Coarsely chamotted light material, surface structured and translucent gray-green, partially brownish. H. 122 cm. At the bottom inscribed: ST (carved)., Literat...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Vase “Veckla” Designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1940s, white
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware.
Stamped.
Measure: H: 35.5 cm / 1' 2"
W: 17 cm / 6 3/4".
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Swedish Brown Ceramic Bowl, SHX by Carl-Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand
Located in Göteborg, SE
Elegant mid-century ceramic bowl by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, model SHX. This Swedish modernist piece features a rich, textured brown glaze with expressive brushstroke detai...
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1950s Swedish 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
Huge 33cm ceramic Pottery Vase Object by Heiner Balzar for Steuler, Germany 1970
By Steuler
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic vase object
Design:
Heiner Balzar
Producer:
Steuler, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage ceramic object was produced by Steuler in the 1970s in...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Plate, 1950
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Material: Ceramic
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1950s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
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Ceramic
$2,500
Design Technics Ceramic Brown and White Striped Glaze Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An understated pottery lamp by Design Technics with rippled layers in chocolate brown and off-white/cream and finished with a faint (nearly-matte) glaze.
*height of ceramic body: 1...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$1,700 Sale Price
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Italian Midcentury Decorative Ceramic by Osvaldo Gualdo Dolci, 1950s
By Gualdo Dolci
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Incredible ceramic by Osvaldo Gualdo Dolci from, Italy, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$675 Sale Price
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Pair of Bookends, Seal, Ceramic, 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of bookends, seal, ceramic, 1950
Measures: H 14cm, W 10cm, W 13cm.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$496 / set
Guggenheim Ceramic Sculpture by a.Ba.Co. for New Land, Italy, 1970s
By A.Ba.Co., New Land
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Rare Guggenheim ceramic sculpture by A.Ba.Co. for New Land, Italy 1970s. The object was part of the ’Monuments’ collection produced in a very small limited ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Floor Lamp with Blue Ceramic Figure
Located in Paris, FR
Wrought and gilded iron floor lamp, the stem decorated with a blue ceramic figure and three blue and green small bowls. It is resting on three scro...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Wrought Iron, Iron
Large Rectangular Ceramic Vase 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 studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City, supporting himself with retail jobs selling men’s clothing. But in 1946 a chance encounter with a display of contemporary Japanese pottery inspired him on the spot to switch from painting to pottery. Green learned pottery techniques through engineering manuals and applied his knowledge of college chemistry to teach himself glazing. “In those days I looked at pots constantly,” he said. “I’d travel 100 miles to look at a good pot. I simply taught myself.”
He took his painting skills and applied them to his clay works, creating pieces that critics praised for their painterly qualities and subtle sense of color. In 1976, he retired from the retail clothing...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
James Lovera Love Birds
By James Lovera
Located in San Francisco, CA
James Lovera designed love birds depicting two birds in courtship. Executed in ceramic with a speckled or frosted glaze, signed Lovera.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$950 / set
French Ceramic Pitcher Keraluc Bird 60s Bretagne, G394
By Keraluc
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ceramic pitcher of the factory Kéraluc Quimper of the Sixties in the shape of stylized bird with floral and geometrical reasons on the whole of ceramics. Very decorative object and o...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Marcello Fantoni Cylindrical Ceramic Bottle Vase, Glazed Stoneware, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Italian artist Marcello Fantoni cylindrical ceramic bottle vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1960s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a person...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stig Lindberg vase "Grazia" Ceramic and Silver for Gustavsberg Sweden 1960
Located in Paris, FR
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg "Grazia" vase with matte white glaze and applied silver decoration . Signed Gustavsberg Grazia N° 220.
Good condition
The vase has a white matte glaze w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Silver
Mid-Century Modern Italian Ceramic by Cima Deruta, 1950s
By Cima
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Beautiful ceramic by Cima (Italy) probably design as pens holder, amazing colours and in very good condition.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Regency Monumental Signed Robert Walters Blue and White Cherub Plate
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Regency decorative plate. A fabulous hand painted cherub in an iconic blue and white design. Made and signed by the artist Rob...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Marcello Fantoni for Raymor Stoppered Decanter
Located in Pymble, NSW
A superb Fantoni decanter with its original stopper, fully signed on the base and superbly decorated with 1 flute playing satyr and 2 dancing satyrs on a mottled purple background. T...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Peasant Village Shell Ceramic
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Peasant Village was an import line by the Mitteldorfer Straus company of New York. They imported pottery from several european countries. Deruta is an...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Vase, Hand-Painted, Signed
Located in Milano, IT
Mid-Century Modern - Hand-painted Ceramic Vase - Collectible Design
Elegant and timeless Mid-Century Modern vase in Ceramic, handmade and hand-painted, with a geometric decorative p...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$360 Sale Price
50% Off
1960s Mid-Century Modern W. Germany Ceramic Vase
Located in High Point, NC
A ceramic vase from mid-20th century Germany. Neither large nor small, this studio made pot reflects the hand-held, and the handmade; the tactility of process and the artist's vision...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Clyde Burt Footed Tray Plate in Glazed Multicolored Stonewear
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Born in Melrose, Ohio in 1922, Clyde Burt would go on to become a major voice in American studio ceramics. He studied at Fort Wayne Art School and later at the Cape Cod School of Art before landing at the Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel to Cranbrook, Burt made it central to his practice and his thrown works express the same endless curiosity as his teacher. Upon returning to Ohio, Burt built a home studio on his family’s farmland near the Little Auglaize River and harvested rich clay from the surrounding area. He started every day at 5:30 in the morning and would work until he knew he “had enough”. Constantly experimenting with glazes, colors and surface decoration, Burt painstakingly recorded his successes and failures in a small notebook...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Faux Bois Ceramic Set by Grandjean Jourdan for Vallauris
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
Very nice complete Faux Bois ceramic set designed by Grandjean Jourdan for Vallauris, France in the 1950s.
This wood-like ceramic is decorated with full black figures.
This ceramic...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Boleslaw Danikowski High Enameled Ceramic Sculpture, France, 1950
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Boleslaw Danikowski ( 1928-1979) enameled ceramic sculpture, France 1950.
Boleslaw Danikowski was the first ceramist to work regularly with Robert Guillerme and Jacques Chambron, fo...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase With Light Glaze & Simpel Pattern Made In Denmark From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
The ceramic vase with a light glaze and a simple pattern, typical of Danish ceramics from the 1960s, is a beautiful example of period design.
With its elegant shape and subtle patte...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Modern Brazilian Ceramics. Enamelled Ceramic Vase, c. 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
This modern Brazilian ceramic vase dates from about 1950. Made from glazed ceramic in shades of green, black and white, it measures 18.5 cm high, 15 cm wide and 12 cm deep.
The use ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Wilhelm Kage Pot 'Argenta' for Gustavsberg Sweden 1950 Signed
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Paris, FR
Wilhelm Kage Pot 'Argenta' for Gustavsberg Sweden 1950 Signed
Rare model that can be a planter, with modern silver decor in shape of utilized sales.
Good condition
The Argenta sands...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Silicone
Vase ‘Pungo’ designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Stoneware, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase ‘Pungo’ designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg,
Sweden, 1950s.
Stoneware.
Stamped.
Measurements:
H: 24 cm / 9 1/2"
W: 13 cm / 5”
D: 11 cm / 4 1/4".
Stig Lindberg’s “Pungo” vases...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Céramique brésilienne - Atelier Forjaz, Vase, c. 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
Ce vase en céramique émaillé et polychrome, créé dans les années 50 au Brésil, est une œuvre de l'atelier "Forgaz". Mesurant 29 cm de hauteur, il pré...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Round Dish, Terracotta, circa 1960, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Large round dish,
Glazed terracotta with central winding decoration,
Biot stamp on the back,
circa 1960, France.
Measures : Diameter 48 cm.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Italian Mid-Century Orange Ceramic Cylindrical Half-Moon Irregular Vases, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century orange ceramic cylindrical, half-moon and irregular vases, 1970s
Set of five orange ceramic vases. The highest is cylindrical shape,...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bertoncello Moon Vase in Mottled Cobalt Blue, Italy, circa 1965
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large "Moon" vase in a beautiful glossy cobalt blue glaze with 'rain-drop' dripping highlights. Shape number 873.
Dramatic shape, architectural with dramatic curves and rounded co...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
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 Universit...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic advertising figure by W. Bosse for the Karlsruhe Majolika. 1940 - 1950
By Walter Bosse
Located in CADALSO, ES
Rare advertising figurine from Fernkabel Rastatt Germany.
The company Deutsche Fernkabel Gesellschaft Rastatt was merged into Nokia Siemens Netwo...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Accolay, Three Animals in Wire and Ceramic Cat, Pelican and Rabbit, Signed
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Accolay, three animals in wire and ceramic: cat, pelican and rabbit. Signed.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Iron
Prototype "Morandina" Ceramic by Sonia Pedrazzini, Contemporary Italian Design
Located in Milano, IT
Established in 1998, the project Le Morandine is a tribute to a grand master of Italian art, Giorgio Morandi, an artist who, with particular intensity and elegance, was able to shed ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$585 Sale Price
20% Off
Big Ceramic Green, 1940
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
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$9,000
Corrado Corradi Dell'Acqua Table Food Warmer for Azucena, 1955
Located in Milan, IT
A rare example of an early Azucena Homeware design piece.
Reference : Domus No. 313 Dic. 1955 p. 4
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vessel or Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Born in Melrose, Ohio in 1922, Clyde Burt would go on to become a major voice in American studio ceramics. He studied at Fort Wayne Art School and later at the Cape Cod School of Art before landing at the Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel to Cranbrook, Burt made it central to his practice and his thrown works express the same endless curiosity as his teacher. Upon returning to Ohio, Burt built a home studio on his family’s farmland near the Little Auglaize River and harvested rich clay from the surrounding area. He started every day at 5:30 in the morning and would work until he knew he “had enough”. Constantly experimenting with glazes, colors and surface decoration, Burt painstakingly recorded his successes and failures in a small notebook...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
2 Large French Organic Modern Sculptural Ceramic Vases / Urns by Marius Musara
By Marius Musara
Located in New York, NY
Two of the most elegant and important ceramic works of Vallauris artist, Marius Musara (France, 1910-1991). These French Mid-century Organic Modern sculptures or vases are beautiful, handmade, objects transposing dramatic size with a pure, sober, timeless form. In 1988, Musara was the winner of the International Biennale of contemporary ceramics, the top pottery prize in the world. The pieces are priced and sold as individual pieces.
Sizes are: H 31.5 x D 8 and H 23.25 x D 10. Signed on bottom "Marius Musarra...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware, Pottery
$2,450 Sale Price / item
75% Off
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Born in Melrose, Ohio in 1922, Clyde Burt would go on to become a major voice in American studio ceramics. He studied at Fort Wayne Art School and later at the Cape Cod School...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$4,250
Sculpture « Knight » by Albert Thiry
By Albert Thiry
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare sculpture of a knight in enameled earthenware by Albert Thiry, France vers 1950.
Signed.
Albert Thiry (1923-2009)
Céramiste originaire de Nice, il étudie à l’Ecole des Arts Dé...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Alberto Díaz de Cossío High Temperature Ceramic Bulged Vase
By Alberto Díaz de Cossío
Located in Mexico City, MX
A Mexican high temperature vase by Alberto Díaz de Cossío. Manufactured at the Taller Experimental de Cerámica in Mexico City (Experimental Cera...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Mid-Century Modern W. Germany Ceramic Vase
Located in High Point, NC
A ceramic vase from mid-20th century Germany. Neither large nor small, this studio made pot reflects the hand-held, and the handmade; the tactility of process and the artist's vision...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Johnathan Adler Couture Bowl Early Handmade
Located in Westport, CT
Johnathan Adler handmade ceramic couture bowl circa 1980s made for a friend early and rare.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi Cylinder Vase Purple Motifs, Italy, circa 1970
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large cylindrical vase with shaped top and the brown manganese body is decorated with purple acid resist circular motifs. Designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Grey Studio Pottery Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Winter Park, FL
A large Mid Century Modern studio ceramic pottery centerpiece bowl with luminous grey matte glaze. Signature to underside illegible. Circa 1960-1980.
Dimensions: 4"H x 18" Diameter
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Important vase in off white glazed ceramic
Located in Monaco, MC
Important vase in off white glazed ceramic.
Good condition.
Italy circa 1960
More information upon request.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Midcentury Green Light Blue Gold Ceramic Centerpiece by Mangani, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian midcentury Green light blue ceramic centerpiece by Mangani, 1960s.
Plate centerpiece with round base in ceramic: white in the center and blue-green sides with golden details...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antonio Lampecco Terracotta Enamelled Mask, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Antonio Lampecco (1932-) terracotta enamelled mask, circa 1960.
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Large Round Dish, Terracotta, circa 1960, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Large round dish,
Glazed terracotta with central decoration of a stylized star,
Biot stamp on the back,
circa 1960, France.
Measures : Diameter 58 cm.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Stig Lindberg "Grazia" Vase Gustavsberg. Sweden 1960 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic vase by Sting Lindberg, with silver inlay from "Grazia" series signed underneath.
Made by Gustavsberg In Sweden around 1960
Good condition
Signed .GUSTAVSBERG GRAZIA...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Silver
Céramique De Knud Kyhn Pour Royal Copenhagen
By Knud Kyhn
Located in PARIS, FR
Hippopotame du céramiste Danois KNUD KYHN en grés
Très belle figurine animalière exécuté avec beaucoup de savoir faire.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$2,645 Sale Price
20% Off
Stig Lindberg vase "Grazia" Ceramic and Silver Gustavsberg Sweden 1960
Located in Paris, FR
Stoneware vase with applied silver decoration, 1950s
Height 8,6" (22cm) Width 2,7" (7cm)
Signed Stig .L "Gustavsberg (anchor) Grazia 217 Made in Sweden ".
The vase has a white matte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Silver
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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