Modern Ceramics
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Period: Mid-20th Century
Piatto di Arrigo Finzi
By Arrigo Finzi
Located in Lugo, IT
Piatto in oro di Arrigo Finzi.
Etichetta adesiva del gioielliere.
Buone condizioni.
Grazie
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Ceramic vase attributed to Bertoncello Roberto Rigon
Located in Lugo, IT
Blue ceramic vase attributed to Bertoncello Roberto Rigon.
Seven defects as pictured
Good conditions.
Thank you
Category
1960s Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tazzine ceramica Montecatini
Located in Lugo, IT
Sei tazzine produzione Montecatini.
1 difetto buone condizioni.
Grazie
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic plate by Roger Capron, France, 1960's
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic plate by Roger Capron, signed, 1960's
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Unique Janine Janet Ceramics Sculpture of a Rooster, Hand Painted, 1950s
By Illums Bolighus, Janine Janet
Located in Odense, DK
A large unique faience figure in the shape of a rooster. Handmade by the artist Janine Janet in the 1950s. Decorated with cream coloured glaze as well as greyish brown glazed feather...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Ruth Duckworth Stoneweare Ceramic Large Monumemtal Vessel
By Ruth Duckworth
Located in Chicago, IL
Ruth Duckworth was an innovative Chicago sculptor, deeply engaged in the natural world and responding to artistic developments in the 1960s. Working in clay, she called herself a scu...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Rupert Deese, Blue, Ceramic/Stoneware" Apple" Sculpture, Paperweight, Marked
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is one of the most simple and elegant sculptures made for the very well known artist, ceramist Rupert Deese, has amazing blue tones in the glaze, marked with cypher 's artist mark.
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pablo Picasso, Bull, Turned round dish, 1957, edition of 250 copies.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Pablo Picasso
Taureau
1957. 22 janvier
Plat rond tourné
D. 38 cm
R.A terre de faience rouge, décor à l'engobe, gravé au couteau, couverte partielle au pinceau
Noir
Tiré à 250 exemp...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Spherical Vase by Eva Stæhr Nielsen for Saxbo
By Saxbo
Located in San Francisco, CA
A footed spherical vase with an aquamarine hares fur glaze by Eva Stæhr Nielsen for Saxbo. Stamped with the Saxbo crown symbol, model number 85, and “SAXBO COPENHAGEN”.
Category
1950s European Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Waylande Gregory rare ceramic/pottery fused glass glaze bowl Pat 2357399, signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing pottery bowl by the well known artist Waylaid Gregory , This is a rare patent number piece , as early as 1942 time of the US year patent) , also signed as shown.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Signed Vintage Royal Copenhagen Hand Painted Purple, Blue Ceramic Bowl Or Tray
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage hallmarked hand painted glazed faience ceramic bowl , dish and or tray is from the 60's and was manufactured by Royal Copenhagen from Denmark. This was a craft known by ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Fat Lava Scheurich German Colored And Glazed Ceramic Pitcher With Handle
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the whole description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Parti...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Solitary vase/ Ceramic Tupy - modern Brazilian ceramics, c. 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
The Tupy solitary vase is a remarkable piece of modern Brazilian ceramics, dating from about 1960.
Made from polychrome and enamelled ceramics, this vase is distinguished by its "pi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bjorn Wiinblad For Rosenthal Mat White Bisque Porcelain Monumental Face Bowl
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous monumental vintage hallmarked porcelain white mat bisque bowl was designed by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio LInie from Germany. It is t...
Category
1960s German Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Hallmarked Bitossi Incised Off White Ceramic Textural Vase Italian
By Bitossi
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage off white incised textural hallmarked vase or vessel is signed on the bottom Flavia Montelupo Italy and was the sister company of Bitossi all under the parent corporatio...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Nils Thorsson For Royal Copenhagen Vintage Geometric Glazed Ceramic Bowl
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Royal Copenhagen glazed ceramic bowl by the designer Nils Thorsson is a faience method which is the process of adding tin oxide to glaze the earthenware.
It is from the ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Alvino Bagni for Bitossi Black Ceramic Bowl and Vase with Gold Studs Vintage
By Bitossi, Alvino Bagni
Located in North Miami, FL
Alvino Bagni for Bitossi designed this pair of outstanding rare vintage black Italian ceramics in the 60's for Good Friends which was an American importer and often commissioned Bito...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Janet Leach Studio Pottery Brush Work Studio Pottery Lidded Container
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish stoneware studio pottery lidded container with brushed designs by renowned studio potter Janet Leach (British, 1918-1997) dating from around 1965. The container is of squat...
Category
1960s English Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Black Ceramic Sculpture "Woman" 1950
Located in Milano, IT
Black ceramic sculpture "woman" mid-20th century.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Deep Ceramic Brown Bowl by Eva Staehr-Nielsen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Eva Staehr-Nielsen for SAXBO dark brown glaze, rounded bowl with organic shape. The underside is incised with the artist's initials E.ST.N., stamped Saxbo, Denmark, the ying-yang sym...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Blue Vase by Carl-Harry Stalhane
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large scale vase with a hare’s fur glaze in shades of blues and greens by Carl-Harry Stalhane for Rorstrand.
Incised signature and studio mark to underside: [R Sweden CHS SDA].
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Raul Coronel ceramic / pottery decorative plate
By Raul Coronel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful plate by the well known potter Raul Cornell .
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Danish Kähler HAK Ceramic Bowl
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large Kähler bowl in glazed ceramic.
Dia. 29 cm.
Red and blue shades on a gray base.
The bowl has an incised HAK monogram to the base (Herman A. Kähler).
Perfect condition.
Denmark...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti “Commedia” Ceramic Paperweight and Cup Pair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“I have thus dressed ceramics, furniture, and things in signs, and in that way I have placed a message in every work — a small story that is sometimes ironic, obviously wordless, but...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Artistic Handle, Siva Poggibonsi
Located in Milano, Lombardia
beautifully preserved 1950s ceramic handle with geometric inspiration and warm colors. Quality object in perfect midcentury style as on Gio Ponti's designs.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Gunnar Nylund vase in hare's fur glaze of tans and mossy green. Crafted by Rorstrand in the 1960s, and inscribed {R Sweden GN}.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Kaiser - K. Nossek, Vintage Porcelain Urn and Cover, Germany, Mid-20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
KAISER (manufacturer) - K. Nossek (designer) - Desiree (product line) - vintage fine porcelain urn and cover - featuring shaded enamels and flor...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Lee Rosen Large Ceramic / Pottery Table Lamp for, Design Technics. Marked
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful ceramic table lamp in cream / light brown, taupe colors designed by Lee Rosen and made by Design Technics, marked with Logo DT near cord. The ceramic alone measures 14 diam...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris, France, two ceramic bowls in brightly colored glazes. 1960/70s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vallauris, France, two ceramic bowls in brightly colored glazes.
1960/70s.
Signed.
In excellent condition.
Largest measuring: L 20.0 x W 16.0 x H 8.0 cm.
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris, France, two ceramic bowls in brightly colored glazes. 1960/70s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vallauris, France, two ceramic bowls in brightly colored glazes.
1960/70s.
Unstamped.
In excellent condition.
Largest measurement: D 19.0 x H 6.5 cm.
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
French Studio Ceramist, Unique Ceramic Dish in Crystal Glaze with Blue Shades
Located in Copenhagen, DK
French studio ceramist, unique ceramic dish in crystal glaze with blue shades.
Approx. 1960/70s.
In perfect condition.
D 28.0 cm.
Indistinctly signed.
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris, France, three ceramic bowls in brightly colored glazes. 1960/70s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vallauris, France, three ceramic bowls in brightly colored glazes.
1960/70s.
Unsigned.
In excellent condition.
Largest (blue) measuring: D 15.0 x H 5.5 cm.
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris, France, Two Ceramic Bowls, 1960s/70s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vallauris, France, two ceramic bowls with glazes in red/black and red/brown.
1960/70s.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Red/brown measures: L 11.0 x W 9.5 x H 8.0 cm.
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris, France, Two Ceramic Bowls in Brightly Colored Glazes
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vallauris, France, two ceramic bowls in brightly colored glazes in red and orange on a dark brown base.
1960/70s.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
"Stell...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Jacques and Dani Ruelland. France. Large enameled earthenware table lamp.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Jacques and Dani Ruelland. France.
Large enamelled earthenware table lamp in a modern design.
Approx. 1960.
In perfect condition.
Fitted with a new socket and cord.
Dimensions: D 25.0 x H 35.0 cm.
Twentieth-century decorative arts and design enthusiasts, French artist Jacques Ruelland...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Vallauris, France, Three Ceramic Bowls in Brightly Colored Glazes
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vallauris, France, three ceramic bowls in brightly colored glazes in red, yellow and green on a dark base.
1960/70s.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Measuring: L 20.0 x W 14.0 x ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris, France, Three Ceramic Bowls in Brightly Colored Glazes
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vallauris, France, three ceramic bowls in brightly colored glazes in red and green on a dark base.
1960/70s.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Largest measurement: D 18.5 x H 6.0 c...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Set of Two Modernist Italian Ceramic Jugs by Artigiana Ceramica Umbra
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Two multi colored ceramic huge jugs designed and hand-crafted in Italy by ceramica Artigiana Umbra, small manufacturer founded in 1956 in Città di Castello. They are in perfect condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris, France, two ceramic bowls with yellow and green glazes.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vallauris, France, two ceramic bowls with yellow and green glazes on a black base.
1960/70s.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Measuring: L 13.5 x W 10.0 x H 5.0 cm.
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Eleven Glazed Ceramic Pumpkins, France, circa 1960
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Set of eleven glazed ceramic Pumpkins, France, circa 1960
One big pumpkin and ten small ones.
Dimensions big pumpkin: 25 cm height, 27 cm di...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Gertrude & Otto Natzler small vase, cup /shot, gun powder glaze, signed.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful little cup/ shot by the well known potters Gertrude and Otto Natzler . Shows a dark brown and gun powder glaze .
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Hutschenreuther, Heinrich Fuchs, MCM Porcelain Vase, Germany, circa 1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
Hutschenreuther (Manufacturer) - Dr. Heinrich Fuchs (Designer) - Mid century porcelain vase - featuring Origami-like folds in the design that play with light and the unique shape - w...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg Ceramic, Stoneware, Vase / Vessel for Gustavsberg, Grazia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful silver paint in this Lindberg vase by Gustavsberg, Grazia model.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware ARO bowl by Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
ARO stoneware bowl in shade of tan and brown. Inscribed with artist signature and Rorstand studio mark.
Excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or crazing.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Saxbo glazed vase ceramic/stoneware by Edith Sonne , signed/marked
By Edith Sonne Brun, Saxbo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful stoneware vase by the well known potter Edith Sonne.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Aldo Londi Ceramic, Pottery Ashtray for Bitossi, Geometric, Mondrian, Pattern
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very elegant design in this ashtray by the well known artist/designer Aldo Londi.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Aldo Londi, Ceramic/Pottery Vase by Bitossi, Geometric/Mondrian Pattern
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and elegant ceramic vase by Aldo Londi and made by Bitossi.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Glazed Ceramic Dish. Signed "Dorrit" May 97"
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large unique glazed ceramic dish.
White base, decorated with blue and light green.
Made by Dorrit May
Dorrit May worked with the Danish cera...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Polia Pillin Ceramic / Pottery Bowl/Plate, Signed
By Polia Pillin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful ceramic plate painting, by the very well known, Los Angeles artist Polia Pillin.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Lagardo Tackett Vinegar cruet, Architectural Pottery, Freeman Lederman .bottle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great sample of modern design in this amazing Vinegar bottle/cruet by Lagardo Tackett .
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Raul Coronel, Rare, Pottery/Ceramic Sculpture/Door Stopper/Garden Ornament
By Raul Coronel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a rare ceramic /pottery sculpture / door stopper made by the very well known artist Raul Coronel, signed on bottom side. Original sold as door stopper but was used and added ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Guido Gambone Ceramic Pottery Table Lamp in Volcanic/Lava Glaze for "La Tirrena"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guido Gambone moved to Florence permanently in 1950 and he founded the shop/studio "La Tierrena" and was opened till 1967, in via palazzo Dei diavoli 2, in Firenze, two years before ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Sergio Asti Flower Vase for Gabbianelli
By Sergio Asti
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Sergio Asti's flower vase for Gabbianelli probably in the 1960s-1970s. Two separate vases stand close to each other.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg Studio Monumental Vase, with Matte and Green, Glaze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stig Lindberg by Gustavsberg studio, Sweden, Unique stoneware with relief pattern in this monumental vase with matte green and charcoal grey glaze. Very rare vase. We list the piece ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Lee Rosen Ceramic/Pottery, Pair Bookends for Design Technics, Fused Glass Glaze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice pair of bookends designed by Lee Rosen, with an amazing fused glass glaze like broken glass surface very popular and used for many designers of the period, in America and Europe...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Turquoise ceramic table lamp by Accolay, France c.1955
Located in Holmfirth, GB
A turquoise ceramic table lamp by Accolay. Stamped to the underside.
France, late 1950s. Excellent condition, rewired in braided black cable, PAT rested and supplied with an off whi...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Lucie Rie Stoneware Jug in Manganese and White Glaze
By Lucie Rie
Located in Leicester, GB
Lucie Rie Stoneware cream jug in manganese and pitted white glaze. With impressed LR mark. c1950s.
Provenance:
European Ceramics, Knaresborough, 2002.
Alan and Pat Firth Collection.
Lucie Rie DBE (1902-95) was one of the most important figures in Twentieth Century ceramics. Born in Vienna, she originally studied at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna under Michael Powolony. Before the war she exhibited at the Paris World Fair in 1925 and 1937, at which she won a silver medal. Of Jewish descent, she fled Austria for Britain in 1938 and spent the rest of her life in London. It is difficult to underestimate the importance of her work in Britain and indeed worldwide. She brought the style of European modernism to this country and inspired a generation of potters to develop that approach. A good friend of leading British studio ceramicist Bernard Leach, she became and internationally acclaimed ceramicist with innovations in both shape and glaze. In 1948 she hired a young Hans Coper and they worked and exhibited together for many years. She also spent some time teaching at Camberwell School of Art. Her ceramic work is now regarded as some of the finest and most important of the last century, its lasting influence assured. After her death her studio was reconstructed and exhibited by the Victorian and Albert Museum. Her work is held in the most important ceramics...
Category
1950s English Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Roger Capron, Black Enamelled Sculptural Cendrier c.1960
By Roger Capron
Located in Holmfirth, GB
Black enamelled sculptural ceramic ‘cendrier’ by Roger Capron.
Artist: Roger Capron
Year: c.1960
Size: 10 cm x 17 cm
Note: There is a small loss to the back of the head...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Modern ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
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