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Table bottle opener " rapid " ( for mounting on Table ) Swiss made around 1970s
Located in Wien, AT
Table bottle opener " rapid " ( for mounting on Table ) Swiss made around 1970s
Good original condition
Category
Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace Tureen with Lid 200CL
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace Tureen with Lid 200CL
Denmark, late 20th century
A beautiful Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace Tureen with Lid, made in Denmark in the ...
Category
Danish Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-century modern vintage Erik Magnussen for Stelton plastic ice bucket no. 860
Located in Den Haag, NL
Vintage ice bucket made at Stelton. Designer: Erik Magnussen 1970s
In nice good condition with very light signs of use (no deep scratches or cracks). The ice bucket has a Modern ti...
Category
Danish Post-Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Japanese Thousand Flower Satsuma Porcelain Demitasse Tea Coffee Set
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Japanese Satsuma porcelain demitasse tea or coffee set featuring the thousand flower design with gold accents. Includes tea pot with ...
Category
Japonisme Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
800 Silver Coin Tray, Italy, Argenteria Greggio, 1980s
By Greggio
Located in Palermo, IT
800 silver coin tray, Italy, Argenteria Greggio, 1980s
Worked and beaten by hand, it is a very beautiful and elegant object. It weighs gr. 270. Regula...
Category
Italian Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Collection of Emma Bridgewater Pottery Earthenware Mugs Bowl
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Wonderful collection of Emma Bridgewater pottery featuring 8 mugs and one bowl.
This set includes a Song Thrush, Swallow, Blue Tit Bird, Long Tailed T...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
138-Piece Set of Silver Plated Flatware by Christofle Model Spatours
By Christofle
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Great set of silver plated flatware for 12 people from the French brand Christofle. The model's name is Spatours, a classic and timeless design ...
Category
French Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Vide Poche or Ashtray in Art Glass Venice Pink Color Italy Murano 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This vide poche or ashtray in in Glass. It has been done circa 1970, in Murano, Italy..
The shape is a free form.
Transparent yellow and Pink Color.
Category
Italian Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
$333 Sale Price
20% Off
Hammered Silver Plate and Malachite Parrot Creamer and Sugar by Los Castillo
By Los Castillo
Located in Winnetka, IL
A Mid Twentieth Century beautiful hand hammered silver plate sugar and creamer with sugar spoon having figural parrot handles made of malachite, brass and silver plate by Los Costi...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stone, Silver Plate, Brass
Cigar Box with Fine Fine Miniature Alphons Mucha's "Amethyst" Poster Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular rounded cigar box with vertical opening in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine miniature hand-painted in tempera on vegetable iv...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Style Art Glass Vase Signed Contemporary, circa 1980s
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful contemporary art glass vase in the Art Nouveau style, by artist Robert Eickholt, circa 1980s. Vase is signed "Eickholt" and dated "1988" on bottom as shown in last t...
Category
American Art Nouveau Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Fabergé Limoges Porcelain Hand Painted Egg Decorative Table Tray Ashtray
By Fabergé
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and stunning Fabergé Limoges French porcelain hand painted parcel gilt tray.
Created exclusively by House of Fabergé and Limoges porcelain as ...
Category
French Empire Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$514 Sale Price
60% Off
Bertil Vallien Kosta Boda Minos Glass Vases, Sweden, 1984
Located in Bochum, NRW
Bertil Vallien Kosta Boda Minos Glass Vases, Sweden, 1984
Bertil Vallien's vases with a swelling body, and swirling white decor. It was traditionally mouth-blown, giving it a uniq...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
$953 Sale Price
33% Off
Large Vintage Champagne Ice Bucket, French, Bottle Cooler, Rehoboam, Circa 1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage champagne ice bucket. A French, faux silver plate bottle cooler, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Won...
Category
French Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Vintage Coastal Wicker and Stainless Steel Pitcher, Ice Bucket, Thongs Barware
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage coastal barware set made from wicker and stainless steel are 3 pieces ; a pitcher, ice bucket and matching thongs. It has good weight on the lighter side though and the ...
Category
American Organic Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Georg Jensen Annual Spoons Gilt Sterling Silver with Enamel, Set of 10
By Georg Jensen
Located in Bochum, NRW
Annual spoons 1980-1989 in original box, designed by Annelise Björner, edited by Georg Jensen.
Annual spoons series began in 1971. Each spoon is crafted in sterling silver, then gold...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 5 Bottle Silver Plated Wine Cooler Ice Bucket 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant Vintage silver plated champagne cooler, dating from the late 20th Century.
This alluring item is perfectly suited to a party, and can easily accommodate five bot...
Category
Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Wedgwood Jasperware Green and White Vase English Neoclassical
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful 'sage' green and white English Wedgwood Jasperware matte stoneware vase in the Neoclassical style, England, 1973. Vase has Renaissance/Neoc...
Category
English Neoclassical Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver and Crystal Decanter 797
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage Georg Jensen sterling silver decanter with ornate stoppers #797 by Harald Nielsen and a Crystal decanter. The heavy Art Nouveau stopper is handcrafted with a great deal of ...
Category
Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
800 Silver Cutlery Set, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
800 Silver cutlery set, Italy, 1980s.
Composed of 23 pieces, six forks, six spoons, six knives, ladle, large fork and spoon, two serving pieces.
A...
Category
Italian Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
$2,670 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rolf Sinnemark / "CUBE" TEA POT 401 / Rorstrand / 1985
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
ROLF SINNEMARK is a Swedish designer and glass artist.
He studied industrial design at KONSTFACK in Stockholm. After working in the USA, he was with BODA (merged with KOSTA BODA) fro...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Majestic Line Rosenthal Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
This striking Majestic Line Rosenthal Porcelain Dinner Wear Service for 12 originates from Germany, Circa 1980. Each piece features remarkable gilt textural detailing circumscribing ...
Category
German Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Bormioli Rocco Matisse Italian Glasses Set of 4
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Bormioli Rocco Matisse Italian Whisky Glasses Set of 4 heavy with a nice texture molded bottom.
Dimensions: 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Made in Italy, circa 1980s.
Vintage barware set of 4 whiskey...
Category
Italian Post-Modern Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Buccellati - Shell Mounted In Sterling Silver
By Buccellati
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Shell mounted in sterling silver by Buccellati
Length: 25 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Height: 20 cm
Category
Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Mauro Manetti "Apple" Ice Bucket - Florence, Italy c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A rare example of a Mauro Manetti designed ice bucket in the form of an apple, one of the scarcer models and in good condition.
Made by "Fonderia d'Arte it is fully marked on the u...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Christian Dior Square Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous large Mid-Century square serving tray in tortoiseshell lucite. This stunning tray was produced in Italy in the 1970s. Its design is in the style of Willy Rizzo for a Christ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Silver Plated Butter Dish - Apple - Christofle France
By Christofle
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful silver-plated butter dish, made by the French brand Christofle. Designed by Lino Sabattini.
The butter dish is in good condition. Beautiful color and brilliance.
Dimensio...
Category
French Modern Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Michael Aram Bone Silver Plate Flatware Set of 22 Pieces , 1990s
By Michael Aram
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Michael Aram Bone Silver Plate Flatware Set of 22 Pieces , 1990s
Rare set of unique Aram's 'Boneware' Collection comprised of four knives, four large soup spoons, three dinner forks,...
Category
American Modern Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Nino Cerruti Stainless Steel & Wood Platter Tray
Located in Torquay, GB
1980s stainless steel tray with wooden handles by Nino Cerruti.
Elegant serve ware tray, with the stainless steel polished to a high mirrored shine. The wooden handles are made of ac...
Category
Italian Scandinavian Modern Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain. Set of six small lunch plates in porcelain.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain.
A set of six...
Category
Danish Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Lot of 6 Brutalist Coasters by Art3, 1970
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very nice set of 6 Brutalist coasters by art3, designed and produced in Spain in the 1970s. bronze and aluminum objects, protected bottom. Rare desi...
Category
Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Bronze
$2,264 / set
Swid Powell for Calvin Klein Silver Plate Caviar Bowl Dish Chiller, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
Indulge in the ultimate expression of refined luxury with this rare modernist caviar bowl, a masterpiece designed by Swid Powell and exclusively distributed through the Calvin Klein ...
Category
American Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate, Metal
Vintage 1983 Alessi Original 3cp La Conica Espresso Coffee Maker Italy MINT
By Alessi, Aldo Rossi
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Vintage 1983 Alessi Original 3cp La Conica Espresso Coffee Maker Italy MINT
Iconic, 1983, original 3-cup, " La Conica" Espresso Coffee Maker, model "La Tavola di Babele" ,designed...
Category
Italian Post-Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper, Stainless Steel
Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-Century Italian Handmade Murano Glass Vase
Located in Vilnius, LT
Italian handmade Murano glass vase in thick clear to yellow color, air bubbles inside the glass. Decorated with vertical stripes and inlaid gold dust.
Marked/engraved on the bottom.
...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Richard Ginori Organic Modern Set of 6 Triangular White Dinner Plates Italy
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Set of 6 dinner plates were made of bone chine by Richard Ginori, Italy.
The all-white plates are done in minimalist, organic modern style with outer rim of the plates shaped in f...
Category
Organic Modern Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Oval Lead Crystal Bowl
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Oval lead crystal bowl.
Category
Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
$224 Sale Price
65% Off
Vintage Set of Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni Pattern Plates-Rosettes
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Set of Six Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni pattern plates depicting Rosettes
1980s,
The dramatic plates depict six different large black and white flower-shaped rosettes on a gilt ground.
Dimensions: 10 inches diameter x 1 1/4 inches high.
The plates are numbered 1-6, each a different design.
Mark: a printed black and white flower with the name ROSONI above the Fornasetti hand...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Majolica Ceramic Trompe L'oeil Asparagus Covered Box
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Majolica ceramic trompe l'Oeil asparagus covered box
Italy, circa 1980s
Measures: 6.25"W x 6.25"D x 8.75"H
Very good original vintage condition.
Category
Italian French Provincial Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Oyster Plate with Sea Creatures Lined in Gold
Located in Ross, CA
Ceramic oyster / seafood plate includes six wells each with a different sea creature lined in gold paint. The center well is raised and useful for lemon wedges.
Category
European Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century, François Xavier and Claude Lalanne attr. Centerpiece 70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Claude Lalanne was a French sculptor and designer. Her career is closely linked to the duo Les Lalanne that she formed with her husband, Francois-Xavier; they shared a poetical and d...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Baccarat, Set of 8 Red "Malmaison" Rhine Wine Glasses, Crystalware France 1970s
By Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful set of 8 Baccarat Malmaison Rhine wine glasses from the 1970s. Conical foot and stem giving way to a flowering cup. Signed with the Baccar...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Italian Murano Art Glass Fruit Bookends Decorative Objects, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial set Italian Murano pear fruit and egg decorative art glass bookends or decorative objects with a controlled bubble design in th...
Category
Italian Modern Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Rosenthal Porcelain Flower Cylinder Vase by Wolf Bauer, Germany
By Rosenthal
Located in Barntrup, DE
A hand-painted Rosenthal porcelain vase designed by Wolf Bauer, the Studio-Linie line, Germany, 1970s-1980s.
The white porcelain vase is in a cylindrical form and is adorned with br...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Ettore Sottsass for Swid Powell “Renaissance” Cup & Saucer, Set of 4
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Exceptionally rare set of cups & saucers by the inimitable Ettore Sottsass, designed for Swid Powell. This set is held in the private collections of prominent museums, such as The Me...
Category
Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$575 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Miguel Berrocal (1933-2006), Cheese Service (22 pieces), Contemporary Spain 1980
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb post-modern Miguel Ortiz Berrocal (1933-2006) cheese service with 22 unique pieces (forks, knives, spoons, a ring, two ashtrays and a box). All in chromed metal and in the ori...
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Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Vintage Serving Bowl, English, Ceramic, Decorative Fruit Dish, Late 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage serving bowl. An English, ceramic decorative fruit dish, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Pleasingly eye-catching bowl, ideal for serving or presenting fruit on the table
Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order
Quality white ceramic beneath a lightly glazed top coat
Accentuated with deep cobalt blue, gilt finish and colourful foliate pattern
Maker's mark to base for the Mason's Mandalay pattern...
Category
British Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic tile "water and fire" design Gio Ponti for Gabbianelli, 1989
By Gabbianelli, Gio Ponti
Located in taranto, IT
Tile with a matte white background glaze with a stylized silkscreen decoration of vases and cornucopias from which water comes out, in pink and light blue colors.
Drawing by Gio Pon...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
Birillo Italian Steel Ashtrays by E. Didone for Valenti, 1970
By Valenti, Ezio Didone
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Couple of midcentury Italian stainless steel ashtrays model “Birillo” with original boxes designed by Ezio Didone for Valenti, thanks to the weighted base the ashtrays never tip over...
Category
Italian Minimalist Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
XXI Century Italian pepper mill in 800 silver
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pepper mill in 800 silver with steel core, suitable for grinding pepper.
The body is smooth with various grooves to give the object strength and to be easy to handle for use.
On the ...
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Italian Other Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver, Steel
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, Map Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate with Original Box,
Temi E Variazioni,
Motiv 31.
The Map,
1980s.
The Fornasetti porcelain plate from the Themes & Vari...
Category
German Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Squared Ashtray in Travertine Attributed to Fratelli Mannelli, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Squared ashtray in travertine marble attributed to Fratelli Mannelli.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Travertine, Marble
21 Piece Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Blue Flowers Coffee Tea Set Service for 8
Located in Dayton, OH
Royal Copenhagen Denmark tea set. Features service for 8 with sugar, creamer and coffee / tea pot. Made from porcelain with blue flowers pattern.
Category
Dutch Colonial Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Walther Glas - Lobster dish - Crystal
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful large vintage serving dish from Walther Glas from the Siebenstern Collection
From the 1970s. Decorated with a frosted glass lobster in relief.
...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Boxed Set of Crystal "Medusa" Lumiere Red Wine Glasses by Versace
By Versace
Located in San Diego, CA
A gorgeous boxed set of crystal "Medusa" Lumiere red wine glasses by Versace, circa 1980s. Elevate your drinking experience with these stunning goblets! The two-piece set features a...
Category
American Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
1970s Style Los Castillo Vintage Abalone Fish Bottle Opener Mexico
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Vintage fish bottle opener in Abalone Shell Mexico
Style of Los Castillo. Unmarked.
5.75 d x 1.75 h x 1 w
Missing some abalone piec...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Abalone
Midcentury Cubic Chromed Steel, Wood and Glass Dry Bar, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Unique midcentury cubic dry bar in lacquered ash wood, mirrored steel and glass dry bar with hidden wheels. This gorgeous Willy Rizzo style dry bar was produced in Italy during the 1970s.
The wheeled bar cart's four sides are in mirrored chromed steel, while the top is in dark smoked glass. It moves thanks to four hidden wheels, and the structure is veneered black lacquered oak.
A design masterpiece that will become a cult furniture element in a midcentury bar or living room.
Italian designer and photographer Willy Rizzo (1928-2013) first came to prominence in the 1960s as both a chronicler of and participant in La Dolce Vita, the glamorous, jet set lifestyle enjoyed by many international celebrities and socialites in the postwar era. While photography was Rizzo's first love, in the 1970s he developed a passion for interiors and launched a second successful career as a luxury furniture designer.
Rizzo was born in Naples in 1928 but moved to France early. After expressing an interest in photography at the age of 12, Rizzo's mother gifted him an Agfa Box camera; soon he was shooting portraits of his classmates at Paris's Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci.
In the 1940s, Rizzo began his career as a photojournalist, working for several French publications, including Ciné Mondial, Point de Vue, and Image du Monde. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Rizzo notably covered the Nuremberg Trials and travelled to Tunisia for Point de Vue to photograph the conflict in North Africa, later published in Life Magazine. As his reputation grew, he was hired by France Dimanche to take portraits of the rich and famous at flashy events like the Cannes Film Festival. Rizzo's charm won the trust of royalty, dignitaries, and movie stars, allowing him to capture these public figures in unusually candid moments.
Hoping to advance his career further, Rizzo travelled to New York with Black Star Agency in 1947 to photograph American starlets. When he returned to Paris two years later, he was invited to join Jean Prouvost’s newest publication in colour, Paris Match, as head photographer—a position that he held for 20 years and, along the way, sparked a new culture of celebrity photographers who were as intriguing and fashionable as their subjects.
In 1959, he became the artistic director of Marie Claire and collaborated with other fashion magazines, such as Vogue.
Throughout his career, Rizzo photographed dozens of stars, including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Salvador Dalí, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck, as well as striking up close friendships with famous personalities like Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jack Nicholson. In 1962, Rizzo famously captured some of the last moments of Marilyn Monroe’s life on film before tragically committing suicide a few weeks later.
In 1968, Rizzo married Italian actress Elsa Martinelli, and the pair relocated to Rome. It was here that Rizzo began his work in furniture design, starting with his newly-leased, run-down Roman apartment. Just for personal use (at first), Rizzo created a series one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by modernist icons, such as Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. But as his glitterati friends—Rodolfo Parisi, Gigli Rizzi, Franco Rapetti, Salvador Dalí, Brigitte Bardot, and the like—became admirers of his work, Rizzo was flooded with design commissions.
Rizzo went on to furnish apartments for Italian aristocracy in the Palazzo Borghese and Palazzo Ruspoli that same year and quickly earned an international reputation as a designer to the rich and famous. In response to ever-growing demand, he launched his own Tivoli-based company dedicated to contemporary furniture design handmade in lux materials such as wood, marble, stainless steel, brass, and wild boar. Over time, his team of eight grew to 150, and he was able to open shops in France and throughout Europe, as well as in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.
With an emphasis on clean lines and geometric forms, Rizzo's tables, chairs, and accessories combined contemporary shapes with traditional materials—in contrast to many of his contemporaries, like Ettore Sottsass and Vico Magistretti, who were popularizing plastic, foam, and other synthetics in furniture production. Rizzo's most successful designs are many low, box-like tables in granite, metal, glass, or burled wood, often embellished with brass or chrome accents or built-in liquor cabinets or trays. Two examples of his most celebrated designs include the Alveo Coffee Table (1970s) for Mario Sabot and the circular Yin Yang Coffee Table...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Steel, Metal, Chrome
Vintage Gnome Head Lidded Glass Character Beer Stein Germany, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous glass beer stein with a gnome head and pictures of gnomes on the stein. This beer stein has been made in Germany circa 1970s or older, marked Germany. It is a 0.5 Liter st...
Category
German Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Vintage Large Silver Plated Punch Bowl Cooler Floral Decoration 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous vintage silver plated champagne cooler that can hold over 6 bottles, dating from the late 20th Century.
This exquisite punch bowl has beautiful and incredibly det...
Category
Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Moet & Chandon Black Top Hat Champagne Ice Bucket
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moet and Chandon French vintage 1980s hat shaped wine champagne cooler made of large rigid black plastic.
Vintage Art Deco Stylish French design Adver...
Category
French Art Deco Late 20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
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