Modern Pitchers
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Modern
Ruthanne Tudball Soda Glazed Studio Pottery Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An very stylish and impressive studio pottery jug decorated in soda glazes by renowned British potter Ruthanne Amelia Tubdball and dating from the latter 20th century. The heavily ha...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Kati Tuominen-Niittyla for Arabia Finland Storybirds Oliver Pitcher Jug
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare black Oliver water jug or pitcher is a part of Storybirds series that was designed in 1993 by Kati Tuominen-Niittyla (b. 1947), an internationally acclaimed ceramic artist livi...
Category
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
American Jensen-Inspired Sterling Silver Water Pitcher by La Paglia
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver water pitcher. Made by Alphonse La Paglia (d. 1953) in New Jersey. Baluster with asymmetrical oval mouth; stepped and round foot ring with flat bead...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
Winchcombe Studio Pottery Tenmoku Glazed Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine tenmoku glazed studio pottery jug probably by Ray Finch and made at the acclaimed Winchcombe Pottery in Gloucestershire, England in the latter 20th century. The hand thrown ju...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Italica Ars Production Pitcher - Watermelon
By Italica Ars
Located in Lugo, IT
Pitcher in good condition, production Italica Ars.
Thank you
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Tiffany Spare & Heavy Modern Sterling Silver Water Pitcher
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver water pitcher. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1907. Ovoid body, stepped foot, short neck, and helmet mouth; soft bracket handle with trefoil shaped tail...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
1980's Carlo Moretti 7 Piece Bullet Drink Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Carlo Moretti 7 Piece Bullet Glass Drink Set. Nice complete set in great shape, probably unused! Great heavy weighted glass and pitcher.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Blown Glass
Hand-Built and Glazed Pitcher by Anne Dangar, France, c. 1945
By Anne Dangar
Located in New York City, NY
Hand-Built and Glazed Pitcher by Anne Dangar, France, c. 1945
Lovely glazed ceramic pitcher by Anne Dangar. Dangar is a celebrated Australian abstract expressionist painter, who beg...
Category
20th Century French Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Laura Andreson ceramic / pottery pitcher , signed dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice and elegant ceramic pitcher by the well known potter Laura Andreson .
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Mexican Los Castillo Style Parrot Handle & Silver Pitcher
By Los Castillo
Located in Stamford, CT
Mexican Los Castillo style parrot handle pitcher. Silver plate with lightly hammered finish and green stone parrot handle. Heavy and well made.
No makers mark or brand stamp.
Pitche...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Modern Pitchers
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Brass Watering Can by Hagenauer Wien
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handmade brass watering can by Werkstatte Hagenauer Wien. Stamped and marked on the underside.
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Brass
Pol Chambost, France. Ceramic pitcher with gray-toned glaze.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pol Chambost (1906-1983), France.
Ceramic pitcher with gray-toned glaze.
From the 1960s.
In perfect condition.
Signed "Languedoc-Toulouse - Pol Chambost - Made in France."
Dimensions...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Silver-Plated Pitcher with a Monkey Handle by Emilia Castillo , Mexico 85
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the exquisite Vintage Silver-Plated Pitcher with a Monkey Handle by Emilia Castillo, Mexico 85, Signed. This extraordinary piece of art seamlessly combines traditional cr...
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Pitcher by Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very small pitcher or vase in hare's fur glaze of yellow and mustard by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand. Impressed on the bottom by both the creator and manufacturer's mark.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Pitcher by Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
A small pitcher or vase in hare's fur blue glaze by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand. Impressed on the bottom by both the creator and manufacturer's mark.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Pitcher by Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very small pitcher or vase in hare's fur blue glaze by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand. Impressed on the bottom by both the creator and manufacturer's mark.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
FB Rogers Silver Co Silver on Copper 7504 Water Pitcher. Circa 1970s. Measureme
Located in Philadelphia, PA
FB Rogers Silver Co Silver on Copper 7504 Water Pitcher. Circa 1970s. Measurements: 7.5" H x 9" W x 5.5" D.
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Silver Plate
Carl Auböck Glass Pitcher with Cane Wrapped Handle, 1950's
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Modern Carl Auböck Glass Pitcher with his classic caned wrapped handle. Featuring a handcrafted large, wide mouth clear Austrian Glass Pitcher with...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Cane, Glass
Vintage Hans Hansen Sterling Silver Water Pitcher 501
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Mid-Century Hans Hansen sterling silver water pitcher with horn handle, design #501 by Karl Gustav Hansen from 1960. Hans Hansen is one of t...
Category
20th Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Hans Hansen Sterling Silver Water Pitcher 392
Located in Hellerup, DK
This is a Mid-Century Hans Hansen sterling silver water pitcher with walnut handle, design #392 from 1948. Hans Hansen is one of the premier Danish silver makers, Karl Gustav Hansen ...
Category
20th Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage F. Hingelberg Pitcher by Svend Weihrauch 204
Located in Hellerup, DK
Sterling silver Mid-Century pitcher with ivory handle, design #204 by Svend Weihrauch from 1941. Elegant Mid-Century design, F. Hingelberg was one of the premier silvers makers in Denmark at the time, their hand craftsmanship is of the absolute highest quality. The handle is not cracked, the marks are part of the natural patina from ageing. There is an ebonite ring...
Category
20th Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Vintage Mid-Century Sterling Kay Fisker Pitchers
By Kay Fisker
Located in Hellerup, DK
This is a pair of A. Michelsen sterling silver pitchers designed by Kay Fisker in 1935, from a private estate in London. Fisker designed two sizes of this pitcher, both are represent...
Category
20th Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
Glazed Ceramic Pitcher, 20th Century
Located in New York City, NY
Glazed Ceramic Pitcher, France, 20th Century
Beautifully textured hand-thrown ceramic jug with a translucent glaze that moves between creamy white, to lightly glazed beige.
Additio...
Category
20th Century French Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Academy Silver on Copper Modernist Bulbous Water Pitcher
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Academy Silver on Copper Modernist Bulbous Water Pitcher. Circa Mid to Late 20th Century. Measurements: 7" H x 8.5" W x 4.5" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Silver Plate
Wonderful Modern Pair Swid Powell Water Pitcher TsAO & McKown Silver Plate Italy
By Swid Powell
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of Swid Powell / Calvin TsAO and Zack McKown Silver Plated Water Pitchers With A Sleek Conical Form With Flat Curving Handle And Ice Guard, This Beautiful Modern Pit...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Pitchers
Materials
Silver Plate
Carl-Harry Stalhane Pitcher
Located in San Francisco, CA
A cinnamon colored stoneware water jug for Rorstrand. Inscribed on base with makers initials and studio mark.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Stoneware
Ray Finch Winchcombe Studio Pottery Metallic Glazed Double Cream Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and exceptional metallic glazed studio pottery jug by Ray Finch and made at Winchcombe around 1981. The stoneware jug was gifted by Ray Finch to the previous owner on 5th ...
Category
1980s English Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Stoneware
20th Century Blown Glass Jug by Kjell Engman
By Kjell Engman
Located in Firenze, FI
A stunning jug in blown glass by the Swedish glass artist Kjell Engman for Kosta Boda. This unique piece, of beautiful shape and colors is in exellent condition. Second half of the 2...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern Pitchers
Materials
Glass
Clive Bowen Studio Pottery Slip Trailed Honey Glazed Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish slip trailed studio pottery jug decorated in honey glazes by renowned potter Clive Bowen (British, b.1943) and dating from the 20th century.
Clive Bowen is considered as one the great British studio potters and is renowned internationally with his work in collections worldwide. He is based in Devon where he uses the local red earthenware clay and has worked with both Michael Leach...
Category
20th Century English Modern Pitchers
Materials
Earthenware
John Jelfs Large Incised Pattern Studio Pottery Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and stylish Cotswold Pottery studio pottery jug with incised patterning by renowned potter John Jelfs (British. b.1946) and dating from around 1997. The heavily made stonewar...
Category
1990s English Modern Pitchers
Materials
Stoneware
Janice Tchalenko Hand Painted Patchwork Studio Pottery Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and unique reduced stoneware studio pottery large jug hand painted with patch work designs by renowned potter and artist Janice Tchalenko ...
Category
1980s English Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Stoneware
Barry Huggett Salt Glazed Slip Trailed Studio Potter Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and well potted Carnon Downs Pottery salt glazed jug with slip trailed patterning by Cornish based potter Barry Huggett and dating from around 1996. The stoneware jug ...
Category
1990s English Modern Pitchers
Materials
Stoneware
Owl Pitcher in Ceramic by Marcel Guillot, circa 1955
Located in New York City, NY
This delightful pitcher/vase showcases Guillot's stunning, painterly work as a ceramicist.
Category
20th Century French Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Blown Smoked Glass Carafe, or Water Pitcher
By Modern Aesthetic Design
Located in Dallas, TX
This late 20th century glass pitcher is an exemplary example of modern art. Handcrafted with intricate care out of smoke-hued glass, it is in pristine condition with no chips or any ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Pitchers
Materials
Smoked Glass
Paul Young Earthenware Studio Pottery Medallion Decorated Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A tall and stylish British studio pottery jug made at Station Pottery by renowned potter Paul Young and dating from the latter 20th century. Paul Young is influenced by the work of m...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Pitchers
Materials
Earthenware
Pitcher in Glazed Ceramic by Joseph Talbot, circa 1940
Located in New York City, NY
Glazed Blue Ceramic Pitcher by Joseph Talbot, France, c. 1940.
Category
20th Century French Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Clive Bowen Large Studio Pottery Slip Trailed Brown Glazed Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish slip trailed studio pottery jug decorated in brown glazes by renowned potter Clive Bowen (British, b.1943) and dating from the 20th century.
Clive Bowen is considered as one the great British studio potters and is renowned internationally with his work in collections worldwide. He is based in Devon where he uses the local red earthenware clay and has worked with both Michael Leach...
Category
20th Century English Modern Pitchers
Materials
Earthenware
Jane Hamlyn Studio Pottery Salt Glazed Jug 20th Century
By Jane Hamlyn
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and well potted salt glazed stoneware jug by renowned studio potter Jane Hamlyn (British. b.1940) and dating from the 20th century. The jug is of wide round bulbous shape w...
Category
20th Century English Modern Pitchers
Materials
Stoneware
Eric Jourdan - Brown-it-or Pitcher
By Eric Jourdan
Located in PARIS, FR
This Bron-ir-or pitcher was designed in 1991 by Éric Jourdan and edited by Ardi. The pitcher is made of casted aluminium with a walnut handle.
This model was showcased during the 19...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Pitchers
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Venetian Transparent and Blue Murano Glass Carafe Contemporary, 1990s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Italian Venetian Transparent and Blue Murano Glass Carafe Contemporary 1990s.
This amazing and unique Venetian work of art was made in the island...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Pitchers
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Joel Edwards Pottery / Ceramic Pitcher/ Carafe, Signed
By Joel Edwards
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pitcher with an abstract glaze. Edwards studied with very important potters in his time like Peter Voulkos, Marguerite Wildenhain and Soji Hamada.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Pitchers
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Georg Jensen “Swan” Pitcher 1052 Henning Koppel
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
An extremely large sculptural sterling silver Georg Jensen pitcher, design #1052 by Henning Koppel from 1956, this design called the “Swan” pitcher.
This...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
1990s Borek Sipek Blown Glass Water Jug
By Driade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare Borek Sipek designed blown glass Vichy water jug for Driade. Add some glam to your bar or table.
Category
1990s Modern Pitchers
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Mid-Century Mexican Sterling Silver Modernist Pitcher or Ewer by Zurita
By C. Zurita
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage, Mid-Century Modern Mexican sterling silver pitcher by the maker, C. Zurita. With a nod to the eponymous design firm of Georg Jensen, this sterling silver ewer has a gorgeo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Jozefina Glass Works Krosno Polish Vintage Hand Blown Art Glass Jug
By Krosno
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning tall and elegant hand-blown Polish art glass jug attributed to the Jozefina Glass Makers, Krosno and dating from around 1980.
The Josefi...
Category
20th Century Polish Modern Pitchers
Materials
Blown Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Solid Silver Jug Pitcher
Located in VALENZA, IT
Modern style solid silver pitcher.
The shape of the jug is oval and has been completely handmade from an 800 silver plate.
The body of the object is...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Pitchers
Materials
Silver
Brown and White Stoneware Ceramic Pitcher La Borne circa 1990 Pottery
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
La Borne
Original french stoneware ceramic pitcher
Brown and white pottery colors
Signed
Original perfect condition
Measures: h...
Category
1990s French Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
'Pichet Espagnol' from the Madoura Pottery 'AR 245' by Pablo Picasso '1954'
Located in London, GB
'Pichet Espagnol' ceramic piece from the Madoura Pottery (A.R. 245) by Pablo Picasso (1954). A fired, unglazed ceramic pitcher in the form of a stylise...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Amber-Color Murano Glass Amphora, 1980s, Venice
Located in Villaverla, IT
Italian amber-color Murano glass amphora, 1980s, Venice.
This amazing creation clearly owes to the Venetian love of beauty and art. Entirely made with blown amber-color glass in the...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Rare and Stunning Sterling Silver Pitcher by Tane Orfebres
Located in Atlanta, GA
Modern sterling silver pitcher designed and crafted by Tane Orfebres in Mexico. The pitch is decorated with features of the mythical Quetzalcoatl design on the handle, base and lid a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
Etro Home Accessories Italian Glass Paisley Pitcher Two Goblets
Located in Toledo, OH
Etro Home Accessories paisley pattern pitcher with two glasses. Very nice condition. Serving tray with same pattern is available in additional listing. Glasses measure 4.5" tall. Pit...
Category
20th Century European Modern Pitchers
Materials
Glass
Hand Blown Dimple Design Handled Stylish Art Glass Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual hand blown art glass handled jug with a dimple design body in opaque green glass with blue patterning dating from the 20th century. Probably continental the tall and elega...
Category
20th Century Czech Modern Pitchers
Materials
Blown Glass
Ceramic Pitcher with Colorful Decoration in Red, Blue and Yellow, Albisola, 1950
Located in Berlin, DE
Joyful ceramic pitcher by Ceramiche Albisola. It has a smooth, glazed surface with flame like stripes in red, blue and yellow. Signed at the bottom 'Albisola', circa 1950. Albisola/L...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Italian Sterling Silver Jug / Pitcher / Ewer circa 1960 Water Cocktail
Located in London, GB
A stylish Vintage Italian Jug with an understated elegant straight sided design displaying the luster of plain polished silver. The Jug has subtle spout which has a straight geometri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
fferrone Contemporary Handcrafted Czech Glass Revolution Cocktail Mixer Set
Located in Chicago, IL
Strikingly simple in form, the contemporary handcrafted Revolution Collection Cocktail Mixer Pitcher Set is handcrafted in the Czech Republic by master glassblowers, and formed from a pure extrusion of handblown borosilicate glass.
The cocktail mixer set...
Category
20th Century Czech Modern Pitchers
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Post Modern Silverplate Water Pitchers by Richard Meier for Swid Powell
Located in Litchfield, CT
Sliver plate, by Richard Meier for Swid Powell of New York City, circa 1980s. In the 1980s, the American homewares company, Swid Powell, commissioned architect Richard Meier to design a line of contemporary silver plated hollowware. Strongly influenced by the Wiener Werkestadt and Dr. Dresser, these pieces are a highpoint of American 20th century design. This pair of pitchers...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian Modernist .800 Silver Pitchers
Located in Norwalk, CT
Hallmarked 445 MI and .800. Weight: 55.25 ozt.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Pitchers
Materials
Silver
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