Modern Pitchers
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Pitchers
Pottery
2010s Mexican Modern Pitchers
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Pitchers
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Pitchers
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Pitchers
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pitchers
Ceramic, Stoneware
20th Century Polish Modern Pitchers
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Pitchers
Ceramic, Stoneware
1990s Italian Modern Pitchers
Silver
2010s Italian Modern Pitchers
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers
Glass
1950s French Vintage Modern Pitchers
Ceramic
1990s French Modern Pitchers
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Pitchers
Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Pitchers
Stainless Steel
20th Century European Modern Pitchers
Glass
20th Century Czech Modern Pitchers
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Pitchers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Pitchers
Crystal, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Pitchers
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Pitchers
Stainless Steel
Early 2000s Italian Modern Pitchers
Glass
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Pitchers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Pitchers
Sterling Silver
20th Century Czech Modern Pitchers
Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Modern Pitchers
Silver
1930s English Vintage Modern Pitchers
Silver
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Pitchers
Sterling Silver
1970s Mexican Vintage Modern Pitchers
Sterling Silver
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Leather, Blown Glass
20th Century English Modern Pitchers
Stoneware
Late 20th Century English Modern Pitchers
Ceramic
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Pitchers
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pitchers
Glass