Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
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
Roger Capron - Ceramic Sculpture Tetes Bug
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Ceramic sculpture by Roger Capron.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring motifs such as stylized branches and geomet...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Silver Plated Covered Serving Platter Resting Stag by Teghini Firenze
By Teghini
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a spectacular Mid Century Modern Silver Plated Serving Platter manufactured in limited edition by Teghini Firenze.
Fonderia D’Arte Teghini, Firenze, produced sophisticated, high quality hand crafted items with limited runs in Florence, Italy throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
An impactful, oversized statement piece for the table or sideboard. The dome is formed as a recumbent stag with sand-cast antlers...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Roger Capron - Set of 6 Colorful Ceramic Plates with Mask
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
A set of six plates made by Roger Capron in Vallauris, France in 1960s. Same design presented in six different colors. The 6 plates come with their original packaging.
We have 4 set...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Willy Rizzo Serving Tray in Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful mid-century rectangular serving tray fully made in a gorgeous and vibrant tortoiseshell effect lucite. This charming piece was produced in Italy during the 1970s and is att...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Ceramic Fish Plates Wall Composition / Wall Decoration
By Shorter & Son Ltd 1, Vallauris, Gil Vargas Segovia, Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, Waechtersbach Ceramics
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of Midcentury multi color fish Plates and Platters as Wall Decoration
A funny collection of eleven european glazed ceramic, porcelain and...
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20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain, Terracotta
Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Plate Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000)
French ceramist in Vallauris
Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs.
His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors.
A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop.
In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000)
French ceramist in Vallauris
Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs.
His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors.
A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop.
In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Large Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Brass Serving Tray by Guzzini, Italy 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning large mid-century tray in tortoiseshell effect lucite and brass. This charming rectangular tray, clearly in the style of Christian Dior, was produced in Italy during the 197...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Spanish Ceramic Decorative Wall Plate with Fishing Scene
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Cubist Wall Plate or Wall Decoration
Colorful Spanish Mid-Century Modern Manises ceramic wall plate by Vicente Martinez, Spain, 1960s.
This wall plate features a cubist design mediterranean fishing...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Christian Dior Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Chrome Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic Mid-Century piece of serveware in tortoiseshell effect lucite and chrome. This stunning piece was produced in Italy during the 1970s. Its design is attributed to Willy Rizz...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Chrome
1960s Gorgeous Centerpiece in Murano Glass by Dogi, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Gorgeous centerpiece by Dogi in Murano glass. Made in italy
The item is signed on the bottom and it's in excellent condition.
Dimensions:
14,96" x 11,41 x 3,54" H inches
cm 38 x cm ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Murano Glass
Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000)
French ceramist in Vallauris
Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with li...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Stainless Steel Ice Bucket by Arne Jacobsen for Stelton, Denmark 1960s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Stainless steel ice bucket by Arne Jacobsen for Stelton, Denmark 1960s.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vallauris Multicolor Majolica Ceramic Large Leaf Platter / Centerpiece , 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching large leaf shaped glazed ceramic platter, serving tray or centerpiece manufactured by Vallauris. France, 1950-1960s.
Interesting to be used as decorative centerpiece bow...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Robert Picault, Large Oval Ceramic Dish, Plate, Signed, Vallauris, France 1950s
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Robert Picault, large oval ceramic dish, plate, signed, Vallauris, France 1950s
Large dish enamelled in white, green and brown tones. This is a beautiful and very large ceramic centerpiece...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel
Roger Capron - Ceramic Dish with Cobblestones
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage ceramic decorative bowl with cobblestone motif.
Roger Capron Signed Vallauris, France.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Steel and smoked glass tray, Design Mb Italy, 1960s/'70s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Steel and smoked glass tray, Design Mb Italy, 1960s/'70s.
Rectangular steel and smoked glass tray Design Mb Italy, 1960s/'70s.
The price of shipping is for ...
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1860s Antique Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Steel
Japanese Teak Wood Tray Modern Minimalist
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Japanese teak serving tray, Midcentury Modern design period, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, Japan. Tray is a warm brown teak, strategically arched design around, sleek 'h...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak, Wood
Mid-Century French Ceramic Bowl Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic Bowl signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Italian brass and glass tray, 1970s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Italian brass and glass tray, 1970s.
This beautiful Rectangular Tray was a gorgeous Modern Design from the 1970s with very clean lines. The structure is made of brass. The frame of ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Serving Tray in Brass, Lucite and Rattan, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous Mid-Century large rectangular serving tray in a fantastic combination of brass, clear lucite and pressed rattan canes. This stylish and unique tray was produced in Italy d...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
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
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Large Italian Florentine Gilt Wood Gold Tray
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Stunning large wood Florentine trays from Italy. These highly collectable pieces are both form and function. These look wonderful sitting alone or in groupings on a coffee table. Fun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Unmatching Pair of Majolica Ceramic Trompe L'oeil Crab Lobster Large Wall Plates
Located in Barcelona, ES
Extra large spider crab and lobster seafood plates wall decoration, Majolica, glazed ceramic. Portugal, 1950s
Rare find.
A colorful pair of fine Majolica glazed ceramic plates with s...
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20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Mid-Century Teak Trivet
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM teak trivet, circa 1970s. The piece is stylish, very functional and in good vintage condition. The piece has been freshly oiled and measures 11.25"W x .7.5"D x 1"H. #4130
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Vintage Spaniel Dog and Flowers Decorative Porcelain Plate, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative Spaniel Dogs plate from Bavaria, Germany. Produced in 1970s.
The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Bea...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Porcelain
Mid-Century French Ceramic Bowl Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic Bowl signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
1960s Indiana Milk Glass Company Super-Sized Cake Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large Mid-Century Milk Glass pedestal cake stand, from the Indiana Glass Company, circa 1960s.
The Indiana Glass Company was an American company that manufactured pressed, blown a...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Milk Glass
Space-Age Cathrine Holm (Catherineholm) Enameled Fondue Server
Located in Fulton, CA
Striking Space-Age blue and white enameled steel fondue pot by Catherineholm of Norway. Circa. 1960's. Exceptional condition. Complete set including under-plate and sterno cup.
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Roger Capron - Ceramic Urn/Vase with Dove
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage ceramic vase with abstract design by Roger Capron.
Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Italian Modern Blue Ceramic Cake Plate
Located in Malibu, CA
Italian mid century ceramic cake stand on a pedestal base, atop sits a cake plate in vibrant tropical shades of turquoise & marine blue. Patterned i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Shell Bowl by Pol Chambost, circa 1950
By Pol Chambost
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic shell bowl by Pol Chambost, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Marco Zanuso Lavazza Carmencita Moka Espresso Maker
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Lavazza Carmencita Moka stovetop espresso maker Italy
designed by Marco Zanuso 1979
8 h x 4.5 w x 7.13 d
Mod Dep 52962/ B/ 79
Produced by Balzano Inox 18/10 Italy
Preowned vint...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
French Vallauris Majolica Ceramic Cheese Serving Tray, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cool round shaped woven motif ceramic platter for cheese of desserts, France, 1950s.
This beautiful platter features a circular base with woven pattern. A handle at the central part ...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery, Bamboo
Beautiful Mid-Century Inlaid "Roadrunner" Tray by Couroc California
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful super cool inlaid "Roadrunner" tray handcrafted by Couroc California, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 13.75"D x .5"H. #3584
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Resin, Wood
Rattan and Brass Italian Centerpiece Tray Basket, 1970s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern brass and rattan round tray basket or centerpiece.
It has a brass trim covering the top and brass handles at both sides.
Handcraft...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter, Mid-Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000)
French ceramist in Vallauris
Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs.
His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors.
A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop.
In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid century modern large Italian ceramic Peacock fruit platter
By Capodimonte
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful Mid century modern large Italian ceramic Peacock platter
signed R.B R .Blance Ceramica Casalem R.B Italy .
Very nice Decorative piec...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Christian Dior Tortoiseshell Lucite and Brass Square Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous square-shaped Mid-Century serving tray in a stunning tortoiseshell effect lucite and brass. This delightful object was made in Italy during the 1970s and is attributed to a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Red and Gold Painted Metal Rectangular Italian Tray
By MB Italy
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A rectangular serving tray designed and manufactured in Italy in the Sixties by MB Italy, it's in perfect condition and labeled on the bottom.
The tray is cra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
French Ceramic Plate by Robert Picault, Signed, Vallauris, France, 1950s
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
French Ceramic Plate By Robert Picault. Signed. Vallauris, France - 1950s.
Large dish enamelled in white and green tones.
Decorated with a big green flower and geometric decorat...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel
Large Mathieu Mategot Red Enameled Perforated Metal Serving Tray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Mathieu Mategot red enameled perforated sheet metal serving tray with curved frame and decorative wire handles. In original condition with beautiful patina and visible wear, in...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Oyster Plate Bauscher, Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This beautiful oyster plate features 6 wells for oysters and one for the sauce or lemon. It is marked at the back with manufactory sign. Nice addition to your table or just to displa...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Transparent Decorative Crystal Glass Fruit Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative transparent crystal glass plate from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one uniq...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Dansk Cheese / Charcuterie Board by Jens Quistgaard Denmark
By Dansk
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted teakwood cheese and charcuterie board with center platform for the goodies and a lower rim for bread or crackers . Designed by Je...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Stelton Fondue Lazy Susan Set by Peter Holmblad Denmark
By Stelton
Located in Cincinnati, OH
What a better way to bring family or friends together than a good fondue , this well designed 10 piece set has it all . Six bowls , large pot with lid and fork holder , drip tray , s...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Roger Capron - Set of 4 Ceramic Mugs with Cobblestones
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Set of 4 cups with cobblestones Signed by Roger Capron.
Vallauris, France.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring mo...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Roger Capron - Ceramic Urn/Vase with Rooster
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage ceramic vase with rooster by Roger Capron
Vallauris, France.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring motifs s...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Italian Colorful Wood and Glass Tray
Located in Troy, MI
Found in Italy, this decorative tray dates from the late 1970s. Blond wood frame has flared handles and a glass inset over a colorful design of multi-color squares on a royal blue ba...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass, Wood
Metal Tray by Mathieu Matégot
Located in Berlin, DE
Tray by Mathieu Matégot in perforated metal sheet.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Model #3431 'Knopferl' Brass Tray
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #3431 'Knopferl' brass tray. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese tray is executed in patinated and p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century French Ceramic Dish Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic flowers dish signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Moiré Glaze Kyes Blue Enamel Serving Tray Pasadena Ca
By Kyes Company
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Moiré Glaze Kyes Handmade Serving Tray Pasadena Ca
Blue Enamel Plate hammered metal base with an enamel finish
Greek key brass handle
original label
19w x 10.75 d x .75 h
Preowned vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Ercuis Cutlery Service, Silver Plated, 20th Century.
By Ercuis
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ercuis cutlery service, silver plated, 20th century.
Ercuis silver-plated cutlery service in its original box, 20th century.
Box 1: H: 4cm, W: 27.5cm, D: 15cm
Box 2: H: 7cm, W: 40cm...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
Roger Capron - Set of 6 Colorful Ceramic Plates with Mask
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
A set of six plates made by Roger Capron in Vallauris, France in 1960s. Same design presented in six different colors. The 6 plates come with their original packaging.
We have 4 set...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
French Decorative Ceramic Tray by Albert Thiry 'circa 1960s'
By Albert Thiry
Located in London, GB
Mid-century decorative tray (circa 1960s) by Albert Thiry. A chalk-white glaze provides the background for a colourful thistle motif in the centre. The rim has touches of earthy gree...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Large Italian Florentine Gilt Wood Blue Gold Tray w Handles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Stunning large wood Florentine tray from the 1960’s. These highly collectable pieces are both form and function. These look wonderful sitting alone or in groupings on a coffee table....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Fornasetti Fish Bowls on Tray, Italy, 1950s
By Fornasetti
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of four Fornasetti Fish Bowls on a Tray, Italy 1950s. The measurements given apply to the tray. One bowl measures 11 x 14 x 3 cm.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Jens Quistgaard "Rare Woods" Rosewood Serving Tray for Dansk
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precis...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Palisander, Rosewood
large rotating TRAY with fine crochet doily under glass wood and chrome 1930s
Located in Mannheim, DE
Large rotating tray from the 1930s. Made of wood, chrome-plated metal edge with 4 black plastic buttons. The surface consists of glass and wood, with a finely crafted crochet lace do...
Category
1930s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Rectangular Dish Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century rectangular dish with handle by Robert Picault Vallauris.
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) was born in Vincennes, Paris and studied a...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
1970s Mid-Century Modern Fake Tortoiseshell Lucite and Brass Appetizer Tray
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A vintage appetizer tray designed and manufactured by the Italian design company Alberto Sordi during the 1970s in lovely conditions. The tray featu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Vintage Fishes Decorative Porcelain Plate, Bavaria, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative Fishes plate from Germany. Produced in 1970s.
Every plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Mid-Century Glazed Studio Pottery Ceramic Charger or Plate, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Artist crafted studio pottery ceramic charger or plate. Signed by artist.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Roger Capron - Ceramic Sculpture Tetes Bug
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Ceramic sculpture by Roger Capron.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring motifs such as stylized branches and geomet...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Eight Fornasetti Coasters with 'Coins' Decoration form 1960s
By Fornasetti
Located in Milano, MI
Set of 8 coasters by Fornasetti in silk-screened porcelain, with "Monete" decoration made for Banca Unione Milano in the 1960s. The series was given as a gift by the bank to its cust...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Bruce Fox Design Wilton Aluminum tray with Fish handles
By Bruce Fox
Located in Ferndale, MI
Polished cast Aluminum tray with fish handles . Nicely cast oval tray marked Bruce Fox Design Wilton Columbia Pa.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Aluminum
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Wall Fish Vallauris, Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Jens Harald Quistgaard Wenge Board
Located in London, GB
A very rare platter - presentation/cutting or cheese board by Jens Harald Quistgaard. Beautifully turned Wenge timber with circular raised centre in squared end grain and concave bas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wenge
Kensington Moire Gold Plate Two Tier Center Handled Etched Snack Serving Stand
Located in Miami, FL
Charming Gold Plate 2 tier Center Handled snack, pastry, cake treats stand or serving tray designed by Lurelle Guild.
The textured free-form biomorphic relief design looks very Mid-...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Gold Plate, Aluminum
Monumental Silver Plated Covered Serving Platter Resting Stag by Teghini Firenze
By Teghini
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a spectacular Mid Century Modern Silver Plated Serving Platter manufactured in limited edition by Teghini Firenze.
Fonderia D’Arte Teghini, Firenze, produced sophisticated, high quality hand crafted items with limited runs in Florence, Italy throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
An impactful, oversized statement piece for the table or sideboard. The dome is formed as a recumbent stag with sand-cast antlers...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
100-years Anniversary Porcelain Platter by Danish Bjørn Wiinbladh for Rosenthal
Located in Örebro, SE
This is the large German porcelain platter from Rosenthal, designed 1979 by Bjørn Wiinbladh, Denmark for the company’s 100-years anniversary.
It comes in the yellow color scale, hand...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid-Century French Ceramic Plate by Naumovitch Gourju, Grand Chêne, Vallauris
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-century French ceramic pitcher by Naumovitch - Grand Chêne Studio, Vallauris - 1950's
Enamelled dish with a white background, it is decorated with a f...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel
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