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
Round Rattan & Brass Plate Centerpiece, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Round centerpiece in rattan framed by brass border made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair 1970s French Lucite Trays with Brass Handles, Transparent Brown &Gold
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Rare Pair of 1970s French Lucite Trays with Brass Handles, Transparent Brown & Gold Contrast
Description:
This rare pair of French trays, crafted in the 1970s, showcases the elegant...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Pair 1970s French Lucite Trays with Brass Handles, Transparent Brown &Gold
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Rare Pair of 1970s French Lucite Trays with Brass Handles, Transparent Brown & Gold Contrast
Description:
This rare pair of French trays, crafted in the 1970s, showcases the elegant...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Ceramic Tray with Rooster Motif by Le Mûrier 'circa 1960s'
By Le Murier
Located in London, GB
Mid-century French ceramic tray by for Le Mûrier (circa 1960s). Long-shaped tray with raised rim and rounded ends in rustic earthenware and decor o...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
$616 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 4 Traditional Wooden Pastoral Primitive Carved Fork and Spoon
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional pastoral primitive set of wooden carved fork and spoons. Handmade in Spain, circa 1900. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preservi...
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Early 1900s Spanish Antique Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wood
$2,976 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Strawberry Leaf Shaped Platter in Glazed Ceramic, Portugal 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Modernist strawberries leaf design glazed ceramic platter, Portugal, 1950s
A beautiful hand painted Majolica ceramic leaf with strawberries large plat...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
1950s Aldo Tura Green Serving Tray Lacquered Goatskin Milan
By Aldo Tura
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Aldo Tura Green Serving Tray Lacquered Goatskin
22.25 w x 13 d x 2
Original vintage condition unrestored
Refer to all images for details.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Modern By Guzzini Italian Lucite and Brass Oval Serving Tray, 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful and large Mid-Century tray in a gorgeous lucite with a tortoiseshell effect and brass. This amazing piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s by Guzzini.
This charming...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Staved Teak Cheese Board with Cutter by Vivianna Torun for Dansk
By Dansk
Located in San Diego, CA
A pristine solid teak cheese board with the cutter designed by Vivianna Torun for Dansk, circa 1960s. The piece is in great condition with what appears to be minimal use and has been...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
$196 Sale Price / set
20% Off
17 Pc. Set of Mid Century Ceramic Serve Ware Cantelope Form Att. to Ed Langbein
By Ed Langbein
Located in New York, NY
Fantastic set of mid century ceramic bowls, and plates, in the form of Cantelopes. The set consists of:
1 ) Large Covered Serving Bow...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Oyster Platter Aetgina Vallauris circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Oyster Platter signed Aetgina Vallauris Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Verbano, Porcelain Dish, Italy, 1960
By Verbano
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This dish is by Verbano manufacture. The stick is showing Verbano, Lavano provenance. This is a high quality Porcelain from the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
$433 Sale Price
20% Off
MidCentury Vintage Blue Flower Decorative Glass Plate Ashtray Bowl, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative blue glass plate/bowl from Italy.
Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks.
Original glass. Unique piece for every table and interior!
Onl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$86 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Green Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every inter...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
$67 Sale Price
20% Off
1970s Don Shoemaker Service Tray Exotic Wood Stripe Señal Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Don Shoemaker produced by Senal in Mexico
Service tray in exotic wood
Cut out Handle design for easy carry
20.5 T x 12 W x 1.25 D
Discreet mounting hardware
Retains original ma...
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1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rosewood, Cocobolo
Georges Briard Glass 6 Pc Set 1 Tray 2 Square Platters 2 Bowls & 1 Relish Dish
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous vintage Mid Century Modern Georges Briard glass 6-piece set from 3 different patterns; including 1 bread tray and 2 square serving plat...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass
Cutting and Presenting Board Made of Wood and Metal, Pewter or Nickel Silver
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Cutting and presenting board made of wood and metal, pewter or nickel silver
It is a functional piece, perfect for serving roast pork or for serving appetizers such as sausages, ...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Alpaca
$546 Sale Price
24% Off
Vintage Aluminum Ice Bucket with and Lucite Handle, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
1950's aluminum ice bucket with lucite handle and finial.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Aluminum
$217 Sale Price
25% Off
Vallauris Majolica Ceramic Large Leaf Platter / Centerpiece, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Impressive and colorful extra large leaf shaped glazed ceramic platter, serving tray or centerpiece manufactured by Vallauris. France, 1950-1960s.
Interesting to be used as centerpi...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Vallauris Glazed Ceramic Leaf Flower Platter or Centerpiece Bowl
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern multicolor glazed ceramic flower centerpiece bowl. Manufactured by Vallauris, France, 1950-1960.
Eye-catching and colorful flowe...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
$1,245 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Leaf By Christian Schollert
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An interesting ceramic bowl, shaped like a leaf by a Danish potter, Christian Schollert, ca' 1960's. Signed on the bottom. Tiny chip underneath, otherwise in good condition-see pics.
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Midcentury Light Blue Decorative Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative light blue glass plate/bowl from Italy.
Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks.
Original glass, amazing...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$154 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Large Antique Decorative Serving Plate, Belgian, Ceramic Charger, C.1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a very large antique decorative serving plate. A Belgian, ceramic charger with blue and white finish, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920.
Of Impressive size, with ...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Vintage Light Blue Decorative Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative crystal blue glass plate/bowl from Italy.
Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks.
Original glass. Uniqu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$115 Sale Price
20% Off
Don Shoemaker Decorative Tray for Señal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Serving tray by Don Shoemaker for Senal of Mexico. The tray has a dark rosewood frame with integrated handles at either end, and the tray surface is inlaid with precious wood veneer ...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Hardwood, Rosewood
Extra Large Decorative Ceramic Dish Yellow an Blue Italy 20th Century C.Lombardo
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Extra Large Ceramic dish in Yellow and Dark blue color. This is a dish that was made in the 20th Century in Italy It is very Heavy heavy, in good condition Representing Flowers Sign...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
$1,155 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Vintage Black Swan Bowl Decorative Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative blue glass plate/bowl from Italy.
Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks.
Original glass. Unique piece ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$115 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Italian Vintage Gilded Cheese Jar
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Vintage Gilded Cheese Jar
Beautiful and elegant cheese bowl in pure gold gilded metal.
It is composed of four elements: a container with a prestigious knurled pattern, a ha...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Round Pencil Reed Rattan Hand Crafted Woven Tray with Handles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woven rattan or reed tray with handles. The piece is in very good condition and ready to serve at the bar, outdoor gathering, or in your home, or breakfast in bed!
Also a complim...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rattan, Reed
Large Rectangular Serving Tray in Solid Silver Plated Brass 1970s Italy
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large Rectangular Serving Tray in Solid Silver Plated Brass 1970s Italy
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Midcentury Vintage Dark Blue Decorative Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative blue glass plate/bowl from Italy.
Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks.
Original glass. Unique piece ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$158 Sale Price
40% Off
Vintage Decorative Small Black Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative black glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Unique piece for every table and interior! Only ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$67 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Midcentury Glass Platter
Located in San Diego, CA
Large midcentury glass platter with colorful shape design, circa 1960s. The very attractive piece measures 15.375" x 14.75" and is in excellent condi...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
American Modern Ceramic Handled Casserole Chartreuse Russel Wright Stubenville
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish and functional American modern in chartreuse color handled casserole by Russel Wright for Steubenville pottery of Ohio, circa the 1940s. The ultramodern design emphasizes sof...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
$156 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Decorative Wood Plate with Flowers, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood plate from Italy. Plate is in good vintage condition. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every interior! Very nice as a gift. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
$115 Sale Price
40% Off
Wall Decorative Figurative Ceramic Plate by Marie Madelaine Jolly French 20th
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Marie Madelaine Jolly
French unique handmade ceramic piece by Marie Madelaine Jolly
Friend of Jean Cocteau
Large wall decorative ceramic plate
Original good condition
...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Silver Plate Bowl in the Shape of an Apple or Fruit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acquired in Paris, France - a lovely silver plate bowl in the shape of an apple or piece of fruit... a compliment to any cocktail table, the bar, as a serving piece or simply to disp...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate, Stainless Steel
Set of Six Ice Effect Lucite and Steel Placemats Willy Rizzo style, Italy, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
Set of six squared placemats in ice-effect lucite and steel borders in the style of the Italian designer Willy Rizzo.
Made in Italy 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Fratelli Fanciullacci Majolica Covered Platter, Italy Mid Century
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare vintage covered serving platter or dish is decorated with hand painted stylized fruits, flowers, and leaves decor. The lid features apples and flowers, and the platter - small ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Contemporary Blue Glass Blown Salt Cellar and spoon Handcrafted, Natalia Criado
Located in Milan, IT
Add sophistication to your table with the diamantino salt cellar from Natalia Criado. each vessel is crafted from repurposed crystal, sourced from glassmakers in Tuscany. The pract...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Orange Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every inter...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
$67 Sale Price
20% Off
Round Centerpiece Serving Tray Lucite Faux Tortoiseshell and Brass, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing round serving tray / centerpiece in tortoiseshell effect lucite with and border brass in the style of Christian Dior.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Blue Decorative Glass Basket Bowl, Drost, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative blue basket bowl designed by Jan Sylwester Drost in 1960s from Poland. Bowl is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one unique piece.
About the designer:
From 1952 Jan Sylwester Drost studied at the Faculty of Glass of the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, in the studio of Stanislaw Dawski (diploma in 1958), from 1959 he worked as a designer at Zaklady Mechaniczno-Optyczne "Opta" in Katowice.
In 1960 Drost started working for forty years at the Design Center of Huta Szkla Gospodarczego "Zabkowice" in Zabkowice Bedzinskie, where he was the organizer, designer and design manager. In 1972 he studied in Sweden, he had the opportunity to learn about the work of glassworks in Orrefors, Johansfors, Lindshammar, Sandvisk, Hofmantorp and in Reijmyre glasbruk. He also practiced in the ceramics factories in Rörstrand and Gustavsberg. Also in 1972, he received a scholarship from the Swedish government, he gained knowledge at the Faculty of Industrial Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Konstfackskolan, at the Centers of Industrial Design in Stockholm and Milan, as well as at the Glass Institute in Växjö. After returning to Poland, he received a two-year creative scholarship from the Council of the Fund for the Development of Artistic Creativity.
Drost skillfully combined his technological knowledge of glass pressing with artistic sensitivity, and in the seventies he was granted a patent for a device for forming glass products by extrusion. As a result, vessels with a freely shaped upper rim were created. Drost was constantly involved in coming up with new technological solutions that improved the embossing of patterns. He also experimented in the field of machine processing of the outer surface of the extruder and the inside of the cast iron mold...
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Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$67 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Green Majolica Deer Wine Coaster Bottle Vallauris
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Mid-Century Green Majolica Deer Wine Coaster Bottle Vallauris.
In a shape of an hunting horn.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Vintage Blue and Black Decorative Plate Shell Italy 1960
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative crystal blue glass plate/bowl from Italy.
Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks.
Original glass. Unique piece for every table and interi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$202 Sale Price
40% Off
Guy Sydenham Poole Pottery Large Modernist Stylized Sunburst Art Pottery Charger
By Guy Sydenham
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Poole Pottery modernist Studio Pottery charger decorated with a stylized sunburst and seedpod design by renowned potter Guy Sydenham (British, 1916-2005) and d...
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1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stoneware
Blue and black 20th century dish or plate by Boisbelle La Borne 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Boisbelle - Josette Miquel
Large blue and black stoneware ceramic plate or dish by Boisbelle
Original perfect condition
Blue and black ceramic glaze...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Fish Cutting or Cheese Board
Located in New York, NY
Unique bronze fish cutting or cheese board or platter. Has original patina, original maple board and has a nice size.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Pair Couroc Trays & Orange Vintage Plastic Salad Serving Set
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage mid-century modern 6 gold embossed owl Tom Collins Culver glasses (2 with signatures) & a black resin Couroc tray with wood owl, brass, gold, and rhinestone inlays....
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Gold
Midcentury Vintage Small Red Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood red plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in good vintage condition. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every interior! Very nice as a gift. Only one ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
$57 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist Glass Plate by Higgins
Located in New York, NY
Large glass plate, or charger, by recognized midcentury master Higgins (Michael and Francis). Nice clean signed example, free of damage or condition ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Art Glass
Gio Ponti Set of Six Cups in Silver Alpacca for Fratelli Calderoni 1950
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Set of six cups in silver alpaca designed by Gio Ponti for Fratelli Calderoni, 1950s.
Manufacturer's brand stamped on the bottom.
Sizes 4 x 9 cm each.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Alpaca
Bamboo, Rattan and Black Laminate Large Rectangular Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Large rectangular serving tray in black laminate framed by bamboo and rattan with handles.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Laminate, Cane
Vintage Dark Decorative Ceramic Plate, Belgium, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative ceramic plate from Belgium The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
$67 Sale Price
20% Off
John Beswick Midcentury Ceramic Tennis Set in the Prancing Horses Design
By Beswick
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and iconic John Beswick midcentury pottery 'tennis set' decorated in the prancing horse design dating from circa 1960. The set comprises of an ove...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Auböck Fondue Forks, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Set of 4 Fondue Forks, Austria 1960s. The measurements given apply to one fork. The box is 25.5 cm wide, 2cm deep and 7.5 cm high.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Steel
$721 / set
1960s Wendell August Forge Dogwood Aluminum Serving Tray
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Wendell August Forge Aluminum Decorative Dogwood Serving Tray
stamped by maker
11.88 x 5.88 x .75 h
Preowned original unrestored vintage condition
Please review all...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Aluminum
Mid Century Salvador Terán Mosaic and Brass Tray
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this modernist brass and mosaic glass tray designed by Salvador Teran . Known for his jewelry and vibrant glass mosaic and metal decorative pieces, Teran was an ...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stone, Brass
Midcentury Blue and Green Ceramic Dish or Plate with Geometrical Motifs
Located in Miami, FL
20th century midcentury blue and green ceramic dish or plate.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern platters and serveware for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern platters and serveware for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage platters and serveware created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern platters and serveware made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original platters and serveware, popular names associated with this style include Jens Quistgaard, Dansk Designs, Robert Picault, and Tiffany & Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for platters and serveware differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $33 and tops out at $48,500 while the average work can sell for $578.