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
Vide-Poche Centerpiece Tray in Cork & Brass by Jet Set Milano, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing Mid-century octagonal serving tray or centerpiece in brass chrome, cork and glass top by Jet Set Milano.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original label is still attached a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
1970s Modern Charcuterie Platter Wood Cutting Board
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Fancy wood cutting board Modern Charcuterie platter
1.25 tall x 18 w x 12
Preowned original vintage condition
See images provided please.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wood
Vintage Arthur Court Bunny Rabbit Cast Aluminum & Teak Wood Cheese Cutting Board
By Arthur Court
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Arthur Court Bunny Rabbit Cast Aluminum & Teak Wood Cheese Cutting Board. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 3" H x 31.25" W x 14" D.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Mid Century Vintage Flowers Decorative Porcelain Plate, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative Flowers 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. Beautiful...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
$85 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$66 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Lorin Marsh Serving Tray Glass Inset Brass Nickel karl Springer
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Mid Century Modern Lorin Marsh Serving Tray With Glass Inset And Brass And Polished Nickel Hardware In The Manner & Style Of karl Springer.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass, Nickel
French Ceramic Bottle Coasters and Serving Platter, Set of 3 Sarreguemines
Located in Miami, FL
A good quality set of French ceramics by Digoin Sarreguemines, France, circa 1950s.
The set consists of a large platter or bowl and two generously sized wine bottle coasters to p...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Transparent Decorative Glass Flower Bowls, Drost, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Pair of decorative transparent basket bowls designed by Jan Sylwester Drost in 1960s from Poland. Bowls are in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one unique set.
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$85 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Light Blue Decorative Ice Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative light blue ice glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Unique p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$209 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Filigree Glass Plate by Tarmo Maaronen for Bianco Blu, Fiscars Finnland
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Filigree Glass Plate by Tarmo Maaronen for Bianco Blu, Fiscars Finland
Large Filigree Glass Plate designed by Tarmo Maaronen for Bianco Blu Glassworks, Fiscars Finland. Handma...
Category
Late 20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Art Glass
Midcentury Pheasant Birds Decorative Ceramic Porcelain White Plate Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative porcelain plate from Poland. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original ceramic. Beautifu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$142 Sale Price
20% Off
Vallauris Ceramic Cheese or Dessert Platter
Located in Miami, FL
Ceramic cheese or dessert platter from Vallauris, circa 1950s.
Very good vintage condition, no cracks or chips.
Dimensions: 12" diameter x 1" he...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Lacquered Tray, 1960s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Rare lacquered tray, Made in Italy, 1960s.
Special lacquered tray with yellow wooden handles, white base and finished in aluminum sides.
The price of shipping is for the Italian te...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Couroc Kachina Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful Couroc Kachina Tray. It was crafted in California and is in very good condition. This piece has beautiful features that make it ideal for display.. Couroc trays were very p...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Shell, Resin
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern French Faïence Orchies Moulin de Loupes Ombre Oyster Plate
By Orchies
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Mid-Century Modern Era Majolica glazed French faïence Oyster plate, Orchies, circa 1950.
Hand glazed in an ombre olive green on a bright white ground, showing six scallop shaped oyster wells that follow the rim with an additional shell shaped well in the center for sauce or lemons. The intensity of the glazing varies on each plate.
Marked Orchies Moulin...
Category
Mid-20th Century French 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
Ice Effect Tray Centrepiece, Lucite and Brass Willy Rizzo Style, Italy, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
Huge squared ice effect centerpiece tray in Lucite and brass in the style of the Italian designer Willy Rizzo.
Made in Italy, circa 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Lucite and Brass Trays Decorated with Golden Birds
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and unusual pair of lucite and brass trays are decorated with golden birds (a few usual scratches on the plexiglass). This is a French work. Circa 1970
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Lucite
$1,956 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid Century Vintage Flowers Decorative Porcelain Plate, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative Flowers 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. Beautiful...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
$85 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Deep Orange Decorative Ceramic Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative ceramic plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Giltwood, Ceramic
$114 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$66 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian MidCentury Serving Tray Basket in Lucite, Rattan and Brass, 1970
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Italian MidCentury Serving Tray Basket in Lucite, Rattan and Brass, 1970
Gorgeous serving tray or basket, in the shape of a shell, made of Lucite, rattan and brass.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Braided rattan is cast within the Lucite acrylic material. Beautiful workmanship.
The brass part is kept in original vintage version, with the patina from that time.
Since the shape is as a shell, the tray inside...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
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
Midcentury Vintage Decorative Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative crystal 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!...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$76 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Ceramic Fitz and Floyd Clam Shell Platter in Yellow and Black
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Ceramic clam shell serving platter in yellow, cream, and black. A beautiful addition to a table, this piece features two tiers. One clamshell at the top for dips or condiments, and a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
French Majolica Asparagus Server
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Mid Century Majolica asparagus set, hand-panted in pink and light green. Serving cradle with asparagus stalks has a pierced bottom and rests on an rectangular platter with a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Majolica
Royal Copenhagen Aluminia Faience Black Bowl, 1950s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bowl designed by Ingvar Olsen for Royal Copenhagen Aluminia Faience in 1959.
Exterior is finished in black, and the interior in glossy milky ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Handwrought Parrot Dish Metal Stone Style Los Castillo Mexico
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Metal Parrot handwrought mixed metals serving dish -decorative bowl.
Agate stone and abalone inserts.
Style of Los Castillo made Mexico 1970s.
Signed with makers label underneath.
Fa...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Agate, Silver Plate, Brass, Bronze, Copper
Vintage Wood and Ceramic Green Shells Decorative Plate, France, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood and green shells plate from France. Produced in 1960s. Hand painted. The set is in very good vintage condition. Beautiful piece for every t...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern French Faïence Orchies Moulin de Loupes Master Oyster Platter
By Orchies
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Mid-Century Modern Era Majolica glazed French faïence master oyster serving platter, Orchies, circa 1950.
Hand glazed in an ombre olive green on a bright white ground, showing ten scallop shaped oyster wells that follow the rim with an additional four shell shaped wells in the center.
Marked Orchies Moulin...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
St Clement Mid-Century Modern Charcuterie/Cheese Plate - Fance
Located in Linkebeek, BE
St Clement Mid-Century Modern Charcuterie/Cheese Plate - Fance
Mid-Century - Table decoration - Ceramic
Measures : Ø 34cm H:21.5cm
Materials : Ceramic - Wood
Wear consistent with a...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Set of Two Royal Copenhagen Aluminia Faience Black & Gold Pyrolin Bowls, 1950s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of bowls designed by Ingvar Olsen for Royal Copenhagen Aluminia Faience in 1959.
The exterior is finished in black with a gold rim, and the interior in glossy milky white.
DIMEN...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
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
Christian Fjerdingstadt for Gallia, Silver Plated Swan Gravy Boat, French, Circ
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This delicate swan gracy boat is made of silver plated. This is a work by Christian Fjerdingstadt for Gallia, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,540 Sale Price
30% Off
Vivianna Torun Teak Cheeseboard with Knife for Dansk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous circular teak cheeseboard with knife designed by master jeweler and silversmith Vivianna Torun Bulow-Hube for Dansk. An impressive serving piece for cheese and charcuterie, ...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Vintage Gold and Mirror Decorative Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative gold and mirror plate from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Mirror
$333 Sale Price
20% Off
Carl Auböck Knife Cutting Chopping Board, Wood Wicker Stainless Steel, 1950s
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A chopping board designed by Carl Auböck, manufactured by Carl Auböck workshop in midcentury, Vienna, circa 1950.
The board is made of walnut. The knife is made of wicker and stainle...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Barware Set Tray, Tongs and Corkscrew in Goatskin & Steel by Aldo Tura, Italy
By Aldo Tura
Located in Rome, IT
Barware set composed of a serving tray, tongs and corkscrew in white goatskin and steel details by the Italian designer Aldo Tura. Made in Italy in the 1950s.
The original label i...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Steel
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Large Green Majolica Platter with Leaves Saint Clement, Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large green majolica platter or bowl with leaves signed B-Letalle Saint Clement Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Modern Italian Lucite Tortoiseshell Effect Oval Serving Tray, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Mid-Century lucite tray with a fantastic tortoiseshell effect. This amazing piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s.
This serving tray is fantastic thanks to the eleg...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Large Murano Aventurina Flecked Biomorphic Glass Centerpiece
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful hand blown Murano glass biomorphic centerpiece/platter, decorated with iridescent Avventurina copper flecked edges around a transparent orange halo with milky white center....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Mid-Century Wooden Bottle Stopper/Cork by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
The item on sale is an original Carl Auböck bottle stopper. It was hand crafted and is made from the finest wood and cork. It has a robust leathe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Leather, Wood
Silver plated brass 1960s Barchetta placeholder table set
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Silver plated brass 1960s Barchetta placeholder table set
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
$462 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Roberts & Shaw Art Pottery Glazed Stoneware Platter
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
by Roberts & Shaw
Glazed Stoneware Plate
11.38 diameter x 1.5 h
Signed
Preowned original vintage
Refer to photos for details
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Pottery
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
$749 Sale Price
30% Off
Italian Designer, Ice Bucket, Copper, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A copper ice bucket produced in Italy, 1930s-1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Copper
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass
1970s Modernist Stoneware Art Pottery Casserole Pot
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Stoneware Art Pottery Lidded Casserole Pot
in the style of Robert Maxwell
Unmarked
6.25 h x 8.25 d
Preowned vintage
Refer to all images
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Pottery
Mid Century Modern Signed Higgins Fused Abstract Glass Platter Blue, Green, Gold
Located in North Miami, FL
This very special vintage mid century modern signed Michael And Frances Higgins fused glass large platter is from the 60's. it is signed with the hangingwhite man as aprt of the sign...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass
$971 Sale Price
25% 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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Hardwood, Rosewood
Lovely Service Tray Delicate Floral on Goatskin & Brass Aldo Tura, Italy, 1960s
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Lovely Goatskin on wood service tray. Brass hardware cork bottom. Delicate Floral decoration. Vintage Italy, 1960s
Measures:19.75 L x 14 W x 2 H
Marked VY initials stamp.
Attributed to design work of Aldo Tura with Maria Teresa Mendez...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Horn Salad Servers, Austria, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Salad servers made of Horn, Austria, 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Horn
$1,189 / set
Vintage Serving Tray in Faux Tortoiseshell Acrylic Glass and Brass, Italy 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Roma, IT
Very big Mid Century Modern Serving tray in the style of Romeo Rega productions.
It was made in Italy in the 1970 circa.
The tray has a rectangular shape made in faux tortoiseshell...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
$561 Sale Price
20% Off
Serving Tray in Glass and Golden Metal Branches Maison Baguès Style France 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant serving tray in Maison Baguès style with animated branches decoration and handles in golden metal and glass shelf. Made in France in the ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Georges Briard Mid-Century Imperial Malachite China Compote or Cake Stand
Located in St. Louis, MO
Georges Briard Mid-Century Modern designed Imperial Malachite China compote or cake stand. Faux malachite pattern, with 22k gold gilt. In fine condi...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Mid-Century Inlaid san Francisco Cable Car Tray by Couroc California
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful super cool and rare San Francisco cable car, inlaid tray handcrafted by Couroc California, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition.
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Thanksgiving Turkey Design Serving Platter, by Arabia, Finland 1960
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Thanksgiving "turkey design" serving platter.
Made of white porcelain with a hand painted milk chocolate brown (may show darker in photos) band around the rim and a turkey image in t...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Foley Aluminum Hand Held Citrus Juicer Reamer Airstream Style 1960s
By Wagner
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Juicer
Vintage Foley aluminum hand held citrus juicer reamer Airstream style 1960s
Ideal for airstream decor.
8.25L x 3.88 w x 2.25H inches
Clever de...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Aluminum
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.
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