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
Serving Tray Cloche Plate Bell for Cheese or Fruit in Glass by Biot France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This exquisite glass bell jar, crafted by the renowned Biot glassworks in the southeast of France, is a perfect blend of artistry and functionality. Known worldwide for their excepti...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Art Glass
$356 Sale Price
20% Off
Piero Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Porcelain Black and White Large Dish Charger
By Fornasetti
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
The Italian artist and illustrator Piero Fornasetti was one of the wittiest, most imaginative design talents of the 20th Century. He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and, most frequently, an enigmatic woman’s face. Fornasetti used...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
$424 Sale Price
38% Off
20th century design decorative ceramic plate colored bird style of J. Innocenti
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
In the style of Jacques Innocenti
20th mid-century design ceramic plate or vide poche
Decorative bird colored
Original perfect condition
Circa 1950
Height 2 cm
Large 19 cm
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Large Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Brass Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous midcentury large octagonal serving tray in a charming tortoiseshell effect lucite and brass. This incredibly stylish and unique piece was designed in Italy during the 1970...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Pair Royal Copenhagen Plates by Marianne Johnson, Denmark, circa 1950s
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Pair Royal Copenhagen plates designed by Marianne Johnson, Denmark, circa 1950. An abstract floral design in richly glazed shades of blue. Signed 'MJ'...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Italian Silver Plated Cutlery Set mod Baroque By Sambonet 36 pieces
Located in Roma, IT
A cutlery set made in Italy by the historic silver and silver plated company Sambonet.
Founded in 1856 in Piedmont, over the years it has acquired important brands such as Rosenthal,...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate, EPNS
Mid-Century Space Age Orange Plastic Tray 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Space Age Orange Plastic Tray, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Materials: Plastic
Color: Orange
Styles: Mid-Century Modern...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Plastic
Serving Tray Cloche Plate Bell for Cheese or Fruit in Plastic and Wood France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Large Wooden Cheese or Fruit Platter with Plastic Dome, Light Brown Patina
This large cheese or fruit platter, crafted from light wood with a rich brown patina, is both a practical a...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Art Glass
$356 Sale Price
20% Off
Gio Ponti for Cleto Munari Modernist Silver Plated Serving Plate Italy, 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing mid-century silver plate serving plate. Gio Ponti designed and signed this astonishing item for Cleto Munari in Italy during the 1980s.
The flat and efficient design on two round levels, make this piece simply irresistible and iconic for midcentury lovers.
This piece will smarten a midcentury living room or minimal and chromed bar.
This wonderful piece is in very good condition.
Dimensions (cms):
Diameter - 32
Giovanni “Gio” Ponti, (Milan, November 18, 1891 - Milan, September 16, 1979), is one of the Italian masters of architecture. He was also a designer and essayist and one of the most important of the twentieth century.
Other than the great architectural works which carry his unmistakable signature, he created a vast amount of work in the furniture sector. This is demonstrated in his three Milanese houses which were fully furnished in the "Ponti" style. The houses in via Randaccio, 1925, Casa Laporte in via Brin, 1926 and the last in via Dezza, in 1957 is an "expression" of his home design ideas. Gio Ponti was an Italian promoter of industrial design and introduced the idea of interior furnishing ranges produced as being a "sophisticated," economic, "democratic" and modern.
Molteni&C managed a reissuing project of furniture and furnishings designed by Gio Ponti for products for these private homes and limited editions. After a long journey of research, selection and study of prototypes, the collection was exhibited at the Salone del Mobile 2012. This was thanks to the cooperation and the exclusively signed agreement of the Ponti heirs and the artistic director of Cerri & Associati Studio.
Gio Ponti graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan at the end of World War I, after he fought on the front line earning military decorations. In 1921 he married Giulia Vimercati, with whom he had four children: Lisa, Giovanna, Letizia and Giulio. In 1927 he opened a studio in Milan with the architect Emilio Lancia. From the beginning of the 1920’s until 1938 he worked with Richard-Ginori Manufactory and renewed its production. In 1928 he founded the Domus magazine with Gianni Mazzocchi. In 1933 he became the artistic director of Fontana Arte which was another success after the one he obtained with Richard-Ginori.
In the 1930’s he participated in the Triennale exhibitions and later he successfully managed a few of them. From 1936 to 1961 he was a professor at the Milan Polytechnic, and in 1933 was associated with Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini, until 1945. From this partnership major projects were born, including the Montecatini Palace in Milan from 1936 to 1938, in which Ponti created the "integral design" of the building and the interiors. Other works of the period were civil architecture, including the Littoria Tower in Milan in 1933, school buildings such as the School of Mathematics at the University City Rome in 1934 and the Humanities Faculty and the Rectorate of the University of Padua in 1937. There were also residential projects such as Casa Marmont in 1934 and Milan "Domus" from 1931 to 1936.
The richness of the artistic production of Cleto Munari, arises out of the discovery that every boundary is undefined, and the consequent need to create a “collection about syllables” or rather a “collection of figures” which, because of their incompleteness, luminously suggest the irrepressible quest of man’s intelligence to transfigure the world, according to his own vision. It is this a perfect complicity between the whisper of the “heart...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mathieu Matégot Enameled Metal Gubi Bowl
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Enameled metal bowl designed by Mathieu Matégot, circa 1953.
Reedition by Gubi.
Mathieu Matégot designed his contemporary Matégot bowl in 1953. The characteristic appearance of th...
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2010s French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
$500 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Culver Glass Serving Tray or Culver 22-Karat Gold Leaf Serving Platter
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality Culver glass serving tray or platter.
Beautiful Moroccan themed design with 22-karat gold all perfect to use while serving Hors D'Oeuvres.
Made in the U.S.A.
This hi...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass
$635 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Gense Modern Wedge Stainless Serving Tray Sweden
By Gense
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Midcentury Modernist Wedge Serving Tray from Sweden
Stainless Steel
Stamped Gense
13.75 long x 5.5 w x 1 h
Unrestored vintage condition
See all images provided.
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Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Midcentury Large French Oyster Platter Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Midcentury large French oyster platter signed Robert Picault.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Blue Ocean Lucite and Chrome Oval Serving Tray, Italy 1980s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding midcentury serving tray in a stunning blue ocean effect lucite with a chrome rim. This unique centerpiece was made in Italy in the 80s.
The blue lucite with slight shade...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Large Majolica Ceramic Fish Platter by Secla, 1960
By Secla
Located in Barcelona, ES
A glazed ceramic large fish platter in brown and toffee colors manufactured by Secla ceramics factory. Portugal, 1960s.
A very interesting piece du...
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Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Russel Wright "Oceana" Serving Bowl
Located in Hanover, MA
Russel Wright "Oceana" sculptural serving bowl circa 1938 produced by Klise Woodworking Company, Grand Rapids, MI. Hazelwood in the form of deep-sea fauna.
This particular one had a...
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1930s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Maple
$850 Sale Price
50% Off
Midcentury Large Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Brass Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous midcentury large serving tray in a gorgeous tortoiseshell effect lucite with brass handles. This incredibly charming piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s by Guzzin...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern French Ceramic Large Bowls by Albert Thiry, 1960s
By Albert Thiry
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Pair of Mid-Century Modern French ceramic large bowls by Albert Thiry, 1960s
Two beautiful glazed ceramic bowls. One has a blue thistle p...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel
$423 Sale Price / set
64% Off
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...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Extra Large Leaf Shaped Centerpiece Bowl / Fruit Bowl in White Glazed Ceramic
By Hispania CH
Located in Barcelona, ES
A beautiful extra large leaf shaped white Manises glazed ceramic platter or centerpiece bowl manufactured by CH Hispania. Spain 1950-1960s.
Interesting to be used as centerpiece, fru...
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Round Ceramic Beachside Motif Lobster Crudités Serving Platter
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Round circular Lobster food platter. With three compartments for chips, dips or Crudités, this serving platter will be a welcome accompaniment to any party. The center features a red lobster, and each compartment features a raised shell...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
$60 Sale Price
20% Off
Dansk Lg Knife and Teak Cheese Board by Vivianna Torun Denmark
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted staved teak wood cheese board with carved out area to the top edge of the board for the handle of the knife to sit . The large st...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
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
1970s Sensational Rosewood Service Tray
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Exotic Rosewood Sleek Service Tray
Clean modern lines
17.88 long x 7.75 w x .63 h
Preowned vintage
Refer to images
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rosewood
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...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
American Modern Ceramic Handled Casserole White by Russel Wright Stubenville
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish and functional American modern White handled casserole by Russel Wright for Steubenville pottery of Ohio, circa the 1940s. The ultramodern design emphasizes soft cures and si...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Christian Dior Midcentury Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite Italian Serving Tray 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury serving tray in a beautiful tortoiseshell effect lucite with burl wood handles. Produced in Italy during the 1970s for a Dior Home production with a design attri...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass, Burl
1960s Michael Lax Copco Blue Lidded Pot Saucepan Denmark
By Michael Lax
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Michael Lax for Copco Blue Lidded Pot Saucepan Denmark
Cast Iron Enamelware
4.5 h x 13 w x 7.25 d
Original vintage unrestored
Refer to images
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel, Iron
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...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
$86 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Painted Glass Inlaid Peacock Tray with Handles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fantastic MCM chrome and nickel peacock reverse glass painting tray. This tray is a very versatile piece that can be used on a coffee table, dressing table, a nightstand even a bathr...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Nickel
An Italian porcelain fruit bowl or platter with thistle motif, 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A gorgeous Italian porcelain pottery fruit bowl featuring a hand-painted thistle, made in Italy by Sesto Fiorentino mid twentieth century. Featuring a golden oyster-curl edge and sum...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Stainless steel serving tray Design F. Tibaldo Italy 90s Mid-Century Modern
Located in Palermo, IT
Serving tray in 18/10 stainless steel. Rectangular shape with a particular curve on the sides. Handles in fine material. Made in Italy in the 90s. Engraved in Gottinghen 18/10 Design...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Carl Auböck Walnut Board and Cheese Knife
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck walnut board and cheese knife. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural set includes one model #4363 serving or cutting b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Steel
Midcentury Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Brass Oval Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury tray in a gorgeous tortoiseshell effect lucite with brass handles. This incredibly charming piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s by Guzzini.
This unique...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Large Decorative Plate by Roger Capron '1950s'
By Roger Capron
Located in London, GB
A large decorative platter by artist Roger Capron (1922 - 2006) who founded the craft-based workshop in Vallauris, France, l'Atelier Callis, w...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Black Glass Octagonal Dinner Plate and Bowl Set France Set of 5
By Arcoroc
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Art Deco black glass octagonal table plate and bowl set France, set of 5
Four (4) black octagonal glass plates and one large black octagonal serving bowl.
Measures: Hexagon bowl...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Don Shoemaker for Señal Geometric Marquetry Tray with Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Serving tray and stand by Don Shoemaker for Senal of Mexico. The tray has a dark rosewood frame with integrated handles at either end, and the tray surface has a repeating geometric ...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rosewood
1970s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Decor Apple Green Brown Overlay Glass Bowl
Located in New York, NY
1970s very decorative glass centrepiece/platter serving plate, by artist Michna, handcrafted in crystal pâte de verre, tinted in a sophisticated and unusual sage green jade color. Th...
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1970s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Art Glass, Cut Glass
Vintage White and Blue Decorative Murano Glass Mini Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative white and blue murano glass vase from Italy. Vase is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one uniq...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Murano Glass
$57 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Oyster Platter Aetgina Vallauris Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Oyster Platter signed Aetgina Vallauris Circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Charcuterie Cheese Board Staved Teak
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Charcuterie Cheese Board Teak
6.25 w x 14.5 x 2
Preowned vintage unrestored condition, please see images provided.
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Large Ceramic Cream Painted Covered Duck Tureen with Feather Ladle
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Your next dinner party just got interesting. This large ceramic duck tureen is just what your table has been asking for. Created from ceramic, this piece is shaped like a duck. The top consists of the top of the bird's body which is removable to cover the food kept inside. The base is oval and large enough to hold nearly any kind of dish your heart desires. A ceramic ladle...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Serving Tray Cloche Plate Bell for Cheese or Fruit in Rattan and Glass Italy
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Serving Tray Cloche Plate Bell for Cheese or Fruit in Rattan and Glass Italy
Dimensions of the bell with the rattan base
Diameter 36cm High 27 cm
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rattan, Art Glass
$433 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century French Ceramic Dish Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic dish signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Don Shoemaker Large Serving Tray /Cutting Board Made with Different Woods
Located in Mexico City, MX
This is a Mexican wood tray, cutting board or serving platter made in 1960s in Michoacan, Mexico by Don Shoemaker.
It is in excelllent condition and...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Hardwood
Large Early Stamp Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Staved Teak Serving Tray
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Ferndale, MI
Early Dansk teak tray with duck logo marked JHQ , staved teak, Danmark . Very nice basically un touched condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Arthur Court Polished Aluminum Fish Shaped Serving Platter, 1975
By Arthur Court
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Gorgeous polished silver aluminium fish tray or platter by San Fransisco designer Arthur Court. Beautifully designed with detailed scales and fins and a ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Aluminum
Midcentury Mint 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 good vintage condition. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every interior!
Very nice as a gift. Only one un...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
$67 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Hand Painted Ceramic Turkey Motif Thanksgiving Serving Tray or Platter
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large oval Thanksgiving turkey serving platter. Created from ceramic, this large majolica platter will be a fabulous way to add a festive touch ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Transparent and Yellow Decorative Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative transparent and yellow glass plate from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful pie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$50 Sale Price
40% Off
Teak Chip and Dip Tray
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage teak chip and dip tray. Includes a smaller removable bowl in the center. Raised rim along the edge for keeping things in places. Beautiful natural grain to the wood.
Measur...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Three Majolica Trompe L'oeil Seafood Wall Plates / Wall Decoration
Located in Barcelona, ES
Trompe L'Oeil wall decoration / decorative wall plates, majolica, ceramic, Portugal, 1940s-1950s
A colorful wall composition comprised by three Majolica glazed ceramic wall plates w...
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20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Christian Dior Tortoiseshell Lucite Serving Tray or Large Vide-Poche, Italy 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous midcentury piece of serveware in curved tortoiseshell effect lucite. This stunning and unique piece was produced in Italy during the 1970s. Its design is attributed to Will...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Circular Studio Pottery Tray with Purple Wheat
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage circular studio pottery tray. Nice large size, perfect for using as a serving dish or centerpiece. Features an offset handpainted wheat design i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Pottery
Christian Dior Rectangular Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful Mid-Century rectangular serving tray made entirely of stunning tortoiseshell lucite. This gorgeous tray was made in Italy in the 1970s in the style of Willy Rizzo for a hom...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Large Majolica Leaf Platter Vallauris circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Leaf Platter Vallauris Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Small French Majolica Fish Platter Vallauris, Circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Small French Majolica fish platter Vallauris Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Korina Wood Divided Serving Tray by Arthur Umanoff
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage hand carved rectangular wood tray features Modernist shape and graphic wood grain patterns with the natural tonal range. The handle is wrapped with reed or cane. Minimal shap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Haitian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Reed, Wood
Midcentury Vintage Red Black and Gold Decorative Metal Plate, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative metal plate from Poland. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original metal. Beautiful piec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
$67 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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