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
Mid-Century Handpainted Porcelain Platter from Palm Beach estate Pauline Trigère
Located in New York, NY
This beautifully made Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Painted Porcelain Serving Platter by Villa Vanilla Palm Beach estate of Pauline Trigère originates from ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Century Acrylic Lidded Serving Dish
Located in Fairfield, CA
A great mid century acrylic server. Dark green tint to the acrylic with a white interior tray. Ice can be stored in the base for keeping dishes cold. Perfect for serving fruit, pasta...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Acrylic
Lagardo Tackett & Kenji Fujita California Ceramic Fish Plate, 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An iconic, beautifully designed, and decorated fish plate/platter by famed Mid Century designers LaGardo Tackett and Kenji Fujita.
LaGardo Tackett was the primary founder of “Archit...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Japanese Bent Plywood Sectioned Teak Service Tray
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Bent plywood Service Tray Sectioned Teak compartments
Stamped Amthor Imports Japan
Good condition with signs of vintage wear consistent with age.
18.5 long x 5.75 w x 1.5 h
Rev...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak, Plywood
Mid-Century French Ceramic Bowl Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic Bowl signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
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
Vintage Higgins Fused Glass Turquoise Gold, White, Green Platter or Charger
Located in North Miami, FL
The gorgeous colors of this signed vintage Higgins monumental fused glass plate, large charger and or serving piece has the amoeba pattern. It is sig...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
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
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
Vintage Decorative Mini Grape Porcelain Plate, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative Grape plate from Bavaria, Germany. Produced in 1970s.
The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or c...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
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...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Vintage White and Beige Decorative Murano Glass Mini Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative white and beige 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 uni...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Murano Glass
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
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 ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Mid-Century French Ceramic Plate by Naumovitch Gourju, Grand Chêne, Vallauris
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-century French ceramic pitcher by Naumovitch - Grand Chêne Studio, Vallauris - 1950's
Enamelled dish with a white background, it is decorated with a f...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel
Franco Lapini King Size Lobsters Dish Silver Plate, circa 1970
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Absolutely magnificent huge silver-plated serving platter made and designed by Franco Lapini the 1970s.
This is one of the biggest masterpieces he made.
Two lobsters facing each other on a decorated surface.
Signed on the bottom and there is a number in the rim.
Franco Lapini was an Italian silversmith based in Firenze since 1963. Franco Lapini, the creator, was trained at the Istituto D’Arte Internazionale di Porta Romana before opening his first workshop. Lapini had a deep interest in 15th century...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass, Silver Plate
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
Vintage Mid Century Polished Chrome and Lucite Bar Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and incredibly chic vintage tray. An original piece that highlights and punctuates your décor. Featuring a square frame, polished chrome accents and lucite details. The ...
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1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern Brass Lucite and Smoked Glass Italian Tray
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This rectangular Italian Tray is a stunning example of the design aesthetic that was prevalent during Seventies. This tray embodies the key ch...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Centerpiece Plate in Tortoiseshell Lucite and Brass, 1960
Located in Rome, IT
Centerpiece plate in faux tortoiseshell Lucite and brass interior, Italy, circa 1960.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Vintage Red Cats Decorative Metal Plate, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative metal plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original metal. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only o...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Tasca Nove, Italian Abstract Ceramic Platter, Alessio Tasca Era, Textured Glaze
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Fascinating abstract designed, hand painted ceramic platter from Tasca Nove, Italy from the 1950s.
Quite possibly by Alessio Tasca
Super palette of rich c...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
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...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mid-Century Tortoiseshell Lucite & Brass Serving Tray by Guzzini, Italy, 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular serving tray in tortoiseshell-effect lucite with brass handles designed by Guzzini.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Glass Platter, Poland, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Salmon-colored glass platter
Made in Poland in the 1960s
Very good condition
height 8cm, diameter 29cm.
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Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass
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 ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Vintage Crescent Modern Formica and Silver Plate 10" Round Serving Bar Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Crescent Modern Formica and Silver Plate 10" Round Serving Bar Tray. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 9" H x 10" Diameter.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Mid Century Modern Handmade Chinoiserie Style Tray by Moire Glaze Kyes
Located in Seattle, WA
This Maker Was Based out of Pasadena CA in the 60s and 70s. Olive/Sage Green Tone. Handmade Based on the Sticker on the Bottom as Shown. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pict...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Faux Tortoise Lucite Round Bowl with Brass Edge from France (Diameter 11)
Located in Austin, TX
A fine vintage French serving or decorative centerpiece bowl - from the Mid-Century Modern period - of acrylic resin Lucite with a faux tortoiseshell (tortoise) pattern and elegant b...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
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
Midcentury Tortoiseshell Plexiglass Italian Serving Tray after Willy Rizzo 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury piece of serveware, produced in Italy during the 1970s. It is a rectangular design attributed to Willy Rizzo for a Christian Dior production.
It is iconic tor...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Modernist Amorphic Crystal Quartz Tray Hand Finished with White Gilt Border
Located in New York, NY
This elegant modernist tray features a beautiful slab of crystal quartz geode in a warm honeyed off white hue- exhibiting the natural beauty of t...
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20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Quartz
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...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Pottery
Christian Dior in the 1970s for his Home Collection Tray and Vine Holder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christian Dior Tray and Vine Holder Lucite and Autumn Maple Leaves
This is a very special serving tray, designed by Christian Dior in the 1970s for his Home Collection. This board ...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Plexiglass
Fruit Bowl in Blue Glass by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte "Model 1419", c 1960
Located in London, GB
Blue Fruit Bowl "Model 1419" by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, circa 1960
Fontana Arte original label present
In excellent vintage condition. Glass is near perfect. The brass ba...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Collection of Wood Serving Pieces
By Finn Juhl
Located in Chicago, IL
Collection of nine serving pieces, consisting of trays, dishes and bowls. Various sizes 14" x 24" is approximate size of rectangular trays, the circular trays are 13" diameter approx...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak, Walnut
Mid Century Green Decorative Glass Flower Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative green flower glass plate from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one unique piece.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Round Centerpiece Serving Tray Lucite Tortoiseshell & Steel Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Iconic round serving tray / centerpiece in tortoiseshell effect lucite with a steel circle in the style of Christian Dior made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Steel
American Modern Ceramic Bowl and Tray by Russel Wright for Steubenville Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish and functional American modern ceramic serving bowl and tray by Russel Wright for Steubenville Pottery of Ohio, circa 1940s. The ultramodern design emphasizes soft cures and ...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Earthenware
Jens H. Quistgaard Teak Serving Tray by Dansk
Located in New York, NY
A divided teak wood tray with an end-grain teak cutting surface and a recessed section, designed by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk. Branded "Dansk Designs Denmark IHQ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wood, Teak
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...
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Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Midcentury Marble Effect Lucite and Steel Octagonal Serving Tray, Italy, 1980s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury octagonal serving tray in a stunning marble effect green lucite and chrome. This beautiful centerpiece was made in Italy in ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
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
Set of Six 24kt Gold Plated Roman Themed Coasters Signed by Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
This stunning set of six coasters were designed by the legendary Piero Fornasetti for Saks Fifth Avenue in Milan Italy circa 1960. They feature circular porcelain bodies with raised ...
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1960s Italian Vintage 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
MCM Silverplate & Rosewood Formica Serving Tray by Sheffield Silver Co
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM silver plate and rosewood formica 14" serving tray with silver plate edge by Sheffield Silver Co., circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and would be an excell...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
1970s Haitian Tropical Mahogany Sculptural Wood Tray
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Tropical Mahogany Sculptural Wood Tray
15.5 long x 5.13 w x .88 h
Stamp faded appears as Haiti
Original vintage
Review images listed.
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Late 20th Century Haitian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Mahogany
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...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Vintage Couroc Seahorse Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful Couroc Shell Seahorse Tray. It was crafted in California and is in very good condition. This piece has beautiful features that make it ideal for d...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Shell, Resin
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
Mid-Century Footed Silver Plate / Formica Tray by Sheffield Silver Co.
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice mid-century rosewood Formica footed serving tray with silver plate edge by Sheffield Silver Co., circa 1970s. The tray is in good vintage condition and measures 12.5"D x2.75"H...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
Japanese Teak Wood Tray Modern Minimalist
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Japanese teak serving tray, Midcentury Modern design period, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, Japan. Tray is a warm brown teak, strategically arched design around, sleek 'h...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak, Wood
Mid-Century Glazed Studio Pottery Ceramic Charger or Plate, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Artist crafted studio pottery ceramic charger or plate. Signed by artist.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
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Porcelain
Modern Porcelain Breadstick Holster Server Platter Rometti Ceramics 1950s, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rometti Italy midcentury porcelain breadstick holster server platter. Hand painted figurative scene in orange and cream inside, green marbled exterior, swooping metal handle with yel...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
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Wrought Iron
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
Midcentury Large Rectangular Serving Trays in Copper, Italy 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible Mid-Century large serving trays in copper. These unique trays were realized in Italy in the 1960s.
These hefty trays are fully made in copper, the inside is decorated by...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
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Metal, Copper
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