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 legendary 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.
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
Period: 20th Century
Ceramic Fish Plates Wall Art Composition, Mid-Century Modern Period
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of midcentury multi color fish Plates and Platters as Wall Decoration
A funny collection of twelve european glazed ceramic, porcelain and...
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain, Terracotta
1940s Mirrored Tray
Located in London, GB
An oak mirrored tray, with gilt chain handles and frame.
France, circa 1940-1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Iron
American Modern Ceramic Celery Tray by Russel Wright for Steubenville Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish and functional American modern celery tray by Russel Wright for Steubenville Pottery of Ohio, circa 1940s. The ultramodern design emphasizes soft c...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Vintage Light Purple Decorative Glass Plates, Bowls, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative light purple glass plates/bowls from Italy. Plates are in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Uni...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Mid-Century Modern Woven Bamboo and Rattan Serving Tray, Italy
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Vintage bamboo serving tray, 1960s, Italy.
Beautiful 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern serving cocktail bar tray
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Bamboo
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, Faience
Roger Capron - Ceramic Urn/Vase with Dove
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage ceramic vase with abstract design by Roger Capron.
Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Jens Quistgaard for Dansk "Rare Woods" Serving Tray
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A "bow tie" tray designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansks Rare Woods collection, c.1960s, Denmark features sculpted Palisander wood. The top of the tray...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Palisander
Piero Fornasetti Attributed Pistol Barware Metal Serving Tray, 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Pistol And Gun Tray Attributed to Piero Fornasetti, 1960s.
This is a great studio Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti style Pistol Barware Metal Serving Tray.
Very decorative Piero Fornasetti's Iconic square enameled metal tray featuring antique pistols, guns, and gunpowder pouches illustrations.
The underside has a printed wood effect.
Vintage Italian Piero Fornasetti Pistol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Large Mid-Century Tulip Platter Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large Mid-Century Tulip Platter signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Diameter / 11.4 inches.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Sand Blasted Pink Platter Signed Schneider
Located in Beirut, LB
Plater in sand blasted light pink color glass with engraved geometrical drawings.
Signed Schneider engraved at the bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass
Vintage Orange Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood orange plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in good vintage condition. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every interior!...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
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
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
Roger Capron - Ceramic Canoe Dish with Fish
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Ceramic decorative vessel
Roger Capron Signed Vallauris, France.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring motifs such ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Don Shoemaker Exotic Wood Tray
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
Eye-catching 1960s geometric design of tropical hardwoods designed by Don S. Shoemaker and made in Mexico by his company Senal, S.A. Practical and beautiful, this mid-century modern ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Hardwood
abstract red black and brown stoneware ceramic plate by Claire Berger 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Claire Berger
Realised in La Borne circa 1980
Large stoneware ceramic plate with colored black and red abstract decoration
Original perfect decoration...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Oval Serving Tray Bamboo, Rattan & Brass, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern serving cocktail bar tray with polished brass handles . Made of rattan and bamboo, this charming piece is in the typical style where the or...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Green Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood green 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 on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Roger Capron - Ceramic Urn/Vase with Rooster
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage ceramic vase with rooster by Roger Capron
Vallauris, France.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring motifs s...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Iroquois China Samovar by Ben Seibel
By Ben Seibel
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural ceramic samovar, ice tea, water dispenser, designed by Ben Seibel for the Iroquois China company. Rare hard to find form, in mint condition,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Ceramic Dish, Designed by Jacques Pouchain for Poet Laval
Located in NANTES, FR
Lovely bowl designed by Jacques Pouchain for Poet Laval. In perfect condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Roger Capron - Set of 8 Ceramic Mugs with Abstract Motif
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Set of 8 vintage mugs. The price is for 8 cups.
Roger capron signed Vallauris, France.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Roger Capron - Ceramic Dish with Banded Design
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage ceramic decorative bowl with abstract motif.
Roger Capron Signed Vallauris, France.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his us...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Sterling Tiffany Plate
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A midcentury plate with ribbing around the rim. It’s just a simple design that compliments the edge. The plate sits on a slight pedestal that raises it off the surface. In the centre...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Round Centerpiece Serving Tray Lucite Faux Tortoiseshell and Brass, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing round serving tray / centerpiece in tortoiseshell effect lucite with and border brass in the style of Christian Dior.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Roger Capron - Ceramic Canoe Dish with Abstract Design
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Ceramic decorative vessel
Roger Capron Signed Vallauris, France.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring motifs such ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Green Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood green 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 on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Pair of Mid-Century Modern French Ceramic decorative trays Albert Thiry, 1960s
By Albert Thiry
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Pair of Mid-Century Modern French ceramic decorative trays Albert Thiry, 1960s
Very nice set of two decorative ceramic trays decorated with blue flowers. The chalk white enamel is of very good quality. It brings out the motifs engraved by the artist.
The price is for the two potteries together. Do not hesitate to contact me if you want only one of the two pieces.
Circa 1960-1970.
In very good condition.
3.5cmx29.5cmx12xm
3.5cmx28.5cmx12cm
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Albert Thiry (1923-2009)
Ceramist from Nice, he studied at the School of Decorative Arts in the city. He settled with his wife Pyot Gavaudan in 1943 in the pottery village of Vallauris. There he continued his training as a ceramist in various workshops, notably that of Charles Voltz (1923-1997). In 1956, he joined Claire and René Batigne as a decorator, who had run the Tapis Vert workshop since 1950. There he rubbed shoulders with Marcel Vertès and Anton Prinner...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel
Early XXth Century Century Spanish Traditional Metal Plate
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Metal plate from Spain by unknown manufacturer, early 20th century.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Material:...
Category
Early 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Roger Capron - Ceramic Canoe Dish with Abstract Design
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage ceramic decorative vessel
Roger Capron Signed Vallauris, France.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring moti...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti Fish Bowls on Tray, Italy, 1950s
By Fornasetti
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of four Fornasetti Fish Bowls on a Tray, Italy 1950s. The measurements given apply to the tray. One bowl measures 11 x 14 x 3 cm.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
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
Rey Urban Creamer Sterling Silver Hand Hammered Sweden 1970 Signed
By Rey Urban
Located in Paris, FR
Creamer in sterling silver hand hammered by Rey Urban, Stockholm 1970 signed ans stamped
A pair available, price for 1 item
Good condition
Rey Urban, born 14 September 1929 in Stockholm, Sweden, died 8...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Mid-Century Modern French Ceramic Decorative Trays Albert Thiry, 1960s
By Albert Thiry
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Pair of Mid-Century Modern French Ceramic decorative trays Albert Thiry, 1960s
Very nice set of two decorative ceramic trays decorated with red flowers. The chalk white enamel is of very good quality. It brings out the motifs engraved by the artist.
The price is for the two potteries together. Do not hesitate to contact me if you want only one of the two pieces.
Circa 1960-1970.
In very good condition.
3.5cmx12cmx29xm
3cmx11cmx29xm
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Albert Thiry (1923-2009)
Ceramist from Nice, he studied at the School of Decorative Arts in the city. He settled with his wife Pyot Gavaudan in 1943 in the pottery village of Vallauris. There he continued his training as a ceramist in various workshops, notably that of Charles Voltz (1923-1997). In 1956, he joined Claire and René Batigne as a decorator, who had run the Tapis Vert workshop since 1950. There he rubbed shoulders with Marcel Vertès and Anton Prinner...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel
Mid Century Modern dish by Fornasetti (1913-1988)
Located in London, GB
Unusual early plate by Pierro Fornasetti. This design is no longer in production and relates to his early work but is not a theme he later continued into production. In 1945 he advertised Camus' tragedy Caligula and this is th closest reference to this motif in which he advertises Le Scala...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Octagonal Faux Tortoise Lucite Tray from France (Diameter 18 1/2)
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large French recessed octagonal serving tray from the Mid-Century Modern period, of acrylic Lucite with a faux tortoiseshell (tortoise) pattern and gilded brass trim.
Two a...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass, Metal
Blue and black 20th century dish or plate by Boisbelle La Borne 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Boisbelle - Josette Miquel
Large blue and black stoneware ceramic plate or dish by Boisbelle
Original perfect condition
Blue and black ceramic glaze...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Red and Orange Vintage Splatter Confetti Lunch Trays, Set of 4
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of four hard plastic vintage lunch trays. This set of trays is decorated with confetti or splatter ware in red and orange. Each includes six w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Plastic
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Murano Glass, Ceramic, Glass
Alessi 4 Parts Hors d'oeuvres Service Crystal Glass Designed Ettore Sottsass
Located in Miami, FL
This Listing offers the Alessi 4 compartments Hors d'oeuvres service in crystal glass designed by Ettore Sottsass, made in Italy, circa 1970s.
Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Barware in minimalism design and heavy lead crystal.
All 4 Triangle shaped bowls have the golden Alessi Label.
Practical to serve Your favorite Dish at Your Holiday or Family Dinner...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Crystal
Large Green and White 20th Century Decorative Ceramic Plate by Nidervillers 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Nidervillers
Large 20th century design ceramic plate
White, yellow and green ceramic glazes colors
Signed
Original perfect conditi...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Serving Tray or Vide-Poche in Bamboo and Tortoiseshell Lucite, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular serving tray or vide-poche in lucite effect tortoiseshell and Bamboo.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Vintage Spaniel Dog and Flowers Decorative Porcelain Plate, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative Spaniel Dogs plate from Bavaria, Germany. Produced in 1970s.
The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Bea...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Fontana Arte Glass Beveled & Gold Infused Rectangle Footed Serving Tray Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful rectangle Fontana Arte attributed Vanity Tray, Tableware, Barware or Serving Tray in beveled thick green tinted Glass on 4 round gold infused ball feet.
The two handles are...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Gold
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...
Category
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Quartz
Vintage Couroc Cat Design Barware Serving Tray
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-Century Modern Couroc of Monterey California cat design barware serving tray.
A mid century beautiful Couroc barware tray featuring a cat made up of the classic Couroc inlay tech...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Resin
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...
Category
1930s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Maple
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.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Murano Glass
Oval Serving Tray Bamboo, Rattan & Brass, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern serving cocktail bar tray with polished brass handles. Made of rattan and bamboo, this charming piece is in the typical style where the org...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
25 Piece Rice Porcelain Friedl Holzer-Kjellberg Coffee Set for Arabia
Located in North Miami, FL
25 piece rice porcelain set designed by Friedl Holzer-Kjellberg for Arabia.
Set has 12 plates, 12 cups and small sugar bowl.
The plate measures 4.75"x...
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Vallauris Glazed Ceramic Platter or Centerpiece Bowl, Flower Shape
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern multicolor glazed ceramic flower centerpiece bowl. Manufactured by Vallauris, France, 1950-1960.
Eye-catching and colorful flowe...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
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
Mathieu Matégot Enameled Metal Plate, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Enameled metal plate designed by Mathieu Mate´got.
Manufactured by Artimeta (Holland), circa 1950.
Lacquered perforated metal with original paint.
In great original condition wi...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Large MCM California Studio Pottery Signed Charger
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice California studio pottery charger, circa 1970s. The piece is signed on the reverse and in excellent vintage condition with no chi...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
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Pottery
1950s Italian Service Tray in Patinated Brass Decorative Trim Italy
By Sheffield
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Italian service tray in patinated brass.
Oval shape with handles. Lovely decorative trim
2 tall x 23 w x 14.75 d
Stamped MADE IN ITALY
Preowned original vintage condition.
See i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
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