Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
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.
3
349
9
7
to
78
186
153
349
349
349
349
274
262
257
230
225
206
175
166
142
107
93
90
29
14
13
9
4
349
11
233
70
1
2
6
12
59
74
35
20
6
340
310
21
13
6
307
104
92
37
32
54
37
12
12
11
Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #74
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #74
The Clock,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the face...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Vase w/ 24k Yellow Gold Gilt Detail by Alka Kunst
Located in New York, NY
This refined Mid Century Modern porcelain vase was realized by the esteemed maker Alka Kunst in Germany circa 1960. It features a cylindrical body in white ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Century Modern 125 Piece Dinner Set by Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal Germany
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Amazing set of porcelain china by Rosenthal and designed by Raymond Loewy. Made in Germany. Quince is the pattern as it has a definite Asian influence. In excellent condition, no chips or cracks. Set consists of: 13 dinner plates 10.5, 13 soups 7 5/8, 15 salad plates 7.5, 12 fruit cups 4 3/4, 14 bread plates 6, 13 tea-coffee cups, 13 saucers, 11 demitasse cups, 11 saucers, platter 11 x 15, sugar bowl w/lid creamer...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate with Mollusks, #9
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate With Snails and Mollusks,
#9,
Circa 1960s-70s
The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchigl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Romanze Porcelain Dinner Service by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, near complete Mid-Century modern porcelain dinner service.
By Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal.
In the Romanze form and Medley pattern.
Consisting of:
10 Large Dinner Plates
...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Gilbert Portanier Rosenthal Liguria Candlestick
By Rosenthal
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning post modern Rosenthal Studio-Linie porcelain candlestick designed and signed by acclaimed French artist Gilbert Portanier (b. 1926) decorated in abstract designs in the Liguria pattern and dating from around 1980. The conical shaped candlestick is of simple hollowed out form and of funnel shape with the raised narrow top forming the candle holder. The candlestick is decorated with abstract designs in lustre colors with gilding on a matt dark lilac blue ground and is signed within the design. With printed makers...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Kaiser Vase Model No 248/0, 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely bisque porcelain vase with a reptilian relief, model no. 248 (tall version).
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Recipe Plate, Beautiful Soup, Made for Fleming Joffe
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain recipe plate,
Beautiful Soup,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen made for the Fleming Joffe company in New York City. It depicts an improbable and amusing recipe with an image of a toad.
Diameter: 10 1/4 inches x 1 inch high.
The Fleming Joffe company was a small leather goods...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Die Zauberflötte the Magic Flute Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Espresso Set
Located in Miami, FL
Reduced From $2,500...Rosenthal Studio Linie by Bjørn Wiinblad Die Zauberflöte Expresso Coffee Set. With the design for the Rosenthal Studio Linie The Magic Flute, the Danish artist...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Change Tray with a Horse in the Style of Hermès
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acquired in Paris, France, a wonderful porcelain Change tray. A compliment to any cocktail table, side table or entry table... perfectly lovely a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Vintage Fornasetti Surrealist Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #319
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Surrealist Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #319,
Gorgonzola Cheese,
Atelier Fornasetti
20th Century
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Vari...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H. Bequet Quaregnon Porcelain Vase, Celadon
Located in Miami, FL
A celadon colored porcelain floral motif vase, by H. Bequet Quaregnon, Belgium, c. 1940. This decorative vase would look great displayed in an array of interior styes.
The celadon and gold trimmed...
Category
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
3 Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Table Lamps with Blue Conifer Cone by Fog & Mørup
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Three large table lamps with Blue Conifer Cone by Fog & Mørup For Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Company
The lamps are sold and priced individually. Discount available if sold as a grou...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Rosenthal by Raymond Loewy Form 2000 Partial Dinner Set: 26 Pcs
By Rosenthal
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This partial dinner ware set was made by the well known Rosenthal factory of Germany in approximately 1970 in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vase from the Collection "Iwona", Chodzież, 1970s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Vase from the collection "Iwona", Chodziez, 1970s.
The vase from the Chodziez manufactory, the "Iwona" collection, comes from the 1970s. Very good condition, no damage.
Dimensi...
Category
1970s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herons by Jaroslaw Jezek, Royal Dux, 1958
By Royal Dux
Located in Meda, MB
This elegant and fine Royal Dux porcelain figurine sculpture was produced in the Czech Republic in 1958. It features a modern design by Ja...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rectangular White Dish, Gerold Porcelain, Bavaria Porcelain Serving Dish
Located in Bastogne, BE
The rectangular serving dish Bavaria West Germany is made of high-quality porcelain with white glaze.
The product has a cute and delicate pattern in the form of a three-dimensional ornament. Such a plate will perfectly fit into the interior of your kitchen and will be a worthy addition to the festive and everyday table...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Vase, Wawel, Poland, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Ceramic vase with a rose pattern. Very good condition.
Produced by the Krzysztof Porcelain Factory (formerly Wawel)
Measures: height 32cm, width 10cm, depth 7.5cm.
Category
1960s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six Haviland & Co. Limoges Oyster Plate French Vintage Porcelain
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of 6 vintage French oyster plates. Each oyster plate features 6 wells for oysters and one at the center for lemons or a dip. They ar...
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six Espresso Cups and Saucers Designed by Lagardo Tackett for Schmid
Located in Ferndale, MI
Set of six demitasse espresso cups and saucers in white porcelain made in Japan circa 1960s. Designed by Lagardo Tackett and produced by Schmid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Serving Plate, Bernadotte Porcelain, circa 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia.
Made of gilt porcelain.
Re-polished.
Good original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Desert Plate, No 12 for Tiffany
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plate,
No 12 for Tiffany,
Circa 1970
The tromp l"oeil porcelain plate depicts a section of fruit, a pear, on a white backgr...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Yellow Majolica Oyster Plates Sarreguemines, Circa 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Majolica oyster plates signed Sarreguemines, circa 1930.
Yellow mustard color.
great condition with no chips or nicks or colour loss.
Will sell as a set.
Category
1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century German Cobalt and Gilt Decorated Porcelain Compote
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid-century German cobalt and gilt decorated porcelain compote.
Measures 13" in diameter and 4.5" tall. Great condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
1960s La Fonda Del Sol Restaurant Salt Shakers Girard Midcentury
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Alexander Girard for Mayer China / Minners. Made in the 1960s. Bollard-form salt shakers. Identical each with single hole. No chips, no cracks. Some crazing to the white bands around...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Christian Thomsen Royal Copenhagen Two Girls and Doll Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce Danish Royal Copenhagen porcelain figure of two girls with a doll designed by Christian Thomsen (1860-1921) and dating from the mid 20th century. The figure stands raised on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Plates, Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of rare Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates,
Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish,
Numbered # 2 & 3,
circa 1960s
The porcelain plates depict two diff...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Vase, Chodzież Poland, from the 50s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Orcelain vase from the Chodziez manufactory, Poland. The mark used in the years 1948-1964. Orange color with golden elements. Very good condition, one clear scratch in the photo.
...
Category
1950s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate, # 27
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 27,
With Original Box,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variation design is made on Rosenthal porcelain....
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Studio Line by Uta Feyl, White Curved Geometric Porcelain Bisque Vase
Located in New York, NY
Rosenthal Studio line white porcelain bisque vase by Uta Feyl, circa 1980s. Stunning curved geometric shape.
Measurements:
H 5"
W 4.5"
D 3.5"
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal, Eight "Herbst / Autumn" Porcelain Plates, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal. Eight "Herbst / Autumn" porcelain plates decorated with branches and orange leaves. 1970s.
Diameter: 11 x 10.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges Porcelain Fish Set
By Limoges
Located in New Orleans, LA
A set of four vintage French 1960's Limoges porcelain fish plates with lovely and unusual shell scalloped and embossed borders and two alternating fish ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Porcelain Surrealist Themes & Variation Plate, #83
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Porcelain Surrealist Themes & Variation Plate #83,
The Light Bulb,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fish Decanter Soviet Drinking Set Porcelain Fish Carafe Shots Glass, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Russia
Made of Porcelain
shots glass:Height 8cm
:Depth 5cm
Width 3cm
Re-polished
Good Original condition.
Category
1950s Russian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Capodimonte Ceramic and Gold Decorative Item of a Reading Child, Italy
By Capodimonte
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s.
This reading child is made in Capodimonte ceramic, which has been lacquered and hand-painted with pure gold.
This item might ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Lilo Fromm Decorative Plates Sophienthal Wall Plates “Autumn” series “Seasons”
Located in Bastogne, BE
Lilo Fromm decorative plates sophienthal wall plates “Autumn” series “Seasons”
Rare Decorative Plates “Autumn” from the Series of “Season”. S...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sulamith: Love Songs Sulamith Wulfing Vintage Wall Plates Bradex
Located in Bastogne, BE
A series of magnificent rare plates “Sulamith: Songs of Love”, by the wonderful artist Sulamith Wulfing, 1901 - 1989. In 1993-1994 They are listed in ...
Category
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
MidCentury Modern Porcelain Vase w/ 24k Yellow Gold Gilt, signed Tirschenheut
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid Century Modern porcelain vase was realized by the esteemed maker Tirschenheut in Germany circa 1960. It features a ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Blue and White Kobalt Porcelain Vase by Schumann Arzberg Vintage Vase
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage blue and white porcelain vase
Large cobalt vase
Schumann Arzberg Germany
High, floor Vase Made of porcelain known manufactory Schumann...
Category
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1960 Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astronomici Plate, #7 in Series
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
1960 Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate with number 7 in the Astronomici series.
Astronomici means "Astronomics". This is a rare pattern in black and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Piero Fornasetti Medaglioni Crescent Catchall Trays, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
A set of six (6) vintage catch all crescent shaped decorative dishes designed and manufactured by the Italian master of playful and surreal self-expr...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Vase, Chodziez, Poland, 1950s
Located in Chorzów, PL
A vase made of porcelite, decorated with a floral motif
Signed Chodziez. Made in Poland in the 1950s
Very good condition
Measures: Height 26cm, diameter 15cm.
Category
1950s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Year Plate by Eduardo Paolozzi for Rosenthal, 1978
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing bisque porcelain year plate, designed by Eduardo Paolozzi for Rosenthal, number 1620 from a limited series of 3000, complete with certificate and original box. Priced individ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Paragon Double Warrant Bone China Teacup & Saucer with Floral Pattern
By Paragon
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This teacup and saucer set was made by the renowned Paragon fine bone china factory of England in approximately 1960. The set is done with a robin egg blue ground with a large flowered pattern on the inside of the cup which is replicated on the saucer. The cup is done with a wide square mouth...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Tureen Laveno Verbano Guido Andloviz, 1940
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Porcelain tureen Laveno Verbano Guido Andloviz 1940.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Green Vase by Wallendorf, Germany
By Wallendorf
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain vase by Wallendorf, Germany.
Very good condition.
dimensions height 17 cm diameter 9 cm.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Jean-Jacques Prolongeau French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Delightful French Limoges porcelain figure of a girl with a basket of fruit resting on her head by Jean-Jaques Prolongeau for Haviland and dating from the 1970's. The hollow figure is Scandinavian in style and is decorated in natural glazed white porcelain with molded decoration and facial and and hair detail. The figure carries a wide rounded bowl on her head laden with apples and pears. With printed Haviland Limoges marks...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Capodimonte Ceramic Decorative Item by Mollica, Rococo Style, Italy
By Capodimonte
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s.
This group of 7 cherubs are made in Capodimonte lacquered ceramic by Mollica.
This item might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be consid...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Collection of 9 Friars Franciscan Monks Porcelain, Bottle, Shot Glasses Steins
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Lot of 9 Friars Franciscan Monks Porcelain collectibles. Made by Goebel Germany. The Bottle measures approx. 10" high, small shot glasses are approx. 1 3/4" high and 1 3/4" in diamet...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal, Five Romanze Blue Flower Porcelain Plates, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal. Five Romanze Blue Flower Porcelain Plates.
1960s.
Measure: Diameter: 19.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, Coffee Service for Twelve People, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal.
Coffee service for twelve people. Porcelain with gold decoration. 1970s.
The cup measures: 7 x 6 cm.
The sugar bowl measures: 8.5 x 7.5 cm.
In exce...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve Porcelain Plate #5, Signed, Unused
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve porcelain plate number 5. Signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Six Mid-Century Modern Handpainted Plates by Piero Fornasetti, "Floralia", 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare Six Mid-Century Modern Handpainted Plates by Piero Fornasetti, "Floralia", 1950s.
Plate from the Floralia series by Pierro Fornasetti for his...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Japanese Porcelain Appetizer Plates 'Set of 4' Mid Century
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful set of 4 porcelain japanese appetizer plates. Each piece is beautifully rendered in the shape of a shell and together add a chic element to y...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Paragon Double Warrant Bone China Teacup & Saucer with Red Cabbage Rose
By Paragon
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This teacup and saucer set was made by the renowned Paragon fine bone china factory of England in approximately 1960. The set is done with a pastel mint green ground with a large red offset cabbage rose on the inside of the cup which is replicated on the saucer. Both the cup and saucer are marked with the Paragon 'Double Warrant...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Villeroy & Boch Paired Porcelain Naif Christmas Collection Small Candlesticks
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage porcelain Villeroy & Boch Candlesticks.
Christmas Series by French artist Gerard Laplau.
Candlesticks look very exquisite. They will help to create a romantic atmospher...
Category
1980s Luxembourgish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Karlskrona, Upsala Ekeby Serving Platters, Sylvia Pattern
Located in Riverdale, NY
Set of 8 Upsala Ekeby Serving Platters, Karlskrona Sylvia Pattern from the 1960's with autumnal leaf edge pattern which is a beautiful Karlskrona classic. Can be used as a dinner pla...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Noritake Japan Coffee / Tea Set for 4 Snowville Porcelain
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare set of coffee tea for 4 great condition circa 1963 in white porcelain great condition like new, no chips or cracks, 4 snack plates - 8....
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Rattan
Mid-century Modern porcelain for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern porcelain for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage porcelain created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern porcelain made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original porcelain, popular names associated with this style include Piero Fornasetti, Rosenthal, Royal Copenhagen, and Bing & Grøndahl. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for porcelain differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $41 and tops out at $26,875 while the average work can sell for $582.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Semi Porcelain
Antique Cake Plates Glass
Leaf Ivy
Lidded Meissen
Chinese Porcelain Small Bowl
Antique Furniture Shropshire
Gold Glass Ware
Rare Antique Chinese Plates
Paris Porcelain Empire
Porcelain Service Spode
Meissen Lid
Pair Of Large Silver Louis
Cobalt Blue Neoclassical
China White Cup Saucer
Haviland Limoges
German China Sets
Union Porcelain
Minton Hand Painted Plate