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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Period: Mid-20th Century
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio-Linie White Porcelain Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A finely made and stylish mid-century Rosenthal porcelain vase decorated with a figure holding a tall floral stem designed by renowned Danish born artist Bjorn Wiinblad (1918-2006). ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Royal Berlin Design by Griemert Porcelain Coffee Set, Decor by von Unruh
Located in Epfach, DE
20th Century KPM Royal Berlin coffee or mocca set porcelain 41 pieces
form Krokus design by Griemert , decor by Siegrid von Unruh
made 1953 mid century
KPM ROYAL Berlin Crocus patte...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal ‘Form 2000' Coffee Pot, Designed 1954, White Ceramic
Located in London, GB
Raymond Loewy and Richard Latham for Rosenthal, 1954
‘Form 2000’ Coffee Pot
A lovely example of this design classic
White ceramic with gold edging
Exce...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Midcentury the Magic Flute Sugar Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A finely made and stylish midcentury Rosenthal porcelain lidded sugar bowl decorated with a scene from Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte (the magic flute) designed by renowned Danish bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Cobalt Vase, Hutschenreuther Hohenberg, Germany, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
A large porcelain vase decorated with the Echt Cobalt technique
Produced by Hutschenreuther in Germany in the 1960s / 1970s.
Very good condition, no dama...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Set of Plates with Mollusks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain Conchiglie seashell plates with snails and mollusks,
Set of Six,
circa 1960s-1970s
The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchiglie pattern which d...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
White Porcelain Decorative Item "Osterfreude" by Carl Werner for Hutschenreuther
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Germany, 1960s.
This item is made in white porcelain and might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and r...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Lacquered Ceramic Decorative Clown Figure, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This item is made in lacquered ceramic and might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and r...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coasters Il Mondo Alla Rovescia Midcentury Set of 8
Located in North Miami, FL
These theatrical vintage Piero Fornasetti complete set of 8 hand painted very colorful porcelain coasters and or small plates are Mid-Century Modern. They are for an opera and in translation of English for the opera mean Topsy Turvy. Great barware. These are not common. They come in their original round gold box...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Thorkild Olsen for Royal Copenhagen Craquele Glazed Bowl with Fruiting Nuts
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and impressive Danish porcelain bowl hand decorated with fruiting nuts by renowned painter Thorkild Olsen (Danish, 1890-1973) and dated 1950. The heavily made bowl stands on a narrow round unglazed foot and is of wide shallow form with a raised rim and a fold back upper rim. The body of the bowl is decorated in grey Fine craquele glazes...
Category
1950s Danish 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
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
Set of 6 Vintage Mugs with Colourful Circle Pattern, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Set of six colourful mugs with circle pattern. Glazed ceramic mugs made in Poland by Lubiana in the 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Alexander Girard La Fonda Del Sol for Mayer China Bowls, Set of Four
Located in Garnerville, NY
A set of four Alexander Girard designed white glazed porcelain bowls for Mayer China. A La Fonda Del Sol design. Fully signed on the bottom, A La Fonda Del Sol Design, Mayer China-Mi...
Category
1950s American 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
Vintage Royal Copenhagen Denmark Porcelain Coffee / Tea Service Set
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine vintage Danish porcelain set. Pieces Signed on underside. Service of eight with small cake plates. All with artistic decoration to the porcelain. Porcelain is a ivory color (h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Lomonosov 22K Gold, Cobalt Decor Porcelain Vase, USSR - 2 available
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Russian white porcelain vase manufactured in the 1950s by the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory (founded in 1744). Soft shaped organic Mid-Century Modern vase decorated by hand with large mineral...
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Bohemian Tea Set in Porcelain & Gold, Czechoslovakia 1950s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful tea and coffee set in white porcelain with gold marks as a decoration. Produced in Czechoslovakia in Nova role, original mark still visible. Original catalogue mark aproved...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Eight Serving Plates, Collection V. Guillen, Edition Charles Jourdan
By Charles Jourdan, Gien
Located in Stockholm, SE
8 serving plates from Gien 1966 edition Ch. Jourdan antique pumps. Fun and Eclectic pieces by Charles Jourdan 1966. Hard to find and seems to be a perfec...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Faience
Porcelain Green Vase by Wallendorf, Germany
By Wallendorf
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain vase by Wallendorf, Germany.
Very good condition.
Dimensions: height 26.5 cm / diameter 16 cm.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Four Porcelain Bridge Ashtrays / Plates by Bjorn Wiinblad for Nymolle
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and rare set of four Bridge (cards) porcelain ashtrays/ small plates by Danish designer Bjorn Wiinblad for Nymolle, circa 1960s. #2787
The set is quite rare and very ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate #78
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, no.78 / made in Milano Italy circa 1960.
Original mark on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Alfoldi Porcelain Hungary Hand Painted Pitcher Vase
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Alfoldi porcelain Hungary hand-painted tankard pitcher vase.
Vintage retro Alfoldi porcelain large mug cup vase, with hand painted stylized traditional Hungarian motifs, tulip flowers, 1960s, Hungary.
Vintage retro Alfoldi porcelain decorative tankard made in Hungary...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian 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 Cups by Ditmar Urbach, circa 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Ceramic
Re-polished, Cleaned
Good Original condition.
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Fritz Heidenreich Rosenthal Mid-Century Large Pair Porcelain Doves
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and quality pair German Rosenthal mid-century large porcelain doves designed by renowned sculptor Fritz Heidenreich (German, 1895-1966). The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
Arrigo Finzi Lidded Pot in Porcelain and Oro Zecchino
By Arrigo Finzi
Located in Hanover, MA
A stunning 1940 Italian white porcelain lidded pot finely decorated with Zodiac figures from classical antiquity in 24k "Oro Zecchino" by Arrigo Finzi.
Gilt ceramic lid.
Signed Finzi Oro Zecchino Made in Italy on underside of potiche and Hutschenreuther on underside of cover.
Finzi often hand painted his designs on Hutschenreuther and Heinrich blanks.
Arrigo Finzi was the only Italian silversmith to be selected to participate in the exhibition "Italy at work, her renaissance in design today", promoted by the CNA (Compagnia Nazionale Artigiana) and hosted by 12 important American museums from 1950-1952 to present the best of the decorative arts produced in Italy since the end of the war. For years now, his production has also extended to porcelain decorated in pure gold. In 1952 he opens a store of two floors in Via Manzoni 17 in Milan and in 1954 he creates Finzi Arte, with the collaboration of his daughter Olga Finzi...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Ivory Ceramic Vase with Brown Floral Details by Rosenthal, Italy
By Rosenthal
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1943.
This ceramic vase is marked by Rosenthal.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in perfect original...
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
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
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe plate,
Numbered #7 in Series
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe in a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1950s Italian Vintage Red Light Blue Black White Porcelain Trinket Dishes/Trays
Located in New York, NY
Price is per item, rare set of six 1950s Italian Porcelain decorative dishes by a Ceramic Studio in Ravenna, each individually handcrafted in ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
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 Papillon White Porcelain Ashtray by Guido Andlovitz for Laveno
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, early 1950s.
They have been designed by Guido Andlovitz and produced by Laveno.
Each piece is stamped by the maker.
These are vintage pieces but they have never been used as they are a surplus of an old ceramic...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pfeffer Gotha German Porcelain Two German Shepherd Dogs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine German porcelain group of two German Shepherd dogs by Pfeffer Gotha and dating from the early to mid 20th Century. The dogs are presented raised o...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sevres-Vincennes Vintage French Porcelain Coffee Set
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Elegant and particular coffee service in fine French porcelain...
Category
1950s French 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
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 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 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
Rosenthal Studio Line by Christa Hausler-Goltz, White Porcelain Bisque Vase
Located in New York, NY
Rosenthal Studio Line white porcelain bisque vase by Christa Hausler-Goltz. Beautiful rounded oblong form, with linear details.
Measurements:
H...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, 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 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
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain and Gilded Appetizer Bowls Midcentury Barware Set / 6
Located in North Miami, FL
These fabulous small Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti vintage appetizer small serving bowls are porcelain with gilded gold edges, bottom and ins...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
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
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
Midcentury Stoneware Vase from 1950s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Mid-Century Modern stoneware vase
Made in Poland in 50/60 years. of the twentieth century.
Very good condition
Measures : Height: 32cm, diameter 11cm.
Category
1950s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Stoneware
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
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
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
MCM Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate, #1, Astrolabio Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe porcelain plate,
#1 in Astrolabio pattern,
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti plate depicts an astrol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian 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
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
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
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
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
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 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.
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China White Cup Saucer
Haviland Limoges
German China Sets
Union Porcelain
Minton Hand Painted Plate