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 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
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
Warhol Andy design Rosenthal Empire State building in years '70 four porcelain
By Andy Warhol
Located in Biella, IT
Warhol Andy design for Rosenthal Germany, Empire State building in years '70 four porcelain in perfect condition
The four ceramic overlapping, measure 12 inches
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #15
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti porcelain themes & variation plate #15,
The Hand,
Barnaba Fornasetti, Fornasetti Studio.
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation patt...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Charlotte Prerriand Set of Two Dessert Tronc Plates For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Charlotte Prerriand Set of Two Dessert Tronc Plates For Cassina
The exclusivity of a hand-decorated porcelain dinnerware service, based on ancient influences filtered through the mo...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain 1950s figurine “Lolita” dancing signed lladro, Spain
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Porcelain 1950s figurine “Lolita” dancing signed lladro, Spain
Spain / 1950 / figurine dancer / Lladro / porcelain / Mid-century / Vintage
An unusual ...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage 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
Rosenthal Porcelain Flower Cylinder Vase by Wolf Bauer, Germany
By Rosenthal
Located in Barntrup, DE
A hand-painted Rosenthal porcelain vase designed by Wolf Bauer, the Studio-Linie line, Germany, 1970s-1980s.
The white porcelain vase is in a cylindrical form and is adorned with br...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
New Large Rina Menardi Shaded Water Conchglia Bowl
By Rina Menardi
Located in Troy, MI
New and imported from Italy, this art pottery bowl by Rina Menardi is a thin-walled bowl with an irregular rim and ombre-style pale blue gray glaze. Underside of base has maker’s mar...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Grande Antico Gold Cocktail Plate by Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage gilt decorated GRANDE ANTICO porcelain plate by Piero Fornasetti / made in Milano Italy circa 1950s
Original mark on the back
Diameter 9.5 inches, height 1 inch
1 available i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Postmodern Memphis cups by Royal Mosa Maastricht, The Netherlands 1980
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This set of 12 Postmodern porcelain coffee cups were made by Royal Mosa Maastricht in the 1980's in The Netherlands. Made with a true eighties print with its fresh colors and pattern...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Michaela Frey for AK Kaiser Op Art Lidded Bisque Porcelain Jar, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Modern Op Art matte bone white lidded jar of high quality matte bisque porcelain. The exterior is decorated with a beautiful organic dotted circle relief pattern on both lid and body. The interior has been given a white smooth highly glossy glaze. Designed by Michaela Frey...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line, Porcelain Vase
Located in Bochum, NRW
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal studio-linie, bird decor painted in shades of blue, Germany, 1970s
Marked to the bottom.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions:
Diameter 10 cm [3.9 in.]
Heigh...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Heart Shaped Porcelain Cup and Saucer
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
This elegant heart-shaped porcelain cup and saucer set is a delightful fusion of artistry and romantic charm. The unique form of the cup, with its soft curves and delicate shape, is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Adamo or Adam Porcelain Plate # 7, Signed, Excellent Condition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Adamo or Adam porcelain plate number 7. Signed. Excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjorn Wiinblad Rosenthal Quatre Couleurs Tear Drop Candy Dish
Located in Garnerville, NY
Splendid form with gold floral decoration. Signed on bottom, Rosenthal, Studio-Linie, Germany. Textured surface and tear drop form, circa 1960-1970. Very good condition with no chips...
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
Large Porcelain Charger / Plate by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice 13" porcelain charger / plate by Danish designer Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line, circa 1970s. The piece is signed and in excellent condition.
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
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, Corinth Coffee Service for Twelve People
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal. Corinth coffee service for twelve people in blue-painted porcelain.
Modernist Finnish design. Dated 1979-80.
Consisting of twelve coffee cups with sa...
Category
1970s German Vintage 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
Richard Ginori Porcelain Coffee Service, 1939
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Porcelain coffee service by Richard Ginori, Made in Italy, 1939.
This pocellana coffee service consists of 6 cups with their saucers, 1 sugar bowl, 1 creamer and 1 creamer.
The p...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate #14
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 through a keyhole, no.14 / made in Milano Italy circa 1960
O...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Barnaba Fornasetti Calendar Plate for 2013 with Piero Fornasetti Self Portrait
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Barnaba Fornasetti Calendar Plate for 2013,
with Piero Fornasetti Self Portrait,
#518 of 700
The plate depicts an image of Piero Fornase...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Multicolor Rainbow Coffee Porcelain Set with Gold Rims, Spain 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Demitasse Tea or Espresso Coffee Set, service for 6, Porcelain
An elegant and colorful porcelain gold rimmed demitasse coffee service for six. Spain, 1950s
Eye-catching multicolor gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold Leaf
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...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Aladdin Porcelain Plate by Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Aladin and the magical lamp is the first Aladin plate in a series of 12 plates produced by Rosenthal and designed by Bjorn Wiinblad. In his 12 Aladin plates, Bjørn Wiinblad virtuously depicts the tale of Aladin from the well known fairy tale The Thousand and One Nights...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Thomas Rosenthal, Germany, Medallion Onyx Grey large serving bowl with lid 1970s
Located in London, GB
Medallion ‘Onyx Grey’ large serving bowl with lid
Produced c 1970s by Thomas, a subsidiary/division of Rosenthal, Germany
Ceramic
Excellent condition
L 25 cm, Diam 21 cm, H 13 cm, W...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Raymond Loewy, ‘Charcoal’ coffee pot, Rosenthal - Continental China, 1960s
Located in London, GB
Raymond Loewy (USA, 1893-1986)
‘Charcoal’ coffee pot
Designed 1960, produced by Continental China, a division of Rosenthal, Germany
Ceramic.
Good condition with only minor rubbings ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coasters Il Mondo Alla Rovescia Midcentury Set /Eight
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
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coaster Reclining "Adam” 7 of 8, 1965, Mid-century
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Plate number 7 from the quite rare and sought after of Fornasetti 1960’s design series, Adamo & Eva (1965). Compared to his much more severe standing “Adam" of a decade earlier, this...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Three Le Corbusier Unglazed Porcelain Tray by Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tray designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and the Le Corbusier Foundation in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Cassina takes its...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Speckled Bronze & White Porcelain Decorative Dish by Rosenthal
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Mid-Century Modern decorative dish was realized by the esteemed maker Rosenthal in Germany, circa 1980. It features a square body with rounded sides offering a hig...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fleming Joffe Plate-Vero Pig Piccadilly
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate,
Vero-Pig Piccadilly,
With Original "Hide" Box,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain p...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Andy Warhol "Golden Angels" Plate, New in Box
By Andy Warhol, Rosenthal
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Andy Warhol Christmas Golden Angels plate. New in box.
Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop artist of our time, ...
Category
Early 2000s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Jeff Koons Illy Collection Pop Art Espresso Set of 5 Porcelain by Rosenthal 2001
By Rosenthal, Jeff Koons
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Pop Art Illy Collection Espresso Service for five place setting designed by Jeff Koons made in Germany 2001 by Rosenthal.
5 signed, numbered cappuccino cups...
Category
Early 2000s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Set of 2 Porcelain Op Art "STONE" Vase by Heinrich Selb, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vase set of 2
Producer:
Heinrich Selb Bavaria, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vin...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Milano "Musicalia" Gilt Coasters Set of 4, Italy for Bonwit Teller
By Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
Fornasetti Milano "Musicalia" Gilt Coasters Set of 4, Italy for Bonwit Teller
Offered for sale is a set of four Mid-century Modern Fornasetti Milano "Musicalia" coasters made in Ita...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Black Gold Measurement Insulator Paperweight Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Piero Fornasetti porcelain insulator paperweight is gold with a black background. Italian through and through. It is titled cleverly ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Large Mid-Century Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine of a Rooster by J. Feldtmann
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine mid-century Rosenthal porcelain figurine.
In the form of a rooster.
Designed by J. Feldtmann in the 1950s for Rosenthal.
S...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Marius Giuge Fine Gilded Ceramic Tea and Coffee Set, Vallauris, circa 1960s
By Marius Giuge
Located in Antwerp, BE
The beautiful set comprised of a tea or coffee pot, a cream jug and a sugar bowl with lid and thirteen cups and saucers, each piece with gilded borders.
Exquisite ceramic, a make pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
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
Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal Porcelain China Service for 12
Located in Palm Springs, CA
German porcelain china dinnerware service for 12 by renowned American designer Raymond Loewy.
The set consists of 12 dinner plate, 12 Salad pla...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Loewy Modern Form 2000 Grasses Pattern Coffee Service 3 Pcs Rosenthal Germany
Located in Miami, FL
A Mid-Century Modern porcelain coffee service set consisting of coffee pot, creamer and lidded sugar by Rosenthal in the GRASSES pattern with the iconic ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
White and Gold Gilted Porcelain Plate by Meissen, Germany, 1950s
Located in Rijssen, NL
Porcelain plate with a rich gold decor, made by Meissen Porcelain, Germany in around 1950.
It was the first porcelain factory in Europe to produce true porcelain outside of Asia.
T...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve Porcelain Plate # 3, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve porcelain dinner plate number 3. Signed. Never used as a dinner plate.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Cups and Saucers from Bavaria
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Three porcelain cups and saucers from Bavaria. Polychrome decoration with sprigs of flowers and rich gold, on white, inside sprigs of flowers.
Set of three elegant porcelain cups and...
Category
Mid-20th Century German 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
Vintage Spanish Porcelain Vase and Matching Bowl with Hand-Painted Cubist Faces
Located in Torquay, GB
Vintage Spanish studio pottery vase and matching lidded bowl.
Decorated with hand-painted brutalist Picasso-esque cubist faces.
Both the vase and the l...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Miniature Porcelain Plate by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice miniature 3.75"D plate by Danish designer Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line, circa 1970s. The piece is sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
Set of 2 Porcelain Op Art "JOJO" Vase by Wunsiedel Bavaria, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vase set of 2
Producer:
Wunsiedel Bavaria, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage Op Ar...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Nummus "Coin" Collector Plate Made In Italy
Located in Doraville, GA
A vintage plate designed by Italian artist Piero Fornasetti. The plate is from the "Nummus" series, Nummus is the Latin word for coin, usually referring to a large bronze coin from t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Pair of Mugs with Saucers by Haas & Czjzek, circa 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of pink porcelain
Re-polished
Original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
LIMOGES porcelain - container with 2 handles, lid and plate , gold glaze
By Limoges
Located in Milano, IT
A LIMOGES porcelain glazed in pure gold and with agate-etched decorations,
Quality and refinement that always characterizes the LIMOGES brand.
It consists of 3 pieces, plate, bi-vane...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hornsea Tapestry coffee set, Coffee pot, cups and saucers, 2 jugs, 15 pc, 1970s
Located in London, GB
Sarah Vardy (British)
‘Tapestry’ coffee set
Designed 1973, produced by Hornsea, UK
Set comprises coffee pot with lid, six cups and saucers, milk jug, cream jug
Ceramic
Overall, ver...
Category
1970s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Rosenthal Andy Warhol Flower Glass Plate
By Rosenthal, Andy Warhol
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Daisy Glass Plate.
Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time.
The Flowers print portfolio was created by Warhol following his wildly s...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Glass
Portuguese Earthenware Deep Plate in Pottery
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Portuguese earthenware, deep plate. Simple yet charming decoration, characteristic of popular productions from the mid-20th century. The beige background enhances the floral decorati...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Herend Porcelain Eagles
By Herend
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Pair of Herend porcelain eagles.
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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.