Modern Porcelain
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Modern
Fornasetti Themes & Variation Porcelain Plate, Number 200
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Themes & Variation Porcelain Plate with Original White Box,
Number 200,
The Statue,
1990s
The Fornasetti porcelain plate is number 200 in the Themes & Variation series. ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Rosenthal Studio Linie Gilt Porcelain No. 23 Cup & Saucers by Otto Piene
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of fine porcelain cups & saucers.
By Rosenthal.
In the Künstlertasse Nr. 23 (lit. Artist Cup) pattern designed by Otto Piene.
Both cup and saucer are richly gilded and have a multi-faceted, star shaped design.
Each marked to the base with Rosenthal's maker's mark / Studio-linie / Germany / Künstlertasse Nr. 23 / Otto Piene / Piene's signature.
Simply a wonderful pair Rosenthal cups...
Category
20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Calender Plate 2009 Porcelain n. 42 Italy
By Fornasetti
Located in Long Island, NY
Fornasetti Calender Plate 2009 . Porcelain n.42 ,Made in Italy .
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Calender Plate 2010 porcelain n.43 Italy
By Fornasetti
Located in Long Island, NY
Fornasetti Calender Plate 2010 Porcelain n.43 . Made in Italy
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Calender Plate 2011 Porcelain n.44 Italy
By Fornasetti
Located in Long Island, NY
Fornasetti Calender Plate 2011 Porcelain n.44 Italy
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Worcester Porcelain Wild Thyme Sage Plates Pair, England
Located in Miami, FL
Royal Worcester Porcelain Wild Thyme Sage Plates Pair, England
Offered for sale is a pair of Royal Worcester fine porcelain decorative scalloped edge she...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Swid Powell Robert Mapplethorpe "Flower" 1986 Floral Black & White Plate
Located in Toledo, OH
Black and white porcelain collectors plate Swid Powell Robert Mapplethorpe "Flower" 1986. White circular plate with sloping sides. Photographic image of a calla lily. 12" in diameter.
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Theme & Variations Porcelain Plate No. 218 with Original Box
By Fornasetti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine designer porcelain plate.
By Fornasetti.
From the Theme & Variations series (Tema e Variazioni)
Model no. 218.
With a depiction of Lina Cavalliere's face behind fruit (inc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Robert Mapplethorpe Botanical Porcelain Plate, Flower, 1986
Located in Downingtown, PA
Robert Mapplethorpe Botanical Plate,
Flower, 1986
Made By Swid Powell
The Robert Mapplethorpe porcelain plate depicts in black and white a flower dated on the reverse 1987. It is l...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Mug by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Mug by Scholten & Baijings
001 Matcha
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in Japan by 1616 /...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Mythos Collectible Espresso Cup and Saucer Set NR 4 by Yang
By Rosenthal
Located in Vallejo, CA
A vintage collectible porcelain espresso mug and saucer set from the Mythos line by Rosenthal, Germany. Signed by the designer, Yang, and numbered NR 4. ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Gold Plate, Tema E Variazioni, Pattern Number 96
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Themes & Variations gold plate, butterfly,
Tema E Variazioni,
Pattern number 96,
Atelier Fornasetti.
A variation of Fornasetti's Tema E...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Gold Plate, Tema E Variazioni, Pattern Number 34
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Gold Plate,
Tema E Variazioni,
Pattern Number 34,
Atelier Fornasetti.
A variation of Fornasetti's Tema E Variazion...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Dome Plate, Cupola Galleria Di Milano Number 7 in Series
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Dome Plate,
Cupola Galleria di Milano
Number 7 in Series,
Dated 2018
Each plate in the series has a different dome of a named and numbered building on the reverse, seen from the inside and below.
Dimensions: 9 1/4 inches x 1 inch high. (23.50cm diameter x 2.54cm)
The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping gallery and a major landmark of Milan in Italy. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. .
These plates were originally designed and executed for building contractor Andrea Brenta, Milan, as Christmas presents...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
4 Givenchy Paris Flower Dinner Plates Les Fleurs De Parfums Porcelain Serveware
By Givenchy
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 4 Modern Collectibles plates made for Givenchy Perfumes. Each features a flower used in their fragrances. One is vibrant yellow; the other is b...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
002 Petal
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan.
Dishwash...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Historical Porcelain Vases from the Italian Nicasio Collection
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair of Historical Porcelain Vases from the Italian Nicasio Collection.
Pair of splendid porcelain vases from the limited edition of the 3000 from the well-known Nicasio Catanese ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
"Garden Song" Porcelain Figure by Lladro Spain. Depicts Young Girl with Parasol
By Juan Huerta, Lladro
Located in Incline Village, NV
This was a limited edition hand painted porcelain made in 1992 and retired in 1995; manufactured by Lladro in Spain. Designed and sculpted by world renowned artist, Juan Huerta, it i...
Category
1990s Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Lladro Porcelain Couple Figurine "Amor Et Desirerium"
By Lladro, Ernest Massuet
Located in Norwood, NJ
Lladro porcelain sculpture Amor et Desirerium sculpted by Ernest Massuet for Lladro. Translated to Love and Desire, porcelain figure in matte and glazed finish.
Two lives merge into ...
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Wood
Vintage Modern Scherzer White Matte Porcelain Bisque German Vases Set of 3
Located in Topeka, KS
Charming vintage modern Scherzer white matte porcelain bisque German vases set of 3. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use a...
Category
20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate, Number 9, Maori Tatoos
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Themes & Variations porcelain plate,
Pattern Number 9,
Atelier Fornasetti,
1990s
The Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the face o...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
"Summer Stroll" Porcelain Figurine by Lladro, Spain, "Young Girl with Umbrella"
By Juan Huerta, Lladro
Located in Incline Village, NV
This was a limited edition hand painted porcelain made and retired in 1991 by Lladro in Spain. Designed and sculpted by world renowned artist, Juan Huerta, it is entitled "Summer Stroll...
Category
1990s Spanish Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Villeroy & Boch Stella Hotel white Bone China Sugar Bowl with Cover
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Villeroy & Boch Stella hotel white bone china sugar bowl with cover by Villeroy & Boch
Timeless and modern, the Chic Stella Hotel blanc de chine porcelain collection exemplifies urban elegance.
With a sophisticated silhouette composed of pure white, premium bone porcelain, this is perfect both for everyday use or formal gatherings.
Redefine elegance with this Villeroy & Boch Stella Hotel 12 oz, 0.35 L.
White bone porcelain sugar bowl, featuring a fresh, white color, tts simple silhouette and color creates contrast, allowing your colorful, fresh dishes to become the focal point of any dining area. Use this sugar bowl to serve sugar to sweeten hot beverages and cold drinks.
This piece features a traditional form with a royal feel designed to add visual interest to your tabletop presentation.
Timeless, contemporary design, perfect for serving sugar table...
Category
20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
003 Zinc
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Glossy surface with matte underside. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan. Dishwasher saf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #286
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #286,
The Binoculars,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the f...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Studio Line Flower Porcelain Covered Sugar Bowl After Andy Warhol
Located in North Miami, FL
This always wonderful porcelain lidded Rosenthal Studio Line colorful flower sugar bowl or bowl is by a design after Andy Warhol. Signed Andy Warhol. The colors are happy in hues of ...
Category
1980s German Vintage Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #14
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #14,
The Keyhole,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts a keyhole...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Studio Job for Makkum Pottery Textural Relief White Matt Porcelain Plate
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing limited edition porcelain textural relief plate is a piece of art and sculpture with coded messages of things, objects and symbols all ...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Meissen Porcelain Golfer or Golfing Figurine by Peter Strang
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Meissen porcelain miniature or figurine.
By Peter Strang. Strang was born in Dresden in 1935 and received a degree in Sculpture from the Academy...
Category
20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Soviet Ukraine Porcelain 3-Piece Tea Service Soviet Russian Modernism
Located in Sharon, CT
All hand painted and signed made in Soviet Ukraine. Cup is 5.8cm high, saucer 12cm diameter and the dessert 17cm. diameter.
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
003 Zinc
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan.
Dishwasher saf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Black and White After Leger Limoges Porcelain Plates Vintage Pair of Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of lithographic black and white Porcelain plates is by a design after Leger manufactured by Limoges France. They are vintage...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Six Mugs by Keith Haring for Konitz
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Six mugs by Keith Haring for Konitz
'Stacking Men'
Made in Germany
1990s.
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Figurine Busts of a Man & Woman by Peter Strang
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of miniature Meissen porcelain busts.
By Peter Strang.
In the form of a man and woman in casual clothing. The man wears an argyle sweater a...
Category
20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Bowl by Karl Scheid
By Karl Scheid
Located in New York, NY
Hand thrown porcelain bowl in silky matte white and celadon colored glaze with petal rim in light pink
Marked with workshop mark and dated 1994 (stamp),
Germany.
Category
1990s German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gerold Porzellan Vase
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant vase by German maker Gerold Porzellan, circa 1950. White glaze with gold accent.
Category
1950s German Vintage Modern Porcelain
Pair of Versace Primavera Lidded Bowels
Located in New Haven, CT
These Rosenthal porcelain lidded serving dishes where Designed by Versace in the “Primavera” pattern.
As part of the expansion Versace - Gianni sought to bring his aesthetic’s to fine dining. In 1993 he teamed up with Rosenthal, the German design company that has produced hand-painted porcelain in Germany since 1879. The Rosenthal Meets Versace...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Lladró "The Debutante" Fine Porcelain Figurine, 1981
By Lladro
Located in McKinney, TX
This beautiful and whimsical retired design by Lladro artist Jose Puche is called "The Debutante" and is a pastel dream! With purple hair and snow white sk...
Category
20th Century Spanish Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Tea Pot with Undressed Woman
Located in Greenwich, CT
A porcelain tea pot featuring line drawings of an undressed woman. Upon opening the lid she is discovered to be bathing in the pot. Designed by Esthe...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
002 Petal
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Glossy surface with matte underside. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan. Dishwasher sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
001 Matcha
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Glossy surface with matte underside. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan. Dishwasher s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Red Burgundy, Gold and Black Porcelain Coffee or Tea Cups, Set of 3, 1967
Located in New York, NY
A chic set of three (3) vintage red burgundy, gold, and black porcelain coffee or tea cups, Mid-20th century, 1967.
Side tables shown in image search 1s...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Cup by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Cup by Scholten & Baijings
001 Matcha
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in japan by 1616 / arita Japan. Dishwasher s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Plate Small by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Plate Small by Scholten & Baijings
003 Zinc
Porcelain with grid textile graphic. Glossy surface with matte underside. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan. Dishwas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Plate Small by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Plate Small by Scholten & Baijings
002 Petal
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Glossy surface with matte underside. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan. Dis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
001 Matcha
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan.
Dishwasher s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Vase by Kato Tsubasa
By Kato Tsubasa
Located in New York, NY
Pale blue celadon glazed porcelain vase by Kato Tsubusa (b. 1962)
Incised with maker's mark, together with a signed wooden box,
Japan, late 20th century.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Plate Small by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Plate Small by Scholten & Baijings
001 Matcha
Porcelain with grid textile graphic. Glossy surface with matte underside. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan. Dishwa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
German White Porcelain Ceramic Vase, Germany
By Thomas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful German white porcelain ceramic pottery vase with fluted design, circa mid-20th century, Germany. Vase has an asymmetric design and fluted textured detail around. Vase mea...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic, Pottery
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Cup by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Cup by Scholten & Baijings
002 Petal
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in japan by 1616 / arita Japan. Dishwasher safe....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fernand Léger After Black Red White French Limoges Porcelain Plates Set/ 4
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely set of block transfer glazed porcelain Limoges France plates are initialed FL after Fernand Léger. They are hallmarked on the back Lim...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Splatter Porcelain Bowl by Lawrence Spitz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Porcelain bowl by ceramicist Lawrence Spitz in matte gray, blue, and red pigments. Lawrence Spitz has shown work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and is known for his technique of c...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Cup by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Cup by Scholten & Baijings
003 Zinc
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in japan by 1616 / arita Japan. Dishwasher safe.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Anna Weatherley Handpainted Budapest Spring Butterfly & Dragonfly Porcelain Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine porcelain vase.
By Anna Weatherly.
In the Budapest Spring pattern.
Model no. BL.23
Decorated with butterflies, insects, & flowers in the Herend style.
Simply a wonderful Hungarian porcelain vase!
Date:
21st Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs, some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Maker:
Anna Weatherley
Marks:
Marked to the base with Anne Weatherly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Modern porcelain for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique 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 and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern porcelain made in a specific country, there are Europe, Asia, and East Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original porcelain, popular names associated with this style include 1616 / Arita Japan, Maharam, Scholten & Baijings, and Fornasetti. 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 $19 and tops out at $4,750 while the average work can sell for $383.
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