Mid-Century Modern Pottery
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
Wedgwood Mid-Century Cambrian Design Pottery Cruet Set
By Wedgwood
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish vintage Wedgwood Cambrian design pottery cruet set dating from the 1960's. The set comprises of a pepper and salt in typical 1960's style w...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Anthony H. Ivins California Studio Lava Stoneware Platter
By Anthony H. Ivins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Stoneware platter with lava crater glaze created by California studio potter, Anthony Ivins. Platter measures 11.5" in diameter and is signed Ivins, Feb 13, 1961. In excellent vintag...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Monumental Ceramic Vase or Vessel by Frans Wildenhain
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental ceramic vase or vessel by Frans Wildenhain incised highly decorated.
Frans Wildenhain or Franz Rudolf Wildenhain June 5, 1905–Jan...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Jasba West German Mid-Century Marble Glazed Art Pottery Vase
By Jasba
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish German mid-century art pottery vase decorated with flames and marble designs and made by Jakob Schwarderlapp and dating from the 1960's. This formal vase was made in Baumba...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Glazed Signed European Art Studio Stoneware Pottery Vase or Vessel
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful brown salt glazed studio pottery vase or vessel. The piece is signed by the artist but we have not yet been able to identify them. Most cer...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Mid Century Ceramic Tea Pot
Located in Denton, TX
Unusual tea pot with the handle mounted on the side.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay
Artistic Vintage Danish Pottery Bowl from the 1950s
Located in Søborg, DK
Vintage artistic Danish pottery bowl with a beautiful abstract design
Signed on the base but artist unknown
No cracks or chips.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
1980s Glazed Ceramic Charger
Located in Denton, TX
Studio crafted large plate / charger with abstract glaze.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Geometric Design Ceramic Vase
Located in Denton, TX
Modernist Italian vase with a mottled glaze over the geometric design.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Modern Set of 10 Ceramic Boxes by Pino Spagnolo for Sicart, Italy
By Sicart, Pino Spagnolo
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Set of 10 ceramic boxes designed by Pino Spagnolo for Sicart.
The set exists of three different colors: 4x black, 2x white and 4x orange. ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Blue and Cream Ceramic Vessel by Mado Jolain, France, 1955
By Mado Jolain
Located in New York City, NY
Blue and cream glazed ceramic bowl/vessel by Mado Jolain, France, c. 1955.
This elegant ceramic dish, executed in deep blue and cream tones, displays the signature "pinch grip" foun...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Plate Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, freeform, large, heavy plate/ charger by American master potter Peter Voulkos who is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic pottery pieces and sculptures. Very unique and scarce work with rare use of color. Very hard to come by. One of our personal favorites along with the Chawan tea bowl.
Signed on base and dated (1961) by Voulkos. This was made during one of his most magical and experimental phases.
From of Private Collection, New York.
Voulkos is widely considered to be the most important and impactful ceramist of the modern era. He won the Rodin Museum Prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997. He was made an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also received six honorary
doctorate degrees as well as three National Endowment for the Arts awards.
His work can be found in many prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Albany Mall, Albany, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Hammered Watering Can, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Hammered watering Can, circa 1950s
Polished and stove enameled.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Brass, Copper
Marcel Vertès Ceramic Plate Tete De Femme, Signed, Edit 8/100, Vallauris, 1950s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Large glazed ceramic plate 'Tete de Femme' created by Marcel Vertès for Tapis Vert, Vallauris, France, in the 1950s. Signed 'Vertes' and numbered 8 of 100.
The inner circle with fac...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Glazed Ceramic Kitchen Accessories, Wall Hanging Salt Box, Salt Shaker and Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of glazed ceramic radish salt wall container, vase & pink onion salt shaker
Beautiful set of Majolica ceramic radishes wall salt container and vase and ...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Marcello Fantoni Bowl Decorated with a Still Life of Italian Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Marcello Fantoni bowl decorated with a still life of Italian vases
Decorated with rich applied enamel, signed on the front lower right and on the ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Adam Dworski Sculptural Studio Pottery Figure of a Lady
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine mid-century studio pottery sculptural figure of a lady by renowned potter Adam Dworski (Croatian, 1917-2011) and probably made in his early da...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Ed Langbein Mid-Century Modern Hand Painted Italian Hilltop Village Plate
By Ed Langbein
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid-Century Modern pottery plates, designed and hand-painted by the American industrial designer Ed E. Langbein, and manufactured in Italy, circa 1930-1950.
Offered individually, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Carstens West German Handled Art Pottery Vase with Cockerels
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Beautiful hand thrown West German glazed handled vase decorated with cockerels by Carstens Tönnishof and dating from around 1965. Carstens are considered to be one of the finest prod...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Classic Victoria Littlejohn Hand Thrown Mid Century Pottery Vessel Dish Ashtray
Located in Miami, FL
An enticing pottery design by Victoria Littlejohn, hand thrown Dish with a wonderful neutral oatmeal color glaze with a central red orange crystalline thick glaze surrounded by a cri...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay, Earthenware, Pottery
Kurt Tschörner Mid-Century Rusha Orange Glazed Art Pottery Vase
By Ruscha
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large West-German mid-century twin handled orange glazed art pottery vase attributed to Kurt Tschörner for Rusha and dating between 1950 and 1960. The...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Italian Glazed Vase with Equine Design
By Bitossi
Located in Denton, TX
Avocado and spruce colored glaze surround this vase with horse and tree design.
Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6, 1960s
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6
1960s.
The stunning Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate depicts a cut red pepper from the Sezioni Di Frutta series.
Mark: Hand and ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Studio Crafted Weed Pot
Located in Denton, TX
Hand crafted studio pottery with partial glaze.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay
Gunnar Nylund, Eggshell Stoneware Pitcher, Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impeccable stoneware pitcher produced by Rörstrands, Sweden, 1940s. Designed and signed by Gunnar Nylund, (Swedish, 1914-1997).
Nylund served as artistic director at Rörstrands, w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Olle Alberius for Rorstrand Mid-Century Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A superb Swedish mid-century studio pottery of shallow form in tenmoku and green glazes by Olle Alberius for Rorstrand. The heavily potted porcelain bowl is or wide rounded shape wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
1960s Piero Fornasetti Roman Foot Italian Design Blue Pottery
Located in Brescia, IT
Blue pottery by Piero Fornasetti
Italy, 1960
Perfect condiction.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury Brutalist Ceramic Bowl by Drejargruppen for Rörstrand Sweden
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Large and heavy set ceramic bowl in typical design for Drejargruppen. Marked R, Drejargruppen 1973 in the bottom as well as having the original sticker from Rörstrand. In excellent c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Indistinctly Signed Studio Pottery Dish Painted with a Fish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good decorative hand painted vintage Studio Pottery dish with a fish swimming amidst weed believed to date from the midcentury. The rounded shall...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Bay Keramik Mid-Century West German Floral Design Art Pottery Vase
By Bay Keramik
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century West German art pottery vase with relief molded floral designs by Bay Keramik. The vase stands on a narrow rounded unglaz...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Jan Jones American Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Denton, TX
Hand crafted slabs of clay with a light teal partial glaze. Signed Jan Jones 74.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay
Mid Century Carstens White Matte Sculptural Vase
By Dieter Peter
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
CARSTENS TÖNNIESHOFF was very successful for many years and produced an enormous variety of shapes and glazes. The 'Luxus' and 'Atelier' ranges were more expensive lines and they sol...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Large Green Lava Glazed West German Pottery Floor Vase by Carstens Atelier
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautifully hand thrown and glazed floor vase designed by Heinz Siery for Carstens Tonniesh of circa 1965. Carstens are considered to be one of the finest producers of West German pottery from the mid-century era. This vase, part of the 'Atelier' range, stands beautifully with its simple yet elegant form complimented by the textured moss green lava...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
All Seeing Eye Hand-Made Ceramic Bowl, by Bruce Anderson Pogonip Pottery
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique small hand-made terracotta bowl, incised with a decorative all seeing eye pattern, by California potter Bruce Carlton Anderson (American, 1915-1986). This earthy piece is in the style of Marguerite Wildenhain of the Pond Farm, where Anderson was a student.
The underside is incised with Anderson's mark and POGONIP A 31.
Measures 1.75" H x 6" D.
Bruce Anderson...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Hand Made Pottery Bowl with Figural Drawing in the Style of Cocteau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A hand made bowl in reminiscent of a Picasso style figural drawing. A wonderfully decorative piece, or to be used practically. A heavy and delicate piec...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta
Scheurich Mid-Century West German Flagon Shaped Art Pottery Handled Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish mid-century West German art pottery handled vase in buff and brown glazes by Scheurich and dating from around 1960. The pottery was founded in 1954 and has been prolif...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Modern Glazed Weed Pot
Located in Denton, TX
Mid-century squat pottery with abstract glaze.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Bofa Keramik, Miniature Pitchers, Glazed Ceramic Cane, Bornholm, Denmark, 1960
Located in High Point, NC
Bofa Keramik, Miniature Pitchers, Bornholm, Denmark, 1960s. One with paper label, other dated 1960.
Stated dimensions of taller example.
Other ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Cane, Stoneware
Trude Carstens Ceramic Vase, West Germany, circa 1960
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual and beautiful lava style glazed ceramic vase by Trude Carstens. A note about the potter:
"In 1892 brothers Christian Hinrich Carstens and Ernst Carstens opened a ceramics...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi Cavalero Italy c1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A brilliant depiction of a lance wielding Middle Ages knight on horseback with round shield. A naive, rustic style in muted ochre and green glazes. In wonderful condition it still re...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Tim Orr French 1960s Art Pottery Table Lamp
By Tim Orr
Located in New York, NY
An excellent French mid century sculptural art pottery table lamp by Tim Orr.
Signed. The vase measures 8.5” H x 8.5” W x 4” D.
Biography:
orn in England, Tim Orr is a sculptor, ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Set of Various Pottery Bowls 1970s, Studio Pottery
Located in Rosendahl, DE
This beautiful set of handmade ceramics consists of 16 bowls, all of which differ in size and color. Since they come from the same artist but different painting techniques were used,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Ceramic Pitcher and Set of Drinking Cups by Jacques Blin, circa 1950
By Jacques Blin
Located in London, GB
Mid-century French ceramic pitcher set with four cylindrical drinking cups by Jacques Blin (circa 1950s). To find an intact set such as this is rare and certainly fortuitous. An eleg...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Studio Crafted Ceramic and Glass Decorative Plate
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Vintage ceramic and glass decorative plate. Beautiful crackled pattern and matte glazing.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Blue Pottery Vase with Figurative Design Bitossi, circa 20th Century
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and rare Italian modern hand-thrown, hand carved, and hand painted blue pottery vase with figurative design, attributed to designer ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Terracotta
Large Midcentury Majolica Red Fish Pottery Ceramic Tureen Box, Portugal, 1950s
Located in Coimbra, PT
A magnificent big size hyper realistic glazed ceramic fish tureen in shades of vibrant red and grey with dark accents manufactured in Portugal, 1950s. Beautiful to use as a wall deco...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery, Majolica, Earthenware, Ceramic
Boho Chic Ceramic Bowl by Drejargruppen for Rörstrand Sweden 1970's
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Large and heavy set ceramic bowl in floral design for Drejargruppen. Marked R for Rörstrand and Drejargruppen 1975 in the bottom. Perfect for salads or as a fruit and vegetable bowl....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century French Decorative Earthenware Crockery Pot by Albert Thiry
By Albert Thiry
Located in London, GB
French vintage decorative earthenware crockery pot by Albert Thiry (circa 1960s). Delightfully pear-shaped body with incised floral motif decoration. A creamy white enamel covers the...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Studio Ceramic Charger
Located in Denton, TX
Abstract glaze design on this large hand crafted plate.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Large Carstens 1960s Mid-Century Modern West German Ceramic Pottery Vase Bamboo
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Large ceramic vase made in Germany by Cartens in the 1960s with a very beautiful Bamboo design.
Carstens only produced copies in limited amounts of each design.
Stamped underneath ...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Vintage Pottery Bowl And Ice Bucket by Inge-Lise Koefoed For Aluminia of Denmark
Located in Søborg, DK
Vintage pottery bowl and ice bucket from the series Tenera by Inge-Lise Koefoed for Aluminia of Denmark.
In great vintage condition with no crac...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Pottery from Morocco, Cream & Burgundy Color, Handcrafted, Contemporary Ceramic
Located in New York, NY
Pottery from Morocco. Inspired by Swedish midcentury pottery like Stig Lindberg. Handcrafted pottery by a local artist in Rabat.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Large Glazed Stoneware Vase by Stig Lindberg, Scandinavian Pottery, 1960s
Located in Zagreb, HR
Stunning and very rare large size glazed stoneware vase by Stig Lindberg
Produced by Gustavsberg, Sweden 1960s
Glaze in beautiful yellow to brown color and with traces of viole...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Lauritz Adolph Hjorth Danish Midcentury Pottery Seated Nude Figurine
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish midcentury Danish Bornholm terracotta pottery sculpture of a nude maiden sat on a rock her arms raised by Lauritz Adolph Hjorth. The figure is glazed in white with elements...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Studio Pottery Vase or Bowl Gertrud + Otto Natzler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Natzlers moved to Los Angeles from Austria in 1938. They were trained artisans. She made the simple pristine pot forms and he made the amazing glaze designs.
This piece is anothe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Alfred Burgess Read Mid-Century Poole Pottery Vase in PRB Pattern
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish mid-century Poole pottery vase decorated in the dinstinctive PRB pattern by Alfred Burgess Read. This elegantly shaped bottle vase stands on a skirted rounded...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Harrison Mcintosh Signed Mid-Century Modern Set of 6 Pottery Sake Liqueur Cups
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely formed and deeply blue glazed set of six ceramic sake/ liqueur cups by renowned American West Coast Californian master ceramist Harrison McIntosh who was famed for his Mid-Century Modern designed ceramics.
Mcintosh's works have been exhibited in such acclaimed venues as the Smithsonian in the United States the Louvre in France. Over his more than 60-year career, McIntosh had some 43 solo exhibitions from Los Angeles, New York, Belgium, Cannes, France to Japan. His work can be found in numerous collections and museums throughout the world including:
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
The National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
The Huntington Library, San Marino, California
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Belgian...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Large French Midcentury Black Matte and Glazed Green Ceramic Bowl Signed
By S.D.G.
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning very large French mid-century black matte and glazed green ceramic bowl, signed.
This mid-century ceramic piece features magnificent colors of various shades of glazed green...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern pottery for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern pottery 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 pottery created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, pottery and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern pottery made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original pottery, popular names associated with this style include Bitossi, Aldo Londi, Scheurich Keramik, and Marcello Fantoni. 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 pottery differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $78 and tops out at $29,941 while the average work can sell for $726.
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