Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
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
Mid-Century Oval Serving Tray in Brass and Cream-Colored Plexiglass, Italy 1980s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful cream lucite serving tray with mid-century brass edging. This wonderful piece was made in Italy in the 1980s.
A fantastic piece of service that will complement a moder...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Marble Effect Lucite and Steel Octagonal Serving Tray, Italy, 1980s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury octagonal serving tray in a stunning marble effect green lucite and chrome. This beautiful centerpiece was made in Italy in ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Sophisticated Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Etched Crystal Serving Plate
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated serving plate was realized in the United States, circa 1960. It features a sunburst pattern emanating from the center. The bottom has been incised with deep channe...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Crystal
Emilia Castillo Vintage Silver Plate on Copper Ladle with Parrot
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Modern designed serving ladle handcrafted in silver plate on hammered copper featuring a stone clad parrot perched on the top of the handle. Stamped Emilia Castillo Mexico on the han...
Category
20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Vintage Oval Tray in Gilded Hammered Aluminum and Ivory Plastic, Italy 60s
Located in Roma, IT
A vintage tray most likely made in Italy between the 50s and 60s that winks at the style in vogue in the United States between the 20s and 50s inspired by Hollywood's Golden Era.
Gil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Aluminum
California Studio Pottery Ashtray by Robert Maxwell, 1965
Located in Denton, TX
Blenko crackled glass in the center signed by Robert Maxwell.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Earthenware
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Fish Fillet Knife Stainless Fiskars Normark Finland
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1967 Fiskars Normark stainless steel knife from Finland
leather sheath
Vintage Fixed Blade Fillet Fish Knife
11.13 long x 1.5 tall x 1 thick
Vintage unrestored condition
Refer to ima...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
Modernist Design Haitian Wood Salad Server Set
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Wood Salad Server Set
stamped Haiti
8 long x 3.88 w x 1.13 h
Original unrestored vintage
Refer to images listed
Category
Mid-20th Century Haitian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Wood
Set of Lacquered Metal and Bronze Punch Bowl and Shot Glass Box, Italy, 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Punch Bowl
Lacquered metal punch bowl with bronze snake Italy 1970
D. 37 cm, H. 35 cm
D. 20 cm, H. 18 cm
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Set of 12 Dachshund Vintage Silver Plate Knife Rests
By Gallia
Located in Westport, CT
Set of twelve Dachshund dog silver plated knife rests, vintage in very good look to be unused from the 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver Plate
1970s Copco Oval Casserole Green Enamelware Michael Lax Denmark
By Michael Lax
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Copco Michael Lax Oval Casserole Green
Enamel Cast Iron Dish Pan
Stamped by maker Denmark.
12.88 w x 7.75 d x 3 h
Preowned vintage condition.
See a...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Vintage Red Pitcher by Waechtersbach Germany & Blue Hall Sundial Casserole Dish
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous vintage Mid-Century Modern solid colours red pitcher piece code PIT70 by Waechtersbach, Germany and a blue covered casserole “Sundial” dish by Hall. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. There are a few factory flaws underneath the glaze on the top of the Sundial lid. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Mid-20th Century.
Ist diese Keramik nicht fabelhaft?? That’s German for “Isn’t this pottery FABULOUS?” Well, we certainly think so!! We have a lovely pair of useable pottery pieces to offer to you. First, we have a vintage bold red bulbus shaped “Solid Colours” pitcher by Waechtersbach, crafted in Germany and a beautiful vintage “Sundial...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Pottery
1970s Mechanical Ice Sugar Cube Tongs Stainless Steel and Teak Japan
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s mechanical ice or sugar cube tongs
Stainless steel and teak
Made Japan
7.25 x 1.13 diameter
Original vintage condition. Unrestored.
Refer t...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
Christofle Model Perles Cutlery Set 100 Pieces, Imperial, in Silverplated
By Christofle
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Christofle Model Perles Cutlery Set 100 Pieces, Imperial, in Silver Plated
Made in Argentina
100 - Piece Cutlery Set:
12 Table Spoons
12 Soup Spoons
12 Dessert Spoons
12 Ice ...
Category
1950s Argentine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver Plate
Centerpiece Serving Tray Ice Effect Lucite Nickel Willy Rizzo, Italy, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
Centerpiece serving tray in ice effect Lucite and nickel frame attributed to the Italian designer Willy Rizzo, circa 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Vintage Amber Glass Consolidated Glass 15" Elephant Candy Trinket Dish (C)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Amber Glass Consolidated Glass 15" Elephant Candy Trinket Dish (C). Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 6.5" H x 15" W x 5" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Glass
Vintage USN Claw Sugar Ice Tongs Decorative Design Navy Silver Eagle
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage USN silver claw sugar ice tongs decorative design Eagle
Measures: 4.5 Long x .63 tall x 2 width
Small tongs for sugar or ice cubes.
Stamped-marked USN
Beautiful decorativ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal
Tommaso Barbi Centrepiece Tray in Chrome, Glass and Bamboo, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Centrepiece tray by the Italian designer Tommaso Barbi (original label still attached) in chrome, glass and bamboo. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Mid Century Danish Modern Narrow Silver Plated Footed Dish Tray - 2 Pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Danish Modern Narrow Silver Plated Footed Dish Tray Set - 2 Pcs. One with ball form feet and the other with sculpted double pedestal feet. Circa Mid 20th Century....
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver Plate
Raymond Loewy for Air France Concorde Set of 36 Circa's 1970
Located in Brussels, BE
This is original cutlery set of 36 brown pieces : 12 knifes, 12 spoons ,12 forks.
Created by designer Raymond Loewy for Air France. These are made of steel and brown plastic. Each piece is branded 'Air France'.
Raymond Loewy designed...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Set of Four Midcentury Serving Teak Trays Backman for Airlines, Finland, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type
- marked
- practical
- for Czech Airlines
Category
1960s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Teak
Jens Quistgaard Copper and Brass Lidded Pot for Dansk
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lidded pot by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk. This piece produced in Denmark in the 1960s, features a copper pot and lid with brass handle details.
Dimensions
10" diameter x 4" height.
...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Brass, Copper
Raymor 1950s Black Wire Serving Stand and Bowl
By Raymor
Located in New York, NY
Raymor two-tiered black wire serving stand with handle, with
matching circular pedestal bowl.
Bowl measures 6 inches height x 14 inches diameter.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Rope Bottle Carrier Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rope bottle carrier for two bottles Audoux Minet, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Rope
Faux Turtle-Shell Lucite Round Tray. French Work. Circa 1970.
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This faux turtle-shell round tray is made of lucite. This is a French work. Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Lucite
$653 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Modern Italian Lucite Tortoiseshell Effect Oval Serving Tray, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Mid-Century lucite tray with a fantastic tortoiseshell effect. This amazing piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s.
This serving tray is fantastic thanks to the eleg...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
1970s Round Rosewood Bar Service Tray
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Hostess Round Wood Serving Tray
Bar Service Platter
Rosewood
.63 h x 10 w x 11.5 long
Unrestored original vintage
See all images provided.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Rosewood
1960's Rare Signed Psychedelic Peter Max Enamel Serving Pot
By Peter Max
Located in Redding, CT
1960's Rare Signed Pschedelic Peter Max Enamel Serving Pot. We are not sure of the pattern of this china. In a fabulous apple green enamel. We found out in research that in 1967, the...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Enamel
French Silverplated Couvert, Hand stiched Black leather, circa 1940s
Located in Den Haag, NL
French Silverplated Couvert, Hand stiched Black leather circa 1940s. In the style of Jacques Adnet.
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver Plate
Large French Faience Figural Bison Pate Terrine by Michel Caugant
Located in San Diego, CA
A large vintage figural recumbent Bison Pâté Terrine made for Laurent Caugant, a Bretagne pâté maker since 1927. His son Michel created these figural forms as containers for selling ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
Sculptural Mid-Century Modern Elongated Rosewood Tray
By Jean Gillon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sleek modernist rectangular tray in Brazilian rosewood, deeply sculpted to create an oblong space for items (ca. 1960s, Scandinavia).
Narrow, long shape ideal for displaying lemons, ...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Rosewood
Burnt Bamboo and Cane Serving Tray
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A gorgeous serving tray executed in burnt bamboo and cane. Great border detail with nice modernist movement. Could be used as a serving tray, on an oversized ottoman, or even on a co...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Bamboo, Cane
Luigi Massoni Minimalist Plastic White Bed Tray Element by Guzzini, Italy, 1980s
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Plastic tray
Design:
Luigi Massoni
Producer:
Guzzini, Italy
Decade:
1980s
Description:
This tray table was designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Guzzini in Italy in the 1980s. It is made from white-colored plastic and is in very good vintage condition, and would be ideal to serve breakfast in bed. It still features the original Guzzini box...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Plastic
Set of 4 Mid-Century Danish Teak with Cabaret Glass Trays from Holmegaard, 1960s
By Holmegaard
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Teak with Cabaret Glass Trays from Holmegaard, 1960s, Set of 4, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 have official proof of authenticity such as vintage ...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Glass, Teak
1960s Scandinavian Style Saltshaker Fat Guy Art Pottery
By Lisa Larsen
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Scandinavian style Saltshaker Fat Guy Art Pottery
Style after Lisa Larson Sweden
6.5 h x 4.38 w x 2.75 d
Original vintage
Refer to images
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Vintage Salad Servers in Curved Wood and Stainless Steel
Located in San Diego, CA
Simple and elegant stylized set of salad servers made of stainless steel and curved wood handles, circa 1960s. The set is in very good vintage condition and measures 12"L x 2.5"W. A ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
William Bounds Grainware Faceted Lucite Service Tray, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century William Bounds Grainware faceted lucite service tray circa 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Lucite
Teak Three-Tier Server Portable Dessert Cake Stand With Ring Handle Tripod Legs
Located in Chicago, IL
This three tier, teak tripod dessert server / stand has a Scandinavian modern style, a tripod construction for stability, and a ring handle for portability. Its country of origin is ...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Teak
Set of 6 Brass Skewers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 6 Turkish brass skewers -Each skewer has a different marking or design at the tip of the handle, a nice decorative touch and also will mark the gu...
Category
20th Century Turkish Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Brass
$350 / set
Aldo Tura Decorative Bar Set in Carved Wood and Brass, Macabo, Italy 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful bar set in carved wood and brass. This lovely set was designed by Aldo Tura and produced by Macabo in Milano, Italy during the 1950s.
The set consist of a pitcher, 6 glass...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Modernist Amorphic Crystal Quartz Tray Hand Finished with White Gilt Border
Located in New York, NY
This elegant modernist tray features a beautiful slab of crystal quartz geode in a warm honeyed off white hue- exhibiting the natural beauty of t...
Category
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Quartz
Set of Six Amber Murano Drinking Glasses by Vittorio Zecchin, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1930s.
They are in Murano glass and have particles of coal that are included in the glass due to their process of manufacturing: as a matter of fact in 1950s in Murano...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Murano Glass
Rare Sterling Silver Coffee Service by Sigvard Bernadotte for Georg Jensen
By Georg Jensen
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Mid-Century Modernist coffee or tea service in sterling silver designed by Sigvard Bernadotte for Georg Jensen, circa 1950s. The service consists of four pieces, a coffee pot, a cr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Original French Modernist Metal Tray "Rigituelle" by Mathieu Matégot, 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Metal tray.
Designed and produced by Mathieu Matégot.
Origin: France,
1950s.
Original Mathieu Matégot tray "RIGITUELLE". made in the 1950s in...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Stainless Steel & Walnut Serving Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice MCM stainless steel serving tray with walnut handles, circa 1960s. The tray is in good vintage condition and measures 19" W x 8.25" D x 1.75" H. #1623.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of MCM Teak Salad Servers by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice pair of MCM teak salad servers by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, circa 1970s. The servers are made of solid teak and they measure 13.25" long x 2"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malaysian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Teak
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of Six Lignum Vitae Goblets and Six Coasters with Storage Box, circa 1960
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Set of six lignum vitae goblets together with six coasters with storage box, circa 1960. Six goblets of elegant simple form turned from well-chosen strickingly contrasting wood. Appr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Netherlands Antilles Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Wood
20th Century Set of Three Trays in Blue and Yellow Ceramic, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
20th century set of three trays in blue and yellow ceramic, Spain.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic
Serving Tray in Rattan and Wicker, Italy 1970s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Wonderful Midcentury Italian serving tray.
This amazing tray is fabricated in the 70's.
It is made of rattan and wicker.
We work with professional packers and shippers, we can deli...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Rattan, Wicker
Piero Fornasetti Legumi Pattern Demi-lune Salad Dishes, Set of Seven
Located in Downingtown, PA
Seven Piero Fornasetti Shaped Ceramic Dishes in Legumi Pattern,
1950s.
The set of seven crescent-shaped Piero Fornasetti ceramic Salad dishes are each decorated with a different nam...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Centruy Artist signed Sterling Silver Made in Mexico Serving Fork with RoseW
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage mid-century salad server from the 1950's in sterling silver and rosewood. Marked Made in Mexico. All meticulously refinished to highlight the natural rattan’s warmth and dura...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Rosewood
1950s Danish Modern Design Teak Wood Serving Tray by Jens Quistgaard Dansk MCM
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A beautiful vintage 1950s teak tray with clear edges, attributed to famous Danish Designer Jens Quistgaard. A charming and useful object in very good condition.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Teak, Wood
Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Caddy Spoon by Georg Jensen #21
By Georg Jensen
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a GORGEOUS Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Caddy Spoon by Georg Jensen #21.
From circa 1945.
Beautifully cast large sterling silver ‘caddy spoon’ or sometimes referred to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid Century Large Flashed Cranberry Glass Serving Tray in Pink Diamond Pattern
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large heavy round flashed cranberry glass serving tray. After Kings Crown or Tiffan, This Mid-Century beauty will be a fabulous addition to your next dinner party. Use it on a tabl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Glass
$64 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Mexican Silver Plated Cups Set
By Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this mid-century Mexican silver plated cups set in the style of Los Castilllo in great vintage condition and fantastic patina.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Precious Stone
Rattan Bottle Holder, French, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This bottle holder or decanter is made of rattan. This is a French work, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Rattan
$364 Sale Price
20% Off
Black Metal and Rattan Bottle Holder, Scandinavia, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice design bottle holder is made of black metal and rattan. This is a Scandinavian work, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal
$653 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver Plated Cooler by "Emilia Los Castillo"
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Silver Plated Cooler set by "Emilia Los Castillo". Includes brand mark.
Emilia Castillo, a second generation designer, b...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Midcentury Brass Bar Cart
Located in Atlanta, GA
Midcentury brass bar cart, probably Italian, circa 1960s. It is a versatile size and can be used as a bar or serving cart or as extra rollin...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Brass, Metal
Set of Six Colorful MCM Sterling Silver & Enamel Drink Coasters by Towle
Located in San Diego, CA
Great set of six colorful MCM sterling silver and enamel drink coasters by Towle, circa 1950s. Cool looking set in very good vintage condition; each coaster measures 3.5"D x .5"H. ...
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-century Modern serving pieces for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern serving pieces 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 serving pieces 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 metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern serving pieces made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original serving pieces, popular names associated with this style include Jens Quistgaard, Dansk Designs, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, and Rosenthal. 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 serving pieces differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $26 and tops out at $18,800 while the average work can sell for $630.
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