Wilhelm Wagenfeld Original Bauhaus Glass Teapot
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic original Schott Jeana Wagenfeld Teapot signed.
1920s German Vintage Bauhaus Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Glass
The Bauhaus was a progressive German art and design school founded by the architect Walter Gropius that operated from 1919 to 1933. Authentic Bauhaus furniture — sofas, dining chairs, tables and more — and the school’s followers married industrial and natural materials in simple, geometric forms. The goal of the Bauhaus was to erase the distinction between art and craft while embracing the use of new technologies and materials.
ORIGINS OF BAUHAUS FURNITURE DESIGN
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The name Bauhaus is derived from the German verb bauen, “to build.” Under the school’s innovative curriculum, students were taught the fine arts, such as painting and sculpture, as well as practical skills like carpentry and metalworking.
The school moved from Weimar in 1925 to the city of Dessau, where it enjoyed its heyday under Gropius, then Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The period from 1932 to 1933 when it operated in Berlin under Mies was its final chapter. Despite its brief existence, the Bauhaus has had an enduring impact on art and design in the United States and elsewhere, and is regarded by many as the 20th century’s chief crucible of modernism.
The faculty roster at the Bauhaus reads like a who’s who of modernist creative genius — it included such artists as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and László Moholy-Nagy along with architects and designers like Mies and Marcel Breuer, who became known for his muscular brutalist-style concrete buildings in the postwar years. In 1925, while he was head of the Bauhaus carpentry workshop, Breuer gave form to his signature innovation: the use of lightweight tubular-steel frames for chairs, side tables and sofas — a technique soon adopted by Mies and others. Breuer’s Cesca chair was the first-ever tubular steel frame chair with a caned seat to be mass produced, while the inspiration for his legendary Wassily chair, a timeless design and part of the collection crafted to furnish the Dessau school, was the bike he rode around campus.
Bauhaus design style reflects the tenets by which these creators worked: simplicity, clarity and function. They disdained superfluous ornament in favor of precise construction. Seating pieces such as side chairs, armchairs or club chairs for example, were made with tubular metal or molded plywood frames, and upholstery was made from leather or cane. Above all, designs in the Bauhaus style offer aesthetic flexibility. They can be the elements of a wholly spare, minimalist space, the quiet foundation of an environment in which color and pattern come from one’s own collection of art and artifacts.
Today, from textiles to typefaces, architecture, furniture and decorative objects for the home, Bauhaus creations continue to have an outsize influence on modern design.
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Wilhelm Wagenfeld Original Bauhaus Glass Teapot
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic original Schott Jeana Wagenfeld Teapot signed.
Glass
"Danube" flatware by artist János Megyik, c. 1970, Service for 8
By Janos Megyik
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Design 7000 or Danube flatware service for eight by Janos Megyik, Artist, Hungary by Georgian House, Japan In excellent condition, I do not think it was ever used. In original pla...
Stainless Steel
Art Deco Bauhaus Bakelite Catalin Fruit Knife & Fork Set, 1930s, 15 Pcs
By Bauhaus
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Exceptional and highly decorative Art Deco fruit knife and fork set dating to the 1930s, created in the spirit of the Bauhaus era. This striking 15-piece set features beautifully scu...
Stainless Steel
$591Sale Price|20% Off
Marina Sgarbi Kettle for Stella Collection, Italy, 1980s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Marina Sgarbi Kettle for Stella Collection, Italy, 1980s Elegant vintage kettle designed by Marina Sgarbi for the Stella Collection, Archimede Design, made in Italy circa 1980. A fi...
Stainless Steel
$300Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Bauhaus Era Bakelite Catalin Fruit Knife Set with Stand 1930s, Set of 6
By Bauhaus
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Elegant Art Deco fruit knife set from the 1930s, comprising six stainless steel knives with beautiful marbled brown and butterscotch Bakelite/Catalin handles. The handles display a r...
Stainless Steel
Copper TeaPot, Austria, circa 1900
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This Item is a teapot. It has been made in Austria circa 1900. With a wood and Brass handle.
Copper, Brass
Molded Crystal de Sevres Cigar Ashtray, Hand-Crafted, France, 1970s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Molded Crystal de Sevres Cigar Ashtray France, 1970s Large heavy molded crystal ashtray Cristal de Sevres cubic shape cut glass with a modernist design....
Crystal
Velten-Vordamm Theodor Bogler Bauhaus Covered Compote
Located in Sharon, CT
An extraordinary Bauhaus ceramic covered compote, most likely designed by Bauhaus Ceramicist Theodor Bogler, circa 1925. Marked 'Made in Germany', and t...
Ceramic
Bauhaus Hutschenreuther Selb Silver-clad Tea and Coffee Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bauhaus Hutschenreuther Selb (Bavaria) Silver-clad tea and coffee set. Incredible design: silver plated thermal insulators lined with felt covering the pots. Sold as a set. Dimens...
Silver, Silver Plate
Wilhelm Wagenfeld Bauhaus Glass Tea Pot For Schott And Gen Mainz Circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Wilhelm Wagenfeld Bauhaus Glass Tea Pot For Schott And Gen Mainz Circa 1930s - Designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld - Produced by Schott & Gen, Mainz - German ~ 1930s - Teapot measures 29...
Glass
$120Sale Price|78% Off
Vintage West German Ceramic Art Vase from the 1970s
By Scheurich & Greulich Keramik
Located in Søborg, DK
Beautiful large ceramic art vase from the 1970s and made in West Germany Lovely floral designs and no chips or cracks.
Ceramic
$270Sale Price|40% Off
Bauhaus Rosé Aluminium Tray, Bowl, Vide-Poche, Zeppelin Werke, Germany, 1930s
By Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot 1
Located in Vienna, AT
A square, pink-anodized bowl, handmade of aluminum, attributed to Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot. Executed by Zeppelin Metallwerke in the early 1930s, made as tableware for the Zeppelin airships...
Aluminum
Bauhaus Style Serving Cart
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this rare Bauhaus Style Serving Cart. Made in wood with fantastic patina over the wheels.
Wood
Rare Bauhaus Ceramic "Zuckerdose" by Uffrecht & Co., Neuhaldensleben
Located in Weesp, NL
Rare Bauhaus ceramic "Zuckerdose" by Uffrecht & Co., Neuhaldensleben — circa 1931, museum-documented model A striking piece of German Bauhaus-era ceramic design. This lidded sugar box (Zuckerdose) was produced by J. Uffrecht & Co., Neuhaldensleben, one of the notable stoneware manufactories of the Haldensleben ceramics district in Saxony-Anhalt. The identical model and hand-painted decor is held in the collection of the Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Museum (Japan), acquired in 1931 (Showa 6) by the Aichi Prefectural Product Exhibition Center — evidence of the international export reach of German industrial ceramic design during this period. The Piece The box sits on a deep petrol-blue glazed base with rounded, architectonic edges — a form language indebted to the Bauhaus vocabulary of clean geometry over ornament. The lid inverts the palette: a crackled ivory-white ground animated by a rhythmic hand-painted pattern of cobalt-blue dashes, dark graphic strokes, and citrus-yellow dots, centered on a sculptural blue tab handle. The interplay of a restrained, monochrome body against a playful, semi-abstract lid decor is characteristic of the experimental glaze and decor work coming out of German stoneware ateliers in the early 1930s, as manufacturers translated Bauhaus and Art Deco ideas into everyday tableware. Dimensions : Height: 5 cm / 2 in - Length: 14.5 cm / 5.7 in - Depth: 8.5 cm / 3.35 in Marks : Stamped "Made in Germany" to the underside, with an impressed form number and hand-inscribed decor number, consistent with the factory's practice of marking form and decor separately. About Uffrecht & Co. Founded by **Jacob Uffrecht** in the mid-19th century, the firm became one of the principal stoneware manufactories of Neuhaldensleben, a town whose economy — like much of the surrounding district — was built substantially around ceramic production. By the early 20th century, Uffrecht had passed to Jacob's descendants, and by the 1930s the firm operated within the orbit of the **Carstens** ceramics group, one of the most significant German pottery conglomerates of the era. Carstens acquired the firm outright in 1936. After WWII, the Neuhaldensleben works passed into East German state hands as VEB Haldensleben, while the Carstens family re-established production in West Germany as the now well-known Carstens Tönnieshof. The Bauhaus Connection Uffrecht's design output in this period is associated with **Hildegard Delius...
Ceramic
$1,600 / set
Charles Counts Pottery Lidded Jars - A Pair
Located in Savannah, GA
Charles Counts (American, 1934-2000) A pair of lidded jars, c.1960 larger: 10 by 10 inches smaller: 8 by 9 inches
Ceramic
Rare Bauhaus Silver-Plated Brass Tea Infuser by Cristian Dell, Weimar 1924
Located in Tilburg, NL
I do not know which blend you prefer. But I do know you prefer this tea infuser. A rare and highly distinctive Bauhaus tea infuser, designed by Christian Dell circa 1924 for the meta...
Brass
10 Bauhaus Tea Cups and Teapot "Teho" by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for Jenaer ca 1931
Located in Stockholm, SE
10 Bauhaus Tea Cups and Teapot in green-toned glass from the "Teho" series by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for Jenaer ca 1931. The Jenaer German glass was produced by Schott & Genossen, a compa...
Glass
1940s Bauhaus, Salt, Pepper and Sugar Set, Made in Germany
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940. We offer this Bauhaus, salt, pepper and sugar set, made in Germany. Each piece includes marks "German Silver" Recently platered and polished.
Metal
Bruce Fox Large Square Cigar Ashtray Collectible Cast Aluminum Square
By Bruce Fox
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted Bruce Fox cast aluminum large collectible square cigar ashtray Rare vintage cast aluminum signed "GIN BUTLER"..."an original by Bruce Fox " Circa 1950's or 60's, serving "butler" tray for your poker nights, each corner has a place for a total of 4 drink glasses, and 4 large grooves for resting cigars, has a great King card emblem in center, Large server...
Aluminum
$168Sale Price|32% Off
Modernist Bauhaus Porcelain Creamer by Chodziez, Gold Trim, Made in Poland
Located in Chicago, IL
Polish porcelain creamer with gold line detailing and stylized handle. Bauhaus design in typical orange color. Made in Chodziez/Cmielow porcelain factory. Very good vintage conditio...
Gold
Christian Wagner Bauhaus German Copper & Rattan Kettle Rein Kupfer, circa 1930s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Wonderful patinated copper and woven rattan Bauhaus kettle or teapot designed by Christian Wagner for Rein Kupfer, Germany circa 1920s. This European ...
Copper
Eva Zeisel Shramberg Pitcher German Modernism
By Eva Zeisel
Located in Sharon, CT
Rare example of the young designers work for Schramberg.
Ceramic
$176Sale Price|20% Off
Wilhelm Wagenfeld Bauhaus Salt and Pepper Shakers New in Box 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Wilhelm Wagenfeld glass and stainless steel salt and Pepper Shakers, 1952. Produced by WMF of Germany. Selected for the MoMA Good Design Exhibition and part of their permanent colle...
Stainless Steel
Modernist Bauhaus Czech Repro Ceramic Ashtray by Vlastislav Hofman
Located in Hamburg, DE
Modernist Bauhaus Czech Repro Ceramic Ashtray by Vlastislav Hofman for Modernista, in Flawless conditions. Designed 1890 to 1919 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional infor...
Ceramic
Tableware porcelain KPM Berlin Urbino by Trude Petri for 24 persons
By Trude Petri
Located in Kiel, SH
KPM Berlin porcelain set for 24 persons Form "URBINO" by Trude Petri designed in 1929 influenced by Bauhaus movement awarded the Grand Prix at the 1937 Paris...
Porcelain
Bauhaus Tableware Set Designed by Eva Stricker Zeisel Schramberg Majolica 1929
By Schramberg Majolica, Eva Zeisel
Located in Nienstädt, DE
Bauhaus Tableware Set Designed by Eva Stricker Zeisel Produced by Schramberg Majolikafabrik, 1929 Consists of 1 serving platter with a handle and 6 plates Diameter of the platter: 27...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Eva Zeisel Schramberg Tea Pot German Modernist
By Eva Zeisel
Located in Sharon, CT
Extremely rare and important example of the young Eva Zeisel's early work for the German Majolica Factory Schramberg.
Ceramic
Bauhaus Era Desk Cigar Cutter in Brass, English 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A well-used yet highly decorative and useable desk cigarcutter in patinated brass. It screws apart at the middle allowing you to empty its content when you want to. It was made in En...
Brass
Rare Marguerite Wildenhain Putten, Holland Ceramic Bowl
Located in Sharon, CT
Rare bowl by the famous Bauhaus educated potter Marguerite Friedlander Wildenhain. Made in Holland during her 7 years in Putten, Holland (1933-1940) before immigrating to the United States and setting up her pond farm pottery.
Ceramic
$872Sale Price|20% Off
Marianne Brandt Avantgarde Bauhaus „Mignon" Table Brush Dustpan Set, 1930s
By Marianne Brandt, Ruppelwerk
Located in Vienna, AT
An iconic Bauhaus table brush and pan sweeping set from the early 1930s in light-green / pastel jade green. Designed by Marianne Brandt (1893-1983), manuf...
Metal, Sheet Metal
Art Deco Bauhaus Era Vintage Coffee Machine 1920s Hungary
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Bauhaus era coffee machine designed 1920s, Hungary. The coffee machine was made of chromed metal, glass and bakelite. Electric vacuum ready - 600W - an electric cord is not ...
Metal
Set of 2 Glass Vase by Richard Lauke for VLG Weisswasser, Germany, 1960s
By VLG Weißwasser, Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Set of 2 glass vases Producer: VLG Weisswasser, GDR Design: Richard Lauke designed in 1939 Decade: 1960s Description: Original vintage set of 2 glass vases "Fe...
Glass
$1,810Sale Price|20% Off
Jordi Vilanova Pine Wood Bar Cart, Spain, Circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Jordi Vilanova Pine Wood Bar Cart, Spain, Circa 1960 Elegant bar cart designed by Jordi Vilanova, crafted in pine wood (pino melis) in Spain circa 1960. This piece embodies the rati...
Wood
Franz Rudolf Wildenhain Ceramic Bowl Bauhaus
Located in Sharon, CT
A beautiful bowl very much in Bauhaus aesthetic. Glazed white interior and exterior in 'gun metal'. Signed 'Wildenhain', could possibly mean Marguerite (Friedlander) as well.
Ceramic
Rare 60‘s brass CAP Lifter in the Shape of a Wineglass
Located in Vienna, AT
Rate cap lifter in the style of Carl Aubock. Not marked. Funny shape as a wine or beer glass. Made in Austria or Italy in 1950 or 1960.
Brass
$1,546Sale Price / set|20% Off
Ceramic Tee Set from 1920s, Germany, in Cabana Style
Located in Vienna, Austria
Ceramic tee set "Wilhemine" from 1920s produced in Germany. Designed with flowing glaze pattern, typical for this period.
Ceramic
$496Sale Price|20% Off
Vase, Ceramic, Enamel Hand Painted, Attributable to Late Bauhaus, 1930, Germany
Located in Wien, AT
Very special vase, made of ceramic with extraordinarily decorative painting, made by hand in enamel. This style in Art Deco, the workmanship and the objects of comparison, for exam...
Ceramic, Majolica
Hayno Focken Brass Teapot with Lid, circa 1930
By Hayno Focken
Located in San Francisco, CA
Hayno Focken (Germany, 1905-1968) rare brass teapot with lid, circa 1930 Extremely rare handmade teapot by noted metalworker Hayno Focken. Dimensions approximately 8" diameter at the body x 8" high + handle. Hayno Focken completed an apprenticeship with Professor Karl Muller...
Brass
Set of 4 Bowls Model Erbach by Wilhelm Wagenfeld 1938, Early Production
Located in Krefeld, DE
Rare set of 4 bowls, mod. Erbach designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and manufactured by Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke. Design 1938 and production in the 1930ies, a...
Glass
$900 / set
Schramberg Rare Plates Eva Zeisel
Located in Sharon, CT
Pair of very rare 'Suprematist' plates produced by Schramberg during the Eva Zeisel era. Stencil decorated in Bauhaus geometric manner. Both signed on bottom.
Ceramic
Vintage Brass Candlestick and Ashtray by Hayno Focken - Germany 1930s
By Hayno Focken
Located in Roma, IT
Brass Candlestick and Ashtray is an original decorative pair of objects realized in the second third of the XX Century. Original brass. Made in Ge...
Brass
Beautiful 20th Century Corn Needles by Bauhaus Architect Carl Aubock
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful brass corn holders, including the bamboo part. . Very special and sold as set
Brass, Nickel
Set of 7 Glass Shells by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for Vlg Weisswasser, Germany, 1960s
By Wilhelm Wagenfeld, VLG Weißwasser
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Set of seven glass shells Producer: WMF, Germany Design: Prof. Wilhelm Wagenfeld Bauhaus Decade: 1950s-1960s Description: Original vint...
Glass
Bauhaus Style Art Deco Vintage White Metal Napkin Holder, Germany, circa 1920
Located in Vienna, AT
Bauhaus Style Art Deco vintage napkin holder from white lacquered metal Germany, circa 1920 . The napkin holder shows signs of age and use like ...
Sheet Metal
$2,275Sale Price|49% Off
Signed Wiener Werkstätte Lidded Glazed Earthenware Box, 1920's, Vienna
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Signed Wiener Werkstätte Lidded Glazed Earthenware Box, 1920's, Vienna Exquisite early Wiener Werkstätte box in glazed earthenware with embellis...
Ceramic
Continental Silver Demitasse Tea / Coffee Set by Hugo Böhm in Bauhaus Style
Ceramic Coral Coloured Pipe-Ashtray from 1930s, in Cabana Style
Located in Vienna, Austria
Ceramic pipe-ashtray, glazed in coral, blue and off white. Manufactured in 1930s in Czechoslovakia. In a very good condition.
Ceramic
$1,364Sale Price|20% Off
Three-piece Bauhaus Silver Mocca Set, Grininger, Heilbronn, circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant, small three-piece Bauhaus mocha set from Heilbronn, Germany, circa 1930. Stamped Grininger / Heilbronn. Hallmarked 835 silver. Excellent quality, wooden handle. Dimensions:...
Silver
János Megyik for Amboss Avant-Garde Flatware Service for 12
By Amboss Austria, Janos Megyik
Located in Westfield, NJ
Rare János Megyik for Amboss avant-garde flatware service for 12. Each service includes 5 utensils: dinner fork, salad / dessert fork, dinner / soup spoon, tea spoon and dinner knife. Each utensil is stamped and marked. Great vintage condition with minimal wear and tear consistent with age and history. Complete set has been cleaned and disinfected. A total of 63 pieces are included in this set. Dinner knife measurements: 8.5” long x 1” wide. Dinner fork measurements: 7.5” long x 1.5. Salad/dessert fork measurements: 5.75” long x 1” wide. Dinner spoon measurements: 7.5” long x 1.5” wide Tea spoon measurements: 5.75” long x 1” wide Meat fork measurements: 7.5” long x 1.25” wide Paring knife...
Stainless Steel
Pewter Coffee & Tea Service Set by G. Wahlgren for Visby1200
Located in Rīga, LV
Tea/Coffee set with following dimensions: Coffee Pot 16x12x19H, Sugar Pot 11x8x7,5H, Cream/Milk Pot 9.5x6.5x7H. All parts a very clean inside. The pot has small almost invisible bump...
Pewter
1930s Bauhaus glass wine cooler by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for Lausitzer Glaswerke
Located in Berlin, DE
This smoked glass wine cooler was designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld in 1937 and manufactured by the Lausitzer Glaswerke in Weißwasser, Germany. Made from mould-pressed glass, the piece r...
Smoked Glass