Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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.
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Color: Brown
Pierre Digan La Borne Pair of Brown and Black Stoneware Ceramic Pitchers, 1970
By Pierre Digan
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Pierre Digan.
Pair of stoneware ceramic pitchers.
Original perfect condition.
Black and brown stoneware ceramic colors.
Realised in la Borne circa 1970.
Measures: Num...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 2 Modernist Ceramic Wall Plate Objects Helmut Schäffenacker, Germany 1960
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic wall plate set
Decade:
1960s
Producer:
Atelier Schäffenacker, Ulm Germany
Design:
Helmut Schäffena...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Original Auböck Ashtray and Extinguisher Made from Brass
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a beautiful set consisting of an ashtray and matching extinguisher. Both were crafted from brass and designed by the renowned workshops of Carl Auböck in Austria. The ash...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Light Green Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in good vintage condition. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every interior!
Very nice as a gift. Only one un...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Midcentury Auböck Bottle Stopper Historical Coin Motive
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a beautiful bottle stopper with a historical coin motive. It was crafted from brass and cork and designed by the renowned workshops of Carl Auböck in Austria. It represen...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Danish Teak Tray with Handle by Bonniers
By Bonniers
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Are vintage Danish serving tray with a beautifully sculpted form and single handle made from solid teak for Bonniers NYC.
Year: 1960s
Origin: Denmark
Dimensions: 19.5" long ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
1970s by MCH Stainless Sugar & Creamer Set Exotic Wood Handle Denmark
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s by MCH sugar & creamer set made Denmark.
Stainless steel with exotic wood handles.
Measures: Sugar: 2.38 tall x 4.88 w x 3.38 diameter
Creamer: 2.38 tall x 4.25 w x 3.38 di...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Midcentury Mint Green Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in good vintage condition. Original wood. Beautiful piece for every interior!
Very nice as a gift. Only one un...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
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...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Mid Century Ceramic Tea Pot
Located in San Diego, CA
Great stoneware ceramic tea pot. Beautiful design with variety of techniques. This piece has cracks from restoration that do not deter of its style and...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Mithe Espelt Large Thermometer French Ceramist Ceramic France
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Ceramic thermometer by the French artist Mithé Espelt.
circa 1960.
Lunel France
The thermometer works!
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Hand-Blown Smoked Amber Glass Vase with Murine Detailing by Baranek
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Mid-Century Modern hand blown glass vase was realized by the esteemed maker Baranek in the Czechoslovakia circa 1960. It features a cylindrical body in translucent gla...
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
1960s Stylish Modern Teakwood Serving Tray with Cane Wrapped Handle
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s stylish Modern Teakwood Tray with Cane Wrapped Handle
Appears to be teak wood.
Unmarked.
Measures: 7.13 depth x 6.25 width x .75 thick
Preowned vintage condition.
Refer t...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Cane, Wood
Four Kaj Franck Kartio Midcentury Drinking Glasses by Nuutajarvi Nottsjo Finland
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of four fine Kartio drinking glasses in rare red glass from the 1950s. Designed by Kaj Franck, executed by Nuutajarvi Nottsjo Finland. In excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Set of 2 Green Glass Shell Bowls by Per Lutken for Holmegaard, Denmark, 1960s
By Holmegaard, Per Lütken
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Glass bowl elements set of 2
Design:
Per Lütken
Producer:
Holmegaard, Denmark.
Age:
1970s
Set of 2 wonderful heavy glass elements designed by...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Mari Simmulson 1952 Bowl for Upsala-Ekeby
Located in Kristianstad, SE
A bowl designed by Mari Simmulson for Upsala-Ekeby in 1952.
This heavy piece in chamotte clay is decorated with birds, vases and faces of women.
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Large Arne Jacobsen Brass Ashtray by Stelton Made in Denmark
By Arne Jacobsen, Stelton
Located in Krefeld, DE
Large Arne Jacobsen ashtray for Stelton. The ashtray is in very nice condition without cracks, dents or damages and with nice patina. Designed for SAS Hotel Copenhagen...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Bohemian Art Glass Ashtray by Josef Hospodka, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Art glass vintage ashtray designed by Josef Hospodka in the 1960's. Made by Chribska Glassworks in Czechoslovakia.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Culver Ltd 22k Gold Mushroom Glasses - Set of 5
By Culver Ltd.
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful set of glasses from the 1960’s in a magic mushroom pattern by Culver, Ltd. The patterns on the glass are made from 22k gold and are in impeccable condition. This beautiful ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
Vintage Ice Bowl in the "Pisa" Pattern by Culver, Inc
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern ice bowl by Culver, Ltd., in the Pisa pattern having green translucent enamel below 22 karat gold with a crackled finish exposing the ename...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Large Murano Glass "Pink Gold" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Vintage Brown Small Ikebana Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage ceramic in very good condition. The ikebana vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Beautiful deep dark orange and brown color. Only one ...
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Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Ceramic
French Christople Ice Bucket in Original Patina with Aries
By Christofle
Located in Milano, IT
Christofle silver metal ice bucket with band decoration along the edge and rams heads.
Splendid in its workmanship and even more splendid is its patina, evident and very elegant.
T...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Pfeffer Gotha German Porcelain Two German Shepherd Dogs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine German porcelain group of two German Shepherd dogs by Pfeffer Gotha and dating from the early to mid 20th Century. The dogs are presented raised o...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Barware Modern Ice Cube Tongs Nickel Plated
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage barware modern ice cube tongs nickel plated
Nickel plated
Measures: 7 length x 2.5 width x .75 tall
Preowned original vintage condition
Se...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Nickel
Set of Four Stock Market / Wall Street / Dow Jones / Cocktail Glasses by Cera
By Cera
Located in San Diego, CA
Great set of four double old fashioned glasses tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) from 1958 to 1968 by Cera, circa 1970s. Each glass is the same and captures 10 years of current events and their impact on the stock market. The glasses are in very good condition with no cracks or chips and graphics are crisp. There is a 24K gold band...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Large Pink Murano Bubble Glass Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original glass shell bowl was produced in the 1970s in Murano, Italy. An ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Candelabra, 1950, Materials: Wood and Bronze
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Candelabra
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushing the button that r...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Archimede Seguso "Alabastro" Art Glass Bowl, Murano, Italy, ca. 1958
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Archimede Seguso "Alabastro" Art glass bowl, Murano Italy ca. 1958.
A Venetian art glass bowl in oval shape designed by Archimede Seguso for Vetreria Artistica Archimede Seguso ca. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Brazilian Jacaranda Rosewood Bowl by Jac-Arte
By Jean Gillon
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage Brazilian modern bowl crafted in solid Jacaranda Rosewood by Jac-Arte.
Maker: Jac Art
Year: 1960s
Origin: Brazil
Style: Mid Century Modern
Dimensions: 9.5" wid...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Jacaranda, Rosewood
Pre-Historic Petrified Wood Bowl / Ashtray
Located in San Diego, CA
A gorgeous petrified wood bowl / ashtray, circa the Tertiary period (65M years ago). The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 10"W x 9"D x...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Antique Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Petrified Wood
Vintage Italian Oval Brass Tray, 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage brass oval tray made in Italy, 1960.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Large 2, 2 Kg Murano Glass "ORANGE" shell Bowl Element Vase Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, shell element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass element was produced in the 1970s in Murano, Italy...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Red and Black Oblong Ceramic Centerpiece Fruit Bowl, in Stock
Located in Oakland, CA
Inspired by organic contemporary design, this pierced oblong bowl is wheel thrown, distorted and hand pierced stoneware with a glossy red glaze that breaks to black along the edges. ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Aubock Ashtray and Cigar Extinguisher #3514
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock ashtray and cigar Extinguisher #3514. This beautiful polished brass ashtray and extinguisher will make the perfect addition to the collection of any cigar aficionado. Des...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Four Culver Double Rocks Glasses in Two-Tone Gold Check Design
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Four double rocks glasses by Culver, LTD with a checkerboard design made of vertical rectangles touching at the corners and having burnished edges f...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Set of 2 Murano Sommerso Glass Cigar Ashtrays with Stubbers Flavio Poli Attr.
By Flavio Poli
Located in Torquay, GB
Pair of 2 Murano sommerso glass cigar ashtrays and accompanying stubbers.
Attributed to master glass artisan Flavio Poli, circa 1950s.
Chunky amber colored glass with a submerged aqua blue/green coloring.
The bowls each have 1 wide bridge/cigar rest...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Large Decorative Bottle by the French Ceramicist Jules Agard
By Jules Agard
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Jules Agard was the technical director of Madoura in Vallauris. It was therefore quite natural that Suzanne Ramié, founder of the workshop, asked him to form the pots that Pablo Pica...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Arne Bang, Marmelade Jar, Stoneware with Silver Lid and Spoon, Denmark, 1930’s
By Arne Bang
Located in Espergærde, 84
Arne Bang, silver lidded marmelade jar with fine fluted exterior and covered with a charming speckled glaze in tones of green, creme, gray and blues. It carries a silver lid with a h...
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1930s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
1960s Art Glass Two Green High Ball Glasses Cocktail Drinkware Style Murano
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Art Glass two green high ball glasses cocktail drinkware
Measures: 3.13 tall x 3.38 diameter
Preowned original unrestored vintage condition.
S...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
1960s Modern Five Teakwood Teardrop Breakfast Snack Plates Lunning INC Denmark
By Lunning
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Mid-Century Modern five Teakwood breakfast snack plates by Lunning INC Denmark
Stamped by maker.
This set of 5 egg or teardrop shaped breakfast plates in teak features a practical circular drill-out space...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
Geometrical Stoneware Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A geometrical ocher, sienna and blue stoneware glazed vase.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
1960s Orange and Black Cube Wine Rack
Located in Garnerville, NY
A fun color pop wine rack/side table. Orange vinyl clad cube with an 18 hole masonite inserts on two sides. Black base. Good overall condition with some minor nicks to the vinyl. Min...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Naugahyde, Plastic, Wood, Paint
Midcentury Modern Set of 3 Ceramic Pieces Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Three wonderful pieces/vases made in Sweden during the 1950s at Rörstrand factory and designed by Gunnar Nylund.
Great looking vases with that caracteristc harefur glaze.
Good v...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Auböck Ashtray, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Ashtray, Austria 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Vintage Blue Decorative Wood Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative wood plate from Italy. The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original wood...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Four Pottery Vice Jars / Drug Canisters Imported by Raymor, Italy, 1950s, Rare
By Raymor
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare set of four "Vice Jars" all signed, Raymor. Opium, Morphine, Cocaine and Marijuana. Rarely seen and virtually never seen in this condition. No chips, cra...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Dish Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dish designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand,
Sweden. 1950s.
Stoneware.
Measures: Height: 3.2 cm / 1 1/4"
Diameter: 18.5 cm / 7 1/4".
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Ceramic Floor Vase Yellow and Black by West Germany, circa 1960
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
West Germany pottery.
Large ceramic floor vase by West Germany.
Original ceramic glazes colors.
Signed under the base.
Original eprfect condition.
Measures: height 50 ...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Plexiglass with Tortoiseshell Effect Italian Round Centerpiece 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing mid-century plexiglass with tortoiseshell effect rounded centrepiece. This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s in the style of Christian Dior.
This item i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass
Murano Mid Century Pair Art Glass Cased Copper Aventurine figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine vintage pair hand crafted Italian mid-century art glass figures originating from Murano. The figures comprise of a lady and man in typical period dress with flat matching hats and both with matching clear glass encased copper aventurine...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Unusual Freeform Ceramic Bowl in Gray and Red Glazes, Czech Republic, 1950s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking and highly unusual slip cast ceramic vessel in a rather complex matte, gray glaze that nearly resembles stone, finished with an intense glossy red glaze to the interior. C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three Walnut & Stainless Steel Barware Tools from Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
Set of three walnut & stainless steel barware tools in box, circa 1980s. The set includes a bottle, can and wine opener made of stainless steel with waln...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Set of Seven Stock Market / Wall Street / Dow Jones / Cocktail Glasses by Cera
By Cera
Located in San Diego, CA
Great set of seven double old fashioned glasses tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) from 1958 to 1968 by Cera, circa 1970s. Each glass is the same and captures 10 years of current events and their impact on the stock market. The glasses are in very good condition with no cracks or chips; there is some wear to the 24K gold band...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Anne Goldman Stoneware Vase
By Anne Goldman
Located in Dallas, TX
Anne Goldman has been involved in ceramics for over twenty years. Her work is represented extensively in galleries, museums and private collections throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has been featured in numerous one-woman shows. Her many commissions include the U.S. embassy, Bahrein; the Executive Suites of Tokyo's Sekitei Hotel; the Laguna Beach Hilton; the Presidential Suite of the Hyatt Regency Maui; the Private Tasting Room of Napa's Robert Mondavi...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Traditional Antique Japanese Porcelain Tea Set of 23 Pieces, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique tea set consistent of 23 pieces including tea plates, tea cups and tea.
Hand painted in the traditional Japanese style.
Made by an unkno...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Pot by Gunnar Nylund of Rorstrand, Mid-20th Century
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-20th century ceramic pot by Gunnar Nylund of Rorstrand, circa 1950.
Fine quality small pot or even a occasional goblet, designed by Gunnar Nylund. Glazed and in very good cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Bonacina in the Style Picnic Cutlery Holder from the 1960s
By Bonacina
Located in bari, IT
Elegant bamboo picnic cutlery holder in the style of Bonacina 1960s production
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bamboo
Mid-century Modern serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs.
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