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 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 Modern Murano Glass Bowl
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stunning green and amber colored Murano glass bowl in a beautiful shape.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern West German Holy Water Vessels, Laach, Ulmer, Set of 9
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This Mid-Century Modern West German Holy Water Vessels Set (9 pieces) offers a striking blend of design, craftsmanship, and symbolism, making it highly appealing to collectors and enthusiasts. Crafted between the late 1940's and 1960s, these vessels were designed for use in churches, holding holy water or wine. However, their sleek forms and elegant, muted tones have earned them admiration far beyond their original ecclesiastical function, making them prized items for both religious and design collectors.
The vessels showcase a variety of beautiful glaze colors and finishes and embody the Mid-Century Modern design ethos with clean lines and simple forms. All the vessels feature unique shapes reflecting the era’s focus on balancing function with form. The interplay of color and texture—from glossy to matte—adds a striking visual dimension to the collection, making each piece stand out on its own and as part of a set.
Among the nine pieces, two vessels are marked by Laach Abbey, where Theodor Bogler...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
$1,170 Sale Price / set
29% Off
Murano, Italy, a Collection of Six Miniature Glass Figurines of Animals
Located in København, Copenhagen
Murano, Italy. A collection of six miniature glass figurines of animals (duck, parrot, hen etc.) in colored art glass.
1960s/70s.
Largest (parrot) measuring: L 10,0 cm. x H 4,0 cm....
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modernist Faceted Cut Crystal Decanter Signed Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist faceted cut crystal decanter, signed by Baccarat, France, is a striking example of 20th-century elegance. Renowned for its clarity and quality, Baccarat's ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Vintage 22K Gold Overlay Shoji Trellis Screen Highball Glasses Set of 9 Barware
Located in North Miami, FL
This elegant set of vintage iconic 1960's Imperial Glass set of highball glasses are 22K Gold overlay over clear glass and are the shoji screen trellis pattern also called Golden Sh...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate
Vintage Mid-Century Orrefors Crystal Decanter with Stopper
By Orrefors
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Mid-Century Modern vintage crystal decanter with stopper by Orrefors (Swedish, founded 1898), c. 1960's. Engraved signature to base Orrefors HM 2498 - this particular style was by Edvard Hall.
Includes original red Orrefors Sweden sticker with logo.
"Orrefors HM 2498" etched into base.
Measures 11.5" H x 3" W x 3" D.
Orrefors Glassworks was founded in 1898 on the same site where ironworks operations had been run since 1726. In the same year that the glassworks was founded, a hot shop was built for making technical, medical and household glass and stemware to make use of waste wood and labour. Glass now replaced the less profitable ironworks operations.
In 1913, Consul Johan Ekman from Gothenburg became the new owner of Orrefors Glassworks. He appointed Albert Ahlin as manager of the glassworks and this marked the start of a new era. In 1914, Orrefors started manufacturing crystal products, and as well as cut crystal according to purchased patterns and samples, Orrefors made art glass using the overlay technique with etched decoration. The new management quickly saw that artists were needed in the business, so Simon Gate was employed in 1916 and was joined by Edward Hald a year later.
That same year, Gate and Hald made their first tentative attempts at figure engraving. They also experimented with the new innovative graal (grail) glass technique that was developed at Orrefors by the master glassblower Knut Bergqvist. The major successes were achieved a few years later at the Gothenburg Exhibition in 1923, and in particular at the Paris Exhibition in 1925. The thin engraved glass was admired by the surrounding world, and both Orrefors and the artists themselves were awarded the Grand Prix.
The successes of Simon Gate and Edward Hald in Paris in 1925 constituted the start of the long Orrefors tradition of creative design closely combined with genuine and innovative craftsmanship.
Since then, new designers and skilled glassmakers have continued in the spirit of Gate and Hald. Vicke Lindstrand and Edvin Öhrström with the new glass technique called Ariel in the 1930s. Sven Palmqvist with Kraka and Ravenna in the 1940s. And in the 1950s with Fuga, which, along with Nils Landberg’s slender tulip-shaped glass “Tulpan” and Ingeborg Lundin’s apple-shaped vase “Äpplet”, are now seen as symbols of the renaissance of Swedish design. The 1960s are associated with Gunnar Cyrén’s Pop glass, and in the 1970s, Eva Englund, Olle Alberius, Lars Hellsten and Jan Johansson as well as Cyrén worked at the glassworks.
Since the 1980s, designers such as Anne Nilsson, Erika Lagerbielke, Helen Krantz, Matz Borgström, Per B Sundberg, Martti Rytkönen, Lena Bergström, Ingegerd Råman, Malin Lindahl and Efva Attling...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
1960s Indiana Milk Glass Company Super-Sized Cake Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large Mid-Century Milk Glass pedestal cake stand, from the Indiana Glass Company, circa 1960s.
The Indiana Glass Company was an American company that manufactured pressed, blown a...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Milk Glass
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal, Eight "Herbst / Autumn" Porcelain Plates, 1970s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal. Eight "Herbst / Autumn" porcelain plates decorated with branches and orange leaves. 1970s.
Diameter: 11 x 10.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Berger 'Pastis de Marseille' Water Jugs France 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Pair of Berger 'Pastis de Marseille' Water Jugs, France, 1960s.
A lovely pair of yellow and red Berger Pastis (Pastis de Marseille, a typically French apéritif) water jugs in glazed...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Anton Michelsen Mid-Century Danish Gold Plated Sterling Silver Enamel Spoon 1949
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful, Mid-Century Modern, Christmas edition, gold-plated sterling silver spoon by Danish manufacturer A. Michelsen in 1949. Made in Denmark in 1949, the spoon is dated and marke...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-Century Crystal Transparent Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Transparent vase in amazing shape. Produced in 1960s.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No ja...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Guzzini Midcentury Orange Plastic Ball-Shaped Italian Ice Bucket, 1970s 'New'
By Guzzini
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful new (never used) ice bucket in the shape of an orange plastic ball from the middle of the last century. This fantastic object was designed in Re...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Chrome
1960s Astonishing Large Murano Ashtray or Catch-All By Flavio Poli for Seguso
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Large astonishing murano ashtray or catch-all By Flavio Poli for Seguso in Murano Sommerso Glass.
The item is in excellent condition.
Dimension:
5,90" diameter x 3,54" H inch...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
DeSimone Hand Painted Ceramic Vase
By DeSimone
Located in Fulton, CA
Hand-painted ceramic vase by Desimone, Italy, circa. 1970's. Signed on base.
5.63 inches high.
3.13 inch diameter.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Brown Ceramic Bottle by Jean Linard La Borne 1970 Design
By Jean Linard
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jean Linard
Realised in La Borne, elegant ceramic bottle.
Decorative brown ceramic object.
Signed under the base.
Measures: Height 22cm, large 11cm.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Roger Capron - Panel with 5 Ceramic Tiles - BIRD
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Playful and whimsical, Capron’s art panels are the most sought after, as editions were small, and in some cases not more than a few, or by special commission. Some are rough and mat...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Art Glass Vase by Gianni Versage for Vetreria Archimede Seguso ca. 1990s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Art Glass Vase by Gianni Versage for Vetreria Archimede Seguso ca. 1990s
A large and heavy vintage art glass vase designed by Gianni Versage and manufactured by Vetreria Archimede S...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Midcentury Vintage Blue and Orange Dots Murano Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Murano glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage KENTUCKY DERBY Libbey Americana Southern Belle Magnolia Glasses Barware
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 1950s Libbey Southern Belle Magnolia Glass Tumblers Set of 6.
KENTUCKY DERBY Time LIBBEY Southern Belle Barware Collectible Glasses Mint.
LIBBEY "Southern Belle" drinking glasses footed tumbler with Magnolia floral pattern features pink and white pattern with green accents, a southern belle in a pink and green hoop...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Seguso Murano Purple Pulegoso Bubble Oval Glass Bowl with Appendages
Located in North Miami, FL
The gorgeous purple color and shape of this Italian vintage Murano Seguso oval hand blown glass bowl looks like a mini space ship with the hundreds of tiny bubbles inside that look l...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Set of Old Fashioned Valencia by Culver with 22-Karat Gold
By Culver Ltd.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage set of old fashioned Valencia by Culver with 22-karat gold.
Elegant vintage midcentury Culver barware double old fashion, whisky glasses with Valencia pattern in a gold leaf finish.
Set includes 2 Culver lowball glasses in Valencia Moorish style design.
This fabulous vintage Culver set...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Beautiful Scheurich Ceramic Vase in Light Gray and Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
eautiful West German vase or ug. Marked '401-35' on bottom. Regarded as the golden age of ceramics, highly collectable 1950s-1970s Art Pottery is known for experimental and explorato...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Modernist Stainless Steel Barware Tool Set in Box Made in Japan
By Atapco
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly stylish, cool and hard to find Modernist handcrafted steel bar tool set, circa 1960s. The set includes four bar tools (bottle/can opener, long stir spoon, serving spade an...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage "Copacabana" Black Bakelite Ashtray
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool vintage "Copacabana" black bakelite ashtray from the original 60th Street location in Manhattan, circa 1950s. The ashtray is in good vintage condition and measures 5"D x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bakelite
Barbini Murano Blue Gold Flecks Bubbles Italian Art Glass 1950s Rocket Decanter
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and tall, vintage Murano hand blown sky blue, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass decanter. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. Published ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Vintage Drinks by the Numbers Highball Glasses - Set of 8 Numbered Glasses
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 vintage numbered highball cocktail glasses with silvered band. Glasses are 5 1/2" high x 2 3/4" across. All in excellent vintage condition.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Multicolor Rainbow Coffee Porcelain Set with Gold Rims, Spain 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Demitasse Tea or Espresso Coffee Set, service for 6, Porcelain
An elegant and colorful porcelain gold rimmed demitasse coffee service for six. Spain, 1950s
Eye-catching multicolor gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
Beveled Glass Ashtray by Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian oval shaped beveled glass ashtray by Fontana Arte / Made in Italy circa 1960s
Measures: Length 5.75 inches / width 3.75 inches / height 0.75 inches
Order Reference: F...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$720 Sale Price
25% Off
Complete Set of Thirty-Six Joe Colombo 'Sferico' Glass Tableware by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Glass tableware designed by Joe Colombo in 1968.
Joe Colombo believed in democratic and functional design. In his lifetime he designed a wide range of different drinking glasses....
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Set of 9 Culver Pisa Gold Green Glasses
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of 9 (8+1) Culver Pisa Gold Green Glasses
Perfect addition to your MCM Bar Cart. These vintage 22K gold textured with oval design over green are perfe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Retro Bohemian glass ashtray by Bohemia Crystal, Czech Republic, 1990s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage Bohemian glass ashtray by Bohemia Crystal, made in the Czech Republic in the 1990s.
Magnificent hand-cut lead crystal.
Vintage glass ashtray is in excellent condition.
The cr...
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Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Era Ronzan Italian Hand-Painted Ceramic Cheetah Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This sizable ceramic and well executed Cheetah sculpture is signed by the maker Ronzan of Italy and dates to approximately 1960 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Roselane Pottery of Pasadena Pink Salad Bowl with Incised Modernist Fish Design
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pink glazed Roselane pottery bowl with free form swirl and Fish Design in black . Exterior of bowl in matte black finish stamped Roselane on underside...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
$300 Sale Price
45% Off
Tall Empoli Emerald Green Art Glass Decanter, 1960s
By Empoli
Located in Stockholm, SE
This vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern large glass genie bottle features a raised bubble pattern and a rich and mesmerizing emerald green color. Pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$262 Sale Price
25% Off
MCM Two Sided Sterling Silver Jigger / Shot Glass by Inman
Located in San Diego, CA
A rare MCM two sided sterling silver jigger / shot glass by Inman, circa 1950s. The piece is in good condition and measures 1.875"D x 4"H. Great addition to any bar! #4292
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Original murano glass ashtray, Italy, 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage murano glass ashtray made in Italy in the 1970s.
Artist's signature on base.
The bowl is in good vintage condition. There are a couple minor chips, nothing serious.
Dimensio...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Roger Capron - Vintage Ceramic Plate with Abstract Motive
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage Ceramic Plate with Abstract Motive by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Mid century Roger Capron ceramic vide poche with pyjama decoration
By Roger Capron
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Fine teardrop shaped Roger Capron ceramic vide poche
with pyjama decoration.
Produced at his workshops in Vallauris in the 1950s
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage German Vibrant Red Glass Tree Bark Vase by Ingrid Glas, circa 1970s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern German vase by Ingrid Glas, circa 1970. This beautiful bright red vase brings a touch of fun and fantasy to any room with it's whimsical textured 'tree b...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Vallauris Ceramic Orange Amber Brown Fat Lava Round Astray / Bowl, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
French mid-century Vallauris ashtray / bowl in glazed ceramic.
Beautiful fat lava glazed ceramic ashtray in orange, amber, white and brown colors. Manufactured by Vallauris. France, ...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Mid Century Vintage Purple Small Slim Glass Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks very good.
No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.
.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Italian Majolica Fruits Finial Topiary
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Italian Majolica Fruits Finial Topiary.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Bee Trinket for Jewelry, Salt Pepper Cellar on Lucite Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in Paris, this charming bee has been later mounted on a lucite base. The wings of the bee open with a compartment that can be used to store jewelry or functional for salt an...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Large Hand Blown Thin Walled Murano Smoke Vase
Located in Troy, MI
New Murano glass mouth blown pedestal vase in smoke gray. Very thin-walled blown glass with round body and thin neck and mouth. Unsigned.
New with...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Crystal Set of Six Lausitzer Stem Glasses with Colored Overlay Cut to Clear
By Lausitzer
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage set of six cuts to clear crystal stem glasses.
Clear demi crystal glass. Six sides facetted and toothed stem. The bowl with colored ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Blue White and Clear Murano Glass Sommerso Vase, Italy 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sky Blue and Royal Blue Murano Glass Sommerso Tall Vase, Italy, 1950s.
A gorgeous Murano glass Sommerso vase in shades of blue and organic design. The interior part is made in white ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Vintage Bronze Key Corkscrew and Bottle Opener Metal Breweriana Barware, France
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s or older bottle opener, if unscrewed it has also a corkscrew inside. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale i...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Heavy Nutcracker Brass
Located in Wien, AT
Carl Auböck heavy nutcracker brass.
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Signed Sergio Bustamante Ceramic Hand with Faces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed by Mexican artist, Sergio Bustamante, 52" tall hand with faces - very rare and stunning example of Bustamantes work.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Designer, Ashtray, Alabaster, Italy, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A freeform alabaster ashtray designed and produced in Italy, c. 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Alabaster
Seneca Glass Set of 4 Cut Crystal Lafayette Water Goblets, 1950s-1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Set of 4 vintage cut crystal water goblets or glasses feature elegant, streamlined form with pronounced panel cuts starting from the top of the stem and continuing upwards, reminisc...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Large Hollywood Regency Brass Koi Fish Sculpture Bottle Chiller or Wine Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A high end quality ice bucket / bottle holder that doubles as a chic table sculpture. It features a swiveling lid and copper bottle holder insert. Extremely heavy with a warm vintage...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Venini, Small Mid Century Murano Handkerchief Glass Vase, Italy, circa 1960's
By Venini
Located in Chatham, ON
Mid Century handkerchief glass vase - twisted yellow canes with copper aventurine and white latticino - rare small size - smooth polished base ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
2 Kg Floral Glass Bowl Shell Centerpiece by Fratelli Toso Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Producer:
FRATELLI TOSO
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass shell bowl element was p...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,151 Sale Price
20% Off
Blenko styled Handblown Footed Glass Decanter Vase by Bischoff
By Wayne Husted
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A handblown footed decanter vase in a smoked taupe color having the original flame stopper with a frost type finish to the inside executed in the Mid Century . Crafted in the United States for the Bischoff Glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Italian Bauhaus-Style Tray (1970s)
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Elevate your space with this exclusive Bauhaus-style serving tray, crafted in Italy in the 1970s. Featuring a sleek metal frame paired with smoked glass, this tray is a true visual d...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair Rosenthal Group Germany Monbijou Classic.Rose Collection Crystal Candlestic
By Rosenthal
Located in New Orleans, LA
Vintage Rosenthal, Germany crystal classic rose candle holders 6 1/4" signed/mint condition, 1980’s.
A perfect gift for the host or hostess of a we...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$175 Sale Price
50% Off
Mid-Century Blue Empoli Glass Decanter Flowers Bottle with Stopper, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A stunning blue decanter with flower design, made by one of the many glass manufacturers based in the region of Empoli, Italy. Would make a great additio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Walter Bosse Rooster Dinner Bell, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse rooster dinner bell, 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
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