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.
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Recognized Seller Listings
Arthur Umanoff Wine Rack
Located in Chicago, IL
Wrought iron and leather strapped wine rack.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate, #11 in Astrolabio Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain astrolabe plate,
#11 in Astrolabio Pattern.
1960's-mid 1970's.
The plate depicts an astrolabe, it is number 11 ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Mackintosh Bowl Mod. Willow Reproduced by Sabattini
Located in Turin, Turin
The original design of this gorgeous Bowl is by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and painter. He was an exponent of the so-called Glasgow movement, at least th...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Marianne Starck, Table Lamp, Blue Stoneware, Michael Andersen, Denmark, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue stoneware table lamp designed by Marianne Starck, and produced by Michael Andersen Keramik, Denmark, 1960s.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 12.4375...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Fornasetti Rosenthal Plate, Temi E Variazioni-Themes and Variation, Motiv 15
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 15,
"Hands",
The 1980s
The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of ...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Plate, Themes & Variations, Motiv 19
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Rosenthal Fornasetti Temi E Variazioni porcelain plate,
Themes & Variations,
Motiv 19,
1980s.
The striking gold-rimmed black and white printed plate depicts a nude fema...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Couroc Tray with Eagles and American Flag, 1970s
Located in Downingtown, PA
Couroc tray with Eagles and American flag,
1970s
A large rare circular Couroc of Monterey resin tray depicting double-draped Stars and Stripes America...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Resin
Large Studio Ceramic Vase, France 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Whimsical ceramic vase with a two tone glaze, gunmetal grey for the body and a glossy yellow for the indents on its surface and the interior.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Condiment Set by Deakin & Francis in 1973
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1973 by Deakin & Francis, this handsome, Elizabeth II, sterling silver condiment set, is simple in shape, and has been decorated with a gilt bark effect a...
Category
1970s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vase Designed by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1963
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg,
Sweden, 1977.
Stoneware.
Signed.
From a private Swedish collection.
Berndt Friberg is among the most skilled Swedish ceramicists of the 20...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Midcentury Period Sterling Silver and Glass Hors d'oeuvres/Caviar Platter
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern period, sterling silver and glass hors d'oeuvres/caviar platter, the Watson Company, Attleboro, Mass., circa 1950s. Glass dip/caviar holder...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vase ‘Fish Grail’ designed by Edward Hald for Orrefors, Sweden, 1940s.
By Edward Hald
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase designed by Edward Hald for Orrefors,
Sweden. 1940s.
Glass.
Signed.
Edward Hald (1883 – 1980) is one of the well-known Swedish glass artists who have worked for Orrefors. Aft...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vase/Sculpture ‘The Apple’ Designed by Ingeborg Lundin for Orrefors, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase/sculpture ‘The Apple’ designed by Ingeborg Lundin for Orrefors,
Sweden. 1957.
Glass.
Signed.
Measurements:
Height: 37.5 cm / 14 3/4''
Diameter: 30 cm / 11 3/4''.
Ingeborg L...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Ceramic Centerpiece by M.G.a
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Iconic ceramic centerpiece by M.G.A, Italy 1970 circa.
Hand painted light blue ceramic centerpiece decorated with small beautiful polar white bears.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Bruno Karlsson, Table Lamp, Brown-Glazed Stoneware, Studio Ego, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed stoneware table lamp designed by Bruno Karlsson and produced by Ego Stengods, Sweden, c. 1960s.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 10.8125 x 5.062...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6, 1960s
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate, Sezioni Di Frutta, #6
1960s.
The stunning Piero Fornasetti Pottery Plate depicts a cut red pepper from the Sezioni Di Frutta series.
Mark: Hand and ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Danish Sterling Silver Candlesticks by Cohr
By Carl M. Cohr
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modern, sterling silver candlesticks, Denmark, Ca. 1940's, Cohr - maker. Graceful design, each candlestick having an oval base and lightly fluted column. Each can...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bowl Designed by Gertrud Båge, Sweden, 1980s
By Gertrud Båge
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Michael Andersen, Table Lamp, Glazed Stoneware, Bornholm, Denmark, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue and brown, glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Michael Andersen Keramik, Bornholm, Denmark, 1960s.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 12...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Carl-Harry Stålhane & Kent Eriksson, Table Lamp Glazed Stoneware, Studio, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A cream, glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Carl-Harry Stålhane and Kent Eriksson, Sweden, c. 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Newspaper Plate, Daily Express
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain newspaper plate,
Daily Express,
Giornali (Newspapers)
Late 1950s.
(NY8534B)
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts the front page of the Daily Express from Saturday, February 11, 1956, with the main headline reading "Now, Shiver and Shake", regarding cold temperatures in Europe. Another amusing headline is "Marilyn charming says Vivien", referring to Vivien Leigh, Sir Laurence Oliver's wife on meeting Marilyn Monroe.
Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches diameter x 1/2 inch height. (26.04 cm)
Mark: Marked with a black rectangle, the classic Fornasetti hand...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Italian, Organic Wine Bottle Holder, Brass, Braided Red Leatherette, Italy 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A wine bottle holder, designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
In brass and with braided leatherette handle.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Swedish Designer, Brown Table Lamp, Stoneware, Sweden, c. 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown, stoneware table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1960s.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 8.25 x 4.5 x 4.5 (H x W x D)
Dimensions of Shade (in...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Cartier Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Footed Plate
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern sterling silver footed plate. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Round and gently curved with short and flared foot. Fully marked includ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate, Number Twelve in Astrolabio Series
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe, it is number twelve of twelve in series. A ribbon above reads "Ad Habendum Horam Ineqvalem Et Qvatvor Angvlos Celi In Die"....
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vase ‘Grazia’ Designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1956
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase ‘Grazia’ designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg,
Sweden. 1956.
Stoneware with silver inlays.
Signed.
Measurements:
Height: 30 cm / 12"
Diameter: 28 cm / 11".
Stig Lindber...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 34
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate,
Motiv 34,
Soap Bubbles,
The 1980s
The Rosenthal porcelain plate with the design by Piero Fornasetti is based...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver and Bright Red Enamel Candlesticks
By Meka of Holte 1
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modern, sterling silver and bright red enamel candlesticks, each having a pedestal base, Denmark, Ca. 1950's-60's, Meka - Maker. Each candlestick measures 2 1/4 i...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver "Baja" Centerpiece Bowl by Lino Sabattini
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This oblong silver plated centerpiece bowl is known as the "Baja" by Lino Sabattini. It is stamped "SABATTINNI" on the edge of the bowl and signed "LINO SABATTINO" with "BAJA B/239 C...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Jette Hellerøe, Table Lamp, Glazed Stoneware, Denmark, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A off-white glazed stoneware table lamp, produced by Jette Hellerøe, Denmark 1960, signed.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions exclude lampshade,...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Unique Vase Designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg,
Sweden. 1950s.
Stoneware.
Unique.
Signed.
Measures:
H: 9 cm / 7 1/2"
Diameter: 6 cm / 2 1/2".
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Black and White Marble Ashtray
Located in New York, NY
Oversized rectangular black and white marble ashtray with four recesses.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stone, Marble
Pair of Carl Poul Petersen Sterling Silver Compotes Montreal, circa 1940
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Pair of Carl Poul Petersen sterling silver compotes, Montreal, circa 1940. Each style of Georg Jensen, with a petal hammered bowl and curved handle terminating in foliate buds, suppo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Bronze Centerpiece Vessel with Carved Bird Handles, USA 1960's
Located in New York, NY
A stunning centerpiece in cast bronze with a grooved motif adorned with solid bronze cast parrots.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Jette Hellerøe, Table Lamp, Glazed Stoneware, Denmark, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A black and red, glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Jette Hellerøe, Denmark, 1960s.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inch...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Silver Rhythm by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 89 Pcs New
Located in Big Bend, WI
This pattern was launched in the year 1953 and features an unadorned asymmetrical handle and Mid-century Modern design.
Unused silver rhythm by Internati...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Steel Set by Gio Ponti for Calderoni, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Set composed by tray and three pitchers by Gio Ponti for Calderoni, Milano
Size of the biggest pitcher is cms 18 x 1 2 x 12.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Italian Designer, Ice Bucket, Brass, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A hammered brass ice bucket designed and produced by an Italian designer, Italy, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Bo Bergström, Table Lamp, Stoneware, for Svensk Form, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed stoneware table lamp produced by Svensk form, designed by Bo Bergström.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 8.75 x ...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
'Vision' Sterling Flatware by Ronald Hayes Pearson
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A service for twelve (12), of sculptural, Vision flatware in sterling created by the artist and jewelry designer Ronald Hayes Pearson.
Place setting ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bottle with Stopper by Gio Ponti for Venini
Located in New York, NY
Hand blown incalmo glass decanter in white and green with stopper. Unsigned. Published: Venini: Catalog Raisonné 1921-1986, Diaz de Santillana, pg. 296. ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Clyde Burt Ceramic Charger
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt ceramic charger in glazed stoneware with incised image.
Signature to underside: [CB].
American, c. 1965
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Egg Sculpture Designed by Hans Hedberg made in Sweden during the 1980s / 1990s
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture designed by Hans Hedberg,
Sweden, 1980s / 1990s.
Stoneware.
Including cast iron.
Signed.
Hans Hedberg was a Swedish Ceramicist who lived and worked in Biot, France. Hed...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi and Soli Pair of Plates 12 Suns 12 Months, 1955
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain plates,
12 suns, 12 months,
Pair of plates
Mid to late 1950s.
The rare Piero Fornasetti "12 Mesi 12 Soli" series plates show the sun as a woman's face and each one represents a different month- May and June. They are numbered five and six.
Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches diameter x 1 inch high.
Mark: Each with Piero Fornasetti printed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Blown Glass Vase by Verrerie de Bendor
Located in New York, NY
Narrow translucent blown glass vase from the Verrerie de Bendor, on the Island of Bendor in the South of France. The light olive green color darkens...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Piero Fornasetti Spice Company Dish of a Bill of Sale from the Weikel & Smith
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti ceramic bill of sale tray,
Weikel & Smith Spice Company, Philadelphia
The 1950s-1960s
The large ceramic tray or ashtray depicts a bill of sale from the Weikel &...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Dish Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dish designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand,
Sweden. 1960s.
Stoneware.
Signed.
Measurements:
H: 6 cm / 2 1/4"
Diameter: 18.5 cm / 7 1/4".
Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the town of Mariestad, in the west of Sweden. As a child, he dreamed of being a successful painter. He started working for Rorstrand in neighboring Lidkoping at the age of 18. Initially, he decorated ceramic wares as assistant for the leading artist Gunnar Nylund. Carl-Harry decorated Rorstrand’s exclusive Flambé range as well as producing idyllic floral designs.
In the mid 1940s, Carl-Harry Stålhane began to develop his own stoneware. He had his first solo exhibition in 1948, impressing the public with an ability to work in most contemporary styles of stoneware. But after studying in Paris in the late 1940s, Carl-Harry found a style that was truly his own. Inspired by the hunger for new products to meet the post-war economic boom, he developed from being a gifted decorator to a first-rate ceramic artist. He was praised for his "column-like, slender-necked stoneware vases with their peach surfaces", as one magazine put it. Spurred on by a deep love of the ceramic wares of the Far East, Carl-Harry liberated himself from the European tradition of ceramics, finding inspiration in foreign cultures, in Picasso and in constructivist art.
The 1950s brought major successes: a diploma and a gold medal at Milan Triennials as well as solo exhibitions in Sweden, the UK and the USA. Carl-Harry commenced his career as an industrial designer in 1954. His Blanca tableware — in elegant white porcelain — was much in demand and gained him international prizes. He designed almost everything from numerous table sets decorations to rustic ashtrays.
Carl-Harry Stålhane’s production of unique ceramic works of art increased notably in the late 1950s. In 1960 he reached something of a peak with an exhibition at Galerie Blanche in Stockholm. The exhibition showed robustly dark wares that were hailed as the new ceramics...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Calandar Plate for 1969
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Plate for the Year 1969,
The design of the 1969 Fornasetti porcelain calendar plate depicts a bunch of gr...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Gunnar Nylund, Stoneware Pitcher, Rörstand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A sizable stoneware pitcher produced by Rörstrands, Sweden, 1940s. Designed and signed by Gunnar Nylund, (Swedish, 1914-1997).
Nylund served as artistic director at Rörstrands, wh...
Category
1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Tapio Wirkkala for Venini Large Hand-Blown Glass Charger 1966 'Signed'
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in New York, NY
Large hand-blown glass charger with mezza filigrana and white glass center by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, Murano Italy, 1966 (signed on bottom “Venini Italia TW”). Tapio Wirkkala was one of the most important Finnish mid-century designers. He collaborated with Venini to make unique glass art pieces.
Reference:
Venini Catalogue...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Gabriella Crespi's Set of Silvered Brass and Glass Goblets
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Gabriella Crespi
Beautiful set of six silvered brass and glass goblets
The items are signed on base. Italy, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Bruno Karlsson, Table Lamp, Brown-Glazed Stoneware, Ego Stengods, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed stoneware table lamp designed by Bruno Karlsson and produced by Ego Stengods, Sweden, c. 1960s. It is stamped and signed on underside.
Sold without lampshade.
Dim...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Jette Hellerøe, Table Lamp, Glazed Stoneware, Denmark, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown, black and white, glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Jette Hellerøe, Denmark, 1960s.
Sold without lampshade.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 9.125 x 5.25...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Gusztav and Ulla Kraitz, Vase, Dark Blue-Glazed Stoneware, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A dark blue, glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Gustav and Ulla Kraitz, Sweden, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Barnaba Fornasetti Calendar Plate for 2013 with Piero Fornasetti Self Portrait
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Barnaba Fornasetti Calendar Plate for 2013,
with Piero Fornasetti Self Portrait,
#518 of 700
The plate depicts an image of Piero Fornase...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Guillerme & Chambron, Oak & Ceramic Ash Tray and Stand, France, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Robert Guillerme placed equal emphasis on function and aesthetics, creating a look as staid as it was arresting. While his work was in many ways distinctively conservative and recogn...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fleming Joffe Plate-Vero Pig Piccadilly
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate,
Vero-Pig Piccadilly,
With Original "Hide" Box,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain p...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
20th Century Lino Sabattini Vase Model Persepoli in Silvered Metal 1964
Located in Turin, Turin
Vase model "Persepoli" by Lino Sabattini in Silvered Metal, produced in '70s.
Very good condition, as never used, fully original.
Presence of the signature as shown in photo.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
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