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
Italian Murano Blue and Silver Art Glass Bowl with Scallop Edge
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian Murano blue and silver art glass bowl with asymmetric design and scallop edge, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Bowl is blue and silver with a controlled bubble des...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Bruno Dose for Poterie du Breuil Signed Ceramic Pitcher
Located in Paris, FR
This is an original ceramic pitcher designed by French designer Bruno Dose, for the prestigious Poterie du Breuil. A pretty decorative object for any living...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Vintage Blue Sommerso Glass Perfume / Scent Bottle
Located in Bolton, GB
Here is a wonderful 1950/60's Venetian glass perfume/scent bottle, made on the island of Murano, near Venice, Italy. In a stunning combination of blue glass cased in paler turquoise blue glass, using the renowned Venetian sommerso technique. Still bears the original Hans Geismar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1980s Minimalist Silver Plated Ice Bucket attributed to Teghini Firenze
By Teghini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This 1980s Minimalist silver-plated ice bucket attributed to Teghini Firenze is an elegant and functional piece of barware, designed with a sleek, modern aesthetic. The bucket is cra...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Ceramic Fish Plates Wall Art Composition, Mid-Century Modern Period
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of midcentury multi color fish Plates and Platters as Wall Decoration
A funny collection of twelve european glazed ceramic, porcelain and...
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain, Terracotta
Soholm 1960s Ceramic Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Danish modern 1960s ceramic vase/jar produced by Soholm Pottery. Original label in Danish on the neck and stamped on base, reference number 3308.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Six Lucite and Brass Barware Coaster with Leaves Inclusions, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Six barware coaster with leaves inclusions in lucite with brass borders, in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Mid century modern large Italian ceramic Peacock fruit platter
By Capodimonte
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful Mid century modern large Italian ceramic Peacock platter
signed R.B R .Blance Ceramica Casalem R.B Italy .
Very nice Decorative piec...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Iittala Finland Kekkerit Set of 32 Stemware Pieces by Timo Sarpaneva Mid Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Expertly crafted by renowned designer Timo Sarpaneva for Iittala Finland, this set of 32 stemware pieces includes water, wine, and cordial that combine form and function in a seamles...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Vintage Blue Artistic Ingrid Glass Vase, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Ingrid Glass, or rather Ingrid Glashutte, is a company based in Germany but with glassworks in Austria. Currently defunct, but operating from the earl...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Large Murano Glass "Yellow" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970
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 in Murano, Ital...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
1950s Noritake Belmont 5609 Fine Bone China Set, 95 Pieces, 12 Place Settings
By Noritake
Located in Germantown, MD
1950s Noritake Belmont 5609 Fine Bone China Set, 95 Pieces, 12 Place Settings made of:
12 Dinner Plates (10.5")
12 Salad Plates ( 8.5")
12 Bread ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bone, Porcelain
Set of 4 Divided Dinner Plates, Uranium Green Glass Glow in UV Light
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Mid-Century Modern divided dinner plates were made of uranium green glass with 3 compartments - one large and two smaller ones. Minimal,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Uranium Glass, Glass
1940s Traditional Spanish Mortar, Authentic Vintage Stone & Wood Kitchenware
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Introducing a genuine piece of history with this Traditional Early XXth century Spanish Mortar, circa 1940. Manufactured in Spain, this charming mortar ...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stone
Franciscan, Desert Rose Tea Set
Located in New Orleans, LA
A true American Classic, Franciscan Desert Rose dinnerware has graced dining tables since 1941, including Air Force One as chosen by Jackie Kennedy and t...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
SIGNED Oball Murano Red, Green & Yellow Sommerso Glass Vase
Located in Bolton, GB
Here is a wonderful Venetian glass organic shaped vase. Made on the island of Murano, near Venice, Italy, by the Oball glassworks, signed to base Oball, Murano. In a stunning combina...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Midcentury Large Studio Ceramic Vase Rörstrand Carl Harry Stålhane, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
A good-looking large studio vase from Rörstrand and maker/designer Carl Harry Stålhane. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful, glazed vases in good condition. Sculptured in tru...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Collection of Art Glass Vases by Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Collection of 5 art glass vases designed by Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta Sweden. They have swirl lines of purple and black inside of the glass.
Nice condition with some scratches.
...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Ribbons Italian Art Glass Sculptural Fazzoletto Flower Vase
By Fratelli Toso, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and extra large, vintage Murano hand blown pink and white ribbons over aqua blue Italian art glass sculptural handkerchief / fazzoletto vase. Documented to the Fratelli To...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Majolica Palissy Portuguese Crab Wall Platter, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica faience Palissy Portuguese crab platter circa 1940.
Decorated with mussels and shells,
Caldas da Rainha.
9.8 inches diameter.
Hairline on the back.
Category
1940s Portuguese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Italian silverware by Krupp Berndorf, 1950s
Located in Palermo, PA
Italian silverware by Krupp Berndorf, 1950s
Dimensions:
forks 2x1x22 cm.
knives 2,5x1x25 cm.
spoons 2x4x22 cm.
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Table Box mechanical musical movement and miniature fired enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table box with concave corners, with mechanical musical movement with 3 different motifs by the Swiss company Reuge S.A. in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated wit...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Glass Vase "Yokohama" by Aldo Nason Murano 1960s
By Aldo Nason
Located in Berghuelen, DE
An asymetrical shaped Art Glass Vase "Yokohama" by Aldo Nason, Murano end of the 1960s. Thick handblown dark glass with multicoloured metallic and murrine inclusions. Nason produced the Yokohama series in his own workshop after he left A.V.E.M. in 1967. The Yokohama vases...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Serving Tray Lucite Faux Tortoiseshell Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing rectangular serving tray in lucite faux tortoiseshell effect in the style of Christian Dior.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
It's an iconic tray or plate made of luc...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Unique Birger Kaipiainen Decorative Dish, Yellow Butterfly & Blooms, Arabia 1980
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful unique ceramic plate designed by Birger Kaipianen for Arabia in Finland in the late 1970s early 80s. The dish is quite sizable and decorated in bright yellow depiction of...
Category
1970s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Dino Martens Copper Aventurine Mezza Filigrana Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
Murano glass clear, black and copper aventurine mezza filigrana lipped vase by master Italian glass artist Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Seguso Vetri d'Arte Poli Murano Sommerso Yellow Topaz Italian Art Glass Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso topaz and yellow Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Flavio Poli for the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company. According to the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Vintage Bronze Hand Bottle Opener Mid-Century Modern Metal Breweriana Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Barware MCM 22kt Gold Stripped Champagne Glasses "New Years Eve" Festive
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mid-Century Vintage barware , perfect for the Holidays or New Years Eve, these Festive and glamorous, tall tapered glass champagne glasses with applied 22k gold stripes. Some wear to...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Green Glazed Textural Hallmarked Ceramic Italian Vintage
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in North Miami, FL
This unusual and rare vintage Italian Aldo Londi for Bitossi ceramic is of a woman. We have called it the lady in the car or house. The glazed green has incised textural raised desig...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vallauris Multicolor Majolica Ceramic Large Leaf Platter / Centerpiece , 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching large leaf shaped glazed ceramic platter, serving tray or centerpiece manufactured by Vallauris. France, 1950-1960s.
Interesting to be used as decorative centerpiece bow...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Danish Mid-Century Ceramic Dish Organic Decorations by Søholm, 1960s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Danish Mid-Century Ceramic Dish Organic Decorations by Søholm, 1960s
Danish mid-century ceramic dish by Søholm ceramic workshop, 1960s. A striking yet refined square stoneware piece...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Flavio Poli for Seguso Sommerso Vase Murano ca. 1960s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Flavio Poli for Seguso Sommerso Vase Murano ca. 1960s
A large sommerso art glass vase manufactured by Seguso Vetri D'Arte and designed by Flavio ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Mid-Century Italian Pink Cased Empoli Glass Pitchers Vases Apothecary Jars
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very pretty set of seven 1960s Italian Empoli Rossini and Stelvio Opalina Fiorentina cased glass vases, decanters and candy or apothecary jars. In sweet baby pink tone colours. A pretty mixture of different shades, shapes and styles and in clear and cased glass.
Measurements from highest to lowest:
Large blown apothecary jar with lid on clear base 39cm high, Ø 17cm (15.35"x6.69")
High narrow blown glass pitcher with clear handle and base 37cm high, Ø9cm (14.57"x3.54"
Pressed glass with motifs and milky white handle 30cm high, Ø16cm (11.81"x6.3")
Bulbous blown pitcher with milky white handle 29cm high, Ø 15cm (11.42"x 5.91")
High tazza bowl on turned clear base 28cm high, Ø 19cm (11"x7.49")
Diabolo shaped vase 25cm high, Ø14cm (9.84"x5.51")
Handblown lidded candy dish...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
Gianni Tosin Lava & Blue Glaze Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fantastic Italian modernist pottery vase by Gianni Tosin.
With Gambone style mottled blue glaze and raised cream colored 'lava' decoration.
Stamped I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Murano Barbini Amethyst Gold Italian Art Glass Vanity Perfume Powder Box Set
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Gorgeous and elegant, vintage Murano hand blown amethyst and gold flecks Italian art glass powder or jewelry box and perfume bottles set. The set is documented to designer Alfredo Ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
1974 Ice Bucket Cini & Nils Studio O.P.I., White Acrylic, Italy
Located in Arosio, IT
Marco Melocchi and Franco Bettonica of O.P.I. Design, designed this extraordinary table sculpture in 1974. This is an original item from the early Seventies, bought as it came out on...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Acrylic
Swedish Mid Century Stoneware Pitcher by Hans Hedberg for Biot France, 1950s
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare mid century and decorative stoneware pitcher by Hans Hedberg from his personal collection produced for Biot France, 1950s. In good original condition. Some minor chips from use ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Metal Nude Girl Bottle Opener MidCentury Modern Metal Breweriana Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Set of 8 Gien 'Daisy Plates', France, circa 1950's
By Gien
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Set of 8 Gien 'Daisy Plates, France, circa 1950. A charming set of plates, glazed and molded to suggest a daisy flower.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Lalique France, "Highland" Cocktail/Water Glass, France 1980s
By Lalique
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful and large Lalique France ‘Highland’ cocktail glasses. Sold individually, 18 available.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions in cm ( H x D ) : 13.5 x 9
Secure shipping
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Cathrine Holm Enameled Fondue Server
Located in Fulton, CA
Striking blue and white enameled steel fondue pot by Catherineholm of Norway. Circa. 1960's. Exceptional condition. Complete set including under-plate and sterno cup.
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Baccarat Talleyrand Crystal Decanter
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and sleek decanter by Baccarat. Created in a smaller scale, this is a beautiful piece that will hold your whiskeys/spirits in great style. In great condition with a small...
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Fat Lava Ceramic Vase Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
An orange, brown fat lava ceramic vase designed and manufactured in Germany by Carstens in perfect condition signed on the bottom with W. Germany...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Jean Lurçat Vessel, France 1950's
By Jean Lurçat
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional & Large Lurçat Charger for Sant Vicens with Rascasse and leaves motif, numbered 39/50. Produced after one of the artist's drawings by the San Vicens ceramic studios in Pe...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate For Piero Fornasetti, The Sun
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
The Sun,
Rosenthal Factory,
Motiv Number 18,
1980s
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as the face of the sun amongst clouds. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Midcentury Brass, Metal and Ceramic Tripod Floor Ashtray
By Ico Parisi
Located in Vienna, AT
This amazing Midcentury tripod standing ashtray has been designed and manufactured in Italy 1950s. It features a tripod stand with brass details and a ceramic ashtray. It will be a p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stevens & Williams Purple Controlled Bubble Glass Globe Vase
Located in Bolton, GB
A beautiful British purple and clear cased glass globe vase with controlled bubble pattern. Made by Stevens & Williams, circa 1930's - 1950's.
Please note: the plastic stand is for ...
Category
1940s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Italian Handcrafted Chalice in Blown Murano Glass and Lapis Lazuli 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian handcrafted chalice in blown Murano glass clear color and lapis lazuli base, 1970s
This elegant chalice is rich in lovely details that add harmoniously to its grace. The ste...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Mathieu Mategot 1950’s bottle holder
Located in London, GB
A very rare Mathieu Mategot wine bottle carrier. Visible signs of rust and paint loss but no structural issues. Could be refinished if one wanted to restore it. Sold as seen in origi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sheet Metal
Murano Glass "Floral" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray by Barovier + Toso, Italy, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Producer:
Barovier and Toso
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
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
Exceptional Large Bauhaus Floor Vase by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for WMF ca. 1950
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Exceptional Large Bauhaus Floor Vase by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for WMF ca. 1950
A very rare floor vase designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld in 1950 and manufactured by Wuertembergische Metalwor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Two Part Modernist Cocktail Shaker by Orfèvrerie Christofle, Paris
By Christofle
Located in Bath, GB
A smart Bauhaus style two-part cocktail shaker with it's sleek modernist design in silver plate.
Made by the top-notch Parisian silversmith, Christofle of Paris, signed on both pi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe plate,
Numbered #7 in Series
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe in a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modernist Villeroy & Boch Crystal Decanter w/ Spherical Stopper
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modern crystal decanter, crafted by Villeroy & Boch, exemplifies the sleek and refined design aesthetic of the 1960s. Featuring a minimalist form paired with a strik...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
1960s Dansk Brass Stainless Cheese Slicer Japan
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Dansk Modernist design Brass Stainless Cheese Slicer Japan
1.25 h x 8.13 long x 2.75
Preowned vintage, refer to images.
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Vintage Metal Fish Corkscrew Bottle Opener MidCentury Modern Breweriana Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s corkscrew and bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg Germany.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Green Faceted Indiana Glass Drinking Glasses, Set of 8
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of eight green-faceted drinking glasses. This set will add a beautiful touch of green to any place setting. We recommend using this set for water or iced tea and pairing them w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
original "diamond" ceramic tiles by Gio Ponti for Joo Milano 1960s
By Gio Ponti
Located in taranto, IT
Wall panel composed of a very rare group of 6 ceramic tiles designed in 1960 by Gio Ponti for Joo Ceramiche Milano, "diamond" model, fire-red in white aluminum frame.
The whole panel...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
Eva Zeisel Castleton China Porcelain "Museum Dinner Service" Four Place Settings
By Eva Zeisel
Located in Sharon, CT
The set consists of 25 pieces: Four cups and four saucers 6 5/8" x 2 1/2", four dinner plates 10 1/2" diameter, four soup bowls 7 13/16" x 2", four salad plates 8 1/4" diameter, four...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Montelupo and Londi Midcentury Blue Ceramic Italian Vase for Bitossi, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury blue glazed terracotta ceramic vase. This fantastic item was designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi in Rimini, Italy, during the late 1950s or early 1960s.
This mag...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Glass Pink Red Bowl by Paul Kedelv for Flygsfors
By Flygsfors, Paul Kedelv
Located in North Miami, FL
This exaggerated and outstretched Swedish mid century glass sommerso bowl and or vase has a sculptural shape with beautiful colors of pink, raspberry pink red, white outlines on the ...
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1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
John Deacons STK St Kilda Purple Glass Millefiori Paperweight
By John Deacons
Located in Bolton, GB
A Scottish purple & clear glass paperweight filled with blue, pink and white millefiori canes. Made by John Deacons, and still bears the original "Made in Scotland, by John Deacons" ...
Category
1980s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Mid 20th Century Modern Sculptural Ashtray in Green Onyx Marble, Italy 60s
Located in Roma, IT
This ashtray is part of a small collection that we purchased in a Roman house and includes 2 other pieces, all for sale here on firstdibs, made with various carved minerals.
Green on...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Onyx
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....
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Arcoroc Ruby Cordial Glasses France by J.G. Durand
By J.G. Durand
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A set of four Arcoroc clear stemmed deep ruby red cordial glasses perfect to complete that cocktail shaker set or for your bar area. Stamped made in France to...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
1970s Marco Zanuso Lavazza Carmencita Moka Espresso Maker
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Lavazza Carmencita Moka stovetop espresso maker Italy
designed by Marco Zanuso 1979
8 h x 4.5 w x 7.13 d
Mod Dep 52962/ B/ 79
Produced by Balzano Inox 18/10 Italy
Preowned vint...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Italian Modernist Murano Glass Fazzoletto Centerpiece, Octopus Skin Animal Print
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of a kind Octopus Print Animal Fazzoletto Murano Glass Extra Large Centerpiece Vase.
Attibuted to Compagnia di Venezia Murano. Italy, 1950s.
Rare fi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blu Glazed Ceramic Footed Centerpiece Bowl, 1950s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern blue glazed ceramic (Rimini Blu) round footed bowl or centerpiece, Italy, 1950s-1960s.
Designed by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi. Handcrafted in Italy wit...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
Signed Midcentury Studio Pottery Bowl
By Otto Natzler
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Signed midcentury Studio Pottery bowl in the style of Maxwell.
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay
Mid-Century Romanze Porcelain Dinner Service by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, near complete Mid-Century modern porcelain dinner service.
By Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal.
In the Romanze form and Medley pattern.
Consisting of:
10 Large Dinner Plates
...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Brass Oval Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury tray in a gorgeous tortoiseshell effect lucite with brass handles. This incredibly charming piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s by Guzzini.
This unique...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Modern serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage serveware, ceramics, silver and glass created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern serveware, ceramics, silver and glass made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Cenedese, Rörstrand, and Piero Fornasetti. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for serveware, ceramics, silver and glass differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $295,000 while the average work can sell for $679.
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