Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
1970s Japanese Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Glass
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Glass, Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Art Glass
2010s American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Stainless Steel
1980s German Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Crystal
1950s French Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
1990s German Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain
1980s German Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Crystal
1990s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Sterling Silver
1980s Brazilian Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Metal, Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Pottery
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Glass
2010s Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Brass
2010s American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Blown Glass
1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Iron
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Iron
20th Century Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
2010s Dutch Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble, Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Cane, Blown Glass
1950s Danish Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Sterling Silver
Early 2000s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Glass
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Multi-gemstone, Silver
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain, Paint
1970s American Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Blown Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
1950s German Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Glass
2010s Australian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Bronze
20th Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Crystal
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Glass
1980s French Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Crystal
2010s German Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain
1950s British Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Silver Plate, Brass
20th Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Onyx
Early 2000s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Silver
Late 20th Century British Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Glass
Late 20th Century German Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Quartz
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Iron
1990s Hungarian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain
20th Century French Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
20th Century Hungarian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Crystal
2010s Peruvian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic, Stoneware
20th Century Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Murano Glass