Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
POSTMODERN STYLE
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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Style: Post-Modern
Mahogany Tray with Antique Brass Handles
Located in Treadwell, NY
Individually stamped and numbered, these one of a kind presentation trays feature patinated brass handles with a satin finish lacquer top coat. Each wooden slab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Tray with Antique Brass Handles
Located in Treadwell, NY
Individually stamped and numbered, these one of a kind presentation trays feature patinated brass handles with a satin finish lacquer top coat. Each wooden slab is has its own unique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Beck & Jung Ultima Model Bronze Set of Three Ashtrays, Sweden 1970s
By Beck & Jung
Located in Valencia, VC
Beck & Jung Ultima 15 set of three ashtrays, a striking example of Post-Modern design by Swedish duo Holger Bäckström and Bo Ljungberg.
Made from bronze with clean, geometric lines...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
1985 Rare Postmodern Porcelain & Silver Teapot by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and very rare very collectible porcelain and silver teapot coffee carafe designed by Borek Sipek for Driade excellent condition beautiful patina never used.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
1980's Postmodern Memphis Collection by Dasch Japan Porcelain Rare Teapot
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful rare 1980's porcelain teapot very collectible by Memphis for Dasch , excellent condition no chips or cracks.
Category
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Brass and Walnut Paper Towel Holder
Located in Treadwell, NY
Elegant modernist unlacquered brass paper towel holder with a walnut base finished in a hardwax oil. The brass finish will naturally patina and deepen with time.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Venini for Disaronno Amber and White Fused Glass Ice Bucket, Murano Italy
By Venini
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Modernist vintage ice bucket has abstract geometric decor of fused white glass on transparent amber colored glass with controlled bubbles effect. The piece has two small rounded han...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Post-Modern Aluminum Lemon Squeezer Juicer by Philippe Starck for Alessi
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A classic post-modern aluminum lemon squeezer juicer by Philippe Starck for Alessi, circa 1990s. The piece is in great condition and it a beautiful functional piece of art.
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
Bormioli Rocco Matisse Italian Glasses Set of 4
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Bormioli Rocco Matisse Italian Whisky Glasses Set of 4 heavy with a nice texture molded bottom.
Dimensions: 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Made in Italy, circa 1980s.
Vintage barware set of 4 whiskey...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
"Alix" Borek Sipek by Driade, 1980s Design Silver Postmodern Cutlery Flatware
Located in Brescia, IT
"Alix"
Borek Sipek by Driade Follie
1980s
Silver Metal
1x8 piece
Rare set, perfect condition
Measures:
dinner knife 24 cm
dinner fork 24 cm
dinner spoon 24.5 cm
dessert spoon 21.5 cm
dessert forks 19.5 cm
coffee spoon 15.5 cm
fruit / cheese knife 9 cm
fruit /cheese fork...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Defne Koz Drinking Glass for hwc Egizia by Sottsass Associati, Italy
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Defne Koz Drinking Glass for hwc Egizia by Sottsass Associati, Italy, 1990's. Four drinking glasses available. The listed price is for one drinking glass.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Fujumori for Kato Kogei Japan Alpha 3 Platter Post-Modern Memphis 1980s
By Fujimori, Kato Kogei
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Serving platter in Alpha 3 pattern was designed by Kaneaki Fujimori for Kato Kogei Japan in 1980s. Alpha 3 series consists of mugs, salad/casual plates, and decorative serving platt...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Hand Painted Dish by Schramberg Pottery
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Hand painted dish by Schramberg Pottery, Germany circa 1980s.
Category
1980s English Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Haeger Rounded Edge Burgundy Postmodern Vide Poche
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Postmodern Haeger vide poche catchall. Bold rounded edges make this a standout piece, burgundy color is versatile and pairs nicely with many other colors. Perfect for a coffee table,...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern Rare Tea Kettle Designed by Michael Graves
Located in San Diego, CA
A Classic postmodern Memphis era design teapot designed by Michael Graves, circa the 1980s, a rare design not many were produced it's in good condition. A cool whistle that works whe...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Lips Dinner Plates in Blue or White Porcelain by artist - designer Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Lips Collection is an expressive ceramic series by artist-designer Hania Jneid, exploring the sensual, symbolic, and sculptural power of lips. Hand-built with an intuitive appro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Ashtray in White Porcelain Post Modern Inspired by Hania jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Unique Piece is porcelain, ornamented with gold lustre.
Playful creation that celebrates womanhood.
This piece is hand built and hand painted by artist designer Hania Jneid
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1980s Memphis Milano White and Red Ceramic Italian Tea Set by MAS
By MAS Italia
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An amazing Memphis Milano tea set manufactured in Italy by Mas Italia. the red and white ceramic it's in perfect condition, the set has not been probably never used. The tea set by M...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Beck & Jung Ultima Model Bronze Set of Three Ashtrays, Sweden 1970s
By Beck & Jung
Located in Valencia, VC
Beck & Jung Ultima 15 set of three ashtrays, a striking example of Post-Modern design by Swedish duo Holger Bäckström and Bo Ljungberg.
Made from bronze with clean, geometric lines...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Venini for Disaronno Blue and White Fused Glass Ice Bucket, Murano Italy
By Venini
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Modernist vintage ice bucket has abstract geometric decor of fused white glass on transparent blue colored glass with controlled bubbles effect. The piece has two small rounded hand...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Little Dripper Ceramic Coffee Pot by Michael Graves for Swid Powell
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Perhaps Michael Graves’ (1934-2015) most well-known design for Swid Powell, The Little Dripper (1986) is a 10-cup coffee pot born from Graves’ preference for drip coffee and a lack o...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Set Form 3000 'Sicilia' by Arzberg, 1970
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning 11-piece porcelain tea/coffee set 'Sicilia' form 3000 ceramic set by Hans Theo Baumann for Arzberg Porzellan, Germany. The set contains a tea/coffee pot with lid, a small ca...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Cobalt Blue Crystal Ice Bucket Ajka Arabella Barware 1960
By Baccarat
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Ajka Arabella Crystal Cobalt Cut to Clear Ice Bucket Mouth-blown and Hand-Cut.
Cobalt blue cut to clear Bohemia art glass crystal ice bucket decorativ...
Category
1980s Hungarian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Tapio Wirkaala "Porcelaine Noire" Centerpiece for Rosenthal Studio Linie, 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Centerpiece, fruit bowl, plate in black porcelain, vintage modernism,
designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Studio Linie “Porcelaine Noire” serie...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Multicolor Massimo Vignelli for Heller Dinnerware - Service for Four
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Winner of the prestigious Compasso d'Oro award for Good Design in 1964, Massimo Vignelli's iconic dinnerware for Heller (likely designed with his equally talented wife Lella) has bee...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Vintage 1983 Alessi Original 3cp La Conica Espresso Coffee Maker Italy MINT
By Aldo Rossi, Alessi
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Vintage 1983 Alessi Original 3cp La Conica Espresso Coffee Maker Italy MINT
Iconic, 1983, original 3-cup, " La Conica" Espresso Coffee Maker, model "La Tavola di Babele" ,designed...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper, Stainless Steel
Kazuko Matthews Post Modern California Studio Stoneware Teapot with Lid
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Flattened stoneware Post Modernist teapot with lid by California architectural artist Kazuko Matthews. Teapot measures 16" by 12" by 4" and is signed ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Large Espresso Coffee Maker Postmodern Design by Bodum 6 Cup
By Bodum
Located in San Diego, CA
Simple, stylish, and sustainable, the Chambord Espresso Maker allows you to brew a rich, authentic espresso coffee in minutes. No need for a complicated
Inspired by traditional Italian stovetop Moka pots...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Tea Service "Flash On" by Dorothy Hafner, Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany, 1980s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Tea Service "Flash On" by Dorothy Hafner, Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany, 1980s. 40 pieces of fantastic coffee/tea service. The iconic Post-Moden, Memphis pattern...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Tray and Coffee Set by Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This is a unique plater in white porcelain , glaze and gold lustre by artist designer Hania Jneid. It is Hand built and hand painted by the artist. A sugar pot and an espresso cup se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Brass and Walnut Paper Towel Holder
Located in Treadwell, NY
Elegant modernist unlacquered brass paper towel holder with a walnut base finished in a hardwax oil. The brass finish will naturally patina and deepen with time.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Ashtray in White Porcelain with Lips Post Modern Inspired by Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Hania Jneid’s sculptural ashtray in pure white porcelain captures the ephemeral nature of habit and indulgence, immortalizing it in delicate, permanent form. Embedded within the sur...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Fujimori Mug Set for Kato Kogei Ceramics Post-Modern Alpha 3 Memphis Japan 1980s
By Kato Kogei, Fujimori
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Founded during the Meiji era as a glass-making company in Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Kato made a name for itself by manufacturing cutting-edge designs, of which post-modern service is a prime...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Post Modern / Memphis "Carnival" Platter by Kato Kogei for Fujimori
Located in San Diego, CA
Post modern / Memphis "Carnival" platter / serving dish by Kato Kogei for Fujimori, circa 1980s. Wonderful colorful Memphis style! #1817.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set Of 4 Raw Sunrise Glassware by Milena Kling
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 4 Raw Sunrise Glassware by Milena Kling
Unique Pieces.
Dimensions: Ø 8 x H 9 cm.
Materials: Mouth-blown crystal glass.
Available individually and in sets of four glasses. Di...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Italy Post-Modern Mario Buccellati Silver Bowl Leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
This silver bowl of Mario Buccellati has an intense beauty and for this reason we can say that it can be a piece of art.
The centerpiece is finely engraved, with details that reproduce the imprint of a leaf.
On the back, we can see its feet that are made with the shape of two folded leaf.
It is a really masterpiece of high Italian craftsmanship.
The piece was made in 1980 but we can say that it is in excellent conditions.
It has its original and elegant blu box...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Heide Warlamis Postmodern Skyscraper Salt Pepper Shakers, Vienna Collection 1990
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of beautiful and decorative postmodern Skyscraper Pop Art salt and pepper shakers, designed in 1990 by artist and designer Heide Warlamis as part of her renowned Vienna Collec...
Category
1990s Austrian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Kazuko Matthews Post Modern Ceramic Teapot, California, 1980's
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Kazuko Matthews Post Modern Ceramic Teapot, California, 1980's.
Kazuko Kayasuga Matthews was born Southern California and was raised in Japan. After she returned to the United Stat...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Post-Modern Espresso Set by Frauke V. Jaruntowski for Rosenthal Studio-Line
By Rosenthal
Located in San Diego, CA
Post-Modern espresso cup and saucer set by Frauke V. Jaruntowski for Rosenthal Studio-Line, circa 1980s. This wonderful set is in great vintage condition with no chips or cracks, is...
Category
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Christian Dior Home , rare set 2 Ice Bucket and Wine bottle cooler silver plate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and rare 2 pieces set , ice bucket plus wine cooler . Shows original red sticker label . Made in Italy, Quick not most of the French production of Christian Dior was produc...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Postmodern Ettore Sottsass Model 5074 Oil & Vinegar Set for Alessi, Italy 1978
Located in London, GB
For sale is the iconic Postmodern 'Model 5074' Oil & Vinegar set, designed by Ettore Sottsass and produced by Alessi, Italy in 1978 (this is a more recent edition).
Released in the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Vintage Murano Venetian Handblown Art Glass Cobalt Blue Ashtray
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous Vintage Murano Venetian handblown art glass flower shaped bowl or ashtray.
Sculptural organic open flower form in cobalt blue art glass ashtray bowl.
Use it as an ashtray...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Postmodern "Rigatone" Spaghetti Jar by Stefano Giovannoni for Alessi
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool postmodern "Rigatone" spaghetti jar by Stefano Giovannoni for Alessi, circa 1980s. The piece is made of an orange translucent...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Spheric Red Glazed Ceramic Ashtray by Gabbianelli, Italy
By Gabbianelli
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This ashtray / catchall is made in glazed ceramic by Gabbianelli and features its logo on the bottom.
It may show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Handcrafted Double Old-Fashioned Cobalt Blue Set of 6 Glasses 1980s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Swirl-Infused Old-Fashioned Glasses in Cobalt Blue – Set of 6.
These vintage Italian hand-blown drinking glasses boast a thick and heavy construction in captivating cobalt blue and clear glass with intricate swirls.
Elevate your barware collection with this beautiful set of 6 cobalt blue cocktail glasses...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Dark Green Marble Coasters, Set of 4
Located in New York, NY
A set of four (4) round dark green marble coasters for drinks, cocktails, champagne, etc., modern style/Postmodern period, circa late-20th century. Coasters are dark green with trace...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
Franco Bucci Italian Ceramic Bowl Centerpiece, 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian ceramic bowl centerpiece designed by Frano Bucci and produced by Laboratorio Pesaro with mark under base LP Bucci, Italy, 1970s
Please ...
Category
1970s European Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Stainless Steel Paper Towel Holder
Located in Treadwell, NY
Elegant modernist stainless steel paper towel holder with an off-black Paperstone base - unique and functional.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Post Modern Inspired Lips Collection n Red Rose Porcelain Ashtray by Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Lips Collection is an expressive ceramic series by artist-designer Hania Jneid, exploring the sensual, symbolic, and sculptural power of lips. Hand-built with an intuitive appro...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Postmodern Bent Glass Ashtray Bowl Catchall, 1990s
Located in New York, NY
A transparent bent glass ashtray or bowl/catchall, Modern style or Postmodern period, circa late-20th century, late 1990s to early 2000s. Two indents at top. Excellent condition as s...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Gianni Versace for Rosenthal, Five Large "Ivy Leaves" Teacups with Saucers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gianni versace for Rosenthal. Five large "Ivy Leaves" teacups with saucers, late 20th century.
In perfect condition.
The cup measures: 10.5 x 6 cm.
The saucer measures: 16.5 cm.
...
Category
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Postmodern Set of Six Baccarat Crystal Champagne Coupes, France
By Baccarat
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in France by Baccarat, 1960s.
These six coupes are made in thin crystal.
They are vintage, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but they c...
Category
1960s French Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Murano Star Flower Shape Art Glass Dish, Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage hand crafted Murano star flower Art glass dish Italy.
Stunning petaled flower or 6 pointed star-shaped hand blown glass dish in clear and pink, bl...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Tortoise Shell Hand-Blown Glass Pitcher
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage hand-blown glass pitcher in a tortoise shell pattern.
Elegant barware hand blown tortoise shell glass pitcher amber with clear glass handle.
A distinctive tortoise shell motif brings rich color and dimension to a glass carafe that makes a stunning addition to your bar.
A beautiful tall Martini or Lemonade pitcher...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Post Modern Teapot by Peter Langer for Feltman Langer c.1980s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Post-Modern porcelain teapot designed by Peter Langer for Feltman Langer. It is in the style of and often attributed to Peter Shire. The teapot is asymm...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Peter Shire, Abstract Cups, Ceramic /Pottery, Splatter EXP Signature, Pop Art
By Peter Shire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Here we have 2 ceramic cups, in splatter pattern. Both signed as shown, with EXP mark. You can buy them both, or to pick big handle or small handle, at list $ 250.00 each, for the well known Los Angeles...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Blue and White Blown Murano Glass Fish Decorative Figurine, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Murano, Italy, 1960s.
These fishes are made in blue Murano glass with white canes and transparent glass parts.
These are vintage pieces, therefore they might show slight traces of u...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Christofle Silver Plate , Salt & Pepper mill set , France
By Christofle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and classy set of silver plate Salt and Pepper Mill, marked on bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Glass Ashtray by Kaj Franck, Finland, 1960s
By Kaj Franck
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This post-modern glass ashtray, designed by Karj Franck, was given the name "CIGARO" since the rim includes five notches for cigarettes and one larger notch for a cigar. It was made ...
Category
1960s Finnish Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Post Modern Memphis Design Rare Tea Kettle by Rolf Sinnemark for Rorstrand
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare and beautiful ceramic teapot, circa 1980s, Made in Sweden designed by Rolf Sinnemark for Rorstrand highly collectible in great condition no chips or cracks, incredible geometric...
Category
20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Design Knife Holder / Stand Voodoo Man Raffaele Iannello, Viceversa, 1990s
Located in Praha, CZ
- largest type
- first original model
- very practical
- marked by VICEVERSA
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Tapio Wirkaala "Porcelaine Noire" Centerpiece for Rosenthal Studio Linie, 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Centerpiece, fruit bowl, plate in black porcelain, vintage modernism,
designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Studio Linie “Porcelaine Noire” serie...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Post Modern Inspired Porcelain Lips Dinner Plates by Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Lips Collection is an expressive ceramic series by artist-designer Hania Jneid, exploring the sensual, symbolic, and sculptural power of lips. Hand-built with an intuitive appro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Murmansk centerpieces by Ettore Sottsass
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare pair of centerpieces in silver metal, model Murmansk, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, Italy circa 1983.
Stamped « Memphis Milano » on both of them.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Hot Bertaa Postmodern Water Kettle by Philippe Starck for ALESSI
Located in Linkebeek, BE
"Hot Bertaa" Water Kettle by Philippe Starck for ALESSI
Philippe Stark - 1990s - Italian - Alessi
Measures : 32cmx17cm H:25cm
Materials: Brushed Aluminium - Thermo Plastic
Wear con...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
“Lumiere” Emerald Green Coaster or Ashtray by VERSACE for Rosenthal
Located in San Gabriel, CA
Emerald green "Lumiere" Crystal ashtray or coaster by VERSACE for Rosenthal.
Features signature medusa head and Greek key logos shaped in opaque 3D crystal. Can be used as a coaster ...
Category
Early 2000s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Guy Corrie Union Glass Donut Base Art Glass Vase Cobalt Blue Pink 1980's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Guy Corrie Union Glass Donut base art glass vase in cobalt blue and pink 1980's.
Cobalt blue and pink art glass vase by R Guy Corrie, Union Street Glass...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Post-Modern Aluminum Lemon Squeezer with Box by Philippe Starck for Alessi
Located in San Diego, CA
A classic post-modern aluminum lemon squeezer with original box by Philippe Starck for Alessi, circa 1990s. The piece is in very good vintage condition, measures 5"D x 12"H and is ma...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
80s Post Modern Pierre Casenove for Studio Salins Art Deco Style Teal Coffee Pot
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large geometric Post-Modern Teal glazed coffee pot designed by Pierre Casenove for by Studio Salins France in the 1980s. Designed during the 1980s Memphi...
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Matteo Thun for Arzberg Tea-for-One Set, 1980
By Arzberg, Matteo Thun
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic Memphis post-modern stack tea-for-one set from the "Fantasia" line by Arzberg, designed by Matteo Thun, a contemporary of Ettore Sottsass, loop handles, tripod cup feet, st...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Vintage Italian Murano Venini Venetian Art Glass Ice Bucket Blue and White
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1970s Vintage Venini Murano Light Blue White Clear Wine Cooler Ice Bucket Made in Italy.
handcrafted Italian Murano Venini venetian art glass ice bucket .
This is a delicate blown Murano art glass ice bucket.
It has a flared shape from the base to the rim.
It is a light sea blue color glass with white vertical lines and many small bubbles in the glass, the imperfection in the glass is due to the handcrafted blown glass.
Vintage hand blown Venini Murano martini ice cube glass container in light blue, white and transparent wine cooler, ice bucket
Hand-made in Italy 1970-80.
No Hallmark no signature.
Italian Murano art glass ice bucket.
Measures from handle to handle: 6.5 inches.
Diameter Top is 5.5 inches.
Dimensions: Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Width: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Depth: 5.5 in (13.97 cm).
Add a beautiful touch of Italian Mediterranean art...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Large Black Octagon Salad Bowl by Arcoroc France
Located in Fairfield, CA
A large vintage black octagonal salad bowl. Made out of black milk glass. Great postmodern design and geometric angles. Made in France by Arcoroc in th...
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Memphis Postmodern Porcelain Teapot by The Toscany Collection Japan
By Kato Kogei
Located in San Diego, CA
A rare and beautiful porcelain teapot designed by The Toscany Collection Japan circa 1980s, Memphis style design in excellent condition never ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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