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
Rede Guzzini Postmodern Acrylic Napkin Holder, Italy, 1980's
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Rede Guzzini Postmodern Acrylic Napkin Holder, Italy, 1980's
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Acrylic
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Ray Hollis ashtray by Philippe Starck, XO, 1990s
Located in PARIS, FR
French modern aluminum table ashtray Ray Hollis by Philippe Starck, 1986
Fantastic and iconic table ashtray mod. Ray Hollis with rectangular aluminum base. The structure tends to sh...
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Iron
Sculptural Studio Pottery Ceramic Tea Coffee Pot Signed Memphis Mid Century
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
An unusual sculptural segmented teapot and remarkable piece of ceramic art, captivating with its unique design and artistic expression. Crafted from beige glazed ceramic, the teapot ...
Category
1990s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$853 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Postmodern White Lacquered Earthenware Horse Head Decorative Object, Italy 1980s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This large-scale figure of a horse head was produced in Italy and dates to the 80s.
The white glaze gives this piece a modern look and captures the elegance and beauty of the horse....
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Vintage Chinese Tibetan Silver Overlay Porcelain Body Teapot With Foo Dog Finial
Located in San Diego, CA
A vintage Chinese / Tibetan silver overlay porcelain body teapot with foo dog finial, circa the 1970s. The pot is in very good vintage conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Ten Vintage Brass Spirits / Liquor Decanter Tags in Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Set of ten vintage brass spirits / liquor decanter tags in box circa 1990s. The set is in like new condition and appears to never have been used. Each t...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Tapio Wirkkala, "Pavoni", 1989
Located in Paris, FR
Tapio Wirkkala
'Pavoni' Vase, c. 1989
Execution: Venini, blown glass, red and cream.
Signed: Venini murano, incised signature. (Picture 3 & 4)
H : 20 cm (7.9")
Overall Very goo...
Category
1990s Finnish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Ebonized Beech Ice Bucket by Anri Form, Italy
By Anri Form
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This is an ebonized beech ice bucket with golden metal interior.
It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in perfect...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Beech
PostModern Michael Graves Swid Powell Handblown Glass Aerator Wine Decanter
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
1990s Post Modern Memphis Michael Graves and Swid Powell Handblown Glass Wine Decanter with Interior Blue Bird Aerator by Alessi. Italy
A remarkably delicate and clever design. The poetic glass blue bird serves as an aerator for the wine.
The cross shaped acacia wood foot as used by again by Swid Powell im his coffee set. A stylistic signature that makes a pleasing come back with this decanter.
Other recurring figure across Michael Graves' career, the blue glass bird...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Rosewood, Cork
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
Dansk Silver-Plated Brass Tea Set Designed by V. Lorenzo Porcelli
Located in Miami, FL
Dansk Silver-Plated Brass Tea Set Designed by V. Lorenzo Porcelli
Offered for sale is a silver-plate on brass tea set designed by V. Lorenzo Porcelli (American, b. 1933) for Dansk i...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
French studio ceramicist. Four pairs of coffee cups in earthenware
Located in København, Copenhagen
French studio ceramicist.
4 pairs of coffee cups in earthenware.
Abstract futuristic style.
Late 20th century.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Cup: H 8.0 cm x D 7.0 cm (without handle)
Sa...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
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
Brown Glazed Ceramic Trinket Bowl - Centerpiece by Bertoncello, Italy
By Bertoncello
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
It is made in glazed ceramic and it perfectly expresses the sinuosity of Bertoncello's ceramics.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
1970's Hand-Painted Studio Pottery Clay Vase
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
A vintage hand painted clay pottery vase with scalloped edge.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay
1990 Italian Design Crystal Bottle with Silver Stopper
Located in Brescia, IT
This an elegant whiskey crystal bottle.The crystal stopper is coated in silver.
The surface in silver shows the signs of the time, but the bot...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal, Silver
$616 Sale Price
38% Off
Cup & Saucer Designed by Michael Graves for Swid Powell Cityline Corinth
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful set of single coffee cup and saucer designed by Michael Graves for Swid Powell, very rare set designed in 1987 in porcelain finish. The saucer is 6" in diameter.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$140 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Asprey & Co. hollow Silver pair of candelabras, London, 1961
Located in Braintree, GB
Vintage pair of hollow silver candelabras
Made in England, 1961
Made by Asprey & Co.
Fully Hallmarked
Dimensions -
Approx Size : 30 x 12.8 x 25.6 cm
Total Weight 1768 g in to...
Category
1960s British Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Michael Graves Little Dripper Porcelain Filter Drip Coffeemaker
Located in Downingtown, PA
Little Dripper Porcelain Filter Drip Coffeemaker,
Designed by Michael Graves,
Manufactured by Swid Powell,
Dated 1987.
The complete set, with original instruction booklet, included ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Cerutti Italy Tea, Coffee Pot, Carafe, Vessel in Stainless Steel, 1980s
By Cerutti
Located in Miami, FL
Original Cerutti Italy Post Modern Inox 18/10 stainless steel Serving Coffee or Tea Pot, Carafe, Vessel. Signed.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Danish Modern Stainless Steel Pitcher Ware Jug 1990
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Danish Modern stainless steel pitcher, contemporary stainless steel water jug.
Elevate your barware collection with this modern style water pitcher set. The slanted top design adds a...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Tylissos Plate 1 by Georgiev Zabeta
Located in Geneve, CH
Tylissos Plate 1 by Georgiev Zabeta
Dimensions: Ø 20 x H 6 cm.
Materials: Wheel-thrown stoneware clay and glaze.
Georgiev Zabeta is a multidisciplinary practice that floats within a...
Category
2010s Bulgarian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
$332 / item
Pair of Amber Sommerso Glass Decorative Chinese Figures by Archimede Seguso
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s - 1970s.
These two sculptures are made in amber sommerso Murano glass and are quite heavy.
These two glasses are even more beautiful and suggestive in person.
T...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass, Sommerso
Tapio Wirkkala Murano Venini Centerpiece / bowl "Inari" signed
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice murano glass work and gold leaf inclusions in this amazing Tapio Wirkkala centerpiece , signed dated 90.
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Astimelusa Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Astimelusa by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano vetri collection in 1986.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Whimsical Set of salt & Pepper Shakers Silverplated by Godinger
By Godinger
Located in San Diego, CA
Whimsical pair of salt & pepper shakers never used circa 1980's original box very cool design.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
"Il Litro" Ceramic Black Teapot by Nicolaï Carels for The Meccano Company, 1997
By Meccano
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsomely constructed, black ceramic teapot with grey rubber handle and stopper by renowned and award winning designer Nicolaï Carels. Wonderful example of innovative Dutch design w...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Rubber
Morbelli 24k Gold and White Porcelain Wall Plate "Planisfero Celeste", Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Morbelli, 1970s.
It is made in white porcelain, which is decorated with 24k gold inlaid lamina.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of u...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
Pair of Mugs K. Fujumori for Kato Kogei Japan Twilight Post-Modern Memphis 1980s
By Fujimori
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Pair of mugs in Twilight pattern were designed by Kaneaki Fujimori for Kato Kogei Japan in 1980s. The mugs are decorated with colorful designs in black, olive, and orange that are c...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Hand-Painted Earthenware Figural Donkey Table Salt Cellar and Pepper Mill, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Deruta (Perugia), Italy 1983.
This is a hand-painted earthenware donkey that can be used as a table salt cellar or just as a decorative object.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it m...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Vintage Black Barware Water Pitcher for Ballantine's 1980's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage collectible black ceramic pitcher for Ballantine's 12 years old whisky pub jug bar pitcher.
Vintage Ballantine's advertising pub pitcher, water Jug, c...
Category
Late 20th Century English Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Rimas VisGirda California Studio Stoneware Funk Pottery Cup Mug
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large scale Funk pottery coffee mug cup created by Lithuanian-American sculptor and ceramist Rimas VisGirda. Cup measures 4" by 8" by 4 3/4" and is signed...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Orange Blown and Etched Glass Tulip Vase by Carlo Moretti, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This wonderful tulip vase was designed by Carlo Moretti and is made in hand-blown and etched glass.
It is labeled, but it is illegible.
This is a vintage piece...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
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
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Post modern glass ashtray, Italy 1980s
Located in ECHT, NL
Post modern ashtray. Made from glass. The upper layer of the bowl is made from clear glass with a protruding globe on top. The inner layer of the bowl and the cigarette rests are mad...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Borek Sipek Design Driade "Euridice" Transparent Glass Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
"Euridice"
Borek Sipek by Driade Kosmo,
2010
Transparent glass bowl
Perfect condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Rare Glass Piece Entitled "Night-Time" by Murray Hill, 1986, Signed
By Murray Hill
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare blown glass piece entitled "Night-Time" by New Zealand artist Murray Hill. Signed and cataloged, the gorgeous sculpture has an acid etched finish with pu...
Category
Late 20th Century New Zealand Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
$525 Sale Price
22% Off
SOTTSASS ASSOCIATI for EGIZIA - Hand Made Glass Carafe - Italy - Circa 1990's
Located in Chatham, ON
DEFNE KOZ for hwc EGIZIA by SOTTSASS ASSOCIATI - Retailed by Birks - Postmodern studio glass carafe - mouth blown - featuring a metallic horizontal stripe h...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
$560 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Whimsical tower of Pisa Wine Glasses
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of whimsical tower of Pisa tilted wine glasses with silver glass base, circa 1980's .
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Half Half Vase by Jung Hong
Located in Geneve, CH
Half Half Vase by Jung Hong
Unique Piece
Dimensions: W 26 x D 26 x H 27.5 cm
Materials: Porcelain.
I use the technique of 'sang-gam' (=inlay work) with my special tool, which I made myself, and create delicate and exact lines, which are all handmade, although they are often mistakenly considered manufactured. In the notched hollow lines, I delicately place the subtle different colors one by one, just as hyperrealist painters do. It took me about a year to get a detailed "moon" pattern on the porcelain "moon jar".
I am a Berlin-based ceramic artist from Korea and these are very early works made in Berlin,
Moon jar is a type of traditional Korean white porcelain...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$3,913 / item
Etched Glass Sculpture with Two Walruses by Mats Jonasson for Kosta Boda, Sweden
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Sweden by Mats Jonasson for Kosta Boda, 1970s.
This is a heavy and thick glass piece with a part that has been carved and etched and that represents two realistic walruses. ...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Multicolored Murano Glass Plate by Berit Johansson for Salviati, 1991
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Murano glass centerpiece dish designed by Berit Johansson for Salviati in 1991. Signature of the maker engraved on the back.
Perfect condition.
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Black and Red Blown Murano Glass Fish Decorative Figure, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Murano, Italy, 1980s.
This fish is made in hand-blown sommerso Murano glass with murrains.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be conside...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Peter Secrest Art Studio Glass Vase Pitcher Red Gold Flakes Postmodern 2003
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The pitcher or vase was hand blown by Peter Secrest in Naples, NY. It has ruby red body with gold flakes inclusions throughout; it is decorated with applied textured blue and clear ...
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Ettore Sottsass Cardamon Teapot from the Indian Memory Series. Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare Cardamon Teapot from the Indian Memory Series designed by Ettore Sottsass. Glazed Earthenware. Excellent condition.
Stamped signature and manufacturer's mark to underside ‘E...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Postmodern pink Ice Bucket, Italy, ca. 1980s
Located in Firenze, IT
Postmodern pink plexiglass and brass Ice Bucket
Italy, 1980s
H 19 × 18 × 18 cm
Conditions: very good consistent with age and use. Signs of usage
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Tim Lazer Oxblood Red Vase, American Studio Art Glass, 1971
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage fused and cased glass vase features complex, multilayered composition of colored fused glass, metallic pigments, and gold foil on deep, jewel-toned, oxblood burgundy red gla...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Val St Lambert Crystal Drink Coasters Set of 5 Circus Animals Belgium
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Val St. Lambert Crystal Drink Coasters Set of 5 featuring Circus Animals from Belgium.
These whimsical Val St. Lambert crystal coasters showcase frosted intaglio designs of c...
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Post-Modern Stainless Steel Cream and Sugar Set by Michael Graves for Alessi
Located in San Diego, CA
A classic post-modern stainless steel cream and sugar set designed by Michael Graves for Alessi, circa the 1980s. The set is in good vintage condition and measures 5"W x 4.5"D x 3"H...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Black Art Glass Sphere Paperweight Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Modern/Postmodern black and neutral flesh-tone art glass sphere decorative object or paperweight with an organic modern design, circa 1970s. This handmade art glass color...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Memphis Milano Postmodern Silk Necktie by Andrea Branzi
Located in Ferndale, MI
Italian silk necktie by Andrea Branzi, circa 1984. An original Memphis Milano design with shades of orange and gray on a khaki background with 3 dimen...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silk
$111 Sale Price
40% Off
33 Pc. Set of Lenox Venture Stemware in Black with Platinum Trim Ca 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional large set of stemware by noted maker Lenox, in the Venture pattern. The glasses are black glass with platinum band trim at the top rim. The set consists of three sizes as...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Handmade Cubist Studio Pottery Stoneware Tea Pot W. Inox Handle Artist?
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This stoneware teapot is a true masterpiece of modern studio ceramics. It features a dissolved surface glazed in a combination of semi-gloss sto...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
$1,138 Sale Price
20% Off
Venini Murano double ring glass bowl. Label signed
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful murano glass bowl, is in double ring center, signed Venini , Italia and also label .
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Post Modern Italian Murano Glass Blue Cruet
Located in Brescia, IT
Italian Murano glass double oil and vinegar cruet set. The design of the bottles, brings the work closer to the Italian Post Modern design. Elegant and fine light blue tone.
The p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
$569 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 2 Helice Black Porcelain Bowl by Studio Cúze
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Helice black porcelain bowl by Studio Cúze
Dimensions: W 15 x H 6 cm
Materials: porcelain
Studio Cúze
I am a Berlin based Japanese ceramic artist. I completed the Desi...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Venini Murano Italy Glass Blue Bottle Serie “Velati”, 1992
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Ven...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Stephen Schlanser Postmodern Glass Ashtray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Thick textured glass ashtray by Stephen Schlanser, c.1996, USA. This piece features a deep well with textured glass and one metal divot at one side to place a cigarette or other smok...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Light 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
Post-modern serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs.
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