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
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
$52 Sale Price
20% Off
Great Postmodern Set 4 Cups & Creamer by Studio Nova Japan Memphis Era
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare set 4 cups and a creamer by Studio Nova Japan part of the Black Expressions collection excellent condition beautiful design.
Category
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1990s Alessi Kitchen Timer by Alessandro Mendini Italy
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Alessi Anna Timer by Alessandro Mendini Kitchen Timer
Blue
Anna G line for Alessi.
1990s made in Italy.
4 x 4 x 5h
Preowned vintage
Refer to images
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Untitled 56 by Laura Pasquino
Located in Geneve, CH
Untitled 56 by Laura Pasquino
One of a kind
Dimensions: D 42 cm x H 40 cm
Material: Stoneware.
Laura Pasquino
Incorporating references from ancient Korean ceramics as well as...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
$4,173 / item
Richard Ginori Italian Porcelain Coffee Tea Cup Brown & Gold 1 of 16 Available
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Richard Ginori coffee or tea cup and saucer porcelain set "Contessa" Pattern, Italy.
16 cups set available, each sold separately, 1 cup and one saucer se...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Huge Kaneaki Fujimori Collection Art Glass Platter Kato Kogei Japan, 1985
By Kato Kogei, Fujimori
Located in Melbourne, AU
Just wow! A huge, gorgeously colourful Kaneaki Fujimori platter.
This will display equally well standing, hanging or flat (we prefer it flat because this emphasises the generous size).
We love the shocking white of the background which makes the colours pop. We love the smooth gloss of the glass. We love the slightly off-kilter and ovoid shape. It’s a total winner!
Kaneaki Fujimori for Kato Kogei 1980s - a classic piece of Japanese postmodern Art Glass. Signature etched to base and original sticker also attached.
Red, Green, Yellow and Black are swirled through clear glass, over a milky-white background.
Delicious and punchy. Not for the faint-hearted decorator. This piece is loud and assertive. Delightful and fun, with extravagant size and a glossy smooth finish to reflect light and attract the eye.
There are some natural flaws which we’ve tried to illustrate in images. These include numerous small bubbles, mots and blemishes. The images are an example, with match-head for scale.
Comes with a lucite stand to raise the plate a little higher off surfaces if desired.
Kaneaki Fujimori is one of Japan’s preeminent artists and designers of the 20th century.
Fujimori was born in Japan in 1935, graduating college in 1956. He majored in oil painting. He travelled to the US and worked in Chicago, Illinois, as a designer for a major ceramics firm.
He returned to Japan in 1963, and became a freelance designer for various companies in Nagoya.
At age 19, he had won the national art award (for painting) in Japan. Many other awards followed through the 1980s.
At the time of the production of this work, he was the director of Kato Kogai, a ceramics and glassware company which was a major supplier to the international market during the 1980s.
Reference to his work can be found in the book ‘1950s Then and Now’ by Richard Horn, a publication from the 1980s which compares original 1950s design with new 1980s design done in the 1950s style. He is most well known outside Japan for his lively 1980s ceramics...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Brass Ashtray of in the Modernist Style Marked "Gourmetine" / "France"
Located in Nantucket, MA
Two-part brass ashtray of box for, the shallow square base with a conforming top fitting over the rim and with four square holes, each with one cigarette rest facing to two of the fo...
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Mid-20th Century French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Orange Art Glass Champagne Flutes Glasses Postmodern 1990s
By Kosta Boda
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of four (4) Postmodern orange art glass Champagne flute glasses, circa 1990s, Europe. In the style of Kosta Boda, Sweden. Co...
Category
Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
$780 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Alessandro Mendini Collectable Postmodern Wine Opener by Alessi Signed & Number
Located in San Diego, CA
Alessandro Mendini wine bottle opener series made for Alessi in 2006 dated and numbered as shown great condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
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
$7,630 Sale Price
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Amber Resin Ashtray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Square ashtray with a low profile and wide bowl in polished resin. The ashtray features an all over tigers eye like pattern. This piece can be used for its original purpose or as a c...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Resin
Mardi Jo Cohen 1990 Memphis 20 Flatware Service in Sterling with Gemstones
Located in Miami, FL
Flatware set designed by Mardi Jo Cohen (1959-).
Fabulous sculptural table pieces, crafted by the renowned American metalsmith artist Mardi Jo Cohen back in the 1990. These pieces has been individually made with Memphis design patterns in solid sterling silver, with high polished finish. This set is composed by 20 pieces divided in 5 sets.
Gemstones: Mounted in bezel settings, with round brilliant cuts gemstones such; five peridots and five pink topaz, with an approximate weight of 12 carats.
Materials: Silver, Lucite, gemstones, Formica and enamel paint.
Weight: Combined of 911.60 Grams, (584.36 Dwt).
Measurements: Average of 30 mm by 174 mm (1.18 x 6.85 Inches).
Hallmarks: Each piece is stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "MARDI JO COHEN 90 STERLING SILVER".
Mardi Jo Cohen born in 1959. Her works can be found in the Yale University Collection, the National Museum of American Jewish History and the Museum of Art and Design in New York, as well as other prominent museums and galleries coast to coast. Often seen in the form of serving utensils and jewelry is rarely seen let alone available to acquire.
The Memphis style
Was emerged in 1981, when the Italian designer and architect Ettore Sottsass founded a group of artists and designers called Memphis. Bob Dylan’s song 'Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again' was playing on repeat during the group’s first meeting, which led to the group being named 'Memphis'. After the inaugural meeting, the group decided that they would meet again in February 1981. The members brought over 100 drawings with them, picturing a variety of bold, colorful designs with multiple stylistic influences. The Memphis Group went on to create furniture, fabrics, patterns, ceramics and other products in a distinctly Postmodern style that blended stylistic traits of 1950s kitsch...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
$4,316 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Ferruccio Laviani Italian Ceramic "Rumba" Centerpiece Sculpture 1990s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian glazed ceramic centrepiece sculpture, model Rumba, designed by Italian artist Ferruccio Laviani for workshop Alessio Sarri Ceramiche, Italy 1990s, no longer in production.
Ma...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$1,621 Sale Price
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Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Tall Mug Sculpture, Dated 1981
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from 1981 and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP" pottery (Echo Park Pottery...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Medium Le Sud Vase by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Le Sud vase by Olivia Cognet
Materials: Ceramic.
Dimensions: H 30-40 cm
Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$2,992 / item
Huge Cenedese Pink Scavo Spherical or Globe Shaped Murano Glass Vase
By Cenedese
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderfully large, spherical Murano glass vase in pink with brown highlights. The vase has an incredible 1980s Memphis School or Miami appeal. It is a bold and impressive piece of ...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Postmodern Memphis Design Hanging Spice Rack by Copco
By Copco
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool postmodern / memphis design hanging spice rack by Copco, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and is made of molded, brig...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
$220 Sale Price
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Ceramic Postmodern Vase
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ceramic Postmodern bud vase or weed pot, signed.
Category
1980s Scandinavian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
1980s Memphis Milano Black and Blue Ceramic Teapot by Marco Zanini for Bitossi
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Memphis Milano black and blue ceramic tea pot designed by Marco Zanini for Bitossi in perfect conditions. The tea pot by Marco Zanini is a stunning piece of functional art. It embo...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern Black and Terracotta Ceramic Bowl, 1980s 1990s
By Mikasa
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful black ceramic and terracotta bowl, Postmodern design period, circa late-20th century, 1980s, 1990s. Made in Portugal. Bowl has a black glazed ceramic exterior/interior an...
Category
Late 20th Century Portuguese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
2000s Cenedese Italian Pair of Aquamarine Blue Rostrato Murano Glass Ovoid Vases
By Cenedese
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Venetian modernist vases signed Cenedese with an interesting elongated modern organic shape, in a sophisticated azure turquoise color, in blown Murano glass worked with ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Grandmother Tableware Set Designed by Robert Venturi with Denise Scott Brown
Located in Kansas City, MO
Grandmother tableware set by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown for Swid Powell, 1984. Set of four plates, four saucers and 20 cups.
Dinner pla...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Squash Limited Color Edition Gold Ashtray Maria Sanchez for Memphis-Milano
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Limited color edition Squash gold by Maria Sanchez for Memphis-Milano.
Brand new item.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Cristal D'Arques Crystal Ashtray Trinket Dish France Cut Glass Square Catchall
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Clear Cristal D'Arques Crystal Ashtray Trinket Dish France Cut Glass Square Catchall.
Large thick cut glass square glass ashtray with beautiful detailed glasswork offering 4 spaces to hold your smoking item...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Set of 3 Totem by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Totem by Olivia Cognet
Dimensions: Small: 170 cm, Medium: 190 cm, Large: 220 cm
Materials: Ceramic.
Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapsh...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$62,952 / set
Postmodern Modern Marble and Brass Ashtray Box, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A chic Postmodern marble and brass sphere ball ashtray box, circa 1970s. Piece makes a great decorative object box as well as an ashtray (three indents ar...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble, Brass
Monumental Sculptural Brown and Cream Hand Carved Onyx Bowl or Centerpiece
Located in New York, NY
Monumental Hand-Carved Onyx Bowl with Swirling Brown and Cream Pattern and Undulating Raw Edge
A commanding and sculptural presence, this monumental hand-carved onyx bowl showcases ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Onyx
Richard Meier for Swid Powell Silver Plated Peppermill
Located in Hanover, MA
Hefty and well constructed pepper mill designed by uber architect Richard Meier for Swid Powell and produced in Italy, circa 1985.
Ref...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
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
Italian Postmodern Condiments Dish
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Post-Modern period condiments dish, circa late-20th century, Italy. Condiments dish is glass with a two-part plastic green holder with handle...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Multicolor Massimo Vignelli for Heller Dinnerware - Set of 24
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
Daum France, Cats, Kittens, Playing in Glass/Crystal/Pate De Verre, Signed
By Daum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adorable kittens kissing and playing in this beautiful Pate De Verre glass sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Memphis Milano Postmodern Silk Necktie by Massimo Giacon
Located in Ferndale, MI
Abstract shapes on a harlequin background in red, purple, black and gold In a comic book like fashion, Massimo Giacon nails a sophisticated yet fun necktie design for the Memphis Milano Design Group. circa 1985. The Memphis Milano design movement played a key role in the promotion of Italian design worldwide.
This item has been professionally dry cleaned.
Massimo Giacon was born in Padova, Italy in 1961. Since 1980, he has worked in Milan as a cartoonist, illustrator, designer, artist and musician. In 1985 he started working with an architect's studio, Sottsass Association, honing his design skills by working with Artemide, Alessi, Swatch, Philips, Ritzenhoff and Telecom.
He has designed wall hangings, rugs, ceramics, and kitchen items, produced advertising illustrations...
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silk
$126 Sale Price
35% Off
ROYAL DOULTON Martini Crystal Etched Glasses Set of 2 Vintage Cocktail Barware
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage ROYAL DOULTON Martini Crystal clear Etched Glasses Set of 2.Royal Doulton precious crystal barware cocktail glasses with a unique handmade etc...
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Late 20th Century English Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Cobalt Blue Drinking Glasses Set of 4 Spiral Tumblers 1980s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of 4 handmade cobalt blue candy stripe crystal drinking glasses tumblers highball barware in French Maison Baccarat style.
Fabulous hand blown vintage cobalt blue tumblers...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Postmodern Dinnerware Set by Dorothy Hafner for Tiffany & Co. "Chevron" Print
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large set of handmade porcelain dinnerware and coffee / tea service designed by Dorothy Hafner for Tiffany & Co., 1982. The set is being sold as service for six minus one soup bowl...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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
Venini Murano Italy Glass Green Bottle Serie “Velati”, 1981
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous Italian handmade and blown bottle in green color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Venini Murano in 1981.
Original Venini Murano label...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Purple & green Murano Glass Flasks by Venini, 1980s
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Set of 2 small decorative Murano flasks designed by Laura de Santillana and manufactured by Venini in the 1980s. the green flask shows a visible small chip at the neck as stated in p...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Hermes Paris porcelain ashtray
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Hermès Paris Porcelain Ashtray
This ashtray features a charming, detailed design of a duck in a natural setting, with delicate brushstrokes and a harmonious color palette. The depict...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 2 1980s Ashtrays & Picture Frame in Cut Glass
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This set is composed by 2 glass ashtrays and 1 glass picture frame. Very good condition.
Picture frame: cm 13 H x 10 W x 2,6 D
Ashtray: cm 3 H x 9 W x 9 D.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal Complete & Original 18-Piece Service
Located in North Miami, FL
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal (1933-2006), cheese service with 18 unique pieces (forks, knives and spoons). All in silvered metal and in original box with designer name. Provenance and authe...
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1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Memphis Milano Postmodern Silk Necktie by Massimo Iosa Ghini
Located in Ferndale, MI
An Italian silk necktie with a colorful scribble-like design by Massimo Iosa Ghini, circa 1985. The blue and red line design over top a yellow, pink, and gray scribble print and blac...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silk
$126 Sale Price
35% Off
Juozas Rasa Saldaitis Fish Decorative and Applied Art Ceramic Plate with Handles
Located in New Orleans, LA
A modern, colorful hand made fish platter created by Rasa Saldaitis at her studio in Pinellas Park, FL. Every piece is hand made. Over 30 years in pottery.
About Rasa Saldaitis. Oil ...
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1990s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Yellow Dinnerware by Vignelli for Heller, Service for 8
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 been in near constant production for over 50 years. This 43 piece set in yellow provides a service for eight with eight dinner plates, eight salad plates, eight bowls, two bowl lids, seven mugs, eight saucers, one creamer, and a serving bowl with lid...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Green Marble Coasters Set 5 Pieces Handmade in Italy Collectible 1970
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Italian green marble coasters set of 5 Pieces.
Italian 1970s green marble cocktail coasters.
Set includes 5 coasters in green marble.
Vintage collectible set of 5 green marbl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
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
Walnut Wood Mural by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Walnut Wood Mural by Olivia Cognet
Dimensions: D 5 x W 250 x H 120 cm
Materials: Walnut.
Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious mom...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Walnut
$70,821 / item
Modernist Carafe by Marco Susani for hwc EGIZIA Sottsass Associati (Italy)
Located in Round Top, TX
Marco Susani designed carafe for hwc EGIZIA by SOTTSASS ASSOCIATI. This piece is documented as having been retailed by Birks.
A Postmodern mouth blown, stu...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Richard Marquis Latticino Glass Cone Vase /Sculpture, by Noble Effort, 1985
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful glass latticing and murrains glass cone vase by the well known glass blower Richard Marquis.
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Harmfull Ceramics Sculpture by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Harmfull ceramics sculpture by Alina Rotzinger
Dimensions: H 35 x W 30 x D 20 cm.
Materials: high temperature ceramics, oxide pigments and dead flowers.
Composed by Alina Rotzin...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Other
$1,693 / item
Rare Lucite & Steel Two-Tier Bar Cart, Italian, circa 1980s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fantastic bar cart was made in the 1980s in Italy and features lucite and steel construction. Made primarily of two loops of lucite, they are secured together at the top with tw...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Steel
Unique Elementa Paper Roll Holder in Satin Brass by Mingardo
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Elementa Paper Roll Holder in Satin Brass by Mingardo
Dimensions: D7.8 x H28.5 cm
Materials:Natural satin brass and natural varnished iron
Weight: ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass, Iron
Purple and Yellow Dinnerware by Vignelli for Heller - Service for 6
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
Postmodern Japanese Ikebana Ceramic Pottery Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful rare ceramic ikebana vasecirca 1980's great and unique look no chips or cracks beautiful glaze and color.
Category
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Calypso Bottle + Blue Glass
Located in Milano, MI
Calypso collection investigates new ways of conviviality: fed by imaginary worlds, this tableware pieces make possible to dream of exotic and uncontaminated landscapes. Calypso synth...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$381 / set
Postmodern Art Pottery Mug by Barry and Rosalind Hage
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage postmodern art pottery mug made by Barry and Rosalind Hage of Long Beach, CA. Features a wonderfully whimsical hand painted design in black and blue on a white base glaze. ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
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 Aluminum Lemon Squeezer Designed by Philippe Starck for Alessi
Located in San Diego, CA
A classic post-modern aluminum lemon squeeze by Philippe Starck for Alessi, circa 1990s. The piece is in great condition beautiful piece of art .
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
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