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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

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 Mendinia 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
Set of 2 Japanese Postmodern Stainless Steel Kettle
Located in Hamburg, DE
Japanese Postmodern Stainless Steel Kettle, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 Additional information: Materials: Metal, Pla...
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20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Metal

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...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Blown Glass, Rosewood, Cork

Black Stoneware Pinakio Plate by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Stoneware Pinakio Plate by Elena Vasilantonaki Unique Dimensions: ⌀ 34 x H 10 cm (Dimensions may vary) Materials: Stoneware Available finishes: With\without handles - Black, Wh...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Stoneware

Lollipop vase, handblown experimental glass, lollipops, abstract
Located in PRAHA 3, CZ
Lollipop vases are the most iconic art-pieces by Anna Jozova. It's a humorous reaction to expensive and demanding technique of Murano glass. Lollipops are glued from inside of the ha...
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2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Other

Lollipop vase, handblown experimental glass, lollipops, multicoloured
Located in PRAHA 3, CZ
Lollipop vases are the most iconic art-pieces by Anna Jozova. It's a humorous reaction to expensive and demanding technique of Murano glass. Lollipops are glued from inside of the ha...
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2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Other

Mirage Contenitore Alto by Studio Intervallo
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirage Contenitore Alto by Studio Intervallo Dimensions: D 30 x H 6.2 cm Materials: green Guatemala marble. Available in other stones. The Mirage collection comes from the mono...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Marble

Lollipop vase 2. handblown experimental glass, lollipops, abstract
Located in PRAHA 3, CZ
Lollipop vases are the most iconic art-pieces by Anna Jozova. It's a humorous reaction to expensive and demanding technique of Murano glass. Lollipops are glued from inside of the ha...
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2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Other

Lollipop vase, handblown experimental glass, lollipops, yellow
Located in PRAHA 3, CZ
Lollipop vases are the most iconic art-pieces by Anna Jozova. It's a humorous reaction to expensive and demanding technique of Murano glass. Lollipops are glued from inside of the ha...
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2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Other

Set of 2 Postmodern German Ceramic Fantasia Series Salt and Pepper Shaker, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German Ceramic Fantasia Series Salt and Pepper Shaker by Matteo Thun for Arzberg, 1980s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribu...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ceramic

C-015 White Stoneware Vase by Moïo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
C-015 White Stoneware Vase by Moïo Studio Dimensions: D14 x W14 x H30 cm Materials: White crawl glaze on tan stoneware Made by hand on the whee...
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2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Stoneware

Tea Set from Memphis Designer Marco Zanini, 1980
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Tea Set of 3 pieces from Marco Zanini for Bitossi from Hollywood collection in early ‘80. Tea pot named Marylin Butter dish named Greta And small sugar bowl.
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Faience, Earthenware

Contemporary Red Amber Lowball Glass by Agustina Bottoni — Handmade in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
A lowball glass of an atypical shape, inspired by Postmodern architecture. Each piece is handmade in Italy by Master glassblowers, using high-quality borosilicate glass. The ribbed g...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Glass

Lollipop vase, handblown experimental glass, lollipops, multicoloured
Located in PRAHA 3, CZ
Lollipop vases are the most iconic art-pieces by Anna Jozova. It's a humorous reaction to expensive and demanding technique of Murano glass. Lollipops are glued from inside of the ha...
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2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Other

Lollipop vase, handblown, experimental, lollipops, multicoloured, Anna Jozova
Located in PRAHA 3, CZ
Lollipop vases are the most iconic art-pieces by Anna Jozova. It's a humorous reaction to expensive and demanding technique of Murano glass. Lollipops are glued from inside of the ha...
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2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Other

Franco Bucci Coffee Service ACR Arte Ceramica Romana, 1973
Located in Melbourne, AU
Franco Bucci coffee service for six with coffee pot, cups, saucers, sugar and creamer. We love this service for its bold, elegant, robust Italian design, typical of the 1970s. Curvacious, chunky, innovative, attractive, lovely to use and to hold - it's got it all. Bucci designed ceramics for high quality manufacture. During the 1970s, he produced this 'budget' household crockery service for mass production which proved very popular. This set can be viewed in the Bucci archive, listed as item 805. It was produced serially by Arte Ceramica...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ceramic

Italian Postmodern Euclid Series Salad Bowl by Michael Graves for Alessi, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Italian Postmodern Euclid Series Salad Bowl by Michael Graves for Alessi, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional inform...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Plastic

Set of 8 German Postmodern Flying Objects Series Plates for Arzberg, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
German Postmodern Flying Objects Series Plates by David Palterer and Sieger Design for Arzberg, 1990s, Set of 8, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1990 to 1999 This piece has an attr...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ceramic

Nebula Alpha
Located in Milano, MI
Serena Confalonieri continues her research in the field of self-production and craftsmanship. The subject, once again, is hand-blown borosilicate glass. After her Calypso floral glasses collection and Arabesque vases...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Blown Glass

Esteban Prieto Bronze Iridescent Tumblers - Set of 5
Located in Fairfield, CA
A set of 5 blown glass tumblers by Oakland, CA glass artist, Esteban Prieto. Each with a beautiful iridescent bronze coloring to the glass and an applied serpent design wrapping arou...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Blown Glass

Large Masuo Ojima Pottery Bowl
Located in Highland, IN
This large and striking bowl by Masuo Ojima (b 1949) has a beautiful deep emerald green glaze on the exterior and gunmetal on the interior. The wonderful physical presence makes it a...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Pottery

Dark Green Marble Coasters
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of four (4) dark green marble coasters with traces of white and light green veining, Postmodern design period, circa late-20th century. Excellent condition as shown i...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Marble

Memphis Post Modern Lidded Ice Bucket for Taste Seller by Sigma
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lidded post modern Memphis ice bucket for Taste Seller, c.1980s, Japan. The bucket features and geometric black red and teal pattern with cream outlining. The black lid has three tiers and is finished with a teal globe pull...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Plastic

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...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Stainless Steel

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...
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Late 20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Silver Plate, Brass

Object 1 Atlantis Collection by Angeliki Stamatakou
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 1 Atlantis Collection by Angeliki Stamatakou One of a kind, 2022 Dimensions: H 7 x W 12 cm. Materials: Stoneware, handmade glaze. Colors: blue, pink, ivory. Angeliki St...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Stoneware

Swid Powell Toscana Tableware Designed by Steven Harris & Lucien Ress-Roberts
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Great set of post modern colorful tableware: Designer: Steven Harris, American, born 1950 Designer: Lucien Rees Roberts, English, born 1952 Retaile...
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Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Twosidestory Bowl by Lisette Rützou
Located in Geneve, CH
Twosidestory bowl by Lisette Rützou Dimensions: D 20 cm Materials: Onyx Lisette Rützou’s design is motivated by an urge to articulate a story. Inspired by the beauty of materia...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Onyx

Atlantis Collection Centerpiece by Angeliki Stamatakou
Located in Geneve, CH
Atlantis Collection centerpiece by Angeliki Stamatakou One of a kind, 2022 Dimensions: H 12 x W 26 cm. Materials: Stoneware, handmade glaze. Colors: blue, pink, ivory. Angelik...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Stoneware

Alessandro Mendini, totem "Stoa", Lim. Ed. 10/50, Superego, Milan
Located in Firenze, IT
Alessandro Mendini, totem "Stoa", Ed. Superego, Milan 12 Colonne series Limited Edition 50 signed and numbered pieces. 10/50 Edizioni Superego, Milan, 2008 Measures : H72...
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Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ceramic

Martini Glass by Kickie Chudikova
Located in Geneve, CH
Martini glass by Kickie Chudikova Limited Edition of 5 pieces each - 3 of each in stock Handmade in Czech Republic, won’t be producing another editio...
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2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Glass

Mohs Large Tabernacle by Studio Intervallo
Located in Geneve, CH
Mohs large tabernacle by Studio Intervallo. Dimensions: W 30 x D 53 x H 145 cm. Materials: Wooden structure, covered with marbled cotton paper. Mohs is a special element, which ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Wood

1980s Vintage Arcoroc Black Glass Domed Cake Plate and Five Cups and Saucers
Located in San Gabriel, CA
This is a beautiful set of 5 black glass tea cups, saucers, and a cake plate with glass dome cover from the renowned French manufacturer Arcoroc. Part of the much loved Octime range ...
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1980s European Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Glass

Set of 2 Steppe Plate by Güler Elçi
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Steppe Plate by Güler Elçi Dimensions: Small: D 14 cm, Large: D 18.2 cm Materials: Stoneware Ceramic, Food Safe Glaze. Güler Elçi is a ceramic artist based in Istanbul. In ...
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2010s Turkish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Stoneware

Postmodern Cupola Series Sugar Pot from Rosenthal, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Cupola Series Sugar Pot from Rosenthal, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution markIt is completely authentic Additional inf...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Vintage Glass Hand Painted Flower Plates - Set of 3
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amazing set of 3 vintage plates. Each have a hand painted design of flowers on them.
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Glass

Medium Le Sud Vase by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Le Sud vase by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 30 x H 40 cm Materials: Ceramic. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment ca...
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2010s French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ceramic

Remissus Vide-Poche by Vilde Hagelund
Located in Geneve, CH
Remissus vide-poche by Vilde Hagelund Current Production Dimensions: W 12 x D 12 x H 1.5 cm Materials: Birch wood. Remissus is inspired by the wat...
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2010s Norwegian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Other

Old Fashioned Glass by Kickie Chudikova
Located in Geneve, CH
Old fashioned glass by Kickie Chudikova Limited Edition of 5 pieces each - 3 of each in stock Handmade in Czech Republic, won’t be producing anothe...
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2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Glass

La Bocca Bowl by Marcela Cure
Located in Geneve, CH
La Bocca bowl by Marcela Cure. Dimensions: W 32 x D 22 x H 26 cm. Materials: resin and stone composite. Our La Bocca bowl is inspired by the fascinating and provocative figure o...
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2010s Colombian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Stone

Vintage Terra Series Bowl by Wolf Karnagel for Rosenthal, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Terra Series Bowl by Wolf Karnagel for Rosenthal, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ceramic

Memphis Design Thermal Carafe by K. Shigeto Milano for Zohirushi Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
Great design on this Memphis era coffee carafe, designed by K Shigeto Milano for Zohirushi Japan circa 1980's great condition, with top switch for open/c...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Glass, Plastic

Arrebol Escalonado by Studioroca
Located in Geneve, CH
Arrebol Escalonado by Studioroca. Dimensions: 18 x 18 x 30.5 cm. Materials: volcanics rocks essential oils diffuser. Studioroca is a Mexico City design studio focused on architecture, interior design and contemporary furniture. Its penchant for collaboration, the promotion of local talent, artisanal skills and natural materials, and its ever-present pull toward sustainable practices have seen the studio create highly emotive environments and unique functional pieces that speak of a forward-thinking, borderless approach to design. Intro Through architecture, interior design and furniture, STUDIOROCA portrays a distinct Mexican aesthetic, where sophisticated, elegant designs become bold statements of strong masculine lines and dark moody shades that contrast dramatically with elongated curves and highly textured surfaces. Based in Mexico City, the studio has, since its inception, offered much more than simple design solutions, its impetus always being to meaningfully improve lives through design. By promoting, supporting and offering a platform for other Mexican designers in its two stores in Polanco and Condesa, STUDIOROCA has been at the forefront of the modern-day Mexican design movement for over 15 years. The studio’s ability to artfully blend its own architecture and interior design with both local and international product is testament to its glocal outlook. While proudly Mexican and inherently influenced by the country’s culture and craftsmanship, its designs talk to a cosmopolitan, international sense of style. STUDIOROCA’s respect for the environment and reverence of traditional skills has led to the pursuit of sustainable practices, while its affinity for collaboration and promotion of artisanal skills has seen the studio produce work in conjunction with countless talented designers and craftspeople. Its confidently utilitarian designs are the result of risk-taking, boundary-pushing processes that emerge from STUDIOROCA’s constant quest to establish innovative solutions, while simultaneously respecting each of its projects’ unique locations, incorporating the surrounding environment into the design language. Working closely with clients, a personal rapport ensures delving into the core of every design requirement, leading to the ultimate achievement of deeply embedded needs. Ultimately, what STUDIOROCA presents is a fresh iteration of Mexican design, a version which is at once moving, intoxicating and comforting. History STUDIOROCA was founded by Carlos Acosta and Rodrigo Alegre. When, in 2002, the two independent Mexico City architects were commissioned to work collaboratively on the architecture and interiors of a new spa, they were frustrated by the lack of affordable furniture available, and embarked on designing their own pieces for the project. And so STUDIOROCA was born. Initially a furniture store in the heart of the then up-and-coming leafy suburb of Condesa, it has developed into a fully fledged architecture and interior-design studio, with another store in the city’s high-end design district of Polanco, which opened in 2011. Its line of furniture, all designed and manufactured in Mexico, had humble production beginnings in a small kitchen-design factory, a foundation that has carried through into the studio’s current philosophy of small-scale, high-quality production. In conjunction with its own range of functional pieces, STUDIOROCA has always invited other local designers to showcase their work in its two stores, and, what started with three additional designers’ pieces in 2002, has led to collaborations with many more, now presenting the limited-edition work of 28 Mexican designers through its UNION- brand, while continuing to retail exclusive international brands such as Tom Dixon, Moooi and GAN. 2 More recently, the studio’s architectural and interior projects have included large housing developments and hotels, fully employing STUDIOROCA’s 360-degree approach to design. Founders and team Architects by training, founders Carlos Acosta and Rodrigo Alegre prefer to follow an unconventional, integrated model of design that incorporates its many varied facets, allowing their two unique approaches to complement one another. Rodrigo, who graduated from Universidad Anáhuac Norte, is able to envision how color and texture will combine as he explores the emotive nuances he wishes to create within a new environment. His abstract thoughts are brought to life by Carlos, the rational half of the design duo. Trained at Universidad Iberoamericana, with a student exchange to the University of Texas, Carlos’ ability to grasp volumes and spaces brings dreams to fruition through the perfect positioning of wall divisions, furniture pieces and light-streaming windows. Their small dedicated team of designers and architects plays an integral role in realizing the studio’s ambitious visions, with over 200 projects having been completed by this intimate team. Beyond designing, these passionate professionals offer practical solutions, bringing their experience in all forms of design to manifest in big-picture thinking that pays attention to detail, celebrates collaboration and goes the extra mile. The approachable, personal style with which the STUDIOROCA team works is a reflection on the responsibility its people place on themselves as architects and designers who venture beyond the drawing board. Sustainability STUDIOROCA’s focus on sustainability has seen the company establish itself as a trailblazer in the realization of buildings and furniture pieces that are produced with a sense of conscience and responsibility, taking into account the full production chain, from material source to distribution of wealth. The studio has done away with environmentally harmful varnishes on its furniture pieces, and now only use FSC-certified hardwood. It also pledges to keep materials to a minimum, a consideration most appreciated in its 77 range of furniture, where only the necessary functional structures have been designed, and where small leftover pieces of wood from bigger cuts are utilized, rather than sourcing new pieces. This approach continues in its architecture and interior designs, with 80% of materials sourced locally. This, coupled with its use of solar panels, the harvesting of rainwater, and the inclusion of indigenous gardens in its projects, has led to STUDIOROCA’s application for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, which is currently under review. For the studio, sustainability has a much further reach than the natural environment, however. Its projects take into account social, cultural and economic sustainability too, by ensuring its production chain – from the craftspeople producing hand-worked elements, to its low-environmental-impact manufacturing line – all sits within Mexico so that the 3 communities benefiting financially are those who have been an integral part of the process. Architecture In STUDIOROCA’s architectural projects, authentic materials that are true to their Mexican origin, such as local mountain rocks, regional marble and indigenous wood, are utilized in new ways to highlight their natural rawness, deep texture and prized imperfections, imbuing buildings with unique character. It’s through such character that every structure portrays its personality, suited to the people who live, work and relax within it. This unpretentious use of materials follows through to metals, which are encouraged to rust and patinate as the building interacts with nature’s elements and becomes part of the environment surrounding it, giving projects an essential sense of place, where the here and now is as important as the then and there. Interior design STUDIOROCA’s interior style leans toward textured materials and dark hues contrasted with paler wood and lighter accent tones. These evocative, luxurious interiors are enlivened by carefully considered lighting that enhances the tonality of moody dark browns, deep blues and a spectrum of blacks, and highlights textures through illuminated reflections. Where environments dictate a paler palette, textures and materials make up the necessary contrast. Local willow wood on wall panels, flooring made from recinto volcanic rock, and countertops decorated with Mexico’s retapado marble become talking points, made even more appealing with plant life and greenery introduced indoors. Furniture Combining its deep respect for handcrafted, artisanal product, and its future-forward approach to technology and innovation, STUDIOROCA’s range of furniture places emphasis on high-quality offerings, producing its ranges in low quantities, often customized to suit the specific requirements of its varied projects. Veering away from industrialized production lines, it employs sophisticated hand-worked machinery, in line with its approach to sustainability and simplicity. The studio’s premiere collection (2002-2008) was shaped by a groundbreaking application of materials and forms, resulting in award-winning designs that set contemporary Mexican design on the map. Pieces from this collection were shown at Fabrica Mexicana and Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City and in the MoMA store in New York. The 2008 Eco collection initiated a change in the production of STUDIOROCA’s furniture pieces, adapting a sustainable view regarding design – a philosophy that continues to guide the studio’s practices today. Sourcing FSC-certified wood, eliminating varnishes, and using local materials wherever possible, this collection was the start of a conscious undertaking to work with local artisans and support local industry, an outlook that was celebrated at the launch of the Eco range at the Mexican Gallery...
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2010s Colombian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Stone

Calypso Flute Glasses / Blue + Pink
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...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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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...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ceramic

Postmodern Tac Series Box with Lid from Rosenthal, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Tac Series Box with Lid from Rosenthal, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: Glass...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Glass

Huge 16" 40cm Signed Art Studio Pottery Bowl by Angelika Jansen-Meints 2005
By Angelika Jansen-Meints
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Huge 16" / 41cm wide signed minimalist / modernist studio art pottery bowl by German ceramic artist Angelika Jansen-Meints. The proportions of this bowl are spectacular and most defi...
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Early 2000s British Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ceramic, Clay

Vintage German Postmodern Fantasia Series Sugar Pot by Matteo Thun, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage German Postmodern Fantasia Series Sugar Pot by Matteo Thun for Arzberg, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional ...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Set of 2 Postmodern Ceramic Salt and Pepper Shakers by Gallo Design
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Ceramic Salt and Pepper Shakers by Gallo Design for Villeroy & Boch, Set of 2, in Flawless conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additiona...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ceramic

Set of 2 Postmodern Cutlery Salad Spoons from Conran, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Cutlery Salad Spoons from Conran, 1990s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1990 to 1999 This piece has an attribution mark. Ad...
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20th Century Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Metal

Set of 2 Postmodern Minimalist Swiss Salad Servers, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Minimalist Swiss Salad Servers, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979. Additional information: Materials: Plastic Styles: Minimalist, Postmodern Color:...
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20th Century Swiss Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Plastic

Vintage Black Glass Ashtray, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Black Glass Ashtray, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969. Additional information: Materials: Glass Color: Black Styles: Postmodern Item Type: Vintage, Anti...
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20th Century Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Glass

Set of 2 Postmodern Art Glass Ashtrays by Hans Jürgen Richartz, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Art Glass Ashtrays by Hans Jürgen Richartz for Richartz Art Collection, 1980s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark....
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20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Glass

Handmade IOS P. Structure by Le Meduse
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade IOS P. Structure by Le Meduse Unique piece Dimensions: W 75, D 60, H 60 cm Materials: Plaster Each model is unique because it is handmade, it can be reproduced in a similar but not identical way. Request customization. Each model is part of a limited edition collection. I investigated the bone structures a wonderful microcosm revealing the amazing harmony hidden in the small, sometimes invisible natural forms. These structures have always been considered the element that most tells the story of a people and their settlement. This magnificent spongy structure is a work of art of nature...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Plaster

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...
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1990s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Metal

Nebula Gamma
Located in Milano, MI
Serena Confalonieri continues her research in the field of self-production and craftsmanship. The subject, once again, is hand-blown borosilicate glass. After her Calypso floral glasses collection and Arabesque vases...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Blown Glass

Contemporary Green Lowball Glass by Agustina Bottoni — Handmade in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
A lowball glass of an atypical shape, inspired by Postmodern architecture. Each piece is handmade in Italy by Master glassblowers, using high-quality borosilicate glass. The ribbed g...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Glass

Half Half Vase by Jung Hong
Located in Geneve, CH
Half half vase by Jung Hong Unique Piece Dimensions: W 22 x D 22 x H 23 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...
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2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Dish Rodney Blumenfeld Pottery Round Platter, 1998
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rodney Alan Blumenfeld South African B.1953. Round earthenware platter, 1995. Earthenware clay, press moulded, with metalic oxides and matt glazes. Rodney Alan Blumenfeld South African B.1953. creates deeply textured, sensual and motif-laden ceramic forms. Each innovative and unique art piece strives to maintain a traditional tribal identity transposed into contemporary art,craft and design. Within each singular expression of creativity lies a precious reminder of ritual and custom, exuding presence of age-old mystery while spontaneously arousing vital powers of the imagination. Training Bachelor of Architecture – University Natal South Africa, 1980. Ceramic Science – Technikon, Durban, Natal, 1986. Awards Judges Award – Ceramic Artists Association of W.A. Annual Exhibition – September 2009. City of Melville Art Awards – Highly Commended 2009 – WA. Longhouse Reserve – New York – USA. Klenot/Dekora – Palace of Culture, Prague – Czechoslovakia 2000. Art for Asia – Hong Kong – China 1997. Design Award National Ceramics Biennale 1996 – South Africa. 1st Prize Corobrik Ceramic Expo – South Africa 1989. Private Collections Bill Clinton – Former President USA. Nelson Mandela – Former President of South Africa. Tina Turner – Singer and song writer. Peter Gabriel – Musician. King Goodwill Zwelitini – King of the Zulu Nation Sir Niall Fitzgerald – Global Chairman Unilever – UK. Public & Corporate Collections K.H. Eberle Museum – Basel Switzerland Longhouse Reserve – New York Museum of Modern Art – Montreal Canada Fort Lauderdale Airport – Florida USA Durban Art Gallery – Johannesburg Art Gallery Hilton Hotel – Johannesburg Hyatt Regency Hotel – Johannesburg Unilever Corporate Headquarters – South Africa U.S. Embassy – Pretoria, South Africa Ernst & Young – La Lucia Ridge – South Africa Sibaya Casino Complex – Natal, South Africa Exhibitions T.V.H.Gallery – Sydney – September 2009 Fremantle Contemporary Art Gallery – Fremantle W.A. Margaret River Gallery – Margaret River W.A. Aspects of Kings Park – Perth W.A. “Klostere” Gallery – Freiburg – Germany 2002 Longhouse Reserve – The Hamptons – New York – USA Klenot / Dekora – Palace of Culture – Prague – Czechoslovakia 2000 The Westminster Craft Show – London – UK 1999 Art for Asia – Hong Kong – China 1997 Casa Nova...
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1990s South African Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Pottery

Sculpture Vessel Regina Heinz Sunrise Pottery
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Regina Heinz B. 1957 SUNRISE 1998 Regina's award winning work has been purchased by the National Art Collector's Fund and is presented in collections worldwide, including the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the Museum of Contemporary Ceramics in Gifu, Japan, the International Ceramics Museum in Faenza, and the Yingge County Ceramics Museum in Taipei. With degrees in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and in ceramics from Goldsmiths’ College, London, Regina combines in her work the sensibility of a fine artist with outstanding expertise in ceramics. As an artist, Regina draws on her love for her native countryside and her background as a painter. Her passion for colour, form and beautiful ceramic surfaces led her to set up her architectural ceramics practice in 2011 to explore the integration of art, architecture and landscape. Regina regularly works with international interior designers, art consultants and private clients world-wide. Her portfolio includes an exclusive 3D tile line for the American tile retailer Ann Sacks...
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1990s English Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Pottery

Unique Arq 009 Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Arq 009 vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz Dimensions: Ø 15 x H 23 cm Materials: hand-sculpted glazed stoneware. The Arq series emerged from our own past production. Draw...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Stoneware

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Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage serveware, ceramics, silver and glass created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern serveware, ceramics, silver and glass made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, popular names associated with this style include Peter Shire, Michael Graves (b.1934), Rosenthal, and Matteo Thun. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for serveware, ceramics, silver and glass differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $40 and tops out at $24,410 while the average work can sell for $776.

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