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
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
French Toleware Gueridon Cake Stand or Dumb Waiter
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Toleware Gueridon Cake Stand or Dumb Waiter
A charming and unusual piece in good condition, it has a central column decorated with toleware pineapples, supporting 3 Glass pl...
Category
1960s Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Tin
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
$1,144 Sale Price
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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
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Ceramic Nomad Jar Disco Tower by Gilles & Cecilie
Located in Geneve, CH
Ceramic nomad jar disco tower by Gilles & Cecilie
Unique
Dimensions: H 8 x W 7.5 cm
Material: Ceramic painted two tone yellow
Gilles and Cecilie Studio created the Nomad Jar Fa...
Category
2010s English Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
1980s Memphis Milano White and Red Ceramic Italian Tea Set by MAS
By MAS Italia
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An amazing Memphis Milano tea set manufactured in Italy by Mas Italia. the red and white ceramic it's in perfect condition, the set has not been probably never used. The tea set by M...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Mario Bellini Cupola Postmodern Sugar bowl & Creamer by Rosenthal studio-line
Located in Vienna, AT
A set consisting of a post-modern milk jug / creamer and a sugar bowl with lid from the 1980s. From the „Cupola“-series, designed in 1985 by Mario Bellini and crated by Rosenthal stu...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Unique Arq 010 Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Arq 010 vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz.
Dimensions: Ø 15.5 x H 16.5 cm.
Materials: hand-sculpted glazed stoneware.
The Arq series emerged from our own past production...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Incisioni Iridi Plissé Ashtray by Purho
Located in Geneve, CH
Incisioni Iridi Plissé Ashtray by Purho
Dimensions: D14x H3.5 cm
Materials: Glass
Other colours and dimensions are available.
Purho is a new protagonist of made in Italy design...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$774 / item
White Pink Vase by Studio Cúze
Located in Geneve, CH
White pink vase by Studio Cúze
Dimensions: W 28 x H 36 cm
Materials: ceramic
The white pink vase was handmade by Yasuhiro Cúze in Berlin. Each piece is unique.
Studio Cúze
...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$1,245 / item
Galaxias Collection Centerpiece by Angeliki Stamatakou
Located in Geneve, CH
Galaxias collection centerpiece by Angeliki Stamatakou
One of a kind, 2022
Dimensions: H13.5 x W25 cm.
Materials: Stoneware, handmade glaze.
Colors: ice, blue, forest green, teal...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Set of 2 La Bocca Bowls by Marcela Cure
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 La Bocca bowls 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 f...
Category
2010s Colombian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stone
$6,505 / set
Margarita Glass by Kickie Chudikova
Located in Geneve, CH
Margarita glass by Kickie Chudikova
Limited Edition of 5 pieces each - 3 of each in stock
Handmade in Czech Republic, won’t be producing another edit...
Category
2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$786 / item
Nomad Jar Disco by Gilles & Cecilie
Located in Geneve, CH
Nomad Jar Disco by Gilles & Cecilie
Unique
Dimensions: H 4,5 x W 7,5 cm
Material: terracotta with iron
Gilles and Cecilie Studio created the Nomad Jar Family to explore drawing...
Category
2010s English Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Iron
$314 / item
Cloud Vase by Solem Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud Vase by Solem Ceramics
Dimensions: D 13 x W 13 x H 33 cm.
Materials: White stoneware, glaze
This vase is water safe. Please contact us.
Solem’s work ...
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2010s Canadian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
$1,442 / item
Euclid Pitcher by Eter Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Euclid Pitcher by Eter Design
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 10 x H 30.5 cm.
Materials: Clay.
Sustainable - Eco-friendly. Handmade. Each piece may vary slightly in color, Size, textu...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay
$178 / item
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
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Unique Harvest Green Graal Glass Vase by Tiina Sarapu
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique green graal harvest glass vase by Tiina Sarapu
2018
Dimensions: H 27 cm
Materials: Glass
Glass in my works signifies the world between opaque and translucent, visible and invisible, material and immaterial, real and unreal. It is a world of shady shapes, exciting and elusive.
I studied glass art in Estonian Academy of Arts in 1990–1996. I have been working for the Department of Glass Art at the Estonian Academy of Arts as a teacher and technician, from 2003-2017 as an associate professor. I have taken part in several exhibitions, conferences, symposiums and workshops since 1994 both in Estonia and abroad. I have earned attention at several international contests of glass art. My works are owned by several institutions and collectors. I also received the honorable nomination for the title of “Recognized Glass Artist of Estonia 2004-2005” and the annual Kristjan Raud...
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2010s Estonian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Oinochoe Perla Stoneware Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Oinochoe Perla stoneware vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz.
Dimensions: D 16 x H 28 cm.
Materials: Stoneware.
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The N.3 series is the result of a profound analysis of the differ...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Set of 4 Plain Cup by Studio Cúze
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 plain cup by Studio Cúze
Dimensions: W 8 x H 6.5 cm
Materials: ceramic
The Plain Cup was made by Yasuhiro Cúze in Berlin. Every piece is unique.
Studio Cúze
I am a ...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$220 / set
Verdi Marble Modernist Ice Bucket (Attr. to Georges Briard)
Located in Round Top, TX
Unique 1970s Green Marble Modernist ice bucket with lid. Sculptural and made of richly speckled green marble with ivory veining. You won't have to...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
Lekytho Stoneware Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Lekytho stoneware vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Dimensions: 24 x 16 cm
Materials: Hand sculpted, glazed pottery
The pieces are hand built white stoneware with grog, and bru...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
$1,025 / item
Unique Arq 002 Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Arq 002 vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Dimensions: Ø 15.5 x 28 cm
Materials: hand-sculpted glazed stoneware.
The Arq series emerged from our own past production. Draw...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
$1,239 / item
Nomad Jar Pyramide by Gilles & Cecilie
Located in Geneve, CH
Nomad Jar Pyramide by Gilles & Cecilie
Unique
Dimensions: H 6 x W 7 cm
Material: terracotta with iron
Gilles and Cecilie Studio created the Nomad Jar Family to explore drawing ...
Category
2010s English Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Iron
$314 / item
Nebula Beta
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...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
$774
Vintage Murano Star Flower Shape Art Glass Dish, Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage hand crafted Murano star flower Art glass dish Italy.
Stunning petaled flower or 6 pointed star-shaped hand blown glass dish in clear and pink, bl...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Juraj Mahalik Sculptural Postmodern Pop-Art Tea Service by Art4, Slovakia, 1990s
Located in Vienna, AT
A striking, surreal-inspired postmodern pottery tea or coffee set from the early 1990s, designed by Juraj Mahalik (Poland) and crafted by art4 ceramics in Slovakia. This unconvention...
Category
1990s Slovak Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Vintage Postmodern Pink Pottery Decanter Set by Jaru of California
By Jaru
Located in Fairfield, CA
A rare 1980s postmodern pottery decanter set made by Jaru of California. Includes a tall conical decanter with stopper and 6 matching cups. Each pie...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
$556 Sale Price / set
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Black Stoneware Phiale Plate by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Stoneware Phiale Plate by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 30 x H 10 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: With\without handle - Black, Whit...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Rodney Blumenfeld Pottery Square Platter, 1998
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rodney Alan Blumenfeld South African B.1953.
Square Earthenware Platter
Earthenware clay, press moulded, with metalic oxides and matt glazes
South African B.1953. Rodney Alan Blumenfeld 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...
Category
1990s South African Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Sculpture Pottery Regina Heinz Landscape Blue Red-oxide White Grey
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Regina Heinz B. 1957
SCENIC VIEW I 1999
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...
Category
20th Century English Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Post Modern Inspired Unique Piece White Porcelain Ashtray by Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Hania Jneid’s sculptural ashtray in pure white porcelain captures the ephemeral nature of habit and indulgence, immortalizing it in delicate, permanent form. Embedded within the sur...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Three Post-Modern Ceramic Storage Cannisters
Located in San Diego, CA
Set of three post-modern ceramic storage cannisters, circa 1990s. The cannisters are egg shaped with black and white geometric patterns and red handles on the removeable lids. The se...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Haeger Blush Peach Abstract Vase Postmodern
By Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Postmodern Haeger Peach Blush pink abstract vase, medium size. Looks stunning on its own or as part of a group. In great condition, no crazing or cracks. Measures: H 9"/ W 10.5"/ D 4...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Postmodern Solid Lacquered Wood Tray with Chrome Handles
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare 1980's solid wood lacquered round serving tray with chrome handles , nice patina and worn finish some marks due to age but its got style and looks.
Category
20th Century Thai Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Chrome
Hermes Paris porcelain ashtray
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Hermes Paris Porcelain Ashtray
Rectangular white porcelain ashtray with gold details on the edges. It features a central design of a horse in harness and gold and black decoration. I...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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
$333 / item
Pair of Murano Glass Mushroom Table Lamps, Italy, Circa 1970
Located in CH
Pair of murano glass mushroom table lamps, Italy, circa 1970.
The elegant shape of the murano post modernism with a swirl yellow an...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
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
Postmodern Chrome and Smoked Glass Two Tier Bar Cart with Caster Wheels
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A postmodern chrome and smoked glass bar cart. A lovely bar cart with two rectangular tiers, removable smoked glass shelves, and a flat bar chrome frame. This cart has 4 caster wheel...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Chrome
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
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Pair of Post Modern Tessellated Travertine Candlesticks by Renoir Designs, 1990s
Located in Miami, FL
Exceptional asymmetrical pair of Post-Modern candlesticks or candle holders rendered in two textured tessellated travertine, both polished smooth as well as rough chiseled. Designed ...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Travertine
Pair of David Tisdale Post Modern Memphis Bowls
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of David Tisdale post modern memphis bowls.
Black one has hand inscribed signature.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
Memphis Naj Oleari Ceramic Tea Set by Massimo Iosa Ghini New Old Stock 1980s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Experience the iconic style of the 80s design movement with this rare and amazing tea or coffee set designed by Massimo Iosa Ghini for Memphis Naj Oleari in the 1980s. This beautiful...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Pino Castagna Italian 1980s Post Modern Art Pottery Bowl
Located in New York, NY
A great Italian Post Modern art pottery bowl by noted artist , Pino Castagna . Signed.
Biography:
Pino Castagna was born in Castelgomberto, Italy, in 1932, and studied in the schools of fine arts of Verona and Venice. Together with Scottish sculptor Michael Noble and his wife, Ida Borleti, from 1957 and 1963 he designed a creative skill stimulation programme for the mental patients of the Verona psychiatric hospital, as well as directed a ceramics school and workshop in Garda. His growing interest in sculpture was encouraged by frequent visits to Paris and Milan. In 1969, he moved his workshop to Costermano del Garda, Italy, where he currently lives and works. Since then, Castagna’s work has been characterised by constant experimentation with new techniques and materials as diverse as ceramics, aluminium, stone, wood, concrete, strings or tree branches. Each of these offers a new and original expressive possibility, which the artist explores by testing the materials’ plastic potential and pushing their endurance limits. In addition to his practice as sculptor, Castagna’s oeuvre encompasses painting and design, as well as public art, fully revealing the architectural and environmental vocation of his work. Remarkable examples of this vocation may be found in Cespo veneziano [Venetian Basket...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Lollipop vase, handblown experimental glass, lollipops, blue
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...
Category
2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Czech Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Other
Marble Coasters
Located in New York, NY
A set of three (3) gray and tan marble drinks coaster, in the Postmodern design style, circa late-20th century. A great set with in grey and tan hues with soft corners and cork botto...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
$375 / set
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
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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
$3,934 / item
1980s Ice Bucket in the style of the Memphis Movement by Georges Briard USA
Located in London, GB
This 1980s square ice bucket made in Japan was designed by American designer Georges Briard.
This design is inspired by the Pop Art movement but also the Memphis movement. Founded in...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
Andrea Branzi for Zanotta Glass & Nickel Centerpiece '1999'
By Zanotta, Andrea Branzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed in 1999 for Zanotta, Andrea Branzi’s Izzika is the perfect sculptural centerpiece. A frame of nickel holds in place woven glass rods, some of which are straight and some are...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Nickel
Lucid Crystal Glass Shell Ashtray by Art Vannes France 1970
By Art Vannes
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A Lucid Crystal Glass Shell Ashtray by Art Vannes France 1970. This sleek and boujee ashtray is perfect for the elegant, sophisticated, and mindful smoker. Stay classy with this spec...
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1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Contemporary Natural Black Travertine Big Poche by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Travertine Big Poche by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: D 30 x H 7 cm
Materials: Black travertine.
Available in Black travertine, Calacatta marble, Classico travertine, and Green Gua...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Travertine
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
Handmade Brown Lacquered Earthenware Pitcher by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, Italy
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Handmade in Italy, 1970s.
This jug is made in lacquered earthenware with brown and orange shades, which are rare colors.
It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces o...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Set of 4 Cream Homer Laughlin Speckled Salad Plates Classic American Stoneware
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Set of 4 Homer Laughlin Speckled Salad or Bread Plates – Classic American Stoneware, 1983
Step into the rich history of American pottery with this charming set of 4 vintage Homer Laughlin stoneware plates. Crafted in 1983, these speckled cream-colored plates reflect the timeless Mid-Century Modern aesthetic combined with the practicality and durability Homer Laughlin is celebrated for. Each plate bears the signature Homer Laughlin maker’s mark, a testament to their authenticity and the brand’s enduring legacy.
History of Homer Laughlin:
Homer Laughlin, one of the most iconic American pottery manufacturers, was established in 1871 in East Liverpool, Ohio. Revered for its innovative designs and high-quality craftsmanship, the brand became synonymous with everyday elegance in tableware. Best known for their Fiesta line, Homer Laughlin’s contributions to Mid-Century and modern American design remain unparalleled, blending functionality with style. This particular collection highlights their mastery of speckled stoneware, popular during the 1970s and 1980s for its rustic yet refined appeal.
Design Features:
• Material: Durable stoneware with a speckled cream glaze
• Dimensions: Perfectly sized for serving bread, salads, or desserts
• Style: The natural, minimalist design complements both casual and formal dining settings
• Period: Manufactured in the 1980s, capturing the essence of rustic modernism
• Color Palette: Neutral tones with subtle flecks of brown, making them incredibly versatile
How to Style These Plates:
1. Modern Rustic Dining: Pair with wooden chargers...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Franco Munari Bassano Sandwich Board-Made in Italy
By Bassano
Located in Medina, OH
Franco Munari Bassano-Made in Italy 14" sandwich board or serving tray. Featuring vibrant hand-painted grappa or grape scenes. This is a hand painted ceramic serving tray with no vi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
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
Silver Plated Ice Bucket / Wine Cooler by Ambrogio Pozzi for Padova Argenti
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, circa 1970s.
This is a silver plated brass ice bucket or wine cooler by Ambrogio Pozzi for Padova Argenti.
It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but i...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
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