midcenturymodern
1960s Small Danish Modern Silver-Plated and Green Enameled Decorative Bowl by Meka
$60.00Small green enamel and silver-plated bowl by Meka of Denmark, ca. 1960s. Can be used as a salt cellar, ring/jewelry dish, or vide poche for holding smaller accessories.
Newly polished condition; only light wear/scuffs remain.
H: 2.25″ x Diameter: 5.25″
1968 Porcelain Collector’s Plate With Hand-Painted Calendar / Decoration
$60.00Vintage porcelain collector’s plate representing the year 1968. Features hand-painted central sun decoration with monthly calendar and floral border. Reminiscent of similar designs by Piero Fornasetti, but unsigned.
Pen is used to illustrate scale: H: 1″ x Diameter: 10.75″
Does not include easel.
1970s American Studio Craft Blown Glass Lamp by Richard Harkness
$650.00Studio glass lamp with original shade made by renowned glass blower, Richard Harkness (New Hampshire, USA, circa 1970s). Harkness’s work can be seen in a number of prestigious galleries and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Additionally, he was formerly a professor of glassblowing at Haystack Mountain School of Arts.
Harkness’s lamps are scarcely seen. This particular ‘orb’ art glass lamp features a bubble motif throughout. The teal color at the top fades into a pale blue / almost clear glass finish creating a nice contrast. The original shade is present, but shows some unraveling / loss to the weave at the top, as shown. The glass is free of defects, chips, cracks.
Artist’s etched signature present on the underside.
We have a separate blown glass lamp by Harkness pictured here but listed separately.
Measures: Height glass base only 8″
Height to top of socket 11.25″
Height to top of finial 18.25″
Diameter of base 7″
Diameter of shade 10.1″.
1970s Aqua Tone ‘Lily Pad’ Art Glass Lamp by Richard Harkness
$850.00Studio glass lamp with original shade made by renowned glass blower, Richard Harkness (New Hampshire, USA, circa 1970s). Harkness’s work can be seen in a number of prestigious galleries and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Additionally, he was formerly a professor of glassblowing at Haystack Mountain School of Arts.
Harkness’s lamps are scarcely seen. This particular art glass lamp in the ‘lily pad’ pattern features a dense swirl motif throughout. The aqua-tone blown glass finial and floral shade are both original to the piece. The glass shows age-expected wear but is free of chips and cracks.
Artist’s etched signature present on the underside.
Measures: Height glass base only 8″
Height to top of socket 13″
Height to top of finial 20.75″
Diameter of base 9.5″
Diameter of shade 14.25″.
1970s Concentric Circle Stoneware Charger in Blue and Brown
$450.00Attractive stoneware charger / decorative plate in blue and brown with concentric circles pattern (inner circle is only a partial outline by design). Additionally, the mottled edge and decorative handle add interesting textural elements to the piece.
Unsigned, but similar in composition to works by the ceramicist, Polk, of whom we have multiple signed pieces listed.
Height: 2 in.
Width: 10.75 in.
Depth: 10.5 in.
1970s French Modern White Plastic “Diamond” Wall Mirror by Syla
$425.00Syla mirror in white plastic that can be mounted as a diamond (pictured) or square (ca. 1970s, France). Few scuffs to the white plastic, as shown; mirror is clean sans light wear around the rim of the glass itself where it meets the frame.
Diamond: H: 27″ x L: 27″ x D: 0.75″
Square: H: 22″ x L: 21.75″ x D: 0.75″
1970s Heavily Textured Stoneware Vase Signed Pollack
$450.00Striking and unique stoneware vase made in 1976 by ceramicist, Pollack. Interesting incorporation of textures and patterns – a matte-beige mottled surface with a slight metallic sheen and applied metallic fragments. Signed “Pollack ’76.”
Height: 15.25 in.
Width: 7 in.
Depth: 4.5
1970s Staved Teak Cutting Board With Knife by Dansk Designs
$65.00Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs cheese cutting board with integrated knife in staved teak. An ingeniously designed piece, epitomizing form and function: the slot within the board itself houses the knife to both present a modernist paddle-shape and prevent loss. A useful, compact innovation that takes up very little space (L: 11.75″ x D: 7″ x H: 1″).
Excellent condition, showing very little signs of use.
Thailand example, circa 1970s.
We have an earlier Dansk Denmark example listed separately.
1970s Studio Craft Oak Wall Mirror by Charles Webb
$2,600.00Stained-oak wall mirror with drawers designed and crafted by noted architect and furniture maker, Charles Webb (Cambridge, MA), circa 1970s. Mirror is clean and free of wear; wood has been refinished. Overall, excellent, vintage condition.
Retains the Charles Webb Woodworking label.
H 58.25″. x W 20″ x D 12.1″
1970s Textured Stoneware Vase Signed
$400.00Stoneware vase with densely textured, abstract pattern in brown with a lightly mottled beige base, circa 1970s.
Measures: H 7.25″ x D 5.75″
Incised signature present AP C8.
1970s Three Fixture Chrome Floor Lamp with Lucite Prisms
$2,600.00Unusual circa 1970s, USA floor lamp featuring three chrome rods supporting cylindrical chrome fixtures with lucite prism inserts. Each prism has a blue disc affixed to the base, which reflects a blue light at certain angles. The fixtures have 360 degree adjustability / swivel to redirect light, accordingly.
The fixtures themselves have been re-chromed; the circular base shows light pitting / scuffing.
Fixtures each measures 1.75″ diameter x 15.5″ height
Overall dimension:
Height 69.25″ x diameter 10.75″.
1973 Pollack Stoneware Slab / Decorative Plate
$350.00Stoneware slab / decorative plate with of an attractive palette of earth tones with pops of pink for contrast and a mottled decorative border. Signed “Pollack ’73.”.
Height: 1.5 in. x Width: 8.25 in. x Depth: 8.13 in.