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10 Mid-Century Modern Cenedese Murano Glass Serving Bowls with Spiral
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Stockholm, SE
10 Mid-Century Modern elegant Cenedese Murano serving bowls in glass with spiral, circa 1970-1990
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Blown Glass

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Blue Blown Glass Trefoil Murano Style Bowl Dish
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern blue blown glass trefoil murano style bowl dish/ item features thick
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Glass

Large Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Blown Murano Art Glass Bowl Ashtray
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant Italien sculptural hand-blown Murano art glass decorative bowl, Ashtray in dark pink, blue
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Aqua Blue & Gold Hand blown Murano Glass Bowl
By Murano Glass Sommerso, Alfredo Barbini
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Aqua Blue & Gold Hand blown Murano Glass Bowl. This elegant Mid
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Glass Bowl with Organic Base Signed Steuben
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Bowl in Hand-Blown Glass and Organic Sculptural Base is signed Steuben
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Blue and Clear Hand Blown Murano Dish
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage hand blown blue & clear Murano glass dish. A great accent piece or bookshelf decor.
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Blown Glass

Mid-Century Modern Steuben Scroll Footed Art Glass Bowl Model No. 7907
By Steuben Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine midcentury footed art glass bowl. By Steuben Glassworks. Designed by John Dreves
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass, Art Glass

Italy 1960 Mid-Century Modern Rubin Color Blown Paste Glass Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
1960 Italy Mid-Century modern iridescent rubin color blown paste glass bowl With certificate of
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Murano Mid-Century Ruby Glass Dolphin Stem Bowl
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Italian Venetian mid-century ruby glass dolphin stem bowl made on Murano. The bowl
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Murano Mid-Century Ruby Glass Dolphin Stem Bowl
Murano Mid-Century Ruby Glass Dolphin Stem Bowl
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H 4.14 in W 4.14 in D 3.15 in
Mid-Century Modern Hand Blown Smoked Murano Glass Bowl/Dish
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern decorative bowl/ dish was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Murano Glass

Wonderful Large Mid Century Modern Murano Seguso Blown Ruffle Glass Centerpiece
By Seguso, Barovier&Toso
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Large Mid Century Modern Murano Barovier & Toso Inspired Blown Oval Ruffle Form Gold
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass, Murano Glass

Clear & Amber Blown Glass Punch Bowl Vessel with Lid & Chicken Top Makora Krosno
Located in Miami, FL
In excellent condition is this blown glass punch bowl with lid and chicken head top by Makora
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Late 20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Art Glass, Blown Glass

Murano Art Glass Dark Orange Amber Red Clear Blown Glass Catchall Bowl Italy 70s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Murano art glass bowl in dark orange, red, amber and transparent blown glass
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Mid Century Murano Candy Dish Collection of Eleven Italian Glass Ashtrays Bowls
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of eleven mid 20th century Italian Murano candy dishes (or ashtrays, vide poche
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso

Ruby Red Bowl with 24-Carat Gold Finishes in Blown Murano Glass, 1990s, Italy
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Villaverla, IT
Ruby red bowl with 24-carat gold finishes in blown Murano glass, 1990s, Italy This beautiful bowl
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Glass

Mid-Century Modern Red Murano Blown Glass Centerpiece by MVM Cappellin & Co.
By Cappellin
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
from 1925-1932. In 1933 was purchased from Pauly & C. Compagnia Venezia Murano. Pod-shaped blown glass
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Vintage 1920s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls

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Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modern Elliptical Bowl in Hand Blown Smoked Amber Murano Glass
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern bowl was hand blown in Murano, Italy, circa 1970. It offers an
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Vintage 1970s Italian Decorative Bowls

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Murano Glass

Italian Art Deco Style Blown Glass Punch Bowl Set of 14
Located in Miami, FL
In excellent condition is this 14-piece blown glass punch bowl set made in Italy. The set is
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Art Glass

Three Organically Shaped Murano Bowls in Mouth Blown Art Glass, Italian Design
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Three organically shaped Murano bowls in mouth-blown art glass. Italian design, 1960s. Largest
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass

Mid Century Modern Czechoslovak Freeform Art Glass Bowl
By Chribska Glassworks, Sklo Union Rosice, Josef Hospodka
Located in Garnerville, NY
Wonderful 20th Century Modern "thorny" freeform Czechoslovak sommerso art glass bowl. Circa 1960
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Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass, Blown Glass

Mid-Century Modern Hand Blown Murano Sculptural Multi Colored Decorative Bowl
Located in New York, NY
This refined Mid-Century Modern decorative dish/ bowl was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modernist Translucent Hand-Blown Murano & 24K Gold Glass Bowl
Located in New York, NY
This warm and elegant Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Dish originates from Italy
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold

Archimede Seguso Style Large Blown Murano Glass Bowl Centerpiece Purple Black
By Murano Glass Sommerso, Archimede Seguso
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy Venetian Archimede Seguso attributed blown Murano Art Glass made in a Glass Studio similar to
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Murano Glass, Blown Glass

Mid-Century Modernist Bowl W/ Organic Sculptural Base Signed Steuben
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Bowl in Hand-Blown Glass and Organic Sculptural Base is signed Steuben
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Two Murano Bowls in Mouth-Blown Art Glass with Inlaid Bubbles, Italian Design
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two Murano bowls in mouth-blown art glass with inlaid bubbles. Italian design, 1960s. Largest
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass

Mid-Century Hand-Blown Spherical Accent Murano Glass Centerpiece signed Seguso
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Centerpiece Originates from Murano Italy Circa 1970 by the esteemed
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Aquarium or Fish Bowl by Alfredo Barbini
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Aquarium or fish bowl by Barbini. A gold fleck lamp work fish in clear glass with a pink or
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Mid-Century Hand-Blown Murano Glass Dish in Citrine with Murine Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This dynamic and elegant Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Dish in Citrine with Murine
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Dish in Spiraled Yellow Ocre
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Dish Originates from Italy, Circa 1950
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Murano Glass

American Mid-Century Modern Rare Amoeba Blenko Glass Bowl
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare color amoeba shape textured glass bowl dish , by Blenko circa 1960's excellent
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Two Murano Bowls in Red and White Mouth Blown Art Glass, Italian Design, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two Murano bowls in red and white mouth blown art glass. Italian design, 1960s. Largest measures
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass

Murano Glass Bowls by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of bowls from the island of Murano made of hand-blown glass in a smoked color. They have been
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modernist Fish Motif Hand-Blown Murano Glass Bowl by Alfredo Barbini
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in New York, NY
This exquisitely achieved Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Bowl in Viridian with Fish
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Murano Glass

20th Century Italian Glass Bowl
Located in High Point, NC
in the 20th century, the skillful craftsmanship necessary to form mouth blown glass is visible in the
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Blown Glass

20th Century Italian Glass Bowl
20th Century Italian Glass Bowl
H 10.9 in W 16.8 in D 17.8 in
Large Mid-Century Modern Glass Bowl, Marked Baker Furniture
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern glass bowl, Baker Furniture Company. Circa 1970's, the large and thick rimmed
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Glass

Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
Located in High Point, NC
The vivid hues and liquid lines of blown art glass create an unmissable accent. Made in Belgium
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20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
H 3.9 in W 5.1 in D 5.5 in
Mid-Century Belgian Glass Plateau
Located in High Point, NC
The vivid hues and liquid lines of blown art glass create an unmissable accent. Made in Belgium
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Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Mid-Century Belgian Glass Plateau
Mid-Century Belgian Glass Plateau
H 5.9 in W 22 in D 7.5 in
Mid-Century Hand-Blown Murano Glass Peridot 24K Gold Fleck Bowl w/ Faceted Base
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful and functionally unique Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Bowl in
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Gold

Italian Mid-Century Modern Amorphic Murano Glass Shallow Bowl Seguso 1960s
By Barovier Seguso & Ferro
Located in Miami, FL
Lovely, elongated glass Murano shallow bowl in clear with infused gold by Seguso, Italy
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Light Blue & White Cased Ruffled Murano Art Glass Bowl Italy Mid-Century Modern
By Murano 5
Located in Miami, FL
One of a kind ruffled Mid-Century Modern blown Murano Studio Art glass bowl. Light Blue blown
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Post Modern Blue and Clear Large Decorative Hand Blown Murano Art Glass Bowl
By Murano 5
Located in North Hollywood, CA
swirl stylized design in an amazing royal cobalt blue on clear glass. Italian Mid-Century Modern hand
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Crystal

Mid-Century Modern Val St Lambert Asymmetrical Uranium Glass Bowl, Belgium 1950s
By Val Saint Lambert
Located in Miami, FL
REDUCED FROM $380....Mesmerizing, modern and surreal midcentury form from Val St. Lambert
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Vintage 1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Crystal

Mid Century Italian Murano Art Glass Bowl
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mid Century Italian Murano Art Glass Bowl with great texture color and look. The Glass bowl has a
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Hand-Blown Glass Centerpiece Italian Art Glass Dish Bowl 1970's
By Vintage Murano Gallery, Fratelli Toso
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-Century Modern hand blown Murano art glass footed bowl. Beautiful Murano hand blown cobalt blue
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Two White Handkerchief Vases/bowls, Zanfirico Filigree Glass, Venini, Murano
By Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Two white handkerchief vases/bowls, featuring zanfirico filigree glass from Venini, Murano. These
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass, Blown Glass

Yalos Casa Murano Blown Glass Bowl Centerpiece
By Yalos Casa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant and sophisticated blown glass bowl by Yalos Casa of Murano, Italy. Brightly colored with
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Large Italian Blue 'Sommerso' Murano Glass Bowl Maurizio Albarelli Attributed
By Maurizio Albarelli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Large vintage textured Italian glass bowl or dish attributed to Maurizio Arabella for Seguso Vetri
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Murano Glass, Blown Glass

Seguso Mid Century Murano Glass Footed Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Winter Park, FL
A mid century Murano glass footed centerpiece bowl or tazza attributed to Seguso. This large bowl
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Large Vintage Italian Murano Pink Scavo Glass Bowl Maurizio Albarelli Attributed
By Maurizio Albarelli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Vittorio Rigattieri
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Large vintage textured Italian glass bowl, ashtray or dish attributed to Maurizio Albarelli or
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Seguso Large Vintage Italian Murano Black Glass Bowl 'Attri.' Maurizio Albarelli
By Maurizio Albarelli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Vittorio Rigattieri
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Large vintage textured Italian glass bowl, ashtray or dish attributed to Maurizio Albarelli or
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Large Vintage Italian Murano Pink Scavo Glass Bowl Maurizio Albarelli Attributed
By Maurizio Albarelli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Vittorio Rigattieri
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Large vintage textured Italian glass bowl, ashtray or dish attributed to Maurizio Albarelli or
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
Located in High Point, NC
The vivid hues and liquid lines of blown art glass create an unmissable accent. Made in Belgium
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20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Art Glass

Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
H 12.6 in W 7.1 in D 3.1 in
Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
Located in High Point, NC
The vivid hues and liquid lines of blown art glass create an unmissable accent. Made in Belgium
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Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Glass

Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
H 3.1 in W 9.8 in D 9.8 in
Seguso White 'a Scavo' Murano Glass Bowl Karl Springer Style 1980s
By Karl Springer, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Karl Springer style 'a Scavo' white colored / coloured square glass bowl, dish or ashtray by Seguso
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Mid-Century Pale Blue Hand-Blown Glass Dish w/ Bullicante Detailing signed Daum
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modernist Pale Blue Hand-Blown Glass Dish with Bullicante Detailing
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

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Blown Glass

Large Seguso White 'a Scavo' Murano Glass Bowl Attributed to Maurizio Albarelli
By Maurizio Albarelli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Large and heavy 'a Scavo' white colored / coloured glass bowl or dish attributed to Maurizio
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Dish W/ Curved Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This serene and elegant Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Dish with Curved Lip in
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

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Murano Glass

Josef Hospodka Czech Mid-Century Art Glass Chribska Glass Bowl
By Chribska Glassworks
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
dating from around 1960. The heavily blown glass bowl stands on a narrow shaped foot which has been
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

Josef Hospodka Czech Mid-Century Art Glass Chribska Glass Bowl
Josef Hospodka Czech Mid-Century Art Glass Chribska Glass Bowl
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H 3.45 in W 5.52 in D 5.12 in
Michael Bang for Holmegaard. Two Palet Bowls in Light Blue Mouth Blown Art Glass
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Michael Bang for Holmegaard. Two Palet bowls in light blue mouth-blown art glass. Mid-20th
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Glass

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Art Glass

Flavio Poli Seguso Sommerso Murano Art Glass Bowls, Set of Two
By Flavio Poli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Barcelona, ES
A set of two Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano glass Sommerso bowls / ashtrays. Italy
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass

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Blown Glass Bowls Midcentury Modern For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic blown glass bowls midcentury modern available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of glass, blown glass and murano glass, every blown glass bowls midcentury modern was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a blown glass bowls midcentury modern, we have 969 options in-stock, while there are 10 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect blown glass bowls midcentury modern — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A blown glass bowls midcentury modern, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Modern or Scandinavian Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made blown glass bowls midcentury modern has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Alfredo Barbini, Barovier&Toso and Archimede Seguso are consistently popular.

How Much is a Blown Glass Bowls Midcentury Modern?

Prices for a blown glass bowls midcentury modern can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $55 and can go as high as $14,739, while the average can fetch as much as $700.

A Close Look at mid-century-modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

Finding the Right bowls-baskets for You

As decorative objects in your space, antique, new and vintage bowls and baskets make for a versatile addition to any corner of your living room, dining room or the console table in your foyer or entryway. Whether they’re positioned as a focal point for the family dining table or an accent on the shelving in your home office, or perhaps you’re just endeavoring to add minimalist ceramics throughout your home, an alluring art-glass centerpiece bowl or antique rustic fisherman’s basket is an easy way to elevate high-trafficked areas of your apartment or house.

Aside from the obvious functionality that a decorative bowl or basket brings to your kitchen, displaying such items behind the glass doors of a vintage storage cabinet or on your open kitchen shelving allows you to add a touch of personality and flair to the space, particularly if you’re accustomed to serving cocktails while you cook or if the kitchen is a common area for gathering and unpacking the events of the day.

As your bookcase is so much more than a place to, well, store books, adding a decorative bowl or basket — a mid-century modern work or an Art Nouveau–-era piece designed by French art-glass makers Daum — to the space where you keep your art monographs and coveted first editions can draw attention to your treasured library.

For the tranquil California coastal-style interiors you’ve worked so hard to create, fill a hand-carved wooden bowl on your console table with glass fishing floats or seashells, while a tall woven vessel by your front door can be populated with leafy green plants.

For anywhere and everywhere in your home, find a wide variety of antique or modern decorative baskets and bowls on 1stDibs today.