Artist and designer Georges Briard (1917–2005) — a name that has for more than a century been a marker of spectacular and stylish vintage glassware, serveware and other household objects — was born Jascha Brojdo in Russian Ukraine.
Brojdo grew up in Poland and moved to the United States in the 1930s, studying art at the University of Chicago and the Art Institute of Chicago before serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he began hand-painting metal serving trays while working for Max Wille of M. Wille Company, where Wille suggested changing his name to distinguish his commercial work from his fine art.
As Georges Briard, Brojdo created award-winning designs for items including glasses, trays, coffeepots and dishes in materials like glass, ceramics, metal and wood; he even created gold-plated serveware. His serveware was especially popular from the 1950s to ’70s. It was produced by companies including Culver, Pfaltzgraff and Mdina Glass and sold at high-end department stores like Neiman Marcus and Bonwit Teller. His designs have a signature opulence, evoking the mid-century modern aesthetic of his time as well as borrowing elements from Art Nouveau and Venetian styles, while the quirky, playful barware pieces he produced featured peacock feathers, skulls and tennis balls.
With colorful, intricate patterns and motifs such as butterflies, Christmas trees and Piet Mondrian-esque geometric abstractions, Georges Briard glasses and dishes were found in the homes of the most fashionable hosts of the mid-century. Today, they are highly prized by collectors.
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Set of Six Mid Century Atomic Double Old Fashioned Glasses
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of Six Mid Century Atomic Double Old Fashioned Glasses. Decorated in 22k gold with a starburst design
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Mid-Century Georges Briard Hot Air Balloon Double Old Fashioned Glasses
By Georges Briard
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Georges Briard double old fashioned glasses with translucent green and blue enamel hot air balloons on clear glass and embellished with 22 karat gold. Signed Georges Briard.
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8 Mid-Century Highball Glasses by Cera Glass in Translucent Enamel and 22k Gold
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Rare set of eight highball glasses by Cera Glassware with leaves in translucent blue and purple with outlines and details in 22 karat gold.
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Set of 8 Fred Press Highball Glasses, Party Set with 2 Each of 4 Colors
By Fred Press
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of eight Fred Press designed highball glasses consisting of 2 each in four colors having clear circles with white borders on a colored ground with a woven texture below a band of...
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Set of 4 Vintage Fred Press Designed "Sea Ballet" Old Fashioned Glasses
By Fred Press
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of four mid-century modern old fashioned glasses designed and signed by Fred Press in the "Sea Ballet" pattern in aqua and 22k gold, having a row of seahorses circling the glass ...
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Set of Six Culver LTD Mid-Century Modern Highball Glasses in the Antigua Pattern
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 6 Culver, LTD. highball glasses in the "Antigua" pattern having a raised textured gold band toward the bottom, the gold is applied with a crackled surface over a translucent y...
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Six Mid-Century Libbey Glassware Rocks Glasses in the Peacock Feather Pattern
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six Libbey glass rocks glasses with gilded rims and of cylindrical form with raised translucent blue enamel swirls in a ground of raised translucent green enamel creating an abstract...
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6 Vintage Old Fashioned Glasses by Georges Briard in the Forbidden Fruit Pattern
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of six Mid-Century Modern old fashioned glasses by Georges Briard in the Forbidden Fruit pattern. Each of clear glass decorated in translucent...
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Six Vintage Georges Briard Feather Bouquet Rocks Glasses
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern rocks glasses designed by Georges Briard having an arrangement of exotic feathers in white, cream, tan and brown enamel.
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Mid-Century Rocks Glasses by Libbey Glass in the "Peacock" Pattern
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Four mid-century modern rocks glasses by Libbey Glass in translucent green over clear glass with oval reserves filled with blue spirals.
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Vintage Culver Old Fashioned Glasses in the "the Time Is Now" Pattern"
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six Mid-Century Modern old fashioned glasses with smoke grey frosted interiors decorated on the exterior with 22k gold and white enamel. One side ...
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Set of 5 Mid-Century Modern Glass Cups by Georges Briard, USA
By Georges Briard
Located in Queens, NY
SET of 5 Mid-Century American black and gold floral design glasses (signed GEORGES BRIARD) (PRICED AS SET)
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