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What is someone who makes ceramics called?
What someone who makes ceramics is called varies. Common names for this type of creator include ceramicist, ceramic artist and potter. The general term artisan can be applied to a ceramicist as well. Shop a diverse assortment of antique, vintage and contemporary ceramics from some of the world's top sellers on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024
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Ridgway Ironstone Plate, Hand-Painted Fish Design, Aesthetic Period, Circa 1884
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a highly decorative, Earthenware (ironstone), Dinner Plate by Ridgway, dating to the Aesthetic period in the second half of the 19th Century, Victorian period, Circa 1884. T...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Ceramics

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Ironstone

Stunning Ceramic Vase Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand, Scandinavian Midcentury Vintage
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautiful ceramic vase with a stunning glaze designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand, the vase is 20.5 cm (8.2.) tall. It´s in excellent condition but marked as 1st quality. Gunna...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases

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Stoneware

Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Water Jug for Bitossi, Italy, 1950's
Located in Bern, BE
Late 1950’s - early 1960’s Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Water Jug for Bitossi, Italy. Decorated with the typical geometric pattern with a turquoise and cobalt blue colouring. Numbered on b...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

HANS HEDBERG (1917-2007), sculpture in shape of apple, faience. H 12 cm.
Located in Stockholm, SE
"The master of glazes" HANS HEDBERG (1917-2007), sculpture in shape of apple, faience. H 12 cm. Hedberg was born in Köpmanholmen, Sweden. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Faience

Pair French, 19th Century Glazed Earthenware Plates
Located in Buisson, FR
Great pair of late 19th century Provencal earthenware plates France, circa 1880-1900 Good but weathered condition.
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Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Platters and Serveware

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Earthenware

Shino Vessel by Jason Fox, Hand-Crafted Ceramic, Modern Design, Los Angeles
Located in Burbank, CA
Shino Vessel by Jason Fox. A Southern Californian for over half his life, Contemporary Ceramic Artist Jason Fox draws upon his classical education in Architecture and Art History as...
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2010s American Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware

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