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Blue Spongeware

Rare Bybee Pottery Large Mug, Blue Spongeware Kentucky Art Pottery
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare large mug was handmade by Bybee Pottery and hand decorated in their trademark blue spongeware
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Late 20th Century American Ceramics

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Ceramic

Bybee Pottery Set of 2 Bowls, Blue Spongeware Kentucky Art Pottery
By Bybee Pottery
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Set of 2 serving bowls was handmade by Bybee Pottery and hand decorated in their trademark blue
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Mid-20th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Collection of Five 19th C Spongeware Mixing Pottery Bowls
By American Sponge Ware Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collection of Five 19th C Spongeware Mixing Bowls. This fine collection of blue spongeware pottery
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Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Porcelain

Materials

Pottery

Spongeware Mug
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This wheel thrown mug with a lovely strap handle is decorated with a rather sophisticated blue
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Antique 1850s English Rustic Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Spongeware Mug
Spongeware Mug
H 4.5 in Dm 3.75 in
19th Century Blue and White Spongeware Serving Plate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful deep indigo blue and white 19th century spongeware serving plate in great condition. This
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Pottery

Materials

Pottery

Antique Spongeware Umbrella Stand
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Multi-color design spongeware umbrella stand. Cream color with blue and brown accents. Good
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Early 20th Century North American Umbrella Stands

Materials

Pottery

Antique Spongeware Umbrella Stand
Antique Spongeware Umbrella Stand
H 21.25 in W 10 in D 10 in
19th Century Spongeware Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century New England spongeware bowl in excellent condition. This stunning serving or fruit
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Antique 19th Century American Platters and Serveware

Materials

Stoneware

19th Century Spongeware Cream Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century spongeware cream bowl in good condition. This is an unusual form. The color is a
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Spongeware Cream Bowl
19th Century Spongeware Cream Bowl
H 3.5 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in
19th Century English Spongeware Blue and Cream Crock with Lid - 1800s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fabulous antique ceramic crock in blue and cream with a lid. This rare serving dish features a
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Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

19th Century Spongeware Serving Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful 19th century deep blue sponge serving platter in pristine condition. The dark blue is
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Antique Early 19th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Pair of 19th Century Oval Spongeware Serving Bowls
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of vibrant blue and white spongeware pottery oval serving bowls. The pair are in pristine
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Antique Late 19th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Rare Collection of Six Matching 19th Century Spongeware Dinner Plates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a collectors dream! Six matching blue and white matching sponge ware pottery dinner plates
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Antique Late 19th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Large Rectangular 19th Century Spongeware Pasta or Bake Dish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century blue and white spongeware bake dish is in pristine condition and was found in
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Pair of Antique Early 19th Century Spongeware Staffordshire Pottery Plates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of 19th century English Spongeware pottery plates. Both plates with green & blue
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Antique Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Pottery

Materials

Pottery

French Blue Stoneware Ceramic Crock in Blue and Cream with Lid Late 1800s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A charming antique English ceramic earthenware salt crock in blue and cream with its original lid
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Antique 19th Century English Rustic Jars

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware, Paint

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French Orientalist Bronze Sculpture of Tunisian Water Carrier after Marcel Debut
By Marcel Debut
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MARCEL DEBUT French, 1865-1933 French Orientalist Model of a Tunisian Young Man Carrying Water Polychromed and patinated bronze signed "Debut", sealed with editeur cachet "Bronze ...
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Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mappin English Sterling Silver 1898 Child's / Christening Mug with House & Mouse
By Mappin Brothers, Mappin & Webb
Located in New York, NY
Mappin, sterling silver child's or christening mug or cup, beautifully adorned with acid-etched motifs depicting a house and a mouse, made in London in 1898. It measures 3 1/8'' in h...
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Antique 1890s English Victorian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

19Thc Decorated Stone Ware From Evan Jones Cake Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine 19thc decorated stone ware cake crock is signed by Evan R. Jones and made in Pittston,Pennsylvania.It has two hand applied handles on each side.This crock is in mint condit...
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Antique 1870s American Folk Art Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Spongeware Salt Crock with Bail Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine example of unusual spongeware is in good condition with the original metal handle. The lid is also original to the piece.
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Antique Late 19th Century American Country Pottery

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Swedish Folk Art Milk Bowl with Rooster Motif in Red, Green, and Br
Located in Grythyttan, SE
A large milk bowl crafted from ball clay features a rooster motif in red, green, and brown. This piece, originating from the mid-19th century, is adorned with engobe—a mixture of pip...
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Pair of 19th Century Sponge Ware Pottery Pitchers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These two 19th century sponge ware pottery water pitchers are in fine condition and have the barrel shape. Both are from a private collection in Pennsylvania.
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Two Antique Niger Bura Peoples Fired Clay Heads on Stands
Located in Morristown, NJ
Bura fired clay heads, possibly 3rd-10th c. CE, Niger, Bura peoples. These are very expressive examples on custom mounts, the larger with manganese deposits. Between the 3rd and 10t...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Nigerien Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Clay

Early 20th Century Spongeware Mixing Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 20th century spongeware comes out of a rare set and is in excellent condition. This item has minor wear consistent with its age.
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Early 20th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Rose and Erni Cabat Glazed Porcelain Feelie Vase Citron Chartreuse Yellow Green
By Rose Cabat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rose and Erni Cabat glazed porcelain Feelie vase citron chartreuse yellow green, USA, 1970-1985 Incised signature to underside 'Cabat' and numbered. This listing is for the Feelie va...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Beatrice Wood Signed Volcanic Lava Glaze Mid-Century Modern Studio Vase Vessel
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
Beatrice Wood signed beautifully shaped, sumptuously glazed large volcanic earth-toned lava glazed Mid-Century Modern vase/ vessel - quite a statement piece by the famed American/ Ca...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Earthenware

19th Century Spongeware Dinner Plate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 19th century spongeware pottery plate is in great condition and has wonderful colors. Great addition to a collection of spongeware. Great shelf piece.
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Antique 19th Century American Pottery

Large 19th Century Spongeware Platter from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic coloration and form 19th century spongeware platter from PA. The style of the pattern is in a real abstract form. The condition is mint.   
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Pottery

Sponge Ware Group One Large Platter, Two Vegetable Bowls and a Pitcher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautiful 19th century set of sponge ware is in pristine condition. This set include one large platter, two vegetable bowls and one pitcher. Each item was inspected and show lit...
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Antique 19th Century American Country Pottery

Materials

Pottery

Michelle Erickson Ceramics ‘MUGXIT’Delftware Portrait Mug of Meagan and Harry
By Michelle Erickson Pottery Inc.
Located in Hampton, VA
"Working in historic Tidewater, Virginia, for more than thirty years, Erickson has intensively studied the technology and history behind the ceramics used by the American colonists i...
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21st Century and Contemporary American British Colonial Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery, Delft

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger Plate
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel over copper charger plate. The plate is adorned with a polychrome scene with a rooster and a chicken on a pond with blossoming flowers and...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Dark Lava Crater Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed work by famed American California Studio master ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring a gorgeous, dark, iridescent metallic volcanic lava crater muted glaze. A cla...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

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Five Blue Spongeware Jugs SATURDAY SALE
Located in West Palm beach, FL
Five Blue and Cream Spongeware jugs, two with floral print. All same size
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Antique 19th Century British Pitchers

Materials

Ceramic

Blue and white spongeware pitcher, unusual form
By Uhl Pottery
Located in Clear Spring, MD
Produced by the Uhl pottery in Huntingburg Indiana. This is the middle size of this distinctive form. A softer look to the sponging than the traditional cylindrical form from Ohio ...
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20th Century American Pitchers

19th Century Blue on White American Spongeware Stoneware Rectangular Platter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Spongeware decorated stoneware platter, decommissioned from the Strong Museum in Rochester, New
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Antique Early 19th Century American American Classical Platters and Serv...

Materials

Stoneware

Large Blue & White Spongeware Vessel, USA, 1940's
Located in New York, NY
A large rustic vessel in blue and white glaze with sponge applied decor.
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Early 20th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Robinson Ransbottom Spongeware Bowl
By Robinson Ransbottom Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Robinson Ransbottom spongeware bowl is from the Roseville area of Ohio, circa 1920. This heavy
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Early 20th Century American Decorative Bowls

19THC SPONGEWARE/POTTERY PITCHERS
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC COLLECTION OF BLUE AND WHITE SPONGEWARE PITCHERS IN ASSORTED SHAPES AND SIZES.THE SMALL
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Antique 19th Century American Pottery

19thc Rare Spongeware Milk Pitcher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
WONDERFUL 19THC SPONGEWARE MILK PITCHER IN GREAT CONDITION AND UNUSUAL FORM.THE DEEP BLUE GLAZE IS
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Antique 19th Century American Pitchers

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Spongeware Pottery Water Pitcher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This most unusual form 19th century spongeware pottery pitcher in a soft sky blue. It reminds you
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Antique Late 19th Century American Country Pitchers

Materials

Pottery

19th century Italian Spongeware Urn Lamp, Pair
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of Italian blue and cream spongeware urns converted into table lamps with added earthenware
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Table Lamps

Materials

Earthenware

Late 20th C. Blue and White Porcelain Candlestick Lamps with Green Card Shades
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., a charming pair of blue and white spongeware porcelain candlestick lamps with gold painted
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Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain, Paper, Ribbon

A Sponged Pearlware Jug
Located in Katonah, NY
A late 18th century pearlware pottery jug with a sponged glaze. Spongeware was made by applying
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Pitchers

A Sponged Pearlware Jug
A Sponged Pearlware Jug
H 5.5 in Dm 3 in
Antique Blue Spongeware Single Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique blue sponge ware vase previously converted into a table lamp. Newly rewired with new
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Vintage 1910s American American Colonial Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Pair of Blue Spongeware Ceramic Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Of Chinese-inspired beaker form; decorated in two tones of blue; fitted with adjustable brass two
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20th Century American Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

19th Century Spongeware Water Pitcher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a wonderful dark blue spongeware pitcher. The condition is good with minor crazing from age.
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Antique Late 19th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Spongeware 19th Century Pottery Pitchers, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of spongeware pottery pitchers are in fine condition and both have similar shapes. The
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Antique Late 19th Century American Country Pottery

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Spongeware Pottery Fluted Fruit Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful color and shape blue and white spongeware pottery fluted vegetable or fruit bowl. The
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Antique 19th Century American Serving Bowls

Materials

Pottery

Collection of Four 19th Century Spongeware Pottery Pitchers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This collection of 19th century spongeware pottery. These blue and white patterned stone ware
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Floral Majolica l'Oeil Faux Bois Ceramic Serving Platter in Blue Pink and Yellow
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large oval floral earthenware majolica polychrome serving platter in pink, blue, green, and
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20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Spongeware Pitchers
Located in New York, NY
Pair of blue and white spongeware pitchers
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Vintage 1940s American Pottery

Materials

Ceramic

Spongeware Collection
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white decorated pottery. Available as a collection or individually.
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Antique 19th Century American Pitchers

Wide Mouth Spongeware Pitcher
Located in New York City, NY
A spongeware pitcher with a wide mouth and body and blue and white sponge pattern. American, circa
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Vintage 1930s American Pitchers

Materials

Ceramic

Wide Mouth Spongeware Pitcher
Wide Mouth Spongeware Pitcher
H 8.5 in W 7.75 in D 5 in
Late 19th to Early 20th Century Spongeware Pitcher
Located in Summerland, CA
1890-1925 Earthenware. Locality; New York to Ohio; Primarily, New Jersey and Ohio. Blue and white
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Pitchers

Materials

Earthenware

Pair Antique Pottery Spongeware Boot Shaped Spirit Flasks.
Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE
cobalt blue. The boots are made as a true pair. These decorative pieces could innocently sit on the
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Antique 19th Century Scottish Pottery

Rare 1880's Sponge-ware Bean Pot
Located in New York City, NY
An English hand-turned blue and white spongeware lidded bean pot from 1880s.
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Antique 1880s English Pottery

Antique English Prattware Pottery Toby Jug, Early 19th Century Yorkshire Pottery
Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE
underglaze mustard, blue, green and black colors with a pearlware glaze in the typical Pratt fashion. The
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Antique Early 19th Century English Country Pottery

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

19th Century Spongeware Pitcher
Located in New York City, NY
1870s English Blue Spongware Pitcher with floral wreath pattern. *Small chip on base (see
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Antique 1870s English Pottery

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Blue Spongeware For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic blue spongeware available at 1stDibs. A blue spongeware — often made from ceramic, pottery and paint — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a blue spongeware — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A blue spongeware is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in neoclassical, folk art and modern styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one blue spongeware that is appealing in its simplicity, but American Sponge Ware Pottery produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Blue Spongeware?

Prices for a blue spongeware start at $395 and top out at $3,295 with the average selling for $795.