Pottery

A vintage studio pottery plate by ceramicist Bill Creitz of Oregon (born 1907). Versatile large size for serving a variety of dishes. Blue, brown, and tan ...

Beautiful weathered piece of pottery from the Provence. Great color and rare small size. France, circa 1850 Good but weathered condition.

A monumental and beautifully rustic 19th-century antique French earthenware water pitcher (cruche). Sourced from the South of France, this large artisanal vessel showcases an excepti...

Speckled matte green glaze stoneware vase with incised whimsical burnt orange design running around the body . Attributed to Hannah Arnup . Ink stamped signature Ballymorris Cratloe ...

STUNNING ~~Antique French Onnaing Majolica Cache Pot, Planter, Jardiniere, Flower Pot, Bowl or Vase with Floral and Love Birds~~ French majolica planter or cache pot~~vibrant colors...

Spanish Andalusian Olive Oil Handled Jar in Terracotta _______________________________________________________________________ Hand-made terracotta preserving pot or jar with handles...

This is a vintage wrought iron doorstop, produced by Midwest Importers, dating to approximately 1970. The design features a vibrant floral motif with two hummingbirds actively feedin...

An 18th-century terracotta oil or water jug with stunning yellowish brown glaze. Hand-crafted in France circa 1790, this vessel has a circular opening on top with a thick, pinched l...

English majolica large begonia leaf oval platter, circa 1880. Oval 1/2" deep foot rim. Lilac, brown, green & blue. Handsome; rare size. Note glaze bubbles near one side point. 16.25"...

Rare vessel designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Distributed by Raymor Italy circa 1960s Architectural bottle form in textured earthenware with vertical geometric resist design in ora...

Spanish Handcrafted Rustic Water Jar with Plug, Terracotta Hand-made terracotta single handled water jar with cork lid, Spain 1930s-1940s. Traditional Spanish large terracotta jar or...

A large and chic horse sculpture circa 1960s Aldo Londi for Bitossi. This piece features all glazed ceramic construction in a beautiful blue / green color. Signed Italy

An antique 19th-Century German Westerwald salt glazed gray stoneware crock or jar with charming applied handles and cobalt blue scrolls and flowers. It would be lovely with a bouquet...

A rustic French confit pot from the late nineteenth / early twentieth-century. Originally used for storing preserves. This would make a lovely addition to a collection of antique p...

Handmade terracotta preserving pot or jar with handles from Segovia, Spain, 1930s Two traditional Spanish ceramic 'orza'. Unglazed exterior with handles at both sides and green and ...

These are sold separately. Please refer to which piece you are interested in at purchase. Early 20th c Majolica bowls from Guatemala. Great colors. Diameter varies from about 5.5 inc...

Vessel No. 164 white irregular form vessel by ceramic artist Nicholas Arroyave-Portela. Materials: White St. Thomas clay, stoneware glazes, multi fired to cone 9 (1260 degrees) M...

Spanish Terracotta Erotic Pitcher Man Phallic Design, Spain, 1960s. Handcrafted glazed terracotta ceramic phallic pitcher features a jug form as a m...

Large wheel thrown textured vase by Jason Fox. This textured vase was thrown on the wheel in two parts, scored/slipped, joined and then shaped. After le...

English Plain Creamware Pounce Shaker or Sugar Castor, George III This English creamware pounce shaker is of baluster form, the lower body closely reeded and swelling to a plain sho...

Set of glazed ceramic radish salt wall container, vase & pink onion salt shaker Beautiful set of Majolica ceramic radishes wall salt container and vase ...

This is a rare Mason's ironstone miniature Teapot in the rare Plaid Japan gilded pattern, which we date to circa 1820. Miniature or toy items of Masons...

This hand-thrown terracotta bowl was made in Italy in the 1960s, in the style of Aldo Londi's celebrated designs for Bitossi. Its gently oval form rises in three stepped registers, e...

For your consideration, a vintage pottery cookie jar / safekeeping in mice or mouse shape. One of a kind, not mass produced. Great quality. Unmarked. Dimensions: 7.5" H x 7.25" D x...

Antique Chinese Martaban Jars are made from thick heavy stoneware and functioned as storage containers and were used during the Ming dynasty. Chinese, Thai, Burmese, and Cambodian items were transported throughout southeast Asia in these large Martaban Jars that were typically produced near port towns. They were usually covered in black, brown, or amber glazes and displayed various decorations. You might find provisions such as oil, wine and fruits being transported in these large Chinese Pots...

Grueby Faience St George and the Dragon Tile circa 1905. Vibrantly colored glazed earthenware circa 1905. Lovely period example.

A lovely antique French majolica floral plate, circa 1890. This beautiful French country style plate has hand painted pink flowers and leaves on a ligh...

A large and beautiful antique Provençal terracotta confit pot, glazed in a stunning deep green. Featuring two side handles, this pot would have originally served a very utilitarian purpose in a French kitchen, stored in a stone-lined larder or outhouse to keep all...

Beautiful Delft Blue platter, Made by Royal Delft in Delft, the Netherlands.

Hand-thrown stoneware weed pot with squat shouldered form, speckled cream glaze with iron-oxide spotting, unglazed brown rim and foot, signed on base.

This is a Georgian set of six matching Mason's ironstone plates, all in the Oriental Pheasant pattern and dating to the earliest period between 1813-1820. Sets of early plates in this pattern are rare. The plates are decorated in the chinoiserie "Oriental Pheasant" pattern, which is a very distinctive pattern with very colourful border decoration. The pattern is very richly hand painted, over-glaze in brilliant enamels of black, cobalt blue, burnt orange, green, yellow and puce in varying shades, over a blue transfer printed...

Italian 1960's hand painted colorful ceramic dish by Giovanni DeSimone, hand crafted in Italy. Signed on underside, DeSimone, Italy 60.

Lovely small authentic and rare piece of pottery from the Provence. Beautiful weathered and an amazing color. Imperfections help authenticate this water cruche as it was a utilitar...

Wedgwood Pearlware Neoclassical Cachepots and Stands, A Pair (Late 18th Century) This handsome Pair of Wedgwood Cachepots and Underdishes, dating from the Late 18th Century, repre...

Ripe and Sons Williamport PA decorated Butter Crock. Wonderful patina and color, the body of this crock is in great condition.

1970s McCoy Art Pottery Canyon Mesa Drip Glazed Tea Pot Vintage personal Tea Pot Art Pottery signed McCoy Speckled Earth tones. 5.5 h x 9 d x 5 Pre...

This is a stunning well worn green glazed pancheon. Most likely Spanish in origin. The worn glaze is what makes this so decorative. It is a repaired piece but solid now and takes not...

A Staffordshire pottery hen on a basket covered tureen, England, circa 1890 The hand painted bisque hen sits on her eggs in a glossy Sienna brown basket weave oval base. The hen sho...

This charming French provincial pottery pitcher dates from the late 19th-century and beautifully captures the rustic elegance of traditional country ceramics. Hand-thrown in earthenw...

A 19th Century French green glazed pottery jug with ovoid form, short flared neck and looped handles. Beautiful rustic patina, minor glaze loss, chipped bottom. Known as a conscience...

Wedgwood Creamware Hummingbird & Flowers Plates, Pattern No. 7961, Set of Three Etruria, Staffordshire, Dated 1868 This set of three Wedgwood creamware plates...

Circa 1880s English majolica begonia leaf sweetmeat dish. Brightly colored in mauve, lilac, yellow, green & brown glazes. Tag in English pounds underneath from 1970s era. 11" w., 7 1...

This authentic 19th-century French glazed terracotta mixing bowl is a wonderful example of traditional country pottery, prized today for its warm character and timeless decorative ap...

This charming French terracotta water jug dates from the 19th century and beautifully illustrates the rustic pottery traditions of southern France. Hand-thrown in earthenware and fin...

Pair of diminutive red Staffordshire Spaniels, circa 1860, Each one exceptionally painted with expressive faces.

16th Century Hispano-Moresque Ceramic Charger. Hispano-Moresque pottery emerged following the Moorish occupation of Spain, blending Islamic artistic traditions with European tastes. ...

1960s Italian Egyptian themed, hand painted decorative plate. Reminiscent of Desimone painted designs, marked on the back in the clay Italy. The profile of two Egyptian heads facing ...

England, circa 1830. An early nineteenth century matched pair of pearlware cow creamers, the first with black and red patches and the other purple and red, both mounted on a grassy ...

Elegant white and blue Talavera vase made. The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translate...

Sought after breakfast set from the renowned pottery artist Vincenzo Pinto. Pinto was born in 1870 and died in 1939. His son Raffaele took over de factory. The set exist of a bowl ...

Mid 18th century Delft urn of peacock feathers blue & white plate, Dutch. Ochre rim sets off the design well. A design favorite of Dutch factori...

This is Hagi ware made in the middle of the Edo period. Hagi ware is a type of pottery that began in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in the early Edo period...

A beautiful and rare Art Deco / Swedish Grace stoneware vase with 'Carrara' glaze. Made by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg in Sweden, 1930s. Excellent original condition. No chips, cra...

This richly colored Bauer Co. oil jar is a great addition to any home. Bauer was in business from the late 1880's until the 1960's. The company moved from Kentucky to California in ...

Art Nouveau Majolica glazed large Vase Whit Sarreguemines stamp. Majolica is a type of earthenware, decorated with colored lead glazes. The base retains a factory stamp. Looks si...

Beautiful sculptural Midcentury Modern vintage matt black 'Pollo' vase designed by Finish designer Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Germany as part of their 'studioline' in the early 196...

English Pearlware Blue Slip Teapot & Cover, Engine-Turned Fluting, Acorn Finial English, probably Staffordshire or Yorkshire, Circa 1790 This English pearlware teapot of restrained neoclassical form has a straight-sided cylindrical, or drum-shaped, body covered in a light blue slip ground, its broad upper section unadorned save for the decorative band encircling the shoulder: a checkered band of rouletting inlaid with dark brown slip, flanked by fine raised turned fillets. The lower section is distinguished by a broad band of closely spaced vertical fluting, cut on the engine-turning lathe through the blue slip to expose the pale body beneath, the flutes stopping in a neat scalloped edge against the blue above and below. The fluting is a crisp textural counterpoint to the smooth blue-slipped upper body and a quality of workmanship that speaks to the more refined end of English earthenware production of the period. Engine-turning was carried out before firing, while the clay was leather-hard, on a lathe whose cams rocked the revolving pot against a fixed cutting tool, so that a repeated pattern could be cut with mechanical regularity; where the pot had first been dipped or banded in colored slip, as here, the cut revealed the contrasting color of the body. It is a characteristic feature of the more accomplished Staffordshire and Yorkshire manufactories, among them the Leeds Pottery. The domed cover, with its broad stepped rim, repeats the engine-turned reeding in a concentric ring at the crown and is surmounted by a finely modeled applied finial in the form of a white pearlware acorn in its textured cup, resting upon naturalistic oak leaves with a twig and an empty acorn cup beside it, a motif of considerable delicacy widely employed in English ceramics of the 1780s and 1790s. The curved spout, in uncolored pearlware, is press-molded at its base with leafage in low relief, and the reeded loop handle ends in press-molded foliate terminals at both its upper and lower junctions, reinforcing the neoclassical character of the design. The flat glazed base shows the blue-green pooling characteristic of the pearlware glaze. Dimensions: Height: 6½ inches (16.5 cm) Width, handle to spout: 8½ inches (21.6 cm) Depth: 4¾ inches (12.1 cm) Marks: Unmarked. Provenance: Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge Condition: Good condition, with a chip to the tip of the spout, visible in the photographs. References: T. A. Lockett and P. A. Halfpenny, eds., Creamware and Pearlware, Stoke-on-Trent: City Museum and Art Gallery, 1986. Donald Towner, Creamware, London: Faber & Faber, 1978. Peter Walton, Creamware and Other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House, Leeds, Bradford and London: Manningham Press, 1976, p. 246, pls. 1071–1072. Geoffrey A. Godden, British Pottery: An Illustrated Guide, London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. Philip Miller and Michael Berthoud, An Anthology of British Teapots, Broseley, Shropshire: Micawber Publications, 1985. Donald Carpentier and Jonathan Rickard, “Slip Decoration in the Age of Industrialization,” Ceramics in America 2001, Milwaukee: Chipstone Foundation, 2001, pp. 115–134. Jonathan Rickard and Donald Carpentier, “The Little Engine That Could: Adaptation of the Engine-Turning Lathe in the Pottery Industry,” Ceramics in America 2004, Milwaukee: Chipstone Foundation, 2004, pp. 78–99. Bonhams, London, 18 May 2011, lot 96: a Leeds pearlware...

This dazzling glazed French Art Deco ceramic vase or small planter was handcrafted. The mixture of colors are truly beautiful. It can...

Two Southwestern Native American Redware Pueblo Pottery Artist Signed Bowls 20thC Small 2 1/8" x 3" x 3" Large - 3" x 4 1/4" X 4 1/4" A pair of Sout...

A fantastic, freeform, large, heavy plate/ charger by American master potter Peter Voulkos who is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic pottery pieces and sculptures. Very unique and scarce work with rare use of color. Very hard to come by. One of our personal favorites along with the Chawan tea bowl. Signed on base and dated (1961) by Voulkos. This was made during one of his most magical and experimental phases. From of Private Collection, New York. Voulkos is widely considered to be the most important and impactful ceramist of the modern era. He won the Rodin Museum Prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997. He was made an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also received six honorary doctorate degrees as well as three National Endowment for the Arts awards. His work can be found in many prominent collections and museums including: Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan Albany Mall, Albany, New York American Museum of Ceramic Art...