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Ceramics For Sale
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Color: Silver
Art Deco Cream Ceramic Vase w/ Crimson Detailing by Ilse Claesson for Rörstrand
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Deco ceramic vase was realized by the celebrated designer Ilse Claesson for Rörstrand in Sweden circa 1940. It features a rotund body finished in a sumptuous cream g...
Category
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Georges Jouve Ceramic Dish, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Jouve's Ceramic cup or vide-poches "La Figue" signed with apollon mark
Measures: 15 x 15 cm.
Category
1950s Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 2 Studio Pottery Vase Object by Heiner Balzar for Steuler, Germany, 1970s
By Steuler
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic vase object set of 2
Design:
Heiner Balzar
Producer:
Steuler, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vin...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Alfred Powell Wedgwood Creamware Grape Vine Pattern Sauce Tureen
By Wedgwood
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine Wedgwood creamware lidded sauce tureen and stand attributed to Alfred Powell and dating from the early 20th century and probably Art Deco period. ...
Category
20th Century English Ceramics
Materials
Creamware
Quentin Bell Attributed Stoneware Elizabethan Lady’s Head
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual midcentury handcrafted stoneware sculpture of an Elizabethan lady’s head, possibly Elizabeth I, wearing a period hat and ruff collar attributed to renowned artist and writer Quentin Bell (British, 1910-1996). The stoneware shoulder length head stands...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Ceramic Bottle with Stopper by Guido Gambone
Located in New York, NY
Stoneware. Bottle and stopper decorated with beige background. Green and brown linear decoration throughout. Similar bottle available with a yellow geometric pattern.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Antique Terra Cotta 'Tian' Bowl, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Antique terra cotta 'Tian' bowl, France, late 19th century. A large size 'Tian' with handles and spout. Pale yellow glaze on the interior and rim, unglazed exterior...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Guiseppe Carli Signed, Polychrome Ceramic Bust of an Arab Head
Located in Verviers, BE
Head bust face statue from Belgium by Guiseppe Carli, (1915-1987)
ceramic. Signed.
Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any further questions.
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Category
1930s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Butter Dish, Ceramic in the Style of Majolica, Yellow Color, Portugal circa 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This Butter dish is made of ceramic. It is in the style of Majolica. Made in Portugal in the 1970s. It is made of white and yellow ceramic. Its decoration are yellow bananas sculpted...
Category
1970s European Hollywood Regency Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Bottle with Stopper by Guido Gambone
Located in New York, NY
Stoneware. Bottle and stopper decorated with beige background. Yellow and brown interlocking motif throughout. Similar bottle available with a green geometric pattern.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Goldscheider Art Deco Figurine, 'Fan Dance', by Josef Lorenzl, Around 1938
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1930's:
Dancer with shoulder-length hair in a long, wide, light gray skirt with floral decoration and ...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century, Spanish Set of Four Hand-Painted Framed Tiles
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Century Spanish set of four hand-painted framed tiles.
The frame measures 37x36cm.
Category
1890s Spanish Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Maiolica Cup Ferretti Lodi, circa 1770 - 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica puerperal cup
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, Circa 1770 - 1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures: 4.3 x 6.8 x 5.3 in (11 x 17,5 x 13,5 cm)
Weight: 0.78 lb (358 g)
State of conservation: some closed pass-through fêlures on the cup, barely visible on the outside. Some use chips on the edge of the lid, two of which are more marked.
From about the mid-sixteenth century, the puerperal soup tureen or puerperal cup became one of the most popular wedding gifts in central Italy. As an auspicious symbol, it replaced the birth table (“desco da parto”) which, on the occasion of high-ranking marriages, from the thirteenth century, had been painted by famous artists, especially in Tuscany.
In France this same tureen is called "écuelle de mariée", as it is given to spouses as a sign of fertility.
During the eighteenth century this custom spread even outside Italy to all social levels. Depending on availability and rank, it was made of different materials: precious metals, maiolica, porcelain, glass, pewter, etc.
Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, the custom of this symbolic homage gradually disappeared, although famous designers such as Gio Ponti and Giuseppe Gariboldi, even as recently as the 1940s, revisited a model of a small puerperal soup bowl for the Ginori and, also in Italy in 1940, in a national competition for young potters, one of the themes of the test was indeed a modern model of a puerperal cup as an auspicious gift.
This particular cup was also called a "service cup" or "puerperal vase" or "stuffed cup" - the windows were sealed with straw to prevent drafts of air for women in labor.
In the eighteenth century the line of the puerpera cup was simplified, so much so that it took the form of a small tureen with two handles - the typical broth cup...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Saint Jacques Handpainted dinenr plates set of 4 Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
A wonderful set of dinner plates to make your table shine
Hanpainted, in italy, Saint Jacques (scallops) will bring an everyday
summer on your ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Drip Shaped Yellow Vase Carl-Harry Stålhane Rörstrand, Midcentury Vintage
Located in Stockholm, SE
A ceramic vase with yellow / lightyellow (beige) glaze designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand. The vase is 13 cm (5.2") high and 7.5 cm (3") in diameter and in very good condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Life-Size Ceramic Dachshund, Stamp CB
Located in Brussels , BE
Italian Life-Size ceramic Dachshund - stamp CB.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A Worcester (Barr, Flight & Barr) Twenty-Eight Piece Part Dessert Service
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Worcester (Barr, Flight & Barr) Porcelain Floral Painted and Gilt Vermicule Ground Part Dessert Service, Painted by William Billingsley.
Impressed and printed marks.
Comprising:
Two tureens and covers, each decorated on both sides.
Two oval dishes, 28 cm. wide.
Twenty-four plates each finely painted with a different floral panel, 21 cm. diameter.
Impressed and printed marks, England, Circa 1810.
Provenance:
J. Rochelle Thomas, London.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.
Laurance S. Rockefeller.
Alberto Pinto.
Literature:
Sandon John, Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain at the Cheekwood Collection, Nashville, Tennessee, 2007, Item number 77 - a plate from this unique service identified as being the work of Billingsley. Only employed at Barr, Flight & Barr for a short period, initially as a painter and subsequently perfecting their porcelain bodies, Billingsley left in 1813 to set up the Nantgarw China...
Category
19th Century English Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Ottomans Palms Handpainted Ceramic Dinenr plate Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
a unique piece of art
totally handpainted in Italy by crafted artisand the tropical mood metts the Ottomans world
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Table Lamp by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Ceramic table lamp by Olivia Cognet
Materials: Ceramic
Dimensions: around 40-50 cm tall
Available in different sizes, finishes...
Category
2010s French Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
circa 1840s Gaudy Welsh Porcelain Tankard
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
circa 1840s Gaudy Welsh Asian or Hexagen porcelain tankard. Bold orange, underglaze blue & luster highlights. Hairlines in base & some staining. Meas...
Category
1840s Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Elizabeth a Sayers Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement Onion Shape Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement onion shaped vase decorated with star like motifs by renowned artist Elizabeth A Sayers dated 1878.
Elizabeth A Sayers while recongized as a highly accomplished and distinguished artist did not spend much time at Doulton Lambeth so pieces by her are both rare and sought after.
This stylish stoneware onion bodied vase...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Ottomans Palms Handpainted Ceramic Dinenr plate Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
a unique piece of art
totally handpainted in Italy by crafted artisand the tropical mood metts the Ottomans world
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Porcelain Rose Medallion Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century rose medallion vase with a bulbous center section and a smaller flared out section on the bottom and a larger flared out section on the top The colors are vivid....
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Goldscheider Art Déco Figurine 'Helena', Allegory of Beauty, circa 1920
Located in Vienna, AT
Very large and rare Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figurine:
Art Déco execution of an Art Nouveau design around 1909: young woman as the personification of beauty, with hair tied at the nape of the neck, head tilted to the side and looking down, covering the nakedness of her shapely body only at the legs with a large cloth...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Hand-Painted Faience Vasse from Rouen
By Rouen
Located in Verviers, BE
The designs on this French faience group is typical of pottery made in Rouen.
Early 20th century French hand-painted Faience vasse from Rouen.
Marking on the bottom: "Rouen Fait M...
Category
Early 20th Century French Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Georges Jouve Ceramic "Apple" Dish, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Jouve's Ceramic cup or vide-poches " La pomme " signed Jouve & apollon mark on back in deep enamel.
White cracked enamel with a turquoise/green/pink apple
Measures: 17 cm ...
Category
1950s Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Derby Porcelain Vase Decorated in the Manner of Brewer, circa 1810
By Derby
Located in Exeter, GB
A fine Derby porcelain vase c.1810. Of elongated campana form with two gilded scrolled leaf mount handles and on a spreading circular foot with fo...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
1930s Art Deco Hand-Painted Italian Ceramic Biscuit Box by Ceramiche Faenza
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish Art Deco yellow, brown and green ceramic biscuit box hand-crafted and painted in Faenza, signed on the bottom. The biscuit box has the d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Decorative Dish "Woman & Bird" Signed by Roger Capron, 1955
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Roger Capron (1922-2006)
Roger Capron studied at Art appliqués of Paris from 1938 to 1943 before teaching drawing in the same establishment from 1945. In 1946, he settled in Vallaur...
Category
1950s Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Six Chinese Porcelain Plate from the 18th and 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of six Chinese porcelain plates from the 18th to the 19th century. From an Imari plate, a plate of the India Company or a plate "Blanc Bleu", travel through the centuries and sty...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Vintage Yellow Small Geometric Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Faience Polychrome Decorated Beer Stein With Pewter Lid and Handle
Located in Bradenton, FL
German Faience pitcher/jug with hinged pewter lid and handle. Hand painted floral design, along with stag and dog, on white background. Top of lid is monogrammed. Has minor wear from...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Midcentury Vintage Transparent Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Ceramic Bowl by Wilhelm Kage Argenta Serie for Gustavsberg Sweden, 1930 Signed
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Paris, FR
A bowl in ceramic with handmade silver inlay from the 1930s Argenta collection made by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg, signature underneath.
The now iconic argenta stoneware collecti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Silver
Italian Hand Painted Ceramic Pitcher
Located in Bradenton, FL
An Italian ceramic pitcher. Hand painted with a colorful floral spray on a white background, framed in rich cobalt blue. In the front it’s signed “Fiuggi”, an Italian province. In th...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna, 'Summer Evening', Elegant Lady with Wreath of Flowers, 1939
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the late 1930s:
Representation of an elegant lady in a long, close-fitting, off-the-shoulder dress with a ruffled neckline made of rose-colored ...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set Four Dutch Manganese Biblical Pottery Tiles, 18th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A wonderful set of four antique Dutch ‘Delft’ style manganese tiles hand decorated with biblical scenes probably originating from Rotterdam and dating f...
Category
18th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Vintage Brown and White Ikebana Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage ceramic in very good condition. The ikebana vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Beautiful deep dark orange and brown color. Only one ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Porcelain
Antique Staffordshire Lord Horatio Nelson Hand Painted Toby Jug Pitcher Figure
Located in Thiensville, WI
Antique Staffordshire Lord Horatio Nelson Hand Painted Toby Jug Pitcher Figure
This antique sculpted figural toby jug is modelled as Vice Admira...
Category
19th Century English Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Cecil J Garland Bristol Wemyss Cabbage Rose Hand Painted Plate
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and well hand painted pottery plate, probably Plichta, decorated with the Wemyss Cabbage Rose design by Cecil J Garland and dated 1949. The earthenware plate is of simple rounded shape with a raised edge and standing on a narrow round foot. The plate is finely hand painted with in the Scottish Wemyss Pottery style with cabbage roses...
Category
1940s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mobach Utrecht Dutch Art Deco Hares Fur Glazed Studio Pottery Vase
By Mobach
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Dutch Art Deco studio pottery vase decorated in grey hares fur glazes dating from around 1930. The stoneware hand-crafted vase is contemporary for its period and stands on a flat round base and is of tall cylindrical shape with a round and flat shoulder and slightly raised narrow opening with a flat rim. The vase is decorated in grey streaked glazes with a fine hares fur patterning with a natural glazed base and top rim bringing through the red color of the stoneware. The vase has an incised number 519 to the base and is impressed MOBACH UTRECHT...
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Ancient Italian Maiolica Tureen, Rubati Manufacture, Milan, circa 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen
Pasquale Rubati Manufacture
Milan, circa 1770 - 1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 6.69 in x 11,02 x 8.26 (17 x 28 x ...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Set of Two Midcentury Vintage Gray and Pink Crystal Vases, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good original condition. The vases looks like it has just been taken out of the box. Only one unique pieces. Crystal glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Crystal
Heinz Erret for Gustavsberg, "Linea" Wall Plaque in Glazed Ceramics
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Heinz Erret (1920-2003) for Gustavsberg.
"Linea" wall plaque in glazed ceramics with silver inlay in the form of flowers.
1970s.
Measures: 33.5 x 21 c...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Silver
Ceramic Table Lamp by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Ceramic table lamp by Olivia Cognet
Materials: Ceramic
Dimensions: around 40-50 cm tall
Available in different sizes, finishes...
Category
2010s French Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Royal Doulton Little Miss Muffit Nursery Childs Ceramic Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce antique Royal Doulton child's nursery rhyme stoneware dish dating from 1911. The round shallow bowl has a wide rim with raised edge printed with animals, figures, trees and ...
Category
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Late 19th Century Gaudy Welsh "Burma" Pattern Cup and Saucer
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century Gaudy Welsh "Burma" pattern cup & saucer. Distinctive scalloped borders & panelled design. Measures: 5.75" diameter saucer, 3.75" diameter cup.
Category
Late 19th Century Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
1950s, Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Italian Smoking Set by Alfa Ceramiche
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A lovely Mid-Century Modern ceramic smoking set designed and manufactured with love in Italy by Alfa Ceramiche, a company specialized in the production ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Figurine 'Joujou' Girl with Ball by Germaine Bouret, 1938
Located in Vienna, AT
Little curly girl in a blue spotted dress, her hands on her hips and looking at a ball in front of her.
On a beige, round flat base.
Designer:
GERMAINE BOURET (1907 - 1953)
Dra...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Sculpture Signed Friedrich Goldscheider. Austria, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Ceramic woman with sled sculpture signed Friedrich Goldscheider. Austria, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 TOTEM Pulmo Vases by Pia Chevalier
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Totem Pulmo vases by Pia Chevalier
Each one is unique.
Materials: Glazed stoneware.
Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 40 cm.
Pia Chevalier is a French contemporary designer.
Inde...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Komorebi Scented Candle Cup Black Base Raku Crackle
By LAAB Milano
Located in monza, Monza and Brianza
Komerobi, in Japanese, means: " the sunlight that passes through the leaves of the trees ". This cup by its extremely clean design is a reminder of the zen essentiality and the use of the cup for its most sacred purpose during ceremonies. Featuring a wooden wick, that enables the flame to expand itself also horizontally and with a sound reminding the crackle of the fire. Citrus top notes mixed with Ginger, Almond, and Spices heart notes give this fragrance an irresistible appeal. A black burnt Raku band and its raku crackle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Maxwell Signed Large Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully made and beautifully designed Mid-Century Modern pottery charger by famed California potter and sculptor Robert Maxwell.
Maxwell co-founded Earthgender pottery with fellow potter David Cressey.
This charger/platter was made at his Venice beach, California Pottery studio in the early 1960s as verified by his wife. It is a very rare piece in respect to design, pattern, and sheer Size/heft (it is a very heavy work). We have not seen another quite like it.
Apparently, he only made a few with some filled with melted glass to create the design/pattern.
Signed by Maxwell on the base.
Would clearly be a great addition to any mid-century pottery/ceramics collection...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
British Soda Glazed Multi Sided Studio Pottery Lidded Vessel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish British handcrafted Studio Pottery multi-sided lidded vessel decorated in soda glazes and dating from the 20th century. The stoneware vessel sits on a flattened round ...
Category
20th Century English Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Scheurich Keramik Mid-Century Abstract Design Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive West-German mid-century art pottery vase with abstract designs by Scheurich Keramik dating from around 1960. The tall bulbous vase stands on an unglazed round ...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ridgway Rare Early Drabware Basket & Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare antique English Georgian early Ridgway hand painted drabware twin handled fruit basket and matching stand dating from around 1802. Made at the Cauldon Place Works the bas...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Early Wedgwood Neoclassical Creamware Dessert Dishes Made circa 1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A set of four early Wedgwood creamware Neoclassical dessert dishes made circa 1780.
Sir William Hamilton’s Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman an...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramics
Materials
Creamware
Wiener Werkstätte Art Ceramics, Expressive Style Bowl by Vally Wieselthier, 1921
Located in Vienna, AT
Large bowl on an oval ground plan with flared, wavy and curved walls on four swept-out feet in the shape of leaves, flower and leaf decoration in relief on the bowl base and on the o...
Category
1920s Austrian Expressionist Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique and Vintage Ceramics
Whether you’re adding an eye-catching mid-century modern glazed stoneware bowl to your dining table or grouping a collection of decorative plates by color for the shelving in your living room, decorating and entertaining with antique and vintage ceramics is a great way to introduce provocative pops of colors and textures to a space or family meals.
Ceramics, which includes pottery such as earthenware and stoneware, has had meaningful functional value in civilizations all over the world for thousands of years. When people began to populate permanent settlements during the Neolithic era, which saw the rapid growth of agriculture and farming, clay-based ceramics were fired in underground kilns and played a greater role as important containers for dry goods, water, art objects and more.
Today, if an Art Deco floor vase, adorned in bright polychrome glazed colors with flowers and geometric patterns, isn’t your speed, maybe minimalist ceramics can help you design a room that’s both timeless and of the moment. Mixing and matching can invite conversation and bring spirited contrasts to your outdoor dining area. The natural-world details enameled on an Art Nouveau vase might pair well with the sleek simplicity of a modern serving bowl, for example.
In your kitchen, your cabinets are likely filled with ceramic dinner plates. You’re probably serving daily meals on stoneware dishes or durable sets of porcelain or bone china, while decorative ceramic dishes may be on display in your dining room. Perhaps you’ve anchored a group of smaller pottery pieces on your mantelpiece with some taller vases and vessels, or a console table in your living room is home to an earthenware bowl with a decorative seasonal collection of leaves, greenery and acorns.
Regardless of your tastes, however, it’s possible that ceramics are already in use all over your home and outdoor space. If not, why? Whatever your needs may be, find a wide range of antique and vintage ceramics on 1stDibs.
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