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A Fine Berlin K.P.M Porcelain Plaque - Antigone and Ismene
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine 19th century German KPM porcelain painted plaque, depicting Antigone and Ismene, sisters in an ancient Greek play by Sophocles. After a...
Category
19th Century German Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Figure of Ottomans in Biscuit, Unstamped, circa 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Figure of ottomans in biscuit.
Measures: 32 cm. x 12 cm.
Unstamped, circa 1900.
In perfect condition.
Category
Early 1900s Late Victorian Antique Ceramics
Marcello Fantoni Ceramic Bottle Vase, Glazed Stoneware, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Italian artist Marcello Fantoni ceramic bottle vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1970s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a personal friend of...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Cubist Roses, " Large and Rare Art Deco Vase by Olin for Primavera, France
By Jean Olin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and strikingly handsome, this high vase was designed by Sigismund Olesiewicz (who later took the French name Jean Olin) for Primavera and produced by the famous Longwy wo...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Imari Chargers
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of Japanese Imari chargers showing cranes and Mount Fuji.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century Armorial Cachepots in the Chinese Export Style
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking pair of large-scale armorial cachepots in the Chinese export style on bronze bases.
Category
Mid-19th Century Asian Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Aligi Sassu Wall Plate
By Aligi Sassu
Located in Milan, IT
A rare plate painted by Aligi Sassu.
Signed and dated
Category
20th Century Italian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Aluminia Plaques Earthenware, 13 Pieces, Børnehjælpsdagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Aluminia plaques earthenware, 13 pieces.
Børnehjælpsdagen. Diameter 9 cm.
In good condition. Stamped.
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Mid Century Modern French Barbotine Platter by Suzy Coste from Paris C.1970
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Important Mid-Century Modern barbotine platter by Suzy Coste from Paris. A whimsical design, replete with all manner of sea life. Stamped with creator's mar...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"African with Lute, " Rare Sculpture of Female Nude by Archipenko Student
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted in the late 1920s by Margaret Berger, a student of Alexander Archipenko, this is one of the finest sculptures to come out of his ARKO Modern American Ceramics school in Wood...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Raymor Pop Art Off-White Gazed Ceramic Vase Italian Vintage
By Raymor
Located in North Miami, FL
Tie one on in this whimsical Italian Raymor vintage ceramic vase that is a circular shirt with a tie and collar. It is conversational and it Italian pop art. These are hard to come b...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Two Italian Decorative Vegetables Sculptures
Located in Cathedral City, CA
White ceramic Italian decorative vegetables.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Seated Female Nude, " Lovely French Art Deco Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finished in a soft ivory glaze with subtle shifts to dove grey, this lovely, placid nude is depicted in a seated position with her hands clasped and her gaze looking into the distanc...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Clay
"Seaside Scenes, " Unique Art Deco Bowl with Fishing Village Scenes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Whimsical and vividly glazed, this fabulous, unique Art Deco bowl depicts two contrasting scenes from a rural seaside village: a father and son fi...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Clay
18th Century, Chinese Export Coral and Puce Porcelain Tea Service
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain service spectacularly decorated with a smart coral scale ground with panels of puce flowers.
The service com...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Superb Art Deco Vase with Tropical Bird Motif, George Condé for Mougin, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine and rare Art Deco vase with deeply incised design, depicting tropical birds amidst a profusion of flowers and leaf forms, was designed by George Condé for Mougin Frere...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Turquoise Glazed Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
a pair of Marbro lamps. Beautifully glazed in a deep turquoise blue with marvelous mottling. Of rectangular baluster shape with floral decoration in deep relief. Double cluster brass...
Category
20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Vallauris Midcentury Ceramic Pottery Tray Dish in the Manner of Picasso, 1954
By Vallauris
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely made, wonderfully decorated, large, unique ceramic tray made in Vallauris, France during the peak of Vallauris studio ceramics. During this time (1954), many famous artist including Picasso, Marc Chagall, Roger Capron, Charles Voltz...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Déco Figure, Egyptian Temple Dancer by Hafenruckler Goldscheider Vienna 1927
Located in Vienna, AT
An exceptional model by the Goldscheider company, which has only rarely been produced:
A dancer posing upright, standing barefoot on one leg, wearing an elaborate, exotic headdress ...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Very Large Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Floor Vase Cover or Urn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinarily large, antique Japanese Imari covered urn or floor vase.
With strong cobalt blue and red decoration, some traces of the original gilding, ribbed sides, and its ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Lisa Larson for K-Studio/Gustavsberg, Cat in Glazed Ceramic, Late 1900s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Lisa Larson for K-Studio/Gustavsberg. Cat in glazed ceramic.
Late 1900s.
Measurements: H 14.5 cm. x L 10.5 cm.
In great condition.
Marked: K-Studio/Gustavsberg.
Lisa Larson (b...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Spooter Ghost Playful Monster Ceramic Decorative Sculpture by Kartini Thomas
Located in Amsterdam, NL
With a childhood spent travelling with her parents on anthropological expeditions, listening to stories, myths and legends of real and surreal creatures from around the world, France...
Category
2010s French Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bruno Gambone Stoneware Horse Set of 3
Located in Munich, DE
Cream white glazed ceramic horses made by Bruno Gambone in the 1970s, signed Gambone on the bottom. Wonderful set in excellent condition.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Large Ceramic Lamp Base Signed by Albert Thiry, Vallauris, 1960s
By Albert Thiry
Located in Paris, FR
Hand made large ceramic lamp base with brown "faces" all around the lamp .
Height for the ceramic solely 40 cm
Signed Albert Thiry, famous ceramicist & studio pottery from Vallauri...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 4 19th Century Majolica Ceramic Asparagus Plates
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful set of four majolica ceramic plates for serving asparagus. The plates have a special shape and are decorated with bright colours. The plates are not marked, maker unknown, ...
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Alexandre Kostanda Flower Spike Vase in Vallauris France
Located in SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR-CHARENTE, FR
Flower holder or vase of zoomorphic form by Alexandre Kostanda (1921-2007). 19x17cm.
Of Russian origin, born in Poland and arrived in France as a child with his parents, Kostanda gr...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Plate Ernestine, Salerno
Located in Roma, RM
Ceramic Ernestine - Salerno
During the Second World War, a small miracle occurred in the world of design: the American decorator and designer Ernestin Virden Kannon met the young architect Matteo D’Agostino in Ravello. Between the two is immediately personal understanding and creative magic. In 1948, they founded the “Ernestine” ceramics...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 6 Early Wedgwood Creamware Neoclassical Style Dinner Dishes
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A set of six early Wedgwood creamware Neoclassical dessert dishes made circa 1780.
Sir William Hamilton’s Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman ant...
Category
Late 18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Ceramics
Materials
Creamware
1960s French Ceramic Celadon and Ochre Elephant
Located in High Point, NC
A ceramic decoration from 1960s France in the shape of an elephant. A saddle seat and blanket are glazed with celadon hues, laced with powder blue and a was...
Category
1960s French Chinoiserie Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ancient Italian Maiolica Flower Pots, Pasquale Rubati Factory, Milan 1770 circa
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna”
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, 1770 Circa
They measure: height 6.2 in x 8.66 x 5.31 (15,8 cm x 22 x 13,5)
Weigh...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
A Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912).Large Satsuma Square Censer And Cover, Mark
Located in New York, NY
A Marvelous and Rare Antique Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912).Large Satsuma Square Censer And Cover with Seal at Bottom.
This is a magnificent piece with finely painted cartouches depicting various Japanese cultural scenes on each side. The cartouches include a scene of Japanese woman playing instruments...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
1980s Spanish Hand Painted Botijo of Glazed Dog Ceramic
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Spanish hand painted Botijo of Glazed Dog ceramic.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1980s "Trofeo" by Remo Brindisi Pottery Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
"Trofeo" by Remo Brindisi, 1988.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Zoë Powell, Ceramic Vessel 05, Perianth Series, 2021
By Zoë Powell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Title: Perianth 05
Year: 2021
Freeform ceramic sculpture made from a blend of porcelaneous and stoneware clays hand-collected by the artist in Minnesota. Its surface is hand-polished with diamond sandpaper to render a matte finish. Signed with the artist’s mark along the interior rim. Each piece is original and one of a kind.
The forms in this collection are influenced by botanical morphology - specifically, the ‘perianth’ or floral envelope, whose petals serve to protect the most sensitive part of the plant before the eventual dispersal of the fruit’s seed. Powell’s sculptures seek to evoke a similar feeling of comfort and protection, serving as reminders of another time, both past and future, when one's family is close and the world feels safe, offering an escape from the ephemerality of the present which can leave one feeling vulnerable and exposed. The Perianth series functions both as a personal etiology for the artist and as a broader exploration of the universal themes of nostalgia, sentimentality, and familial memory
In terms of process, Powell is interested in manipulating material into something it essentially is not - shaping crude, raw clay, still studded with naturally occurring sands and stones, into incredibly delicate forms. The resulting pieces are light and elegant — impossibly thin and balanced in surprising ways. Each sculpture’s surface, riddled with scrapes and craters, is astonishingly soft and sensuous to the touch and each piece feels precious in such a finessed and attenuated state.
This concept of defied expectations extends beyond the physical properties of the work in that Powell is also investigating the mutability of perception, specifically in terms of Perianth’s overarching nostalgia and memory themes - - the present is intimidating in its authenticity, with no space for embellishment or fantasy, while memories of, and the subsequent yearning for, an era, place or person can become nebulous and fictionalized with distance and time. In this way, the works in this series act as physical manifestations of the unanticipated and misremembered.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Two Abstract Italian Ceramic Dishes/ Plates
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Two vibrant Italian ceramic dishes in a good condition. Abstract pattern. On the back "Italy" and the number 364.
Manufacturer unknown.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Fornasetti Coasters, Snails
Located in South Salem, NY
Set of seven black and white Fornasetti coasters featuring a snail, piggy bank, dog, hen, turtle, duck, and an ant.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Unusual Italian Ceramic Vase for Raymor
By Raymor
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual Italian ceramic vase for Raymor. Measures approximate 13" H, 8.5" D.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Pair Jens Quistgaard for Palshus Cherry Heering Liquor Ad Shallow Bowls, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
REDUCED FROM $195....Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Danish hand thrown pottery bowls designed by Jens Quistgaard and manufactured by Per and Annelise...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Dated 1984
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from the early 1980s and is signed with Shire's "Made in Echo Park" "(Echo Park Pottery...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from the early 1980s and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP Pottery" (Echo Park Pottery...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Dated 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from the late 1970s and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP" pottery (Echo Park Pottery...
Category
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Dated 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...
Category
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Plate Scorpio Zodiac Sign Porcelain, 1973, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti plate Scorpio zodiac sign porcelain, 1973, Italy.
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Roy Hamilton Rare and Important 29 Piece Dish Set 1970s 'Signed and Stamped'
By Roy Hamilton
Located in New York, NY
Rare and important 29 piece studio made set of ceramic plates, serving pieces, and cups by Roy Hamilton, American 1980s (signed and stamped on ev...
Category
1980s American Organic Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Mid-Century Modern Fantoni for Raymor Ceramic Bowl
Located in North Miami, FL
This sculptural and unusual Italian ceramic bowl by Fantoni for Raymor bowl has an unusual color palette with pebbled textural surface. It is marked Italy Raymor on the bottom with n...
Category
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Lacquered Ceramic Vase, Germany, 1950s
Located in London, GB
Lacquered ceramic vase depicting water scene, Germany, 1950s.
Category
1950s German Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Porcelain Tureens Antique English Made circa 1840
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this pair of English porcelain tureens painted with a striking chinoiserie decoration. They were made by Copeland Spode circa 1840. The decoration on these tu...
Category
1840s English Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Teapot with 3 Protrusions
By Pamela Montalbano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed ceramic piece with no damage or repairs.
The lid is non-functioning & fused onto the vessel. As such, this piece is sold as a decorative item.
Category
Late 20th Century American 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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