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Ceramics For Sale
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Blue Art Deco 1930 Ceramic Vase in Style of Besnard 20th Mid Century Design
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
In the style of Jean Besnard Original Art Deco ceramic vase Realised circa 1930 Blue-green ceramic glaze color Measures: Height 29 cm ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Bay Keramik Bodo Mans Vase
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful Bay Keramik vase with moulded runic patterns, designed by Bodo Mans, this pattern was quite popular during the 1960s. This tall vase is in a very g...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Swedish Art Deco Ceramic Fish Silver and Aquamarine Vase, 1947
Located in Uccle, BE
Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960) is one of the most well-known representatives of the illustrious Swedish ceramic design of the 20th century. This piece is marked "Gustavsberg Argenta 47 Made in Sweden". Swedish ceramic artist and designer, Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960) was primarily active in the late-1920s through the 1950s and is best known for his contribution to functionalist style, as well his work as the artistic leader of the Gustavsberg porcelain factory. Algot Wilhelm Kåge (originally Nilsson) was born in 1889 in Stockholm. Kåge studied decorative painting at the Technical School, later known as the School of Art Konstfack, in Stockholm (never graduating), and subsequently at the Valand Academy in Gothenburg, where he studied under Scandinavian painters...
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1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Ceramics

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Silver

Robert Picault Large Vallauris Casserole
Located in Sharon, CT
Important large pot with handles green and brown hand painting decoration in a typical and unique Picault style of squares, spirals and x's. 6.75" high x 8"diameter. 12.50" from hand...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Modern Set of 3Ceramic Vases Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Three wonderful vases from Rörstrand and maker, designer Gunnar Nylund. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful, glazed vases with wonderful curves. The craftsmanship on these va...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

19th Century Lewis Jones Pittston Cobalt Blue Decorated Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Lewis Jones Pittston PA. Fine 3-gallon blue cobalt decorated stoneware crock. Stamped with maker’s mark. Hand Brisked cobalt floral decor...
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19th Century American Adirondack Antique Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Antique Chinese Blue and White Vase
Located in East Hampton, NY
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19th Century Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Large and Vibrant La Musa Serving Platters for Macy's
By La Musa
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Two stunning La Musa serving platters in an immaculate condition. In the style of De Simone. These are two large platters, the biggest has a diameter of 43.5...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Other Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Cheese Keeper, English, Ceramic, Butter Dome, Victorian, Circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cheese keeper. An English, ceramic butter dome with historical print, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1900. Charming example ...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Ceramics

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Ceramic

Guido Andlovitz Freeform Dish for SCI Laveno, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Guido Andlovitz Freeform dish for SCI Laveno, Italy, 1950s.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Small Light Blue Cloisonne Enamel Vase with an Egret
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small light blue cloisonne enamel vase with an egret, the white bird standing in water in front of a lotus plant with blue and purple flowers, the rim stamped ‘Cloisonne Japan...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Swedish Modern Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand Ceramic Blue Chamotte Vase
Located in Uccle, BE
Creation by Gunnar Nylund (1914–1997) during his tenure as artistic director of Rörstrand from 1932 through the 1950s. The vase has a glossy white glaze over a rough rustic body crea...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Set of Three Pierced Turquoise Ceramic Tealight Candle Holders
Located in Oakland, CA
Inspired by Mid-Century Modern design, the pierced collection is wheel thrown and hand pierced stoneware with a turquoise crackle glaze. Small holes are created when the clay is stil...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Italian Renaissance Ceramics by Wendy M. Watson
Located in valatie, NY
Italian Renaissance ceramics by Wendy M. Watson. Published by Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2001. 1st Ed Exhibition hardcover no d...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Ceramics

Materials

Paper

J. Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme Cobalt Box & Cover, Signed, English, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme square shaped box and cover, glazed in cobalt blue, with relief molded flying cranes, flowering prunus branches, and squirrels, the cover bordered...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

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Majolica

Amélie Decòr, Hanging Little Vases, Handmade in Italy 2021, a Cup and a Vase
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
This wonderful collection encourages to participate in the process of combining small pleasures into a significant whole by regarding details as both minute and essential. Our artist...
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2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic Square Ashtray, Italy, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing blue glazed (Rimini Blu) ceramic ashtray design by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi. Handcrafted in Italy with hand carved geometric design and in a glazed vibrant turquoise and cobalt blue, Italy, 1950s-1960s. Marked Italy at the back. Measures: 15 cm W x 15 cm D x 3 cm H ( 5,90 in W x5,90 in D x 1,18 in H ) About Bitossi (Manufacturer) Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass. The company was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.” But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. Starting in the 1950s, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis Postmodern design...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta

Floral and Turquoise Ceramic Fruit Platter by Manufacture of Longwy Enamels
Located in Barntrup, DE
Beautiful French Art Deco style long and oval-shaped earthenware fruit platter by Emaux de Longwy, hand painted and enameled with polychrome floral decoration in white, pink, green, ...
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1950s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Large Bulbous Blue Japanese Cloisonné Vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large bulbous blue Japanese cloisonné vase showing two white orchids with pink centres, (some pitting to rims).
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20th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ewald Dahlskog, Art Deco Globose Vase, Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A globose vase designed by Ewald Dahlskog at Bo Fajans in Gefle in the 1930s. This vases was first presented at the Stockholm exhibition in 1930, ...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Thom Lussier Ceramic Bowl #23, From the Oxidized Copper Collection Description
Located in New York, NY
From Thom Lussier's Oxidized Copper Collection - a series of ceramic vessels that stand out for their brilliant palette and rich textures. This bowl is safe for food. White stonew...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Ceramic Hen, Scandinavian Midcentury, Denmark, C 1960, Mid-century Design
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic midcentury hen, circa 1960, Denmark. Decorative turquoise hen with a floral pattern in a rustic quality.
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Staffordshire Drainer
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English ceramic drainer in the popular blue willow pattern. Lovely form.
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Thom Lussier Ceramic Bowl #29, from the Oxidized Copper Collection
Located in New York, NY
From Thom Lussier's Oxidized Copper Collection - a series of ceramic vessels that stand out for their brilliant palette and rich textures. This bowl ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Italian Three Dimensional Majolica Platter with Sea Life
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage glazed terra cotta platter with three dimensional SeaLife. Very whimsical & colorful.
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20th Century Italian Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Charger Plate Set Six Dinner Plates Serveware Tableware Majolica Painted Italy
Located in Recanati, IT
Set of six majolica charger plates is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter. The elegant decoration is composed of a halo of blue foliage that resembles four groups of wings: from the center of the plate, further ornamental elements develop, projected outwards, which give movement to the entire compositional structure. The beauty of these majolica plates is underlined by the artist's visible brushstrokes that give them a unique style. Further possibility to order a set of 4 or 12 charger...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Vintage Italian Bitossi Studio Pottery Ashtray
Located in San Diego, CA
Ashtray produced in the 1960s by Bitossi, based on a design by Aldo Londi. This piece is a rare abstract fat lava glaze textured piece. A truly unique piece that will add style to yo...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Gunnar Nylund for Rørstrand. Bowl in glazed ceramics. Mid-20th C.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gunnar Nylund for Rørstrand. Bowl in glazed ceramics. Beautiful blue glaze. Mid-20th century. Measures: 16.5 x 6 cm. In perfect condition. Stamped.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antonio Lampecco, Set of 3 Spherical Ceramics
Located in Paris, FR
Spherical sculptures by the Belgian ceramist Antonio Lampecco. Round Ceramic with crystallized enamel and a tiny aperture removing any function to the object. Humble, Lampecco didn...
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Early 2000s Belgian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Vase"
Located in Madrid, ES
18th century Portuguese "Vase" Measures: 126cm x 126cm 81 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 17th century. The panel is delivered as if it were a pain...
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18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Moorcroft Pottery Trays 780/4, Ceramic Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
2 Small Moorcroft ceramic plates, the so-called 780/4 trays. The ceramic plates have two different floral designs, are hand painted and glazed to a high gloss. Two great collector's items, delightful hall trays for personal treasures and a touch of British royal flair for your home. The first Moorcroft art pottery was designed by William Moorcroft and launched in 1897. In 1913, under the name W. Moorcroft Ltd, the present factory was established in Sandbach Road. William Moorcroft was a graduate of what is now the Royal College of Art in London. His novel art pottery was purchased by prestigious stores from the beginning. Meanwhile, early Moorcroft ceramics...
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1990s British Art Nouveau Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in a stately shape with a sharp finish to the body where it transitions to the nozzle. Rich blue hare’s fur glaze.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Majolica Green-Glazed Geranium Plate, Hope & Carter, English, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
English majolica green-glazed 9.13-inch plate, with relief molded geranium plants and blossoms, with a shaped rim; the reverse with impressed mark: HOPE & CARTER, BURSLEM. For thir...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Large Ceramic Plate Blue and White Dutch Boch Delft Charger
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning Boch Delfts blue and white plate in very good condition. Beautiful charger that is in perfect condition. The painting depicts a lady and some gentlemen in a tavern. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Folk Art Ceramics

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Ceramic

Thom Lussier Ceramic Bowl #28, from the Oxidized Copper Collection
Located in New York, NY
From Thom Lussier's Oxidized Copper Collection - a series of ceramic vessels that stand out for their brilliant palette and rich textures. This bowl ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

18th Century Imari Blue and White Round Scalloped Japanese Oversized Platter
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This large, beautiful and bold blue and white platter is Japanese Imari from the Edo period (18th century). This impressive early porcelain Imari ware is saturated in rich cobalt blue underglaze hand painted in an unusual cross pattern. It features four round medallions of lotus flowers and landscape vinettes and finishes in blue rimmed scalloped edges. A hand painted leaf design is repeated on the underside. Condition: Very good condition especially for it's age. One tiny chip is touched up. Nice wear and firing stilt marks on back. Measurements: 16" diameter x 2" depth Weight: 6 lbs. Experience and expertise - Clune Art And Antiques Studio.
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

ceramic pitchers by Pol Chambost
Located in Brooklyn, NY
beautiful set of blue ceramics by Pol Chambost from the 1950's original condition
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Wilhelm Kåge/Kaage, Gustavsberg, Argenta Vase Decorated with Leaves
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Wilhelm Kåge/Kaage, Gustavsberg, Argenta vase decorated with leaves. Measures: Height 15 cm x 4.5 cm. Marked Gustavsberg, Argenta. In perfect condition.
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1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Ceramics

Wedgwood "Fallow Deer" Charger
Located in High Point, NC
Wedgwood charger in their famous "Fallow Deer" pattern. Impressed mark on reverse reads 3QT, which is dated 1907.
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Majolica Green-Glazed Geranium Plate by Hope & Carter, English, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
English majolica green-glazed 9-inch plate, with relief molded geranium plants and blossoms and shaped rim, the reverse with impressed mark 'HOPE & CARTER, ENGLAND,' ca. 1880. For t...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Gio Ponti Set of Two Decorative Bottles in Ceramic by Cooperativa Ceramica Imola
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Set of two decorative blue bottles in ceramic with gold lusters decorations (realized by Bottega Gatti in Faenza) from the Bottiglie Abitate series which is designed by Gio Ponti in the 1950s and manufactured during the 1990s by Cooperativa Ceramica Imola. The manufacturer's brand and signature are visible under the bases. Dimensions: A buttoned bottle H36 cm A decorated bottle H30 cm Gio Ponti was an icon of the modernist movement: the Italian designer, architect, artist and publisher contributed significantly to the worlds of architecture and design with his extensive work in fine furniture and ceramics, education, office and residential buildings, and everything in between. Giovanni, known as Gio Ponti was born in 1891 in Milan. It was there that he spent his childhood, and in 1921 he began to study architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. From 1923 to 1930 he served as the artistic director of the Richard-Ginori porcelain factory. In 1927, Ponti started his first architectural office, together with Emilio Lancia, and in 1928 he started the magazine Domus, which is still regarded as one of the most influential European magazines for architecture and design. He was also very influential during the period as a curator of the Milan Triennale. After his collaboration with Emilio Lancia had come to an end, upon completion of the Torre Rasini, he began to work as an architect together with the engineers Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Luster

1960s Set of a Jug with Six Cups by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
Located in Milan, IT
1960s set of a jug with six cups by Aldo Londi for Bitossi (Blue Collection) in ceramic. Made in Italy The items are in excellent condition
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1960s European Space Age Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Blue Lacquered Ceramic Vase by Laveno Chinoiserie Style, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s - 1950s. This blue lacquered ceramic vase by Laveno, Italy. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in...
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1940s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Japanese Seto Porcelain Vegetable Bowl with Hand-Painted Blue and White Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Japanese blue and white hand-painted porcelain Seto ware vegetable bowl from the early 20th century, with landscape and calligraphy décor. Produced in one of the six ancient kilns of Japan, this porcelain vegetable bowl features a circular lid adorned with landscape, architecture and calligraphy motifs, sitting above a circular tapering body echoing the motifs from the top. Its blue and white hand-painted décor and simple lines will make this Japanese Seto porcelain...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Bohemian Ditmar Urbach Pottery Polar Bear Bowl Videpoche
Located in Bochum, NRW
Art Deco Bohemian Ditmar Urbach Pottery Polar Bear bowl Videpoche. A Czechoslovakian 1930s pottery polar bear at ice pool figure / bowl / videpoc...
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1930s Czech Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Very Rare Awesome Huge Blue and White Fat Lava Vase by ES Keramik, Germany 1950s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Very rare awesome huge blue and white fat lava vase by ES Keramik, Germany, 1950s Very good condition.
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Minton Majolica Medieval Style Large Cabinet Plate, Dated 1867
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Minton Majolica cabinet plate, with a central medieval design in émail-ombrant, a difficult technique achieved by flooding majolica glazes over an intaglio design, causing the impres...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

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Majolica

Antique 19C Japanese Turqoise Satsuma Water Pot or Koro Marked Base
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese Satsuma water pot, Meiji period. With cranes and flowers. Marked on base. Condition / Overall Condition 2 chips to base rim and some very minimal fritting to upper ri...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics

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Porcelain

Unique Sculptural 'Gongshi' Plates N0.14 Objet d'Art Cobalt Blue
Located in London, GB
Gongshi plates Hand made Unique Undulating Form Plates, Objet d'Art in cobalt blue. These sculptural plates are taking inspiration from the Chinese ‘gongshi’ ‘Gongshi (Chinese...
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2010s Italian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Unique Sculptural 'Gongshi' Plates N0.15 Objet D'art Cobalt Blue
Located in London, GB
Gongshi Plates Hand made Unique Undulating Form Plates, Objet d'Art in cobalt blue. These sculptural plates are taking inspiration from the Chinese ‘gongshi’ ‘Gongshi (Chinese...
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2010s Italian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Angels "
Located in Madrid, ES
18th Century Portuguese " Angels " Measures: 84 cm x 70 cm 30 Tiles. Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered as if it were a...
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18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics

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Ceramic

Unique Sculptural 'Gongshi' Plates N0.22 Objet d'Art Cobalt Blue
Located in London, GB
Gongshi Plates Hand made Unique Undulating Form Plates, Objet d'Art in cobalt blue. These sculptural plates are taking inspiration from the Chinese ‘gongshi’ ‘Gongshi (Chinese...
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2010s Italian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Dutch Delft, 1740-1760, Biblical ceramic Plaque with Moses and the Bronze Snake
Located in Verviers, BE
Biblical plaque with Moses and the bronze snake in blue and white and yellow. Delft, 1740-1760. The lozenge-shaped plaque has a molded and raised rim made up of scalloped ribbons alternating with shells. The plaque is painted with the biblical theme of Moses and the bronze snake. The painting is executed in blue, with only the bronze snake on the pole and three poisonous snakes on the ground accentuated in yellow. In the foreground the Numbers bible book reference ‘Num. 21 Vs 9’ is reserved in a small cartouche. The biblical story is at both sides bordered on either side by floral ornamentation and shells. The scalloped ribbons are painted with foliate scrolls. Two holes for suspension are pierced just below the upper shell. The reverse is glazed. In the story of the Old Testament, Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics

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Ceramic, Faience

18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Knight "Vase"
Located in Madrid, ES
18th century Portuguese "Knight" Measures: 98 cm x 112cm 56 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered as if it were a pa...
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18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics

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Ceramic

Lovely Blue Ceramic Vase, Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg 1958
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely blue vase designed by Berndt Friberg at Gustavsberg in Stockholm, the vase is 16.5 cm high with a lovely harfur glase. It ´s marked as on picture and was made in 1958. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Large Majolica Palissy Crab Wall Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy crab wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950. A very large crab on the center on a deep blue background, few fishs and seaweeds.
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1950s French Rustic Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Large Spanish Glazed Terracotta Granada "Lebrillo" Earthenware Bowl
Located in Marbella, ES
Large Spanish handmade and painted white and green glazed terracotta "lebrillo" earthenware bowl in the style typical of Granada.  
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2010s European Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Swedish Gustavsberg Argenta Stoneware Vase with Silver Fish by Wilhelm Kage
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A beautiful bowl with silver fish decoration by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg from Argenta series, circa 1930s-1940s.
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1950s Swedish Art Deco 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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