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Ceramics For Sale
Color:  Brown
Bird candlestick terracotta 50's - G407
Located in Lyon, FR
Nice terracotta candlestick in the shape of a bird. French handicraft work of the 50s. Very beautiful email on the whole object with a beautiful patina of time. To note one of the tr...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ardmore Ceramic Elephant Tureen
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Fall madly in love with our Elephant Tureen, featuring a fantastic sculpture of red and yellow elephants. Its sumptuous exotic flora and refined detail...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary South African Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Valentine Schlegel, Terracotta Sculpture
Located in PARIS, FR
This terracotta sculpture was created in 1988 by Valentine Schlegel (1925-2021). This work, which comes directly from the artist’s personal collection, is the first of a series of ei...
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Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Terracotta

Arnold Wiigs Fabriker 'AWF' Finnish Brutalist Textured Stoneware Pedestal Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish large mid-century Finnish Brutalist art pottery bowl with a key pattern design and with a textured brown finish by Arnold Wiigs Fa...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Brutalist Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Studio Stoneware Bowl with Pedestal Base in Rich Oxblood Glaze, USA 1960's
Located in New York, NY
A rustic stoneware bowl on a pedestal. Rich oxblood glaze with hand-drawn lines complementing its simple organic form. The base as little cutouts that lighten the overall structure. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Eric James Mellon Studio Pottery Tile Titled Nude
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and unique, fresh to market, stoneware studio pottery tile shaped panel hand painted with a rear profile of a walking female nude titled Nude by renowned ceramic artist E...
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Early 2000s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Ceramic Vase by Roger Capron, Vallauris, France, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic vase by Roger Capron, Vallauris, France, 1950s Signed "Capron Vallauris".
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1950s French Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chamotte Teapot by J.H. Quistgaard for Palshus Ceramics, Denmark, 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
Wonderful teapot by Jens Harald Quistgaard in fired chamotte clay with handle of cane. Made at "Palshus" Pottery in 1950 and stamped "Palshus, Denmark, JHQ. 1950." Palshus Pottery...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Clay, Cane

TOSIN “Madonna” Ceramic Wood, 1930, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
TOSIN Madonna ceramic wood, 1930, Italy.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Other Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Yngve Blixt, Long-necked Vase with Copper Speckled Glaze, Sweden, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Yngve Blixt got his start producing souvenirs in the 1950s; by the end of his life he was a key member of a collective whose members included some of Sweden's most esteemed ceramists...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Set of Eight French Swirl Glazed Bowls with Custom Wall Mounts
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking set of eight 20th century French gold and brown swirl glazed terracotta bowls, and each with a custom steel wall mount so you can hang in y...
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Early 20th Century French Rustic Ceramics

Materials

Terracotta

1970s Spanish Brown & Yellow Glazed Terracotta Ceramic Vase w/ Handles
Located in Marbella, ES
Rustic 1970s Spanish brown and yellow glazed terracotta ceramic vase with handles.
Category

Late 20th Century Spanish Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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

Orchid BIB Pot, in Matte Black and Broken Silver, by Artist Stef Duffy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
The Orchid BIB Pot, shown here in Matte Black and Broken Silver, for your favorite orchid or plant, or as a vase or objet d'art. Versatile, sustainable and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery, Stoneware

Zoë Powell, Ceramic Vessel 07, Perianth Series, 2021
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Title: Perianth 07 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - ABOUT THE ARTIST: Zoë Powell...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Set of Four 1930s Spanish Brown Glazed Terracotta Ceramic Urns w/ Lids
Located in Marbella, ES
Rustic set of four 1930s Spanish brown glazed terracotta ceramic urns with lids.
Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

19650s Gunnar Nylund Scandinavian Midcentury Ceramic Vases for Rörstrand
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern design ceramic vases set designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, made in Sweden, marked on the bottom, in matte enamel, 19650s. Dimensions: Height 1...
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1650s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Spora Bowl in Glazed Ceramic by Trish DeMasi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Trish DeMasi Spora bowl, 2021 Glazed ceramic Measures: 4.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 in.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Majolica Palissy Fishs Wall Platter Vallauris Lamarche, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Palissy Fishs Wall Platter Vallauris signed Lamarche, circa 1950. Diameter / 9.5 inches. 2 fishs, mussel,lemon, starfish and seaweeds.
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Important Decorative Ceramic Bottle by Jeanne and Norbert Pierlot, circa 1950
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jeanne and Norbert Pierlot Elegant ceramic bottle, circa 1950. Beautiful brown glaze, signed under the base. Perfect condition.
Category

1950s Vintage Ceramics

Ceramic Soup Bowl Tureen "Margherita" by Antonia Campi for Richard Ginori, 1965
Located in taranto, IT
Very rare tureen in glazed ceramic in relief by Richard Ginori laveno designed in the 1960s by Antonia Campi, archived and cataloged on the site of the cultural heritage of lombardy ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Sculpture Entitled "Ascendante" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1989
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture entitled "Bascule" by Pierre Martinon. Perfect original conditions. Signed and dated at the base "Pierre Martinon 1989". Unique piece. Far from the ...
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Small Jester Face Vase Tooth Pick or Flowers, circa 1920
Located in Mimizan, FR
Small Jester face vase good for tooth pick or flowers, circa 1920 Unusual small vase with interesting face Ideal for tooth picks! Or else flowers.  ...
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1920s French Other Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Rose Mandarin Shrimp Dish with Elaborate Enameled Gilded Handle, c. 1820
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Mandarin Shell-Form Shrimp Dish, also known as a nappie or dessert dish, circa 1820, the shaped bowl with vividly enameled glazes and detailed gilding, ...
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1820s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s
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...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s
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

1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s
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...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Mid-1980s
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...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Gustavo Pérez High Temperature Ceramic Vase
Located in Mexico City, MX
High temperature ceramic vessel by Gustavo Pérez. The cone-shaped vase has black interior and sand color exterior. The exterior is decorated with bas-relief black lines. Hand-crafted...
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1990s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Art Deco Vase, circa 1930
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This Art Deco vase is made of ceramic. This is a beautiful piece with a nice design and great colors. This is a French piece of art, circa 1930.
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

A Pair of Large English Porcelain Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Staffordshire
Located in London, GB
A large pair of English Staffordshire porcelain figures of orange and white seated spaniel dogs with gold chain leashes. Their two front legs are separated, a more delicate, therefor...
Category

19th Century British Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain, Ceramic

Jaru Glazed Ceramic Gazelle / Ram's Head Sculpture
By Jaru
Located in Miami, FL
Jaru Glazed Ceramic Gazelle / Ram's Head Sculpture Offered for sale is a glazed ceramic ram or gazelle sculpture by Jaru of California. The piece is signed and dated 1980 on the bac...
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Tall Ribbed Stoneware Vase by Arne Bang
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful tall ribbed vase by Arne Bang, Denmark, circa 1950. In excellent vintage condition. Arne Bang (Danish, 1901-1983) Tall ribbed stoneware vase, Denmark, circa 1950 Ston...
Category

20th Century Danish Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Phyllis Hammond 1970s Ceramic "Container's" Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Phyllis Hammond 1970s Ceramic "Container's" Sculpture Offered for sale is a large hand-built two-piece ceramic sculpture by the American artist Phyllis Hammond from 1970. Hammond created sculptures of...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Ulla Winblad for Alingsås Ceramics Scandinavian Midcentury Handmade Lamp, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade and hand decorated Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern ceramic table lamp by Swedish designer Ulla Winblad for Alingsås Keramik. Manufactured in the small, Swedish town of Aling...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware, Ceramic

Modernist Overscale Glazed Ceramic Bowl on Stand by Mark Hines, 1986
By Mark Hines
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist Overscale Glazed Ceramic Bowl on Stand by Mark Hines, 1986 Offered for sale is an overscale artisan crafted modernist ceramic bowl with a metallic glaze from the Arizona a...
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Wood, Ceramic

Beatrice Wood Iridescent Earthenware Charger
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Ceramic earthenware charger by Ojai, California ceramicist Beatrice Wood (1893-1998), in her signature iridescent glaze. Signed "BEATO".
Category

20th Century American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of French Sevres Style Hand-Painted Porcelain Gilt Bronze Mounted Planters
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Period: 19th Century Origin: France Height: 11″ (27cm) Diameter: 9.5″ (24cm) Maker: Sevres Style One vase is professionally restored
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19th Century French Antique Ceramics

Large Berlin KPM Porcelain Plaque, "The Dancing Lesson of Our Grandmother"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The Dancing Lesson of Our Grandmother" (The Dance Lesson). Considered by collectors and dealers to be one of the best and most desirable K.P.M plaque...
Category

19th Century German Antique Ceramics

Materials

Wood, Porcelain

California Modern Pink Serving Dishes Santa Anita Ware
Located in Ferndale, MI
California modern pink serving dishes Santa Anita Ware Measure: Smaller covered dish 8" diameter Larger 9" diameter Teapot 7" tall.
Category

1950s American Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Large Blue and White Ceramic Bowl
Located in NYC, NY
A blue and white ceramic bowl, the basin with central depiction of a Phoenix surrounded by scrolling foliate designs.
Category

19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chambost Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chambost set, located in NY.
Category

20th Century French 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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