Ceramics
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
1930s Unknown Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Ceramics
Ironstone
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Latvian Modern Ceramics
Enamel
1960s Italian Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
1990s American Post-Modern Ceramics
Stoneware
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Ceramics
Ironstone
1780s German Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics
Earthenware
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Late 18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Ceramics
Pottery
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Ceramics
Ironstone
19th Century Czech Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Ceramics
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic, Paint
1960s French Rustic Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Ceramics
Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
1950s German Late Victorian Vintage Ceramics
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Bohemian Ceramics
Pottery
2010s Organic Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Ceramics
Pottery
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Paint
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Glass
Early 20th Century French Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century Czech Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
1950s Czech Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
Late 19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Stoneware
Late 19th Century Czech Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century European Ceramics
Ceramic
Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic, Stoneware
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Ceramics
Ironstone
18th Century English Georgian Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century Czech Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
1970s Danish Brutalist Vintage Ceramics
Stoneware
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
2010s European Ceramics
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Ceramics
Majolica
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.