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Ceramics For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1840s
Vintage 1950s Duron Black Chalkware Bust
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage 1950s Duron Black Chalkware Bust  Duron produced chalkware figurines, lamps, wall plaques, busts and retro 50s, 60s African pieces. There are over 500 different Duron pieces...
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1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Ricard French Midcentury Ceramic Vase, Le Castellet, Bendor Island, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Rare Mid-Century Ceramic Vase by Céramiques Ricard (Le Castellet & Bendor Island), France, 1950s. Exceptional mid-century ceramic vase produced by Céramiques Ricard, crafted in Le Ca...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Carl-Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand, Midcentury Green Speckled Vintage Ceramic Vase
Located in Stockholm, SE
Midcentury Swedish vase from Rörstrand, designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane. The vase is in very good condition except from some minor white marks in the glaze from the production why it...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Stoneware

Danish Modern Stoneware Tea Pot Haresfur Glaze by Frode Bahnsen at Palshus 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
Rare handmade stoneware teapot made at Palshus Pottery in the 1950s Denmark . The pot was designed by Frode Bahnsen and is glazed in the workshops famous...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Stoneware

West German Midcentury Stylish Red Glazed Twin Handled Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish West German midcentury mottle red and orange glazed twin handle art pottery vase. The red stoneware vase stands on a narrow round ung...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Stoneware

Ceramic Plate Madoura Picasso, limited edition "d'après Picasso", stamped
Located in Paris, FR
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) & MADOURA Profil de taureau, 1956. Plaque murale convexe en terre de faïence blanche, gravure soulignée de paraffine oxydée, bain de couverte. Daté (à l'env...
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1950s French Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Vintage Rare Kutani Japan Hand Painted Porcelain, 22 Carat Gold Foo Dogs MCM
Located in North Miami, FL
These large and fabulous pair of RARE vintage late 1940's to early 1950's Kutani Japan handcrafted and hand painted foo dog lions are very commanding both in stature and execution of meticulous painted detail with 22 carat gold leaf throughout. The persimmon color of a burnt hue porcelain ceramic porcelain male and female matched pair of foo dogs have a mariage decoration. These are a stunning and gorgeous example of Japanese 2oth Century Arts and a lost art form. The foo dogs are ferocious shishi lions with very colorful and detailed Kutano style moriage porcelain...
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1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Gold

Andrea D'Arienzo Ceramic Vase, Italy 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Andrea D'Arienzo ceramic vase, Vietri, Italy 1950s.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Pablo Picasso Large Ceramic Plate, Tormented Face 1956 C117
Located in CA, CA
Pablo Picasso Tormented face. Ceramic plate 1956. Large unglazed light earthenware charger with raised design from the “Tormented Face” series . Produced by Madoura in 1956. Numbered...
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1950s French Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) French ceramist in Vallauris Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with li...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

San Polo Venezia small ceramic feeding bird chicks sculpture, Italy 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
San Polo Venezia small ceramic feeding bird chicks sculpture. Italy 1950s Fully signed
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Midcentury Modern Ceramic Vases "Caolina" Gunnar Nylund Rörstrand, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
These two wonderful vases was created and designed by Gunnar Nylund at the Rörstrand Factory in the 1950s, Sweden. Good vintage condition. Measure: H 31 cm and 26.5cm Signed R SWE...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Blue Bowl Carl-Harry Stålhane Rörstrand - Scandinavian Mid 20th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely blue bowl designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, the bowl is 14 cm (5.6") in diameter and 7 cm (2,8") tall. It is in excellent condition except from some minor cracks...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Flamenco Dancer Ceramic by Formento, 1950s~60’s
Located in Brussel, BE
Remarkable flamenco dancer ceramic made by Formento Treviso in Italy between the 1950’s & 60’s. - Remarquable céramique de danseuse de flamenco réalisée par Formento Treviso en Itali...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) French ceramist in Vallauris Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs. His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors. A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop. In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

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

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Ceramic

A Rut Bryk Karjalainen Talo 'Karelian House' Blue Ceramic Wall Plaque, 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
An outstanding piece of art by one of the leading names of the mid-century Finnish ceramic scene. This large and colorful wall plaque made by Rut Bryk ...
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1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Midcentury Modern Ceramic Floor Vase Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
A gorgeous floor vase produced at Rörstrand and designed by maker/Designer Gunnar Nylund. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful brown glazed in shifting dark earthy colors. Rar...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Ceramic Pitcher By Fernande Kohler Vallauris France 1950's
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A ceramic pitcher by Fernande Kohler, Vallauris, France, ca' 1950's. Beautiful lava glaze, stylized female figure, signed on the bottom. This a great example of Vallauris pottery.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Midcentury Modern Groupe of 6 White and Grey Vessels Rörstrand Sweden 1950
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
We have gathered a Groupe of 6 pieces, made at Rörstrand during the midcentury. The pieces are designed by Gunnar Nylund and Carl Harry Stålhane. Their slick minimalistic and elegant...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Stoneware

Vintage Bordallo Pinheiro Ceramic Cabbage Dish w Cover
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Organic modern ceramic dish with cover by Portuguese Bordallo Pinheiro cabbage motiv. Signed at bottom. Great decorative tableware piece and ...
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1950s American Organic Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Stig Lindberg Horse, Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1952-1972
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Probably made 1956-1957, painted in black and brown against white backdrop. Signed G, studio hand Stig L.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic, Stoneware

Ceramic Vase Jug by Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Scandinavian Midcentury Ceramic jug vase in har fur glaze green enamel Signed on back with "R" for Rorstrand, Sweden, and GN for Gunnar Nylund. 1950's Gunnar Nylund was born in Pari...
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1950s Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

French Porcelain Dessert Service, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
Each piece finely painted in tones of black, brown and gilt with classical figural decoration, the handles and borders with gilt painting. Comprising: 1 reticulated stand, 1 reticulated basket, 3 covered sauce tureens (two finials professionally replaced), pair of covered sauce tureens and stands, 4 oval...
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1840s French Antique Ceramics

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Porcelain

Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) French ceramist in Vallauris Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs. His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors. A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop. In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Large Ceramic Amphora, Tunisia, 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Large ceramic amphora from Nabeul, Tunisia, 1960s Purchased by my great grandfather during a trading trip to Nabeul. It is in excellent condition. 47 cm high.
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1950s Tunisian Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Jean Picart Le Doux, huge ceramic dish, Sant-Vicens workshop, France c. 1950's
Located in leucate, FR
Huge ceramic dish from the Sant-Vicens pottery workshops in Perpignan (south of France). Drawing made by Jean Picart Le Doux. Black and green stylized bird on an intense blue back...
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1950s French French Provincial Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Accolay Turquoise Blue Concentric Circle Vase
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French midcentury vase by Accolay, France, 1950s. Turquoise blue concentric circle vase. Height 25cm (9.8"), Diameter 17cm (6.7"). Signed "Accolay" below. After the war “ceramic but...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Rut Bryk Mother & Children Ceramic Wall Relief "Play, 1957 " Arabia
Located in Helsinki, FI
A stunning wall relief in glazed ceramic designed by Rut Bryk and manufactured by Arabia, in Finland in the 1950s. A beautiful work of art featuring a mother playing with her childre...
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1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Early Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Flamestone Salt and Pepper Shakers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish 'Flamestone' earthenware salt and pepper shakers by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk designs, circa 1958-1964. Features the Flamestone signature slate glaze with striated pattern ...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Porcelain, Stoneware

Saxbo glazed vase ceramic/stoneware by Edith Sonne , signed/marked
By Edith Sonne Brun, Saxbo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful stoneware vase by the well known potter Edith Sonne.
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1950s Danish Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Georges Jouve "Snail form" Ceramic Plate, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Jouve (1910-1964) Decorative Ceramic plate "Snail form or free form " 1950's Signed JOUVE on back (engraved) New Oak frame Ceramic Measures : 25 cm x 25 cm. (Framed 41 x 41 cm)
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1950s Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Yellow Majolica Oyster Plate Longchamp, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Yellow Majolica oyster plate longchamp, circa 1950. 11 plates available.
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1950s French French Provincial Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Blue Ceramic Cup Signed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg 1950's
Located in Paris, FR
Stig Lindberg, (1916-1982) Blue / Turquoise/ brown Stoneware Cup for Gustavsberg studio, 1950s, Unique , Sweden, Signed. Diameter 23 cm  
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1950s Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Midcentury Modern Earthy Tone Ceramic Table Lamp Gunnar Nylund Rörstrand, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderful table lamp in ceramic named Rubus and designed by one of the ceramic designer icons from Sweden Gunnar Nylund. This one with incredible colors working together with the all...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Marcello Fantoni Unusual Modernist Ceramic Wall Plate, Italy 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Marcello Fantoni Unusual Modernist Ceramic Wall Plate, Italy 1950s
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Yellow Vase, Carl-Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand, Mid-Century Vintage
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely Midcentury Swedish vase in ceramics designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand. The vase has a lovely yellow glaze. The vase is 10.5 cm high and in mint condition. Car...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Stoneware

Early Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Flamestone Coffee Pot with Mugs and Demitasses
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denmark 'Flamestone' coffee or tea pot, four demitasses, four mugs, and eight saucers (four small / four larger) by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk Designs, circa 1958-1964. Features the Flamestone signature slate, almost brown glazed-earthenware with striated pattern and white porcelain interior (pitcher has a green tinge to the porcelain interior). Elegant, attractive set with only one fleck to the rim of one of the mugs (very minor and easy to miss -- see photos 15 and 16 for closeups). Early, Danish production, as indicated by the markings and rough exterior (a smooth version was introduced in 1964). Measures: Pitcher H 13.5" x L 7.5" x D 5" Coffee mugs H 3.75" x L 4" x D 3.13" Coffee saucers...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Earthenware, Porcelain

A FREE-FORM Pair of MODERNIST Ceramic CANDLESTICKS by ANDRE BAUD, France 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
A superb, sensual and charming pair of small "quadripod" candlesticks, Modernist, Forme-Libre body in pistachio green enameled ceramic, by André Baud, Vallauris, France 1950. In the ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Ceramic Vase by Franco Cardinali Vallauris from the 50's Picasso Style
By Franco Cardinali
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Very beautiful ceramic vase with handle by the artist Franco Cardinali from the 1950s from the Vallauris workshops. Very nice glazing in sky blue, brown and white colours with drawin...
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1950s French Organic Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Midcentury Modern Set of 4 Ceramic Vases Gunnar Nylund Rörstrand Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Set of 4 wonderful vases made in Sweden during the 1950s at Rörstrand factory and designed by Gunnar Nylund. The Vases are made in nice sculptural shape and with wonderful glaze. ...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Green Majolica Salt Cellar Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Green Majolica Salt Cellar with leaves Vallauris.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Spherical Vase by Eva Stæhr Nielsen for Saxbo
Located in San Francisco, CA
A footed spherical vase with an aquamarine hares fur glaze by Eva Stæhr Nielsen for Saxbo. Stamped with the Saxbo crown symbol, model number 85, and “SAXBO COPENHAGEN”.
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1950s European Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Fine Pair Of Argenta Salts By Wilhelm Kage, Sweden. Applied Silver Stoneware
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Barely an inch tall, super pair of stoneware salts with applied silver decoration by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg, Sweden Delightful Argenta pieces Circa 1955 Stamped Gustavsberg Arg...
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1950s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Georges Jouve French Ceramic Polychrome Dish
Located in Chicago, IL
French ceramic by Georges Jouve, polychrome decoration on white background. Signed with cypher and name. Excellent condition, no chips or restorations.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Jacques Blin ceramic vase from the 50's with blue enamelled birds
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Glazed ceramic vase in a range of light blues by French ceramist Jacques Blin from the 1950s. The entire vase is decorated with stylized birds. Very fine vintage condition, with slig...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Pablo Picasso Black Ceramic Plate 'Deux Danseurs'
Located in Paris, FR
White earthenware ceramic plate with black engobe and white glaze. Stamped 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso' (underneath). (A.R. 380)
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1950s Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Thomas Toft Danish Modern Chamotte Stoneware Footed Bowl
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Dark brown chamotte clay body footed bowl with graphic glaze made by Thomas Toft of Denmark. Bowl measures 10.25" in diameter and stands 4.5" high. Signed with the TT mark of Thomas...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Stoneware

Vintage Stilton Cheese Keeper, Georgian Revival, English, Ceramic Truckle Dome
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a superb mid 20th century Georgian Revival Stilton cheese keeper, exquisitely crafted with a marbled ceramic finish in the manner of Copeland's Agateware. This vintage truckl...
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1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Ceramic Plate by Pablo Picasso, 1953
Located in Hamburg, PA
Corrida sur fond noir ceramic plate by Pablo Picasso dated "25.9.53" stamped and marked "Madoura Plein Feu/Edition Picasso/D'Apres Picasso" (unde...
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Small Majolica Pate White Rabbit Tureen
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica white rabbit pate tureen or box circa 1950 signed Caugant.
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1950s French Country Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Braided red ceramic bowl from Vallauris, France 1950s
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Beautiful fruit bowl or centerpiece in braided enameled ceramic in the style of Jérôme Massier dating from the 1950s, produced in Vallauris, France. This bowl is covered with a very...
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1950s French French Provincial Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) French ceramist in Vallauris Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs. His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors. A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop. In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon...
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Decorative Ceramic Tray by Charles René Neveux for Cerenne Workshop, c. 1950s
Located in London, GB
Mid-century ceramic hors d'oeuvres tray by Charles René Neveux for Cerenne Workshop (circa 1950s). This rare ceramic with abstract motif is signed by Neveux himself. A tomato-red base is complemented by a yellow repeating pattern at the edges and a dash of turquoise from the abstract in the recess of the tray. An eye-catching piece from the South of France. When it was created, the 1955 film, Et Dieu Créa la Femme...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

1950s by Gilbert Portanier Vallauris France Glazed Ceramic Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
Glazed ceramic Excellent condition. "Portanier" signed.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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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...
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1840s English Qing Antique Ceramics

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Ironstone

Ceramic Bowl by Stig Lindberg, Sweden, Red & White Striped, C 1950, Signed
Located in New York, NY
An artistic jack-of-all-trades, Stig Lindberg was accomplished in industrial design, textile design, painting, illustration, glassblowing and ceramics. His whimsical postwar studio c...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Frans Wildenhain Sgrafitto and Slip Decorated Studio Pottery Bowl C. 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
A sgrafitto carved and slip decorated centerpiece bowl by the Bauhaus trained potter Frans Wildenhain. It displays various fantastical tribal figures and a stippled banding of dots i...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Pottery

Midcentury Modern Collection of Ceramics Rörstrand Carl-Harry Stålhane, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Collection of vases and bowls from Rörstrand and maker/Designer Stålhane. Made in Sweden in the mid-century. Beautiful, glazed vases in good condition. This set of green vases and bo...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Berndt Friberg Studio Ceramic Vase, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unique, handmade, 1963. Stamped. Produced by Gustavsberg, Sweden. Fantastic glaze in yellow/green tones. Measures: Height 20 cm
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Antique and Vintage Ceramics for Sale: Shop Figurines, Vases and Scandinavian Pottery on 1stDibs

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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