Ceramics
1730s Italian Baroque Antique Ceramics
Maiolica
Mid-20th Century Dutch Folk Art Ceramics
Ceramic, Porcelain
1870s American Folk Art Antique Ceramics
Pottery
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Folk Art Ceramics
Ceramic, Paint
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
1960s German Folk Art Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Pottery
1930s French Folk Art Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
1930s French Folk Art Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Ceramics
Stoneware
Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Ceramics
Maiolica
19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century German Baroque Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 1700s Italian Baroque Antique Ceramics
Maiolica
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramics
Terracotta
1890s Guatemalan Folk Art Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Ceramics
Ceramic, Paint
20th Century Italian Folk Art Ceramics
Ceramic, Paint
Early 1700s Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
1960s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Ceramics
Clay
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
1980s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Ceramics
Clay
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Ceramics
Pottery, Paint
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Ceramics
Ceramic, Paint
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramics
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Ceramics
Ceramic
1940s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Ceramics
Earthenware, Pottery
19th Century German Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Pottery
Early 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Ceramics
Creamware, Pottery
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Ceramics
Terracotta
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramics
Terracotta
1950s English Folk Art Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century German Baroque Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Faience
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.