Ceramics
20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Porcelain
2010s Danish Ceramics
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Stoneware
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Clay, Pottery, Ceramic
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic, Stoneware
Late 19th Century Other Antique Ceramics
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Ceramics
Pewter
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic, Stoneware
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics
Stoneware
2010s American Organic Modern Ceramics
Ceramic, Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Ceramics
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Ceramics
Ceramic
20th Century English Modern Ceramics
Stoneware
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Ceramics
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Glass
1950s Italian Other Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
2010s French Post-Modern Ceramics
Stoneware
2010s Mexican Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Glass, Ceramic
20th Century Italian Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Pottery
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
2010s French Post-Modern Ceramics
Earthenware
2010s French Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramics
Maiolica
2010s Mexican Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
1960s American Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Ceramics
Ceramic
19th Century English Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
2010s French Post-Modern Ceramics
Earthenware
1990s Dutch Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Stoneware
2010s American Organic Modern Ceramics
Ceramic, Porcelain
1970s Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Aluminum
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Stoneware
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Ceramics
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Ceramics
Ceramic, Stoneware
20th Century Turkish Ceramics
Steel
2010s French Modern Ceramics
Earthenware
1890s Belgian Belle Époque Antique Ceramics
Majolica
2010s Ceramics
Ceramic
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain, Terracotta
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
1970s Vintage Ceramics
Ceramic
1890s Austrian Victorian Antique Ceramics
Terracotta
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Ceramics
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.