Ceramic Ceramics

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Red and black ceramic table centerpiece made in Rockabilly style, the colors are strong and decisive, the black has the distinction of having beautiful reflections nacreè (mother of pearl), reflections that unfortunately the photos can not capture, from life are really seductive, the form is nicely undulating, pleasant and very capacious; the centerpiece was produced between 1950 and 1953, by skilled artisans in the area of Vallauris, the "French city of ceramics" in Provence north-east of Cannes, renowned since ancient times for the production of this fascinating material; there were more than 250 production centers, but today very few remain and since the mid-20th century, they are dedicated to the manufacture of contemporary ceramics. The word "Rockabilly" is a combination of "rock and roll" and "hillbilly" (a derogatory term used to define the Appalachian mountain people and, in a generic sense, meant country boor); Rockabilly was a musical genre developed in the early 1950s, it was one of the first forms of rock & roll. It was a fusion of bluegrass, country, boogie-woogie, and jazz, originally from the southern United States, and was played and sung by artists such as Buddy Holly...

A large dark green vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand Atelier, it´s 36,5 cm high and it´s in mint condition.  

Stunning Scandinavian / Swedish Mid-Century Modern / Retro design deep plate / bowl in glazed ceramic / stoneware from the 1950s by Gunnar Nylund (Sweden, 1904–97) for Rörstrand/Rors...

Antique pair of Beswick Staffordshire Dogs in seated position hand painted in black and white colours with matching gilt collar and padlocks. True original matching pair with L and R...

This is a hand painted Chinese export bowl from the late 18th century, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795. We date this piece to...

George Jones Majolica Lotus Plate, naturalistically molded as overlapping lily pads and lotus leaves, with a central relief-molded pink and yellow lotus flower on turquoise-glazed wa...

A rare Meissen Marcolini Porcelain Chinoiserie incense burner vase and cover, made for the Chinese market, circa 1800, blue cross swords and star mark, Pressnummer 58 A Museum Quality Piece. Painted in the sought after famille rose palette with sprigs of indianische Blumen and enriched in gilding, the simulated pierced body supported by four feet painted with stylized dragons, the pierced cover with a Buddhist lion finial. 10" high x 6" wide x 6" deep The shape of this piece, which appears to be unrecorded in the literature, is inspired by similar Chinese porcelain censers from the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1654-1722). An example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated by Li Yi-hua in Qing Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Periods from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl. 65. Another in the British Museum, London (museum no. PDF, A.812) is catalogued as a perfume-holder. These porcelain examples are in turn inspired by ancient Chinese bronzes from both the Shang (1600-1046 BC) and the Zhou (1046-246 BCE) dynasties, an example of which was sold anonymously by Christie's New York, 22 March 2019, lot 1601. This chain of inspiration tracking backwards from the 19th century to antiquity provides a clear example of how ceramics, and indeed other mediums, are able to influence and motivate the works of later generations. For a Meissen porcelain snuff...

Incredible Spanish 19th century Fajalauza Lebrillo bowl in blue and white from Granada. Beautiful handcrafted original terracotta bowl with mil...

German-born artist Josef Albers wonderfully designed Homage to the Square, four glazed Italian porcelain ceramic platters, chargers, plates, each hallmarked/stamped on verso, from a limited sold-out edition. Each platter comes in its original box and is based on Albers' 1954 original oil on masonite work. Albers is widely considered one of the most influential artists and teachers of the visual arts in the twentieth century. The platters were done in a limited edition run of 1500 in 1999 and quickly sold out. They were all made in Italy specifically for MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art). Would be a great addition to any modern art or ceramic collection. These platters have become rare and scarce - especially in this pristine, as new condition. Platter dimensions: .75" high, 11.75" wide, 11.75" deep...

DeSimone of Italy, ceramic cup and saucer, hand decorated with girl holding flowers A fun piece of Italian dash Circa 1960's Signed DeSimone, Italy Cup: Height 2 inch, Diameter 4.25 ...

Fine teardrop shaped Roger Capron ceramic vide poche with pyjama decoration. Produced at his workshops in Vallauris in the 1950s

A large vintage serving platter featuring the Wild Turkey, Native American brown and white transfer-ware pattern by the celebrated English pottery firm, Johnson Brothers. With aut...

Giovanni De simone 1970s ceramic plate with slaughter of multicolored fish and fishermen.

A lovely pot in faience designed by Stig Lindberg at Gustavsberg in the 1960s. The decor is painted by Karin Gustavsson who were one of the painters at Gustavsbergs factory. The pot ...

Organic modern ceramic dish with cover by Portuguese Bordallo Pinheiro cabbage motiv. Signed at bottom. Great decorative tableware piece and ...

An hand-crafted ceramicjug vase made in Italy in the Seventies by Bertoncello in perfect conditions. A jug by Bertoncello is a highly sought-after collectible piece that embodies the...

Vintage ceramic Mirabelle flask by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring motifs suc...

Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture by Chala Toprak, 2025 Stoneware 16"x16"x12" Made in Brooklyn, New York, USA This sculpture is one of the sculptures in Wilderness of Petal collection....

The Salt Container" from the small town of Patti is a charming and historically significant piece of pottery. This salt container is representative of traditional Sicilian craftsman...

Stunning and stylish hand-crafted blue matte bowl by Saint Clement pottery studio/workshop, France. Signed on the underside with Saint Clement...

A cream dinner plate by Johnson Brothers England. This plate is decorated with a pink, brown, green, and blue chinoiserie design at the center and a greek key design around the edges...

English majolica green-glazed 9.13-inch plate, with relief molded geranium plants and blossoms, with a shaped rim; the reverse with impressed mark: HOPE & CARTER, BURSLEM. For thir...

A pair of black and white dog ceramic salt and pepper shakers. Dimensions: 3.75" Tall 3" Deep 2.25" Wide.  

The coastal Italian touch your home has been missing. This little shell dish is perfect placed in an entryway or stashed on a bedside table. Handmade in Italy by artisans and finishe...

A beautiful black and green ceramic vase in a classic Art Deco shape, the vase is designed at Upsala Ekeby and attributed to Anna-Lisa Thomson. It is 18.5 cm (7.4") tall and about 16...

These original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. It is made of ceramic pottery. The bottom are marked the vase series number 40 Handarbeit Straight forward and min...

Aldo Londi Bitossi Kwan Yin, Ceramic, Buddha Bust, Blue. Beautiful and calming female Buddha glazed in a vibrant dark reflex blue. According to one legend, Kwan Yin was an Indian Princess...

A charming ceramic pot by Weller, signed on the bottom, with handles. Beautiful decoration and yellow glaze.

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...

Goldscheider Art Deco relief in glazed ceramics with woman's face. Austria, 1950s. In very good condition. Measures: 19 x 13 cm. Stamped.

Eye-catching Majolica ceramic white and green strawberry shaped tureen. Manufactured by Bordalo Pinheiro, Portugal, 1960s. This cute tureen has a very realistic design with leaves on the top. A leaf shaped serving plate and a small serving spoon complete the set. This highly decorative serving piece will be a nice addition to any kitchen or dining table. It will be a cool choice used as sauce tureen. Excellent condition. On sale as a set of three pieces, strawberry tureen...

Ceramic sculpture representing a family of young deer in good vintage condition with trace of age and use. Produced in Italy during the 50s

French Faience oyster signed plate Saint Clement, circa 1890. Rustic, Country style.

Early Arista y cuenca tile fragment made in Toledo. Tile decorated in renaissance with stylized flowers was probably made between 1550 and 1575. Losses and wear.

This is a midcentury hexagonal baluster vase, a 20th century, Chinese ceramic urn. Attractive Chinese baluster vase Profusely decorated from neck to base Free from any damage o...

This is a very good hand painted Mason's ironstone Desert Plate, in the Pink Rose on stem with Rock gilded pattern, from their earliest George IIIrd period, circa 1818. The piece is...

A fine Majolica vegetable tower or topiary, attributable to the ceramic artisans of Este, Italy, featuring a naturalistic relief of vegetables upon...

Acquareccia plate Patanazzi workshop Urbino, last quarter of the 16th century It measures diameter 17.12 in; foot diameter 11.53 in; height 1.88 in (43.5 cm; 29.3 cm; 4.8 cm). Weight State of conservation: wear and a few small minimal detachments of enamel, chipping on the raised areas, peeling of enamel at the brim on the back. This large, shallow basin is equipped with a wide and convex well. It is umbonate with a contoured center. The brim, short and flat, is enclosed in a double rounded and barely raised edge. The basin has a flat base without rims; it has a slightly concave center in correspondence to the well. The shape takes inspiration from the basins associated with the metal forged amphora pourers that traditionally adorned the credenza. These were used from the Middle Ages to wash hands during banquets. Two or three people washed their hands in the same basin and it was considered an honor to wash one’s hands with an illustrious person. The decoration is arranged in concentric bands with, in the center of the umbo, an unidentified shield on a blue background: an oval banded in gold with a blue head, a gold star and a field with a burning pitcher. Rings of faux pods separate the center from a series of grotesque motifs of small birds and masks. These go around the basin and are, in fact, faithfully repeated on the brim. The main decoration develops inside the flounce of the basin, which sees alternating symmetrical figures of winged harpies and chimeras. The ornamentation, outlined in orange, green and blue, stands out against the white enamel background. This decorative style, defined since the Renaissance as “grottesche” or “raffaellesche”, refers to the decorations introduced after the discovery of the paintings of the Domus Aurea towards the end of the fifteenth century. The discovery of Nero's palace, buried inside Colle Oppio by damnatio memoriae, occurred by chance when a young Roman, in 1480, fell into a large crack which had opened in the ground on the hill, thus finding himself in a cave with walls covered with painted figures. The great artists present in the papal city, including Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Raffaello, immediately visited these caves. The decorations found there soon became a decorative subject of immense success: the term grotesque , with the meaning of “unusual,” “caricatured,” or “monstrous,” was later commented by Vasari in 1550 as “una spezie di pittura licenziose e ridicole molto”( “a very licentious and ridiculous kind of painting”). The decorations “a grottesche” also widely circulated in ceramic factories, through the use of engravings, variously interpreted according to the creativity of the artists or the requests of the client. Our basin is reflected in similar artifacts produced at the end of the sixteenth century by the factories of the Urbino district. See the series of basins preserved in the main French museums, among which the closest in morphology is that of the Campana collection of the Louvre (Inv. OA1496); this however has a more complex figure decoration, while the decoration of our specimen is sober and with a watercolor style. The style, sure in its execution, approaches decorative results still close to the works produced around the middle of the sixteenth century by the Fontana workshop. The decoration is closely linked to their taste, which later finds its natural outlet, through the work of Antonio, also in the Patanazzi workshop. Studies show the contiguity between the two workshops due to the kinship and collaboration between the masters Orazio Fontana and Antonio Patanazzi, both trained in the workshop of Guido Fontana il Durantino. It is therefore almost natural that their works, often created according to similar typologies and under the aegis of the same commissions, are not always easily distinguishable, so much so that the presence of historiated or “grottesche” works by Orazio is documented and preserved in Antonio Patanazzi's workshop. Given that the studies have always emphasized the collaboration between several hands in the context of the shops, it is known that the most ancient “grottesche” works thus far known, can be dated from 1560, when the Fontana shop created the so-called Servizio Spagnolo (Spanish Service) and how, from that moment on, this ornamentation became one of the most requested by high-ranking clients. We remember the works created for the Granduchi di Toscana, when Flaminio Fontana along with his uncle Orazio supplied ceramics to Florence, and, later, other commissions of considerable importance: those for the service of the Duchi d’Este or for the Messina Farmacia of Roccavaldina, associated with the Patanazzi workshop when, now after 1580, Antonio Patanazzi began to sign his own work. Thus, in our basin, the presence of masks hanging from garlands, a theme of more ancient memory, is associated in the work with more advanced stylistic motifs, such as the hatching of the chimeras and harpies. These are found here on the front with the wings painted in two ornate ways. In addition, the theme of the birds on the edge completes the decoration along the thin brim and can be seen as representing an early style typical of the Urbino district during a period of activity and collaboration between the two workshops. Later, a more “doll-like” decorative choice, typical of the end of the century and the beginning of the seventeenth century, characterized the period of the Patanazzi workshop under the direction of Francesco. Bibliography: Philippe Morel, Il funzionamento simbolico e la critica delle grottesche nella seconda metà del Cinquecento, in: Marcello Fagiolo, (a cura di), Roma e...

Flattened stoneware Post Modernist teapot with lid by California architectural artist Kazuko Matthews. Teapot measures 16" by 12" by 4" and is signed ...

Eye-catching Majolica ceramic white and green strawberry shaped tureen. Manufactured by Bordalo Pinheiro, Portugal, 1960s. This cute tureen has a very realistic design with leaves on the top. A leaf shaped serving plate and a small serving spoon complete the set. This highly decorative serving piece will be a nice addition to any kitchen or dining table. It will be a cool choice used as sauce tureen. Excellent condition. On sale as a set of three pieces, strawberry tureen...

Set of 2 vintage Gucci porcelain plates in the motif of poker cards / Made in Italy Original stamp on the base Diameter: 8.5 inches, height 1 inch set of 2 available in stock in Ital...

These are impressive black glazed Chinese Late Qing Stoneware Storage Jars that would be at home in an Axel Vervoordt-style designed space. Both Jars are hand thrown with a thick bla...

Incredible Spanish 19th century Fajalauza Lebrillo bowl in blue and white from Granada. Beautiful handcrafted original terracotta bowl with mil...

ROSENTHAL Studio Line Wolf Bauer (Designer) - Mid Century gilt and floral decorated vase - signed in the design - Rosenthal stamp to the base - Germany - circa 1970's. Excellent/m...

Incredible extra large Spanish 19th century Fajalauza Lebrillo bowl in green and white from Granada. Beautiful handcrafted original terracotta ...

SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). The centre painted with archaic de...

A Memphis Milano black and blue ceramic tea pot designed by Marco Zanini for Bitossi in perfect conditions. The tea pot by Marco Zanini is a stunning piece of functional art. It embo...

Danish Mid-Century Ceramic Dish Organic Decorations by Søholm, 1960s Danish mid-century ceramic dish by Søholm ceramic workshop, 1960s. A striking yet refined square stoneware piece...

One of a kind ceramic stoneware hand built bowl. The piece is comprised of two different clay bodies and features a coppery green handmade glaze in contrast to a speckled bowl . Th...

White Majolica asparagus plate Keller et Guerin Luneville, circa 1890.  

Quality antique Japanese blue and white imari scalloped edge plate, having a quality antique Japanese imari blue and white plate, hand painted in wonderful blue and white colours decorated with two birds on a tree surrounded...

very rare original glazed ceramic tile "Alphard grigio," designed by Ettore Sottsass for Cedit Ceramiche d'italia in the 1990s, included in the project "The Milan Style," whose initi...

This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain blue and white Dish or Deep Plate from the 18th Century Qing Dynasty, possibly back to the Kangxi period ( 1662-1722). This is a well potted dish with a very neatly cut foot rim and a white glaze having a blue tinge. The plate is well hand painted, front and back, in a free flowing style, characteristic of the period, in varying shades of a clear cobalt blue, from the very dark to the very light blue. The central well is hand decorated with an iconic outdoor...

A Minton Majolica Large Turquoise Ground Jardinière Designed by Gottfried Semper (German 1803 -1879), the ovid-form body applied with entwined snakes forming the handles, the rim wit...

Gio Ponti two 'Vendemmia' series tiles in frames for Richard Ginori, Italy, 1920s Fully marked.   

This 19th-century French confit pot showcases the rustic charm of Provincial stoneware, featuring a beautiful yellow glaze typical of the region. Used historically for preserving mea...

This is a beautiful hand painted, blue and white Chinese porcelain large diameter dish or plate, which we date to the early 19th century period of the Qing dynasty. The plate is w...

Kazuko Matthews Post Modern Ceramic Teapot, California, 1980's. Kazuko Kayasuga Matthews was born Southern California and was raised in Japan. After she returned to the United Stat...

Ceramic lamp stand with expressive head designed by Gudrun Baudisch executed by Wiener Werkstatte ca. 1928 marked Austrian Art In this ceramic object, Gudrun Baudisch combines her...

A stunning terracotta sculpture of a laying woman designed byÅke Holm at Höganäs in the mid 20th century. The sculpture is 21 x 11 cm and in excellent condition. It is signed below. ...

This is a very good Chinese porcelain large plate, made for the export (Canton) market, during the middle of the 18th century, Qing-Qianl...

Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg. Miniature ceramic vase with glaze in shades of green. In excellent condition. Dated 1958 Signed and marked with Gustavsberg studio hand. Dimensions: ...

This splendid ceramic plate is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter: it is de...

"Basil" is one of the teapots from "The Indian Memory" collection designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1987 and now reissued by Alessio Sarri. All pieces in the collection are signed In th...

Japanese Imari ‘Black Ship’ charger, attributed to Fukagawa. Showa Period (1926-1989) A later example of one of the rarest patterns in Japanese Imar...

Painted ceramic, good original vintage condition. Beautiful and unique decorative sculptures. White Spaniel Dogs Sculpture was produced in Staffordshire, England in 1960s. Only one pair of dogs...

You know we love a scallop at Sharland England, and our signature scallop dish is too pretty not to add to your collection! Fill it with trinkets, jewellery, olives – or to be honest...

The Chinese Export porcelain dish in the famille rose palette is painted on the border with meandering vines and flowers which surrounds a central panel decorated with vases and pots of flowers...

A beautiful reticulate bowl decorated with a hunter. Made in the Mid 19th Century

French Majolica Asparagus Pitcher Circa 1930.

Wonderful blue glaze on these 2 vases and bowl from Rörstrand Sweden, designed by Gunnar Nylund in the 1950s. They are all in good vintage condition. Dimensions: Large vase H ...

Majolica Pink Daisies Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890.

A large vintage serving platter featuring the Wild Turkeys - Flying brown and white transfer-ware pattern by the celebrated English pottery fi...