Folk Art Ceramics
FOLK ART STYLE
Folk art is a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Antique, new and vintage folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, duck decoys, portraiture and paintings, carnival art and quilts.
Quilts are a quintessential part of American folk art but their roots are international, with quilting dating back to Ancient Egypt. The practice spread to Europe and was especially prominent in the Middle Ages, with one of the oldest surviving examples being the Tristan quilt made in Sicily in the 14th century. They were made as bedcovers and clothing, including as a layer for knights to wear beneath their armor. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
Elsewhere, the vast range of work associated with Mexican folk art includes masks made by Mexican craftspeople for traditional celebrations and ceremonial dances. Mexican masks are part of the country’s folk-art traditions that go back thousands of years and play a role in festivals and theater.
Works in the folk art tradition are valuable because of the skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of antique, new and vintage folk art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Folk Art
19th Century Sponge Ware Pottery Serving Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a large 19th century sponge ware serving bowl with a fluted rim. The condition is very good.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Folk Art Studio Pottery Bowl - Textured Interior - Signed - Canada - Late 20th C
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Folk Art studio pottery bowl - hand formed ceramic body with textured interior - signed on the base (unidentified artist/potter) - Canada (likely) - late 20th century.
Excel...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Round Resin Stone Seashell Decorative Dish
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Round stone resin seashell serving dish or platter. The piece is very heavy and is blue, light gray and yellow in color. Three indentions in the shape of shells for serving oysters, ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Cast Stone
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
1880 French Country Pair of Navy Blue Edged Folk Art Majolica Decorative Plates
Located in New York, NY
Two quite rare earthenware sculptural decorative plates in barbotine, dated 1880, handcrafted in Clermont Ferrand, central part of France, by Charles ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Vintage Gouda Pottery Jug with Stopper, Hand Painted, Holland, 20th Century
By Gouda Vase
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Gouda folk art pottery jug or decanter with stopper - hand painted stylized floral decoration to the front and back - clear high gloss glaze with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique traditional French Art Pottery Bowl (also wall plate) France ar. 1900
Located in Landshut, BY
Traditional French Plate / Bowl
(can be perfectly fitted as a wall plate - using handle to hang)
Manufactured in France
around 1900
Production Period around 1900
marked: "3"
...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Monumental Sponge Ware Turkey Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large amazing 19th century sponge ware platter is in pristine condition and has a interesting slight warping as was in the making. The condition is very good. The shape is very ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
German Antique Handmade Salt Glazed Fruit Patterned Stoneware Bottle
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and unusual antique German salt glazed hand worked stoneware bottle decorated with stylised fruit designs dating from the 19th centur...
Category
1870s German Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Folk Art Terracotta Pinch Pot Bud Vase - Signed - Canada - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Folk Art studio pottery terracotta pinch pot bud vase - hand formed ceramic body with carved/textured exterior - navy blue glaze with...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
English Mocha Pottery Pearlware Earthworm Jug
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Mocha Pottery Pearlware Earthworm Jug,
Circa 1800-20
The pearlware mocha jug has three bands of blue slip and four of a white ground with two red-brown lines. The blue slip...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Vintage Folk Art Glazed Terracotta Shoe - Signed & Dated - U.S. - Circa 1966
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage American folk art glazed terracotta shoe - hand modeled - signed and dated on the base - United States - circa 1966.
Good vintage condition - hand modeled body as intended b...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Contemporary Clay Sculpture by Serapio Medrano
By G. None
Located in Guadalajra, Jal
Terracota Sculptures handmade by Serapio Medrano, son of the late Candelario Medrano.
Category
2010s Mexican Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Smith & Snows Whiteroot Pottery Bitters Bottle, Dated 1873
By Smith & Snow White Root
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early handmade pottery bitters bottle is signed and dated by the maker Pat. July. 17. 66 and Patd. & Co. 1873 . This pottery bottle is in pristine ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Folk Art Pottery Charger, Hand Painted Sheep, Signed, Greece, Circa 1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
M. MIXA?HE - Vintage folk art pottery charger or wall plate - large size - hand made and hand painted and incised with a sheep and flowers - applied slip decorative scrolls to the ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Sponge Ware Bulbous Soft Paste Pitcher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century sponge ware soft paste design sponge soft paste pitcher. The condition is very good and this is most unusual.
Category
19th Century American Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
English Staffordshire Ceramic Toby Jug Figure
Located in Bradenton, FL
English Staffordshire ceramic Toby Jug figure with jug in right hand and sitting on a barrel. "Hearty Good Fellow" type with polychrome underglaze colors, de...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Ceramic Sculpture with a Group of Playing Putti's 19th Century Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful in detail and charming 19th century unglazed terracotta sculpture. Features a design of three cherubic children with lamps and fruit, playing with two goats on the base of ...
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
$1,427 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Modern Studio Pottery Christmas Ornaments by Peggy Beaver- Set of 39
Located in Cordova, SC
Thirty-nine piece set of Mid Century ceramic pottery Christmas ornaments hand crafted by Peggy Beaver who was quite the artist in Columbia, SC. The white glaze “frosting” has chipped...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$440 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Whimsical Ceramic Pink and Green Spring Theme Platter Made in Portugal
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A whimsical round ceramic platter made in Portugal. The decorative plate is decorative in whimsical design of Spring. A rabbit in gray, castle and bird are surrounded by hand painted flourishes and stylized flowers. A braided ceramic...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Taukana Regui Wauja. Ceramic Kamalu hai Snake Canoe II, 2024
Located in PARIS, FR
"Kamalu hai (Snake Canoe) II" by Taukana Regui Wauja, 2024
This handbuilt ceramic sculpture by Taukana Regui Wauja, an Indigenous artist from the Wauja community in Brazil’s Xingu Te...
Category
2010s Brazilian Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
A spherical white ceramic cachepot with cracked enamel France XXth century
By Roger Capron
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A spherical white ceramic cachepot with cracked enamel, an anonymous work from the 20th century, distinguished by exquisite cutouts that elegan...
Category
1970s French Vintage Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$570 Sale Price
20% Off
Taukana Regui Wauja. Ceramic Yerupoho Piece, 2024
Located in PARIS, FR
Taukana Regui Wauja
Ceramic Yerupoho Piece, 2024
Ceramics and natural pigment
This handbuilt ceramic sculpture by Taukana Regui Wauja, an Indigenous artist from the Wauja community ...
Category
2010s Brazilian Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Small Mid Century Ceramic Outsider Stoneware Bowl in Blue and Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A petite hand-thrown drip ceramic bowl in blue and brown. This piece is small and perfect for use as a trinket dish for change or keys. The vessel is round in form, and features drip...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Taukana Regui Wauja. Ceramic Kamalu hai Snake Canoe I, 2024
Located in PARIS, FR
Taukana Regui Wauja
Ceramic Kamalu hai Snake Canoe I, 2024
Ceramics and natural pigment
This handbuilt ceramic sculpture by Taukana Regui Wauja, an Indigenous artist from the Wauja ...
Category
2010s Brazilian Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Mexican Antique One of a Kind Flower Pot Clay Dolores Porras Ceramic Vase
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Dolores Porras Enríquez is widely known throughout Mexico and the world for being the creator of a technique rooted in the land of Oaxaca: pottery in natural color, glazed and decora...
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Folk Art Terracotta Cat Egg Cup or Votive
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique and delicate - a terracotta ceramic cat acquired in Paris France.
the piece is a compliment to many settings and would work well in a Childs space, or someone who is very fond of felines.
The body has a bell inside (this I believe is to remind the owner that the person that gave it them Is always thinking of them... purchased for a special person, for sure. Could be used as an egg cup, for a votive or small office supplies...
Category
20th Century French Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
California Studio Organic Pottery Vessel Brush Pot Vase
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Studio organic pottery vessel brush pot vase with incised Geometric pattern.
A very nice California studio pottery earthenware vase with beautiful grayish blue and brown earth tones.
The vase has a wonderful free form design featuring abstract stroke...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Mid Century Ceramic Vessel Vase or Carafe in Blue and Brown, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A unique ceramic jug or vase with a handle. This piece is created from ceramic and circular in form. The body is decorated in a textured blue and brown design. The neck is narrow, an...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Spanish Polychrome Ceramic Charger with a Bull Decoration
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Circa 1800 Spanish Majolica Faience centerpiece bowl or charger.
This charming collectible antique painted ceramic dish is decorated with a large rear facing bull and with polychrom...
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Large Sponge Ware Serving Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This most unusual shaped 19th century sponge ware bowl has a wonderful fluted shape and makes a great serving bowl or fruit bowl. The condition is ver...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Black Clay Barro Negro Pottery Hot Chocolate Set Oaxaca Mexico Mugs & Fish Tray
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome black clay or barro negro pottery hot chocolate set most likely from Oaxaca, Mexico consisting of 4 mugs, tray with Fish design, and wooden ...
Category
20th Century Mexican Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Montopoli Arno Italian Plate with a Lion
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Montopoli Arno Italian Plate with a Lion
An unusual piece made in terracotta marked Montopolyi Arno, the plate is a very attractive piece relief decora...
Category
1960s Vintage Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Daniel Zuloaga Boneta Hand Crafted Ceramic Plate
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Daniel Zuloaga Boneta (1852-1921) decorative hand painted wall plate. It depicts in the center a rural Spaniard village street scene of two peasants. One is riding his donkey that is carrying a double basket in its body and the other one is ready to sit in his ox cart that has some horse hay. The border of the plate is hand painted cobalt blue and decorated with silver color flowers and a garland made with leaves and bows. The right lower front of the plate is signed by Daniel Zuloaga and the back has his hallmark. He was the uncle of the famous painter Ignacio Zuloaga...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$1,380 Sale Price
20% Off
Mexican Toy Carrousel Folk Art Colorful Day of the Death Antique Style Skeletons
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Beautiful folk art toy piece made by La Familia Castillo. Handmade in clay and painted with acrylic paint.
Created by master artisan Soledad Martha Hernández and her son Marco Anton...
Category
2010s North American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Janice Weisler Vintage Earthenware Handcrafted Lidded Bowl Hues of Brown America
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage earthenware handcrafted lidded bowl in hues of brown for Preservatives, Sugar, Candy Bowl, made in America.
Stamped at the base, Janice Wei...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Small Ceramic Blue and White Marbled Pinch Pot Vase
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful small ceramic pinch pot vase. Created from clay, this fun piece will be fantastic used in a grouping of other vases and filled with your ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Swirl Ceramic Touring Pottery Vase
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful green, brown, and cream touring pottery vase. Wide at the bottom, and slim towards the top, this piece will be a fantastic pop of color in any space.
Glazed on the inside in a verdigris blue.
Bottom reads in black:
Made in Cripple Creek...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Folk Art Studio Pottery Bunny
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Folk Art Studio Pottery Bunny - We shop a lot and this bunny is one of our favorite finds. A precious little thing with a great spirit and energy. A compl...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Mexican Ceramic Jug Vase Fishes 1994 Dolores Porras Folk Art Decorative Vessel
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Dolores Porras Enríquez is widely known throughout Mexico and the world for being the creator of a technique rooted in the land of Oaxaca: pottery in natural color, glazed and decora...
Category
1990s Mexican Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Wabi-Sabi Antique Mediterranean Terracotta Jug – 19th Century Rustic Folk Potter
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wabi-Sabi Antique Mediterranean Terracotta Jug – 19th Century Rustic Folk Pottery
A soulful wabi-sabi piece of hand-crafted Mediterranean terracotta pottery, dating to the 19th cent...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
A Set of Six Hungarian Red Ware Folk Art Cups and Saucers by Imre Szűcs
Located in Morristown, NJ
A set of 6 Hungarian Folk Art Red Ware tea cups and saucers by Imre Szűcs. A black/brown based glaze decorated with white dots. The undersides are signed by Imre Albert Szucs and mar...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Blue Handmade Ceramic Jug Or Vase Slovakian Folk Art, circa 1950
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful blue ceramic jug in national folk ornaments in white color. Handmade in Czechoslovakia in 1950s. The jug shows off a typical folk pattern and colors. Original condition. Th...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$156 Sale Price
50% Off
Mexican Burnished Clay Chicken Kitchen Hen Egg Basket Decoration Hen Black
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This Mexican ceramic hen is an egg basket, perfect to keep eggs fresh -- a utilitarian kitchen piece by artist Manuel Reyes. Made with clay from Oaxaca and Zacatecas, painted with ox...
Category
2010s Mexican Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Very Stylish Drip Glazed Folk Art Vase
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Very stylish drip glazed Folk Art vase
This beautiful pottery Vase, dating from the 1960s, has an attractive and colourful drip painted decoration, it has a glazed finish and in...
Category
1960s Vintage Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Mexican Burnished Clay Chicken Kitchen Hen Egg Basket Decoration Hen Brown
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This Mexican ceramic hen is an egg basket/container, perfect to keep eggs fresh -- a utilitarian kitchen piece by artist Manuel Reyes. Made with clay from Oaxaca and Zacatecas, painted with oxides from the region. Done with the hand-modeled technique and cooked in traditional wood-fired oven. Reyes has been constantly innovating with his hen collection, making this one of his most iconic works.
Ceramic artist, sculptor and painter, Manuel Reyes (Mexico City, 1972) atended the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Xochimilco, México. He was later mentored by Royer Von Guten, Joy Laville...
Category
2010s Mexican Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Glazed Square Plate with Hand Painted Designs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic plate features a square shape with turned up corners. The plate is glazed in a soft cream and beige coloring with speckling throughout. The piece is finished with two hand pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Handcrafted Ceramic Vase "Stray Dogs" by "Love and Beauty", Spain, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
This handmade vase was designed and made by the collaboration of Spanish designers Carlos Jiménez, better known as `“Del Amor y la Belleza”´´, and Ranma.
The vase is made of ceramic...
Category
2010s Spanish Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Paint
Handcrafted Ceramic Vase, "Stray Dogs" by "Elamorylabelleza" , Spain, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
This handmade vase was designed and made by the collaboration of Spanish designers Carlos Jiménez, better known as `“Del Amor y la Belleza”´´, and Ranma.
The vase is made of ceramic ...
Category
2010s Spanish Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Paint
Folk Art ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art ceramics for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage ceramics created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, pottery and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art ceramics made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Mexico pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Tonala Pottery, Marco Antonio Castillo , Dolores Porras , and Aurelio Martinez Flores. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for ceramics differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $75 and tops out at $16,000 while the average work can sell for $550.
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