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Early 19th Century Framed French Miniature Portrait, Woman in Lace Cap
Collar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early 19th century French hand-painted miniature portrait, framed under glass, portraying an older woman wearing a lace bonnet and a floral dress with a lace collar, reflecting th...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Natural Fiber
Rustic French Handmade Green Painted Wood
Metal Double Finch Bird Trap
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A charming rustic, handmade, vintage French Finch bird trapping cage, capable of catching two birds independently.
This piece works beautifully with f...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Bird Cages
Materials
Metal
Grande Maison HB Quimper French Faïence Breton Server w/ Condiment Bowl
By Grande Maison HB Quimper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Grand Maison Quimper factory, a Breton handled serving piece with an attached condiment bowl, France, circa 1915 – 1920.
This piece shows the mark registered in 1882. The H...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Tableware
Materials
Earthenware
Grande Maison HB Quimper French Faïence Breton Garçon Low Footed Server
By Grande Maison HB Quimper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Grand Maison Quimper factory, a low footed faïence comport or compote serving piece, France, circa 1910 – 1915.
This piece shows the mark registered in 1882. The HB repres...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Tableware
Materials
Earthenware
S. Kirk
Sons Sterling Silver Liquor Collar Tag, Engraved Scotch – 1860s
By S. Kirk
Sons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the S. Kirk & Sons Silver Company in Baltimore, Maryland, a sterling silver liquor collar tag, circa 1860s.
The oval tag has a Repousse Rose and floral garland border, and is e...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American International Style Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stieff Sterling Silver Liquor Collar Tag, Rye – 1930s
By The Stieff Co. 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Stieff Silver Company in Baltimore, Maryland, a sterling silver liquor collar tag, circa 1930s.
The rectangular and curved tag is engraved, Rye, in a block type with a deep...
Category
Early 20th Century American International Style Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
George Briard Cocktail Napkins, Persian Garden, Gold Paisley – Set of 8 Boxed
By George Briard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of eight pure linen cocktail napkins, by artist and designer Georges Briard (1917–2005) — a name that has for more than a century been a marker of spectacular and stylish vinta...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Linen
George Briard Cocktail Napkins, Ambrosia – Nectar of the Gods, S/8 Boxed
By George Briard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of eight pure linen cocktail napkins, by artist and designer Georges Briard (1917–2005) — a name that has for more than a century been a marker of spectacular and stylish vinta...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Linen
George Briard Cocktail Napkins -Twixt the Nip
the Lib, S/8 Boxed
By George Briard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of eight pure linen cocktail napkins, by artist and designer Georges Briard (1917–2005) — a name that has for more than a century been a marker of spectacular and stylish vinta...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Linen
George Briard Cocktail Napkins -The Higher You Go The Harder You Fall, S/8 Boxed
By George Briard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of eight pure linen cocktail napkins, by artist and designer Georges Briard (1917–2005) — a name that has for more than a century been a marker of spectacular and stylish vinta...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Linen
Mid-Century French Atelier Cérenne à Vallauris Hand Made Signed Tulip Plate
By Atelier Cerenne of Vallauris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Atelier Cérenne à Vallauris in France, a hand made pottery Tulip plate, circa 1940-1950.
The plate is finished in a matte glazing of half black and half white, with a pair...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Mid-Century French Atelier Cérenne à Vallauris Hand Made Signed Tulip Plate
By Atelier Cerenne of Vallauris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Atelier Cérenne à Vallauris in France, a hand made pottery Tulip plate, circa 1940-1950.
The plate is finished in a matte glazing of half black and half white, with a pair...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Mid-Century French Atelier Cérenne à Vallauris Hand Made Signed Tulip Plate
By Atelier Cerenne of Vallauris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Atelier Cérenne à Vallauris in France, a hand made pottery Tulip plate, circa 1940-1950.
The plate is finished in a matte glazing of half black and half white, with a pair...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
1960s Mid-Century Modern Empoli Italian Aqua Blue Glasses, Mixed Set/12
By Empoli
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Italian glass makers, Empoli, a set of twelve blown stemmed glasses in three sizes, in a gorgeous Aqua Blue – circa 1960s.
In shapes distinctive to the Mid-Century Modern...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century French Atelier Cérenne à Vallauris Hand Made Signed Tulip Plate
By Atelier Cerenne of Vallauris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Atelier Cérenne à Vallauris in France, a hand made pottery Tulip plate, circa 1940-1950.
The plate is finished in a matte glazing of half black and half white, with a pair...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Rudi Gernreich Girls Knit Monokini Bandeau Top Bathing Suit, circa 1964
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original girls sized 6X monokini with a bandeau top bathing suit designed by Rudi Gernreich, circa 1964.
Rudi Gernreich was an American Designer born in Austria, Vienna in 1922 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Fabric
Joseph Holdcroft English Majolica Flying Crane Turquoise Plate
By Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An English majolica plate, The Flying Crane, by Joseph Holdcroft, Circa 1870.
Designed in the Aesthetic Japonisme taste, the crane is centered on a turquoise pebbled ground with a border of prunus, or pink Dogwood branches stemming from the brown branch form rim.
Showing the unusual green glazing on the verso, distinctive to Holdcroft majolica.
Book reference,’The Collectors Encyclopedia of Majolica’ by Mariann Katz-Marks, page 95.
Joseph Holdcroft held several patents for the production of earthenware. He was employed by Minton where he became proficient in the manufacture of majolica. Holdcroft established the Sunderland Pottery...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Japonisme Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Sarreguemines Strasbourg Pattern Hand Painted Faïence Asparagus Plate
By Sarreguemines
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French faïence hand painted asparagus plate in the Strasbourg pattern from Sarreguemines, circa 1890-1900.
Showing charming naive floral décor, multip...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Orchies French Faïence Majolica Asparagus Plate, circa 1885
By Orchies
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Faïence majolica glazed asparagus plate from the Orchies Faïencerie in Saint-Armand-Les-Eaux, Northern France, circa 1885.
Creamy-white colored asparagus with purple tips l...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Brooke Cadwallader Carnival Mid-Century Era Silk Scarf, 1947-1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brooke Cadwallader Silk Scarf, The Carnival Print – 1947-1950
Brooke Cadwallader was a well-known printed textile designer of the mid-20th century...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silk
Sheffield English Stag Antler Handled, Sterling Silver Capped Table Servers, S/3
By Sheffield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A three piece serving set with Stag Antler handles and Sterling Silver ferrules and end caps, Sheffield, England, circa mid 20th Century.
Impressively sized, the set consists of a scalloped bowl spoon, and a spoon and fork of a similar pattern, perfect for salads.
A beautifully made set, heavy and substantial.
The naturally shed antler handles are securely attached to the Stainless Steel spoons and fork with ornate Sterling ferrules and end caps.
The end caps are 1.5 in. in Diameter – Stamped 925 for Sterling Silver
Scalloped spoon...
Category
Mid-20th Century English International Style Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Sheffield English Stag Antler Handled, Sterling Silver Capped Pasta Servers, S/2
By Sheffield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A two piece pasta serving set with Stag Antler handles and Sterling Silver ferrules and end caps, Sheffield, England, circa mid 20th Century.
Impressively sized, the set consists ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English International Style Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Gorham Sterling Silver Versailles Putti Pattern Patè Butter Spreaders, Set/12
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of twelve sterling silver butter or patè spreaders, in the ‘Versailles’ pattern from the Gorham Manufacturing Co. Providence Rhode Island, circa 1888.
Designed by Antone Hel...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Fives-Lille De Bruyn Purple Trumpet Vine Posy Vases, circa 1890, a Pair
By Fives-Lille
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the French faiencerie Five-Lille de Bruyn, a pair of Art Nouveau floral form posy vases, circa 1890.
The majolica glazed barbotine vases are modeled as a blooming trumpet vine flower. The body of the vase is a yellow and purple flower...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Ralph Stevenson Pink Transferware Dinner Plates, Cologne Pattern, Set of 8
By Ralph Stevenson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of eight transfer printed plates, the Cologne pattern, Ralph Stevenson & Son, Coleridge, Staffordshire England, circa 1810-1835.
A soft pink on white, the scalloped rimmed p...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Midcentury Italian Hand Painted Fish and Fruit Tureen with Ladle
Under Platter
By Midcentury Italian school
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A hand painted midcentury Italian earthenware tureen set, circa 1950s.
The four piece service includes the lidded tureen, ladle, and a large und...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Renaissance Revival Soup Tureens
Materials
Ceramic
Hermès Philippe LeDoux Menège Vintage Silk Equestrian Scarf
By Hermès
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the French fashion house, Hermès, a vintage silk scarf from the Manège line, circa 1974.
Designed by Philippe Ledoux for Hermès in 1974, this an early vintage of a classic is...
Category
20th Century French International Style Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silk
Navajo Sterling Silver
Turquoise Hand Made Pill Boxes, Set of Three, 1930s
By Navajo Indian Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of three hand made sterling silver pill cases or trinket boxes, Navajo, Native American – circa 1930s.
The boxes are decorated with ...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Navajo Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Artisan Sterling Silver Maritime Fishing Theme Lemon Fork
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A charming one of a kind, Artisan made Sterling Silver Lemon fork with a Maritime seafood theme, circa early- mid 20th Century.
The three-tined fork features a handle modeled as a...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown International Style Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Danish Modern Teak Wood
Stainless Steel Banded Salad Servers, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of long handled salad servers of Danish design, from the Scandinavian Modern Mid-Century era, circa 1960-1970.
Carved from teak wood and banded with stainless steel, beauti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
French Art Nouveau Bentwood Coat
Hat Hooks, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of French Art Nouveau period bentwood hat and coat pegs, circa 1910 – 1920.
The wall mounted Beechwood hooks have turned upper pegs for holding a hat, with a u-shaped peg f...
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Wall Brackets
Materials
Beech
Warrilow and Cope, 19th C. English Staffordshire Majolica Country Cottage Jug
By Warrilow
Cope
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An English majolica pitcher shaped as a country cottage, by Warrilow & Cope – Wellington Pottery Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, circa 1880-1887.
Charming in every way, English Ivy ...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Pitchers
Materials
Earthenware
French Beaux-Arts Wood and White Enamel Coat and Hat Rail
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Beaux-Arts period wooden and enameled peg hat and coat rail, circa 1900.
The wall mounted wood rail has three bent metal arms with white enameled ball-shaped upper pegs f...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Beaux Arts Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Hollywood Regency Feather Ray Metal Sunburst Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large Hollywood Regency Period metal wall mirror, France, circa 1920s – 1930s.
Made of gilded metal, the convex mirror is set in a looped bezel with an antiqued gold finish. The gilded and pointed sun rays are molded in a feather form, extending out from the bezel framing the mirror. The feather form rays alternate and vary in length. Each ray is attached to the framed mirror by hand. A convex mirror is set into a double bezel, the outermost with the attached looped bezeled ring...
Category
Early 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Materials
Metal
French Putti Cherub Candlesticks Signed Sylvain Kinsburger Spelter
Marble S/2
By Sylvain Kinsburger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A charming and heavy pair of Putti candlesticks modeled and signed by the French sculptor Sylvain Kinsburger. The pair are modeled with great detail and a sense of fluid movement, ci...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Metal
George Jones English Majolica Albino Strawberry Spoon
By George Jones
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A George Jones Majolica Strawberry spoon, England, circa 1870.
In the Aesthetic taste and glazed on the white ground known as ‘Albino.’ The green l...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Serving Pieces
Materials
Earthenware
Hidcote the Garden and Lawrence Johnston, National Trust Book
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Title: HIDCOTE THE GARDEN AND LAWRENCE JOHNSTON. Published by The National Trust, 2007.
Hardcover with jacket.
Often described as “the most beautiful garden in England,” Hidcote is...
Category
Early 2000s English International Style Books
Materials
Paper
George Jones Palissy English Majolica Lobster Pâté Basketweave Covered Tureen
By George Jones
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A majolica Lobster covered pâté tureen by George Jones, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1870.
A scarce and highly desirable piece with collectors, a Palissy style oval basketweave ...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Serving Pieces
Materials
Earthenware
English Measham Bargeware Blue Ribbon Teetotaler Temperance Motto Tea Kettle
By Barge Ware
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Measham – Bargeware Tea Kettle impressed with the Blue Ribbon Temperance motto, England, circa 1880.
The Blue Ribbon Movement was active from 1880-1882 in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. The ribbon badge was worn by those who took the pledge of abstinence from alcohol consumption, adopting the term teetotaler.
The kettle has a dark brown treacle glaze with enameled, raised and molded floral and fruit applications. The main panel, seen on both sides of the kettle reads, “Sign the Pledge, Don the Blue” The notched lid is held securely in place for pouring.
Measham Ware was decorated with floret appliqués and an impressed panel or banner personalized using a printer’s typeface. The pottery, also known as Rockingham or Motto Ware, was produced from the 1870’s by William Mason, a South Derbyshire potter.
Often called ‘barge ware’ because it was extensively marketed through a shop on Measham High Street, located near the canal bridge...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
Jasper Johns by Mark Rosenthal, Museum Edition Trade Paperback, 1988
By Jasper Johns
Located in Philadelphia, PA
“Jasper Johns, Work Since 1974 ” by Mark Rosenthal, a Museum Edition Trade paperback, from the 1988 exhibition mounted at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Jasper Johns (born May 15, ...
Category
Vintage 1980s American International Style Books
Materials
Paper
Spacemaker Press Landmarks Series, Public Architecture
Sculpture, Volumes 1-6
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Spacemaker Press Landmarks Series, Paperback, volumes 1-6
Public Architectural Landscapes and Sculpture Gardens
• 01 Barnsdall Park: A New Master Plan for Frank Lloyd Wright’s C...
Category
1990s American International Style Books
Materials
Paper
Adams
Bromley Majolica Branching Yellow Pears on Brown Bark Round Bread Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brightly glazed English majolica bread tray showing a graphic pattern of pears on a brown bark-like ground, Adams & Bromley - circa 1875-1885.
Four groups of bright, branching yel...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Platters and Serveware
Materials
Earthenware
Wedgwood English Majolica Basketweave and Tortoiseshell Plate, Date Marked 1874
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, an earthenware majolica glazed plate, signed and date marked 1874.
A green, brown and yellow tortoiseshell glazed center is bordered by eight yellow basketweave inn...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Mintons Majolica Glazed John Henk Monumental Rooster, England 1910
By Minton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Minton, a monumental and scarce Rooster figure, Stoke-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, circa 1910.
A mold designed by John Henk, this faithful representation of a proud roos...
Category
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Animal Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
English Minton Aesthetic Movement Majolica Pineapple Palissy Pitcher
By Minton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Minton pottery in Staffordshire, England, a Majolica glazed pitcher in the Palissy style, formed as a pineapple, registered and dated October 5th, 1858.
From a set of thr...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Pitchers
Materials
Earthenware
Delphin Massier Vallauris Parrot
Bamboo Large Double Vase, France, circa 1875
By Delphin Massier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large, foot-high, French Barbotine Majolica glazed vase showing a colorful parrot sitting on a Bamboo perch. The perch rests in a grass cropping and features two bamboo shoot flower holders, circa 1875.
Gorgeous color, a scarce piece.
Signed Delphin Massier et Cie, Vallauris A.M.
Delphin, born in 1836, was one of three brothers from the Massier family, a dynasty of potters dating back to before the French Revolution. The family played a key role in the revival of pottery in Vallauris, Southern France...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Rustic Nautical Rope
Green Glass Ball Table Lamp, Audoux Minet circa 1960
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A mid-century French Riviera Marine themed Audoux Minet table lamp, circa 1960.
An Iconic design – a green blown glass ball modeled on the buoys used by French fisherman...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Rope, Blown Glass
Vintage Silver Plate Hand Held Magnifying Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A substantial, silver plated hand-held magnifying glass, circa 1980s.
Perfect for the desk top or a library, this heavy magnifying has a ribbed metal handle terminating in a solid b...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown International Style Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Italian Murano Blown Glass Ruby Red Pedestal Coupes-Sherbets S/6
By Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano (C.V.M.)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Venetian region of Northern Italy, a set of six Murano glass coupes or sherbets, circa 1950-1960.
Ruby Red bowls are fused to heavy colorless glass pedestal bases in a di...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Silver-Gilt Crested and Footed Baroque Revival Wall Mirrors, Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An unusual pair of silver-giltwood wall mirrors in the Baroque Taste, Italy, circa fourth quarter of the 19th century.
Topped with leaf-carved crests, the oval mirror plates are f...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Wedgwood Majolica Japonisme Cobalt Blue Pickle and Fork Plate, Dated 1879
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, a scarce Cobalt blue majolica glazed Pickle Plate, date marked 1879.
From the English Aesthetic Movement Era, and in the Japonisme taste, six teardrop shaped wells,...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
French Mid-Century Tall Brass Gentlemans
Clothier Mannequin Torso Lamps, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
For the pair, fabulous and unusual, tall mid-century brass torso statement lamps, France, circa 1960s.
From a Gentlemans’ Clothier Boutique, this pair would look at home in a mens dressing room, den or game room.
The figure resembles a mens mannequin...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Minton English Majolica Daisy and Trellis 2-Piece Jardinière on Stand circa 1875
By Minton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An excellent quality Minton Majolica ‘Daisy and Trellis’ Jardinière on its stand, England, circa 1875.
The jardinière shows a pattern of a climbing trellis against a maroon stippled...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Planters, Cachepots...
Materials
Earthenware
Landers, Frary
Clark Celluloid Ivory Handled Tableware Cutlery – 30 piece Set
By Landers, Frary
Clark 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the makers, Landers, Frary & Clark, a set of 30 table knives and forks with carved, ivory colored Celluloid handles, circa 1900-1920.
Landers, Frary & Clark was a housewares ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Tableware
Materials
Silver
House
Garden’s Complete Guide to Interior Decoration, Hardcover Book, 1953
Located in Philadelphia, PA
House & Garden’s Complete Guide to Interior Decoration – Hardcover Book, 1953 Edition.
First published in New York in 1947 by Simon and Schuster, this is the updated 1953 Edition,...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Poterie De Bavent French Pottery Covered Terrines with Under-Plates, Set of Four
By Bavent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A marvelous set of four individual terrines from the Poterie de Bavent, Normadie, France circa 1900-1920.
Potted and glazed by hand, each terrine includes a lid and under-plate – ...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Serving Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
St. Clément, Keller Guerin Asparagus
Artichoke Faïence Majolica Plate
By Keller
Guérin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Saint Clément French Faïence, a majolica glazed plate showing overlapping asparagus spears, leaves and globe artichoke heads. A deep sauce well is also formed as an artichoke head. Glazed in lavender, and various shades of greens on a cream ground.
The faience factory of Saint-Clement, located 12 kms from Lunéville, was established in 1758 by Jacques Chambrette. The factory was awarded the label as Royal Supplier for Marie-Antoinette’s Trianon. In 1892, the factory was sold to Keller...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Creil et Montereau Faïence Transferware Assiette Parlantes Face Card Plates, S/8
By Creil et Montereau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A charming set of eight HBCM, Hippolyte Boulenger Creil Montereau Playing Card Faience Plates- France, circa 1920s.
Known as assiettes parlantes or talking plates, this set is based on the face cards of a playing deck. A cream colored earthenware body with blue borders, each plate show two face cards, colorful figures, and descriptive banners.
A few of the inscriptions loosely translate to:
The ugly jack of diamonds, cuts hearts, he’s the executioner.
Pharmacist, the jack of spades...
Category
Vintage 1920s French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
French Faience Figural Hen Pâté Terrine, Michel Caugant
By Michel Caugant
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage figural Hen Pâté Terrine made for Laurent Caugant, a Bretagne pâté maker since 1927 – circa 1950s.
Laurent’s son Michel created these figural forms as containers for sel...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic
French Trompe l’Oeil Majolica Glazed Cherry Branch Wall Plaque, signed F. Perrot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Palissy majolica glazed hand painted wall plaque, signed by the artist, circa 1890-1900.
In the trompe l’oeil style of fool the eye, a dimensional mold showing a branching ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art
Materials
Earthenware
