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Material: Majolica
Large Majolica Rooster By Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in Essex, MA
Imperious looking bird with an assertive stance. Well modeled and painted by the noted Florentine craftsman.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Birds Fountain Massier circa 1910
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica fountain with birds signed Massier circa 1910.
Category
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Jasba Vase, West German Pottery 1950s-1960s
By Jasba
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Mid Century Modern ceramic vase features an abstract motif in Burgundy red glaze, sponged on in free-flowing patterns and outlined with gold, on light green background. The decor ap...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Minton Majolica Vase "Lily of the Valley"
By Minton
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
Small Antique Minton Majolica vase, with lily of the valley design and three sprouting bulb feet. Turquoise ground color with white lilies, green leaves, and pink interior.
It bears...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
$1,141 Sale Price
20% Off
Polychrome Glazed Majolica Camel Sculpture / Plant Stand / Garden Seat
Located in New York, NY
Vintage polychrome glazed seated ceremonial processional Indian camel
sculpture may also be enjoyed as a plant stand or garden seat.
Category
1980s Vietnamese Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Pigeon Centrepiece Bowl
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica centrepiece bowl which features three pigeons perched on a leafy oak branch, supporting a large basketweave bowl on their fan tails. Bowl is decorated with oak leaves...
Category
1870s Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
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 Folk Art Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$472 Sale Price
79% Off
Antique 1920’s Grand Tour Italian Venice Majolica Vase
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique, grand tour, Italian hand painted and transfer ware majolica handled vase with panels depicting Ancient Greek Society, handles in the shape of winged griffin's and grotesq...
Category
1920s Italian Grand Tour Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$376 Sale Price
74% Off
French Majolica Elephant Pitcher Sarreguemines, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica elephant pitcher signed Sarreguemines, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Dramatic Pair of Very Large Portrait Motif Majolica Lidded Vases
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Pair of dramatic large and elegant Italian portrait motif lidded vases in the manner of Orazio Fontana.
Category
20th Century Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Small Majolica Frog Jerome Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small Rare Majolica frog Jerome Massier, circa 1900.
Reference / Page 118,119 "Barbotines de la Cote d 'Azur" of M.Bottero.
Category
Early 1900s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Minton Majolica Spring Daffodil Vases
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Minton Majolica vases which feature daffodils stood on bulb feet. Cobalt blue ground version. Colouration: cobalt blue, green, white, are predominant. The piece bears maker's...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$7,892 / set
Mid-Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Boy on Basket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a vanity or console with this whimsical ceramic box. Crafted in France circa 1950, the piece depicts a young boy reclining in a relaxed pose atop a woven-basket–style base, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Rose Vase Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Fine French Majolica pink rose vase signed Delphin Massier, circa 1880.
The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and painti...
Category
1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Iconic Wall Clock Junghans Uhren, Hard to Find Marmolada Design Max Bill
Located in Bochum, NRW
Important modernist glazed ceramic kitchen clock designed by Max Bill for Junghans, Germany 1956, featuring a 60-minute timer, a mechanical 8-day movement, a yellow-and-white ceramic...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$1,459 Sale Price
35% Off
Majolica Triple Bamboo Vase with Birds Massier, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
A large Majolica triple bamboo vase decorated with four birds attributed to Delphin Massier, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Fratelli Fanciullacci Majolica Vase with Relief Decor, Italy Mid Century
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual vintage majolica vase with complex glaze in dark Bordeau oxblood red and various shades of grey colors features bands of applied reliefs in shape of abstract, graphic flowers. Top and bottom parts of the vase and bands of relief decor are decorated with gold. Monochromatic white glaze was used on inner surfaces, accentuating the palest grey shades in the main glaze.
The vase is signed on the bottom with model number and "Italy"; while it does not have the usual the manufacturer's mark, "FF", the glaze that was used for this series is well documented to Fratelli Fanciullacci. It was common for Italian ceramics manufacturers to omit marking their pieces with their logos if the they were intended for American or European distributors; instead, they would only mark it "Italy" to allow the distributor to use their stickers, or rarely, they would mark the piece with "studio tame" for "distributor name" if the distributor did not object. Pieces from this particular series were made by Fratelli Fanciullacci with their own mark, for Ebeling Reuss...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$272 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Majolica Grecian Style Urn
Located in Elkhart, IN
An exceptional monumental Grecian-style majolica floor urn. This piece features busts of the ram-horned God Jupiter Ammon; with foliate banded accents; bulb...
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Majolica Iris Jardiniere Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica oval jardiniere attributed to Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. They produced an incre...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Sarregumines Majolica Eagle Bowl
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Sarreguemines Majolica centrepiece bowl which features eagle handles at either end, the wings along the sides. Colouration: turquoise, cobalt blue...
Category
1880s French Other Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
French Art Nouveau Majolica Floral Dresser Mantel Clock and Garniture Set
By Esdeve, Sarreguemines
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The beautiful set by Esdeve - Sarreguemines features a lovely pink French Majolica dresser mantel clock and a matching pair of pink floral garniture vases. It features an Art Nouveau...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Mafra Palissy Majolica Lobster Plate
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Mafra Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall plate which features a lobster and four shells, sitting on an extruded clay ground. Colouration: green, brown, pink, are predominant. The piece...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Art Nouveau Handmade and Hand Glazed Planter Jardinière, Stamp: Wessel 958
By Wessel
Muller
Located in Verviers, BE
Brilliant Handmade Majolica Hand-glazed
Art Nouveau planter jardinière, 1920.
Stamp Imperiale Royale, WESSEL
Handmade and hand-glazed in brilliant details.
Made in Germany
Art Nouv...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Majolica Palissy Vases with Mistletoe, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Palissy pair of small handled vases decorated with mistletoe, circa 1880.
The School of Paris was composed by makers as Victor Barbizet, Francois Maurice, Thomas Sergent, Georges pull...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Large Majolica Palissy Fishs Wall Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Large Palissy wall platter a large catshark on the center surrounded by four fishs, two frogs, two crawfishs, two lizards, shells and different greens plants, circa 1900, this platte...
Category
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Carnation Flower Vase Jerome Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica carnation vase signed Jerome Massier, circa 1900.
The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. They produced an incredible whole...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Carnation Flower Vase Jerome Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica carnation vase signed Jerome Massier, circa 1900.
The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. They produced an incredible whole...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Minton Majolica Nautilus Shell Flower Pot
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica flower pot (jardiniere) which features a nautilus shell on a coral-like base which is draped in seaweed. Colouration: turquoise, gr...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of fish, starfish, seaweeds, garlic.
Nautical style.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Maiolica Seated Cat Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian Maiolica Polychrome Glazed Terracotta Seated Cat, with hand-painted floral design. 26.75" H x 9.5" W x 13.75" D. Provenance: From a 50 Central Park West Estate.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Vallauris Glazed Art Nouveau Planter Jardinière, 1930s
By Vallauris AM
Located in Verviers, BE
Brilliant handmade hand glazed Art Nouveau planter jardinière, 1930s
Wonderful Art Nouveau period/ monumental ceramic planter jardinière, h...
Category
1930s French Art Nouveau Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Italy Mid 18th Century Rooster Shaped Majolica Soup Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
Elegant and particular tureen in white majolica with polychromes produced around 1760 - 1770 by the ancient Pasquale Antonibon Manufacture based in Nove di Bassano, in the Veneto reg...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Art Nouveau style Majolica Cache Pot
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A pretty 19th century Majolica cache pot, decorated in shades of green and brown, and featuring the vivid colouration, whimsical shapes and high-relief sculpture typical of the style...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
Art Nouveau French Antique Ceramic Vase in Blue Majolica with White Gold Flowers
Located in New York, NY
1900-1910 French Art Nouveau Earthenware Vase in faience by Keller
Guérin - Lunéville, raised on 4 feet and decorated with hand-painted flowers enameled in white and azure sky ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Majolica Swan Jardinière Planter Style of Imperiale Nimy, Belgium 1900s
Located in Verviers, BE
Majolica white swan jardinière Nimy, circa 1900.
A real treasure for the ceramics' collector.
Small chip to top rim not visible during use see photo.
Please don't hesitate to get i...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Hugo Lonitz Majolica Satyr Vases
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Hugo Lonitz Majolica vases which feature satyr masks to the side, with grape vine swags. Colouration: cobalt blue, green, cream, are predo...
Category
1880s German Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$1,932 / set
Hugo Lonitz Majolica Partridge With Chicks Planter
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Lonitz Majolica planter which features a partridge and two chicks stood in front of bulrushes. Colouration: green, brown, yellow, are predominant. Bears a pattern number, '1449'.
Category
1880s Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Rooster Massier Jardiniere
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely colorful Majolica rooster jardiniere laying on a pink and brown wall attributed to Jerome Massier, circa 1890.
Reference / Page 98 " Barbotine...
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Huge Amphore, Vase, Ceramic/Majolica, Bernhard Bloch, 1890, Historicism, Bohemia
Located in Wien, AT
Huge Vase in form of an amphora, by the well known manufacturer Bernhard Bloch from Bohemia.
The beautiful emerging amphora shape is decorated with hand-cut décor all over the body...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Belle Époque Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Portuguese Palissy Majolica Tortoise Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Portuguese Portuguese Palissy Majolica figure which features a tortoise. Colouration: brown, ochre, grey, are predominant.
Category
1890s Portuguese Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Rare Large French Pair of Majolica Palissy Beans Vases, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Remarkable oversize pair of Majolica vases decorated with beans in high relief attributed to Saint Honore, circa 1880.
On a deep navy blue, the handled Trompe l'oeil vases are decor...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$4,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Jerome Massier Hen
Rooster Vases
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Jerome Massier French Majolica figural vases which feature a pair of chickens - a cockerel and a hen, stood in front of wheatsheaf receptacles. Colouration: yellow, teal blue...
Category
1910s Victorian Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$6,354 / set
French 19th Century Brown Majolica Lidded Jar with Moulded Floral Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French brown Majolica lidded jar from the 19th century with green and white moulded floral décor. Born in France during the 19th century, this Majolica jar boasts a lovely brown gr...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
French 1850s Barbotine Majolica Jardinière by Thomas Sargent with Floral Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French mid-19th century barbotine Majolica jardinière by French potter Thomas Sargent, with floral motifs. Born in France during the 19th century, thi...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Renaissance Revival Set Of Amphora And Pedestal
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Renaissance revival style large Majolica amphora vase with rectangular pedestal. Their background are hand painted cobalt blue and decorated with an off-white relief of Gre...
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Revival Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$1,760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Small Art Nouveau Vase, N.S.A. Brantjes
Co, Purmerend, Model 1100, Decor A
By Wed. N.S.A. Brantjes
Co.
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
A rare small Art Nouveau vase produced by N.S.A. Brantjes & Co. in Purmerend, the Netherlands, between 1895 and 1904. This model, No. 1100, features the sought-after Decor A, charact...
Category
1890s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Faience, Majolica
19th Century French Majolica Cache Pot with Poppies Decor
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very colourful 19th century Majolica cache pot, vividly decorated with an entrancing motif of flowering poppies and foliage, and set against a yellow background imprinted with an i...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Mid-19th Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Barbotine Cache Pot with Bird Decor
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a tabletop with this colorful, antique Majolica planter. Sculpted in France circa 1860, the ceramic vase stands on three bracket feet over a round and bombe body topped with...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Italian Majolica Painted Parrot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautifully detailed sculpted pottery Macaw bird, perched on a branch with flowers. Made in Italy from majolica glazed pottery.
Please confirm location NY ...
Category
20th Century Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Hand Painted Ceramic Vase by Bottega Vignoli Italy Contemporary Majolica
Located in London, GB
Palmette Vase 2024, hand-painted majolica, fired in full fire-reduction
Dimensions: 28 cm diameter x 36 cm height
Unique piece
Bottega Vignoli is a brand of artistic ceramics bas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Roman Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica
Blue and White Albarello Bird Vase
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white Albarello bird vase. Blue and white ceramic Albarello jar or vase with hand-painted bird in foliage with magnificent blue tonal colouring in ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Eichwald Majolica Tobacco Jar with Roosters Pecking the Ground, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Austrian Eichwald majolica humidor tobacco jar from the late 19th century, with petite roosters pecking the ground. Created in Austria during the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
Ceramic Moon Jar by Bottega Vignoli (40cm diameter) Hand-Painted Majolica Italy
Located in London, GB
Mediterranea moon jar, Hand-Painted Majolica with full-fire reduction firing, 40 cm diameter. Unique piece.
Availble in the following diam. sizes: 40cm / 30cm / 25cm
Bottega Vigno...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Brown Westhead Moore Majolica Owl Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore & Co majolica figural which features an owl perched on a branch. The owl with original glass eyes. Coloration: brown, cream, ...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Italian Blue and White Armorial Albarello Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
Reminiscent of the color scheme of Delftware, this blue and white armorial albarello jar dates to the 1800s. The off white ground of the Italian jar is prominent on the verso side, w...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Paint
Polychrome Italian Albarello Jar with Foliate Decorations, Late 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
Hand-painted in Italy during the late 1800s, this polychrome albarello jar has a green ground beneath numerous foliate rinceaux in orange and white. T...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Paint
Majolica Rooster
Hen Vase Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica vase with a rooster & hen vase signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
Reference / A similar example of this piece page 83 "Barbotines de la Cote d 'Azur" of Bottero.
Category
1890s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Minton Majolica Marine Vase with Merboys
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features three merboys supporting a vessel adorned with seaweeds. The rim of the vase is modelled to depict breaking waves. Turquoise ground version. Colou...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Pair of German Majolica Lady And Gent Figures
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of German Majolica figurals which feature a well dressed lady and gentleman, walking a dog. Coloration: blue, cream, turquoise, are predominant. Bea...
Category
1880s German Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$1,537 / set
Humorous Majolica Frog Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Majolica vase which features two seated frogs, either side of a screen. Coloration: Brown, green, blue, are predominant.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Antique and Vintage Majolica Vases, Bowls, Candleholders and Other Decorative Objects
The popularity of Victorian majolica, the gaily colored, metallic-oxide-glazed earthenware, has ebbed and flowed for more than a century. Right now, antique and vintage vases, bowls and other decorative objects appear to be having a moment — again.
Starting in the 1850s, people in the U.S. and the U.K. embraced these affordable housewares with unusual polychrome palettes (turquoise and pink) and whimsical forms (candlesticks shaped like dolphins). By the 1870s, majolica was being mass-produced for an ever-expanding middle class in countries like England, France, Sweden, Hungary and Portugal. Majolica was Art for Everyman. Its popularity coincided with interest in exotic Japonisme and scientific studies by the likes of Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin and John James Audobon.
Despite a similarity in name, Victorian majolica is significantly different in subject matter and form from its Italian forebear, Renaissance maiolica. That earlier earthenware bore gaily painted religious and mythological scenes, and unlike majolica, with its lively contours, was not molded or three dimensional.
What was the attraction of majolica for the 19th-century collector? “Imagine what it looked like in a Victorian interior, with dark woods, heavy drapes and upholstered chairs and sofas,” says Susan Weber, founder of the Bard Graduate Center in New York. “Majolica is robust and extremely tactile. With its naturalistic shapes, colorful glazes and often humorous themes, it appealed to the growing consumer society.”
In England, manufacturers like Minton began to produce decorative, relief-molded majolica tiles for the interiors of taverns, train stations, even the famous Queen’s Dairy at Frogmore, on the grounds of Windsor Castle. In 19th-century France, Sèvres and smaller ceramics firms began to reinterpret the snake-decorated platters made by Bernard Palissy, a 16th-century self-taught French potter. The result was a type of majolica called Palissy ware, which, like the originals, was festooned with odd creatures (lobsters, lizards and snakes) modeled by hand.
The late Moroccan-born, Paris-based decorator Alberto Pinto often placed Palissy ware in his clients’ living rooms, posing individual pieces on brackets against a background of stamped, gilded leather. Pinto, in turn, influenced such contemporary decorators as Harry Heissmann of New York. After 1900, people got swept up in the romanticism of Art Nouveau and ceased buying majolica. The 1970s saw a revival of interest, and in 1982, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York, organized “English Majolica,” an exhibition featuring 75 examples from Minton, Wedgwood and George Jones, among other makers.
On 1stDibs, find antique and vintage majolica tea sets, vases, candlesticks, tureens and other furniture and decorative objects.
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