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Pair of Mid Century Chinese Glazed Terra Cotta Urns
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Large pair of vintage Chinese urns handcrafted in terra cotta in classic form and decorated in a chic multi color drippy glaze.
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Majolica Lidded Turtle Jar by Jan Pugh
Located in Bradenton, FL
A 1993 hand crafted majolica lidded jar in the shape of a turtle, made by ceramicist Jan Pugh. Made of terracotta, the jar is hand painted and glazed with a simple pink rose motif do...
Category
1990s American Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Terracotta
Hand-Painted Octopus Ceramic Bowl Italy Contemporary Faience 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Bottega Vignoli, Octopus bowl, 2023 Full-fire reduction earthenware faience 32cm diam. unique piece hand-painted Italian majolica.
Bottega Vignoli is a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Minton Majolica Fantail Pigeon Vase
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features three fantail pigeons with wings raised, supporting a bulbous vase. Cobalt blue ground version. Colouration: cobalt blue, white, ochre, are predom...
Category
1870s Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
George Jones Majolica Egyptian Figural Candlestick
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica candlestick which features a lady dressed in a classical, flowing robe, holding the candle sconce above her head. This piece is one of a few George Jones pieces...
Category
1870s Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Rare 19th Century French Ducks Tureen Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century French ducks tureen signed Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Arts and Crafts Footed Goblet Vase by Schwaz, Austria
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual tall goblet shaped vase was hand decorated with complex abstract flower pattern in cobalt blue, marigold yellow, and sage green on the base and the body of the vase. The hig...
Category
20th Century Austrian Arts and Crafts Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$232 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Dalmatian Puppy Majolica Terracotta Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A vintage Mid Century Modern Italian terracotta art pottery sculpture. A figural animal work produced circa 1960s depicting a Dalmatian dog modeled seated. Glazed white and black ter...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Early Italian Polychrome Majolica Albarello, Late 17th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian Polychrome Majolica Albarello, Late 17th Century.
Category
1690s Italian Baroque Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$2,320 Sale Price
51% Off
Alvino Bagni for Raymor Italy Sea Garden Vase Vessel Ceramic 1960s
By Raymor, Alvino Bagni
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vase or vessel was made by Alvino Bagni for Raymor as a part of his Sea Garden series. Sea Garden series includes vases, ashtrays, lamps, and other decor items done in complex turqu...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Delphin Massier Majolica Jardinière
Planter and Oak Stand
, Vallauris
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau Majolica jardinière, planter with Oak stand Style of Delphin Massier
Fils at Vallauris
This stylish piece is an early example by a renowned maker, showing the main inspirations of Art Nouveau, applying curved, organic and asymmetrical design elements to a functional object. In this example, hand-applied ceramic petals and streaks of coloured glaze are used to accentuate the plant-like shape.
The jardinière is exactly matched to the Oak stand on which it sits.
Design period, circa 1890
The piece is in Good condition with no signs of cracks or damage, and a real beauty!
A rare find for the connoisseur.
Dimensions: Complete
Height 97 cm
External diameter 46 cm
Jardinière / pot
External diameter 46 cm
Height 34 cm
Stand/pillar Oak...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Oak
English Victorian Majolica Sunflower Box Holdcroft Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian Majolica Sunflower Box Holdcroft Circa 1890.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Fruits Basket Sarreguemines, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica trompe l'oeil basket with fruits signed Sarreguemines, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Light Green Ceramic Vase Glazed Earthenware Contemporary Italy Unique
Located in London, GB
"Paperclay" ceramic vase, handmade unique piece, 2020, glazed earthenware, measures: approximate 33cm width x 36 cm height
As seen at collect fair, Lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$5,225 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare 19th Century English Majolica Duck Tureen William Brownfield
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century English Majolica duck on nest tureen attributed to William Brownfield.
The duck is brown, green and grey, the interior of the tureen is aqua turquoise like several...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
$1,200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Italian Yellow Faience Majolica Lidded Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair Italian yellow faience majolica lidded urns. Striking pair of large scale baluster form urns in Levantino Albisola style with medallions depicting va...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Faience
$16,000 / set
French 1870s Slender Majolica Vase with Floral Décor and High-Relief Cherubs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Majolica vase from the second half of the 19th century, with cherubs and floral décor. Born at the end of France's last Emperor Napoleon III's reign, this exquisite vase fea...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Pair of 18th Century Albarello Drug Jars in Maiolica
Located in NICE, FR
We are delighted to present you with this rare pair of ceramic albarello drug jars traditionally used for storing herbs, ointments, and medicines. They originate from the 18th centur...
Category
18th Century European Renaissance Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Palissy Snake
Lizard Candelstick Thomas Sergent
Located in Austin, TX
French Palissy candlestick signed Thomas Sergent, circa 1880.
Trompe l'oeil wood with leaves decorated with snake and lizard.
Thomas Victor Sergent was an active member of the School...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Life-Size Italian seated Dog Majolica Ceramic Statue Figurine Vintage, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1980s Italian Majolica Ceramic white dog statue figurine. Nice addition to your room or entry hall. Made of majolica ceramic, hand pain...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Double Vase with Birds Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica double vase with birds signed Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Cantagalli Majolica Rectangular Ashtray or Tray, Italy 1940-1950
By Cantagalli
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage majolica ashtray or catchall tray features elegant rectangular shape with lightly scalloped and textured rim and hand painted abstract garlands decor. Graphic cobalt blue an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Second Half 18th Century France Shaped Planters "Commode" Nevers Manufacture
By Nevers
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Collection of four beautiful polychrome majolica planters. 'Nevers' manufacture, second half of the 18th century.
The planters are in the shape of 'commodes', typical French bedside ...
Category
1760s French Rococo Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Vase Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica vase signed Choisy le Roi, circa 1890.
Height / 11 inches.
Fleur de lis and pink flowers.
At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most important cer...
Category
1890s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience, Majolica
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Pheasant Vase, Jerome Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica pheasant vase signed Jerome Massier Vallauris Alpes Maritimes circa 1890.
The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and pain...
Category
1890s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Handled Basket Sarreguemines with Purple Flowers, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica handled basket with purple flowers signed Sarreguemines, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
French Aqua Majolica Donkey Vallauris with Basket Clement Massier , circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Aqua Majolica Donkey Vallauris with Basket Clement Massier , circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Tobacco Box Pot Jar by Johann Maresch, Austria, circa 1900
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for one of our rare Majolica items, an exceptional tobacco box pot or jar out of the sack series by Johann Maresch from the beginning of the 20th century. The beautiful...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$306 Sale Price
55% Off
Pair of French Majolica Rooster
Hen Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of French Majolica Rooster & Hen attributed to George Dreyfus Circa 1890.
Hen : H / 8" ,5.5" by 3"
Rooster : H / 10" , 5.5" by 3"
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
$2,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Box Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Box Choisy Le Roi with a floral and leaves decor.
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Sicilian South Italian Pair Maiolica Pottery Twin Handled Candlesticks
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish pair antique South Italian Sicilian maiolica pottery twin handled candlesticks dating from the 18th century. The handmade earthenware candlesticks stand on a wide bowl-shap...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
19th Century Majolica White Dog Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Charming 19th century small majolica vase with white dog who look on a bucket signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi.
At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most important ceramics...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Lidded Majolica Grotesque Horned Head Vase, 19th Century
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An antique Majolica lidded vase moulded with a continuous relief moulded scene of putti in various activity with grotesque horned lion heads applied either side of the rim. The earth...
Category
19th Century European Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Italian Vintage Deruta Mosaic Hand Painted Floral
Figural Vase
By Deruta
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large Majolica mosaic vase, hand decorated with pure gold leaf.
Italian Vintage Deruta Mosaic Vase, design is a depiction of Empress Theodora, sixth ce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile with Pikier, Mid 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
Circa 1625 – 1650
A blue and white Dutch tile with a decoration of a Dutch soldier from the period of the 80 Years War. This soldier could be a member of t...
Category
1620s Dutch Baroque Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$713 Sale Price
20% Off
Vallauris Orange Amber Brown Ceramic Fat Lava Round Ashtray / Bowl, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
French mid-century Vallauris ashtray / bowl in multicolor glazed ceramic.
Beautiful fat lava glazed ceramic ashtray in orange, amber, white and brown colors. Manufactured by Vallaur...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$903 Sale Price
20% Off
J. Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme Cobalt Box
Cover, Signed, English, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme square shaped box and cover, glazed in cobalt blue, with relief molded flying cranes, flowering prunus branches, and squirrels, the cover bordered...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Majolica George Jones Fox Serving Tray circa 1869
By George Jones
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant pink Majolica serving dish decorated with a three green vine leaves, the handle formed as a fox peering into the bowl with its tail appearing on the mottled underside signed ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$2,300 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramiche Daedalus Vietri Majolica Bud Vase, Italy Postmodern
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Playful bud vase is hand painted with bright and cheerful decor of houses, fruits, and flowers that wraps around the vase and creates a surrealistic landscape. The rim is defined wi...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery, Majolica, Ceramic
Antique Victorian Majolica Handled Footed Flower Basket Planter Compote 7"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian English Majolica footed flower basket featuring a basket weave pattern with floral medallion and acanthus leaf design, footed base and double handle. Stoke on Tren...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$434 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Majolica Rooster Vase Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Antique Majolica rooster with leaves, corn and wild rose vase signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
The Massier produced roosters in a big range of sizes, this is the medium size. The...
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$2,320 Sale Price
38% Off
Majolica Bird Sculpture, White, Blue and Green Color, France 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Magnificent Majolica, with splendid blue and green white colors. This sculpture was made in the 1960s in France. It is very heavy, and there is a remarkable know-how of the artist.
Category
1960s French Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$1,521 Sale Price
20% Off
French Pottery Majolica Rabbit Pâté Tureen circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Pottery Majolica Rabbit Pate Tureen circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Rustic Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
$384 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Majolica Floral Vase
Located in Pasadena, TX
This vase comes from Italy. It depicts a lily.
The vase is what is known a s majolica.
Majolica is made by opaquing terra cota clay and high gloss glazes.
Category
20th Century Italian Organic Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
James Hadley Royal Worcester Rare Majolica Camel
Howdah
By James Hadley
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare and unusual antique Royal Worcester majolica pottery figure of a camel and howdah by renowned potter James Hadley (British, 1837-1903) and dated 22nd June 1870.
James H...
Category
1870s English Arts and Crafts Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
19th Majolica Parrot Tobacco Jar Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica tobacco jar with a parrot Onnaing, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Portuguese Palissy Tobacco Jar Manuel Mafra
Located in Austin, TX
Large Portuguese Palissy tobacco jar attributed to Manuel Mafra.
This tobacco jar is decorated in high relief of a frog, large butterflies, bugs, shells, a snake, a crocodile, on the lid a large shell with a lizard on the top, a butterfly and a bug.
Very rich decoration all-over the pot.
Reference / Page 38 " Portuguese Palissy Ware...
Category
1890s Portuguese Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Jerome Massier Fils Majolica Dog Spill Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jerome Massier Fils French Majolica vase which features a hunting dog stood in front of a tree trunk. Coloration: cream, brown, green, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks ...
Category
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Life-Size Italian Boxer Dog Terracotta Ceramic Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s Italian Boxer Majolica dog statue figurine. Nice addition to your room or entry hall. It is approx. 28.75" high, 18.5" wide and 8 inches deep. Made of Majolica ce...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Rare 19th Century Majolica Hen Vase, Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica hen vase Delphin Massier signed Vallauris, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Capodimonte Style Majolica Footed Bowl with Cherub Handles, Cardel Italy
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare vintage majolica footed bowl is decorated with raised reliefs of cherubs playing in garden on both front and back sides of the bowl; two handles in shape of cherubs peeking fro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Goat Tobacco Jar Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica tobacco jar signed Onnaing, circa 1890.
Decorated with a goat and wheat and leaves.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Antique Lidded Italian Apothecary Jar with Rampant Lions Coat of Arms, 19th C.
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-painted with a coat of arms supported by a pair of rampant lions, this lidded Italian apothecary jar dates to the 1800s. The ground of the jar is true white, which provides a st...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Paint
19th Century Majolica White Dog Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Charming 19th century small majolica vase with white dog who look on a bucket signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi.
At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most ...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Decorative Object Vase Majolica Decorated Deruta Midcentury Italian Design 1950s
By Deruta
Located in Palermo, IT
Vase made of hand-painted majolica in shades of blue, avion, white and gold, with decorations depicting women. Made in Italy in the 1950s with Deruta signature underneath. (as can be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Rooster Glazed Ceramic Pitcher, Ukraine, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching black and amber Majolica ceramic rooster jug / pitcher, Ukraine, 1950s-1960s.
A cool accent to any kitchen or to be user as serving pitcher. Lovely as a part of a cerami...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ukrainian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Large Majolica Wall Pocket Dog Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica dog wall pocke Delphin Massier.
Height / 8.5 inches.
The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. The Massier family produced di...
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Sealife Oysters Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of starfish, seaweeds, oyster, shell.
Nautical style.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Victorian Majolica Bird Box Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Victorian Majolica turquoise box with a bird handle and white flowers attributed to Joseph Holdcroft.
Very rare shape box.
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Majolica Bud Vase with 5 Stepped Cylinders, Italy 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Modernist majolica bud vase features a complex sculptural shape with 5 stepped cylinders; minimal form of the piece is accentuated by the monochroma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
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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French Ceramic Frog
Frieze Roman
Gilt Bronze Elephant
Ginger Jars With 2 Lids
Glazed Terracotta Dog
Gold Chicken
Hollow Log
Horse Head Marble Sculpture
Horse Sculpture Spain
Horsehair Brush
Ironwood Sculpture
Italian Canister
Italian Whippets
Japanese Imari Jars
Jere Owl
Large Bronze Elephant
Large Bronze Horse Sculpture
Large Wood Elephant