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Pot or Box 19th Century Majolica Gremany Ceramic Beige Blue
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Tabacco box, Pot in Majolica. Characters Decor pattern. Brown and blue color.
It has been made in Germany circa 19th century.
Signed Western Germany.
Category
19th Century German Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of two exceptionally rare majolika basket vases, Amphora, 1910s Bohemia
Located in Wien, AT
Exceptional set of two vases, so-called basket vases, made from 1910 - 20, by the famous Amphora factory in Bohemia.
The vases have a round base and taper towards the top. They have...
Category
1910s Czech Jugendstil Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
English Victorian Majolica Sunflower Box Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian Sunflower Box Circa 1890.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Rooster Yellow and Green Glazed Ceramic Pitcher, France, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching green and yellow Majolica ceramic rooster jug / pitcher, France, 1950s.
Handcrafted in yellow glazed ceramic with green accents.
A cool accent to any kitchen or to be us...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$1,231 Sale Price
20% Off
Sculptural "Rhino #5" Table Lamp by Bill Stewart, American Art Studio Pottery
By Bill Stewart
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking ceramic table lamp is comprised of hand-sculpted rhino figurine with a bird sitting on its neck; the rhino is mounted on long conical totem pole, formed in coil technique. ...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Terracotta, Pottery
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 19th Century Majolica Vases Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of 19th Century Majolica Vases signed Choisy Le Roi.
The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end of 19th century, they produced very hi...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$960 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Ceramic Majolica Italian Grey Hound Midcentury
Located in Rochester, NY
Majolica Italian grey hound. Mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Rare Majolica Basket T.C Brown Westhead Moore
Co.
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual and colorful English Victorian basket attributed to T.C. Brown Westhead Moore and Co. with a garland of berries.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
French Pottery Majolica Rabbit Pâté Tureen circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Pottery Majolica Rabbit Pate Tureen circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Rustic Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
$176 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand-painted Green Italian Majolica Dishes with Goldfish, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A cute yet stylish pair of Italian Majolica dishes or bowls for sweets, cookies, fruit etc. Each one hand-painted with diffrent goldfish motif upon an art deco style fluted dessin.
...
Category
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$237 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Palissy Tobacco Jar Thomas Sergent
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy tobacco jar attributed to Thomas Sergent, circa 1880 unsigned.
Naturalistic movement of the end of 19th century.
The jar have the shape of a trunk with a bir...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$1,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Blue and White Albarello Jar with Cartouche and Landscapes, 19th C
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-painted with a pastoral landscape beneath a coat of arms, this Italian albarello jar from the 1800s has a beautiful cobalt blue and white palette. The heraldic cartouche depicts...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Paint
TIC for Raymor Majolica Textured Fritte Glaze Bowl, Italy 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual majolica bowl or catchall features wavy, gently manipulated rim, juxtaposed with complex textured Fritte glaze on the bottom of the bowl. The contrast between glossy, organi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta, Majolica
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Vase, Matte Finish Olive Green, Spheres 24kt Gold Luster, Handmade Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Exquisite large dark olive green vase with a matte finishing, alternating with reflective surfaces embellished with 24Kt gold luster. This technique sees ceramics to undergo three co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate
Jasba Color-block Vase, West German Pottery 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Mid Century Modern ceramic vase features an abstract graphic decor enveloping the whole body of the vase with color blocked bands of green and orange divided by off-white and dark gr...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
French Vallauris Majolica Shell Shaped Vase in Multi Color Glazed Ceramic
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Giant Mid-century Modern Vallauris Ceramid Shell Shaped Vase. France, 1950s-1960s.
Colorful vase with mussel / shell design in glazed ceramic. The exterior part is covered by glazed ceramic in brown color with fat lava decorations in beige, yellow and blue glaze.
Rare find due to its shape.
Use it as decorative vase or flower vase adding a fresh accent in any Mediterranean, Contemporary, or Midentury decoration.
Great gift idea!
Measures: 32 cm H x 16 cm W x 13 cm D
Vallauris Maiolica Mussel Vase // French Vallauris Midcentury Vase // Falt Lava Vallauris Ceramic Shell Vase...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
19th Century Victorian Majolica Bird Box Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Victorian Majolica cobalt box with a bird handle and white flowers Joseph Holdcroft.
Very rare shape box.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$1,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century French Painted Ceramic Barbotine Vases with Floral Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautifully sculpted and colorful, this pair of large, antique Majolica vases would be a wonderful addition to a mantel, tabletop or bookshelf. Crafted in France, circa 1950, each ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of 2 fishs, seaweeds, starfish.
Nautical style.
Measure: 8.3" diameter.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Circa 1920s American McCoy Amaryllis Pattern Console Set
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1920s McCoy Amaryllis pattern console set, American. Majolica pottery; 1926 pattern. Comprised of a small bowl & 2 small vases. 5/8" pre-glaze loss to interior rim, now with mi...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Majolica Grapes Lidded Jar
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica Grapes Lidded Jar.
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Large 19th Century Majolica Vase with Birds Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Large rare Majolica triple vase with birds, very colorful signed Delphin Massier.
Completely painted with flowers.
Height / 18.8 inches.
The Massier are known for the quality of thei...
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramiche Mola Majolica Tray Ashtray Sardinian Girl, Cagliari Italy
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare majolica small tray or ashtray is shaped in form of bust of young woman wearing traditional Sardinian costume, leaning on her crossed hands with her eyes closed. White color of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Jardiniere, Flowerpot, Manufacture Saint Cloud, ~1900, Ceramics/Majolika, France
By Saint Cloud
Located in Wien, AT
Masterly manufactured Jardiniere, of Ceramic/Majolica of the famous manufacture Saint Cloud in France. Made around 1900, this object is delightfully hand-painte...
Category
Early 1900s French Jugendstil Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Blue Deruta Antiqued Potiche Jar Majolica Vase, Blue Peacock, Hand Painted Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
This splendid potiche vase is handmade and hand-painted in Italy: it is decorated with peacocks, known as symbols of resurrection and eternal life, accomp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Revival Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Modernist Ceramic Twin Vase with Sgraffito Decor in Style of Gambone
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual twin vase features abstract modernist decor on the front side in beige-brown color that was applied in sgraffito technique and then tinted. The reverse side of the vase is a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$416 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Hunting Dog Jardinière Jerome Massier Fils
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica hunting dog jardinière signed Jerome Massier Fils.
Reference / page 110 "Barbotines de la Cote d'Azur" of M.Bottero.
The Massier ...
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Bitossi for Peasant Village Large Shell-shaped Bowl, Red Glaze Italy Mid Century
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Shell-shaped ceramic bowl is glazed in red with complex variations in glaze color accentuating the intricate shape of the bowl.
The bowl is signed on the bottom with "Italy 68105 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Minton Majolica Putti Shell Carriers
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica figural which features two putti carrying a shell. One draped in grapes, the other draped in wheat. Colouration: green, turquoise, cream, are predominant. The piece b...
Category
1860s English Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Plate Centerpiece Ceramic Wall Dish Hand-Painted Dolphins Deruta Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Majolica dish hand made and hand-painted in Deruta, Italy, according to the original Renaissance painting technique. The dish is enriched by the presence of four metamorphic dolphin-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
An Art Nouveau Plums Design Majolica Amphora Vase
Located in New Orleans, LA
Large majolica Art Nouveau Bohemia vase in lovely shades of brown, plum and leaf green. Foliage and plum fruit decoration developing around the neck and the throat, and down to the b...
Category
1890s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$525 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Majolica Parrots Double Vase Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Colorful Majolica double vase with two parrots, the vase are decorated with painted pink flowers signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Barbotine Majolica Pot with Lid Organic Art Nouveau
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful antique pot with lid, barbotine or majolica pottery, the pot has the shape of a tree trunk and the handle of a branch, typical of the organic shapes and colours that are ty...
Category
Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Frog with Fan Jerome Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica frog with purple and pink fan signed Jerome Massier, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Brown Westhead Moore Box
Located in Austin, TX
T.H. brown-Westhead, Moore & Co., Staffordshire cobalt Majolica box, England, circa 1880.
Box with figural strap decoration and braided handle to cover.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 20th Century Italian Hand-Painted Porcelain Capodimonte Wall Platters
By Capodimonte
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful pair of majolica wall plates would elevate any living room, kitchen, or dining room wall. Created in Italy circa 1980 and done in the Capodimonte style with high relief, each barbotine...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
Modern Vase, Matte Finish Warm White, Spheres 24kt Gold Luster, Handmade Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Elegant warm white vase with a matte finishing, alternating with reflective surfaces embellished with 24Kt gold luster. This technique sees ceramics to undergo three cooking phases: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate
Contemporary Italian Enameled Black White Majolica Crown Bowl
Platinum Accents
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary handmade Italian work of art, a bowl in the shape of a crown in majolica by Ceramica Gatti, a long tradition studio and famous designer Ettore Sottsass' favorite. This A...
Category
2010s Italian Art Deco Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Platinum, Enamel
Bill Stewart Set of Two Sculptural Vases or Vessels, American Art Studio Pottery
By Bill Stewart
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Two sculptural vases or vessels are free-formed by hand and glazed in complex, semi-gloss crackle glaze; matte graphite-colored glaze was used on the bottom parts of the vessels. Bo...
Category
20th Century American Organic Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta, Majolica
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
English Victorian Sardine Box with Shell, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian sardine box with shell, circa 1890.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Vase, Ceramic, Enamel Hand Painted, Attributable to Late Bauhaus, 1930, Germany
Located in Wien, AT
Very special vase, made of ceramic with extraordinarily decorative painting, made by hand in enamel.
This style in Art Deco, the workmanship and the objects of comparison, for exam...
Category
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$496 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Mid Century Majolica Hanging Mask of Bacchus Large Hand Painted
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A jolly, handmade and hand painted Italian ceramic mask depicting the Roman god of wine and intoxication adorned with a crown of grapes. Perfect for wine lover in your life! Maker's ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery, Terracotta
Mid-Century Modern Italian Ceramic Coral Pink Vase Vintage
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Mid-century modern ceramic vase was made in Italy for Americal importer. Its sleek and elegant form combines functional beauty and meticulous craftsmanship. The vase is finished wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
1970s Italian Multicolored Glazed Ceramic Shell Centerpiece with Coral and Crabs
By Falco Marino
Located in Firenze, IT
There is all the Italian artisan mastery in this exceptional Mid-Century Modern open worked large Majolica ornament centerpiece in the form of a long shell enriched with crab, seahorse and red coral perfectly shaped inside it. Looking at this sculpture you will feel the sound of the ocean.
Every part of this colorful and powerful handmade marine themed composition is incredibly realistic and well made. The open shell depicted in a palette made of browns, pink, yellow and green contains a big red coral...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Vintage Tuscan Hand Painted Majolica Jug Vase Garniture Set Signed Leona Italia
Located in Forney, TX
A vintage Italian majolica ceramic three piece vessel garniture set, signed Leona Italia.
Hand-crafted and hand-painted by highly skilled artisans in Tuscany, medieval Renaissance t...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Carlo Zauli Italian Modern Signed And Archived Archaic Vase
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Roma, IT
Archaic vase by Carlo Zauli 1953
Polychrome majolica Faenza
Vase in polychrome majolica, pear-shaped with an asymmetrical line and abstract-geometric decorations with relief borders....
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Contemporary Italian Apple Jade Green Majolica Crown Bowl with Platinum Accents
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary handmade Italian post-modern Work of Art in the shape of a Fleur de Lys crown in majolica, exclusive design by Ceramica Gatti, a long tradition studio and famous designe...
Category
2010s Italian Art Deco Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Platinum, Enamel
George Jones Majolica Bird on Nest Card Holder Vase
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica menu holder vase which features a bird (warbler) perched on top of a bulrush beside its nest. Colouration: brown, green, white, are predominant. The piece bears...
Category
1870s Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Unique Ceramic Portret Buste, Girl with Blue Hair by Erwin Spuler 1930s, Germany
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful sculpture in brown earthenware modeled in the expression of a woman in polychrome glaze with blue hair, made in Germany, 1930s.
Erwin Spuler (1906-1964), who initially studied at the School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart, studied with Georg Scholz...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
$2,853 Sale Price
20% Off
1870s St. Clement French Faience Majolica Pair of White Pink Flower Vases
Located in New York, NY
A charming pair of handcrafted flower vases, late 19th century fine French majolica, characterized by an unusual conical shape with waist, hand enameled with a gold band, decorated w...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$747 Sale Price / set
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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. Dark maroon ground version. Col...
Category
1860s Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Brown Westhead Moore
Co Majolica Kittens Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore and Co Majolica vase which features two cats or kittens playing with a ball, around a boot rested on a tasseled cushion base. Colou...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Antique Swiss Arts
Crafts Brown Green Blue White Thoune Enamel Ceramic Jug
By Thoune
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century Arts & Crafts Majolica art pottery jug, made by the Swiss factory Thun/Thoune, circa 1910s. This jug, entirely handcrafted and hand-painted, is decorated with a modern Eastern accent...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Arts and Crafts Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Earthenware
$612 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Swiss Arts
Crafts Brown Green Blue Thoune Majolica Note/Match Holder
By Thoune
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century Arts & Crafts Majolica art pottery rare note/match holder, made by the Swiss factory Thun / Thoune, circa 1910s. This note/match holder, entirely handcrafted and hand-painted, is decorated with a modern Eastern accent...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Arts and Crafts Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
$318 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Faience Vase from Montigny
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful antique majolica urn was sculpted in Montigny sur Loing, France, circa 1880. Tall and round in shape, the ceramic vessel features a tall, elegant form with a flared rim...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Jerome Massier Fils Majolica Hunting Dog Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jerome Massier Fils Majolica figural vase which features a hunting dog stood in front of a tree trunk. Colouration: white, brown, green, are predominant. The piece bears an impressiv...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Brown Westhead Moore
Co Basket
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore and Co Majolica basket which features flowers on the four corners, basketweave style sides and the handle modelled in the for...
Category
1870s English Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
20th Century Italian Hand-Painted and Gilt Porcelain Capodimonte Figurine Statue
By Capodimonte
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful majolica figurine would elevate any living room, kitchen, or entry way. Created in Italy circa 1950 and done in the Capodimonte style, the barbotine statue portrays a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
Victorian Minton Majolica Marine Mermen Jardiniere Pink Interior
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Good. RESTORATION. A few filled chips to the rim. Filled chip to foot. Filled chip to head-dress.
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Italian Majolica Busts, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian majolica busts, circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$3,500 / set
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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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