Majolica Pitcher, Bamboo Pattern, England, 1875

George Jones Majolica Iris Pitcher, England, Victorian, ca. 1875 For 30 years we have been among the world’s preeminent specialists in fine antique majoli...

A fine antique French Art Nouveau majolica pitcher, “poppies” pattern, a very desirable color palette of poppy red, lime green and pale tan. A c...

George Jones Majolica jug/pitcher which features pink and white blossom (hawthorn or mayflower), and green leaves on brown, bark effect ground and a rustic branch...

An impressive and rare 19th Century Art Nouveau French Majolica lily pads pitcher signed Choisy Le Roi, circa 1870’s. Faience pottery was first prod...

Samuel Alcock Majolica grape and strawberry tray, English, ca. 1875, naturalistically molded with a large grape leaf with purple glazed grapes, ...

Pair of George Jones Majolica Cornucopia Vases, English, circa 1875, each modeled as a white wicker ground cornucopia, with trailing green glazed leafy vines and simulated mossy twig...

A collection of six Etruscan Majolica shell and seaweed pitchers, five in the typical shell and sea weed pattern, one in a variation of the pattern i...

T. C. Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. Majolica Bread Platter, of round form, the mottled center, banded in yellow, the outer border with yellow wheat sheaves molded in high relief, the r...

Attributed to Minton pottery in Staffordshire, England, a scarce sized set of majolica glazed pitchers in the Palissy style, circa 1870s. The Aesthetic Period pitchers are molded with a raised nut vine pattern with leaves in light and dark green, and closed buds. The vine handle is ‘held’ in place with green shoots, the tight buds are glazed in cream encased in light spring green leaves. The body is finished in an iridescent brown, the interior in a beautiful turquoise. A turquoise glazed underside. The larger jug is impressed with the number two, possibly referring to size, as this is the middle size of what would have been a set of three graduated pitchers...

Six Wedgwood majolica Argenta palette ‘Lincoln' pattern dessert plates with finely molded maroon prunus blossoms and dark taupe pine branches surrounded by a yellow Greek key border. The dishes are decorated in the japonisme style and feature the “Three Friends of Winter” motif, an Asian artistic convention showing the pine, plum, and bamboo together to represent steadfastness, perseverance, and resilience. The Wedgwood factory introduced muted Argenta glazes to its majolicas in the 1880s to keep up with ever-changing fashions. The Argenta glaze color palette was more subdued than that of traditionally vibrant majolica, and was thus more appealing to the Aesthetic Movement japonisme style that pervaded the market. These Argenta majolica dessert dishes...