Italian Renaissance Revival Faïence Nove Rose Floral Square Divided Platter

Large Neo-Renaissance Italian Faience Platter Circa 1930.

This is a vintage decorative tea tray. An Italian, gilt finished serving platter with Baroque revival taste, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.   Striking colour and tonal...

French faience blue and white fish platter signed Longwy, circa 1900. Measures: 21.5" L x 8.5" W x 1.5" H.

Decorate a dining room wall or display shelf with this elegant antique barbotine platter. Crafted in France by Keller Guérin in Luneville circa 1880, the hand-painted faïence d...

A vintage hand-painted ceramic strawberry motif serving platter or relish dish. This serving dish features four wells that will accommodate dips, relishes ...

English turquoise and white faience compotes and tall plates from the 19th century, with painted floral decor, priced and sold individually. Born in England during the 19th century, ...

Antique Ornate CT Carl Tielsch Germany floral divided handled dish Herend style. Decorated with ornate foliate edges, enamel bugs, gilt decoration and marke...

Crespina Faenza, last quarter of the 16th century Maiolica painted in two colors, light blue and yellow, on a thick, rich layer of white enamel. It measures 2.24 in (5.7 cm) in height, 6.10 in (15.5 cm) in diameter. lb 0.55 (kg 0.25) State of conservation: mimetic restoration. The small cup has a raised central “umbone”, a perforated brim and a shaped rim. It rests on a high jutting foot. The "crespina" shape, in some inventories is cited as "tacce de frute" (fruit cups). It was particularly appreciated in the Renaissance and has variants based on the formal types and the different sizes. The decoration, made according to the dictates of the “compendiario” style, used few standardized colors: blue and yellow on a thick white and shiny enamel, deliberately chosen as the colour which was most reminiscent of silver. This choice derived from a trend in creative design of the era: the shapes used in the molds were often taken from metal objects. An idea which would last throughout the Renaissance. The work shows, in the middle of the “umbone”, a winged putto stepping forward while playing a long thin trumpet. The depiction of the putto is fully representative of the repertoire of the Faenza workshops of the sixteenth century. Some specimens with this type of decoration have been published in a volume by Carmen Ravanelli Guidotti: there appears the whole productive repertoire of this fundamental moment of transition between the taste for the “istoriato” style and the great simplification of decoration in the “compendiario” period. This style, in its simplicity, however, saw its expression in a rather varied collection of decorative subjects, including old-fashioned busts...

From Italy, this hand painted Majolica platter has two areas of ornamentation. The outer circle has busts of two different men, one on the top of the platter and one at the bottom. T...

A fine and elegant antique Italian Le Nove floral painted faience vase and cover. The earthenware hexagonal shaped vase has a moulded ribbed body exquisitely h...