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Material: Majolica
Small Portuguese Majolica Palissy Wall Snake Platter Jose A. Cunha
Located in Austin, TX
Small Portuguese Majolica Palissy Platter signed Jose A. Cunha.
With a snake , butterflies and worms.
( Caldas da Rainha, Portugal )
Diameter / 4.5 inches.
Category
1880s Portuguese Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique Majolica Wardle Bamboo Basketweave Dogwood Flower Pitcher Jug 7"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Majolica pitcher or jug featuring a chinoiserie bamboo and basketweave design with dogwood flower. Marked on base. Attributed to Wardle Pottery.
Dimensions:
5.25" x 4.25" ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$437 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Vintage Majolica Pottery Teapot Purple Grape Bunches
Located in Charleston, SC
Majolica Teapot has crazed ceramic background, berry / grapes with vines. The design surrounds the spout. Vines continue around the handle. Hand-paint...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Clement MASSIER (1857-1945) Majolica flower vase/column vase, France
Located in Berlin, DE
Clement MASSIER (1857-1945) Majolica flower vase/column vase, France
Very decorative and of high quality. Marked: Clement Massier
Unique running glaze. A guaranteed eye-catcher.
A...
Category
20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Gaetano BATTAGLIA (Naples-Italy-Active 1850 and 1885) Large Circular Plate
Located in Madrid, ES
Gaetano BATTAGLIA (Naples-Italy-Active between 1850 and 1885)
Large circular earthenware plate
in the style of Italian majolica with polychrome historiated decoration on the basin, t...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Sculpture Geometric Ceramic Vase Vessel Special Iridescent Bronze Glazed Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
The sculptural vase 'Panoplia' is distinguished by its particular shape characterized by an alternance of voids and overlapping solids that make it a vase with 'a thousand faces': lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, 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 Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Painted Barbotine Ceramic Dog Pitcher from Sarreguemines
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a kitchen counter with this elegant Majolica antique pitcher. Created circa 1890 and stamped "Sarreguemines, France" on the bottom...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Side Table White Marble Top Mirror Steel Legs Green Majolica Tiles, Also Outdoor
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Side table or End table with white Carrara marble top, hight polished stainless steel legs and embellished with 20 green glazed ceramic tiles. The majolica elements are hand crafted ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Metal, Stainless Steel
Authentic Talavera Decorative Vase Folk Art Vessel Mexican Ceramic Blue White
By Cesar
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Elegant white and blue vase made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico.
The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques.
One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar learned his art in the workshop of the Uriarte family, an excellent workshop where his grandfather worked. In his creations he uses the black and white mud that is obtained from the nearby hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, and colors of mineral origin that he creates in his workshop with recipes from his grandfather.
All the pieces are modeled in a traditional way and go through a production process that usually takes from one to two months, between drying, burning, and painting.
Being surrounded by a living tradition, Cesar Torres Jr., learned from his father since childhood. Architect by profession, Cesar Jr. has come to revolutionize and modernize with new designs and ideas of the current world, nevertheless always respecting the tradition of the processes and materials that make Talavera a Creole art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Spanish Colonial Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Majolica Jardiniere
Located in New York, NY
Large Majolica jardinière or planter with flying black bird and white orchid flower on a turquoise ground. Matching underplate has key patter...
Category
20th Century English Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$5,875
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 Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Round Mirror in Brown Glazed Ceramic, 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching ceramic circular mirror. Maufactured in Spain, 1960s.
Round shape and large glass mirror surface.
The frame is made of glazed ceramic large tiles in brown color. A decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Set of Six Vintage French Proceram Gold Oyster Plates, Signed
Located in Birmingham, AL
A striking set of six vintage majolica oyster plates made by Proceram, France, a historic ceramics manufacturer located in Aubagne, a town long celebrated for its pottery traditions ...
Category
1930s French Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair 19th Century French Painted Faience and Bronze Table Lamps from Montigny
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate bedside tables or a console with this elegant pair of antique faience table lamps. Crafted in Montigny sur Loing, France, circa 1860, each ornate vase sits on an intricate b...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Charger Plate Set Six Dinner Plates Serveware Tableware Majolica Painted Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Set of six majolica charger plates is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter.
The elegant decoration is composed of a halo of blue foliage that resembles four groups of wings: from the center of the plate, further ornamental elements develop, projected outwards, which give movement to the entire compositional structure. The beauty of these majolica plates is underlined by the artist's visible brushstrokes that give them a unique style.
Further possibility to order a set of 4 or 12 charger...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Majolica Fish Pitcher, 1930s
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
This small fish pitcher will bring a touch of personality and originality to all tables. Highly decorative.
Category
1930s French Art Nouveau Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica "Cockerel
Monkey" Teapot by Minton
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
"Cockerel & Monkey Minton Majolica Teapot the protrusive cockerel head with forming the spout, a smiling, like if he was riding the cockerel, is...
Category
Late 20th Century English Victorian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Authentic Talavera Decorative Plate Folk Art Vessel Mexican Ceramic Blue White
By Cesar
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Elegant white and blue plate made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico.
The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques.
One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar learned his art in the workshop of the Uriarte family, an excellent workshop where his grandfather worked. In his creations he uses the black and white mud that is obtained from the nearby hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, and colors of mineral origin that he creates in his workshop with recipes from his grandfather.
All the pieces are modeled in a traditional way and go through a production process that usually takes from one to two months, between drying, burning, and painting.
Being surrounded by a living tradition, Cesar Torres Jr., learned from his father since childhood. Architect by profession, Cesar Jr. has come to revolutionize and modernize with new designs and ideas of the current world, nevertheless always respecting the tradition of the processes and materials that make Talavera a Creole art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Spanish Colonial Majolica Furniture
Materials
Clay, Ceramic, Majolica
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
MAJOLICA 1890 French Art Nouveau Polychromate Tall Hexagonal Vase
Located in Miami, FL
French majolica vase designed by De Longwy.
This is a very nice elaborated tall vase, created in France during the art nouveau period, back in the 1890's. The fabulous decorative va...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$1,118 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of two vases, barbotine, majolica, circa 1910, Art Nouveau, France
By Barbotine
Located in Wien, AT
Set of two handled vases, made of majolica, famous Barbotine, manufactured around 1910 in France.
These particularly attractive vases are of exceptional quality and wonderful decor....
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Art Nouveau Majolica Pansy Flower Plate
By Luneville
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
This is a beautiful, poetic and rare Majolica plate.
The colors and pattern are tender and luminous.
In the tradition of the Art Nouveau Majolica plates, this will be a great find f...
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Trompe L
oeil Wall Plaque with Lemons, Perret-Gentil, Menton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Menton French Majolica (Barbotine) Trompe L'oeil Wall Plaque on a turquoise ground with lemons molded in high relief, circa 1880, 8-inches diameter.
Generally referred to as "Mento...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Rooster Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate with rooster signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi, circa 1890.
The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end of 19th centu...
Category
1890s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
19th Century French Barbotine Ceramic Hounds
Boar Cache Pot from Sarreguemines
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a hunting lodge or ranch with this colorful antique planter. Crafted in Sarreguemines, France circa 1880, the elegant Majolica planter stands on paw feet, and is dressed wit...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Majolica Vase with Fishs and Shells, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica vase with fishs and shells, circa 1880.
Bamboo handles.
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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 Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Wilhelm Schiller
Sons Majolica Peacock Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Schiller Majolica vase which features a peacock seated on a pedestal. Coloration: blue, green, yellow, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for ...
Category
1880s German Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Victorian Majolica “Three-Legged Gentleman” Teapot, William Brownfield
Sons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Victorian Majolica “Three-Legged Gentleman” Teapot
Attributed to William Brownfield & Sons, Cobridge, Staffordshire, ca. 1875–1885
A rare Victorian majolica teapot modeled as a comi...
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Parakeets Plate Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate two parakeets on a blue background with oranges signed Salins, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Art Deco Bauhaus Liqueur Set by Eva Zeizel for Schramberg Majolica, 1930s
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Art Deco Bauhaus Liqueur Set by Eva Zeisel for Schramberg Majolica, a treasure from the 1930s, stands as a sublime fusion of avant-garde design and functional elegance. Crafted d...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
George Jones Majolica Pineapple Form Milk Jug
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica jug/pitcher which features a pineapple. Pink ground version. Colouration: ochre, green, pink, are predominant. This milk jug is part of a George Jones Pineapple...
Category
1870s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Talavera Jar Decorative Vase Folk Art Vessel Mexican Ceramic Blue White
By Cesar
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Elegant white and blue jar made with the authentic Talavera technique. Master artisan, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico.
The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques.
One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Spanish Colonial Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Gaetano BATTAGLIA (Naples-Italy-Active 1850 and 1885) Pair of Large Plates
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Large Plates
Gaetano Battaglia 19th century
made of earthenware decorated with mythological scenes Italy (Naples)
Diameter 35 cm
good cond...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Paint
Italian Whippet Greyhound Terracotta Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
By Marioni
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An outstanding Italian Greyhound statue in glazed and hand painted terracotta. Perfectly placed on a pedestal stylized as a cushion, lifelike ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
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 Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Six Wedgwood Majolica Argenta
Lincoln
Pattern Dessert Dishes
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
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...
Category
Late 19th Century English Japonisme Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
$668 Sale Price
24% Off
Pair of 19th Century French Hand-Painted Barbotine Wall Plates Stamped Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a kitchen wall or a breakfast room with this pair of large antique majolica plates. Sculpted in France circa 1880 by Longchamp, onf of the plates feature sculptural fruit mo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Parakeets Plate Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate two parakeets on a blue background with oranges signed Salins, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Hand-Painted Italian Majolica Vase from Orvieto, Signed “NP”, 1960s
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A beautifully hand-painted majolica amphora from Orvieto, dating to the 1960s and signed “NP / Orvieto” on the underside. Richly decorated with vibrant arabesque motifs and warm, sat...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Faience Vase on Stand from Montigny
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful majolica two-piece urn and base was sculpted in Montigny sur Loing, France, circa 1860. Tall and oval in shape, the ceramic jardinière stands on a hand carved tripod wo...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Mahogany
Neoclassical Style Blue Majolica Planter by Minton
By Minton
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style blue Majolica planter by Minton
English, c. 1852
Measures: height 37.5cm, width 49cm, depth 42cm
This superb planter is crafted i...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Massive Red Tomato Glazed Ceramic Tureen Centerpiece, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching red Majolica ceramic tomato shaped tureen, Spain, 1960s.
This huge tureen has a very realistic design with green leaves on the lid. The vib...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Majolica Round Bread Platter with Mottled Center and Wheat, English, circa 1875
Located in Banner Elk, NC
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...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Ceramic Barbotine Wall Platter with Apples Signed Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a kitchen wall with this colorful, antique Majolica plate! Sculpted in France, circa 1880, the large platter is round in shape, and features hand painted motifs with three ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century French Ceramic Barbotine Wall Platter with Apples Signed Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful, antique Majolica plate was sculpted in France, circa 1880. The large, round, hand painted platter features pink flowers and three red and yellow apples hanging from a ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Worcester Majolica Frog, Monkey and Tortoise Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Royal Worcester Majolica vase which features a frog riding on the back of a monkey, which is sitting on the back of a tortoise. A bamboo vase behind...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Ceramic Moon Jar by Bottega Vignoli (30cm diameter) Hand-Painted Majolica Italy
Located in London, GB
Mediterranea moon jar, Hand-Painted Majolica with full-fire reduction firing, 30 cm diameter. Unique piece.
Availble in the following diam. sizes: 40cm / 30cm / 20cm. The price of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica
$3,724 Sale Price / item
15% Off
Handcrafted Contemporary 2 Ceramic Breakfast Egg Plates Majolica by Lorenzo
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Enhance your space with this elegant ceramic egg plate by Mexican artist Lorenzo Lorenzzo. Handcrafted in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, this versatile piece features a refined e...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$188 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Majolica asparagus Art Nouveau plates Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
Stunning French Antique Asparagus Art Nouveau plates.
Colors are vibrant, with a creem background.
The plates are delicately hand painted with carnation and iris flowers. Produced by...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Minton Pottery Majolica Sardine Box with Fish Motifs 19th Century Victorian Era
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
Minton majolica sardine box with raised fish motifs, from the late 19th century (Victorian era). It measures 9'' in depth by 7 1/2'' in width by 4'' in height (recipient measures 4 1...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
Italian Early 20th Century Venus
Neptune Albisola Majolica Lidded Serving Tray
Located in Queens, NY
Italian (early 20th Century) Neo-Classical Style hand painted Albisola majolica lidded serving tray featuring scalloped edges depicting Venus and Neptune on a hippocampus with a putt...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Italian Majolica Cornucopia Fruit Basket Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and striking Italian Majolica fruit basket in two parts. Basket weave base with multicolored top featuring a cornucopia of fruit...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Wedgwood Arts
Crafts Style Majolica Pitcher and Tumbler Set
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Wedgwood pitcher and tumbler set with a rare majolica colorway of mottled brown with a touch of cobalt blue.
This pitcher and tumbler, designed by Wedgwood in 1877, is a unique example of majolica pottery. Most majolica pieces are decorated: adorned with Renaissance-inspired designs, heavily ornamented in the Victorian taste, or covered in Japanese motifs. This pitcher and tumbler, on the other hand, is simply glazed in earth brown and cobalt majolica...
Category
1870s British Arts and Crafts Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
$640 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French Majolica Artichoke Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1900
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
Introduced into France for Queen Catherine de Medicis, who was fond of it, the artichoke acquired its letters of nobility by becoming one of the favorite dishes of Louis XIV.
Like f...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Tray Is By Minton
Located in Tampa, FL
This majolica tray is by Minton. There is mark but not very clear. Circa 1890s, England.
Category
1890s English Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
White and blue coiled majolica vase hand-painted Italy contemporary
Located in London, GB
Hand coiled ceramic vase by Onofrio Acone, glazed earthenware (majolica) unique piece hand-built and hand-painted approx. 31cm width 40cm height
Onofrio Acone is a ceramic artist...
Category
2010s Italian Greco Roman Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Clay
$2,081 Sale Price
20% Off
An Antique Italian Glazed Pottery Jug from the Montelupo Fiorentino factory
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is an antique Italian ceramic jug, likely from the Montelupo Fiorentino factory, dating to around the late 19th century with the coat-of-arms of the Medici Grand Dukes flanked b...
Category
1880s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Maiolica, Majolica, Pottery
Antique and Vintage Majolica Platters, Pottery and Other Furniture and Decor
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 majolica plates, pitchers, decorative objects and other pieces 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.
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