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Material: Majolica
French Majolica Lobster Plate Choisy Le Roi Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Lobster Plate HB Choisy Le Roi Circa 1930.
The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end...
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1930s French Country Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Majolica Wall Decoration Plate by Johann Maresch, Austria, circa 1900
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for one of our rare Majolica items, an exceptional wall plate by Johann Maresch from the beginning of the 20th century. The beautiful worked Majolica plate shows Rhine. Like every J. Maresch items the artist took great value...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Rare Majolica Penguin With Suit Mustard Pot Sarreguemines circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica Penguin With Suit Mustard Pot Sarreguemines circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
French 19th Century Rare Tea Set with Foliage Adorned Majolica Basket
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French tea set from the 19th century, with foliage-adorned majolica basket and handle. Created in France during the 19th century, this rare tea set char...
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19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Kerina, Monaco, Majolica Wall Platter Vallauris, 1960s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Majolica wall platter by Kerina, Monaco, ca.1960. Measure: diameter: 13.2" (33.6cm), depth: 1.8"(4.5cm). Signed "Kérina Monaco" on the back. Few slight traces of age. Very good condi...
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1960s Monacan Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Platter or Tureen
Located in Austin, TX
Very unusual 19th Century Majolica Asparagus Platter Tureen.
12.5 by 9.5 inches , H / 2.5 inches.
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Set of Three Majolica Trompe L
oeil Seafood Wall Plates as Wall Decoration
Located in Barcelona, ES
Trompe L'Oeil wall decoration / decorative wall plates, majolica, ceramic, Portugal, 1940s-1950s
A colorful wall composition comprised by three Majolica glazed ceramic wall plates wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
$2,278 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Majolica Octogonal Water Lily Asparagus Plate Saint Clement
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Art Nouveau asparagus plate signed Keller et Guerin Saint Clement, unusual shape.
Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th century asparagus and a...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Antique French Majolica Pitcher by La Faïencerie d
Onnaing
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique French Majolica barbotine pitcher produced by La Faïencerie d'Onnaing in the late 19th or early 20th Century. These pitchers, also called pichets or canettes, are known for t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Sky Small Ceramic Bowl Hand Painted Glazed Majolica Italian Contemporary
Located in London, GB
SKY - Small ceramic bowl by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware.
All unique pieces, Italy, 2021. Measure: 15 cm diameter.
Different finishes availa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Pair of Vallauris Glazed Ceramic Majolica Gurgle Fish Jug Pitchers, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unmatching pair of Modernist glazed ceramic gurgling fish water jugs / pitchers by Vallauris, France, 1950s-1960s
Eye-catching hand painted fat lava gurgle fish vases...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Théodore Deck Attributed French Ormolu Mounted Majolica Tazza
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and unusual French ormolu mounted majolica tazza molded with figures set within an abstract design border attributed to Theodore Deck (1823-1891) and believed to date ...
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Tuscany Village Majolica Karlsruhe Ceramic Wall Art Plate Panel Vintage, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful, German glazed terra cotta or Majolica landscape tile by Karlsruhe, circa 1970. This gorgeous wall art depicts a Tuscany Village. Well detailed and beautiful colors.
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique French Majolica Bird Wishing Well Flower Holder Cache Pot Jerome Massier
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Majolica Bird Wishing Well Flower Holder Cache Pot Jerome Massier.
Direct from France, a rare and unique French majolica piece that features a multitude of birds arou...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Live Size Italian Pug Terracotta Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
By Marioni
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An outstanding statue of an Italian Pug Dog made of glazed and hand-painted terracotta. Perfect, lifelike, and life-size representations of this loving creature, faithful, affectiona...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
George Jones Thatched Beehive Cheese Keeper
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica cheese keep which features a straw thatched beehive, bound with rope. The base in the form of a wooden platform. Yellow ground versio...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Zaccagnini Majolica Blanc De Chine Pair of Urn Table Lamps Leaf Reliefs
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Pair of vintage urn shaped table lamp bases feature ornate twin double loop handles and highly detailed ceramic bodies with leaf reliefs and textured wide bases. Crisp white color of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery, Wood, Oak
Portuguese Majolica Vibrant Colored Crowing Rooster on Rectangular Base, C 1884
Located in Charleston, SC
Portuguese Majolica vibrantly colored crowing rooster standing on rectangular foliage base, Late 19th Century
Stamped underneath base by maker Bordallo Pinheiro
Category
1880s Portuguese Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain, Paint
Alvino Bagni for Raymor Italy 1960s Sea Garden Table Lamp Majolica
Walnut
By Alvino Bagni, Raymor
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Stunning sculptural table lamp features majolica ceramic body, created by Alvino Bagni for Raymor in 1960s as a part of his Sea Garden series, and solid carved walnut top. Sea Garde...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Brass
Glazed Ceramic Fish Wall Plates or Wall Decoration
By Kerangol, Caldas Da Rainha
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unmatching Pair of Glazed Ceramic Fish Plates Wall Decorations or Platters
Pair of Portuguese red and yellow ceramic plates from the Mid-Century ...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Mid-Century Italian White Majolica Dog With Flower Wreath
Located in Pearland, TX
A charming petite vintage Italian white majolica dog figurine with a lovely flower wreath around its neck, circa 1950. Marked "Italy" on reverse. Hand painted with the sweetest expre...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Faience Violets Platter Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th Century Faience Violets Platter signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy Le Roi.
17.5 by 13 inches.
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Currant Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1870
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica currant plate signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870.
Geometric pattern on the border.
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Italian Majolica Charger
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century hand painted Italian charger featuring three cherubs interacting with another lying on a bed of wheat stalks under a scenic skyscape. Beau...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Blue and White, Purple and Iron Red Foliate Umbrella Stand
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white, purple and iron red foliate umbrella stand. Antique painted Italian majolica umbrella stand with scrolling vines in blue and te...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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 Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
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 Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Oak
Antique Majolica Shorter
Boulton Rustic Wild Rose Tree Bark Pitcher Jug 7"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Shorter & Boulton Majolica creamer pitcher / jug featuring a rustic tree bark motif with wild rose flowers and branch handle.
Dimensions:
7" x 4.25" x 6.5" (Width x Depth...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$350 Sale Price
30% Off
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Leaves
Pink Flowers Plate Choisy-le-Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate signed Choisy le roi, circa 1890.
Decorated with leaves, ferns, pink flowers and Greek border.
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Set of Majolica Bowl Vase
Tray with Pear Decor, Deruta Italy 1950s-1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage set of ceramic bowl, leaf-shaped tray, and pitcher vase feature colorful Deruta style majolica decoration with motifs of yellow pears.
The pitcher is sculpted with an exagg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery, Terracotta
Set of Three 18th Century Large Italian Majolica Plaques
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of three large Italian Majolica plaques. Each of them painted with a different scenery. Italy, 18th century.
Dimensions:
Plaque with grouping Il...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Bordallo Pinheiro Vine Mid Century Plates - Set of Twelve
Located in Dallas, TX
A striking set of twelve mid century majolica Bordallo Pinheiro vine plates from Portugal. In a rich tomato red glaze, each plate is molded with a raised vine and leaf motif, showcas...
Category
1980s Portuguese Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Set of Six Longchamp Terre de Fer Majolica Asparagus Plates
By Longchamp
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This beautiful set of six Longchamp Terre de Fer asparagus plates is a delightful example of 19th century French Majolica craftsmanship. Made by the historic Longchamp faïencerie in ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Enamel
19th Century English Majolica Herons
Bamboo Pitcher Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century English Majolica pitcher by Joseph Holdcroft with birds on a cobalt background surrounded by bamboo.
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Portuguese Oversized Glazed Ceramic Gurgle Fish Jug Pitcher, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oversized Mid-Century Modernist glazed ceramic gurgling fish water jug / pitcher. Portugal, 1940s-1950s
Eye-catching hand painted XXL size fish glug jug ...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Majolica French Barbotine Toad Frog By Fives-Lille 1880 Gustave De Bruyn
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique Majolica French Barbotine toad frog pitcher by Fives-Lille, manufactured circa 1880 by Gustave De Bruyn. The pitcher features a unique Frog Trestille pattern in multicolor...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rustic 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
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Set of 6 Asparagus Ceramic Plates, Tureen and Salt Pepper Shakers, Spain 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Mid-Century Modern asparagus design glazed ceramic serving set, Spain, 1950s-1960s
A set of 6 asparagus plates, a server with lid and a salt and pepper shakers set.
The asparagus tureen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
$1,376 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th Century Majolica Porcelain Gurgle Gluggle Fish Pitcher Jug 11"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century English majolica porcelain gluggle jug / gurgling fish pitcher. In the shape of a black fish with wide open mouth, balanced upright with tail curved into the han...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$385 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Ceramic Bowl Hand Painted Majolica Italy Contemporary 21st Century Lustre
Located in London, GB
Mediterranea large bowl, 2020, full-fire reduction faience earthenware with copper lustre 30 cm diameter 10cm height, hand painted unique piece.
Bottega Vignoli is a brand of artistic ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$1,971 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Glazed Ceramic Pineapple Dessert Serving or Appetizer Snack Bowls
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching set of 6 majolica ceramic pineapple small dishes and a large pineapple tray or large bowl. Spain, 1960s.
This hand-painted set can be used to serve desserts, salads or a...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Majolica Chick with Egg Vase Jerome Massier circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica chick with egg vase Jerome Massier with hand painted blue flowers, circa 1900.
Length / 4.5 on 3.2 inches, height / 5 inches.
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
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 Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Fish on Coral Dish
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Holdcroft Majolica dish which features two entwined fish and coral. Cobalt blue ground version. Colouration: cobalt blue, green, grey, are predominant.
Category
1880s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Vallauris Shell Vase in Orange and Brown Majolica 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 orange 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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Rooster Pitcher in Brown Glazed Ceramic, Spain 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching brown and beige ceramic rooster jug / pitcher, Spain, 1950s-1960s.
Ceramic decorative rooster shaped jug in brown color with fat lava decorati...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Earthenware
$1,229 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Rare 17th Century Dutch Delft Polychrome Majolica Tile, Provenance
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Rare 17th Century Dutch Delft Polychrome Majolica Tile, Provenance
Magnificent 17th century Dutch Delft majolica tile with polychrome decoration. It features a robust huntsman in th...
Category
17th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Hugo Lonitz Majolica Partridge With Chicks Planter
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Lonitz Majolica planter which features a partridge and two chicks stood in front of bulrushes. Colouration: green, brown, yellow, are predominant. Bears a pattern number, '1449'.
Category
1880s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Majolica Bowls Set of 2, Italy 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Modernist set of 2 majolica bowls features complex sculptural shapes and abstract leaves decor on pink background glaze. The larger bowl is sculpted with scalloped edge and intricate...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Gold
Antique French Hand-Painted Majolica Porcelain "Beagles" Wall Pocket, Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted Majolica porcelain "Beagles" wall pocket, Circa 1890's.
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Gooseberry Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1870
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica gooseberry plate signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870.
Geometric pattern on the border.
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$901 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Vintage Red Tomato Tureen in Majolica Ceramic, 70s
Located in Roma, IT
I offer for sale an extremely decorative and fun element to set your table.
Produced in Italy between the 1970s and 1980s, this soup tureen is attributable to a successful series tha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Majolica Strawberries Plate Luneville, circa 1880
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica strawberries plate circa 1880 Luneville.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Large Oval Mirror in White Glazed Ceramic with Pink Flowers, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Oval Ceramic Mirror with Floral Accents
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Eye-catching Mid-Century Modern oval ceramic mirror with flower decorations...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$3,085 Sale Price
20% Off
2 Antique French Sarregumines Majolica Snake Serpent Mantel Vase Urn 17"
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of very large and impressive late 19th century Sarregumines majolica pottery vases - classical urn shape with coiled double headed snake / serpent handles, brown and white multi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$5,950 Sale Price / set
30% Off
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.
On 1stDibs, find antique and vintage majolica tea sets, vases, candlesticks, tureens and other furniture and decorative objects.
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