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Material: Majolica
19th Century Majolica Turquoise Asparagus Plate Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th century rare Majolica turquoise asparagus plate, Luneville unsigned.
Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th century asparagus and artichoke sets.
Re...
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Wedgwood Majolica Cow Cheese Keeper
By Wedgwood
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Wedgwood Majolica cheese keep which features a country scene around the outside, depicting cows, farmers and a maid milking. The top features a cow finial. Colouration: blue, green, ...
Category
1870s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Fratelli Fanciullacci Sculptural Large Majolica Table Lamp White
Black Signed
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large vintage majolica lamp features abstract graphic decor in black glaze on relief elements with glossy white background glaze. Minimal, but high-contrast color palette places the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Pair Italian Yellow Faience Majolica Lidded Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair Italian yellow faience majolica lidded urns. Striking pair of large scale baluster form urns in Levantino Albisola style with medallions depicting va...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Faience
$16,000 / set
Hippolyte Hautin Boulenger
Cie, Choisy-le-Roi Majolica Pitcher
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique French Hippolyte Hautin Boulenger & Cie, Choisy-le-Roi blue green glazed pitcher depicting two lovely song birds on cherry tree branche...
Category
1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Earthenware Model of a Cat, Possibly William Brownfield
Located in Downingtown, PA
Majolica Model of a Cat,
Earthenware with Majolica Glaze,
Possibly William Brownfield,
19th Century
The figure of a cat is modeled as an orange-brown cat with almost a mane. It is p...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
Large Majolica Seated Pug Umbrella Stand
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Unidentified European Majolica stick or umbrella stand which features a Pug. Colouration: grey, blue, brown, are predominant.
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
George Jones Majolica Trompe L
oeil Waterlily Tile, Cobalt Ground, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Rare Tile, naturalistically molded in high relief with a large green-glazed lily pad and waterlilies, on a cobalt blue ground, the reverse with pa...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
English Victorian Majolica Porcelain Ram Vase
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian Majolica style porcelain vase with ram head sides.
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Samuel Alcock Majolica Grape and Strawberry Tray, English, ca. 1875
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Samuel Alcock Majolica grape and strawberry tray, English, ca. 1875, naturalistically molded with a large grape leaf with purple glazed grapes, ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large French Glazed Majolica Serving Platter with a Decor of Fruits
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This generously sized oval serving platter originates from France, and features an outer band of embossed faux basket-weave decoration in creamy white. Adorning both ends of this cha...
Category
20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
Ceramiche Daedalus Vietri Majolica Bud Vase, Italy Postmodern
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Playful bud vase is hand painted with bright and cheerful decor of houses, fruits, and flowers that wraps around the vase and creates a surrealistic landscape. The rim is defined wi...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Miniature Majolica-Glazed Teapot, on a Porcelain Body, English, circa 1920
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Miniature Majolica-glazed teapot, on a porcelain body, English, morning glories on trellis, English, circa 1920. This charming little piece is of extremely high quality; it is molded...
Category
Early 20th Century Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Vintage Majolica Stick or Umbrella Stand Fly Frog Bamboo Motif
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Wonderful, playful Majolica Stick stand. Beautifully done to capture that moment. Set on natures bamboo, Frog eyes the Fly. Excellent detail and c...
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
Bitossi Sgraffito Ceramic Majolica Ashtray Catch All
By Bitossi
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The unusual Mid-Century Modern catch all or ashtray was made by Bitossi in square shape with four indentations on the corners. The square outer rim encloses the concave circle in th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
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 Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$525 Sale Price / item
30% Off
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Majolica Trompe L
oeil Wall Plaque with Oranges, Perret-Gentil, Menton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Menton French Majolica (Barbotine) Trompe L'oeil Wall Plaque on a turquoise ground with oranges molded in high relief, circa 1880, with impressed mark for Eugene Perret-Gentil, diame...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Barbotine Pig Pitcher Onnaing Style
By Onnaing
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful, antique water pitcher was crafted in Northern France, circa 1880. The jug, titled "Cochon au Jambon" (pig with ham), features a pig sculpture with a laurel leaf crown ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Majolica Furniture
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 Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Majolica Leaping Fish Glug Jug/Pitcher
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
European/Continental Majolica jug/pitcher which features a leaping fish, mouth wide open, on a bed
of leaves. Colouration: grey, green, yellow, are predominant.
Category
1890s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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 Art Deco Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Majolica Green-Glazed Geranium Plate, Hope
Carter, English, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
English majolica green-glazed 9.13-inch plate, with relief molded geranium plants and blossoms, with a shaped rim; the reverse with impressed mark: HOPE & CARTER, BURSLEM.
For thir...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
J. Roth London Majolica Taza Greek Key in Pink on Cobalt Blue, English
Located in Banner Elk, NC
J. Roth London Majolica Taza, with Greek key boarder in pink on cobalt blue, with green leaf and ferns and wild roses, English, circa 1880, on a footed circular base, incised monogra...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Terracotta
Alfred Renoleau Palissy Majolica Fish Wall Plaque
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Alfred Renoleau French Palissy Majolica wall plaque which features three overlapping fish laid onto a large leaf. Colouration: green, grey, cream,...
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
George Jones Majolica Fox and Dog Lidded Jug/Pitcher
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica jug/pitcher with lid which features pictorial panels on either side, one depicts a retriever chasing a quail, the other a fox waiting to pounce on a rabbit. Col...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
J. W Trushell
Co. Majolica Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. late 19th century - early 20th century.
J. W Trushell & CO. majolica lamp.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Set of 7 French Barbotine Dessert Plates with Floral and Scroll Motif, 1900s
Located in New York, NY
This refined set of vintage French barbotine (majolica) dessert plates showcases the exuberant ceramic tradition of the late 19th century. Each plate features a soft yellow ground, d...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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 Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Barbotine Soldier Pitcher by Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique Majolica water pitcher was crafted by Onnaing in Northern France, circa 1880. The colorful pitcher features a brave soldier dressed...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Vase Snake Two-handled Amphora Orange Blue Hand Painted Italian Ceramic
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Amphora in majolica handmade in Italy and hand-painted in polychrome, decorated with a reinterpretation of the patterns used in Deruta during the Fifteenth Century, following the ori...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Italian Vintage Majolica Sugar Bowl in the shape of a Pepper by Italica ARS
Located in Roma, IT
I offer for sale an extremely decorative and fun element to set your table.
Made in Italy between the 70s and 80s, this jar with lid is part of a successful series that included many...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Minton Majolica Cream Jug with Snail Handle
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica creamer which features a blossoming branch, snail shell on handle and feet. Cobalt blue ground version. Colouration: cobalt blue, gree...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French 19th Century Majolica Grape Plates with Their Leaves, Seven Available
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Majolica dining plates from the 19th century, with purple grapes and their leaves. We currently have eight plates available, priced and sold individually. Born in France durin...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Mid-Century French Majolica Gnome Trio with Watering Can, Basket, and Staff
Located in Dallas, TX
Add whimsical charm to your home or garden with this expressive set of three vintage Majolica sculptures, crafted in France circa 1960. Each hand-painted ceramic gnome...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
A Minton Majolica Ale Jug with Five Revelers in Medieval Dress, dated 1862
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
An Early Minton Majolica 'Tavern' Ale Jug, formed as a tapering medieval flagon, the figures molded in high relief and applied, depicting a man and woman dancing, a seated figure wit...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Fortunata Tuscany, Italy Majolica Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Savannah, GA
A large majolica sculptural centerpiece bowl by Fortunata of Tuscany, Italy with applied lobster and sea life.
20 ¾ inches wide by 18 inches deep by 6 ⅝ inches tall
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Thoune "Thuner Majolika" Vedute Plates, circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Pair of thoune "Thuner Majolika" Vedute plates, circa 1890, topographical miniature paintings of alpine scenery and Geneva framed by brightly colored incised and raised enamel, tradi...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Vienna Secession Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
A Wedgwood Majolica Red Lobster Plate on Cobalt Ground, English, Dated 1882
By Wedgwood
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Wedgwood Majolica Lobster Plate, with the central figure of a red-glazed lobster on sea greens on a cobalt blue ground, and with relief molded...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large George Jones Majolica Banana Leaf Platter
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica platter which features a banana leaf sitting on a branch-like base. Colouration: green, brown, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the George Jon...
Category
1870s Antique Majolica Furniture
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 Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
$2,842 Sale Price
20% Off
A George Jones Majolica Kingfisher on Lily Pad Luncheon Tray, English, ca. 1875
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A George Jones Majolica Kingfisher on Lily Pad Luncheon Tray, the trefoil dish naturalistically molded as a lily pad and blossoms with cattails, with a colorfully glazed model of a k...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Italian Majolica Ceramic Vegetable Tower or Topiary Centerpiece
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Majolica vegetable tower or topiary, attributable to the ceramic artisans of Este, Italy, featuring a naturalistic relief of vegetables upon...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Earthenware, Pottery
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Paint
Royal Worcester Majolica Dolphin Posy Holder
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Royal Worcester Majolica posy holder which features a dolphin supporting a shell on it's tail. Colouration: green, cream, red, are predominant. The piece b...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique French Majolica Pitcher by Saint Amand et Hamage Nord
By St. Amand
Hamage Nord
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stunning late 19th century French majolica St Amand et Hamage Nord Art Nouveau pitcher, in the nouveau taste, with striking designs of flowers and scrolling foliage in teal, highligh...
Category
1870s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Faience, Majolica
$216 Sale Price
60% Off
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 Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Large Italian Majolica Tang Horse
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An extraordinary Italian Tang-style horse, arguably the most striking example I’ve had the pleasure to own. Monumental in scale and presence, it’s finished in a richly colored majoli...
Category
1950s Italian Tang Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
Italian Three Dimensional Majolica Platter with Sea Life
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage glazed terra cotta platter with three dimensional SeaLife. Very whimsical & colorful.
Category
20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Serving Tureen
Lid Chippendale Bamboo Decor, Italy 1960s
By Mottahedeh
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking serving set of tureen with lid and underplate features ceramic or porcelain body with faux bamboo decor, forming a strong geometric trim in Chinese Chippendale style. Warm, buttery yellow colors of the bamboo trellises with mocha brown accents are meticulously hand-painted with great detail; the faux bamboo trellis, done in relief, stands out on white background. The lid has an opening for the serving utensils.
The tureen and the underplate are marked with "Made in Italy" on the bottoms; the pieces are missing the distributor stickers. The Chinese Chippendale style was popular in Italy in 1960s, and fine examples of Italian designs were produced by multiple companies, including the luxury furniture company Vivai Del Sud, which made both furniture and decor items, such as lamps, in this style. We're attributing the set to Mottahedeh, who sourced high quality Italian majolica in similar styles; the pieces will be simply marked ITALY or "Made in Italy" and Mottahedeh will add their paper stickers. As the pieces are quite old, the stickers often get lost or destroyed.
The tureen with its classic shape, detailed decor, and historically inspired design will blend quite well with many china and serverware patterns, both in traditional and more modern styles. Overall, the piece is surprizingly reminiscent of the beautiful Vannerie Cottage pattern by Alberto Pinto, inspired by Jean-Michel Frank’s Bauhaus rattan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Chinese Chippendale Majolica Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Majolica, Ceramic
Majolica Fox Head Wall Pocket
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Majolica wall pocket which features a model of a fox head stirrup cup, sitting on a shaped ground, with flowers either side. Colouration: yellow, brown, green, are predominant.
Category
1880s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French 1850s Majolica Asparagus Plate with Scalloped Edge, Two Available
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Napoleon III period majolica asparagus plate from the mid-19th century, with scalloped edge, turquoise and chartreuse style tones. We currently have three plates available, priced and sold individually. Created in France at the beginning of the reign of Emperor Napoleon III, each of these three majolica plates features four asparagus with purple heads, resting on a luscious green leaf. A turquoise scalloped edge surrounds a chartreuse toned wicker style ring. With their elegant decor...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Rare Dutch Majolica Plate with Tulip, Early 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
A rare Dutch Majolica plate with a decoration of a tulip.
Northern Netherlands, probably made in the city of Rotterdam.
Made 1620 - 1640
Dutch majo...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Santa Rosa Majolica Plate in Orange, Yellow, Green
Red-12.25” dia, Hand Painted
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Santa Rosa majolica plate hand painted in bright colors of orange, yellow, blue-greens and red. The workshop is in the mountains of central Mexico above the city of Guanajuato. The scalloped plate...
Category
1970s Mexican Rustic Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
George Jones Majolica Wheat Pitcher with Green Acanthus Leaves, Ca. 1875
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Pitcher, of baluster form with relief molded stiff acanthus leaves, grasses, and wheat on a brown ground, the top banded with stylized leaves glazed in chartreu...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of French 20th Century Asparagus Plates with Aqua Color and Rippled Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French asparagus plates from the 20th century, with aqua ground and rippled accents. Created in France during the 20th century, each ...
Category
20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Wilhelm Süß for Karlsruher Majolika Art Nouveau Blue Flower Basket Bowl c. 1910
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Wonderful Art Nouveau large ceramic handled bowl or basket by German artist/designer Wilhelm Süß for Karlsruhe Majolika (Majolica) circa 1910. He was one of their top designers at th...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
A Minton Majolica Stag
s Head Small Taza in Cobalt Blue, English, ca. 1868
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Minton Majolica Small Tazza formed as a shallow bowl supported by a horn and naturalistic stag's head, with green stylized leaves, the oval base glazed in cobalt, with gadrooned ed...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Early 20th Century French Painted Ceramic Barbotine Figure Pitcher by Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Dallas, TX
This large Majolica water pitcher with back handle was crafted by Onnaing in Northern France, circa 1910. The colorful pitcher depicts the French collector assessor Camille Pelletan, sited on a sign which reads "Reforme Urgente". The antique ceramic jar...
Category
Early 20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
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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