Victorian Decorative Art

English Victorian Majolica oyster plate, circa 1890. Unusual colors.

English green Majolica geranium plate, circa 1880.

Small Palissy lizard wall platter signed Thomas-Victor Sergent, circa 1890. 8 by 5 inches. On a dark blue background the green lizard is stand on brown rocks surrounded by green vege...

Small Majolica water lily pond plate Wasmuel, circa 1890.6 inches diameter , 8 plates available.  

Green Victorian Majolica sunflower plate Wedgwood, circa 1880.

Rare Majolica Palissy oyster plate attributed to Thomas Sergent with fishs heads, circa 1880.

Wonderful set of 16 botanical prints Lithographs after the original botanical drawings by Hooker. Original color Published, circa 1850 Unframed. The measurement given is for one...

French Majolica blue, pink and grey oyster plate unsigned from Fives Lille, circa 1890.

Wonderful set of 16 botanical prints. All grasses Lithographs after the original botanical drawings by Hooker. Original color Published, circa 1850 Unframed. The measurement giv...

Lovely botanical print Chromo-lithograph Original color Published, circa 1870 Unframed. Chipped top left corner Free shipping

An exceptionally fine quality example of an elaborately framed English Still Life of fruits Oil Painting on canvas, in the style of Oliver Clare or Eloise Harriet Stannard, second qu...

This is a 19th century Victorian framed and matted jaguar from Sir William Jardine’s The Naturalist Library. The artist was James Stewart. It is a hand colored steel engraving. There...

Fabulous set of 10 prints. All judges or lawyers. Humorous caricatures by Sir Lesley " Spy " Ward. Chromolithographs Unframed. Published in Vanity fair C.1870. Actually dated 18...

19th century English blue and white "Wild Rose" plate. The plate are decorated with wild roses on the border, the central pattern is a rural landscape, bridge and river.

Small English green Majolica water Lilly plate, circa 1890.

Early 20th century pressed botanic samples #5 Dimensions in inches: H 17” x W 12” x D 0.7” Age: 1908 Origin: EU Condition: Fair Overview Six early 20th Century pressed botanic sam...

19th Century Leaves Plate Creil & Montereau.

Fabulous set of 12 prints. All statesmen. Humorous caricatures by Sir Lesley " Spy " Ward. Chromolithographs Unframed. Published in Vanity fair. Dated 1873 The measurement give...

English green Majolica water lily plate, Circa 1890. 7.5 inches diameter.

19th century blue & white dessert plate flora signed Creil & Montereau.

19th Century Green Majolica Leaves Plate Wedgwood.

Rare Collection of Framed Pressed Seaweed Specimens from a 19th-Century Algarium An exceptionally rare collection of late 19th-century pressed marine algae specimens, beautifully pr...

French Majolica plate signed Choisy le roi, circa 1890. Decorated with leaves, ferns, pink flowers and Greek border.

Wonderful Pre-Raphaelite print after Lord Frederick Leighton Titled " The Odalisque " Steel engraving by Lumb Stocks Published by Virtue, C.1860 On wove quality paper ...

This is a nice, antique, oval tiger wood veneer frame with convex / bubble glass. Inside, is an print with various fruits. This is a nice, solid frame, showing some typical cosmet...

Large 19th Century Neo-Renaissance Palissy Plate signed Minton. 9.8 inches diameter.    

19th Century Green Majolica Leaves Plate Wedgwood.

Rare 19th Century Majolica Porcelain Palissy Fish Wall Platter. 8.2 inches diameter.

Antique Victorian quality mahogany banjo barometer, having a quality mahogany barometer with carved scrolls, round silvered engraved dial with the original hands, a brass bezel and t...

Majolica water lily pond plate Wasmuel, circa 1890.   

Wonderful set of 12 botanical prints Chromo-lithographs after watercolours by Elijah Walton Published by W.M Thompson. 1869 Unframed. The measurement given is the paper size. Fr...

English Victorian Majolica oyster plate, circa 1890.

19th century large blue and white French transferware platter signed Utzschneider & Cie (Sarreguemines) Model Helvetia. Scene with fisherman, cow...

Rare 19th century Majolica fish heads oyster plate from North of France (Onnaing unsigned). Reference: Page 130 "Collecting oysters plates" of J. Snyder.

CARVED WALKING STICK WITH AVIAN HANDLE Probably English or Continental, circa early 20th century 34 3/8" H x 1" D x 4 5/8" W This finely carved walking stick features a carefully d...

Fabulous set of 12 prints. All statesmen. Humorous caricatures by Sir Lesley " Spy " Ward. Chromolithographs Unframed. Published in Vanity fair. Dated 1873 The measurement give...

Great image of a cactus Lithograph with original hand colour Published by S.Curtis 1838 Unframed. Free shipping

French Majolica blue, pink and grey oyster plate unsigned from Fives Lille, circa 1890.

Stunning colors for this Majolica plates signed Choisy le roi, circa 1890. Decorated with leaves, ferns, pink flowers and Greek border.

19th Century English oyster plate with flowers Adderley ware.

Majolica hazelnut plate signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870. Geometric pattern on the border.

French Palissy wall platter with fishs , shells, circa 1900 possibly Choisy le Roi. 13.8 by 9.3 inches. Reference/page 146 "Palissy Ware" of M. Katz.    

A beautiful pair of antique Victorian neoclassical bas-relief plaques, featuring finely sculpted classical scenes in white marble or alabaster, presented in wonderfully ornate French...

Collection of Four Framed 19th-Century Herbarium Botanical Specimens in Rustic Barnwood Frames with Gilt Rosettes A beautifully preserved collection of four late 19th-century herbari...

19th Century English Green Leaves Majolica Platter.

This is a large antique ink stone display set. A Chinese, ornamental set of calligraphic stones, dating to the Victorian period and later, circa 1900...

Rare Large French Majolica Olives Leaves Platter signed Sarreguemines Majolica circa 1870. 13.8 by 13.8 inches.

19th-Century English Green Majolica strawberry & grapes platter.

“The Allegory of Civilization: A Historical Collage of Progress and Virtue” This monumental and highly unusual large-scale decoupage tableau—measuring 44.25 inches wide by 35 inches high—is an extraordinary and densely composed visual compendium of 18th- and 19th-century figures of global significance. Executed in a monochrome palette with light hand-tinting, the work comprises hundreds of individual portrait engravings and narrative vignettes intricately collaged together to form a panoramic composition of historical, cultural, scientific, literary, and military figures, interspersed with allegorical and architectural elements. This form of assemblage is rooted in the 19th-century practice of *papiers collés* and popular scrapbooking traditions, but this work surpasses decorative craft in both ambition and intellectual scope, bordering on the encyclopedic. The hand-cut images appear to have been culled from period illustrated books and engraved portrait sources—most notably from publications such as *The Illustrated London News*, *Harper’s Weekly*, and *The Eclectic Magazine*—as well as engraved frontispieces and serialized pictorial histories. The result is a vast visual lexicon of Enlightenment and Romantic thought, likely intended as a celebration of moral, intellectual, and national achievement. At the composition’s apex, presiding over the assembled figures, is a classically draped winged allegory—possibly *Fame* or *Liberty*—holding a trumpet and laurel branch. The mountainous background, waterfalls, architectural ruins, and pastoral settings lend the piece a theatrical and didactic ambiance, evoking 19th-century didascalic panoramas. A partial identification of historical figures visible in the composition includes: * **George Washington** – Posed centrally, gesturing outward with one hand; he appears multiple times in the scene and is shown in both military uniform and formal dress. * **Napoleon Bonaparte** – Recognizable by his uniform, bicorne hat, and stern gaze; appears in profile and frontal portraits. * **Benjamin Franklin** – Seen holding a scroll; a common figure in Enlightenment iconography. * **William Shakespeare** – Near the lower central register; recognizable from the famous Chandos portrait derivative. * **Johann Wolfgang von Goethe** and **Friedrich Schiller** – Likely placed in the literary cluster with other Germanic figures. * **Florence Nightingale** – Shown in nurse’s cap and shawl, likely near a grouping of women in medical service. * **Queen Victoria** and **Prince Albert** – Appearing in regalia, along with a number of courtly figures. * **Ludwig van Beethoven**, **Franz Liszt**, and **Niccolò...

Painted in the 19th century, this exquisite miniature portrait wonderfully exemplifies realism in traditional oil painting. The small artwork is painted in the conventional portraiture style of the Old Masters, and achieves soft realism with fine brushwork and a subdued, neutral palette. The half length portrait depicts a fine Victorian woman dressed in all black with a delicate lace collar and bonnet. She wears a ruby broach...

Old Victorian style wall panels with wooden frame and gilded mats. The paintings depict the children. 1970s. Italy. Paintings with touching and rarely seen scenes: fun in the 1...

Oversize 19th Century Majolica turquoise aqua oyster platter signed Sarreguemines. The platter have 12 shells between rope pattern and seaweeds.  

Six early 20th Century pressed botanic samples signed and dated 1906 Dimensions in inches: H 17” x W 12” x D 0.7” Age: 1908 Origin: EU Condition: Fair Overview Six early 20th Century...

Small 19th Century round Palissy fish platter Thomas Sergent. decorated with a fish on the center ,on the border a snail, a snake, a butterfly , bugs and leaves. 4 inches diameter. T...

Set of 6 pressed botanic samples dated circa 1905 Dimensions in inches: H 17” x W 12” x D 0.7” Age: 1905 Origin: EU Condition: Fair Overview Six early 20th Century pressed botanic ...

French Majolica blue, pink and grey oyster plate unsigned from Fives Lille, circa 1890.

19th Century Majolica strawberries plate signed Minton.

Small 19th Century round Palissy fish platter Thomas Sergent. decorated with a fish on the center ,on the border a snail, a snake, a butterfly , shells and leaves. 4 inches diameter....

Great image of Gloxina Rubra Lithograph with original hand colour Published 1841 Unframed. Free shipping

Rare 19th century Majolica blue oyster plate Wasmuel (Belgium) decorated with flowers.