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Chinese Porcelain Dish Cornelis Pronk ‘Dame Au Parasol’ Pattern, ca 1740
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Export Porcelain saucer dish after the ‘Dame Au Parasol’ design by Cornelis Pronk (1691 - 1759) commissioned by the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or V.O.C.) in 1737. Cornelis Pronk (1691-1759) was an accomplished painter and draftsman who was commissioned by the VOC in 1714 to provide designs for porcelain manufactured and painted in China.
Decorated in underglaze-blue, iron-red and gilt with ‘La Dame au Parasol...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$2,979 Sale Price
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Antique Qianlong Bont Porcelain Deer Bird Chinese Plates, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely made piece of 18th century Qianlong Amsterdam Bont porcelain decorated with deer, birds, flowers and trees. Underglaze blue and overglaze other enamels. The small birds...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,598 Sale Price
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Korean Ceramic Celadon Bowl with Slip Inlay Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a Korean celadon bowl with elaborate slip inlays circa 13-14th century from the late Goryeo Dynasties (918 to 1392AD). Despite inspired...
Category
Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
George III period sterling silver cake basket made in London in 1767
By Robert Albin Cox
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1767 by Robert Albin Cox, this striking, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Basket, features pierced and punched bead decoration to the sides, shaped gadroon...
Category
English Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Two Islamic Nishapur Glazed Pottery Bowls
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of two small pottery bowls with polychrome central figurative decorations, matching size and similar conical form. These bowls are identified as Nishapur ware circa 10th century (in nowadays Iran). They were stoneware (possibly buffware) and covered with opaque white glaze. Both were lovely decorated with a central human figure within an outer border. One is predominantly yellow, an imitation of luster ware...
Category
Persian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
$3,600 / item
Antique Chinese Porcelain Qing Period Dish with Flowers Unmarked, 18 C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely porridge plate with flowers.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Plates
Category: Blue & White
Emperor: Kangxi (1661-1722), Qianlong (1735-1796)
Regio...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$283 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Reticulated English Creamware Plate, Neoclassical Decoration Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
This small, 18th-century English reticulated creamware plate is both elegant and beautifully crafted.
Made in England around 1780, the plate features a delicate border of openwork in...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Creamware
Large Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Bowl Kakiemon Yu Marked Antique Qing, 1690
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Extremely nice and Rare piece from the Kangxi Period. Lovely potted and moulded in a chrysanthemum shape, the clear white body painted in vibrant washes of underglaze cobalt with sha...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$3,326 Sale Price
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Set of Vintage Japanese Porcelain 12 Season FLower Cups Superb, 1980's
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice example. Well painted and potted. Great scene. Truly a super set.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Color: Blue & White
Region of Origin: China
Perio...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,598 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Fine quality 18th century Chinese plate
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality 18th century Chinese plate having a quality 18th Century Chinese plate decorated with birds, trees and flowers in wonderful blu...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique 18C Chinese Porcelain Dish China Landscape Puce Rose Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice and unusual example of 18th century porcelain in famille rose with gilt combination. Absolute top quality painting
Condition
minimal rimfritting on...
Category
Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,223 Sale Price
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Worcester Pierced Porcelain Basket, Blue Scale Japanese Kakiemon, circa 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful porcelain basket made by Worcester circa 1765 in their 1st or "Dr Wall" period. These baskets were used for dinners or desserts to serve fruit or bread. The basket is decorated in the famous "blue scale" ground with very fine Japanese Kakiemon...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Korean Ceramic Buncheong Bowl Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean ceramic bowl supported on a short ring foot in the classic Buncheong (or Punch'ong) style from early Joseon Dynasty circa 15th century. The bow...
Category
Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 Antique Japanese Footed Bowls Porcelain Dish Japan, 18/19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated set footed dishes very unusual decoration.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 18th century, 19th century Q...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$638 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Italic Black Glazed Pottery 4th BC
Located in San Diego, CA
A rare original antique italic black glazed pottery.
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Terracotta
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Wooden Drinking Bowl
Located in Allerum, SE
Late 18th century Swedish Folk Art wooden carved drinking bowl / beer goose. Signed 85 and S. 1785 Sweden.
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
Antique Edo Period Imari Gold Plate Antique Porcelain Chinese, 18/19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very lovely and richly decorated Imari dish with golden touches.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Plates
Color: Imari
Region of Origin: China
Period: 18...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$423 Sale Price
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Set of 3 Antique Dutch Delft Plate Charger Delftware Blue Garden, 18th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very cool 17/18C Delft Porcelain plates with hand painted decoration. Inspired on Chinese pieces from the same period. Very interesting scene of a garden landscape with houses & Scho...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$853 Sale Price / set
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Pair of Wedgwood Creamware Chestnut Baskets and Underplates
By Wedgwood
Located in Litchfield, CT
By Wedgwood, England. This pair of Chestnut Baskets and underplates was one of Wedgwood's most intricate handmade designs, circa 1790s. Redolent of the Georgian period, this color co...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Antique Chinese Porcelain Qing Period Blue White Deep Dinner Plates
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated set of 6 dishes in Blue and white with a lovely and high quality landscape scene.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Color: Blue & White
R...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$2,079 Sale Price / set
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Small Longquan Celadon 'Twin Fish' Dish, Southern Song Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The "twin fish" dishes, emblematic of fertility and marital joy, are also recognized as one of the Eight Buddhist symbols. These dishes were prominently produced by the Longquan kiln...
Category
East Asian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Celadon
Persian Safavid Fritware Bowl, c.17th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A larger blue and white Safavid period Persian fritware bowl, circa 17th century.
9 inches wide by 4 inches tall
Category
Persian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
Thai Celadon Plate, 15th Century
Located in New York, NY
A rare celadon plate from the kilns of Sangkhalok, one of the main centers of Thai ceramics during the Sukhotai period (1230-1438)
Well preserved for i...
Category
Thai Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Celadon
$1,370 Sale Price
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Korean Ceramic Celadon Bowl with Slip Inlay Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A good Korean celadon bowl with elaborate slip inlays circa 12-13th century from the Goryeo Dynasties (918 to 1392AD). Despite inspired originally ...
Category
Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
16th Antique Carved Marble Mortar
Located in Marbella, ES
A unique piece of great historical and aesthetic value, this antique Gothic mortar has been hand-carved from a single block of light marble. Its robust shape and sculpted side fins e...
Category
Spanish Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Marble
Blue And White Teabowl And Saucer Set Circa 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
Tea set decorated with beautiful floral(Saucer) and oriental pattern(Tea Bowl)
Period : Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period
Production Date : C 1725
Made in : Jingdezhen
Destination : Ne...
Category
Vietnamese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Porcelain Pre Bencharong Fencai Plates with Flowers Green, 18/19th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely Chinese Porcelain Bencharong plates
When Bencharong (Benjarong) is used to refer to porcelain it usually means a type of 18th and 19th centuries Chinese polychrome enameled '...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,198 Sale Price / set
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Rare Georgian Double Cheese Coaster
Located in High Point, NC
RARE 18th century double cheese coaster made from mahogany from England. I have never seen another cheese coaster of these proportions. Superb center...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Korean Ceramic Buncheong Bowl Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean ceramic shallow bowl on ring foot in the classic Buncheong (or Punch'ong) style from early Joseon Dynasty circa 15th century. The bowl features...
Category
Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Antique Cobalt Blue Serving Dishes Landscape Chinese Porcelain, 18th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Medium sized dishes.
Decorated in underglaze blue with a beautiful scene of a Scyth and flower guirlande.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Color: Blue & White
...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,198 Sale Price / set
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Pattipan Porcelain Chine de Commande Birds in Garden Flowers, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice example, high quality paintwork, Full and beautiful decoration.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Period: 18th century Qing (1661 - ...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$758 Sale Price
20% Off
Irish Silver - George III Period Antique Sterling Silver Dish Ring - Dublin 1791
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Dublin in 1791 by Alexander Richards, this charming, George III period, Irish Sterling Silver Dish Ring, features chased and pierced decoration depicting countryside sc...
Category
Northern Irish George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Sterling Silver
'Deshima Island' Pattern Blue and White dish c1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
Penciled and washed in blue with an European scene of figures, one leading a cow, on pontoons and small islands in a broad river, a city on the opposite back, the blue-washed rim wit...
Category
Vietnamese Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Eight 18th Century English Creamware Plates, Pierced Border, C. 1785
Located in Katonah, NY
This elegant set of eight antique English creamware plates dates to circa 1785.
Each plate features a delicately pierced border with hearts, dots, and diamonds arranged in eight even...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Creamware
Antique Japanese Porcelain Ko-Imari Blue White Dish, ca 1650-1670
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nice example of the early Edo period. Marked at base.
Box included.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Plates
Period: 17th century
Age: Pre-1800
Origi...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$682 Sale Price
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Korean Ceramic Ido Tea Bowl Chawan Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic stoneware chawan tea bowl made in Korea circa 16-17th century. The chawan is identified as Ko-ido (small ido) due to its size and form. Ido bowls were made since 15th centu...
Category
Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Korean Ceramic Tea Bowl with Slip Inlays Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small ceramic conical form tea bowl from Korean Goryeo Dynasty circa 14th century. The bowl is of a slightly irregular shape and covered in a grayish overglaze. The inlaid slip dec...
Category
Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century, Pancheon Bowl
Located in Ongar, GB
A nice 18th century Pancheon bowl with a nice decorative slip decoration.
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Terracotta
Ceramic Sculpture Vase by Francisco Fernández Navarro – Spain, Circa 1970
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic Sculpture Vase by Francisco Fernández Navarro – Spain, Circa 1970
Discover the artistry of Francisco Fernández Navarro, a talented student of the renowned Massana School, wi...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
George III period sterling silver basket made by Robert Hennell in 1788
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1788 by Robert Hennell I, this very handsome, George III period. Antique Sterling Silver Basket, features slat pierced and an engraved decoration to the body,...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Handmade stitched Fabric Basket
Located in Seattle, WA
Possibly Vintage. Patina and character present. Handmade Fabric Basket. Vintage condition as pictured. Box H6
Dimensions. 6” W ; 6” D ; 2.25” H
Category
Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Fabric
Wedgwood 18th Century Creamware Plates Showing Landscapes England Set of Three
Located in Katonah, NY
This rare set of three creamware plates was made in England by Wedgwood in the 18th century, circa 1780.
Each plate is decorated with a finely detailed black transfer-printed landsca...
Category
English Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Creamware
English Porcelain Blue-Scale Leaf-Shaped Dish, Worcester, circa 1770
Located in New York, NY
With a twig handle, painted with flowers in reserve panels, edged with gilt, upon a blue scale ground. The shape is derived from a Meissen original. The mar...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
A German Repousse Brass Alms Dish, 17th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A German Repousse Brass Alms Dish, 17th Century
Origin and Function:
These brass dishes were primarily made in Nuremberg, Germany, and were initially ...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
Early New Hall Porcelain Bowl Chinese Figures Lady with parasol Ptn. 20, Ca 1790
By New Hall
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hard paste porcelain waste or slop bowl by New Hall in a hand painted Chinoiserie figure pattern number 20, dating to the late 18th century, Circa 1790.
The bowl is well...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Korean Ceramic Gohon Chawan Tea Bowl Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic chawan (tea bowl) circa 17-18th century fired in the Busan kiln in Southern Korean specifically for the Japanese market. The kilns were contro...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Bowl with mandarin duck and lotus pattern design, Late Ming Era(16-17th century)
Located in seoul, KR
Bowl from the late Ming dynasty cargo. An identical piece is included on page 136 of the Bin Thuan catalog titled 'The Age of Discovery: Asian Ceramics Found...
Category
Vietnamese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Fishing Scene Blue And White Saucer Circa 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Reign
Located in seoul, KR
A boat with two figures standing on it, seemingly engaged in fishing with a net. Below the boat, on the shore, there are two more figures involved in a different activity, possibly c...
Category
Vietnamese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Edo Period Ca 1700 Japanese Porcelain Bowl Imari Red Gold
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely Edo bowl in imari palette.
Condition
star hairline in base, 2 chips to rim. Size: 15.5x7CM DiameterxHeight
Period
17th century
18th century Edo Period (...
Category
Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$2,257 Sale Price
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18th Century Qianlong Jade Bowl On 19th Century Gilt Bronze Stand
By Henri Picard
Located in London, by appointment only
Magnificent Grand Scale Late 18th Century Qianlong Period Spinach Green Jade Bowl On 19th Century Gilt Bronze Stand By Henri Picard. To have created a sculptural bowl of this excepti...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Jade, Bronze
$6,677 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique Wedgwood Creamware Plate & Cup with Radiating Pattern England Circa 1790
Located in Katonah, NY
This Wedgwood creamware plate and handled cup were made in England circa 1790.
Both pieces feature a hand-painted border of radiating neoclassical design, rendered in striking red an...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Creamware
Ed Moulthrop (1916-2003) 15" Turned Sweet Gum wood footed Large Bowl
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Edward Moulthrop, recognized as the father of modern wood turning, is credited with moving wood turning from a simple craft to an art form. This early example in sweet gum is a large...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Maple
Antique Delft Charger Hand Painted at De Vergulde Bloempot 18th Century Ca. 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
This antique Dutch Delft charger was hand-painted in the 18th century at De Vergulde Bloempot, one of the most esteemed Delftware factories of the period.
It is marked on the reverse...
Category
Dutch Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Delft
18th Century Italian Tureen
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 18th-century Italian tureen is a true work of art, showcasing masterful craftsmanship and timeless charm. Its elegant oval shape is adorned...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
1 of 4 Very Rare Moroccan Ammonite Atlas Mountains Fossil Bowls Marble Finish
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this very rare original circa 180+ Million year old Atlas Mountains Morocco Fossil bowl polished to a marble finish
They a...
Category
Moroccan Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Marble
$263 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century Early American Ash Burl Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible 18th century early American ash burl bowl from New England, probably New York, with an extraordinary tight burl grain pattern and a sm...
Category
American Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ash, Burl
18th Century French Polished Copper Decorative Coal Bucket or Umbrella Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this antique coal basket next to your front door to catch umbrellas. Crafted in France circa 1780 and made of copper with a large side handle...
Category
French Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Copper
English Georgian Mahogany Cheese Coaster Fruit Bowl
Located in High Peak, GB
K0464 A fine quality English George III, boat shaped mahogany fruit bowls or cheese coaster with carved pateraes to sides and 2 compartments, all retains original finish and excellen...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Mahogany
Two Pairs of Italian Maiolica Baskets, circa 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Two pairs of maiolica baskets
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1790
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
Measures: A) Height 3.54 x 6.69 x 9.84 in (9 x 17 x 25 cm);
B) Height 3.93 x 7.48 x 11.02 in (10 x 19 x 28 cm).
Total weight 4.85 lb (2.200 kg)
State of conservation:
A) One of the smaller baskets has some areas of restoration, the other slight chipping from use;
B) One of the larger baskets is intact and the other shows a clearly glued break.
The mold with which the baskets were forged simulates a wicker weave.
The two larger works have high, vertical walls, with branch-shaped handles penetrating the weave. The painted decorations, small polychrome flowers applied only externally, highlight the points where the weaves intersect.
The decision to leave the center of the basket devoid of decoration is highly unusual, but given the size and complexity of the shape, as well as the quality of the enamel, it is possible to hypothesize that it represents a precise choice in manufacturing or for a particular client.
The two smaller baskets have small, twisted handles and, on the outside, reproduce more decisively the characteristic wicker weave, obtained through thin molded lines. The interior exhibits a rich, typical decoration of naturalistic flowers: a bunch centered around a main flower and secondary stems accompanied by small “semis”. The exterior of these works is also adorned with small little flowers where the weaves intersect.
The size and morphological characteristics of the baskets confirm their attribution to the Lodi factory of Antonio Ferretti between 1770 and 1790, during its most successful period; by this point his original reworking of the "Strasbourg" decoration, known as "old Lodi", had achieved great fame even outside Italy.
This decorative choice represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and which Antonio Ferretti introduced in Italy. This production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple.
The Ferretti family had started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725.
The forefather Simpliciano had started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano had started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59).
In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory.
In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, could commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Maiolica
Americana Pair Antique English White Salt Glazed Stoneware Dishes 18th Century
Located in Katonah, NY
Pair of 18th Century English Salt Glazed Oval Dishes — A Style Favored by George Washington
This lovely pair of small salt glazed oval dishes is a true piece of Americana—a style adm...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
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