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Pair of 19th Century French Painted Ceramic Vases with Dog Motifs Signed Petit
By Saint Amand
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel or a buffet with this elegant pair of antique Majolica vases from France. Crafted in the northern city of Saint Amand, circa 1890, each large vase with tall neck, i...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Glazed Majolica Statute, Carlo Lorenzetti for Pietro Melandri, 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Diana the Huntress is an original decorative object realized by Carlo Lorenzetti for Pietro Melandri in 1934.
Original Faenza Ceramics. Original glazed majolica.
Good condition...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Bayadera on Elephant, Vintage Ceramic by Francesco Nonni, 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Terracotta maiolicata with gilded decoration.
Marked: Francesco Nonni, Scuola di Faenza, 1922.
Rare and precious piece of art realized du F. Nonni in Faenz...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Garibaldi at Calatafimi, Decorative Majolica, Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Garibaldi at Calatafimi is an original decorative majolica object realized in Sicily, Italy by Italian manufacture during the end of 19th century.
This very rare painted maj...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$315 Sale Price
30% Off
Large-Scale Majolica Lobster by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (Portugal, 1846-1905)
Located in Dallas, TX
RARE / LARGE SCALE Portuguese Majolica / Palissy ware lobster on cabbage by artist / ceramist Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (Portugal, 1846-1905)
large shallow bowl with single lobster
...
Category
19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Spanish Majolica Statue of John the Baptist
Located in Kent, Dover
A Spanish (Catalan) tin glazed Majolica statue of St. John the Baptist.
Category
1860s Spanish Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Italian Majolica Figural Compote, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Italian Majolica Figural Compote, circa 1880
Category
1880s Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
SACA Sesto Fiorentino 1950's Italian Maiolica Vase
By Saca
Located in Mexico City, MX
A 1950's Italian green and orange majolica vase with liquid gold lines by SACA Sesto Fiorentino. The vase shows a classical style festive scene in high relief. The top shows the liqu...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$1,500 / item
Pair Jerome Massier Hen & Cockerel Figural Vases by P. Perret
By Pierre Perret et Jerome Massier Fils
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Jerome Massier Fils Majolica figural vases which feature a hen and a rooster, stood in front of a vase. The vase has leaves and wheat around the sides. Colouration: brown, ye...
Category
1910s French Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Vallauris Majolica Floral Garniture Signed Pierre Perret
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Vallauris, France circa 1890, this exquisite antique majolica set includes a wide centerpiece jardinière and a matching pair of tall vases. Each hand-painted ceramic piece...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
White 3D Printed Ceramic Sculptural Vase Italy Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in London, GB
"Composizione 40100 #02" (In crescendo), 2019, glazed earthenware, measures: H 47 x 30 x 30cm
Andrea Salvatori (Italy, 1975) is an internationally renowned visual artist working with the ceramic medium to realize often ironic and witty sculptures, sometimes involving a diverse selection of found objects, such as Murano glass vases, Meissen Porcelain miniatures or Ginori period ceramics sourced in flea markets around Europe. Salvatori’s works often begin with these items and proceed by the addition of elements masterfully created by the artist, generating an unexpected semantic shift. The result is unique, encompassing pop culture and kitsch aesthetics: a witty and effective way to turn reality upside-down and at the same time a powerful combination of exquisite craftsmanship and genuine irony.
Andrea Salvatori was born on 3 of March 1975 in Faenza (Ra), Italy; he has graduated at the Istituto d’arte for Ceramic in Faenza in 1995, and he then graduated with a Degree in Sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Bologna in 2000. During his studies, Andrea learned the secrets of ceramics from the creative duo Bertozzi & Casoni having worked as an apprentice in their studio for many years at the same way as during Renaissance artists learned their practice with their Masters. Since 1997 he had several individual and collective exhibitions. In 2009 he won the first prize at the 56th edition of the prestigious Premio Faenza, the International Contest of Contemporary Art Ceramics, for which he classified second in the prior edition. In 2011 he classified second at the Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$10,307 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century French Barbotine Faience Wall Cornucopia Dated 1915
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a kitchen wall with this elegant antique cornucopia vase. Crafted in France, and made of faience, the vase features acorn and leaf motifs on branch form, all in high relief....
Category
Early 20th Century French Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Large white and light blue coiled majolica vase hand-painted Italy contemporary
Located in London, GB
Large ceramic vase by Onofrio Acone, glazed earthenware (majolica) unique piece hand-built and hand-painted approx. 48 cm width 52 cm height
Onofrio Acone is a ceramic artists b...
Category
2010s Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Pair of 19th Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Barbotine Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this large and unique pair of antique Majolica vases on a console or shelf. Crafted in France, circa 1880, the colorful ceramic planters...
Category
Early 20th Century French Majolica Decorative Objects
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Vintage Palissy Style Hand Painted Handcrafted Art Plate by Jay Willfred Sadek
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Palissy Style Art Fruit Plate, Large Fruit and Leaf Plate, the Fruit Plate Made in Portugal by Jay Willfred Sadek
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain, Majolica, Ceramic
Midcentury French Hand Painted Barbotine Jardinière with Floral and Leaf Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique Majolica vase was sculpted in France, circa 1950. This colorful cachepot has a traditional hand painted decor embellished with high relief flowers and leaves in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 20th Century French Hand-Painted Barbotine Boat and People Composition
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring this vibrant antique porcelain piece into your living room, office, or bedroom for a unique flair. This colorful, extremely detailed majolica figurine composition was created in France, circa 1880; it features a beautiful boat cresting small waves, with an exquisitely dressed group inside, including a gondolier in a traditional Louis XV clothing steering the Venetian boat...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
19th Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Duck Wall Platter Stamped J. Massier
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant Majolica platter was created in Southern France by Massier, circa 1890. Round in shape, the antique ceramic plate is beautifully hand painted featuring a standing duck in a barn. The planter is in excellent condition with rich colors in the beige, green and white palette. The piece is stamped on the bottom Jerome Massier Fils, Vallauris, Pierre Perret. Hook in the back for easy installation.
The Massier family of Vallauris is recognized for three members producing Majolica in the second half of the 19th century. In 1860, brothers Delphin (1836-1907) and Clement (1844-1917) Massier were joined by cousin Jerome Massier (1850-1916) and began producing a style of ceramic bridging between traditional Victorian Majolica and Art Nouveau pottery. The Massiers mastered the copper oxide flambé technique for glazing, thereby introducing an intensely vibrant color palette including red, green and blue hues not previously seen with English Majolica.
Important in the Massier production were a series of large naturalistic modeled figural roosters, hens and other birds. Vases and wall pockets styled as orchids, intensely colored irises and sunflowers are among the most common Massier styles. A variety of humorous pieces bearing frogs and songbirds are popular among collectors. Most Massier Majolica bears...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Pair of Urbino Style Majolica Vases, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
With entwined serpent handles, painted in colors on both sides of the bodies with biblical scenes.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
French Art Nouveau Majolica Vase with Thistles and Lizards, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
This beautifully designed and highly decorative Art Nouveau ceramic vase is outstanding by all measures. It is very impressive and fabulously rendered in a most unusual technique, co...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Thomas Minton Majolica Jardinières
By Thomas Minton
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful pair of English Majolica jardinières by Thomas Minton. Shape numbers 1388 and 1389.
Category
17th Century English Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$8,600 / set
Modern Vase, Matte Finish Aquamarine, Spheres 24kt Gold Luster, Handmade Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Elegant aquamarine vase with a matte finishing, alternating with reflective surfaces embellished with 24Kt gold luster. This technique sees ceramics to undergo three cooking phases: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate
Orange and Blue Ceramic Vase Hand Painted Majolica Italy Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Bottega Vignoli, Borgia conical vase, 2022 hand painted majolica 17cm x 37cm height. Unique piece.
Bottega Vignoli is a brand of artistic ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$3,221 Sale Price
20% Off
Rubin Red Plate Gold Luster Glided Hand Painted Majolica Centerpiece Bowl Deruta
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
The dish, made of majolica painted in duotone of blue and red, features dense decoration, inspired by the Moorish style, throughout its surface. The outer band of the brim is richly ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Moorish Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
Teal Ceramic Vase with Floral Decor Hand Painted Majolica Italy Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Bottega Vignoli, Floral decor vase, 2022 hand painted majolica 17cm x 37cm height. Unique piece. Art Nouveau floral inspired decor.
Bottega Vignoli is a brand of artistic ceramics based in Faenza, one of the most representative ceramic production centres in Italy. Founded in 1976 by sisters Saura (b.1956) and Ivana (b. 1948), Bottega Vignoli stands out for its limited production, accurate details and skilful experimentation resulting in stunning unique and one-of-a-kind pieces. Their style is immediately recognizable and expressly follows the path...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$3,436 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Italian Enameled Black White Majolica Crown Bowl & Platinum Accents
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary handmade Italian work of art, a bowl in the shape of a crown in majolica by Ceramica Gatti, a long tradition studio and famous designer Ettore Sottsass' favorite. This A...
Category
2010s Italian Art Deco Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Platinum, Enamel
Italian Modern Silver Platinum White Majolica Crown Vase with Orange Green Dots
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary handmade Italian Work of Art, a decorative vase in the shape of a crown in majolica, exclusive for Cosulich Interiors & Antiques by Ceramica Gatti, a long tradition Stud...
Category
2010s Italian Art Deco Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Platinum, Enamel
Sky Medium Ceramic Bowl Hand Painted Glazed Majolica Italian Contemporary
Located in London, GB
SKY - Medium ceramic bowl by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware.
All unique pieces, Italy, 2021. Measure: 22cm diameter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Matt White Glaze Majolica Sculpture with Hand Sculpted Peony, Italy 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Small ceramic sculptures with peony by Antonietta Mazzotti Emaldi, 2018, Glazed earthenware (majolica) and 24ct gold, entirely handmade, unique piece. Customisation available in terms of colour of both for base and flower.
Antonietta Mazzotti (Faenza, Italy 1950) attended the Istituto d’Arte per la Ceramica in Faenza and opened her first workshop in her hometown taking part in group and solo exhibitions at international level. In 1976 she has transformed the neo-gothic greenhouse of Villa Emaldi in her workshop. Antonietta Mazzotti has worked for some of the most important international museums and has received several important recognitions worldwide. Her works have been featured in major Italian magazines of interior design and she has acquired international visibility being featured in major international press publications, such as The New York Times. She still lives and works at Villa Emaldi in Faenza where she continues her research on historical decor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, 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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Pompei Moon Jar Hand Painted Ceramic Italy Contemporary 21st Century Majoilica
Located in London, GB
Pompei moon jar, 2024, full-fire reduction faience earthenware (majolica) 30 cm diameter, hand painted unique piece.
Bottega Vignoli is a brand of artistic ceramics based in Faenza, one of the most representative ceramic production centres in Italy. Founded in 1976 by sisters Saura and Ivana, Bottega Vignoli stands out for its limited production, accurate details and skilful experimentation resulting in stunning unique and one of a kind pieces. Their style is immediately recognizable and expressly follows the path...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Roman Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica
Pair of "Paniers de Crabes" Majolica Vases, France, circa 1900
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Enchanting and amusing pair of pleasingly rotund Barbotine vases, representing crabs forming a ring around woven baskets. The inspiration is taken from the French expression...
Category
Early 20th Century French Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Sky Large Ceramic Bowl Hand Painted Glazed Majolica Italian Contemporary
Located in London, GB
SKY - Large ceramic bowl by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware.
All unique pieces, Italy, 2021. Measure: 30cm diameter....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Mediterranea Ceramic Plate Hand Painted Glazed Majolica Italy Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Bottega Vignoli, Mediterranea large plate, hand-painted Italian majolica
Approx. 55cm diameter
Perfect décor for the wall or simply placed at the centre of a table, this stunning ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Large Light Green Ceramic Vase Glazed Earthenware Contemporary Italy Unique
Located in London, GB
"Paperclay" ceramic vase, handmade unique piece, 2020, glazed earthenware, measures: approximate 33cm width x 36 cm height
As seen at collect fair, Lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$5,154 Sale Price
20% Off
Lucky Horn Ceramic Sculpture Glazed Majolica Platinum Gold Hand Painted, Italy
Located in London, GB
Francesco Raimondi, Lucky Horn, 2020 glazed earthenware, platinum and gold, hand painted, unique piece
Measures: Approximate 100cm x 25 cm
A cornicello It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Revival Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Platinum, Gold
$7,302 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century French Majolica Cornucopia Sculpture with Children
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf, console, or sideboard with this colorful antique Majolica centerpiece. Crafted in France circa 1920, the sculptural composition features two playful children, a you...
Category
Early 20th Century French Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
Pair of Ceramic Vases Hand Painted Majolica Italy Contemporary 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Pair of Mediterranea vases, 2020, full-fire reduction faience earthenware hand-painted with copper lustre 12cm diameter 25 cm height, hand painted unique pieces.
Bottega Vignoli is a brand of artistic ceramics based in Faenza, one of the most representative ceramic production centres in Italy. Founded in 1976 by sisters Saura and Ivana, Bottega Vignoli stands out for its limited production, accurate details and skilful experimentation resulting in stunning unique and one of a kind pieces. Their style is immediately recognizable and expressly follows the path...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$3,436 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique and Vintage Majolica Vases, Bowls, Candleholders and Other Decorative Objects
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 vases, bowls and other decorative objects 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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