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1880 Gien French Faience Pair Majolica Gold Chocolate Vases with Armored Knights
By Gien
Located in New York, NY
A very rare signed pair of Faience vases produced by the prestigious French Gien factory, with a unique enameling technique called "Emaux chagrin" = painful enamels, because of the difficulty and time-consuming craftsmanship. The background consists of hand-applied enamel, a mixture of real gold, and chocolate brown colored clay. Then these museum pieces are hand decorated on both sides with gold leaf: antiquity decor with detailed armored knights...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
19th Century French Majolica Cache Pot with Poppies Decor
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very colourful 19th century Majolica cache pot, vividly decorated with an entrancing motif of flowering poppies and foliage, and set against a yellow background imprinted with an i...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Majolica Parrot Tobacco Jar Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica tobacco jar with a parrot Onnaing, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Rooster Massier Jardiniere
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely colorful Majolica rooster jardiniere laying on a pink and brown wall attributed to Jerome Massier, circa 1890.
Reference / Page 98 " Barbotine...
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Majolica George Jones Fox Serving Tray circa 1869
By George Jones
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant pink Majolica serving dish decorated with a three green vine leaves, the handle formed as a fox peering into the bowl with its tail appearing on the mottled underside signed ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Large Minton Majolica Renaissance Style Masks Vase
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features male and female masks with hanging leaves and fruit. Cartouche bands in-between. Colouration: brown, green, bl...
Category
1870s English Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
French 1870s Slender Majolica Vase with Floral Décor and High-Relief Cherubs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Majolica vase from the second half of the 19th century, with cherubs and floral décor. Born at the end of France's last Emperor Napoleon III's reign, this exquisite vase fea...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of fish, seaweeds,starfish.
Nautical style.
Diameter / 7.5 by 6"
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica 'Jumbo' Elephant Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Majolica figure which features 'Jumbo', the elephant. Jumbo was obtained by London Zoo in 1865 as a two year old, where he became a favorite attraction. This model can also be found ...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Painted Majolica Cachepot with Hunt Trophy Motifs
By Orchies
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful barbotine jardinière from L'Hermine a Orchies, France, was sculpted circa 1880. Almost square in shape, the antique porcelain cache pot features exquisitely rendered hu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
20th Century Italian Hand-Painted and Gilt Porcelain Capodimonte Figurine Statue
By Capodimonte
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful majolica figurine would elevate any living room, kitchen, or entry way. Created in Italy circa 1950 and done in the Capodimonte style, the barbotine statue portrays a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
Huge Amphore, Vase, Ceramic/Majolica, Bernhard Bloch, 1890, Historicism, Bohemia
Located in Wien, AT
Huge Vase in form of an amphora, by the well known manufacturer Bernhard Bloch from Bohemia.
The beautiful emerging amphora shape is decorated with hand-cut décor all over the body...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Belle Époque Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Antique Barbotine Majolica Pot with Lid Organic Art Nouveau
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful antique pot with lid, barbotine or majolica pottery, the pot has the shape of a tree trunk and the handle of a branch, typical of the organic shapes and colours that are ty...
Category
Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Sculpture Giant Amphora Vase Majolica Hand Painted Four Seasons Art Nouveau
Located in Recanati, IT
Majestic amphora in glazed majolica, handmade and hand painted in central Italy. On the amphora are represented, in great detail, the four seasons personified by graceful women surro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Jardinière by Minton and Carlo Marochetti
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This exquisite jardinière was manufactured by the celebrated English company Minton, who are famous for their ceramics. It was designed by Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-1867), an Italian-born sculptor who worked in London in the latter part of his career. His most famous work is the bronze sculpture of Richard the Lionheart...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Vase Painted Two-handled Amphora Majolica Renaissance Vessel Italian Ceramic
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
This large luxurious amphora, in majolica handmade in Italy and hand-painted in polychrome, is characterized by a dense presence of naturalistic ornamental motifs that decorate the v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Art Nouveau French Antique Ceramic Vase in Blue Majolica with White Gold Flowers
Located in New York, NY
1900-1910 French Art Nouveau Earthenware Vase in faience by Keller & Guérin - Lunéville, raised on 4 feet and decorated with hand-painted flowers enameled in white and azure sky blue...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Monumental Sarreguemines Urn
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This impressively sized urn is marked on the bottom, “Sarreguemines/1906//H”, “Made in Germany” with the Lorraine Coat of Arms . Nicolas-Henri Jacobi along with his two partners esta...
Category
Early 1900s German Belle Époque Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
French 19th Century Majolica Asparagus Tray with Cradle and Wicker Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Majolica asparagus tray from the 19th century, with large cradle and wicker motifs. Created in France during the 19th century, this Majolica tray features large cradle with ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Small French Art Nouveau Barbotine Jardiniere, 1900s
Located in Köln, NW
Small french Art Nouveau Barbotine Jardinière in the style of Hector Guimard. Very finely worked. Delicate form. very rare. Numbered and marked on...
Category
Early 1900s French Jugendstil Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Brown Westhead Moore & Co Basket
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore and Co Majolica basket which features flowers on the four corners, basketweave style sides and the handle modelled in the for...
Category
1870s English Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Jerome Massier Hen & Rooster Vases
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Jerome Massier French Majolica figural vases which feature a pair of chickens - a cockerel and a hen, stood in front of wheatsheaf receptacles. Colouration: yellow, teal blue...
Category
1910s Victorian Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$6,498 / set
French 1850s Barbotine Majolica Jardinière by Thomas Sargent with Floral Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French mid-19th century barbotine Majolica jardinière by French potter Thomas Sargent, with floral motifs. Born in France during the 19th century, thi...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Minton Majolica Shell Flower Holder
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica flower holder which features a scallop shell supported by seaweed on a rocky base. Coloration: cream, brown, green, are predomin...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Monumental Italian Majolica Paint Decorated Pitcher
Located in Norwood, NJ
Very large Italian majolica ceramic pitcher by Armando Poggi, Florence, Italy. Hand paint decorated with colorful grapes on vines along with large plump lemons. A beautiful decoratio...
Category
20th Century Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica
19th Century French Painted Ceramic Barbotine Jardinière with Floral Decor
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant colorful hand painted Majolica planter was sculpted in Montigny sur Loing, France, circa 1860. The ceramic jardinière with root shape handles features high relief soft pink, blue and beige rose flowers with pale green leaves, and brown and grey background. The ceramic vase is in good condition commensurate with age and use (minor chips on few petals).
Impressionist ceramics term generally applies to "paint the slip" or "batch gouache". At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the towns of Montigny-sur-Loing and Marlotte are many artists living places like Jean-Baptiste Corot, Eugène Thirion (1839-1910), Adrien Schulz (1851-1931), Numa Gillet (1868-1940) and Lucien Cahen-Michel (1888-1980), all attracted by the quality of the landscape and the light. When Eugene Schopin founded in 1872 a ceramics factory, he worked with the painters to create a range of designs inspired by Impressionism and decorated according to new public demands. Several ceramic factories will develop around this Impressionist movement. The most famous, such as Georges Delvaux (1834-1909), Albert Boué (1862-1918) and Charles Alphonse Petit (1862-1927), will produce until 1922. Other manufacturers, such as Theodore Lefront...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Portuguese Palissy Majolica Tortoise Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Portuguese Portuguese Palissy Majolica figure which features a tortoise. Colouration: brown, ochre, grey, are predominant.
Category
1890s Portuguese Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Minton Majolica Dove Flower Holders
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Minton Majolica flower holders which feature a fantail pigeon, standing on a leafy base. Flower inserts around the tail. Colouration: white, gre...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$3,082 / set
1870s French Pair of Yellow Blue Green Red White Majolica Jardinières / Vases
By Nevers
Located in New York, NY
For sale is a rare pair of fun French faience cachepots/planters from 1872-1876, with provenance from the manoir "La Dijonnerie" near Bourges. ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
19th Century, French, Hand Painted Barbotine Faience Floral Vase from Montigny
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique majolica planter was sculpted in Montigny sur Loing, France, circa 1860. Tall and oval in shape, the ceramic jardinière stands on a flat rectangular base; it features colorful hand painted floral motifs in high relief on a brown background. The elegant barbotine vase is in excellent condition with rich patinated colors in the pale green, yellow, beige and pink palette.
Impressionist ceramics term generally applies to "paint the slip" or "batch gouache". At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the towns of Montigny-sur-Loing and Marlotte are many artists living places like Jean-Baptiste Corot, Eugène Thirion (1839-1910), Adrien Schulz (1851-1931), Numa Gillet (1868-1940) and Lucien Cahen-Michel (1888-1980), all attracted by the quality of the landscape and the light. When Eugene Schopin founded in 1872 a ceramics factory, he worked with the painters to create a range of designs inspired by Impressionism and decorated according to new public demands. Several ceramic factories will develop around this Impressionist movement. The most famous, such as Georges Delvaux (1834-1909), Albert Boué (1862-1918) and Charles Alphonse Petit (1862-1927), will produce until 1922. Other manufacturers, such as Theodore Lefront...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience, Ceramic, Majolica
Tall Painted Italian Majolica Vase, circa 1860
Located in Dallas, TX
From Italy, this imposing antique hand-painted Majolica vase with handles is nearly 39 inches high. It is mainly a figural vase in style, ha...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Early Italian Polychrome Majolica Albarello, Late 17th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian Polychrome Majolica Albarello, Late 17th Century.
Category
1690s Italian Baroque Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$2,320 Sale Price
51% Off
Sarregumines Majolica Eagle Bowl
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Sarreguemines Majolica centrepiece bowl which features eagle handles at either end, the wings along the sides. Colouration: turquoise, cobalt blue...
Category
1880s French Other Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Large Ceramic Vase Hand-Painted Light Blue Butterflies, 24kt Gold Luster, Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Our 'Petalouda Gold' majolica vase showcases the timeless allure of the blue butterfly capturing the essence of its elegance. Revered across cultures as a symbol of wishes fulfilled,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
Majestic Amphora Vase Majolica Painted Subject Inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci
Located in Recanati, IT
Majestic majolica Amphora vase, with a height of 200 cm (78,7 in) and a diameter of 70 cm (27,5 in): a unique piece, entirely handmade and hand-painted in Gubbio, Central Italy, in 1...
Category
1990s Italian Renaissance Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Victorian Minton Majolica Marine Mermen Jardiniere Pink Interior
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Good. RESTORATION. A few filled chips to the rim. Filled chip to foot. Filled chip to head-dress.
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Two Handled Vase on Pedestal
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features grapes and vine leaves, two lion head handles and a (fixed) pedestal base. Colouration: turquoise, pink, ochre...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Pair Large Rare Red and Blue Figural Swimming Maiden Majolica Two Piece Planter
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This pair of large and rare Majolica planters is a true collector’s treasure, showcasing exquisite craftsmanship and bold artistry. Each two-piece pedestal planter is sculpted in a d...
Category
1920s Spanish Neoclassical Revival Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$4,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique English Majolica Figural Basket Planter or Jardiniere with Vine Decor
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique planter is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1890 and done in the period Late Victorian style. The planter is composed of Majolica and done in a figural basket shape with and brown ground with cream accents to the rim and base and green vines...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile: Stil life with vase and fruit, 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Circa 1700
A fine blue and white Dutch tile with a still life painting of a vase with leaves and grapes and an apple on the sides.
The scene is painted without corn...
Category
1690s Dutch Baroque Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Italian Poodle Ceramic Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1980s Italian Poodle Majolica ceramic dog statue figurine. Nice addition to your room or entry hall. Made of Majolica ceramic, hand painte...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Vallauris Multicolor Ceramic Fat Lava Round Bowl or Ashtray
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Mid-Century Vallauris ashtray / bowl in multicolor glazed ceramic.
Beautiful fat lava glazed ceramic ashtray in brown, pink purple and red colors. Manufactured by Vallauris. France, 1950s.
This cool ashtray was handcrafted in France at the Mid-20th century period. Hand-crafted piece in shades of orange red, pink purple, ochre and green ceramic on a brown background with fat lava effect. It has four cigarrette or cigars holders.
Highly decorative piece!
This colorful piece will be the perfect gift for smokers. Also useful as jewelry bowl , decorative bowl or vide-poche.
Overall Measures: 19 cm diameter x 9 cm height (7,48 in diameter x 3,54 in height).
Vallauris Ceramic Round Bowl // Glazed Ceramic Fat Lava Bowl...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Hand Painted Yellow Ceramic Vase by Bottega Vignoli Italy Contemporary Majolica
Located in London, GB
Gio' Vase - Hommage to Gio Ponti, 2024 - Hand-painted majolica, fired in full fire-reduction
Dimensions: 28 cm diameter x 36 cm height
Unique piece
Bottega Vignoli is a brand of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica
Oversized Glazed Ceramic Gurgle Fish Jug Vase Tall Pitcher, France 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oversized Mid-Century Modernist glazed ceramic gurgling fish water jug / pitcher. France, 1950s-1960s
Manufactured by Vallauris Ceramics.
Eye-catching large green Majolica ceramic va...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$1,208 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Antique French Majolica Planter Jardiniere with Winged Griffins and Flowers
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare antique French majolica planter with winged griffins and flowers, Cache Pot.
Antique Barbotine cache pot, Barbotine planter, jardiniere.
Absolu...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
French Gilt Metal Mounted Red Majolica Vases, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of French Empire Style Gilt Metal Mounted Red Majolica Two Handle Vases, late 19th century, each of baluster form and stamped "Made in France" to underside. 14.5" H x 8.5" W x 7...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Holdcroft Majolica Square Box and Cover
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Holdcroft Majolica square box and cover which features storks, squirrels, blossom and parrot feet. Coloration: cobalt blue, green, turquoise, are predomi...
Category
1880s English Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Ceramic Moon Jar Hand Painted Majolica Italy Contemporary 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Mediterranea moon jar, 2021, full-fire reduction faience earthenware (majolica) 30 cm diameter, hand painted unique piece.
Available diameter sizes: 40cm,30cm and 25cm - (the price of this item refers to the 30cm one)
Available customisation: Blue or green background colour
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
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica
Decorative Majolica Vase Vessel Purple, Light Blue, Hand-painted Made in Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Large decorative vase in light blue majolica, glazed in polychrome, characterized by the elegant presence of ornamental motifs in the shape of feathers which magnificently enhance it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Minton Majolica Tudor Figure Candelabra
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica candelabra which features a Tudor dressed man, holding his arms aloft. He holds torches in his hands, which form the candle holders'. Color...
Category
1860s English Tudor Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Rare Minton Majolica Plant Trough, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
Rectangular form, molded on the front and reverse with a panel of two cherubs holding a female portrait.
Category
1870s English Antique 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
Fratelli Fanciullacci Gilt and Sgraffito Vase, Italy 1950s-1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Modernist vase with complex textured glaze and scraffito and gilt decor features a monochromatic gilded grape wine branch with with leaves and berries on a textured insized w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Faience Vase on Stand from Montigny
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful majolica two-piece urn and base was sculpted in Montigny sur Loing, France, circa 1860. Tall and oval in shape, the ceramic jardinière stands on a hand carved tripod wo...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Mahogany
Minton Majolica Hogarth Boy Figure
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica figure which features a Hogarth boy, sat on a rock, holding a shell. Coloration: turquoise, green, brown, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Minto...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
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.
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