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Material: Majolica
Majolica Rooster & Hen Vase Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica vase with a rooster & hen vase signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
Reference / A similar example of this piece page 83 "Barbotines de la Cote d 'Azur" of Bottero.
Category
1890s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Superb English Bulldog Terracotta Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, Italy 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Add a touch of charm to your home with this exquisite ceramic Terracotta English Bulldog sculpture. This piece captures the playful spirit of the beloved breed with intricate detaili...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Faience Vase with Bird Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
The colorful antique majolica vase was created in France circa 1890. Round in shape, the decorative ceramic vase features intricate details, including painted flowers and three birds...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Large Ceramic Bowl Hand Painted Majolica Italy Contemporary 21st Century Lustre
Located in London, GB
Mediterranea large bowl, 2020, full-fire reduction faience earthenware with copper lustre 30 cm diameter 10cm height, hand painted unique piece.
Bottega Vignoli is a brand of artistic ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$1,963 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Large Grotesque Ceramic Vase Hand-painted Glazed Majolica and Gold Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Grotesque vase, unique piece, 2017, glazed earthenware and gold, 22cm width x 60cm height
Antonietta Mazzotti (Faenza, Italy) 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 Renaissance Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$8,727 Sale Price
20% Off
Large 19th Century Jules Vieillard Majolica Vase with Mythological Scenes
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Magnificent large majolica vase attributed to Jules Vieillard & Cie, Bordeaux, circa 1870. This richly decorated urn is a superb example of French Renaissance Revival majolica, featu...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Faience, Majolica, Paint
19th Century Majolica Rooster Vase Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Antique Majolica rooster with leaves, corn and wild rose vase signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
The Massier produced roosters in a big range of sizes, this is the medium size. The...
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Spanish Rooster Shaped Pitcher in Green Glazed Ceramic, 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching green and brown Majolica ceramic rooster jug / pitcher, Spain, 1950s.
Andalusian ceramic decorative rooster shaped jug in shades ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century French Ceramic Barbotine Wall Platter with Apples Signed Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful, antique Majolica plate was sculpted in France, circa 1880. The large, round, hand painted platter features pink flowers and three red and yellow apples hanging from a ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Vallauris Ceramic Orange Amber Brown Fat Lava Round Astray / Bowl, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
French mid-century Vallauris ashtray / bowl in glazed ceramic.
Beautiful fat lava glazed ceramic ashtray in orange, amber, white and brown colors. Manufactured by Vallauris. France, ...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$909 Sale Price
20% Off
English Victorian Majolica Sunflower Box Holdcroft Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian Majolica Sunflower Box Holdcroft Circa 1890.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Portuguese Oversized Glazed Ceramic Gurgle Fish Jug Pitcher, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oversized Mid-Century Modernist glazed ceramic gurgling fish water jug / pitcher. Portugal, 1940s-1950s
Eye-catching hand painted XXL size fish glug jug ...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Vintage Petite Italian Majolica Fruit Basket
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely miniature Mid-Century Italian majolica basket of lemons, apples, and peaches accented by green leaves and flowers in a white basket. Maker's mark on reverse. Freshen up your...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Italian 19th Century Majolica Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most decorative Italian 19th century Majolica porcelain centerpiece. The oblong shaped centerpiece is raised by lovely scalloped movements at the base with most decor...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Live Size Italian Pug Terracotta Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
By Marioni
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An outstanding statue of an Italian Pug Dog made of glazed and hand-painted terracotta. Perfect, lifelike, and life-size representations of this loving creature, faithful, affectiona...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
19th Century French Painted Ceramic Barbotine Basket from Montigny-sur-Loing
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this sculptural, antique jardinière on a shelf or on a kitchen counter for a pop of color. Crafted in Montigny-sur-Loing, France circa 1860, the colorful basket has a central handle and features a double vase decorated with floral and leaf motifs in high relief. The elegant, artistic planter with flowers is in excellent condition and has rich, pigmented colors in a blue, black, green and pink palette. Different markings on the bottom.
Impressionist ceramics term generally applies to "paint the slip" or "batch gouache". At the turn of the 19th and 20th 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
19th Century Red Glazed Jardiniere With Lion Head Masks
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Jardiniere with lion head masks and garland detailing decorated with blended rich red majolica glaze.
Category
19th Century Irish Neoclassical Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Large Rare White Faience Cat Art Deco Jacques Adnet
Located in Austin, TX
Large Rare White Faience Cat Art Deco Jacques Adnet.
Made by Henri Delcourt a Boulogne (1917-1935) for the Maitrise.
Signed Adnet and Henri Delcourt.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Wedgwood Majolica Leaf Dish
Located in Tampa, FL
A small antique Wedgwood green majolica leaf dish. Circa late 19th century, England.
Category
1890s English Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Rare 19th Century Majolica Hen Vase, Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica hen vase Delphin Massier signed Vallauris, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Mid-Century Modern Large Majolica Sitting Siamese Cat Jar & Lid Italy 1960s-1970
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large ceramic jar with the lid features Siamese cat or large kitten, sitting straight with its head held slightly upwards, looking straight at the viewer. The figurine is decorated w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta, Pottery, Majolica, Ceramic
Large Vallauris Shell Vase in Orange and Brown Majolica Ceramic
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Giant Mid-century Modern Vallauris Ceramid Shell Shaped Vase. France, 1950s-1960s.
Colorful vase with mussel / shell design in glazed ceramic. The exterior part is covered by glazed ceramic in brown color with fat lava decorations in beige, yellow and orange glaze.
Rare find due to its shape.
Use it as decorative vase or flower vase adding a fresh accent in any Mediterranean, Contemporary, or Midentury decoration.
Great gift idea!
Measures: 32 cm H x 16 cm W x 13 cm D
Vallauris Maiolica Mussel Vase // French Vallauris Midcentury Vase // Falt Lava Vallauris Ceramic Shell Vase...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Charles Lemanceau French Art Deco Borzoi Greyhound Couple, 1930s Majolica
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A rare majolica ceramic sculpture by Charles Lemanceau for Saint Clément. The piece depicts two sleek, streamlined greyhounds in motion, capturing the essence of speed and grace. The...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage 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
French Majolica Vase with Fishs and Shells, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica vase with fishs and shells, circa 1880.
Bamboo handles.
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Portuguese Palissy Tobacco Jar Manuel Mafra
Located in Austin, TX
Large Portuguese Palissy tobacco jar attributed to Manuel Mafra.
This tobacco jar is decorated in high relief of a frog, large butterflies, bugs, shells, a snake, a crocodile, on the lid a large shell with a lizard on the top, a butterfly and a bug.
Very rich decoration all-over the pot.
Reference / Page 38 " Portuguese Palissy Ware...
Category
1890s Portuguese Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
White and blue coiled majolica vase hand-painted Italy contemporary
Located in London, GB
Hand coiled ceramic vase by Onofrio Acone, glazed earthenware (majolica) unique piece hand-built and hand-painted approx. 31cm width 40cm height
Onofrio Acone is a ceramic artist...
Category
2010s Italian Greco Roman Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Palissy Fishs Wall Platter by Victor Barbizet
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Austin, TX
Large Palissy fishs wall platter on a blue background with bugs, butterfly, lizard, crawfish, shells, leaves as ferns.
The School of Paris is composed by makers as Victor Barbizet, F...
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
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
$3,497 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Vallauris Glazed Ceramic Majolica Gurgle Fish Jug Pitchers, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unmatching pair of Modernist glazed ceramic gurgling fish water jugs / pitchers by Vallauris, France, 1950s-1960s
Eye-catching hand painted fat lava gurgle fish vases...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Bitossi Studio Pottery Lava Glaze Vase Pitcher Italy 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Bitossi Studio Pottery vase or pitcher is a beautiful example of Italian mid-century modern art ceramics. It is decorated in bold abstract pattern using gloss, semi-matte, and lava g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Rubboli Lustre Majolica Pitcher Vase Mythical Beasts Decor
By Rubboli
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking ceramic Neo-Renaissance Rubboli pitcher vase features cobalt, red and gold Lustre majolica glaze decoration. Hand-painted decor follows the traditional shape of the piece, with abstract pattern accentuating the base and the top of the vase, and motifs of mythical beasts surrounding central medallion with another mythical creature.
The vase is marked on the bottom; the mark "A.R. Italy" dates the piece to 1936-1975. We are offering a large sculptural vase, decorated n the same style, also by Alberto Rubboli, in a separate listing; the vases can be displayed together for a stunning presentation.
The vase is a striking example of the revival of the magnificent Italian Renaissance decoration of the 16th century. In late 19th century the collecting craze for Renaissance majolica, especially lusterware, prompted the Italian potters to hunt for the secret formulas that were lost four hundred years earlier. Studios owned by such ceramicists as Cantagalli, Molaroni, Rubboli, Santarella, and others attempted to duplicate antique lusterware pieces for the general public. Each studio developed their own closely guarded formulation.
In 1870s Paolo Rubboli...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, 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
Brown Westhead Moore and Co Majolica Peaches Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore and Co Majolica vase which features deeply raised peaches hanging on a blossoming branch to the front. Plums to the reverse. Loop handles either side. Brown grou...
Category
1870s Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Antique Majolica Tobacco Jar Munich Child in Hofbrauhaus Keg, Germany 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for an antique figural tobacco jar featuring the Munich Child on a keg from Munich's famous Hofbrauhaus. The jar reads "Tabak" (german fo...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Jerome Massier Fils Majolica Hunting Dog Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jerome Massier Fils Majolica figural vase which features a hunting dog stood in front of a tree trunk. Colouration: white, brown, green, are predominant. The piece bears an impressiv...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
2 Antique French Sarregumines Majolica Snake Serpent Mantel Vase Urn 17"
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of very large and impressive late 19th century Sarregumines majolica pottery vases - classical urn shape with coiled double headed snake / serpent handles, brown and white multi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Massive Art Nouveau Majolica Vase by Julius Dressler
Located in San Diego, CA
Massive Art Nouveau majolica vase by Julius Dressler of Austria, circa early 1900s. This stunning piece is an absolute classical piece from the Art Nouveau era. The beautiful shape ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery, Majolica
Rare French Majolica Violets Basket Sarreguemines Circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
Charming French Majolica Violets basket signed Sarreguemines, circa 1900.
The manufacture of Sarreguemines produced severals examples of baskets with fruits, more rarely with animals...
Category
1920s French Rustic Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Vintage Ceramic Red Urn with Handles Jester Musician Decor Italy 1950s
By Deruta
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking urn shaped vase features hand painted black and white majolica decor on red background. Sculptural twin handles with scroll details guide the eye to the textured scalloped ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Paint, Ceramic, Pottery, Majolica
Antique Victorian Majolica Handled Footed Flower Basket Planter Compote 7"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian English Majolica footed flower basket featuring a basket weave pattern with floral medallion and acanthus leaf design, footed base and double handle. Stoke on Tren...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
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
$5,246 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Frog with Mandolin Delphin Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Art Nouveau Majolica frog who playing mandolin signed Delphin Massier circa 1900.
The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Box Books Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th Century Majolica Box Books Choisy Le Roi.
H / 6.8 inches
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Large Oval Majolica Palissy Crab and Fish Wall Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large oval Majolica Palissy crab and fish wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950
Large crab in relief, fish’s, shells and seaweeds.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Begonia Leaf Wilhelm Schiller & Son Vide-Poche
Located in Austin, TX
Small 19th Century Majolica Begonia Leaf signed Wilhelm Schiller & Son Vide-Poche.
High quality.
6.3 by 3.6 inches.
Wilhelm Schiller began production of porcelain and earthenware in ...
Category
1880s Czech Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Faience
$16,000 / set
Life-Size Italian Boxer Dog Terracotta Ceramic Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s Italian Boxer Majolica dog statue figurine. Nice addition to your room or entry hall. It is approx. 28.75" high, 18.5" wide and 8 inches deep. Made of Majolica ce...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
James Hadley Royal Worcester Rare Majolica Camel & Howdah
By James Hadley
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare and unusual antique Royal Worcester majolica pottery figure of a camel and howdah by renowned potter James Hadley (British, 1837-1903) and dated 22nd June 1870.
James H...
Category
1870s English Arts and Crafts Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
Italian Faience 18th Century Majolica Riser with Annunciation
Located in Milano, MI
From Central Italy a 18th century Majolica Riser consisting of a flat circular dish with raised edge, resting on a base with a simple shape. The ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Vintage Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Turkey Porcelain Bird Figure Tureen
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Mid century tall Italian animal figurine Ceramic decorative Turkey Tureen with ladle Vitrine object
Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed earthenware...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Majolica
Glazed Ceramic Gurgle Fish Jug Pitcher by Vallauris, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oversized Mid-Century Modernist glazed ceramic gurgling fish water jug / pitcher. Manufactured by Vallauris, France, 1950s
Eye-catching hand painted brown, orange and blue-green large Majolica ceramic vase, fish glug jug...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$1,139 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 19th Century Majolica Vases Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of 19th Century Majolica Vases signed Choisy Le Roi.
The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end of 19th century, they produced very hi...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
19th Century Victorian Majolica Bird Box Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Victorian Majolica cobalt box with a bird handle and white flowers Joseph Holdcroft.
Very rare shape box.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Rare Signed Monaco Majolica Double Candlesticks with Marine Décor
By Manufacture de Porcelaine de Monte Carlo
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A captivating pair of signed Monaco majolica double candlesticks, exquisitely hand-crafted and hand-painted, celebrating the luminous beauty of the Mediterranean. The sculptural desi...
Category
20th Century French Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain, Paint, Majolica
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of 2 fishs, seaweeds, starfish.
Nautical style.
Measure: 8.3" diameter.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Pheasant Vase, Jerome Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica pheasant vase signed Jerome Massier Vallauris Alpes Maritimes circa 1890.
The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and pain...
Category
1890s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, 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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