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Material: Majolica
19th Century Majolica White Dog Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Charming 19th century small majolica vase with white dog who look on a bucket signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi. At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most ...
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1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Majolica George Jones Fox Serving Tray circa 1869
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 ...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica, Ceramic, Faience

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Karlsruhe Majolika Manufactory Sculpture, Dogs, Dachshund, Germany, 20th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful figure of two dachshund puppies from the well-known Karlsruhe Majolika Manufactory. Marked on the bottom '5338', the production number. On the bottom we see the coat of arm...
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica

Minton Majolica Putti Shell Carriers
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica figural which features two putti carrying a shell. One draped in grapes, the other draped in wheat. Colouration: green, turquoise, cream, are predominant. The piece b...
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1860s English Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

Pair of Deep Red Glaze and 24ct Gold Leaves Majolica Vases, Italy, 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Pair of vases by Antonietta Mazzotti Emaldi, 2018, Glazed earthenware (majolica) and 24ct gold, entirely handmade, unique pieces. 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Gold

Pair of Majolica Urns, Bohemia, Circa 1870
Located in Alexandria, VA
These very decorative urns were hand-made in what is now Czechia by Wilhelm Schiller & Sons, Bodenbach, Bohemia. The design was inspired by archaeological finds from antiquity. There...
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1870s Czech Greco Roman Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

19th Century French Majolica Log Tobacco Jar
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica Log Tobacco Jar.
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1890s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Cantagalli Lusture Majolica Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Cantagalli Lusture Majolica centerpiece, Of tripartite form with center pierced urn, with mask medallions, raised on a confirming ovoid base. Decorated in all over foliate and scroll...
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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

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.  
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1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Ceramiche Daedalus Vietri Majolica Bud Vase, Italy Postmodern
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Playful bud vase is hand painted with bright and cheerful decor of houses, fruits, and flowers that wraps around the vase and creates a surrealistic landscape. The rim is defined wi...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery

Wedgwood Majolica Leaf Dish
Located in Tampa, FL
A small antique Wedgwood green majolica leaf dish. Circa late 19th century, England.
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1890s English Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

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...
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Late 19th Century Czech Belle Époque Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Brown Westhead Moore & Co Majolica Storks Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore and Co Majolica figural vase which features two storks, one standing and the other crouched beside. A frog hides on the ground below. There are leaves and foliag...
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1870s Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Majolica Bird & Flowers Platter
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Continental Majolica Bird & Flowers Platter. 14 inches by 9.3 inches.
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Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Vallauris Majolica Blue Ceramic Hand Shaped Rings Stand or Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern Blue Glazed Ceramic Hand Sculpture by Vallauris. France, 1950s Eye-catching iridiscent blue ceramic hand vase with fat lava d...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery

French Majolica Vase with Leaves and Berries, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica vase with leaves and berries, circa 1880.   
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1880s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

French Majolica Grapes Basket Sarreguemines, circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica grapes basket signed Sarreguemines, circa 1920.
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1920s French Country Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Théodore Deck Attributed French Ormolu Mounted Majolica Tazza
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and unusual French ormolu mounted majolica tazza molded with figures set within an abstract design border attributed to Theodore Deck (1823-1891) and believed to date ...
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1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ormolu

Antique Spanish Polychrome Ceramic Charger with a Bull Decoration
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Circa 1800 Spanish Majolica Faience centerpiece bowl or charger. This charming collectible antique painted ceramic dish is decorated with a large rear facing bull and with polychrom...
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Early 19th Century Spanish Folk Art Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica

19th Century Majolica Impressionist Flowers Box
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Impressionist Flowers Box.
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1880s French Romantic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Art Nouveau style Majolica Cache Pot
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A pretty 19th century Majolica cache pot, decorated in shades of green and brown, and featuring the vivid colouration, whimsical shapes and high-relief sculpture typical of the style...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica, Porcelain

Large French Majolica Palissy Fishs Vase Saint Honore Circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica Palissy Fishs Vase signed Saint Honore Circa 1880.
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1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

Pair of Minton Majolica Spring Daffodil Vases
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Minton Majolica vases which feature daffodils stood on bulb feet. Cobalt blue ground version. Colouration: cobalt blue, green, white, are predominant. The piece bears maker's...
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1860s English Victorian 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...
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1890s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Small English Majolica Shell Basket, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Small English Majolica basket with shells circa 1890.
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1890s British Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

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...
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19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

Majolica Hunting Dog Jardinière Jerome Massier Fils
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica hunting dog jardinière signed Jerome Massier Fils. Reference / page 110 "Barbotines de la Cote d'Azur" of M.Bottero. The Massier ...
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Early 1900s French Country Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica, Ceramic, Faience

19th Century English Majolica Begonia Leaf Plate
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century English Majolica glazed ceramic begonia leaf plate with a single green leaf on dark brown ground with yellow accents. Mottled green,...
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19th Century American Beaux Arts Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

19th Majolica Parrot Tobacco Jar Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica tobacco jar with a parrot Onnaing, circa 1880.   
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1880s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

Eichwald Majolica Tobacco Jar with Roosters Pecking the Ground, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Austrian Eichwald majolica humidor tobacco jar from the late 19th century, with petite roosters pecking the ground. Created in Austria during the ...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica, Pottery

Antique WS&S Austrian Majolica Clover Shape Bowl
Located in New Milford, CT
This exquisite 19th-century Austrian Majolica clover-shaped bowl is a true testament to the artistry and craftsmanship of the period. Carefully hand-molded and painted, the bowl feat...
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1880s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

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 ...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

French Majolica Birds Fountain Massier circa 1910
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica fountain with birds signed Massier circa 1910.
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1910s French French Provincial Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica, Ceramic

Fratelli Fanciullacci Majolica Bowl with Handle, Italy Mid Century
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare vintage bowl is decorated with hand painted stylized flowers and leaves decor. The bowl features asymmetrical hand-formed rim and small figurative handle in shape of a leaf. Th...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery

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...
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1910s Victorian Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

Blue and White Albarello Bird Vase
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white Albarello bird vase. Blue and white ceramic Albarello jar or vase with hand-painted bird in foliage with magnificent blue tonal colouring in ...
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17th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

Pair of Majolica Palissy Vases with Mistletoe, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Palissy pair of small handled vases decorated with mistletoe, circa 1880. The School of Paris was composed by makers as Victor Barbizet, Francois Maurice, Thomas Sergent, Georges pull...
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1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica, Ceramic, Faience

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...
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1890s Portuguese Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Majolica Triple Bamboo Vase with Birds Massier, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
A large Majolica triple bamboo vase decorated with four birds attributed to Delphin Massier, circa 1880.
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1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Vintage Deruta Italian Majolica Boat Shaped Vase
Located in New Orleans, LA
A unique, rare early 20th century Italian Majolica boat shaped bowl created in the Deruta studio, Deruta, Italy. A rare and coveted example of the golden...
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Early 20th Century Italian Rustic Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

19th Century French Majolica Grapes Lidded Jar
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica Grapes Lidded Jar.
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1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica

Centerpiece / Centrepiece, Bowl, Majolica, Eichwald, Art Deco, 1920, Bohemia
Located in Wien, AT
Huge pure Art Deco Centerpiece from the famous manufacturer Eichwald. This exceptional piece is an example of pure art deco art. The structure consists of a square base with roun...
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1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica

Pot or Box 19th Century Majolica France Ceramic Green with an Circular Handle
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Kitchen box, Pot in Majolica. Vegetal Decor pattern. Green color. It has been made in France circa 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica

Pot or Box 19th Century Majolica Gremany Ceramic Beige Blue
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Tabacco box, Pot in Majolica. Characters Decor pattern. Brown and blue color. It has been made in Germany circa 19th century. Signed Western Germany.
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19th Century German Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica, Ceramic

French Majolica Large Urns- A Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
French Majolica Large Urns, A Pair, Circa 1870-90 The pair of French large majolica flower urns are each raised on four leaf-shaped feet. The urns are of ...
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1870s French Arts and Crafts Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

Tall Antique Italian Blue and Yellow Lidded Albarello Pot, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon… A rather tall albarello, measuring 17 inches tall, this Italian pot is adorned with symmetrical imagery of foliage. Dating to the 1800s, the lidded po...
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19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica, Paint

Antique English Joseph Roth Majolica Mantel Clock, 19th Century
By Joseph Roth London
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and stylish antique English majolica pottery cased mantel clock attributed to Joseph Roth, London. The clock is lavishly designed with relief moulded floral designs to a shaped four legged base with a the key wind clock...
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1880s English Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica, Pottery

English Victorian Sardine Box with Shell, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian sardine box with shell, circa 1890.
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1890s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica

19th Century French Majolica Cache Pots, a Pair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French Majolica glazed ceramic cache pots decorated with white begonias in shades of green, turquoise, blue and ochre. Interior glazed in robin's egg blue. Unm...
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19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

19th century English Majolica Ducklings on Nest Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th-century English Majolica Ducklings on a Nest Box  England, circa 1880 Attributed to Joseph Holdcroft This charming 19th-century English Majolica "Ducklings on Nest" box, attrib...
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

Majolica Bird Sculpture, White, Blue and Green Color, France 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Magnificent Majolica, with splendid blue and green white colors. This sculpture was made in the 1960s in France. It is very heavy, and there is a remarkable know-how of the artist.
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1960s French Vintage Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

Majolica Palissy Snake Vase Thomas Sergent, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Small Palissy trunk vase with a colored snake around the vase attributed to the School of Paris, circa 1880. The School of Paris was composed by makers as Victor Barbizet, Francois ...
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1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

Majolica Palissy Lizard Box Saint Honore Les Bains, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Palissy box with a large lizard handle unsigned Saint Honore Les Bains, circa 1880.
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1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica, Ceramic, Faience

Victorian Minton Majolica Marine Vase with Merboys
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features three merboys supporting a vessel adorned with seaweeds. The rim of the vase is modelled to depict breaking waves. Turquoise ground version. Colou...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

Bill Stewart Set of Two Sculptural Vases or Vessels, American Art Studio Pottery
By Bill Stewart
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Two sculptural vases or vessels are free-formed by hand and glazed in complex, semi-gloss crackle glaze; matte graphite-colored glaze was used on the bottom parts of the vessels. Bo...
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20th Century American Organic Modern Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Majolica, Terracotta

Minton Majolica Shell Flower Holder
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...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Majolica

Majolica George Jones Fox Serving Tray circa 1869
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 ...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Decorative Objects

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Ceramic, Faience, 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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