19th Century French Painted Porcelain Cache Pot with Snake Handles from Gien

This elegant, antique ceramic cachepot was crafted in Normandy, France, circa 1920. Round in shape, the Classic, colorful planter has a curly, scallop...

This elegant antique vase was created in Rouen, France circa 1850; the colorful, ceramic vessel stands on small scrolled feet, and features a cone lid with finial at the pediment, em...

Decorate a mantle, table or buffet with this colorful antique planter. Sculpted in Normandy France circa 1880, and octagonal in shape, the ceramic jardiniere is decorated with hand p...

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...

Molaroni hand painted ceramic vase with rich grotesques and snake handles Origin Pesaro, Italy Period 20s Brand Molaroni Pesaro Materials Hand painted ceramic Dimensions H 2...

Fine hand painted vase decorated with Jean Bérain cherubs, sphinges and medallions. The handles are made like green snakes. It rests on a tripod base, feet i...

French faience enameled porcelain urn / jardiniere / planter / cachepot featuring an ornate swirling foliate and floral design in blue, yellow, and orange on a white ground. Tapered ...

An antique Meissen porcelain urn with snake handles amphora, circa early-20th century, Germany. This Meissen urn is hard-paste porcelain, hand painted, fea...