Late 19th Century Painted Tole Caddy With Floral Decoration

A nice collectors piece. With attached pewter lid.

Colorful faience inkwell featuring hand-painted floral motifs in red, green, and blue, with finely detailed gilt brass lids topped by fleur-de-lis finials. The inkwell includes remov...

A decorated tole bucket. Great for magazines or kindling.

Decorative pair of hand-painted tole urns, each depicting romantic landscapes on all sides. Raised on distinctive gilt paw feet. The surface shows attractive wear consistent with age...

This exquisite antique cachepot dates back to the 19th century, showcasing the timeless elegance and meticulous craftsmanship of that era. Its oval-shaped body features delicately sc...

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...

This pair of exquisite tôle peinte planters exemplifies the elegance and craftsmanship of 19th-century decorative arts. Each planter is crafted from hand-painted metal, featuring a r...

Crafted in Rouen, France circa 1890, and oval in shape, the antique planter stands on scrolled feet over a scalloped apron; it features elegant s...