Neo-Renaissance Maiolica Column with Vase Italy Last Quarter 19th century

Tripod vase holder made of gilt bronze and Sèvres ceramics, based on a model by Pierre Gouthière. Circular base of cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain, with gilded decorations on the top an...

Large mirror from the Umbertine period. Carved with large scrolls, curls and overlapping lambrequins, in the cymatium medallion with a knight's head and carved rose branches, mercury...

Pair of polychrome majolica amphorae with grotesque motifs. Reserves on both sides decorated with allegorical-mythological motifs. The highly inset side handles are supported by wing...

Large polychrome faience amphora with ovoid body and winged sphinx handles. Decorated in the round with mythological motif depicting the rise of the gods to Mount Olympus. The master...

Vivid colors, hand-painted in the Renaissance style, enhance this large maiolica pot from the 1800’s. Maiolica is tin-glazed pottery from Italy that has been decorated over a white background. This pot is considered an istoriato, which is to say that the pot has been decorated with figures, rather than strictly geometric patterns or floral designs. The maiolica does incorporate floral and foliate motifs, with white flowers that have yellow centers surrounded by blue rings. There are also yellow flowers that are depicted in various stages of nyctinasty (the closing of flowers during the night). The flora is all connected by a series of green and yellow curled leaves. Behind the vegetation is a dark blue background. There are two portraits inside large yellow cartouches that are painted in the middle of the pot. The first is a bearded man, dressed in a light brown tunic...

Large neo-renaissance ewer in cast and chased bronze with angels. Beautiful, elegant and voluptuous forms. The body of the ewer is decorated with scrolls and leaves. The handle insid...

A very large 19th century twin handled maiolica vase in the form of a wine krater. The exquisite hand painted decoration includes two central cartouches, one depicting Bacchus and Ar...

A pair of "Egyptian Revival" vases, made of turned and sculpted Alder wood following an Egyptizing shape according to the taste of the Egyptian era. The vases are finished with a pre...