Joesph Holdcroft Majolica Pond Lily Plate, Signed, English, circa 1875

Holdcroft Majolica umbrella stand, English, circa 1875.

Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme square shaped box and cover, glazed in cobalt blue, with relief molded flying cranes, flowering prunus branches, and squirrels, the cover bordered...

A George Jones Majolica 10-inch Oval Pen Tray, with green-glazed relief-molded lily pads with white blossoms and naturalistically glazed bullrushes on turquoise-glazed water forming the ground, with a yellow ocher rim, the reverse glazed in brown and green tortoiseshell...

A Joseph Holdcroft cylindrical teapot and cover, naturalistically molded as a tree trunk entwined with flowering blackberry, with branch handle and spout, the cover finial formed as ...

George Jones majolica pitcher with relief molded calla lilies and leaves in panels to either side, with yellow glazed cable borders and rope handle, the body decorated with engine-tu...

A Minton Majolica Wine Ewer Designed by Hugues Protât (active 1835-90), English, ca. 1875, the body molded as a wine barrel with grape vines to the center, surmounted by four Bacchanalian cherubs, with a Renaissance-style shaped and scrolled spout; the entire piece from the pedestal to the spout is entwined with purple-glazed grapes and green leaves with tendrils, the handle formed by overlapping vines; the reverse with impressed marks, 'MINTONS' and design number '900,' which corresponds to 'Barrel Jug with Cupids (M)' as recorded in the Minton Majolica Ornamental Shape and Design books and partially reprinted in Bergesen. BOOK REFERENCES: Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 181. Minton Ornamental Shapes (i.e., design numbers) listed in Appendix D, pp. 180-182. Joan Jones, MINTON: THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION. Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press, 1993, p. 348. Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, Volume Two, fig. 12.63. Full-page color photo of this actual piece. The author incorrectly dates the production of this example as 1863, but as it is impressed 'MINTONS,' it would have to be later than 1873 when the 'S' was added Minton. Victoria Cecil, MINTON MAJOLICA, Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 48, cat. No. 17. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 41. The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue for the International Exhibition 1862...

Majolica Chrysanthemum oyster plate signed Wedgwood, circa 1875.

Antique majolica pond lily plate, made by Joseph Holdcraft around 1885 in England. A vibrant green plate with pond lily flowers and a yellow boarder. Hallmarked on the underside wi...

Majolica water lily plate signed Josef Steidl Znaim, circa 1890.

Majolica water lily pond plate Wasmuel, circa 1890.  

Rare English Majolica strawberry plate signed Worcester, circa 1875.

19th century English Majolica plate with a lovely layered pattern of waterlilies and leaves. I have never seen this pattern before - it is lovely. The...