Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Oyster Plate, English, circa 1875

A Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Plate, the center with a relief-molded fish and floral on a deep cobalt blue ground, with a Moresque-style ornamental circular band glazed in brown and oc...

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 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 ...

Minton majolica six-well oyster plate glazed in simulated malachite, the reverse with impressed and molded marks: 'MINTON,' and Minton Date Cypher for 1873, molded British Registry L...

Majolica Chrysanthemum oyster plate signed Wedgwood, circa 1875.

Victorian Majolica Fish Pitcher Holdcroft, circa 1890. Bamboo handle.

An English majolica plate, The Flying Crane, by Joseph Holdcroft, Circa 1870. Designed in the Aesthetic Japonisme taste, the crane is centered on a turquoise pebbled ground with a border of prunus, or pink Dogwood branches stemming from the brown branch form rim. Showing the unusual green glazing on the verso, distinctive to Holdcroft majolica. Book reference,’The Collectors Encyclopedia of Majolica’ by Mariann Katz-Marks, page 95. Joseph Holdcroft held several patents for the production of earthenware. He was employed by Minton where he became proficient in the manufacture of majolica. Holdcroft established the Sunderland Pottery...

An English majolica Leaf and Dandelion floral bowl by Joseph Holdcroft, Circa 1870. Designed in the Aesthetic taste, four overlapping leaves, glazed in the colors of Autumn, are centered on a deep powder blue ground of raised Dandelion blooms with pink centers. The verso is glazed in a solid turquoise. Joseph Holdcroft held several patents for the production of earthenware. He was employed by Minton where he became proficient in the manufacture of majolica. Holdcroft established the Sunderland...