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Item Ships From: Europe
Material: Earthenware
Maiolica Italian Pitcher Ferretti Manufacture, Lodi Circa 1770 - 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica pitcher
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 8.66 x 8.66 x 4.33 in (22 x 22 x 11 ...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
XXL Handmade Neapolitan Majolica Tile Panel, Italy
Located in Rijssen, NL
Gorgeous Neapolitan XL tile panel by the firm, Recuperando, Italy.
In a beautiful color palette showing lots of details. This large panel (140 cm) consists of 49 tiles of 20x20 cm. ...
Category
2010s Italian Other Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Victorian Antique Majolica Jardinière of the Four Seasons by Minton
By Minton
Located in London, GB
Victorian antique Majolica jardinière of the Four Seasons by Minton
English, c. 1905
Measures: Height 39cm, diameter 32cm
This charact...
Category
Early 1900s English Renaissance Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Matt White Glaze Majolica Sculpture with Hand Sculpted Peony, Italy 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Small ceramic sculptures with peony by Antonietta Mazzotti Emaldi, 2018, Glazed earthenware (majolica) and 24ct gold, entirely handmade, unique piece. Customisation available in terms of colour of both for base and flower.
Antonietta Mazzotti (Faenza, Italy 1950) attended the Istituto d’Arte per la Ceramica in Faenza and opened her first workshop in her hometown taking part in group and solo exhibitions at international level. In 1976 she has transformed the neo-gothic greenhouse of Villa Emaldi in her workshop. Antonietta Mazzotti has worked for some of the most important international museums and has received several important recognitions worldwide. Her works have been featured in major Italian magazines of interior design and she has acquired international visibility being featured in major international press publications, such as The New York Times. She still lives and works at Villa Emaldi in Faenza where she continues her research on historical decor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Earthenware
Four 17th Century Delft Blue and White Wall Tiles on Frame Set 1, Netherlands
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are Four Delft ceramic wall tiles mounted on a modern wood frame, all with a blue and white hand painted flower pattern, made in the Netherlands during the 17th century, circa ...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Wood, Earthenware
English Pottery Slipware Baking Dish, 18th Century
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
English pottery slipware baking dish, late 18th century. The plain edged, brown glazed dish, trailed in creamy yellow slip, with a wriggled, trellis design, b...
Category
1780s English Georgian Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Sarreguemines French Majolica Pottery Wall Pocket, circa 1885
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine antique French art pottery Majolica wall pocket by Sarreguemines and dating from circa 1880-1890. The lightly pottery wall pocket is m...
Category
1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Mid-Century Modern Fish Serving Plate by Vallauris Signed Morvan, France, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful and large Mid-Century Modern fish serving plate in vallautis ceramic signed by Morvan. Great combination of colors. France, 1950s
In an ...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Minton Majolica Landscape Scene Wall Plate by Edouard Rischgitz
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton tin-glazed majolica wall plate which features a hand-painted scene of a hunting party in a country landscape. The plate was painted by Edouard Rischgitz - a Swiss painter. Col...
Category
1860s Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Ceramic Plate Hand Painted Glazed Majolica Italy Contemporary 21st Century
Located in London, GB
"Eyes Protection" hand painted ceramic plate "SegnalEtica" series by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware. All unique pieces, Italy, 2019. Measure: 40 cm ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Georgian Spode Soup Bowl or Deep Plate in Chinese Flowers Pattern, circa 1820
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful bowl or deep plate produced by the Spode factory and made of a type of a pottery called Pearl-ware, in the early 19th Century.
The pattern is called "Chinese Flo...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Pearlware
Royal Copenhagen / Aluminia Confetti Dish and Two Plates, Mid-20th C.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen / Aluminia Confetti dish and two plates in black and blue glazed faience. Mid-20th century.
The dish measures: 23 x 14.5 cm.
Plate diameter: 17.5 cm.
In excellent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Faience
French Mid-Century Modernism Pitcher and Eight Cups Set by Vallauris Faience
By Vallauris
Located in Paris, FR
Vallauris, midcentury French modern style and a vibrant combination of colors for this great set with one pitcher bottle and eight cups, in a excellent condition.
Dimensions:
E...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Royal Copenhagen/Aluminia Confetti, Three Salt/Pepper Shakers and Butter Boards
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen / aluminia confetti. Three salt/pepper shakers and three butter boards in glazed faience. Mid-20th century.
Butter board diameter: 15 cm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Staffordshire Prattware Cow and Calf Creamer with Bocage
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Tittensor (possibly) Staffordshire Pottery Prattware bocage cow creamer which features a cow and a calf, recumbent on a shaped base. Decorated 'in the round', decoration to front and...
Category
19th Century British Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
20th Century Set of 3 Authentic Ceramic Tiles Lisa Larson for Gustavson, 1970s
By Lena Larsson
Located in Rijssen, NL
A most unique and unusual piece of wall art by the well known Swedish Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg, 1970s. There are 3 individually tiles plaques. Each pattered tile is a work of art ...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Onnaing Style Barbotine Tobacco Box Reading Pig, 19th Century
By Onnaing
Located in Paris, FR
Onnaing style barbotine tobacco box representing a sitting pig with a cane, wearing glasses and a blue hat, smoking and reading a French newspaper called "La Viene". Around it, three...
Category
19th Century French Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Pablo Picasso Vallauris A.R. 330 Limited Edition Plate With Three Faces, 1956
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Vallauris (A.R. 330) terre de faience limited edition plate portraying three faces by Pablo Picasso and dated 1956. The rounded plate i...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Large Ceramic Plate Hand Painted Glazed Majolica Italy Contemporary 21st Century
Located in London, GB
"Toxic" hand painted ceramic plate "SegnalEtica" series by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware, Italian majolica. All uniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Choisy-le-Roi Green Majolica Pheasant Moulded Pottery Plate, 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine and quality antique French Majolica plate with a pheasant set within a wooded landscape signed Hippolyte Choisy le Roi and dating ...
Category
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Italian Maiolica Ancient Tureen, Lodi, 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 9.05 x 12.59 x 9.05 in (23 x 32 x 23 cm)
...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Georgian Plate by Spode in Gilded Bow Pot Pattern Number 2954, circa 1820
By Josiah Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful plate in the Bow Pot pattern, produced by the Spode factory and made of a type of earthenware pottery called Pearl-ware, in the early 19th century, circa 1820.
...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Pearlware
Ceramic Plate Hand Painted Glazed Earthenware Italian Contemporary
Located in London, GB
"Recycle" hand painted ceramic plate "SegnalEtica" series by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware. All unique pieces, Italy, 2019. Measure: 40 cm diameter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Ceramic Abstract Sculpture by Andrea Salvatori Italy Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Untitled, 2020, glazed earthenware, approx: H 16 x 15 x 15cm
Andrea Salvatori (Italy, 1975) is an internationally renowned visual artist working with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Marble Vase Made of Faiance from the 1970s
Located in Chorzów, PL
A marble vase from the 1970s.
Made of faiance
Very good condition.
Dimensions: Height 20 cm, diameter 18 cm.
Category
Late 20th Century German Other Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Italian Rooster Glazed Ceramic Large Tureen Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching colorful hand painted glazed ceramic rooster shaped large tureen. Italy, 1950s.
The largest size in this kind of tureens or egg containers. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Emile Gallé for St. Clement, Nancy, Antique Bowl with Handle on Three Feet
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Emile Gallé for St. Clement, Nancy. Antique bowl with a handle on three feet in hand painted faience with frogs, 1870s-1980s.
Measures: 15.5 x 5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Signed.
Category
1870s French Arts and Crafts Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Faience
18th Century European Earthenware Pitcher with Blue Colored Decoration
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An 18th century European ceramic pitcher, most probably from Germany, with glazed decoration in blue colour representing flowers on a beige background. It has most probably been used...
Category
Late 18th Century German Folk Art Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Two Pairs of Italian Maiolica Baskets, circa 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Two pairs of maiolica baskets
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1790
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
Measures: A) Height 3.54 x 6.69 x 9.84 in (9 x 17 x 25 cm);
B) Height 3.93 x 7.48 x 11.02 in (10 x 19 x 28 cm).
Total weight 4.85 lb (2.200 kg)
State of conservation:
A) One of the smaller baskets has some areas of restoration, the other slight chipping from use;
B) One of the larger baskets is intact and the other shows a clearly glued break.
The mold with which the baskets were forged simulates a wicker weave.
The two larger works have high, vertical walls, with branch-shaped handles penetrating the weave. The painted decorations, small polychrome flowers applied only externally, highlight the points where the weaves intersect.
The decision to leave the center of the basket devoid of decoration is highly unusual, but given the size and complexity of the shape, as well as the quality of the enamel, it is possible to hypothesize that it represents a precise choice in manufacturing or for a particular client.
The two smaller baskets have small, twisted handles and, on the outside, reproduce more decisively the characteristic wicker weave, obtained through thin molded lines. The interior exhibits a rich, typical decoration of naturalistic flowers: a bunch centered around a main flower and secondary stems accompanied by small “semis”. The exterior of these works is also adorned with small little flowers where the weaves intersect.
The size and morphological characteristics of the baskets confirm their attribution to the Lodi factory of Antonio Ferretti between 1770 and 1790, during its most successful period; by this point his original reworking of the "Strasbourg" decoration, known as "old Lodi", had achieved great fame even outside Italy.
This decorative choice represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and which Antonio Ferretti introduced in Italy. This production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple.
The Ferretti family had started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725.
The forefather Simpliciano had started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano had started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59).
In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory.
In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, could commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables...
Category
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Turquoise Glaze and 24ct Gold Umbonate Majolica Vase, Italy, 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Umbonate vase by Antonietta Mazzotti Emaldi, 2018, Glazed earthenware (majolica) and 24ct gold, entirely handmade, unique piece. Available in two sizes: H 40cm / H 34cm
Antonietta Mazzotti (Faenza, Italy 1950) attended the Istituto d’Arte per la Ceramica in Faenza and opened her first workshop in her hometown taking part in group and solo exhibitions at international level. In 1976 she has transformed the neo-gothic greenhouse of Villa Emaldi in her workshop. Antonietta Mazzotti has worked for some of the most important international museums and has received several important recognitions worldwide. Her works have been featured in major Italian magazines of interior design and she has acquired international visibility being featured in major international press publications, such as The New York Times. She still lives and works at Villa Emaldi in Faenza where she continues her research on historical...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Gold
A Deruta Maiolica Dish Early 16th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
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The centre painted with archaic de...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Abstract Ceramic Sculpture by Andrea Salvatori Italy Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Untitled, 2020, glazed earthenware, measures: approximate H 16 x 15 x 15 cm
Andrea Salvatori (Italy, 1975) is an internationally renowned visual art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
West German Scheurich Keramik Fat Lava Ceramic Vases / Jars, Set of Three
Located in Barcelona, ES
Colorful set of three West German fat lava brown and orange glazed ceramic vases. Germany 1960s.
The giant sized one is a West German Pottery fat lava glazed ceramic vase manufactured by Scheurich. Marked on underside: W.German 408-40. .
These vases are amazing placed together. They have eye-catching colors in orange, shades of red, orange and brown.
The smaller fat lava West Germany...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Lava
Antique Lidded Majolica Grotesque Horned Head Vase, 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An antique Majolica lidded vase moulded with a continuous relief moulded scene of putti in various activity with grotesque horned lion heads applied either side of the rim. The earth...
Category
19th Century European Victorian Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Emile Gallé for St. Clement, Nancy, Antique Compote in Hand Painted Faience
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Emile Gallé for St. Clement, Nancy. Antique compote in hand painted faience with a motif of a rooster, 1870s-1880s.
Measures: 23.5 x 10.5 cm.
Signed....
Category
1870s French Arts and Crafts Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Antique Relief Tile Panel in the Style of J. Parentani, 1890
Located in Rijssen, NL
Stunning Art Nouveau/ Arts & Crafts tile panel from the superb firm, Craven Dunnill, & Co., Ltd, Jackfield Salop, England, circa 1905, in a bright celadon. This quantity original jug...
Category
1890s French Medieval Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Pair of Deep Red Glaze and 24ct Gold Leaves Majolica Vases, Italy, 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Pair of vases by Antonietta Mazzotti Emaldi, 2018, Glazed earthenware (majolica) and 24ct gold, entirely handmade, unique pieces.
Antonietta Mazzotti (Faenza, Italy 1950) attended the Istituto d’Arte per la Ceramica in Faenza and opened her first workshop in her hometown taking part in group and solo exhibitions at international level. In 1976 she has transformed the neo-gothic greenhouse of Villa Emaldi in her workshop. Antonietta Mazzotti has worked for some of the most important international museums and has received several important recognitions worldwide. Her works have been featured in major Italian magazines of interior design and she has acquired international visibility being featured in major international press publications, such as The New York Times. She still lives and works at Villa Emaldi in Faenza where she continues her research on historical decor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Glazed Terracotta Oversized Vase with Black Abstract Decoration
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large terracotta bottle vase with hand painted black motifs, Italy, 1971.
Massive glazed terracotta bottle vase with black primitive decorations.
Handc...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery, Terracotta
Set of Glazed Ceramic Corn on the Cob Glasses and Pitcher, France, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Majolica glazed ceramic corn on the cob jug and tumbler set of four. France, 1960s.
The set is comprised by a large ceramic jug with co...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Pair of Staffirdshire Figures ‘Jobson & Nell’, Enoch Wood, circa 1820
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Pair of Staffordshire pottery figures, probably Enoch Wood factory, circa 1820. The figures very well modelled as ‘Jobson and Nell’. The se...
Category
1820s English Georgian Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Italian Maiolica Coolers Pasquale Rubati Manufacture Milan, 1770 Circa
Located in Milano, IT
Assortment of bottle and glass coolers in Maiolica.
Pasquale Rubati manufacture
Milan, circa 1770
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire)
a - Bottle cooler
5.91 in x 5.91 in diameter (15 x 15 cm )
Weight: 1.86 lb (845 g)
b - Bottle cooler
6.89 x 7.87 in diameter (17,5 x 20 cm)
Weight: 2.09 lb (948 g)
c - Pair of glass-cooler vases
3.94 x 3.94 in diameter (10 x 10 cm)
Weight: 1.43 lb (650 g)
Good state of conservation:
a - some chipping from use on the edge;
a - two fêlures covered on the edge;
c - one has deep chippings on the edge and the other a subtle fêlure.
Two Majolica factories were active in Milan in the 18th century. The first, starting from 1745, was owned by Felice Clerici; the other one by Pasquale Rubati from 1756. Rubati was in competition with Felice, whose worker he had been prior to opening his own workshop. On his death in 1796, the business was continued for a few more years by his son Carlo.
Recent studies have recognized Pasquale Rubati's contribution as the creator of "Strasbourg-style" decorations with their particularly joyful depictions. This style had previously been attributed to the Lodi manufacturers. These works here, however, are a clear example of this production.
The Majolica containers have different sizes, a cylindrical shape and rest on a low foot ring. The two largest are completed by handles in the shape of a zoomorphic mask with wide open jaws, while the smaller ones have handles applied with an anthropomorphic mask.
All the works are characterized by elegant floral decoration.
The two twin glass coolers show bunches of flowers centered around a main corolla, a rose or a peony paired...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Antique Majolica Ceramic Cheese Keeper by George Jones
By George Jones
Located in London, GB
Antique Majolica ceramic cheese keeper by George Jones
English, circa 1870
Measures: Height 30cm, width 23cm, depth 23cm
This delightful cheese kee...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Floral and Turquoise Ceramic Fruit Platter by Manufacture of Longwy Enamels
Located in Barntrup, DE
Beautiful French Art Deco style long and oval-shaped earthenware fruit platter by Emaux de Longwy, hand painted and enameled with polychrome floral decoration in white, pink, green, ...
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Mid Century Teapot and Jug Blå eld by Hertha Bengtsson for Gustavsberg Sweden
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A Mid Century Modern teapot and milk jug from the series "Blå eld" translated to Blue fire in English is quality earthenware from Rörstrand, Sweden desig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Four Italian Ancient Dishes, Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
Assortment of 4 dishes with braided rim
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
Measures: 14 x 10 in (35.5 x 25.5 cm);
12.2 x 8.39 in (31 x 21.3 cm);
10.4 x 9.65 in (26.5 x 24.5 cm);
10.8 x 9.61 in (27.5 x 24.4 cm).
Weight: 4.4 lb (1.998 kg)
State of conservation: some chips due to use on the edges and on the parts in relief.
The four different dishes have a foot with a low lip from which extends a wide, flat, slanted rim resembling a basket weave. The small handles are painted green: they resemble wickerwork in the two oval dishes and take the form of a sinuous branch in the round ones.
The third fire decoration is inspired by the naturalistic floral botanical patterns on the ceramics produced by the Hannong family in Strasbourg. Here the pattern is defined by the rapidity and subtlety of the brushstrokes and the result is particularly tasteful, characterized by compositional intelligence and pictorial expertise.
A main corolla, either a wild or garden rose, is set slightly off center in each well. From this extends a thin stem holding a small secondary bud and there are small field florets dotting the composition to lend volume to the delicate bunch of flowers.
On the brim, small polychrome flowers add color to the weave, accompanied by lanceolate leaves of a very intense green.
There exist few and very rare examples for comparison with this morphology: a round plate - entirely consistent with those in question - has been dated to around 1775 (S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, tav. 200). Two other dishes with a basket rim, but with parallel striped brim decoration, were exhibited in the 1995 exhibition on Lodi ceramics; the attribution to the Lombard town near Milan is therefore almost exclusively derived from the decoration called "alla rosa contornata" or "alla vecchia Lodi" and constitutes one of the most popular decorations during the eighteenth century. (M. L. Gelmini, in Maioliche lodigiane del '700 (cat. mostra Lodi), Milano 1995, pp. 31 p. 162-163 nn. 181-182).
This decorative choice represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and which Antonio Ferretti introduced in Italy. This production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple.
The Ferretti family had started their Maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725.
The forefather Simpliciano had started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano had started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59).
In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory.
In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the Maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, could commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables...
Category
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Emile Gallé for St. Clement, Nancy, Antique Bowl with Handle
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Emile Gallé for St. Clement, Nancy. Antique bowl with a handle on three feet in hand painted faience with a coat of arms. 1870s-1880s.
Measures: 15.5 x 5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Category
1870s French Arts and Crafts Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Pair of Doulton Lambeth Faience Vases. J.P. Hewitt, circa 1885
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine pair of Doulton Lambeth faience vases, painted by John P. Hewitt, circa 1885. Both vases, beautifully hand painted with semi naked girls...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Italian Maiolica Tureens, Ferretti Manufacture, Lodi Circa 1770 - 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of maiolica tureens
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
a – 8.66 x 11.02 x 7.48 in (22 x 28 x 19...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
French Enameled Earthenware Vase, Puisaye, 1960s
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Enameled earthenware vase.
Handcrafted in France, in the potters' region of Puisaye.
Dripping glaze and complex texture on its pot-belly.
In the style of Jean Carries...
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1960s French Vintage Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Ancient Italian Maiolica Tureen Milano, 1770 circa
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen “allo struzzo” (ostrich decoration)
Milan, Felice Clerici or Pasquale Rubati factory, circa 1750-1780
Measures: 9.25 in x 12.79 in x 10.23 in (cm 23.5 x cm 32.5 x cm 26)
lb 4.78 (kg 2.17)
State of conservation, a felûre consolidated inside with slight edge chipping restored.
In Milan in the 18th century two Majolica warehouses were opened, the first, by Felice Clerici, in 1745, the second in 1756 by Pasquale Rubati.
Traditionally this type of decoration has been attributed to the Pasquale Rubati factory. In reality the motif “allo struzzo”, one of the clearest examples of how the taste for chinoiserie met with considerable success during the 18th century, had been produced, in specimens of greater or lesser quality, by both Milanese manufactories.
This Maiolica tureen has a swollen and ribbed oval bowl, rests on an extroflexed foot and shows stirrup handles.
The tri-color ornament, in the typical tones of Japanese "Imari" decorations, shows an idealized oriental landscape that develops around a perforated rock and has a willow tree with long lance-shaped leaves framing the long-legged bird figure. The ornamentation is enhanced by decorative elements such as butterflies, small florets and a vase with a thin flowery stem.
The lid is ribbed with a pear-shaped knob on top.
The decoration was called in the Milanese manufactories "allo struzzo" (ostrich decoration) and this refers to the oriental figure Xian He or the crane, symbol of longevity, here losing its symbolic value. It is hypothesized that among some 16th century engravings...
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1770s Italian Chinoiserie Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
18th Century Faience Jug
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautiful German faience jug from one of the Northern German factories.
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18th Century German Folk Art Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Emile Gallé Blue Faience 1880-1890 Marine Landscape Ceramic Tiles, Set of 2
By Émile Gallé
Located in Brescia, IT
Rare pair of blue faience tiles
Marine landscape painted
France, 1880-1890
"E. Gallé Nancy" signed on the back
Excellent condiction.
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1880s French Belle Époque Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Rococo Italian Maiolica Flower Pot Pasquale Rubati, Milano, 1770 circa
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna” with support feet
decorated with little bunches of flowers
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, circa 1770
5.5 in X ...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Ceramic Plate by Pantoù Ceramics Hand Painted Glazed Earthenware Contemporary
Located in London, GB
"No Parking & Stopping" hand painted ceramic plate "SegnalEtica" series by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware. All unique...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
20th Century Glazed Earthenware Giraffe Sculpture Bright Colors & Mint Condition
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and highly decorative giraffe sculpture.
Anyone who has ever been to Africa and saw these majestic animals in the wild will never forget the sight of them. The graceful manner ...
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Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Ceramic Plate by Pantoù Ceramics Hand Painted Glazed Earthenware Contemporary
Located in London, GB
"High Tension" hand painted ceramic plate "SegnalEtica" series by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware. All unique pieces, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Italian Maiolica Pharmacy Flasks Felice Clerici, Milan Circa 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
Two maiolica pharmacy flasks
Milan, Felice Clerici Manufacture, 1770-1780
They each measure 9.44 in (24 cm) in height x 6.10 in (15.5 cm) in diameter
lb 4 (kg 1.8)
State of conserva...
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1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Cantagalli Armorial Vase, Ulisse Cantagalli, circa 1890
By Cantagalli
Located in CH
Cantagalli Armorial Vase, Ulisse Cantagalli (1839-1901)
During the 19th century Renaissance-Revival period the Cantagalli Maiolica and Ceramic Fac...
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1890s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Earthenware Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
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