Earthenware Ceramics

Full-Size George Jones Majolica Cow Cheese dome and stand (Stilton Dish), 11.75 height x 12.5 diameter inches, on a vivid deep pink glazed ground with str...

Glazed stoneware tray or platter with abstract geometric pattern, made by the Italian ceramicist Guido Gambone. Hand-built form with organic edges is covered in a dense, textured gla...

Pair of George Jones Majolica Cornucopia Vases, English, circa 1875, each modeled as a white wicker ground cornucopia, with trailing green glazed leafy vines and simulated mossy twig...

Large Plalissy ware Majolica Trompe L'oeil Platter by Alfred Renoleau (French 1854-1930), circa 1885. Naturalistically molded and applied with a large fish and eel to the center, a ...

An 18th/19th century Delft tin glazed ceramic plate with painted flower motif 16" diameter. Tin-glazed earthenware.

J. Roth London Majolica Taza, with Greek key boarder in pink on cobalt blue, with green leaf and ferns and wild roses, English, circa 1880, on a footed circular base, incised monogra...

A fine Majolica serving platter or bowl by the celebrated English pottery firm, Minton. Featuring a design of a recumbent cherub or child clutching grapes upon a bed of grape leaves...

Early large rustic yellow Majolica pitcher with a tavern scene signed Sarreguemines, circa 1870.

Stunning glazed earthenware bowl made by the Italian ceramicist Guido Gambone. Seldom seen at this monumental size, it would make a beautiful, functional centerpiece bowl. Distinctiv...

Large unusual Austrian Majolica oyster plate, circa 1880.

Rare and important French Art Deco ceramic sculpture by Marcel Renard (1893-1974), circa 1920s of a woman modeled in robes with a baby. Made of earthenware with a soft crackled glaze...

Traditionally shaped fruit dish by contemporary French ceramist and colorist Claire de Lavallée.   

This is a pair of English creamware dishes from the 18th century, created around 1785. The plates display a lovely chinoiserie scene with women selecting accessories. The scene depic...

Large Vintage Glazed Earthenware Teapot by Peter Shire, 1982. Earthenware and Enameled Metal construction, Hand-Built. Approx: 15 1/2" high x 12" wide x 25" long Peter Shire: ...

We are pleased to offer this exceptionally large and rare mid-19th century English mochaware bowl. Each piece of mochaware is unique. Made in England ci...

This early 20th century Continental terracotta planter is designed in a rich high glaze cobalt blue and white finish. The body of the planter features decorative applied handles that...

George Jones Majolica large 'Rose Basket' 9.5-in wide in cobalt blue, circa 1872. Impressed British Registry mark stamp to reverse for 17 February 1872. George Jones pattern number '...

Unique midcentury decorative dish. Hand painted and etched decor, circa 1950s. Signed. A Classic example of the 1950s California Craft movement...

Set of four 19th century Majolica asparagus plates. Each plate features three molded asparagus spears with a sunflower and vines encircling the perimeter. The plates are unmarked, bu...

Very nice pottery, ewer, by the well known artist, John Gill, signed, dated 1986.

A set of three, late 19th century. Italian Majolica plates / chargers. Decorated with armorial crests of three different designs. Very good dra...

A vintage Italian Blanc De Chine fountain of a beautiful putti sitting atop a lion's bust bowl. This piece is a wonderful decorative centerpiece on its own.

We are thrilled to offer this fabulous large three-tiered 18th-century creamware platt menage, made circa 1780-90 in Staffordshire or Yorkshire, England. It is a rare and elegant ex...

This pair of antique English dishes show a fabulous bird's eye view of an elephant in an imaginary Asian setting. Two figures ride an Indian el...

French faience oyster plate signed Fouillen Quimper, circa 1930.   

This decorative ceramic was created by Nils Thorssen for Royal Copenhagen. Earthy tones of golden brown and muted blue compose this 'Baca' or circular ab...

Large English Majolica begonia leaf decorated with strawberries and cherries, circa 1890.

French faience blue and white fish platter signed Longwy, circa 1900. Measures: 21.5" L x 8.5" W x 1.5" H.

19th century Italian faience pitcher decorated with bird on a fence and a tree on the other side.

French faience oyster plate signed Fouillen Quimper, circa 1930. With a crab.

French faience oyster plate signed Fouillen Quimper, circa 1930.

Centerpiece inspired by "Yemenja," goddess of the sea. Made of earthenware with a light blue glaze, and textured with small holes, similar to the pattern of a sea urchin shell...

WHY WE LOVE THEM: They're majestic! We are pleased to offer this pair of large antique Luneville lions made in France circa 1800. These exceptional lio...

Exceptional early 20th century earthenware bookends in the style of Wiener Werkstatte of stacked Lions. Both beautifully sculptural and functional these unique period pieces have tho...

British pottery pearlware sponged spirit flasks modeled in form of boots, Scottish, circa 1840-1850. The pair of unusual flasks are sponged in mottled colors of blue, pink, and ...

Amusing pair of Victorian Majolica pickles pitchers signed dated with the English mark June 7th 1871.

FAPG 20247D John Bennett (1840-1907), New York Plaque with pink and blue phlox, circa 1881-1882 Earthenware, painted and glazed Measures: 14 7/8 in. diameter, 1 13/16 in. high Signed and inscribed (on the back): J B[monogram] ENNETT / E 24 NY. / MC [or] CM If the Herter Brothers was the most distinguished and successful cabinet making and decorating firm in New York in the 1870s-1880s, the transplanted Englishman John Bennett was probably the most gifted ceramicist working in New York in the Aesthetic period. (Bennett was included in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s landmark exhibition, In pursuit of beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement, in 1986–87, and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen’s chapter, “Aesthetic Forms in Ceramics and Glass,” pp. 216–19, significantly informs this essay). Born in England, the son of a potter who worked in the Staffordshire district, Bennett came under the influence of John Sparkes, head of London’s Lambeth School of Art. Soon thereafter, he was hired by Henry Doulton of the eponymous firm to teach artisans there the new art of underglaze faience decoration, which was part of a revival of the sixteenth-century interest in hand-painted ceramics. A number of Bennett’s works for Doulton were shown in the Doulton display at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, and the considerable success enjoyed by Bennett and Doulton from an American audience undoubtedly played an important role in Bennett’s decision to leave Doulton and England and set up shop in New York in 1877. By the next year, he had already established a studio in New York, where he produced his own pottery in the tradition of the Arts & Crafts innovators, William Morris and William De Morgan, and also taught classes at the new Society of Decorative Art to the growing band of women who had taken up china painting, both professionally and avocationally. Bennett’s pottery developed a very serious following among students and collectors, and was offered for sale at such leading retail establishments as Tiffany & Company in New York. Typically, his work was brilliantly colored, with carefully drawn naturalistic flowers against a monochromatic background. Bennett’s fully developed American work, particularly pieces of larger scale, is exceedingly rare, as he worked in New York only from 1877 to 1883, in which year he withdrew to a farm in rural West Orange, New Jersey, where his production continued on a limited basis. He remained listed as a ceramicist there until 1889. While in New York City, Bennett maintained a studio at 412 East 24th Street. The present charger, boldly featuring pink and blue phlox, is signed by Bennett, and is inscribed “E 24 NY,” indicating its manufacture during Bennett’s time in New York. Although it is not dated, this piece is closely related stylistically to various dated pieces from 1881–82, which would place its production toward the end of Bennett’s New York years. Although we do not know whether Bennett worked out of this 24th Street studio from the outset, he was indeed working there by 1879 when he made (and signed, inscribed, and dated) a charger with white and red flowers now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, which specifically points to “412 East 24 / NY” (acc. no. 1998.317). Additionally, the U.S. Census of 1880 lists Bennett as a ceramicist located at that same address, married to Mary Bennett with whom he had had six children. There are several other examples from Bennett’s time in New York City, which also give his studio address on East 24th Street, including a covered jar in cadmium yellow with indigo and green flowers made in 1881; an undated footed vase with lilac...

The large underglaze blue and white pearlware jug is decorated with flowers on one side and a simple modernistic stylized drape design on the other.

French white faience grapes-motif reticulated handled basket, circa 1900.

Victorian Minton Majolica pigeon pie tureen with wickerwork design. Supported by three realistically modelled grey fantailed pigeons roosting...

A truly whimsical and wonderful piece of Italian Majolica that is incredibly well crafted. It is incised and appears almost enameled. It is signed or inscribed by the artist on the b...

This rectangular, antique terracotta wall plaque was crafted in Provence, France, circa 1860. The colorful wall hanging cameo features a woman's ...

Pair of Art Deco (Belgian) crackled earthenware vases with blue floral motif (stamped Boch Frs/La Louviere, #D944) (PRICED AS Pair)

Aqua Majolica plate with a peacock signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi, circa 1890. The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end of 19th...

A George Jones Majolica Dessert Plate, with relief-molded pineapples and swirling green-glazed leaves, the center with yellow ocher-glazed simulated basketweave, English, ca. 1870. ...

Fall madly in love with our Elephant Tureen, featuring a fantastic sculpture of red and yellow elephants. Its sumptuous exotic flora and refined detail...

Majolica Palissy Fishs Wall Platter Vallauris signed Lamarche, circa 1950. Diameter / 9.5 inches. 2 fishs, mussel,lemon, starfish and seaweeds.

A pair of large Wedgwood bowls their borders painted with a lovely, delicate vine with lavender and lavender-pink flowers and green leaves. They are understated and beautiful! The u...

George Jones Majolica strawberry server with separate cream and sugar, English, 1879. Naturalistically molded strawberries, strawberry...