Earthenware Ceramics

An English majolica four fish jug, attributed to Adams and Bromley, circa 1875-1880. This whimsical Victorian Era pitcher is formed as four, side by...

- Handbuilt terracotta ceramic wall light - made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings. - made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Houda. - co-created by the potte...

A stunning set of scandinavian modern plate and vase by Nils Thorsson for Aluminia, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark. Thorsson’s “Baca“ series features highly detailed and complex relief ...

18th century polychrome earthenware shoe slippery A Dutch earthenware shoe slippery, dated circa 1750, The Netherlands in beautiful polychrome colors, blue, purple, orange, green, ...

Glazed Terracotta vase in shades of green, blue, beige Traditional spanish glazed ceramic vase "Albarelo" in green and blue pastel colors decoration with brown accents. It has a mar...

An earthenware coffee service made in the USA by Franciscan, in their ‘Madeira’ pattern, produced between 1967 and 1983. A mid century tan floral motif scrolls across the body of the...

Rare majolica jar with lid is decorated with bright, multicolored abstract birds and flowers motifs in sgraffito technique, that were hand-painted over the lines. The handles, the r...

Pair of glass coolers Felice Clerici or Pasquale Rubati Factory Milan, 1745-1788 Circa Majolica polychrome decorated "a piccolo fuoco" (third fire) Dimensions of each: 5.9 in in hei...

Majolica plate with rooster 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 centu...

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

Very special vase, made of ceramic with extraordinarily decorative painting, made by hand in enamel. This style in Art Deco, the workmanship and the objects of comparison, for exam...

French Majolica oyster plate with yellow acanthus leaves, circa 1900.

A lovely pot in faience designed by Stig Lindberg at Gustavsberg in the 1960s. The decor is painted by Karin Gustavsson who were one of the painters at Gustavsbergs factory. The pot ...

Serving bowl in the shape of a corn on the cob with a leaf. Underglaze mark. Nice addition to your table or just to display. Please see detailed pictur...

This is a large impressive Art Pottery Vase, with three angular handles, all hand modelled using the Sgraffito method, with Fish decoration, hand made by W L BARON of Barnstaple...

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, ...

I offer for sale an extremely decorative and fun element to set your table. Made in Italy between the 70s and 80s, this Jug is part of a successful series that included numerous tabl...

A scarce Burmantofts Faience Bacchanalian tile of rectangular form modelled in relief with figures attending to a resting man set within a raised stepped edge and decorated in green ...

A set of six cups and saucers featuring the Wild Turkey - Flying brown and white transfer-ware pattern by the celebrated English pottery firm, Johnson Brothers. With authentic mid...

19th Century French Blue & White Faience Dessert Plate Sarreguemines. 8.5 inches diameter.

A Wedgwood Majolica earthenware pottery match holder and striker, Staffordshire, England – circa 1869. For the hearth, kitchen or bedside, the holder is ribbed for lighting strike...

A scarce Burmantofts Faience Bacchanalian tile of rectangular form modelled in relief with figures with a goat set within a raised stepped edge and decorated in burgundy glazes. Inci...

A Wedgwood Majolica earthenware pottery match holder and striker, Staffordshire, England – circa 1869. For the hearth, kitchen or bedside, the holder is ribbed for lighting strike...

- Handbuilt terracotta ceramic wall light - made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings. - made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Houda. - co-created by the potte...

A rare and beautiful wall relief featuring different beautifully hand-painted portraits of women, designed by Birger Kaipiainen for Rörstrand and manufactured in Sweden in the 1950s....

Complementary set of two sculptural stoneware bowls designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, during the mid-20th century. The larger bowl has an asymmetric, softly tri...

This large blue and white bowl is covered with wonderful ornaments in the fashionable Japonism taste of the 1880's and 1890's. The earthenware bowl carries as a makers mark an impres...

The designs on this French faience group is typical of pottery made in Rouen. Early 20th Century French Hand-Painted Faience Candlestick from Rouen Marking on the bottom: " Rouen Fa...

A Minton Majolica Small Tazza formed as a shallow bowl supported by a horn and naturalistic stag's head, with green stylized leaves, the oval base glazed in cobalt, with gadrooned ed...

Charming Swedish Dish in faience by Stig Lindberg (1916-1982), Gustavsberg Porslinsfabrik. From the Karneval series 1958-1962. Wear consistent with age and use

Rare majolica box with lid is decorated with multicolored raised abstract butterfly motif on mottled light grey background. The rim of the lid and the bottom of the box are defined ...

Antique French faience handled platter coat of arms wth dogs and floral pattern, circa 1900.

Handmade stoneware table lectern manufactured at the workshop of Apparatu in Barcelona. Different clay bodys are mixed with natural fibers like corn, str...

From Italy, this hand painted majolica vase has two scenes divided by scrolling snake handles. One side depicts a trophy of arms with black eagle supporters, a flag and a ribbon date...

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...

French majolica parrot absinthe or water pitcher by St. Clément. In good condition, the pitcher showcases a vibrant coloration and glaze, making it an excellent decorative piece for...

T. C. Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. Majolica Bread Platter, of round form, the mottled center, banded in yellow, the outer border with yellow wheat sheaves molded in high relief, the r...

Antique French faience handled platter with coat of arms dogs and floral pattern, circa 1900.

A lovely 18th century Nevers earthenware plate featuring Revolutionary decoration of the Three Orders surmounted by a crown and the inscription "Union Force".

A Wedgwood Majolica Cabinet Plate, English, 1877, Designed for Wedgwood by General Henry Hope Crealock (British 1831--1891), the central scene depicting a transfer printed and hand-e...

Maiolica plate (tondino) Urbino district, Casteldurante or Pesaro, 1533-1555 It measures: diam. 7.48 in (19 cm), foot diam. 2.75 in (7 cm), height 1.0...

A lovely 18th century Nevers earthenware plate featuring a charming country home, smoke billowing out of the fireplace, trees nestled around.

Small 18th Century Makkum Polychrome earthenware shoe slippery Makkum, The Netherlands, ca 1750 Beautiful colors, blue tones, yellow, green, some red and deep purple in the floral d...

Set of five knife rests signed Desvres, circa 1890. Colorful with coat of arms and acanthus leaves.

Théodore Deck (1823-1891) An important Japonisme vase by Théodore Deck, combining richly developed glazes with sculptural elephant-head bronze mounts. This large enameled ceramic va...

French Majolica Lobster Plate HB Choisy Le Roi Circa 1930. The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end...

Modernist majolica bowl vase or centerpiece features a complex sculptural shape with stepped body, flared round foot, and prominent angled rim; minimal form of the piece is accentuat...

French Majolica leaves platter, circa 1890.

Shiny orange cup or vide-poches by Jacques et Dani Ruelland, 1960s. Signed on back Measures: Diameter 20 cm. Nice condition Bibliography : Les Ruelland Céramistes / JJ Wattel

Otherworldly circular earthenware vase by Ikebana master Jean Clause Seris b 1941. His works have become highly collectable of recent years especially in specialist galleries in ce...

A stunning of pair of blue and white bronze-mounted lamps, wired for US, circa 1880. Total height with the shades / 22".

Coffee or tea set of cups orange design, Spain, 1960s. Cool set of hand-painted orange glazed ceramic cups. Manufactured at the Mid-Century Modern Period. This set will be a nice...

Lovely German Majolica cat with her kitten plate, circa 1900.

An extremely rare and wonderfully hand-painted monumentally large charger featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth - a quite unique and bold work by famed American/ California studio ...

Huge Vase in form of an amphora, by the well known manufacturer Bernhard Bloch from Bohemia. The beautiful emerging amphora shape is decorated with hand-cut décor all over the body...

Dark red and green glaze with mother of pearl sheen covers this soft cylinder shaped tall Dutch vase from the 1950s. Signed under base. Beautiful vintage condition. Zaalberg, The N...

Maiolica sugar bowl Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1770-1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). It measures 3.54 x 4.52 x 3.54 in (9 x 11,5 x 9 cm) Weight: 0.394 lb (0.179 kg) State of conservation: small and slight chips on the edges. The small sugar bowl has a swollen and ribbed body resting on a flat base. The cap-shaped lid follows the rib of the container and is topped with a small knob in the shape of a two-colored fruit. The sugar bowl is painted “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) with the characteristic floral motif of bunches and isolated semis. An example which closely corresponds to this one is kept at the Civic Museum in Lodi (G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia, Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137). This decorative style 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 later introduced by Antonio Ferretti to Italy. The 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 started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725. The forefather Simpliciano started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces starting from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano 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, was able to 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, both with or without contour lines, as well as in purple or green monochrome. After efforts to introduce more industrial production techniques to the sector succeeded, even the Ferretti manufacture, in the last decade of the eighteenth century, started heading towards decline despite its attempts to adapt production to neoclassical tastes. In 1796 the Napoleonic battle for the conquest of the Lodi bridge over the Adda definitively compromised the furnaces. Production resumed, albeit in a rather stunted manner, until Antonio's death on 29 December 1810. (M. L. Gelmini, pp. 28-30, 38, 43 sgg., 130-136 (for Simpliciano); pp. 31 sgg., 45-47, 142-192 (for Antonio). Bibliography G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi Milano e Pavia Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137; C. Baroni, Storia delle ceramiche nel Lodigiano, in Archivio storico per la città e i comuni del circondario e della diocesi di Lodi, XXXIV (1915), pp. 118, 124, 142; XXXV (1916), pp. 5-8; C. Baroni, La maiolica antica di Lodi, in Archivio storico lombardo, LVIII (1931), pp. 453-455; L. Ciboldi, La maiolica lodigiana, in Archivio storico lodigiano, LXXX (1953), pp. 25 sgg.; S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, pp. 17 sgg.; A. Novasconi - S. Ferrari - S. Corvi, La ceramica lodigiana, Lodi 1964, ad Indicem; Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia (catal.), Milano 1964, p. 17; O. Ferrari - G. Scavizzi, Maioliche italiane del Seicento e del Settecento, Milano 1965, pp. 26 sgg.; G. C. Sciolla, Lodi. Museo civico, Bologna 1977, pp. 69-85 passim; G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981; M. Vitali, in Storia dell'arte ceramica...

1959 / 2004 based on Red Rose Plate from 1959 earthenware plate with acrylic display box plate diameter: 23 cm or approx. 9" display box: 32 x 30 cm or approx. 12 1/2" x 11 3/4" edit...

Large terracotta bottle vase with hand painted black motifs, Italy, 1971. Massive glazed terracotta bottle vase with black primitive decorations. Handc...

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...