European Ceramics

A wonderful set of salad plates to make your table shine Hanpainted, in italy, Saint Jacques (scallops) will bring an everyday summer on your ta...

A large vintage serving platter featuring the harvest fruit brown and white transfer-ware pattern by the celebrated English pottery firm, John...

A rare Meissen Marcolini Porcelain Chinoiserie incense burner vase and cover, made for the Chinese market, circa 1800, blue cross swords and star mark, Pressnummer 58 A Museum Quality Piece. Painted in the sought after famille rose palette with sprigs of indianische Blumen and enriched in gilding, the simulated pierced body supported by four feet painted with stylized dragons, the pierced cover with a Buddhist lion finial. 10" high x 6" wide x 6" deep The shape of this piece, which appears to be unrecorded in the literature, is inspired by similar Chinese porcelain censers from the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1654-1722). An example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated by Li Yi-hua in Qing Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Periods from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl. 65. Another in the British Museum, London (museum no. PDF, A.812) is catalogued as a perfume-holder. These porcelain examples are in turn inspired by ancient Chinese bronzes from both the Shang (1600-1046 BC) and the Zhou (1046-246 BCE) dynasties, an example of which was sold anonymously by Christie's New York, 22 March 2019, lot 1601. This chain of inspiration tracking backwards from the 19th century to antiquity provides a clear example of how ceramics, and indeed other mediums, are able to influence and motivate the works of later generations. For a Meissen porcelain snuff...

Important ceramic pichet attribued to Jean Rivier, Vallauris France 1960. Beautiful creamy white and brown enamelling. Elegant shape and very nice dimensions.

Large unique ceramic dish, Art Nouveau. Design Julia Kabel for Kähler approx. 1910 - 1920. Glaze with polychrome, decorated with birds and foliage. Go...

Masonic / Sportsman Golf Tankard. A white glazed ceramic tankard with golf scene and Masonic emblem. The golf scene shows an inebriated golfer lent ag...

This porcelain plate from Doulton Burslem is decorated with s design from Doulton's "Spanish Ware" range. In this case a hand painted bough of raspberries, foliage and flowers has been done, using a very soft palette, and outlined in gold on a graduated fawn ground. This type of ware was developed by John...

A rare, probably unique, tall grotesque figural ewer by Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers dated 1880. The ewer is very tall and modelled as a fanciful animal seated...

Bruno Gambone large glazed ceramic horse sculpture with flattened hollow body, Italy, 1970s. This regal stoneware horse has an off-white matte gla...

A ceramic vase signed Alistair Danhieux. Signed and dated under the base. 2009. Perfect original conditions.

Gemini vase in White Designed by Project 213A in 2020 Handmade Stoneware A beautiful flower arrangement can bring out the inner quality of flowers and plants, expressing emotion. T...

Vintage Royal Doulton fishing Ceramic. A Royal Doulton Series Ware 'The Gallant Fishers' fishing bowl. The bowl is with a polychrome fishing scene of a fisherman lying on the river bank reading a book. The inscription around the edge reads 'And When The Timrous Trout I Wait To Take And He Devours My Bait'. here is a slight foul to the side of the bowl, but may have been done when made as it is glazed over. The bottom has pattern number D3680 and has the special "The Gallant Fishers" back stamp. The stamp looks like an old English shop sign...

Ceramic table lamp by Olivia Cognet Materials: Ceramic Dimensions: around 40-50 cm tall Available in different sizes, finishes...

An Arts & Crafts Minton tile in the Kingfisher pattern, designed by Christopher Dresser, ca. 1870. Arts & Crafts designer Christopher Dresser’s works were true to the movement’s c...

Colourful glazed ceramic centerpiece bowl by Vi.Bi. Torino made in the early 1960. This ceramic piece features beautiful pastel Italian colors, and Vi.B...

Product Description: This sugar bowl and creamer belong to the popular series called Salix by Stig Lindberg and decorator Bibi Breger. The Salix serie dra...

Two maiolica flower pots Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1770 - 1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) The...

This is an exceptionally large English mid-19th century Victorian Ironstone Platter decorated in a beautifully detailed Japanese Imari pattern. The enameling is sharp with deep coloration and the overlaid gold is in very good original condition. The platter is marked "Stone China" on the reverse. The platter is in very good overall condition with normal patination and very minimal losses to the painted decoration. There is a bit of wear to the underside of the rim which does not detract from the value of the platter. Platers of this size are very uncommon and desirable. This piece could be installed as a work of art or even fitted with a custom table base...

Stunning Art Deco ceramic vase by Saint Clement, France with white crackle glaze finish and floral decor near the bottom, circa 1930s. The crackle clear glaze was a popular techniq...

A rare Danish Bing & Grondahl brown and white figurine of a pointer dog, designed by Lauritz Jensen. Marked and signed on bottom of the left hind le...

Acquareccia plate Patanazzi workshop Urbino, last quarter of the 16th century It measures diameter 17.12 in; foot diameter 11.53 in; height 1.88 in (43.5 cm; 29.3 cm; 4.8 cm). Weight State of conservation: wear and a few small minimal detachments of enamel, chipping on the raised areas, peeling of enamel at the brim on the back. This large, shallow basin is equipped with a wide and convex well. It is umbonate with a contoured center. The brim, short and flat, is enclosed in a double rounded and barely raised edge. The basin has a flat base without rims; it has a slightly concave center in correspondence to the well. The shape takes inspiration from the basins associated with the metal forged amphora pourers that traditionally adorned the credenza. These were used from the Middle Ages to wash hands during banquets. Two or three people washed their hands in the same basin and it was considered an honor to wash one’s hands with an illustrious person. The decoration is arranged in concentric bands with, in the center of the umbo, an unidentified shield on a blue background: an oval banded in gold with a blue head, a gold star and a field with a burning pitcher. Rings of faux pods separate the center from a series of grotesque motifs of small birds and masks. These go around the basin and are, in fact, faithfully repeated on the brim. The main decoration develops inside the flounce of the basin, which sees alternating symmetrical figures of winged harpies and chimeras. The ornamentation, outlined in orange, green and blue, stands out against the white enamel background. This decorative style, defined since the Renaissance as “grottesche” or “raffaellesche”, refers to the decorations introduced after the discovery of the paintings of the Domus Aurea towards the end of the fifteenth century. The discovery of Nero's palace, buried inside Colle Oppio by damnatio memoriae, occurred by chance when a young Roman, in 1480, fell into a large crack which had opened in the ground on the hill, thus finding himself in a cave with walls covered with painted figures. The great artists present in the papal city, including Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Raffaello, immediately visited these caves. The decorations found there soon became a decorative subject of immense success: the term grotesque , with the meaning of “unusual,” “caricatured,” or “monstrous,” was later commented by Vasari in 1550 as “una spezie di pittura licenziose e ridicole molto”( “a very licentious and ridiculous kind of painting”). The decorations “a grottesche” also widely circulated in ceramic factories, through the use of engravings, variously interpreted according to the creativity of the artists or the requests of the client. Our basin is reflected in similar artifacts produced at the end of the sixteenth century by the factories of the Urbino district. See the series of basins preserved in the main French museums, among which the closest in morphology is that of the Campana collection of the Louvre (Inv. OA1496); this however has a more complex figure decoration, while the decoration of our specimen is sober and with a watercolor style. The style, sure in its execution, approaches decorative results still close to the works produced around the middle of the sixteenth century by the Fontana workshop. The decoration is closely linked to their taste, which later finds its natural outlet, through the work of Antonio, also in the Patanazzi workshop. Studies show the contiguity between the two workshops due to the kinship and collaboration between the masters Orazio Fontana and Antonio Patanazzi, both trained in the workshop of Guido Fontana il Durantino. It is therefore almost natural that their works, often created according to similar typologies and under the aegis of the same commissions, are not always easily distinguishable, so much so that the presence of historiated or “grottesche” works by Orazio is documented and preserved in Antonio Patanazzi's workshop. Given that the studies have always emphasized the collaboration between several hands in the context of the shops, it is known that the most ancient “grottesche” works thus far known, can be dated from 1560, when the Fontana shop created the so-called Servizio Spagnolo (Spanish Service) and how, from that moment on, this ornamentation became one of the most requested by high-ranking clients. We remember the works created for the Granduchi di Toscana, when Flaminio Fontana along with his uncle Orazio supplied ceramics to Florence, and, later, other commissions of considerable importance: those for the service of the Duchi d’Este or for the Messina Farmacia of Roccavaldina, associated with the Patanazzi workshop when, now after 1580, Antonio Patanazzi began to sign his own work. Thus, in our basin, the presence of masks hanging from garlands, a theme of more ancient memory, is associated in the work with more advanced stylistic motifs, such as the hatching of the chimeras and harpies. These are found here on the front with the wings painted in two ornate ways. In addition, the theme of the birds on the edge completes the decoration along the thin brim and can be seen as representing an early style typical of the Urbino district during a period of activity and collaboration between the two workshops. Later, a more “doll-like” decorative choice, typical of the end of the century and the beginning of the seventeenth century, characterized the period of the Patanazzi workshop under the direction of Francesco. Bibliography: Philippe Morel, Il funzionamento simbolico e la critica delle grottesche nella seconda metà del Cinquecento, in: Marcello Fagiolo, (a cura di), Roma e...

A beautiful blush porcelain pitcher in the Aesthetic style, made by Royal Worcester in 1890. This small pitcher is decorated with hand-painted flowe...

A ceramic vase in the Art Deco style with a figure of a Harlequin Very good condition Measures: height: 20cm width: 12cm diameter of the vase: 8cm.

A stylish mid-century art pottery Denby handled jug hand painted with stylized floral designs by renowned English ceramist Glyn Colledge (British, 1922-2...

Excellent art ceramic figurine from the 1930s: Young lady with bob hairstyle standing upright, torso turned to the left and supporting both arms on the hips, in a short blue kimono with a floral pattern and high heels. Behind her between the legs is seated a harlequin doll...

Extraordinary figurative piece of ceramics that represents a nude woman with really wonderful volumes and fantastic strokes reflecting the great skill and talent of the artist, hithe...

"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 ...

A lovely yellow bowl designed by Pia Rönndahl at Rörstrand in the 1980s. The bowl is 7 cm (2.8") high and about 14,5 cm (5.8") in diameter and in excellent condition except from some...

An unusual Austrian art pottery sculptural figure of St Christopher carrying the Christ child across a river attributed to renowned Austrian sculptor, Ceramist, designer and teacher Michael Powolny (Austrian, 1871-1954) and probably dating between 1920 and 1930. The hand-crafted figure shows St Christopher with the Christ child on his shoulder and a wooden staff...

Very Rare Goldscheider Vienna ceramic Figurine of the 1930s: Standing blond lady with cap and coat, showing great resemblance to Marlene Dietrich, with setter. On a cream-colored r...

A very stylish and attractive pair English Hornsea Studio Craft mid-century ceramic vases decorated in the Westminster pattern probably designed by John Clappison and dating from around 1960-62. The vases have a trumpet shaped body with an incised linear pattern decorated in red on a cream colored ground. Based on the Gothic architecture of London’s Westminster...

This striking sculpture is part of the Anatomica series by Vito Nesta, featuring decorative objects with simple and essential anatomical shapes characterized by bold, contrasting col...

This striking sculpture is part of the Anatomica series by Vito Nesta, featuring decorative objects with simple and essential anatomical shapes characterized by bold, contrasting col...

A ceramic vase signed Alistair Danhieux. Signed and dated under the base. 2010. Perfect original conditions.

An early modernist earthenware vase. Designed by Vicke Lindstrand, for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Upsala-Ekeby AB was a porcelain, tile, brick, and glass company founded in 1886...

Jean Baptist Stahl Pate-sur-Pate/ Phanolith neoclassical charger of the argo Germany, circa 1899 An exceptional large pâte-sur-pâte/ phanolith Neoclassical charger/plaque depicting...

This porcelain plate from Doulton Burslem is decorated with Doulton's "Spanish Ware" pattern with hand coloured flowers outlined in gold on a pink ground with a painted background. This type of ware was developed by John Slater...

A ceramic covered pot signed Alistair Danhieux. Signed and dated under the base. 2012. Perfect original conditions.

Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna” decorated with trompe l’oeil Pasquale Rubati Factory Milan, 1770 circa It measures: 4.7 in (cm 12) X 5 in (...

A lovely and rare vase in faience designed by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg in the 1940s. The vase is 22 cm high and in very good condition except from some minor craqueleur as the fai...

This striking sculpture is part of the Anatomica series by Vito Nesta, featuring decorative objects with simple and essential anatomical shapes characterized by bold, contrasting colors and modern flair. Made of Capodimonte porcelain with a glossy, white finish, this sculpture is shaped like a hand and features a lower section decorated with a beautiful vintage banquet...

Designed and glazed by an artist with humor and perhaps a bit of irony, this charming tile was made by the famed Industria Ceramica Salernitana (ICS) pottery in the 1930s. Entitled "...

Pair of Italian Maiolica Vases, of baluster form, with polychrome Renassance style decptions, on pedestal bases, with large molded and applied snakes forming the handles, the reverse...

Royal Copenhagen figurine no. 3539. Girl with a doll. Height 15 cm. 1st. Factory quality. Perfect condition. Early stamp. The design of Ada Bonfils.

Very large and rare Goldscheider ceramic figurine of the 1920's: Striding graceful young lady in oriental clothing, balancing an amphora on her head...

A ceramic jug with oriental decorations manufactured in Engladn in late 19th century. It's in perfect conditions.

?Title : Painted Flower Bowl in Grey Speckled Clay and Matte Sand + Sheer Glaze 2021s / Belgium Size : F135 x H 45 mm Artist : Sigrid Volders [Sigrid Volders] Based in Antw...

Very rare Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s: Standing young lady with blond hair in beige-green-red checkered dress over blouse with large mesh and wide red hemmed s...

Very large squared ceramic plate, hand painted abstract decor in green, yellow, red and black Signed Guido Gambone and donkey Mark, circa 1950-1960 About Guido Gambone Guido Ga...

Very rare Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1920's: Representation of a young variety dancer in pose. She wears a short, low-cut, blue ruffled dress, the skirt ends of whi...

This exclusive ceramic plate is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter: it is d...

A beautiful antique Sèvres swan sauce boat in biscuit porcelain with gilded detail. This smaller scale sauce boat is a whimsical addition to the table ...

Very original set of 4 pieces from the "George Sand" set. It's named this way because inspired by the famous set created by the French manufactory Creil & ...

Midcentury modern vase with graphic dotted, organic, floral decor on white base. Decorative leaves in green, yellow, red colors. Manufactured in the late ...

Rare Art Déco Goldscheider Figure Group Of The 1930s: Gallant couple: dancer in a fan-like flared dress with flounces and floral decoration with her upper body and crossed legs lean...

Very original set of 2 earthenware breakfast cups in the "George Sand" set. It's named this way because inspired by the famous set created by the French ...

Rare & Important Antique English Large Wedgwood Queensware (Creamware) Centerpiece with influences by Robert Adam represented by the swags and fest...

A stylish Italian small rounded wall plaque hand decorated with a geometrical pattern by Ceramica D'Amore Vietri and dating from around 1950. The sma...