European Ceramics

A rare and possibly unique Ridgway Royal Porcelain plate c.1850. The central reserve very finely decorated with a bouquet of flowers, the border decorated with a deep cobalt blue gro...

Wonderful midcentury vases and platter produced by Upsala Ekeby Sweden designed by Ingrid Atterberg 1962. The relief pattern gives life and structure to the yellow / brown glaze. ...

art deco huge Ø33cm! fruit bowl hand made in France ar. 1930 - very rare in perfect condition

This is a large antique custard pouring jug. An English, ceramic dessert server, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Colourful decoration accentuates this substantial ...

French Art Deco antelope sculpture by Charles Lemanceau at Sainte-Radegonde, France, 1920s. Ceramic sculpture named "Antelope standing". Illustrated in the Sainte-Radegonde catalogue...

A pair of stunning table lamps in colourful blown opaline glass designed by Tamara Aladin, and manufactured by Riihimäen lasi Oy in Finland between 1975-1976. Both lamps are in very ...

Rare Herend Queen Victoria Hand-painted Porcelain 1) Twin Salt Cellar and 2) Sugar Bowl with Lid Set. Salt Cellar can be used as trinket holder as well. Pieces are hand-painted, mult...

Elevate your table with The Sultan's Garden plate, a harmonious blend of artistry and elegance. The hand-painted border frames a delicate floral design, created with a hand-applied d...

A stunning Aesthetic Movement William Brownfield plate with a stylised panel and floral design by Christopher Dresser (British, 1834-1904) dating from around 1876. Christopher Dr...

This is a hard paste porcelain waste or slop bowl by New Hall in a hand painted Chinoiserie figure pattern number 20, dating to the late 18th century, Circa 1790. The bowl is well...

Polychrome ceramic Perfect condition.

A hand thrown rustic glazed confit pot that has come from a home in France. It dates from the 19th century and shows its age beautifully with some nibbles and wear to the glaze. Originally made for use as a confit pot within the home, it has a half glazed outer and fully glazed inner in a creamy yellow ochre shade. These are great decorative pieces within the home, or as small pots for flowers...

Early Arista / border tile made in Toledo. Tile decorated in renaissance with stylized flowers was probably made between 1550 and 1575. Catalogue: La Azulejería Toledana a Través ...

Charming pair of English Staffordshire porcelain lions depicted standing opposing each other. Decorated over a light cream ground with par...

This is a fine porcelain Shell Dish, beautifully hand painted in pattern 3884 and made by H & R Daniel of London Road, Stoke, Staffordshire Potteries, England. Pieces by H & R Daniel are beautifully decorated and sought after, being very expensive when first made. The dish is quite large and well potted with an embossed raised moulded design to the upper outer rim section. The pattern is called Ribbon & Wreath, pattern number 3884 and is fully recorded as an H & R Daniel pattern. It is finely hand painted with individual flower sprigs, with a gold gilded inner rim edging. The dish has 3884 hand painted in red on the inner foot rim. A beautiful piece by this renowned high quality factory NOTES: H & R DANIEL Henry Daniel (1765-1841) was an enameller and colour maker. Prior to setting up his own manufactory in 1822 he ran a business within the Spode II* factory from at least 1805 to August 1822. In 1822, Henry formed his own business. Richard (1800-1884) Henry’s second son was officially made a partner in 1826. The manufactory known as H & R Daniel continued until 1846 when it ceased due to insolvency. Daniel’s wares were said to be on a par with the best hand painted porcelain of the time. Prestigious customers included the Earl of Shrewsbury...

Set of 11 green Majolica knife rests. Vallauris, circa 1950.  

Mid-Century Modern pottery lemonade set by CAS Vietri Italy set consisting of a pitcher, 6 beakers and a matching coffee mug. All pieces are decorated with hand painted scenes of rural life reminding of designs by Irene Kowaliska...

Elevate your table with The Sultan's Garden plate, a harmonious blend of artistry and elegance. The hand-painted border frames a delicate floral design, created with a hand-applied d...

A ceramic urn designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand. It is 22.5 cm (9") high and in excellent condition. It is marked as the photo shows and it is marked as 1st quality, it has some...

Vintage artistic Danish pottery bowl with a beautiful abstract design Signed on the base but artist unknown No cracks or chips.

Glass Pot “SCARF” Author: Decorative Glassworks "Makora", Krosno Year of creation: 2nd half 20th century Information: laminated glass, hand-formed, mass decoration with a crack mot...

By Regnier, in La Borne Modern stoneware ceramic sculpture realized in 2018. Brown and white stoneware wood firing ceramic colors. Architectural form realized in La Borne, F...

This is a large vintage fruit bowl. An English, hand painted ceramic decorative dish, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. Wonderful...

Original beautiful Art deco vase with polychrome Sea decor and gilding by Raymond Chevalier designer artist of Charles Catteau at Boch Frères, La Louvière. In a very good condition w...

Wonderful large blue rare floor vase. Produced at Ekeby and designed by Vicke Lindstand in the 1940s. Its streamline shape makes it perfectly adapted to the modern home. Drilled hol...

A large and stunning Danish Royal Copenhagen porcelain sculptural figure of a Puma by renowned animal artist Khud Kyhn (Danish, 1880-1969) conc...

This elegant Art Nouveau vase was realized in the England by the storied maker Wedgwood circa 1890. It features Art Nouveau stylized foliate patterns in caramel and crimson with an i...

The ceramic figure has a sleek, elongated body with an elegant, somewhat abstract form typical of mid-century modern design. The figure is wearing a skimpy, two-piece costume. The to...

Vintage French ceramic decorative stein by Gustave Reynaud, Le Mûrier studio (circa 1960s). A delightful drinking vessel (or preferably a small flower vase perhaps?) with handle in t...

CANDLESTICK “SCARF” Author: Decorative Glassworks "Makora", Krosno Year of creation: 2nd half 20th century Information: laminated glass, hand-formed, mass decoration with a crack m...

Large unusual Austrian Majolica oyster plate, circa 1880.

Finest Viennese Art Ceramic from the 1930s: Actress Lilian Harvey as a walking lady with a large hat, wearing a tight-fitting emerald green top with a bustier dotted black on light g...

George Jones Majolica Pitcher, of baluster form with relief molded stiff acanthus leaves, grasses, and wheat on a brown ground, the top banded with stylized leaves glazed in chartreu...

Andrea D'Arienzo ceramic vase, Vietri, Italy 1950s.

Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Murano glass.

Small polychrome glazed ceramic figure of a small seated figure with curly black hair and chain with peace sign.

Elevate your table with The Sultan's Garden plate, a harmonious blend of artistry and elegance. The hand-painted border frames a delicate floral design, created with a hand-applied d...

Elevate your table with The Sultan's Garden plate, a harmonious blend of artistry and elegance. The hand-painted border frames a delicate floral design, created with a hand-applied d...

Pierre Digan Elegant stoneware ceramic set of 4 bowls or dishes by the French artist. 4 differents ceramic glazes colors, brown, green, blue and grey. Original set realized...

This large bowl is ribbed and richly glazed in a chocolate brown. Signed and numbered 129.

British art Studio Pottery by artist and sculptor Tessa Fuchs (1936-2012), produced circa 1982. Tess Fuchs was born in Chesire and studied at the Sa...

French pottery cider bottle from Normandy, end of 19th century.  

This is a cup & saucer duo in the rarely seen, hand painted "Pine Grove" Pattern by the renowned Art Deco designer Clarice Cliff. This piece dates to the late Bizarre period, Circa 1935. The Pine Grove Pattern was Newport pattern 6449, having boldly drawn black, blue and green fir trees with orange/red trunks, the whole design then covered in thin grey, blue & green bands. This pattern is rarely seen but has the distinctive "Clarice" look of the early Bizarre pieces. The cup has the Bizarre black printed stamp on the base and the saucer has the Wilkinson's honey-glaze mark, all fully documented in the book ; Clarice Cliff The Bizarre Affair, written by Leonard Griffin and Louis K. and Susan Pear Meisel...

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...

This is a charming ceramic storage jar, painted a light gray color. Its medium size makes it a versatile piece that will easily incorporate into y...

A ceramic pitcher by Fernande Kohler, Vallauris, France, ca' 1950's. Beautiful lava glaze, stylized female figure, signed on the bottom. This a great example of Vallauris pottery.

Wonderful Aldo Bitossi Italian art pottery lion figurine sculpture and dates from the 1960's. Marked on the bottom "Made in Italy". Color is great and the figurine is in excellent co...

Rare Art Deco Goldscheider ceramics figurine The dancer wears a blue-green dance dress cut low in front and at the back with a wide, short skirt...

This is a very good coffee can and saucer/dish DUO made from stone China ( ironstone) by SPODE in the English Georgian period, circa 1820. Both pieces are beautifully hand decorat...

This is a very good porcelain covered bowl, complete with lid, having a very decorative chinoiserie pattern, number 2829 made by Davenport & Co. of Longport, Staffordshire, England, ...

Majolica plate signed Choisy le Roi, circa 1890. Very rare large size 9.5 inches. 6 plates available.

Large 19th century French pottery vine pitcher with grapes. Pottery from Normandy.  

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...

A dancer in a butterfly costume is shown, standing, arms raised and head tilted sideways, making a slight twisting motion. The fabric falling from the sleeves is reminiscent of butte...

This is a Large Plate in the Ledia shape in the rare sought after, hand painted "RED TREES AND HOUSE" Pattern by the renowned Art Deco designer Clarice Cliff. This superb plate char...

Enamel ceramic sculpture by Abele Jacopi (1882-1957) signed Lenci. Art Deco period, Italy, circa 1950.

Description This is an amplifier compatible with all smartphones in which the speaker is positioned at the bottom, near the microphone. It will allow you to increase the volume of your smartphone by 15/20 decibels! European Design Patent filed n. 005778529 Materials Handmade in 100% Italian ceramic and non-toxic glazes, i.e. free of lead and other substances harmful to the health of workers (as required by EU regulations). METHOD OF USE Just insert your smartphone in the appropriate space and start your favorite music to hear it clear and loud at home, outdoors or wherever you want! It has a hole for passing the power cable. ECO-SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION The production method is characterized by an ethical and eco-sustainable approach. Ceramics of controlled origin, non-toxic glazes and photovoltaic panels are used to guarantee the functioning of the electric ovens...

Aldo Londi for Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Orange, Brown, Signed. Small ball form vase with orange glazed body and raw clay collar. Signed on underside of base: 4208 B Italy.

Early 20th century traditional Spanish ceramic vase. Manufactured in Spain, early 20th century. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beauti...

Beautiful West German Art Pottery. Marked '488-45' on bottom. Regarded as the golden age of ceramics, highly collectable 1950s-1970s Art Pottery is known for experimental and explora...