18th Century Ceramics

Assortment of dishes Lombard manufacture 1770 – 1780 Circa Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). Two large dishes: diameter 14.76 in (37.5 cm); weight 4.5...

A good rare Prattware pottery model of a baby's cradle. Decorated with orange and blue intersecting circles throughout the body and embellished ye...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th Century Portuguese "Saint Antony" Measures: 266 cm x 294 cm Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th ce...

Beautiful small white porcelain plate decorated with different flowers such as petunias and phlox. Leaves seem to fly. A small plum is hidden on the back of the plate. We discover a work of extreme finesse. The lines are very fine and delicate. The arrival of porcelain in Europe was linked to the development of shipping and international trade. Porcelain was very popular in Europe because of its lightness and durability. The importation from China is linked to the lack of mastery of this technique by the Europeans. The French, Dutch and British East India...

Pair of antique English blue and white chinoiserie square bowls by Caughley, each one with scalloped edges with gilt borders. Unmarked, ...

This finely decorated Qing-period rose medallion or rose mandarin bowl is beautifully hand-painted with four vignettes depicting courtly scenes.

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese "Troubadour" Measures: 252cm x 86 cm 108 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18...

A Chinese Porcelain teapot. Qianlong period Fantastic and highly detailed decoration in Grisaille/Encre de Chine Painted with ‘The Valentine Pattern’. Two doves perched on a quiver ...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese "Spring " Measures: 112 cm x 89 cm 48 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th ...

Beautiful 18th century Panel Loose Pieces Portuguese Tiles 1.93 x 0.83m 84 tiles good conditions

In the past, this pair of beautiful ceramics carafes, was utilized in a Pharmacy to contain erbs and spices infusions. The carafes shows all signs of the time, but they remain a pai...

Chinese plate, 18th century Measures: H. 2 Dia. 23 cm H. 0.7 Dia. 9 in.

18th century Portuguese Tiles Panel "Cupid" 84cm x 56cm 24 tiles good conditions

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 180cm x 84cm 78 tiles Important note: This panel is with the ...

This beautiful and impressive Rouen earthenwear in the shape of a young bacchus seated on a blue barrel holding a bottle in his right hand and a glass in his left hand. Polychrome de...

18th century glazed ceramic fragments arranged on an iron framed panel.

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese "Lady " Measures: 262 cm x 170 cm 228 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th ...

This is a hand painted Chinese export bowl from the late 18th century, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795. We date this piece to...

This Jacquot pot is made of polychromed earthenware big fire. This is a French work from the city of Lille. Mid-18th century.

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese "Prayer " Measures: 182cm x 182 cm 108 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th...

A rare 9" Lambeth Delft plate: "An English Delftware tin-glazed charger attributed to the Abigail Griffith London Lambeth pothouse. Great decorative blue and white delftware- boldly ...

Five oval maiolica dishes with pierced edge Manufacture of Pasquale Rubati Milan, 1770-1780 Three small oval dishes 10.23 in x 7.67 in (26 cm x 19.5 cm) Two large oval dishes 10.82 in x 8.85 in (27.5 x 22.5 cm) lb 3.5 (kg 1.8) State of conservation: intact The five dishes of different sizes have an oval shape, a mixtilinear edge and a molded polylobed shape with a surface enriched with a relief weave motif extending to the brim and forming a perforated basket...

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...

A pair of Yongzheng period famille rose plates, Chinese, 1722-1735. Fine example with qilins among peonies. Some rubbing of the gilding & enamels. Mid-Qing dynasty for export. Minor ...

18th century Spanish Ceramic plate with a Country scene.

Maiolica puerperal cup Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1770 - 1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). It measures: 4.3 x 6.8 x 5.3 in (11 x 17,5 x 13,5 cm) Weight: 0.78 lb (358 g) State of conservation: some closed pass-through fêlures on the cup, barely visible on the outside. Some use chips on the edge of the lid, two of which are more marked. From about the mid-sixteenth century, the puerperal soup tureen or puerperal cup became one of the most popular wedding gifts in central Italy. As an auspicious symbol, it replaced the birth table (“desco da parto”) which, on the occasion of high-ranking marriages, from the thirteenth century, had been painted by famous artists, especially in Tuscany. In France this same tureen is called "écuelle de mariée", as it is given to spouses as a sign of fertility. During the eighteenth century this custom spread even outside Italy to all social levels. Depending on availability and rank, it was made of different materials: precious metals, maiolica, porcelain, glass, pewter, etc. Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, the custom of this symbolic homage gradually disappeared, although famous designers such as Gio Ponti and Giuseppe Gariboldi, even as recently as the 1940s, revisited a model of a small puerperal soup bowl for the Ginori and, also in Italy in 1940, in a national competition for young potters, one of the themes of the test was indeed a modern model of a puerperal cup as an auspicious gift. This particular cup was also called a "service cup" or "puerperal vase" or "stuffed cup" - the windows were sealed with straw to prevent drafts of air for women in labor. In the eighteenth century the line of the puerpera cup was simplified, so much so that it took the form of a small tureen with two handles - the typical broth cup...

With domed cover with gilt lemon finial on a conforming base with two handles.

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Virgin wedding " Measures: 154cm x 140 cm 110 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles rest...

Table Top Beautiful 18th century Panel Loose Pieces Portuguese Tiles 3.00 m x 1.00 m good conditions

18th century Portuguese Tiles Panel "Angels Playing" 1.09 x 0.72m 40 tiles good conditions

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Battle Scene" Measures: 239cm x 140cm 160 tiles Important Note: This panel is with ...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " River Scene" Measures: 200cm x 083cm 84 tiles Important Note: this panel is with the tiles...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese "Vase" Measures: 126cm x 126cm 81 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 17th cent...

18th century Portuguese Tiles Panel "Angels" 70cm x 84cm 30 tiles good conditions

18th century Portuguese "Knight" Measures: 98 cm x 112cm 56 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered as if it were a paintin...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 204cm x 088cm 90 tiles Important note: This panel is with the...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th Century Portuguese " Angels " Measures: 84 cm x 70 cm 30 Tiles. Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th...

Azulejo de cerámica vidriada español de triana en color azul y blanco, S XVIII de cabeza de caballo pintado a mano.

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...

Meissen teapot decorated with countryside and riverside scenes populated by traveling figures and framed by raised and gilt foliage designs against a pastel green background embellished with floral motifs and raised foliage designs. Spout and handle feature gilt accents and foliage designs and the lid is finished with a floral design in high relief and two scenes of figures in the countryside. Marked on underside with blue crossed swords hallmark. Provenance: Collection of Martin and Helene Schwalberg, owners of The Meissen Shop founded on June 23, 1978, on Worth Ave...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 184cm x 85cm. 78 tiles IMPORTANT NOTE: This panel is with the...

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 l...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 326cm x 115cm 184 tiles Important note: This panel is with th...

18th century Portuguese Tiles Panel "Angel" 84cm x 56cm 24 tiles good conditions

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Hunting Scene" Measures: 100cm x 80cm 49 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tile...

Set of three large Italian Majolica plaques. Each of them painted with a different scenery. Italy, 18th century. Dimensions: Plaque with grouping Il...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 187cm x 84cm 84 tiles Important note: This panel is with the ...

Pair of Savona platters, the serpentine floral borders around the classical scenes. Tower mark on reverse; two hanging holes.

English Blue Ground Pottery Mocha Mug Late 18th Century The blue ground slip tankard with a white handle with leaf terminals has two bands of molded checkerboard black and white ba...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Battle Scene" Measures: 120cm x 140cm 90 tiles Important Note: This panel is with t...

This is a hand-painted Chinese Export porcelain Dish, which we date to the second half of the 18th century, Qing, Qianlong period, circa 1770, or possibly earlier. The dish is circu...

Four English delftware lobed dishes, ca. 1700. London examples. 8- 8 7/8” diam.

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 121cm x 49cm 36 tiles Important note: This panel is with the ...

An extremely rare pair of Chinese export porcelain ‘Table Bay’ or 'Cape of Good Hope' dishes Qianlong period, mid-18th century Measure: Diameter. 23.8 ...

Decorated with a chinoiserie scene of a man sitting on rocks within a landscape. Surrounded by a triple-circle center and an interlocking arc and trefoil border. The rim with 27 flut...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese "Vase" Measures: 131cm x 131cm 110 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th cen...

Chintz pattern painted with panels of three variant frizes colores, one with variant diaper cartouches entwined with gilt and berried laurel, the second with entwined rose vines rese...

Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Battle Scene" Measures: 154cm x 100cm 77 tiles Important note: This panel is with th...

A pair of very large Chinese armorial export blue and white porcelain 'Pelgrom' chargers Kangxi period, circa 1710 The two chargers, decorated in...

18th Century Spanish Ceramic Plate with Architectural Scene