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Material: Earthenware
George Jones Majolica Bulrush and Lily Jug/Pitcher
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica jug/pitcher which features green leaves, bulrushes/cattails and water lilies. Brown ground version. Colouration: brown, green, pink, are predominant. Bears a pa...
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1870s Victorian Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Large 19th Century French Painted Faience Porquier Beau Quimper Serving Platter
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a kitchen wall or a shelf with this important antique platter. Created by Porquier Beau in Quimper, France circa 1895, the large hand-painted ceramic plate depict a traditio...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: Martiniek, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop: De Lampetkan
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco.
The brand name, Martiniek, is painted i...
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1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Minton Majolica Mallard Game Pie Dish and Cover
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica game pie dish which features a hare, mallard and blackbird on a bed of fern and oak leaves. Colouration: brown, green, turquoise...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Confetti Royal Copenhagen / Aluminum Faience, Three Salt Shakers, Four Egg Cups
Located in København, Copenhagen
Confetti Royal Copenhagen / aluminum faience. Three salt shakers and four egg cups in glazed faience. Burgundy, yellow and turquoise glaze.
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
18th-century Bristol Delftware Unusual Star Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Bristol delftware plate has a charming whimsical design with sponged manganese and a central star design containing a chinoiserie fence.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft, Faience
Late 18th Century English Faience Planter
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality English late 18th century faience planter or pot, with accompanying small porcelain stand. The hand painted image depicts a young couple handsomely dressed in bright col...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Ceramic Bowl by Stig Lindberg, Mid-Century Scandinavian, Faience, Sweden, C 1950
Located in New York, NY
Decorative leaf pottery bowl by Stig Lindberg, Sweden, circa 1950, Faience.
Very good condition.
An artistic jack-of-all-trades, Stig Lindberg was accomplished in Industrial design...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century English Majolica Oyster Plate Signed Minton
By Minton
Located in Winter Park, FL
A good English Majolica plate, dated 1885 and marked Minton, with turquoise and cobalt blue oyster plate with a central well surrounded by small ochre flowers. Six small and one larg...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Antique Confit Pot from Southwest France
Located in Dallas, TX
Part of our huge collection of large, colorful clay vessels, known as confit pots. Derived from the French word confire (meaning “to preserve”), confit pots were used to store cooked...
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Early 20th Century French Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Blue Parrots Lamps in Faience, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Paire of faience lamps representing blue parrots standing on a tree stump. The base is in gilt terracotta, looking like a gilt bronze mount.
Work of the 1970s, old electric system fu...
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1970s Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience, Terracotta
18th Century English Polychrome Delft Charger with Parakeet Decoration
Located in Richmond, VA
18th century English polychrome delft charger with a parakeet decoration.
Category
18th Century English Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Majolica Grapevine Plates, a Pair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French Majolica glazed ceramic plates with grapevine pattern in green, brown and gold rim. Mottled color on reverse side. Circa 1890-1899.
9.5" Diameter x 1"H...
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19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Chinoiserie Delft plates. England C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of plates painted with a pagoda in a garden after a contemporary Chinese model.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the most important forms of English ceramic produ...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Large 19th Century Samsom et Cie Faience Figurine of Venus and the Golden Apple
By Samson & Cie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large 19th century Samson et Cie faience figurine depicting either Venus & the Golden Apple or a rendition of Eve with the Apple. We seen this figure called both.
This nude Venu...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Early 20th Century French Hand-Painted Faience Vasse from Rouen
By Rouen
Located in Verviers, BE
The designs on this French faience group is typical of pottery made in Rouen.
Early 20th Century French Hand-Painted Faience Vasse from Rouen
Marking on the bottom: " Rouen Fait ...
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Early 20th Century French Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Copeland/Spode. Six lunch plates in faience. With floral and bird motifs.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Copeland/Spode, England.
Six lunch plates in faience.
Decorated with floral and bird motifs.
Approximately from the 1930s.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: D 22.0 cm.
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1930s British Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Antique French Faience Artichoke Plates, Set of Ten
Located in New Orleans, LA
An outstanding set of ten hand made French Majolica artichoke plates with deeply embossed patterns. These finely made plates have a lovely center flower and leaf borders.
They look beautiful for wall or cabinet display and would also set a chic French table for your next family dinner.
Category
1910s French Rustic Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
$345 Sale Price / set
49% Off
Khabia Freckles Terracotta Jar Made of Clay, Handcrafted by the Potter Raja
Located in Marseille, FR
- Handbuilt freckles terracotta jar
- made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings.
- made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Raja.
Approximate measurements: 13.4 x 11.4 x 15.8 in // 34 x 29 x 40 cm; weight 22.5 lb // 10.2 kg
Handmade: Variation is to be expected, each piece differs in color, size, shape and decorations due to its handmade nature and natural pigments. Memòri is about simplicity, imperfections, and embracing the "flaws".
Each piece is fired in an open fire - a dug hole during more than 12 hours, which makes unexpected and surprising results, including smoke marks on some pieces. This means that each piece is one of a kind and cannot be duplicated.
Care instructions: The ceramics are not glazed. We advise you to keep it as a decorative object if you want to conserve the original aspect.
About the savoir-faire, the modeled pottery
The potters of northern Morocco perpetuate the ancient art of modeled pottery, which first appeared around 6,000 BC. The techniques and patterns used today are very close to those of their origins. This ancestral know-how, which has disappeared around the Mediterranean, still lives in the pre-Rif. Today, these potters are the guardians of this ancient art. The modeled pottery according to the ancestral art...
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2010s Moroccan Arts and Crafts Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay, Earthenware
$270 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Early 20th Century French Hand-Painted Faience Candlestick from Rouen
By Rouen
Located in Verviers, BE
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...
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Early 20th Century French Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Charger Plate Set Six Dinner Plates Table Serveware Majolica Aquamarine Painted
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
This colorful and elegant set of 6 majolica charger plates is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter: every artist's brushstroke, which you can see on each plate, contributes to make our plates look bold and unique.
The plates feature fluttering ribbons that frame recently blossomed flowers, representing the triumph of life and youth. A stylish set of charger plates...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
18th Century French Blue and White Hand Painted Faience Delft Vase
By Delft
Located in Dallas, TX
This important antique vase was crafted in France, circa 1780. Octagonal in shape with gadrooned body style and a tall neck, the elegant potiche features a hand painted medallion dep...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Yellow Earthenware Serving Centerpiece by Antonia Campi for Laveno, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1965.
This centerpiece bowl is made in yellow lacquered earthenware with bossed decorations.
This is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Earthenware John Bennett Plaque with Pink and Blue Phlox
By John Bennett
Located in New York, NY
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...
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1880s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of French Faience Vases by Jules Vieillard
Located in Winter Park, FL
Pair of 19th century French faience vases by Jules Vieillard of Bordeaux. Italian Renaissance style decoration depicting Venus. Mint condition. Mark to underside: JVB. Please refer t...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
18th Century Nevers Delft Boy Carafe
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
18th Century Nevers "Delft" wine bottle. rounded rim surmounting a tall, slightly tapered neck and rounded body, two lateral handles. Marked in blue BOY surrounded by dash decoration...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Vintage Italian Majolica Porcelain Pig-Form Soup Tureen with Lid and Ladle
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a dining table with this cheerful Majolica centerpiece. Crafted in Italy circa 1980, the decorative tureen is shaped as a pig resting, his mouth opened holding a lemon. The removable lid, embellished with leaf and lemon decor...
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1980s Italian Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
19th Century French Faience 8 Piece Hand-Painted Tea Service
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French faience 8 piece hand-painted tea service represents the remarkably unique and definitively French porcelains produced in the fabled region around Rouen! Hand-made...
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Brass Lid: Duinkerke, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid.
The brand name: Du...
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1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Set Of Ten "Fondue" Cheese Plates
Located in Austin, TX
This Set of Ten "Fondue" Cheese Plates by Faience de St. Amand is a charming collection that brings a touch of French elegance to your table. Made of fine faience ceramic, each plate...
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
$329 / item
Early 19th Century Italian Creamware Knife Rests
Located in Downingtown, PA
Creamware knife rests,
Italian,
Circa 1810-1820
The two rests are of similar form with a raised scroll terminal to each end. One with pierced stylized f...
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Early 19th Century Italian Georgian Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
18th-19th Century Polychrome Delft Platter
Located in Richmond, VA
18th-19th century polychrome delft platter.
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19th Century Dutch Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Dutch Delft Charger with Chinoiserie Decor in Transition Style, 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
City: Delft
Workshop: Unknown
Date: Last quarter of the 17th century
A large blue and white Dutch Delft Charger with a decoration in the Chinese Transitional...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
'Scorpion Teapot' Ceramic Teapot by Peter Shire, 1982
By Peter Shire
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
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:
...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
1920s Antique French Malicorne Faience blue white yellow centerpiece with cover
Located in New York, NY
French centerpiece vase with lid, from the Faiencerie Emile Tessier in Malicorne, all hand decorated by the artist Paul Lecomte, with cameos of hand-painted blu landscapes highlighte...
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Early 20th Century French Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Antique Relief Tile Panel in the Style of J. Parentani, 1890
Located in Rijssen, NL
Stunning Art Nouveau/ Arts & Crafts tile panel from the superb firm, Craven Dunnill, & Co., Ltd, Jackfield Salop, England, circa 1905, in a bright celadon. This quantity original jug...
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1890s French Medieval Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Staffordshire Prattware Cow and Calf Creamer with Bocage
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Tittensor (possibly) Staffordshire Pottery Prattware bocage cow creamer which features a cow and a calf, recumbent on a shaped base. Decorated 'in the round', decoration to front and...
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19th Century British Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century French Hand Painted Faience Jardiniere Signed Henriot Quimper
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a buffet or table with this colorful antique faience jardiniere. Crafted in Brittany, France, circa 1880, the planter stands on four small feet over a scalloped apron decora...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
20th century French Set of 49 pieces of Moustiers Earthenware, 1950s
By Moustiers
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful earthenware table set from Moustiers, handcrafted in France, consisting of 49 coordinated pieces. Delicately painted in green with traditional Provençal motifs, featuring c...
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20th Century French French Provincial Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century French Porquier Beau Quimper Faience Dish
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Porquier Beau Quimper faience oval dish with ruffled edge. Unusual form. Titled "Farewell Fisherman" Mark verso: PB. Circa 1894-1...
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Late 19th Century French Country Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Picture Made of Faience Tiles, circa 1970-1980
Located in Opole, PL
We present you this city landscape made of hand painted faience tiles.
The whole is closed in an oak frame.
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Late 20th Century Dutch Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience, Oak
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Green Earthenware Tea /Coffee Cups with Floral Motifs by Zaccagnini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This pair of cups are made in earthenware, which features lacquered hand-painted floral motifs.
They are vintage therefore they might show slight traces of use,...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
19th C. Terracotta Cruche with Two Handles
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This antique French terracotta cruche dates from the 19th century, and would have once been used to store and transport olive or walnut oil, or to keep drinking water fresh and cool....
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19th Century French Rustic Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
Vintage Swedish Earthenware Bowl by Ego Stengods
By Ego Stengods
Located in North Miami, FL
This earthenware bowl has a tree bark style finish to outer rim and a beautiful deep teal/brown tone. SIGNED to underside.
NOTE: 6 inch diameter to inner glazed bowl
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
French Henriot Quimper Faience Plate
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Henriot Quimper French faience hand painted decorative plate, depicting a Breton Man with pipe in traditional clothing. Blue foliate border an...
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Early 20th Century French Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
18th Century Dutch Delft Earthenware Vases Pieter van den Briel’t Fortuyn
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Two 18th century delft earthenware vases signed VB (Pieter van den Briel 't Fortuyn, 1753-1759)
In original condition, no restorations as you can see on the photo's.
VB mark
: Van ...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
George Jones Majolica Partridge Game Pie Dish and Cover
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica game pie dish which features a partridge on the cover with barley and stiff leaf decoration to the dish. Rare...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
18th Century Delft Chinoiserie Charger
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good example of a mid-18th century Delft charger in a chinoiserie hand-painted pattern. The pottery is hand-painted in a traditional blue and white chinoiserie scene featur...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Beautifully Aged Vintage Tamegroute Pitcher / Vase C1920s
Located in London, GB
Original Tamegroute eathernware pitcher with vivid iconic deep green glaze specific to this small town on the edge of the Sahara. This version showing the qualities of earlier pieces...
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1920s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Emile Gallé for St. Clement, Nancy, Antique Bowl with Handle
Located in København, Copenhagen
Emile Gallé for St. Clement, Nancy. Antique bowl with a handle on three feet in hand painted faience with a coat of arms. 1870s-1880s.
Measures: 15.5 x 5 cm.
In excellent condition.
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1870s French Arts and Crafts Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Two Pairs of Italian Maiolica Baskets, circa 1780
Located in Milano, IT
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...
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1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Centerpiece Bowl Riser Decorated Ornament Handles Majolica Blue White Vessel
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
The lavish majolica centerpiece, in the shape of a krater, recalls the ancient structure of the Greek cup that was used to mix water and wine: this beautiful...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
18th CENTURY PHARMACY ALBARELLO FAENZA
Located in Firenze, FI
Pharmacy albarello made of majolica, with a particular spool shape. The predominant glaze of the ceramic is white, on which there are decorations in blue and yellow. These decoration...
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18th Century Italian Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Vase Vessel Ceramic Centerpiece Ornament Aquamarine Majolica Flower Holder Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Large majolic vase in green aquamarine color, glazed in polychrome, characterized by the elegant presence of naturalistic ornamental motifs that enhance its forms beautifully. Its po...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
English Majolica Boat Tureen with Fish Cover
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Unidentified English Majolica fish server which features a long boat with a winged beast at its figurehead as the base. The lid in the form of a planked deck topped by a large fish. ...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Aluminia, Denmark. Oval dish and two plates in faience. Peacock pattern.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Aluminia, Denmark. Oval dish and two plates. Peacock pattern. Faience.
Approximately from the 1930s.
In good condition. One plate with significant wear...
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1930s Danish Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Victorian Antique Majolica Jardinière of the Four Seasons by Minton
By Minton
Located in London, GB
Victorian antique Majolica jardinière of the Four Seasons by Minton
English, c. 1905
Measures: Height 39cm, diameter 32cm
This charact...
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Early 1900s English Renaissance Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Nils Thorsson and Johanne Gerber, Aluminia, Royal Copenhagen, Square Baca Dish
Located in København, Copenhagen
Nils Thorsson and Johanne Gerber for Aluminia, Royal Copenhagen.
Square Baca dish decorated with fish, patterned glaze in the sand and light brown shades. 1960/70s.
Measures: 22.5...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Italian Maiolica Pharmacy Flasks Felice Clerici, Milan Circa 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
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...
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1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Large Dutch Delft Charger with Chinoiserie Design, 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
City: Delft
Workshop: Unknown
Date: circa 1670 - 1680
A wonderful bright delft plate or charger with decoration in the Chinese Wanli style.
Massive piec...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
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