Earthenware Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Serve coffee or tea in this elegant faience coffee set. Crafted in Blois, France circa 1920, the set includes a large oval tray, two cups with saucers, a cream pitcher, a sugar bowl ...

Majolica plate with two parakeets on a very rare pink background with oranges of Salins, circa 1890.  

Rare Majolica asparagus blue & white platter Wasmuel, circa 1890.

Enhance your dining table or shelf with this exceptional antique faïence plate. Crafted in Quimper, France, circa 1910, this square-shaped plate, exhibiting fine crazing, features a ...

Rare French Majolica Chesnut Platter signed Sarreguemines Majolica circa 1870.

This pair of large Delft jars has a traditional blue and white floral decoration painted on a white tin-glazed ground. The body of each jar features four large panels; two show a pea...

Lovely rectangular earthenware tile representing a woman's face surrounded by ribbons and folliage. An exquisite antique with a lot of character that draws the eye and makes you wonder.

18th Century Dutch delftware cabinet or collectors plate. Marked The gilt Flower Pot factory Hand crafted tin glazed earthenware pottery Fully handpain...

French green Majolica chesnut leaf plate circa 1890.

This very colourful hand painted pottery dish by Gien of France is decorated with a central faux armorial flanked by mythical creatures, above which are a merman and a mermaid. The o...

An authentic 18th-century French faience plate from La Rochelle, finely hand-painted in soft polychrome enamels with a central floral and grapevine motif. The composition includes cl...

Pastoral Landscapes: Rare Castelli Maiolica Trembleuse Cup and Saucer, Mid-18th Century A rare and exquisite Italian Maiolica "Trembleuse" cup and sauc...

This set of two vintage brown transferware plates from Booths England, part of the classic "British Scenery" series, is a charming example of early 20th...

Decorate a wet bar with this charming, sculptural Majolica pitcher, crafted in Nimy Les Mons, Belgium circa 1890, the antique, barbotine jug similar to t...

Serve chips and salsa, or even queso, in this exquisite antique dipping compote dish. Crafted in Brittany, France, circa 1890, this hand-painted faience dish features a charming clov...

19th Century English Majolica Leaves Plate. Greek border. 7.8 inches diameter Chips on the back.

This stunning pitcher, inspired by the creations of the renowned Onnaing manufactory, is a true work of art in earthenware. Featuring an elegant and refined design, this pitcher stan...

Stylish and functional American modern celery tray by Russel Wright for Steubenville Pottery of Ohio, circa 1940s. The ultramodern design emphasizes soft c...

Set of midcentury multi color ceramic fish Plates and Platters as Wall Decoration A cool collection of eleven european glazed ceramic, porcela...

Add character and color to a wet bar or dining display with this charming trio of antique majolica pitchers. Crafted in England circa 1890, each hand-painted jug features a jovial se...

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...

19th Century English Majolica Begonia Leaves Plate.   

A French large faience plate with a farmer in the costume with flowers signed Henriot Quimper, circa 1950. Colorful yellow border and blue lines. Measure: 9.5 diameter.

Discover a stunning piece of Aesthetic Movement French faïence: an asparagus plate by Keller & Guérin, St. Clément, circa 1890–1900, in the Art Nouveau style. This exquisite plate fe...

Very unusual 19th Century Majolica Asparagus Platter Tureen. 12.5 by 9.5 inches , H / 2.5 inches.

Dessert set for 12 people "Le Parisien" by Creil & montereau. 12 different exquisite scenes of children playing with fruits. It is stamped on the back with Creil & Montereau marks and Le Parisien identification. Le Parisien is the story of a little boy discovering country life, designed by the French artist and painter Antoine-Albert Richard (1845-1921) named "Froment-Richard". He designed several sets for the French Creil & Montereau manufacture, but "Le Parisien" is the most famous with a brown rim enhanced with groups of three petals and ex. The dinner set depicts a fantastic and humorous universe. Wonderfully decorated all the characters' clothes are exquisitely detailed, they play with vegetables, fruits, meat, and fish. Dessert plate patterns : 1. Grapes 2. Flower and angels 3. Cassis 4. Blackberries 5. Heart plate...

Authentic French faience plate from the Nevers region, dating to the second half of the 18th century. The plate features a charming hand-painted pastoral scene with a fox beneath a g...

Authentic 18th-century French faience plate from Nevers, dating to circa 1760-1790. The plate is decorated with a charming hand-painted scene featuring birds among flowering plants, ...

This charming French faience plate is attributed to the celebrated pottery workshops of Nevers and dates to the late eighteenth century. Decorated in the distinctive chinoiserie tast...

The tinglazed faiance blue and white baluster jar with octagonal waisted body painted in shades of blue with a standing bird beside flowering peonies, reserved within a raised rocail...

Great 18th century hand painted Dutch delft chinoiserie decorated platter. 13.25” diameter. Hole drilled for wall mounting.

Origin France, late 19th century Materials Glazed earthenware (majolica) Condition Very good vintage condition, consistent with age A charming set of six French majolica dessert p...

Charming delft dish demonstrating how exotic the East appeared to Europe and a sense of wonder it portrayed. Unusually painted in the 'Wanli' style demonstrating the mania in Europe...

A beautiful English Delftware plate, hand-painted featuring a Chinoiserie-inspired landscape with a fence surrounded by flowers in full bloom and a flying insect. The rim decorated ...

Vintage majolica large serving bowl was handmade of high fired terra cotta by Ceramica Artistica Solimene in Vietri, Italy. The pieces are hand painted in their trademark Decoro Camp...

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...

Add a touch of English charm to your table with this vintage Mason’s Ironstone cake serving plate, featuring the highly collectible “Brocade” pattern.The Brocade design is celebrated...

Circa 1820-30 "Fallow Deer" pattern pearlware platter, English. Staffordshire by John Rogers & Son. Octagonal form. Village scene centered by 2 stags in the foreground & Norman churc...

From Italy, this hand painted Majolica platter has two areas of ornamentation. The outer circle has busts of two different men, one on the top of the platter and one at the bottom. T...

English Wedgwood fruit basket with stand, 1861 Cream-colored fruit basket on a stand. Glazed with a very light blue-tint. The round base has a narrow, sloping rim with elongated hol...

A gorgeous vintage French majolica parrot absinthe pitcher decanter or figural jug hand painted with beautiful vibrant colors, circa 1940-1950. ...

In the trade, we commonly call these an Olive Oil Jar, but are actually an amphora, which is a type of container of a specific shape and dimension, which began in the Neolithic Perio...

19th Century French Faience Rose Plate signed U&C Sarreguemines.

An large earthenware bowl designed by Hans Hedberg in his own studio in Biot, France. The bowl do have a stunning yellow glaze.. The bowl is 25 x 21 cm (10 x 8.4"") in diameter and a...

Bottega Vignoli, Byzantium vase, 2022, hand-painted maiolica fired in full-fire reduction firing 17cm x 37cm height. Unique piece. Bottega Vignoli, based in Faenza—the historic ...

Antique blue and white pottery plate dating to the late 18th - early 19th century. The dish features hand-painted cobalt decoration on a white slip ground, showing strong stylistic i...

This charming faience plate is a classic example of 18th-century Dutch Delftware, distinguished by its hand-painted cobalt blue design depicting a sailing ship within a cartouche-sty...

An authentic example of early Dutch Delftware, this two-handled faience bowl features hand-painted cobalt decoration over a pale tin glaze. The stylized florals and freehand blue orn...

Beautiful and rare set of three hand-painted faience plates from Malicorne, decorated in traditional Breton costume style. These pieces were produced by the renowned Poulard-Béatrix ...

Rare early French faience vase dating to the late 17th – early 18th century, hand-painted with a charming cherub (putto) scene framed by scrolling ornamentation. The gourd-shaped bod...

Elegant black and white jar made with the authentic Talavera technique. Master artisan, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico while cre...

This Royal Cauldon ‘Ludlow’ platter is a beautifully preserved example of English floral china with hand-painted detail and gold trim. The lush, multi-colored botanical pattern is el...

Majolica oyster plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1950.

Authentic antique Catalan faience plate, attributed to Catalonia, Spain, dating to the late 18th - early 19th century. The plate is hand-painted in cobalt blue with a charming naïve ...

Dutch Delft blue and white 'Peacock' plate, 18th century, with ochre rim, the center decorated in cobalt with an vase containing an arrangement of peacock feathers and flowers. The r...

A fine 18th c Dutch Polychrome painted delft charger, decorated with vibrantly colored stylized tulips and flowers. The sloped rim is painted with flowers and patterns. The center of...

Antique Spanish "Puente del Arzobispo" Hand-Painted Glazed Terracotta, Earthenware Dishes. Beautiful handmade ceramic wall plate from Puente del Arzobispo. Green, yellow, and brown ...

Set of Two blue dessert plates from the George Sand Collection. This dessert plate is adorned with a raised pattern of strawberries, strawberry le...

Rörstrand Japan series, set of nine lunch plates. Lunch plates in faience with oriental-inspired decoration in polychrome colours and finely detailed painting in Japanese style, char...

Add a touch of timeless French charm to your table with this exquisite antique soup tureen and matching underplate. Crafted from glazed ceramic with a rich cream-colored crackle glaz...