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Material: Maiolica
Antique Continental Maiolica Moulded Lustre Figural Wall Plaque / Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A superb antique relief moulded Continental Maiolica dish or plaque relief moulded with a side profile portrait of a figure wearing a military helmet and with the words DUX D'URBINUS...
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19th Century European Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Maiolica
Large polychrome majolica vase, Italy, Mid-19th Century
Located in Prato, IT
Imposing antique vase in Italian majolica, Mid-19th century. With very fine hand painted classic scenes and grotesque faces embossed to the sides on each handle. Similar vases are ke...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Spanish Moorish Mudejar Tile, Arista y Cuenca - Sevilla 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Rare late 15th or early 16th century Mudejar tile of the so-called ‘Arista’ technique with intricate geometric decoration.
Good condition; some chipping to the edges, some wear to ...
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16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Clay, Maiolica
Manifattura San Carlo della Real Fabbrica di Caserta - Serving dish 18th century
By Moustiers
Located in DELFT, NL
Manifattura San Carlo della Real Fabbrica di Caserta - Serving dish in Moustiers style with scalloped edge decorated in ocher and green monochrome with a medallion in the center of t...
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18th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Faience, Maiolica
$564 Sale Price
20% Off
Hispano Moresque Lustreware Alhambra Vase - early 20th century Valencia
Located in DELFT, NL
Alhambra vase by La Ceramo, Valencia desde 1889.
Early 20th century Hispano-Moresque lusterware vase
The model of this vase is an 20th century produc...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Islamic Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Faience, Luster, Maiolica
Alchimie Contemporary Maiolica Vase with Decorative Design by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
I vasi cilindrici in Maiolica prodotti per Grand Tour sono emblema dell'eccellenza dell'artigianalità Made in Italy. Alti 24cm con diametro di 13 sono perfetti come porta fiori, fogl...
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2010s Italian Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
$141 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Lebrillo - 19th century, Triana (Sevilla)
Located in DELFT, NL
Large tin-glazed earthenware lebrillo/ basin, form Triana, Seville, Spain 19th century
Central design of a dog within in colorful background in yellow, turquoise, manganese and blue.
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19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Faience, Luster, Maiolica
Italian Blue and White Maiolica Tazza, Savona, circa 1690
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A circa 1690 Italian maiolica shallow tazza of Savona manufacture having elaborately molded and pierced rim with reserves decorated allover in hand-painted underglaze blue florals an...
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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Spanish Azulejo Tile Arista y Cuenca - Toledo 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Arista y Cuenca tile made in Toledo. Azulejo Toledano. Alhambra tile decorated in renaissance mudejar style geometrical design.
Probably made between 1550 and 1575.
In very g...
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16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Maiolica
Spanish 17th Century Ceramic Circular Charger Plate, Talavera or Puente
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Faience charger with floral motifs. Talavera de la Reina-Puente del Arzobispo, Toledo. Spain, late 17th century.
Hand painted in ochre, yellow, brown and blue with a central...
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Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Faience, Maiolica
Savona - Maiolica Pharmacy Jug / Wet Drug Jar - 17th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Majolica apothecary jug. Savona manufacture, second half 17th century.
In monochrome majolica, ovoid body with a high cylindrical neck that opens into a large mouth with an everted...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Faience, Maiolica
Spanish Azulejo Tile Arista y Cuenca - Toledo 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Arista y cuenca tiles made in Toledo. Tile decorated in renaissance with stylized flowers, probably made between 1550 and 1575.
I have four of them available, please reach o...
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16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Maiolica
Spanish Azulejo Geometric Tile Arista y Cuenca - Sevilla 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Rare early 16th century Mudejar tile of the so-called ‘Aristo’ or 'cuerda secca' technique
Geometric design with a central intertwining cords. Very ornate decoration.
This type of...
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16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Maiolica
Italian Maiolica Pitcher, Ferretti Manufacture, Lodi Circa 1770 - 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica pitcher
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 8.66 x 8.66 x 4.33 in (22 x 22 x 11 ...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Deruta - Alzatina dish on stand, 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
An alzatina or crespina, dish on stand. Depicting 'Prudentia'; holding a snake and a mirror in her hands.
Italy, 18th century. Dimensions: diam. 23 cm.
Good condition: chipping ...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Faience, Maiolica
Four Italian Ancient Dishes, Antonio Ferretti, Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
Assortment of 4 dishes with braided rim
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
Measures: 14 x 10 in (35.5 x 25.5 cm);
12.2 x 8.39 in (31 x 21.3 cm);
10.4 x 9.65 in (26.5 x 24.5 cm);
10.8 x 9.61 in (27.5 x 24.4 cm).
Weight: 4.4 lb (1.998 kg)
State of conservation: some chips due to use on the edges and on the parts in relief.
The four different dishes have a foot with a low lip from which extends a wide, flat, slanted rim resembling a basket weave. The small handles are painted green: they resemble wickerwork in the two oval dishes and take the form of a sinuous branch in the round ones.
The third fire decoration is inspired by the naturalistic floral botanical patterns on the ceramics produced by the Hannong family in Strasbourg. Here the pattern is defined by the rapidity and subtlety of the brushstrokes and the result is particularly tasteful, characterized by compositional intelligence and pictorial expertise.
A main corolla, either a wild or garden rose, is set slightly off center in each well. From this extends a thin stem holding a small secondary bud and there are small field florets dotting the composition to lend volume to the delicate bunch of flowers.
On the brim, small polychrome flowers add color to the weave, accompanied by lanceolate leaves of a very intense green.
There exist few and very rare examples for comparison with this morphology: a round plate - entirely consistent with those in question - has been dated to around 1775 (S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, tav. 200). Two other dishes with a basket rim, but with parallel striped brim decoration, were exhibited in the 1995 exhibition on Lodi ceramics; the attribution to the Lombard town near Milan is therefore almost exclusively derived from the decoration called "alla rosa contornata" or "alla vecchia Lodi" and constitutes one of the most popular decorations during the eighteenth century. (M. L. Gelmini, in Maioliche lodigiane del '700 (cat. mostra Lodi), Milano 1995, pp. 31 p. 162-163 nn. 181-182).
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 Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Antique Italian Maiolica Classical Painted Vase 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and rare antique Italian Maiolica pottery triple gourd vase hand-painted with classical stylised figurative and scroll designs in typical ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica, Pottery
Antique French Faience Lidded Bowl Tureen Hand Painted with Flowers and Insects
By Rouen
Located in Firenze, IT
A French 18th century large polychrome Faience lidded soup toureen or entree dish with scallop-shaped edges attributable to Rouen manufacture.
This lovely...
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18th Century French Rococo Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica, Porcelain, Pottery, Faience
Spanish Azulejo set of 4 tiles Arista y Cuenca - Toledo 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Set of 4 early Arista y cuenca tiles made in Toledo. Tile decorated in renaissance with stylized flowers, probably made between 1550 and 1575.
condition: 3 are in very good conditi...
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16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Maiolica
Italian Maiolica Ancient Tureen, Lodi, 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 9.05 x 12.59 x 9.05 in (23 x 32 x 23 cm)
...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Spanish Azulejo Tile Arista y Cuenca - Toledo 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Arista y Cuenca tile made in Toledo. Azulejo Toledano. Alhambra tile decorated in renaissance mudejar style geometrical design.
Probably made between 1550 and 1575.
In very g...
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16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Maiolica
Spanish Azulejo Tile Arista y Cuenca - Sevilla 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Arista y Cuenca tile, most likely made in Sevilla. Azulejo tile decorated with a gemetric pattern with 4 central leafs within a cirlce.
Mid 16th century
In very good conditi...
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16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware, Maiolica
Ancient Maiolica Tiles, Ambrogette, Rampini Manufactory, Pavia, 1693-1704
Located in Milano, IT
Six maiolica “ambrogette” (tiles)
Rampini manufactory, painter probably Siro Antonio Africa
Pavia, 1693-1704
a) 6.88 x 5.51 in (17.5 x 14 cm); 0.55 lb (252 g)
b) 7.08 x 5.70 in (18 x 14.5 cm); 0.51 lb (233 g)
c) 6.88 x 5.70 in (17.5 x 14.5 cm); 0.54 lb (245 g)
d) 6.81 x 5.51 in (17.3 x 14 cm); 0.50 lb (230 g)
e) 6.88 x 5.51 in (17.5 x 14 cm); 0.50 lb (229 g)
f) 7.08 x 5.70 in (18 x 14.5 cm); 0.51 lb (233 g)
State of conservation: intact.
These six ”maiolica fina” small “ambrogette” belong to a family of ceramic works considered among the finest produced between the 17th and 18th centuries. For a long time, this type of maiolica was attributed to the Venetian village of Angarano, but later it was definitively attributed to the pottery factories in Pavia. A fundamental study ascribed this production specifically to Pavia through an analysis of Lombard collections and a comparison with archaeological remains found near the two main manufacturing sites in the city. (E. Pelizzoni - M. Forni - S. Nepoti, La maiolica di Pavia tra Seicento e Settecento, Milano 1997).
The six small oval tiles have rounded edges and are decorated with a historiated motif. They were created using high-fired polychrome technique, with a predominance of cool tones and a dominance of gray and blue, interspersed with manganese, citrine yellow, orange-yellow, and green. The six small “ambrogette” are characterized by the same stylistic features, with a similar decorative design.
The first tile (a) depicts a female figure, holding a stiletto and sitting near a pedestal supporting a relief-decorated baluster vase. Behind her, a child is holding a chalice, while through the arches of a portico, a glimpse of a mountainous landscape can be seen in the background. The female figure could possibly be Lucretia, an example of virtue in ancient Roman culture.
In the second “ambrogetta” b), the Biblical episode of Judith and Holofernes is depicted through canonical iconography: the decapitated body of Holofernes lies on the bed in the background, while the protagonist, Judith, is seen placing his head into a sack held by a maidservant. Through an archway a shining slice of the moon gives the perception of nighttime. Surprisingly, within the narrative, there is the presence of a basin in the shape of a large shell, closely resembling the products of Pavia's factories.
The third small plaque (c) depicts a female figure standing on a plinth and framed by an architectural arch with a vast mountainous landscape in the background. The woman, with her breasts exposed, is accompanied by two children: one approaching her as if wanting to be picked up, and the other seated with an apple in his hand. The protagonist lends herself to different interpretations: perhaps she represents Rea Silvia with the two twin founders of Rome, or perhaps she is an allegory for the Pietà, a common theme depicted on maiolica.
In the fourth tile (d), three characters are depicted near a column. The main figure is an old man with a sad expression, holding a cup, while a woman, wearing a turban on her head, also holds a cup in her right hand and a pitcher in her left. A second woman with her hair bound holds another pitcher behind the old man: at his feet a traveller's bag can be seen, along with some apples and a slice of cheese on a rectangular base. It is likely the sad Biblical episode of Lot and his daughters...
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Early 1700s Italian Baroque Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
16th Century Castelli Italian Maiolica Farnese alla turchina Dish
By Castelli
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
An extraordinary azure maiolica dish in the Farnese service, made by Castelli d'Abuzzo between 1580 and 1589.
In the peak of the High Renaissance, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese commissioned a dinner service from the Castelli maiolica...
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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Italian Maiolica Tureen, Rubati Manufacture, Milan, circa 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen
Pasquale Rubati Manufacture
Milan, circa 1770 - 1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 6.69 in x 11,02 x 8.26 (17 x 28 x ...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Maiolica Dishes with flowers, Lombard Manufacture, 1770-1780 Circa
Located in Milano, IT
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...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Piatti di Maiolica Italiana 1770 Decoro Al Garofano Manifattura Ferniani Faenza
Located in Milano, MI
Coppia Di Piatti In Maiolica italiana XVIII secolo Con Decoro Al Garofano Manifattura Ferniani Faenza dipinti in policromia, nei toni del blu, bruno, giallo, rosso, arancio e verde.
...
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1770s Italian Baroque Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Two Ancient Maiolica Pot Mustard Set, Milan, 1745-1788 Circa
Located in Milano, IT
Two pot mustard set
Felice Clerici or Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, 1745-1788 Circa
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire)
It measures: 3.94 in in height x...
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Italian Maiolica Tureen Milano, 1770 circa
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen “allo struzzo” (ostrich decoration)
Milan, Felice Clerici or Pasquale Rubati factory, circa 1750-1780
Measures: 9.25 in x 12.79 in x 10.23 in (cm 23.5 x cm 32.5 x cm 26)
lb 4.78 (kg 2.17)
State of conservation, a felûre consolidated inside with slight edge chipping restored.
In Milan in the 18th century two Majolica warehouses were opened, the first, by Felice Clerici, in 1745, the second in 1756 by Pasquale Rubati.
Traditionally this type of decoration has been attributed to the Pasquale Rubati factory. In reality the motif “allo struzzo”, one of the clearest examples of how the taste for chinoiserie met with considerable success during the 18th century, had been produced, in specimens of greater or lesser quality, by both Milanese manufactories.
This Maiolica tureen has a swollen and ribbed oval bowl, rests on an extroflexed foot and shows stirrup handles.
The tri-color ornament, in the typical tones of Japanese "Imari" decorations, shows an idealized oriental landscape that develops around a perforated rock and has a willow tree with long lance-shaped leaves framing the long-legged bird figure. The ornamentation is enhanced by decorative elements such as butterflies, small florets and a vase with a thin flowery stem.
The lid is ribbed with a pear-shaped knob on top.
The decoration was called in the Milanese manufactories "allo struzzo" (ostrich decoration) and this refers to the oriental figure Xian He or the crane, symbol of longevity, here losing its symbolic value. It is hypothesized that among some 16th century engravings...
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1770s Italian Chinoiserie Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
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 Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Italian Maiolica Faenza, Ferniani Factory, Circa 1700
Located in Milano, IT
Centerpiece white maiolica shell
Ferniani factory, early period: 1693-1776
Faenza, circa 1700
Measures: 5.6 in x 14.72 in x 13.46 in (14.3 cm x 37.4...
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Early 1700s Italian Baroque Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Maiolica Flower Pot Pasquale Rubati Factory, Milan Circa 1770
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna” decorated with tulip
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, circa 1770.
Measures: 4.7 in x 4.7 in x 8.6 in
12 cm x 12...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Maiolica Coffee Set “Barbotine” Decoration Milan, 1770- 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Coffee assortment with “barbotine” decoration
Manufacture of Pasquale Rubati or Felice Clerici
Milan, 1770- 1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Italian Maiolica Faenza, Ferniani Factory, Circa 1700
Located in Milano, IT
Centerpiece light blue maiolica shell
Ferniani factory, early period: 1693-1776
Faenza, 1700 circa
5.5 in x 14.72 in x 13.77 in (14 cm x 37.4 cm X cm 35)
lb 4.40 (kg 2)
State of con...
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Early 1700s Italian Baroque Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Pair Coffee Pots, Pasquale Rubati Manufacture Milan, 1770 circa
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of small coffee pots.
Manufacture of Pasquale Rubati
Milan, 1770 Circa
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
a) height 7.87 x 5.51 x 3.93 in (20 x 14 x ...
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1760s Italian Neoclassical Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
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 Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Italian Assortment Coffe Pot and Cups, Lodi, Circa 1765-1770
Located in Milano, IT
A coffee pot and two cups with saucers
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, Circa 1765-1770
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
They measure:
coffee pot: 9....
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1760s Italian Rococo Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Maiolica Cup, Rubati Manufacture, Milan, Circa 1770 - 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Sick cup
Pasquale Rubati Manufacture
Milan, Circa 1770 - 1780
Maiolica decorated in polychrome “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire)
It measures: h 2.36 x 7.4 x 7.87 (h 6 x 19 x 20 cm)
...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
huge French Majolica Fish Platter Sarreguemines 1950s in very good condition
Located in Landshut, BY
huge French Majolica Fish Platter
Sarreguemines 1950s
in very good condition
German : Saargemünd / French Sarreguemines) is situated in the north-east of France, on the border wi...
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Mid-20th Century German Maiolica Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maiolica
Italian Renaissance Plate, Patanazzi Workshop Urbino, End of 16th Century
Located in Milano, IT
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...
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midcentury
SCHRAMBERG MAIOLICA
Barbotine
FISH TUREEN TERRINE
handpainted
Design Period 1955 to 1965
Production Period around 1960
Country of Manufacture Germany
H / height: 11cm both ~ Gew. / weight: 2950grs
DM / diameter casserole : 30 cm x 15cm x 11cm high ~ 19cm with its lid
MARKED: Schramberger Majolikafabrik 5624
:-: fair condition with some very small chips (see photos)
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To ensure a safe arrival, this item is packed in super-safe packaging.
(up to 10 Kg)
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