5 JA Froilan Talavera Scalloped Folk Art Pottery Charger Platters Spain 16”

1934 Reed & Barton number 10002-20 oval silver plate serving platter; edge engraved with the initials CMC.

Vintage black metal tolware tray with added mirror and wire for use as a wall mirror. Oval shape with curved edge, hand painted with a swirling gold foliate design. Marked "Muriel" o...

Late 19th Century ceramic flow blue turkey platter by Cauldon, made in England. Features a turkey hunting at the center surrounded by scrolling foliate and pheasants. Marked Cauldo...

Antique brass samovar shaped like a neoclassical urn. Regency era, circa 1800s. Features ornate gadrooning and turned handles.      

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...

This monumental studio art pottery charger is artfully lustre- galzed and features beautiful oxidized blues. The hand thrown ceramic piece i...

Elegant white and blue sink lavabo made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico. The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques. One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar...

Elegant white and blue plate made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico. The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques. One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar learned his art in the workshop of the Uriarte family, an excellent workshop where his grandfather worked. In his creations he uses the black and white mud that is obtained from the nearby hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, and colors of mineral origin that he creates in his workshop with recipes from his grandfather. All the pieces are modeled in a traditional way and go through a production process that usually takes from one to two months, between drying, burning, and painting. Being surrounded by a living tradition, Cesar Torres Jr., learned from his father since childhood. Architect by profession, Cesar Jr. has come to revolutionize and modernize with new designs and ideas of the current world, nevertheless always respecting the tradition of the processes and materials that make Talavera a Creole art...