Rare English Chinoiserie Iron Red and Blue Printed Part Dinner Service

This tureen and base platter are decorated with stylized flow blue and coral waves. There are gilt highlights throughout. There is a large tulip shaped finia...

Roger Capron (1922-2006). Large tureen in ceramic, white enamel with grey-blue motifs. Stamped and numbered. Bibliography: R.Capron, Ceramiste by P....

A scarce fine quality antique English Staffordshire pottery majolica tureen covered serving dish. Having a fitted lid surmounted with figural reclining lion finial with hand pain...

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...

Ceramic tureen from the Yvon Roy Montgolfier workshop in Durtal. Glazed ceramic in blue, bronze and green colours, decorated with a beautiful bird design and geometrical motifs of tr...

A hand-painted Italian majolica cabbageware or lettuceware bird and cauliflower tureen with lid and ladle. This petite ceramic serving dish will be ...