Earthenware Furniture

The 1973 re-issue of The Boat Race Bowl, designed by Eric Ravilous in the 1930s. His designs were not made by Wedgwood until the 1950s, on account of war...

Oversize Palissy jardinière inspired by the Renaissance attributed to Thomas Sergent, circa 1880. Fauns heads handles. The School of Paris was composed by makers as Victor Barbizet...

A set of four French barbotine majolica asparagus plates by Creil et Montereau, circa 1890. A beautiful iridescent teal blue glaze on fluted rims, with two raised asparagus spears, o...

A blue, orange and green-glazed earthenware urn, designed and produced by Herman Kähler, Denmark, c. 1910.    

Mintons, England. Two antique plates in hand-painted faience. Chinese style, early 20th century. Largest measures: 23.5 x 20.5 cm. In excellent condi...

Small Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950. High relief of fish, seaweeds,starfish. Nautical style. Diameter / 7.5 by 6"  

Gorgeous 19th century French Napoleon III caneware game pie dish or tureen with lid and original liner adorned with fowl. Game pie dishes were used in th...

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Product Description: The teapot on offer here has been designed by Ulla Procopé for Arabia. Ulla, who died young at an age of 47, is responsable for a whole series of famous designs...

A fine pair of antique 18th century English or Irish Delft pottery plates. With Chinoiserie decoration in blue underglaze decoration throughout including ...

Majolica plate two parakeets on a blue background with oranges signed Salins, circa 1890.  

An earthenware table lamp designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 10.06"H x 8.06"W x 6.56"D Dimensions of Lamp with ...

A French trivet, coaster, and knife rest set from Digoin Sarreguemines, France, circa 1950s. A green majolica glaze on a basket weave mold, a large s...

A gorgeous Japanese studio pottery chawan tea bowl that features a mix of shifting colors, glazes and textures as well as elements of Shino Ware and Hagi Ware. The piece radiates in...

This exquisite 19th-century French serving dish exemplifies the era’s refined craftsmanship, seamlessly blending rustic earthenware with elegant silver accents. The terracotta bowl f...

English Creamware Large Teapot with Puce Flower Painted Decoration, circa 1770 The Staffordshire Globular teapot is painted with large puce-colored f...

American Etruscan Majolica Teapot in the form of a Cauliflower, Early Majolica-type body, Circa 1860 The green molded tromp L'oeil teapot is des...

Gorgeous blue hand painted Baroque cherub or angel 18th century style Portuguese ceramic tile or azulejo This tile painted in blue over white in typical 18th century Portugal set the...

Gorgeous blue hand painted Baroque cherub or angel 18th century style Portuguese ceramic tile or azulejo This tile painted in blue over white in typical 18th century Portugal set the...

Gorgeous blue hand painted Baroque cherub or angel 18th century style Portuguese ceramic tile/azulejo The tile painted in cobalt blue over white in typical 18th century Portugal set ...

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The Donut collection draws its inspiration from the world of baking. Designer Pia Chevalier arouses our senses with this collection of appetising cups and mugs. The pieces’ oversized...

For sale is a rare pair of fun French faience cachepots/planters from 1872-1876, with provenance from the manoir "La Dijonnerie" near Bourges. ...

A George Jones Majolica 10-inch Oval Pen Tray, with green-glazed relief-molded lily pads with white blossoms and naturalistically glazed bullrushes on turquoise-glazed water forming the ground, with a yellow ocher rim, the reverse glazed in brown and green tortoiseshell...

A fluted green-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1930s.

A wonderfully decorative earthenware jug from the Tonala valley, depicting a ‘Tlaquepaque’ scene with the most beautiful glazed artisanal composition. Graphic vivid colours depicting...

George Jones Majolica jug/creamer which features a branch handle, with blossom branching off on either side and a basket weave border to bottom. Colouration: turquoise, brown, green,...

An English majolica pitcher shaped as a country cottage, by Warrilow & Cope – Wellington Pottery Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, circa 1880-1887. Charming in every way, English Ivy ...

A Mid Century Modern teapot and milk jug from the series "Blå eld" translated to Blue fire in English is quality earthenware from Rörstrand, Sweden desig...

Sculptural vase handmade in Italy and decorated with the luster technique in 24 Kt gold. Dimensions: D 36 cm, H 40 cm. The entire manufacturing process is handmade in Italy. The vase...

A beige and orange-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1930s.

Collection of four beautiful polychrome majolica planters. 'Nevers' manufacture, second half of the 18th century. The planters are in the shape of 'commodes', typical French bedside ...

Majolica asparagus and artichoke platter by Keller and Guerin, manufacturer of Saint Clement, circa 1900.

Emile Gallé for St. Clement, Nancy. Antique flower/herb pot in faience with hand-painted flowers and light blue / pink decoration. 1870s / 80s. Measures: ...

A large and rustic pottery jar with good weight and size. In dark brown glaze with faceted shoulder and ribbed body. With a pair of double handles on the neck. Measures: Height 20 ...

This impressively sized urn is marked on the bottom, “Sarreguemines/1906//H”, “Made in Germany” with the Lorraine Coat of Arms . Nicolas-Henri Jacobi along with his two partners esta...

A light green, glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.

Circa 1850s Gaudy Welsh Swansea Cottage Tulip Pattern Tea Pot, English, Staffordshire District. A handsome example of this popular Gaudy Welsh pattern. Transluscent china body. Molde...

- Handbuilt white big side table, stool for bedroom or living room - made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings. - slip applied with natural ...

English creamware Chinoiserie teapot & cover with pierced galleried rim. Circa 1775. The circular English creamware teapot with two designs front ...

Set of five knife rests signed Desvres, circa 1890. Colorful with coat of arms and acanthus leaves.

Copeland/Spode, England. Two oval dishes in faience. Decorated with flower and bird motifs. Approximately from the 1930s. In good condition, the smaller dish with a minor chip on the...

Fine neoclassical Empire or early Biedermeier Secretaire / Drop Front Desk from Vienna, Austria around 1810-15. Ebonized veneer on oak. Classicist gable cornice with surrounding gol...

An amazing pair of Jugendstil Style amphora from Rudolstadt, Thuringia hailing from the Triebner Ens Manufacture and the artist Karl Ens Volkstedt. ...

French Majolica grape & flowers plate Luneville, circa 1880.

Portuguese Portuguese Palissy Majolica figure which features a tortoise. Colouration: brown, ochre, grey, are predominant.

Pair of majolica vases, produced by the Aetruriae Ars kiln in Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, in the 1960s. They present rather distinctive decorations with bi-anodized handles.

A beautiful jar of piriform body, waisted neck, everted rim and integral rectangular-section with loop handles, circumferential bands of painted geometric motifs of hatched circles, ...

French Majolica bird swallow plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1880.

French faience plate Quimper, circa 1920 Border with flowers, representing a woman with the traditional costume of Brittany.

A beautiful example of classic English transferware, this vintage Spode Copeland Italian cachepot features the maker's iconic 1816 ‘Italian’ pattern—rend...

The Netherlands Amsterdam Circa 1625 – 1650 A blue and white Dutch tile with a decoration of a Dutch or Spanish soldier from the period of the 80 Years War. The decoration of this t...

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...

Discover this rare 19th-century polychrome earthenware set, featuring a covered asparagus server with a matching platter. This French Barbotine asparagus server is a true collector's...

Exceptional set of two vases, so-called basket vases, made from 1910 - 20, by the famous Amphora factory in Bohemia. The vases have a round base and taper towards the top. They have...

A white, glazed earthenware table lamp designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Sold without lampshade. Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 10.375 x...

French Majolica iris wall pocket Longchamp, circa 1880.

We have incredible pieces in this Majolica collection, including lots of different-style platters, serving cradles, pitchers, and very rare sauce bowls. This 19th-century Majolica as...

Cylindrical with pewter lid. Floral decoration and loop handle.

Large French Faience Elephant Platter signed J. Esslinger dated 1897. Measure: 16 inches diameter.