Earthenware Furniture

A French faïence Asparagus plate with a leaf shaped dipping well for sauce, from Saint Amand et Hamage, circa 1930s. Glazed in the Orchies region ...

Figural card holder, of hand painted terracotta with faience glaze. Fashioned as a mouse, dressed as a tray-holding, monocoled butler, standing on hind legs on a round marbleized pli...

From Wedgwood, a ‘Pembroke Castle’ pattern transferware platter, Burslem, Staffordshire, circa 1820-1840. An earthenware body showing a central image of sailors rowing to and from a...

Mafra Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall plate which features a lobster and four shells, sitting on an extruded clay ground. Colouration: green, brown, pink, are predominant. The piece...

Beautiful German faience jug from one of the Northern German factories.

The History of Julius Dressler 1. Origins and Foundation (1882 - 1888) Although many pieces bear the "Austria" mark, the factory was not located in modern-day Vienna, but rather in the Northern Bohemia region. In the 1880s (specifically between 1882 and 1888, according to firing test records), Julius Dressler founded his company in Biela (near Tetschen-Bodenbach). At that time, Bohemia belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is why its products were legally labeled and exported as Austrian pottery ("Austria"). 2. The Golden Age: The Jugendstil (1900 - 1914) Dressler started by specializing in majolica (fine glazed earthenware) and decorative pottery. However, the factory achieved true international prestige at the beginning of the 20th century thanks to its adoption of two major avant-garde movements: • Art Nouveau (known in the Germanic region as Jugendstil). • The Vienna Secession (Secessionist ware). The factory set itself apart from the competition by experimenting with matte glazes, shades of green, blue, and brown, featuring subtle golden highlights. 3. Geopolitical Changes and Post-War Era (1918 - 1945) Following the end of World War I in 1918, the map of Europe changed completely. The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved, and the region of Bohemia became part of the newly created Czechoslovakia. Because of this, the town of Biela was renamed Bělá. Even though the founder passed away or ceased to be actively involved in the company, the business continued under his widow, Hulda Dressler, and later his son, Karl Dressler. • In 1920: To survive the post-war crisis, the factory joined EPIAG (Erste Porzellan-Industrie A.G.), a consortium of independent companies created to promote and export Bohemian ceramics worldwide. • The Closure: The factory continued to operate under this commercial model until the end of World War II, permanently closing its doors between 1944 and 1945. The Classic Mark: The most famous stamp consists of a tower engraved on a rock with the letters J.D.B. underneath (the initials stand for Julius Dressler, Biela). Many of them also feature the word "Austria" printed or stamped. In these museums, pieces by the designer can be seen: National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts (WMODA) Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Regional Museum in Děčín (Oblastní muzeum v Děčíně) Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (Uměleckoprůmyslové museum v Praze) Logistics and International Shipping We provide a comprehensive export service so that your only concern is enjoying your acquisition. • Door-to-Door Service: Pieces located in our Argentina galleries are shipped directly to your address via air freight. • Simplified Customs Management: We handle the processing of export permits and the payment of customs duties. You will receive your purchase without additional paperwork or surprise costs. • High-Security Packaging: Following FedEx international standards, each piece is protected in custom-made wooden crates, designed to withstand 1-meter impacts and ensure the integrity of the object during transit. • Note for shipments to the USA: To comply with shipping company regulations and ensure delivery at the destination, a valid tax ID (EIN, SSN, or ITIN) is required. • Domestic US Shipping: For those pieces available in our United States storage, logistics are managed through 1stdibs. Sign: 7104 Austria Julio Dressler...

Pair of Minton Majolica flower holders which feature a fantail pigeon, standing on a leafy base. Flower inserts around the tail. Colouration: white, gre...

Pair of Robert Maxwell decorative catch all bowls in stoneware pottery glaze and art glass. Studio pottery art from Santa Monica, California circa 1960s by renowned California art c...

This set of nine Mid-Century Modern sculptural ceramic vessels exemplifies the refined clarity and geometric restraint that shaped European design in the postwar decades. Created between the late 1940s and 1960s, the group includes works attributed to Laach Abbey, Ulmer Keramik, and other West German workshops, several bearing marks or numerical stamps common to the region’s studio pottery. Influenced by Bauhaus principles, these vessels balance functional purity with expressive form. Many incorporate symbolic motifs such as the Alpha & Omega, Chi-Rho, cross, or dove, reflecting the unique intersection of modernist design and spiritual iconography explored by Theodor Bogler...

This pair of sponge-ware platters were acquired from an estate in Pennsylvania and date to the late 1800's. Both platters show rounded edges with applied sponge patterning in classi...

A Highly Important George Jones Majolica 'Palissy Vase,' molded as an obovoid-form ewer, the rustic bark ground with molded green-glazed leaves and ferns,...

From the Sarreguemines Majolica Napkin line, a trompe l’oeil egg box or Pâté Terrine, France, circa 1885- 1890. An earthenware, faïence lidded egg box modeled as fresh eggs wrappe...

An impressively formed antique hand painted Italian Faenza Majolica ceramic vessel. Made in the early 1900s. The jug is decorated with colorful floral ...

Staffordshire Pottery figure which features a King Charles spaniel, stood on a leaf embellished base. Dull gilt embellishment.

A fine and unusual Chinese Tang Sancai glazed model of a horse and rider, Tang Dynasty (618 to 906 CE), early 8th century, China. This fantastic sculpture portrays a male figures se...

From the Sarreguemines Majolica line, a trompe l’oeil napkin bread tray, France, circa 1885-1890. An earthenware, faïence bread tray modeled as a cloth napkin with a floral and chec...

A pair of 19th century French Gien faience urns with hand-painted decoration. Nice form with double handles and square pedestal base. Hand-painted in blue, orange, yellow, and green ...

Large Naples white porcelain Hercules tureen. Impressive and important neoclassical Ferdinando IV porcelain soup tureen with large Hercules and Theiodamas finial caping a scroll volu...

A beautiful earthenware vessel by Margaret Tafoya (1904-2001), a renowned master potter from the Santa Clara Pueblo. Margaret Tafoya's work is revered by collectors of Native America...

A scarce and unusual antique English Majolica harvest themed, Rococo Revival style bread tray, circa 1850-1880, maker unknown. The central image is modeled on the Book of Ruth, fro...

A yellow and green-glazed earthenware and brass table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1930s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 8.75” H x 4.25” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inch...

French Majolica nasturtium pitcher Orchies, circa 1890. Rare pitcher with stripes.

Marked made in Austria. Signed with an illegible signature and mold number.

Fantastic 19th Century ceramic parrot money banks, Bornholm Denmark. We see this sitting atop books on a coffee or side table as well as foyer or dresser for loose coins. Wonderful ...

George Jones Majolica cheese keep which features a straw thatched beehive, bound with rope. The base in the form of a wooden platform. Yellow ground versio...

Our 'Petalouda Gold' majolica vase showcases the timeless allure of the blue butterfly capturing the essence of its elegance. Revered across cultures as a symbol of wishes fulfilled,...

19th Century Majolica blue & white oyster plate Wasmuel. Reference / Page 48 "Oysters plates" of J. Karnitz.

A rare 1899 pair of Dutch Art Nouveau vases by PZH Gouda, delicately hand-painted in the sought-after ‘Violetta’ decor. This pair of Dutch Art Nouveau vases was produced in 1899 by ...

Circa 1859-1884 Blue Willow pattern platter by J.T. Hudden, England. Fine earthenware in one of J.T. Hudden's (John Thomas), Anchor Rd., Longto...

A blue-glazed earthenware vase, produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 6.75" Height x 5.5" Diameter All items ship from High Point, North Carolina.

An early 20th century French faience footed oval tureen with traditional design typical of Eastern France. Hand-painted Chinoiserie decoration in pink, ora...

Brilliant handmade hand glazed Art Nouveau planter jardinière, 1930s Wonderful Art Nouveau period/ monumental ceramic planter jardinière, h...

A 19th century French faience fleur-de-lis wall pocket, commonly used as a wall vase for flowers or as a decorative item. Hand-painted in beautiful vivid colors of blue, green, yello...

A beautiful Art Deco vase made by Erik Mornils for Nittsjö, Sweden, 1930s. Excellent condition. Impressed with makers mark. Nittsjö Keramik, founded in 1843 in Rättvik, Dalarna, i...

A polychrome ceramic planter features an ornate sculptural design with cherubs in high relief, intertwined with botanic motifs, such as leaves and blooming flowers. The cherubs fla...

A 19th century Delft faience knobble vase (often called a garlic-neck or knop vase). Characterized by a bulbous lower body, a prominent bulge on the upper neck and narrow flared wavy...

Coffee table by designer and ceramicist Jean Grégorieff for Roche Bobois, featured in the 1969 catalog. At the time, Grégorieff was working in Vallauris, fully establishing himself w...

Unidentified French French Palissy Majolica plate which features an octopus, turtles, fish, frogs, lizards, snakes, fish and lilies. Colouration: blue...

A pair of beige and orange-glazed earthenware vases designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1930s. “EKEBY 97” stamp on bottom

A rare group of wedgwood creamware bowls. In the neoclassical pattern no. 892 with a cobalt blue and gold border. Diameters: just under 9 in., just over 8 3/4 in., and just ove...

18th Century Large Delft Garden Urn, of octagonal form with mask handles painted in blue with river landscapes within foliate and leaf borders. A good e...

A George Jones Majolica Rooster (Cockerel) teapot, English, ca. 1872, naturalistically modeled as a running cockerel, the tail feathers forming the handle, the open beak forming the ...

A large Danish studio pottery bowl by Løvemose Keramik, its wide rim works as a sunburst in relief in cobalt blue and terracotta. Made of red earthenware and stamped “Løvemose Denmar...

This large blue and white Dutch Delft covered jar was hand painted in the Netherlands in the late 18th century. Standing an impressive 20.5 inches tall, the faceted jar is densely de...

- Handbuilt freckles terracotta jar - made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings. - made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Raja. Approximate measurements: 1...

A stunning group of three antique Dutch Delftware tin-glazed pottery vessels. circa 1775 Exquisitely hand-crafted in the late 18th century, co...

The eroded surface of this petite, Ming-dynasty medicine jar tells a story of trade, tradition and lost treasure. A matte texture and traces of marine life suggest the jar spent many...

- Handbuilt terracotta ceramic wall light - made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings. - made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Houda. - co-created by the potte...

"A Question of Taste": Rare London Delftware Blue & White Sweetmeat or Oyster Dish, Attributed to William Griffith, Circa 1750-60 A rare and distin...

A vibrant Neoclassical Revival decorative bowl in the 'Greek' pattern made by Copeland Spode in the late 19th century. Sir William Hamilton’s Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman antiquities, first published in 1766 by Pierre d’Hancarville, was a landmark publication in English design. It intended to disseminate the Antique style through its engravings of Attic pottery. The catalog’s faithful reproductions of Classical vases led British potteries, including Spode, to adapt or even copy the ancient art for modern life. This Copeland Spode Greek...

Myrton Purkiss studio ceramics plate with a C monogram. This plate was gifted to Nelbert Chouinard, the founder of the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. Purkiss studied at the ...

A beige and orange, glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, c. 1940s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 6.0"H x 7.43"W x 6.18"D All items ship from High P...

- Handbuilt terracotta ceramic wall light - made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings. - made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Houda. - co-created by the potte...

Neoclassical Creil creamware plate. Antique black and white soup plate "Reproche l'Amour sur son indiférencel" with grapevine border. Underglaze markin...

Beautiful and rare enamelled art deco vase, designed by the studio of Charles Catteau for Boch Frères, Belgium, circa 1920s, decor number D2366, marked and numbered at the bottom. T...

A beige-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1930s. *good vintage condition Dimensions: 7” H x 9.5” diameter Diameter of opening: 3.75”

Keller & Guerin-Luneville pair of vases signed Handwritten signature: KG Luneville France Ne Art Nouveau shape Lys hand-painted Decor iris amid Umbellif...

Splendid Pair of Minton Majolica Cobalt-Blue Ground Reticulated Garden Seats Shape no. 1364. Each hexagonal, with a paneled side pierced in the Aesthetic style with yellow-centered w...

Elegant majolica pitcher dating from the early 20th century, Art Nouveau period, manufactured by the Onnaing factory. This charming glazed earthenware piece features a beautifully m...

The ceramic piece by Harald Östergren, originating from Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden in the 1930s, is a glazed earthenware vase or pitcher. All items ship from High Point, North Carolina.