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Material: Majolica
19th Century English Minton Majolica Oyster Plates Pair
By Minton
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of late 19th Century English Minton Majolica oyster plates with six oyster wells and a large well for crackers surrounding a center well for sauce. Luminous cream and pink gla...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Rare 19th Century Majolica Flowers Box
Located in Austin, TX
Large Rare 19th Century French Majolica Flowers Box .
12 inches Lenght.
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Chesnut Jardinière Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica chesnut handled jardinière signed Onnaing.
This jardinière is inspired by the Art Nouveau and the Naturalism movement of the end of 19th century.
Category
1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Majolica Triple Bamboo Vase with Birds Massier, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
A large Majolica triple bamboo vase decorated with four birds attributed to Delphin Massier, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Minton Majolica Twin Handled Game Pie Dish & Cover
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and impressive antique English majolica pottery game pie dish and cover by renowned and sought after maker Minton and dated 1867. The earthenware dish stands raised on four...
Category
1860s English Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
Majolica Octogonal Water Lily Asparagus Plate Saint Clement
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Art Nouveau asparagus plate signed Keller et Guerin Saint Clement, unusual shape.
Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th century asparagus and a...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Set of Four Majolica Asparagus Plates Attributed to Orchies
By Orchies
Located in Pembroke, MA
Set of four colorful French majolica asparagus plates attributed to Orchies. Each plate features six amethyst-colored molded asparagus spears resting on a leaf on a plate with turquo...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Second Half 18th Century France Shaped Planters "Commode" Nevers Manufacture
By Nevers
Located in Puglia, Puglia
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 ...
Category
1760s French Rococo Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$672 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Large 19th Century Majolica Pitcher made by Nimy
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Large Majolica Ceramic Pitcher. Decorated with a pattern of apples. With very bright colors.
Most likely a production from the Belgian brand Nimy. The pitcher is in good condition. ...
Category
1890s Belgian Belle Époque Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
A Palissy Ware Majolica Jardinière, Bird's Nest and Snake, School of Paris, 1880
By Thomas Sargent
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Palissy Ware Majolica Jardinière, modelled as a rectangular rustic wooden trough with simulated wooden staves and branches, with ferns and green-glazed foliage, bullrushes, and toa...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Majolica Ceramic Fish Platter by Secla, 1960
By Secla
Located in Barcelona, ES
A glazed ceramic large fish platter in brown and toffee colors manufactured by Secla ceramics factory. Portugal, 1960s.
A very interesting piece du...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
French Majolica Ducklings with Snail Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica ducklings with snail & frog plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Minton Majolica Vase "Lily of the Valley"
By Minton
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
Small Antique Minton Majolica vase, with lily of the valley design and three sprouting bulb feet. Turquoise ground color with white lilies, green leaves, and pink interior.
It bears...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
$1,345 Sale Price
20% Off
Minton Majolica Mermen Jardiniere Turquoise Interior
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jardinière with a mythological theme which features two mermen (sometimes attributed to the Sea God Neptune or to Triton), s...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large 19th Century Victorian Shell & Dolphins Centerpiece George Jones
By George Jones
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th Century Victorian Shell & Dolphins Centerpiece George Jones.
Diameter / 15 inches , H / 10 inches.
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Large Painted Italian Majolica Urn, circa 1885
Located in Dallas, TX
From Italy, this large, hand-painted Majolica urn dates to the late 1800s. At the top are two putti seated upon the lid and two more putti lying upon their stomachs on the curled aca...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Rare Minton Majolica Posy Vase, circa 1875
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Minton Majolica Posy small vase modelled as three upright yellow bamboo canes all supported on an earthy ground.
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Antique French Majolica Barbotine Jardinière Hunt Stag Onnaing Cache Pot Planter
By Onnaing
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Majolica Barbotine Jardinière Hunt Stag Onnaing Cache Pot Planter.
Direct from France, a gorgeous 19th century antique French majolica jardinière or cache pot!
The ca...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French 19th Century Majolica Grape Plates with Their Leaves, Seven Available
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Majolica dining plates from the 19th century, with purple grapes and their leaves. We currently have eight plates available, priced and sold individually. Born in France durin...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19thC Barbizet Palissy Majolica Fish Platter
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Barbizet (attributed) French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features various overlying fish, shells and an eel on a bed of fern leaves. Colouration: green, brown, yellow, are predominant. Book reference ,'Bernard PALISSY et ses suiveurs'', by Christine Viennet...
Category
1850s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique French Art Nouveau Majolica Dragonfly Pitcher by Frie Onnaing
By Frie Onnaing
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautiful example of fine majolica from the Art Nouveau period in France in the coveted dragonfly pattern. The Colors are stunning in shades of red, gold, olive green, mint green a...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Frog Wall Pocket Jerome Massier Fils Vallauris, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Frog Wall Pocket Jerome Massier Fils Vallauris, circa 1900.
The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. The Massier family produced d...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Fratelli Fanciullacci Majolica Vase with Relief Decor, Italy Mid Century
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual vintage majolica vase with complex glaze in dark Bordeau oxblood red and various shades of grey colors features bands of applied reliefs in shape of abstract, graphic flowers. Top and bottom parts of the vase and bands of relief decor are decorated with gold. Monochromatic white glaze was used on inner surfaces, accentuating the palest grey shades in the main glaze.
The vase is signed on the bottom with model number and "Italy"; while it does not have the usual the manufacturer's mark, "FF", the glaze that was used for this series is well documented to Fratelli Fanciullacci. It was common for Italian ceramics manufacturers to omit marking their pieces with their logos if the they were intended for American or European distributors; instead, they would only mark it "Italy" to allow the distributor to use their stickers, or rarely, they would mark the piece with "studio tame" for "distributor name" if the distributor did not object. Pieces from this particular series were made by Fratelli Fanciullacci with their own mark, for Ebeling Reuss...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Barbotine Soldier Pitcher by Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique Majolica water pitcher was crafted by Onnaing in Northern France, circa 1880. The colorful pitcher features a brave soldier dressed...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French 19th Century Sarreguemines Majolica Asparagus Plates with Pink Flowers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ten French Sarreguemines Majolica asparagus plates from the 19th century with floral décor, priced and sold individually. Born in France during the 19th century, each of these delica...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Rare White Faience Cat Art Deco Jacques Adnet
Located in Austin, TX
Large Rare White Faience Cat Art Deco Jacques Adnet.
Made by Henri Delcourt a Boulogne (1917-1935) for the Maitrise.
Signed Adnet and Henri Delcourt.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French Majolica Trompe L'oeil Wall Plaque with Lemons, Perret-Gentil, Menton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Menton French Majolica (Barbotine) Trompe L'oeil Wall Plaque on a turquoise ground with lemons molded in high relief, circa 1880, 8-inches diameter.
Generally referred to as "Mento...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Rooster Yellow and Green Glazed Ceramic Pitcher, France, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching green and yellow Majolica ceramic rooster jug / pitcher, France, 1950s.
Handcrafted in yellow glazed ceramic with green accents.
A cool accent to any kitchen or to be us...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Extra Large Leaf Shaped Centerpiece Bowl / Fruit Bowl in White Glazed Ceramic
By Hispania CH
Located in Barcelona, ES
A beautiful extra large leaf shaped white Manises glazed ceramic platter or centerpiece bowl manufactured by CH Hispania. Spain 1950-1960s.
Interesting to be used as centerpiece, fru...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Handcrafted and hand painted Majolica Wall fountain with basin and pedestal
Located in München, Bavaria
This is a handcrafted and hand painted wall fountain in Nymphenburg Majolica. The fountain consists of the pedestal, basin, decorative edging tiles and flat tiles as well as the spic...
Category
2010s German Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Green Majolica Oyster Plate Proceram, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica oyster plate signed Proceram, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Italian Vintage Handcrafted Bowls Set in the shape of Pineapple By Italica ARS
By Italica Ars
Located in Roma, IT
I offer for sale an extremely decorative and fun element to set your table.
Produced in Italy between the 70s and 80s, it is part of a successful series that included numerous tablew...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Large Majolica Pink Daisy Wall Pocket Clement Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Pink Daisy Wall Pocket signed Clement Massier, circa 1890.
8.7' height
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile with Bird, Mid 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Circa 1630 - 1660
A fine painted blue and white tile with a decoration of a bird on a piece of fruit.
With so-called oxheads as corner decoration.
A genuine c...
Category
Mid-17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Italian Vintage Majolica Sugar Bowl in the shape of a Tomato by Pacetti Albisola
By Ivos Pacetti
Located in Roma, IT
I offer for sale an extremely decorative and fun element to set your table.
This vintage jar was made in Italy between the 1950s and 1960s, by the cerami...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Art Nouveau Majolica Vase by Gerbing & Stephan, Bohemia circa 1910
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable rare Art Nouveau Majolica vase by Gerbing & Stephan from the early period in Bohemia around 1910. The beautiful shaped grey blue c...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Pottery Majolica Rabbit Pâté Tureen circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Pottery Majolica Rabbit Pate Tureen circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Rustic Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Oversize 19th Century Majolica Palissy Wall Snake Platter
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Oversize French Majolica Palissy platter with a large snake , roses , 2 lizards , bugs , leaves and crawfish.
Unique piece.
Diameter / 21 inches , Depth / 4.5 inches.
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French Saint Clément Majolica Parrot Absinthe Pitcher Decanter
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
French majolica parrot absinthe or water pitcher by St. Clément.
In good condition, the pitcher showcases a vibrant coloration and glaze, making it an excellent decorative piece for...
Category
1920s French Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
George Jones Apple Blossom Cobalt Blue Cheese Keeper
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica cheese keep which features a branch handle with apple blossoms. Basketweave to the sides. Cobalt blue ground version. Colouration: cobalt blue, brown, green, ar...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Fish Pitcher, 1930s
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
This small fish pitcher will bring a touch of personality and originality to all tables. Highly decorative.
Category
1930s French Art Nouveau Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Flowers Oyster Plate Longchamp, circa 1900
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate with different flowers on each shells, circa 1900 signed Longchamp.
Hairline.
Category
Early 1900s French Romantic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Samuel Alcock Majolica Large Ewer with Snake and Frog on Lip, English, ca. 1855
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Samuel Alcock Majolica Pitcher, the body molded as a tree trunk with ferns, oak leaves, acorns, and ivy, entwined by a high relief-molded and ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Bird Pitcher Saint Clément, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica pitcher with a bird and water lilies signed Keller & Guerin Saint Clément, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
George Jones Majolica Maple Leaf and Ferns Plate on a Brown Ground, ca. 1870
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Maple Leaf and Ferns Plate, English, ca. 1870, the relief molded dish with a central green-glazed maple leaf with ferns on a brown ground, the rim banded in yel...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of 19th Century Majolica Vases Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of 19th Century Majolica Vases signed Choisy Le Roi.
The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end of 19th century, they produced very hi...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Art Nouveau French Antique Ceramic Vase in Blue Majolica with White Gold Flowers
Located in New York, NY
1900-1910 French Art Nouveau Earthenware Vase in faience by Keller & Guérin - Lunéville, raised on 4 feet and decorated with hand-painted flowers enameled in white and azure sky blue...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Majolica Furniture
Materials
Gold
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of 2 fishs, seaweeds, starfish.
Nautical style.
Measure: 8.3" diameter.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Authentic Talavera Decorative Plate Folk Art Vessel Mexican Ceramic Blue White
By Cesar
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Spanish Colonial Majolica Furniture
Materials
Clay, Ceramic, Majolica
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Minton Majolica Marine Vase with Merboys
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features three merboys supporting a vessel adorned with seaweeds. The rim of the vase is modelled to depict breaking waves. Dark maroon ground version. Col...
Category
1860s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Asparagus Platter Keller and Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica asparagus and artichoke platter by Keller and Guerin, manufacturer of Saint Clement, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Painted Porcelain Barbotine Jardinière with Floral Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a tabletop in your home with this elegant and colorful antique Majolica jardinière. Crafted in France, circa 1870, the ceramic planter stands on tree trunk form feet and fea...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain, Faience
French Majolica Lobster Platter Choisy Le Roi Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Lobster ,Shrimp and frog Platter HB Choisy Le Roi Circa 1930.
The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture a...
Category
1930s French Country Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Ceramic Fish Shaped Snack Cocktail Serving Tray / Wall Decoration, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large glazed ceramic amber and black fish platter / wall plate, Spain, 1950s.
The perfect serving piece for entertainment or party with four compartments.
It can be hung on the wall ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$1,239 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of fish, seaweeds, lemon, starfish.
Nautical style.
Measure: 11" diameter.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Palissy Lizard Footed Platter Pull, circa 1870
By Georges Pull
Located in Austin, TX
Palissy footed platter on a blue brown mottled background with a large lizard on the centre, on the platter severals white shells and different leaves a...
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Talavera Decorative Lavabo Sink Folk Art Mexican Ceramic Spanish Colonial
By Cesar
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Elegant surrealist sink lavabo made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico. The Spanish colonial style sink is a perfect piece to bring personality and light to bathrooms and restrooms. Its warm colors bring light to the piece, creating a cozy effect in the atmosphere where it is placed.
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Spanish Colonial Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
French Majolica Lobster Plate Choisy Le Roi Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Lobster Plate HB Choisy Le Roi Circa 1930.
The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end...
Category
1930s French Country Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
19th Century Victorian Majolica Bird Box Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Victorian Majolica turquoise box with a bird handle and white flowers attributed to Joseph Holdcroft.
Very rare shape box.
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Villeroy & Boch Art Nouveau Tubelined Floral Majolica Pottery Tazza
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Villeroy & Boch Art Nouveau Majolica pottery tazza or cake stand decorated with tubelined floral designs dating circa 1900. The tazza stands on a bell shaped foot and ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique and Vintage Majolica Platters, Pottery and Other Furniture and Decor
The popularity of Victorian majolica, the gaily colored, metallic-oxide-glazed earthenware, has ebbed and flowed for more than a century. Right now, antique and vintage majolica plates, pitchers, decorative objects and other pieces appear to be having a moment — again.
Starting in the 1850s, people in the U.S. and the U.K. embraced these affordable housewares with unusual polychrome palettes (turquoise and pink) and whimsical forms (candlesticks shaped like dolphins). By the 1870s, majolica was being mass-produced for an ever-expanding middle class in countries like England, France, Sweden, Hungary and Portugal. Majolica was Art for Everyman. Its popularity coincided with interest in exotic Japonisme and scientific studies by the likes of Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin and John James Audobon.
Despite a similarity in name, Victorian majolica is significantly different in subject matter and form from its Italian forebear, Renaissance maiolica. That earlier earthenware bore gaily painted religious and mythological scenes, and unlike majolica, with its lively contours, was not molded or three dimensional.
What was the attraction of majolica for the 19th-century collector? “Imagine what it looked like in a Victorian interior, with dark woods, heavy drapes and upholstered chairs and sofas,” says Susan Weber, founder of the Bard Graduate Center in New York. “Majolica is robust and extremely tactile. With its naturalistic shapes, colorful glazes and often humorous themes, it appealed to the growing consumer society.”
In England, manufacturers like Minton began to produce decorative, relief-molded majolica tiles for the interiors of taverns, train stations, even the famous Queen’s Dairy at Frogmore, on the grounds of Windsor Castle. In 19th-century France, Sèvres and smaller ceramics firms began to reinterpret the snake-decorated platters made by Bernard Palissy, a 16th-century self-taught French potter. The result was a type of majolica called Palissy ware, which, like the originals, was festooned with odd creatures (lobsters, lizards and snakes) modeled by hand.
The late Moroccan-born, Paris-based decorator Alberto Pinto often placed Palissy ware in his clients’ living rooms, posing individual pieces on brackets against a background of stamped, gilded leather. Pinto, in turn, influenced such contemporary decorators as Harry Heissmann of New York. After 1900, people got swept up in the romanticism of Art Nouveau and ceased buying majolica. The 1970s saw a revival of interest, and in 1982, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York, organized “English Majolica,” an exhibition featuring 75 examples from Minton, Wedgwood and George Jones, among other makers.
On 1stDibs, find antique and vintage majolica tea sets, vases, candlesticks, tureens and other furniture and decorative objects.
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