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Material: Majolica
Mid-Century French Majolica Shell Plate Marcel Guillot
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Shell Plate Marcel Guillot, circa 1950.
10 inches by 9.5 inches,
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Neoclassical Style Blue Majolica Planter by Minton
By Minton
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style blue Majolica planter by Minton
English, c. 1852
Measures: height 37.5cm, width 49cm, depth 42cm
This superb planter is crafted i...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Asparagus Platter Keller & Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica asparagus platter by Keller and Guerin, manufacturer of Saint Clement, circa 1900.
Decorated with purple Chrysanthemums.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
English Majolica Pink Geranium Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
English Majolica Pink Geranium Plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Pitcher George Jones circa 1900, Brown Yellow and Green Colors France
By George Jones
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
George Jones water lily pitcher. Designed with large green leaves, water lily flowers. The top neck with handle circa 1900.
Brown Yellow and Green ...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Gaetano BATTAGLIA (Naples-Italy-Active 1850 and 1885) Large Circular Plate
Located in Madrid, ES
Gaetano BATTAGLIA (Naples-Italy-Active between 1850 and 1885)
Large circular earthenware plate
in the style of Italian majolica with polychrome historiated decoration on the basin, t...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Game Pie Dish Majolica Minton Victorian Mid-19th Century
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
Majolica oval game terrine, featuring a palette of green, blue, brown, and ochre. Adorned with a woven basket encircled by an oak leaf garland, the lid showcases a prominent relief d...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Italian Gialletti Majolica Portrait Plates
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Pair of Gialletti Majolica Plates. It depicts two plates with a portrait of a Renaissance man and lady in the center in a royal blue background. The border of the plate is ...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Plate with Pumpkin & Snail Onnaing, circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate with pumpkin & snail Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Charger Plate Set Four Dinner Plates Serveware Majolica Aquamarine Hand Painted
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
This colorful and elegant set of 4 majolica charger plates is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter: every artist's brushstroke, which you can see on each plate, contributes to make our plates look bold and unique.
The plates feature fluttering ribbons that frame recently blossomed flowers, representing the triumph of life and youth. A stylish set of charger plates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Pair Art Nouveau Swan Planters Jardinieres, Majolica, early 20th Century, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of cache pot in majolica with swan and floral motif.
Pair of glazed ceramic vases. Art Nouveau period, France, early 20th century.
Diameter 10.2" - 26 cm.
Height 8.6" - 22 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Hand-Painted Floral Barbotine Vase Signed P. Perret
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf of a console with this elegant colorful majolica vase. Sculpted in Vallauris, France, circa 1890, and signed by the artist Pierre Perret, the ceramic vessel has an u...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, 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
Early 1900s Italian Majolica Orciuolo Apothecary Pitcher
By Castelli
Located in Dallas, TX
From Italy, this majolica apothecary pitcher (orciuolo) is in the manner of the pitcher done by Castelli, circa 1520, housed in the MET Museum NYC,...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
18th Century Italian Majolica Albarello Drug Jar by Jacques Boselly
By Jacques Boselly 1
Located in Milano, MI
A Neoclassical late 18th century polychrome decorated drug jar or Albarello signed by the Italian Savonese artist Boselli Giacomo 1744-1808, a rare blue, yellow and polychrome majolica antique vase for collectors.
The Italian Albarello...
Category
Late 18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Palissy Portuguese Lobster Wall Platter Plate, circa 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Portugese Caldas da Rainha Palissy lobster wall plaque plate, circa 1950s.
Decorated with mussels, shells and seaweed. Beautiful condition for thi...
Category
1950s Portuguese Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Bayadera on Elephant, Vintage Ceramic by Francesco Nonni, 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Terracotta maiolicata with gilded decoration.
Marked: Francesco Nonni, Scuola di Faenza, 1922.
Rare and precious piece of art realized du F. Nonni in Faenz...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Plate Bowl Centerpiece Tableware Platter Decorated Wall Dish Majolica Painted
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
This exclusive ceramic plate is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter: it is decorated in majolica hand-painted in duotone of black and golden yellow, showing an elegant decorative motif of the Deruta tradition which is inspired by a tile found in a local church and suitably reworked in a modern key. The wide brim, with a raised edge and profiled with a finely painted modular ornament, is characterized by an extensive decorative border band where the traditional peacock feather motifs are represented, decorated with delicate shades of golden yellow shaded with cerium white. Naturalistic decorations are depicted inside the large cable, arranged in specular and radial symmetry which branches off from a central hexagonal element and articulates around the circumference, forming elegant golden yellow raceme motifs that stand out against a black background. Our majolica plate can be used as a fancy centerpiece or it can be hung as a decorative wall dish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Oranges Platter Perret Gentil Menton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Oranges Platter Perret Gentil Menton.
Diameter / 9 inches.
Category
1880s Finnish Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Vintage 20th Century Majolica Style Monkey With Woven Basket Pedestal Bowls
Located in Charleston, SC
Vintage Majolica Monkey Pedestal Compote, Chimpanzee with Grapes & Basket Dish, French Country Tropical Decor Bohemian, Table Display Holder.
This pair of vintage majolica pottery ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Flowers Cache Pot Keller & Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica planter flowers cache pot circa 1900 signed Keller & Guerin Saint Clement.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Box Books Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th Century Majolica Box Books Choisy Le Roi.
H / 6.8 inches
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Wedgwood Pair Floral Rimmed Majolica Pottery Plates
By Wedgwood
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine pair antique English majolica floral rimmed pottery plates by Wedgwood and dated 1872. The lightly potted plates are of simple rounded form standing on a round foot with a sli...
Category
1870s English Arts and Crafts Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
Vallauris Majolica Blue Ceramic Hand Shaped Rings Stand or Vase
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern Blue Glazed Ceramic Hand Sculpture by Vallauris. France, 1950s
Eye-catching iridiscent blue ceramic hand vase with fat lava d...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
19th Century French Hand Painted Porcelain Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant and colorful antique vase was created in Longchamp, Burgundy, circa 1890, round in shape with high sloping shoulders and body tapered towards the base, the tall ceramic vessel...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
Mid-Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Barbotine Bohemian Figure Lidded Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf with this elegant antique Majolica box. Crafted in France circa 1950, the decorative and whimsical casket is decorated on all four sides in realistic high relief weave motifs. The removable lid features a bohemian figure lying on his side his feet up and holding his head. The colorful porcelain candy box...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Fish Sealife Oysters Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife oysters platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of seaweeds, starfish , oysters , mussel
Nautical style.
8.3 inches diameter
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Minton Majolica Planter
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
Large Minton Majolica planter in turquoise designed in a basketweave pattern with a large tied bow arround the middle. Impressed: Mintons Patte...
Category
Early 20th Century European Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Majolica Parrots Centerpiece Delphin Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Parrots Centerpiece Jerome Massier, circa 1900.
14 inches.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Vallauris Majolica Ceramic Extra Large Leaf Platter/ Centerpiece Bowl
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching extra large leaf shaped glazed ceramic platter, serving tray or centerpiece manufactured by Vallauris. France, 1950-1960s.
Interesting to be used as decorative centerpie...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Majolica
Mid-Century Large Oval Majolica Palissy Fish & Lobster Platter Vallauris
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large oval Majolica Palissy wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
Large fishes, lobster, seaweeds, shells.
From Provence.
Measures: Length / 22.5 inches on 9 inches, height / 2.5 inche...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Salins-lès-Bains Rare French Art Majolica Ceramic Asparagus Set, Late 19th C.
By Salins
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Majolica Ceramic Asparagus Set by Salins-lès-Bains, France, Late 19th Century.
This exquisite and rare French art majolica asparagus set, crafted by Salins-lès-Bains in t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique Majolica Jardinière by Gustave de Bruyn Fives Lille Cherubs Lions Cobalt
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This Majolica jardinière is richly decorated, featuring a deep cobalt blue glaze as the base color. The sides are adorned with cherubs and lion heads in golden and brown tones, refle...
Category
Early 1900s French Renaissance Revival Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Plate Centerpiece Tray Ornament Bowl Wall Dish Majolica White Decorated In Stock
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
This exclusive ceramic plate is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter: it is d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Chesnut Leaf Plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica chesnut leaf plate signed Villeroy & Boch, circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Two Beautiful 19th Century Majolica Plates by Villeroy & Boch, Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
19th century majolica plates by Villeroy & Boch in unusual color combination of olive green and turquoise with relief design on front. Nice addition to your table or just to display....
Category
19th Century German Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Vintage French Christine Viennet Hand Crafted "Trompe L'Oeil" Fruit Plate
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a kitchen wall with this elegant and "One-of-a-Kind" hand crafted barbotine "Trompe L'Oeil" decorative plate. Crafted in southern France, and very realistic, the ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Faience, Majolica, Porcelain
Majolica Garden Figure Exotic Parrot Bird Figure
Located in München, Bavaria
This hand-crafted and hand painted majolica parrot is made in the studios of the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory in Munich, Germany. They create handmade figures in majolica techni...
Category
2010s German Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Bordallo Pinheiro Vine Mid Century Plates - Set of Twelve
Located in Dallas, TX
A striking set of twelve mid century majolica Bordallo Pinheiro vine plates from Portugal. In a rich tomato red glaze, each plate is molded with a raised vine and leaf motif, showcas...
Category
1980s Portuguese Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Gaudin French Majolica Horse
By Atelier Primavera au Printemps, Jean Gaudin
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s Majolica stylized horse with extended legs & head arched towards back in pale blue with white mane & tail (att: PRIMIVERA/GAUDIN)
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Delphin Massier Art Nouveau Majolica Figural Egret Planter, Vallauris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Delphin Massier Art Nouveau Majolica figural egret planter, Vallauris, circa 1900.
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Jasba Color-block Vase, West German Pottery 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Mid Century Modern ceramic vase features an abstract graphic decor enveloping the whole body of the vase with color blocked bands of green and orange divided by off-white and dark gr...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Mid-Century French Saint Clement Barbotine Faience Oyster Plates '6' and Dish
Located in Dallas, TX
These colorful antique plates and matching serving platter were created in France circa 1920, by the Saint Clement factory. The hand painted Majolica service features 6 round plates and one charger, all having oyster shaped and lemon wedge motifs. Every piece is marked underfoot "St Clement France". The set is in excellent condition with rich colors in the green and yellow palette.
The faience factory of Saint-Clement, 12 kms from Lunéville, was established in 1758 by Jacques Chambrette, who already owned another one in Lunéville. With this second factory he aimed at the higher segment of the market with prestigious objects. The factory received because of this a label as Royal Suplier for Marie-Antoinette's Trianon.
After Jacques died in 1758, his son Gabriel became the new owner. Between 1759 and 1763 the factory was managed by Charles Loyal, Jacques Chambrette's son-in-law, Paul Louis Cyfflé and the architect Richard Mique, who owned half the factory in 1786.
In the 18th century Saint-Clément produced domestic objects of ordinary earthenware, luxurious objects and decorative objects of fine earthenware (so-called "terre de pipe"). Between the first quarter of the 19th century and 1892 both current utensils of ordinary earthenware and fine earthenware are produced and decorative objects of grand and petit feu (Emile Gallé).
In the second half of the 19th century the factory reproduced Louis XIV objects, among them objects with very unnatural forms, where they attempted to imitate the multicolored decorations of Strasbourg faience...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Pair of Italian Majolica Lamps, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Urbino majolica lustre glazed scroll handled vases mounted as lamps.
Height of vase 15.5".
Category
1870s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of 19th Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Barbotine Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this large and unique pair of antique Majolica vases on a console or shelf. Crafted in France, circa 1880, the colorful ceramic planters...
Category
Early 20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Mid-Century Large Oval Majolica Palissy Fish & Lobster Platter Vallauris
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large oval Majolica Palissy wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
Large fishes, lobster, seaweeds, tomato, garlic.
From Provence, Mediterranean fishes.
Length / 20 inches on 9 inches, ...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Fruits Basket Sarreguemines, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica trompe l'oeil basket with fruits signed Sarreguemines, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large French Majolica Morning Glory Jardinière, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica jardinière with morning glory flowers from North of France, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Victorian Majolica Gustavsberg Pitcher, Sweden, late 19th-C
By Gustavsberg
Located in Valencia, VC
Early Gustavsberg Victorian Majolica Pitcher – Cobalt Relief on Ivory Crackle Glaze
This early Gustavsberg Victorian majolica pitcher is a fine example of 19th-century Scandinavian ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain, Stoneware
Majolica Garden Figure Exotic Parrot Bird Figure
Located in München, Bavaria
This hand-crafted and hand painted majolica parrot is made in the studios of the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory in Munich, Germany. They create handmade figures in majolica techni...
Category
2010s German Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Authentic Talavera Decorative Vase Folk Art Vessel Mexican Ceramic Blue White
By Cesar
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Elegant white and blue vase 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
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Early 20th Century French Painted Porcelain Barbotine Vase with Children Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf with this colorful antique Majolica sculpture composition. Created in France, circa 1920, the porcelain vase features two young children, a boy siting on the basket ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
19th Century French Barbotine Cache Pot and Vases with Floral Motifs, Set of 3
By Massier Art Pottery
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a table top with this beautiful antique majolica set! Crafted in France, circa 1880, the colorful ceramic set includes a cent...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Pair of 19th Century Hand Painted Barbotine Ceramic Vases & Matching Cache-Pot
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful, colorful hand painted Majolica antique set was sculpted in Montigny sur Loing, France, circa 1870. Each ceramic vase including the mat...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Pair 19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Ceramic Vases with Fruit Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring colors to your mantel with this pair of antique Majolica vases with fruit motifs. Crafted in Southern France, circa 1880, this ceramic composition is a Classic example of barbo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Italian Dalmatian Puppy Majolica Terracotta Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A vintage Mid Century Modern Italian terracotta art pottery sculpture. A figural animal work produced circa 1960s depicting a Dalmatian dog modeled seated. Glazed white and black ter...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
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, shells, onion , oyster.
Nautical style.
10 inches diameter
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Set of Six 19th Century Majolica Leaves & Flowers Plates Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Set of 6 Majolica plates signed Choisy le roi, circa 1890.
Decorated with leaves, ferns, pink flowers and Greek border.
Very rare colors.
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, 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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