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Material: Majolica
Fratelli Fanciullacci Majolica Bowl, Donkey with Cart, Italy Mid Century
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Charming, unusual bowl depicts a donkey wearing pink baseball hat and pulling a cart. The piece features elaborate decor on the cart with applied wheels and decorative rims; the donk...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$196 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Majolica Shorter & Boulton Rustic Wild Rose Tree Bark Pitcher Jug 7"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Shorter & Boulton Majolica creamer pitcher / jug featuring a rustic tree bark motif with wild rose flowers and branch handle.
Dimensions:
7" x 4.25" x 6.5" (Width x Depth...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Sky Medium Ceramic Bowl Hand Painted Glazed Majolica Italian Contemporary
Located in London, GB
SKY - Medium ceramic bowl by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware.
All unique pieces, Italy, 2021. Measure: 22cm diameter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Vallauris Majolica Shell Shaped Vase in Multi Color Glazed Ceramic
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Giant Mid-century Modern Vallauris Ceramid Shell Shaped Vase. France, 1950s-1960s.
Colorful vase with mussel / shell design in glazed ceramic. The exterior part is covered by glazed ceramic in brown color with fat lava decorations in beige, yellow and blue glaze.
Rare find due to its shape.
Use it as decorative vase or flower vase adding a fresh accent in any Mediterranean, Contemporary, or Midentury decoration.
Great gift idea!
Measures: 32 cm H x 16 cm W x 13 cm D
Vallauris Maiolica Mussel Vase // French Vallauris Midcentury Vase // Falt Lava Vallauris Ceramic Shell Vase...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
2 Antique Etruscan Majolica Corn on the Cob Harvest Creamer Pitchers 5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Two antique Etruscan Majolica corn on the cob / ears of corn creamer pitchers / milk jugs.
Dimensions:
3.5" x 2.75" x 4.5" (Width x Depth x Height)
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$120 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Faience Cows Platter Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century rectangular Platter With Cows signed Hippolyte Boulenger & co Choisy le Roi, circa 1880.
Painted scene of Cows in a Meadow and river.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Pair of French Majolica Rooster & Hen Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of French Majolica Rooster & Hen attributed to George Dreyfus Circa 1890.
Hen : H / 8" ,5.5" by 3"
Rooster : H / 10" , 5.5" by 3"
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
$2,500 / set
A Tall and Slender Antique Hand Painted Italian Majolica Ewer, Naples Circa 1870
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed on the underside by Gaetano Battaglia of Manifattura Battaglia, this tall hand-painted majolica ewer originates from Naples, Italy, circa 1870. Known as an istoriato (loosely ...
Category
1870s Italian Renaissance Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Paint
Antique Majolica Pottery Porcelain Asparagus Platter, Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Majolica pottery porcelain Asparagus platter, Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Set of Glazed Ceramic Pineapple Dessert Serving or Appetizer Snack Bowls
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching set of 6 majolica ceramic pineapple small dishes and a large pineapple tray or large bowl. Spain, 1960s.
This hand-painted set can be used to serve desserts, salads or a...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Vallauris Yellow White Brown Ceramic Fat Lava Round Bowl / Ashtray, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
French Mid-Century Vallauris ashtray / bowl in glazed ceramic.
Beautiful fat lava glazed ceramic ashtray in yellow, amber, white and brown colors. Manufactured by Vallauris. France, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, 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.
Rare gray background.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Pair of Thoune "Thuner Majolika" Vedute Plates, circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Pair of thoune "Thuner Majolika" Vedute plates, circa 1890, topographical miniature paintings of alpine scenery and Geneva framed by brightly colored incised and raised enamel, tradi...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Vienna Secession Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Palissy Lizard Box Saint Honore Les Bains, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Palissy box with a large lizard handle unsigned Saint Honore Les Bains, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Massive Old Italian L’Antica Majolica Platter Romeo and Juliet
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice early Massive Majolica L’Antica Deruta Charger or platter. It is of of the largest platters we have seen at 33.5 inches across. It is signed on t...
Category
20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Vintage Majolica White Cat with Dragonfly Sculpture, Italy 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Playful Italian pottery cat figurine features crouching white cat with half-closed eyes, getting ready to pounce on a dragonfly flying over cat's shoulder. Elegantly sculpted ceramic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Antique Majolica French Barbotine Dog Rose Flower Blossom Water Pitcher Jug 6"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Majolica French Barbotine pitcher / jug / carafe featuring a green and brown field with wild dog rose flower blossoms and a twig / branch handl...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Plate with Cabbage Leaves Creil & Montereau
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual 19th century majolica asparagus plates with large green cabbages leaves on a yellow background (usually on blue background), very colorful plates...
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Birds Fountain Massier circa 1910
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica fountain with birds signed Massier circa 1910.
Category
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
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
Late 20th Century French Hand-Painted Barbotine Ceramic Rooster from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
This large colorful Majolica rooster was crafted in Normandy, circa 1980. Hand painted in the blue, green and brown palette, the proud symbol of France stands tall on a green base. T...
Category
Late 20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Pair of Majolica Palissy Vases with Mistletoe, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Palissy pair of small handled vases decorated with mistletoe, circa 1880.
The School of Paris was composed by makers as Victor Barbizet, Francois Maurice, Thomas Sergent, Georges pull...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Majolica Fern & Leaves Plate Sarreguemines Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica plate with leaves, fern, pink flowers signed Utzschneider et compagnie Sarreguemines.
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Leaves and Pink Flowers Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning colors for this Majolica plates signed Choisy le roi, circa 1890.
Decorated with leaves, ferns, pink flowers and Greek border.
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Plate with Cabbage Leaves Creil & Montereau
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual 19th century majolica asparagus plates with large green cabbages leaves on a yellow background (usually on blue background), very colorful plates made by the Manufacture of Creil and Montereau...
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Majolica Palissy Vases with Butterflies Thomas Sergent, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of 19th century Palissy chalices vases with butterflies signed Thomas Sergent, the feets are stylized seaweeds in a Renaissance style.
School of Paris.
The School of Paris was composed by makers as Victor Barbizet, Francois Maurice, Thomas Sergent, Georges Pull...
Category
1880s French Renaissance Revival Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Ceramic Wall Plate, centerpiece with St. George, 24K Gold Luster & Relief Design
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
This one-of-a-kind hand-painted ceramic wall plate by renowned Italian ceramist Gabriele Mengoni is a stunning work of art, showcasing the legendary Saint George. Painted in soft sep...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Majolica Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate
Early 19th Century Italian Majolica Holy Water Font
Located in Milano, MI
Small and lovely Italian Holy Water font from Italy, a shaped polychrome ceramic artwork dating back to Neoclassical period, early 19th century.
This rare religious work is finely ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Maiolica, Majolica
Sarreguemines French Majolica Pair of Vases with Ships, Vintage France
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful pair of vases made by Sarreguemines France. Underglaze mark. Nice addition to your table or just to display. Please see detailed pictures for vintage as found condition. Ma...
Category
1930s French Folk Art Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Large French Majolica Vase with Flowers Edouard Gilles, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica vase with flowers signed Edouard Gilles, circa 1880.
Painted flowers, impressionist period..
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Dresser Box with Lid Horse Handle, Blue White Flowers, Italy
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage majolica ceramic round dresser box with lid features hand-painted abstract flowers and leaves decor on white background. The blue, teal, and brown colors of the flower decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
19th Century Majolica Palissy Leaf Wall Fishs Platter Alfred Renoleau
Located in Austin, TX
Large Palissy leaf platter with mackerel,eel and a sole signed Polakowski & cie Roumazieres.
Reference/Page 179 "Palissy Ware" of M. Katz.
Page 81 "Alfred Renoleau ceramiste Charen...
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Pear Plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica pear plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1920.
Category
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
J. Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme Cobalt Box & Cover, Signed, English, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme square shaped box and cover, glazed in cobalt blue, with relief molded flying cranes, flowering prunus branches, and squirrels, the cover bordered...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Royal Worcester Majolica Putti in Gondola Dish
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Royal Worcester Majolica figural dish which features a putto seated on a gondola boat, with an eagle figurehead. Colouration: turquoise, white, brown, are...
Category
1880s English Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Sky Large Ceramic Bowl Hand Painted Glazed Majolica Italian Contemporary
Located in London, GB
SKY - Large ceramic bowl by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware.
All unique pieces, Italy, 2021. Measure: 30cm diameter....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Italian Majolica Palissy-Type Inkstand
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian majolica Palissy type pottery inkstand in the form of a leaf with fruit, burds and lizard on animal paw feet. Provenance
Category
19th Century Italian Minimalist Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Box Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Box Choisy Le Roi with a floral and leaves decor.
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Lavenia Angelo Biancini Maiolica Vase, 1930, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Lavenia Angelo Biancini Maiolica vase, 1930, Italy.
Category
1930s Italian Other Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Platter Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
A remarkable 19th century large Majolica asparagus complete server composed with a turquoise platter decorated with asparagus and strawberries and a ...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Pair Large Italian Yellow and Green Majolica Urns Tureens
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large Italian yellow faience majolica lidded urns. Striking pair of large scale baluster form urns in Levantino Albisola style with medallions dep...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Basket Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica basket signed Choisy le Roi.
H / 9 inches , 10" on 6.5 inches.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Palissy Mackerel Wall Platter Attributed to Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large oval Majolica Palissy wall platter attributed to Vallauris, circa 1950.
A large mackerel on a seaweeds bed, lemon slice, shells and one small fish.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Midcentury Fish Platter in Pink, Blue, Yellow Majolica Glazed Ceramic
Located in Barcelona, ES
A colorful Portuguese pink, blue, yellow and green pastel colors glazed ceramic platter with two fishes and a highly decorative iridiscent effect.
Mark from the manufacturer at the ...
Category
1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Monumental Minton Majolica Putti and Dolphin Fountain
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica fountain which features two putti on a rocky outcrop amongst bullrushes. One is sat, holding a fishing net. The other holds a large fish or dolphin over his shoulder....
Category
1860s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Vallauris Shell Vase in Orange and Brown Majolica Ceramic
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Giant Mid-century Modern Vallauris Ceramid Shell Shaped Vase. France, 1950s-1960s.
Colorful vase with mussel / shell design in glazed ceramic. The exterior part is covered by glazed ceramic in brown color with fat lava decorations in beige, yellow and orange glaze.
Rare find due to its shape.
Use it as decorative vase or flower vase adding a fresh accent in any Mediterranean, Contemporary, or Midentury decoration.
Great gift idea!
Measures: 32 cm H x 16 cm W x 13 cm D
Vallauris Maiolica Mussel Vase // French Vallauris Midcentury Vase // Falt Lava Vallauris Ceramic Shell Vase...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Funny Majolica Pitcher by Sarreguemines from France. Early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very decorative and fun Majolica Pitcher in the shape of a sitting elephant by Sarreguemines from France. Probably made in the early 20th Century
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Early 20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Pink Flowers Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Pink Flowers Salins, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Mintons Majolica Putti Flower Holder Vase
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica flower holder which features a putti wearing drapes, carrying a cornucopia vase. Colouration: green, turquoise, white, are predo...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of 19th Century English Majolica Bamboo Vase
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Pair of English Majolica vases bamboo with a pink bow.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Monumental Sarreguemines Urn
Located in Palm Desert, CA
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...
Category
Early 1900s German Belle Époque Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Pair of Majolika-Karlsruhe with melted glass tops
Located in Berlin, DE
Nice pair of 1960s Majolika ceramics, known for bold glazes and artistic designs. The larger lidded container has a textured cobalt blue lid with gold and orange accents, contrasted ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern 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
Minton Majolica Blackberry Jug
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features a blackberry bush bearing fruit. Barrel effect ground. Brown ground version. Colouration: brown, green, blue, are predominant. Marks includ...
Category
1850s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
George Jones Majolica Cobalt-Ground 'Doves Jardinière' English, circa 1870
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A George Jones Majolica Centerpiece Jardinière, the cobalt glazed shaped bowl supported by two naturalistically molded and glazed doves, with ribbon-wrapped garlands and trimmed in yellow ocher, on a rustic mound with green-glazed leaves and ferns forming the base; the reverse with molded and applied blue cartouche pad, 'GJ' monogram, and 'STOKE-on-TRENT.' Design number 2225 for the entry, 'Dove Jardinière,' as recorded in the George Jones Majolica Pattern Books preserved in the Victorian and Albert Museum, Wedgwood Collection, and reprinted in V. Bergesen.*
The design is documented in the Karmason Library of the Majolica International Society, Number KL001257 with the designation 'Rare.'
We have been among the preeminent specialists in fine English majolica for over thirty years.
BOOK REFERENCES:
-Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 202 (George Jones Majolica Pattern Numbers, pp. 201-205).
-Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States 1850--1915. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020, Volume Two, p. 246, FIG. 18.21.
-CHRISTIE'S London, 19TH CENTURY BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL CERAMICS...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French 1850s Majolica Asparagus Platter with Purple, Turquoise and Yellow Tones
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Majolica asparagus serving platter from the mid-19th century with turquoise, purple, green and yellow accents. Created in France during the 1850s, this Majolica platter feat...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Midcentury Majolica Red Fish Pottery Ceramic Tureen Box, Portugal, 1950s
Located in Coimbra, PT
A magnificent big size hyper realistic glazed ceramic fish tureen in shades of vibrant red and grey with dark accents manufactured in Portugal, 1950s. Beautiful to use as a wall deco...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Platter Saint Amand
By Saint Amand
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Saint Amand platter with an handle circa 1880
At this period, almost all the French manufactures produced asparagus pieces plates and platters usually platters with c...
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique Belgian Enameled Iron and Tile Porte Manteau circa 1896
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Belgian Enameled Iron and Tile Porte Manteau with Porcelain Majolica, circa 1896-1905.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Majolica Pumpkin Leaves Centerpiece Choisy-le-Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th century large French Majolica pumpkin leaves and flowers handled centerpiece jardinière signed Choisy-le-Roi.
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
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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