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Material: Majolica
Large Franҫois Maurice Palissy Ware Majolica Trompe L'oeil Fish Plaque, 1880
By Francois Maurice
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Large Franҫois Maurice Palissy Ware Majolica Trompe L'oeil Fish Plaque, Paris, circa 1880, signed with impressed signature, 'F. Maurice.' Natural...
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1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

19th Century Majolica Palissy Portuguese Platter Jose Alves Cunha
Located in Austin, TX
Antique Majolica Palissy Portuguese wall platter signed Jose Alves Cunha, very unusual piece with a rat bitten by a large snake, caterpillar, butterfl...
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1880s Portuguese Late Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Majolica Stork Vase Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant and rare Majolica stork with a bamboo vase signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890. The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels an...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

19th Century Majolica Palissy Wicker Boat with a Fish
Located in Austin, TX
Small 19th century Majolica Palissy wicker boat with a fish, very fine quality, the boat is decorated with leaves and moss.
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1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

19th Century Belgium Painted Ceramic Barbotine Sailor Pitcher from Nimy Les Mons
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wet bar with this charming, sculptural Majolica pitcher, crafted in Nimy Les Mons, Belgium circa 1890, the antique, barbotine jug similar to t...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

19th Century English Painted Ceramic Barbotine Pitchers, Set of Three
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wet bar with this charming, sculptural set of antique majolica pitchers. Crafted in England circa 1890, each colorful barbotine jug similar to...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

Large French Majolica Bird and Snake Jardinière, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large French 19th century Majolica jardinière in a shape of wood box decorated with leaves, on the front a bird with his nest, a snake looking on the nest with eggs...
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1890s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Faience, Pottery, Majolica

French Majolica Ducklings with Frogs Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica ducklings with frogs plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
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1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Large Majolica Seated Pug Umbrella Stand
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Unidentified European Majolica stick or umbrella stand which features a Pug. Colouration: grey, blue, brown, are predominant.
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Early 1900s Belgian Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

19th Century French Clairefontaine Painted Ceramic Barbotine Fish Pitcher
Located in Dallas, TX
Add to your pitcher collection with this colorful antique Majolica water pitcher; sculpted in Clairefontaine, France, circa 1890, he ceramic jug...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

19th Century Majolica Palissy Crawfishs Wall Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual French Palissy crawfishs wall platter, circa 1890. The platter represent two crawfishs in high relief resting on greens leaves, under the leaves a beige background imitating...
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1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica, Ceramic, Faience

Minton Majolica Landscape Scene Wall Plate by Edouard Rischgitz
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton tin-glazed majolica wall plate which features a hand-painted scene of a hunting party in a country landscape. The plate was painted by Edouard Rischgitz - a Swiss painter. Col...
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1860s Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Antique Majolica Ceramic Cheese Keeper by George Jones
Located in London, GB
Antique Majolica ceramic cheese keeper by George Jones English, circa 1870 Measures: Height 30cm, width 23cm, depth 23cm This delightful cheese kee...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Pair of Ceramic Vases Hand Painted Majolica Italy Contemporary 21st Century
Located in London, GB
Pair of Mediterranea vases, 2020, full-fire reduction faience earthenware hand-painted with copper lustre 12cm diameter 25 cm height, hand painted unique pieces. Bottega Vignoli is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

Majolica Rooster & Hen Vase Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Charming Majolica vase with a rooster and hen against a trunk signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890. Reference / A similar example of this piece page 83 "Barbotines de la Cote d 'Azur"...
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1890s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

George Jones Majolica Calla Lily Pitcher, ca. 1875
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones majolica pitcher with relief molded calla lilies and leaves in panels to either side, with yellow glazed cable borders and rope handle, the body decorated with engine-tu...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Adams & Bromley Majolica 6 Well Fish Oyster Plate
By Adams & Bromley
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Adams and Bromley Majolica oyster plate which features six oyster wells moulded as fish heads, a larger fish to the rim. Colouration: grey, brown, oc...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

20th Cetury Sicilian Painted Majolica Panel
Located in PALERMO, IT
Painted majolica Sicilian terracotta panel, depicting the iconic "Sicilian cart". The panel is made up of a total of 70 painted majolica bricks.
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Early 20th Century Sicilian Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

19th Century Majolica Palissy Ewer Manuel Mafra Caldas Da Rainha
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual Portuguese Palissy ewer signed Manuel Mafra Caldas Da Rainha with his underplate. A sand background with a large lizard handle decorated with a t...
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1880s Portuguese Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica, Faience, Ceramic

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...
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Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery

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...
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19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Majolica "Cat & Mouse" Teapot by Minton
Located in Paris, FR
"Cat & Mouse" Majolica teapot, blue Drakkar-shaped. The bow of the boat forming the spout, the boat is decorated on sides with a mice frieze. On the yellow handle, a red and white ca...
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Late 20th Century English Victorian Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Large 19th Century Majolica Apricots Wall Platter Fives Lille
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th century French Majolica apricots platter in high relief, Fives Lille unsigned. At the end of the 19th century, Longchamp and Fives Lille produced fruits platters of all k...
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1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

French Majolica Plate with Pumpkin & Snail Onnaing, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate with pumpkin & snail Onnaing, circa 1890.
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1890s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery

French Majolica Trompe L'oeil Wall Plaque with Oranges, Perret-Gentil, Menton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Menton French Majolica (Barbotine) Trompe L'oeil Wall Plaque on a turquoise ground with oranges molded in high relief, circa 1880, with impressed mark for Eugene Perret-Gentil, diame...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Majolica Water Lily Asparagus Plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Art Nouveau asparagus plate unsigned Keller et Guerin Saint Clement Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th century asparagus and artichoke sets...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Majolica Parakeets Plate Salins, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate two parakeets on a blue background with oranges signed Salins, circa 1890.  
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

Garibaldi's Portrait Majolica, Ceramic, Made in Italy
Located in Roma, IT
This Garibaldi's Portrait Majolica is an original decorative object realized in ceramic. An interesting colored ceramic tile representing the Italian 19th century general Giuseppe...
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19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

French Majolica Ducklings with Snail Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica ducklings with snail & frog plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
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1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Sarregumines Majolica Eagle Bowl
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Sarreguemines Majolica centrepiece bowl which features eagle handles at either end, the wings along the sides. Colouration: turquoise, cobalt blue...
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1880s French Other Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

20th Century Majolica Floral Platter from Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
A fine and very decorative 20th century French Majolica platter. Perfect vintage condition. Marked Vallauris.  
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Antique Majolica Asparagus Platter
Located in New Orleans, LA
A very nice asparagus platter. The colors are still very true.
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Early 20th Century French Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Wedgwood Tazza Very Decorative with 3 Dolphins Stand, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
This Wedgwood tazza is decorative Delphin is a brightly decorated compote presented as a large clamshell mounted on three dolphins on a three-point bas...
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1860s British Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Wedgwood Majolica Dolphin/Fish Oyster Plate
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Wedgwood Majolica which features five fish around a central well. White ground version. Colouration: white, grey, yellow, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Wedgw...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

19th Century Majolica Leaves and Flowers Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate signed Choisy le roi, circa 1890. Decorated with leaves, ferns, pink flowers and Greek border. Very rare colors.
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1890s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

Miniature Majolica-Glazed Teapot, on a Porcelain Body, English, circa 1920
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Miniature Majolica-glazed teapot, on a porcelain body, English, morning glories on trellis, English, circa 1920. This charming little piece is of extremely high quality; it is molded...
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Early 20th Century Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Vallauris Majolica Ceramic Wall Plate Trompe L'oeil Seafood Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Majolica glazed ceramic trompe l'oeil black small wall plate attributed to Vallauris. France, 1960s. This plate has a black background a...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture

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Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic

18th Century Ancient Faenza Pharmacy Jar Full Painted
Located in PALERMO, IT
Pharmacy jug. Faenza, Italy. Majolica painted in blue monochrome, on a blue enameled background called berettino and tints of tin white.
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18th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

English 19th Century Majolica Serving Tray with Two Pitchers by George Jones
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English majolica serving tray made of an oval plate with two pitchers from the 19th century, made by George Jones. Created in England during t...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

19th Century Majolica Chocolate Oyster Plate Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th-century Majolica chocolate oyster plate with green seaweeds Luneville. Reference: Page 43 "Oyster plates" of J. Karsnitz.
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1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

George Jones Rooster Teapot
Located in New York, NY
Rare George Jones majolica teapot shaped like a crowing cockerel. Whimsical English design with realistic feathered lid, curved tail handl...
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20th Century English Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

English Victorian Sardine Box with Shell, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian sardine box with shell, circa 1890.
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1890s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

Rare French Majolica Grape Pitcher Orchies, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare French Majolica grape pitcher Orchies, circa 1890.
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1890s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

19th Century Majolica White Dog Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Charming 19th century small majolica vase with white dog who look on a bucket signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi. At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most important ceramics...
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1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica, Ceramic, Faience

19th Century English Majolica Hand Painted Sardine Cover Box with Plate
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful barbotine dish was created in England circa 1880; attributed to Georges Jones & Sons, the dish is rectangular in shape and sits on an attached platter base; it features...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

French 19th Century Hand Painted Purple and Green Majolica Asparagus Plates
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of French hand painted Majolica asparagus dinner plates from the late 19th century, with curving green leaves, priced and sold individually. Born in France during the later yea...
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19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica, Ceramic

Majolica Ceramic Plate by Lamarche Monaco, Trompe L'oeil Seafood Design
By Lamarche Monaco
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching glazed ceramic trompe l'oeil seafood basket wall plate manufactured by Atelier Lamarche Monaco. This piece would be a nice addition as wall decoration in a kitchen or di...
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Mid-20th Century Monacan Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery

Art Nouveau Majolica Asparagu Pattern in Relief Set of 3 Plates, 1900s
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau Majolica glazed tableware set of 3 pieces Asparagus pattern in relief. Majolica is a type of earthenware, Asparagus decorated with coloured lead glazes. Victorian Ma...
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Early 1900s Luxembourgish Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Majolica Ceramic Duck Tureen, Portugal, 1960s
By Subtil
Located in Barcelona, ES
A cool majolica glazed ceramic duck figure tureen in brown and cream colors with accents of black, green and yellow. Portugal, 1960s. Manufactured by E.Subtil Portugal and marked on the base. Use it to serve duck foie gras...
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20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery

Extra Large Majolica Ceramic Trompe L' Oeil Wall Plate Crab Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Impressive hand painted Majolica glazed ceramic crab and sea life trompe l'oeil wall plate, Portugal, 1940s-1950s. Such a realistic representation with...
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20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery

Rare Majolica Box with Oysters and Snail Choisy Le Roi, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica box with oysters and snail signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy Le Roi, circa 1880. Measures: Height / 8", length / 15" on 6.5".
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1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Majolica Palissy Walnuts Platter Auguste De Chauvigne circa 1879
By Alexandre-Auguste Chauvigné
Located in Austin, TX
Very rare small Majolica Palissy wall platter signed Auguste de Chauvigne dated 1829. Auguste de Chauvigne ( 1829-1904) Ceramist in Tours ( Center of France ) inspired by the Faien...
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1870s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

Large Antique Italian Majolica Platter, Bacchus and Ariadne
By Annibale Carracci
Located in Dallas, TX
At over two feet in diameter, this stunning majolica platter or charger, is particularly large. The painted scene painted was taken from a ceiling fresco known as the Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne...
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1880s Italian Renaissance Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Waterlily Tile, Cobalt Ground, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Rare Tile, naturalistically molded in high relief with a large green-glazed lily pad and waterlilies, on a cobalt blue ground, the reverse with pa...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Waterlily Tile, Cobalt Ground, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Rare Tile, naturalistically molded in high relief with a large green-glazed lily pad and waterlilies, on a cobalt blue ground, the reverse with im...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica

Large Ceramic Plate Hand Painted Glazed Majolica Italy Contemporary 21st Century
Located in London, GB
"Roundabout" hand painted ceramic plate "SegnalEtica" series by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware. All unique pieces, Italy, 2019. Measure: 40 cm diame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Majolica Furniture

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Ceramic, Majolica

Majolica Flower and Leaves Pitcher Onnaing, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica flower and leaves pitcher Onnaing, circa 1900.
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture

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Majolica, Ceramic, Faience

Partridge Majolica Game Pie Dish Made by George Jones, Ca. 1867
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A majolica game pie dish designed by George Jones circa 1867-1869 in the ‘Partridge’ shape. The game pie dish is decorated with a lovely turquoi...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture

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Earthenware, 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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