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Material: Majolica
Minton Majolica Boy on Boat Dish
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica dish which features a boat with a boy sitting on the back, steering the rudder. A woman's bust figurehead at the front of the boat. Colouration: brown, green, turquoi...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
A George Jones Majolica Rooster Teapot, English, ca. 1872
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A George Jones Majolica Rooster (Cockerel) teapot, English, ca. 1872, naturalistically modeled as a running cockerel, the tail feathers forming the handle, the open beak forming the ...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Small Portuguese Majolica Palissy Wall Fishs Platter Jose Alves Cunha
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of small antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style signed Jose Alves Cunha sucessor circa 1900.
(Caldas da Rainha), with 5 fishs.
Category
Early 1900s Portuguese Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Roses Plate Saint Amand, circa 1890
By Saint Amand
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica roses plate signed Saint Amand, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$185 / item
Majolica Asparagus Plate with Cyclamens Keller & Guerin Saint Clement
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Art Nouveau asparagus plate with cyclamens signed Keller et Guerin Saint Clement.
Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th century asparagus and ...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Zaccagnini for Marbro Asian Style Table Lamp Italy Midcentury Modern
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unique ceramic table lamp with glossy, buttery yellow crackle glaze body and forest green and brown abstract Asian-inspired relief motifs was made in Italy by Società Anonima Cerami...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Brass
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica French snake pitcher, Palissy style
By Bernard Palissy
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
Atypical majolica pitcher with two snakes in a leafy and woody environment.
A true find for a majolica collector !
Category
1890s French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Boite en faïence barbotine Saint Clément décor Fraise et fleurs Francaise XIXe
Located in London, England
Bonbonnière ou boite à bijou en faïence barbotine de saint Clément désignée, à la fin du XIXème Art nouveau.
Décorée de fraises et de fleurs ,elle a gardé ses couleurs vives et acidu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$221 Sale Price
20% Off
French Majolica Leaves & Yellow Flowers Plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica leaves and yellow flowers plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-Century French Black & Green Majolica Oyster, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French black & green majolica oyster, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Minton Majolica Centerpiece Tray 15-in, Lotus Flower on Green Ground, Dated 1863
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Minton Majolica centerpiece, naturalistically modeled as a pond bed with simulated water glazed in cyan blue, with green glazed lily pads and flowering pond lilies (lotus), and reeds glazed in various shades of green, with brown and ochre-glazed cattails molded in high relief to form the border, with a central lotus flower glazed in white and blue, concealing a solid brass original fitting for a candle, doubling as a receptacle for an (optional) additional tier which would have screwed into the fitting; the fitting is removable. Impressed marks to reverse: 'MINTON' and Minton date cypher for 1863; an impressed 'A' possibly for the designer, Thomas Allen...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Austrian Majolica Leaves and Flowers Plate, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Austrian Majolica leaves and flowers plate, circa 1890.
Category
1890s Austrian Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Italian Della Robbia Terra-Cotta Planter
By Della Robbia Pottery
Located in Southampton, NJ
A scarcely seen early 20th century high relief hand made & painted polychrome glazed Terra Cotta pottery planter in the manner of Della Robbia. Nice weight...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
19th Century Majolica Palm Sugar Bowl Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica palm sugar bowl Sarreguemines, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Majolica Pottery Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Midcentury Set Majolica Red Fish Ceramic Covered Sauce Tureen Box Salt & Pepper
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous small size set hyper realistic glazed ceramic fish covered sauce tureen and salt and pepper in shades of vibrant red and grey with dark accents ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
Large Wall Decorative Dish in Majolica Green Brown Color Henriot Quimper France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Large Decorative Dish in Majolica, in Brown and Green color.
France, 1981.
Corantin le Bar. Henriot Quimper
You can hang it to the wall.
Category
1980s French Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$432 Sale Price
20% Off
French Large Majolica Chesnut Leaf Platter, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French large Majolica chesnut leaf platter, circa 1880.
Measures: 13.5 inches.
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Antique Arsenal Wardle Majolica Nautical Ocean Coral Shell Sea Pitcher Jug 8"
Located in Dayton, OH
Large antique Arsenal Pottery after Wardle Majolica nautical Ocean pitcher / jug / carafe featuring a coral seashell and seaweed theme.
Dimensions:
8" x 7" x 8" (Width x Depth x Hei...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Rare Majolica Oyster Basket Server Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Very rare Majolica oyster basket server signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy Le roi, circa 1880.
The handle is a branch who form a knot on the top, between the six yellow and purple oy...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Huge Amphore, Vase, Ceramic/Majolica, Bernhard Bloch, 1890, Historicism, Bohemia
Located in Wien, AT
Huge Vase in form of an amphora, by the well known manufacturer Bernhard Bloch from Bohemia.
The beautiful emerging amphora shape is decorated with hand-cut décor all over the body...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Belle Époque Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Leaves and Pink 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.
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Jerome Massier Hen & Rooster Vases
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Jerome Massier French Majolica figural vases which feature a pair of chickens - a cockerel and a hen, stood in front of wheatsheaf receptacles. Colouration: yellow, teal blue...
Category
1910s Victorian Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$6,504 / set
Antique Handmade Faience Italian Bread Basket
Located in New Orleans, LA
An outstanding, hand painted, handmade pottery, bread holder created in Naples, Italy circa 1920s having intricate colorful applied swags of flowers around the boat shaped rim above a floral painted lattice work below. Superb attention to detail and selection of it's colors of spring green, blue, rose, yellow and lavender. The workmanship is absolutely stunning to behold and would make a beautiful centerpiece for your dining table, sideboard or in your cabinet. Put a floral frog...
Category
1920s Italian Grand Tour Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$155 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century Majolica Brown Westhead Moore Box
Located in Austin, TX
T.H. brown-Westhead, Moore & Co., Staffordshire cobalt Majolica box, England, circa 1880.
Box with figural strap decoration and braided handle to cover.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Vintage Set of 12 Art Nouveau Style Tube Lined Tiles Fruit Basket NOS
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A vintage set of 12 ceramic majolica wall tile depicting a still life of a fruit basket made in tube line technique dating to the 1950s by unknown manufacturer.
The full set is in ne...
Category
1950s German Art Nouveau Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Palissy Bearded Man Ewer
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
French Palissy Majolica ewer which features a bearded man and a faun. Colouration: ochre, cobalt blue, brown, are predominant.
Category
1890s French Other Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Hunting Dog Jardinière Jerome Massier Fils
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica hunting dog jardinière signed Jerome Massier Fils.
Reference / page 110 "Barbotines de la Cote d'Azur" of M.Bottero.
The Massier ...
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
French 19th Century Longchamp Majolica Asparagus Server with Foliage Platter
By Longchamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Longchamp Majolica asparagus server from the 19th century, with green, purple and brown tones. Created in France during the 19th century, this Majolica server...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century English Majolica Fans and Owls Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual English Majolica oblong cake platter, circa 1890.
The platter is inspired by the Japonism movement, decorated with two white owls on colorfuls blues, yellows and reds fans.
Category
1880s British Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
1870s French Pair of Yellow Blue Green Red White Majolica Jardinières / Vases
By Nevers
Located in New York, NY
1872-1876, rare pair of fun French faience cachepots/planters with provenance: the manoir "La Dijonnerie" near Bourges. These are a creation by...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Tall Antique Italian Blue and Yellow Lidded Albarello Pot, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
A rather tall albarello, measuring 17 inches tall, this Italian pot is adorned with symmetrical imagery of foliage. Dating to the 1800s, the lidded po...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Paint
Set of Eight Blue and White Majolica Fish Plates
Located in New York, NY
Set of eight blue and white majolica fish plates. Pale blue and white ceramic plates featuring raised center fish in icy blue, surrounded by combe...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Set of Five Austrian Majolica Butterflies Dishes, circa 1900
By Schütz Cilli
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual set of five butterflies dishes who made a centerpiece of 14" diameter signed Schutz cilli.
Signed with a mark used between 1854 and 1900.
Each d...
Category
1850s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, 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
19th Century Grapes Handled Platter Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Grapes Handled Platter signed Wedgwood.
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Antique Majolica Cobalt Wild Rose Bread Tray, English, circa 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Antique Majolica cobalt wild rose bread tray, English, circa 1880 in highly desirable cobalt coloration, 13in.
For over 28 years we have been among the Nation’s preeminent specialist...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Vintage Majolica Stick or Umbrella Stand Fly Frog Bamboo Motif
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Wonderful, playful Majolica Stick stand. Beautifully done to capture that moment. Set on natures bamboo, Frog eyes the Fly. Excellent detail and c...
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
George Jones Majolica Dish, Tortoiseshell Mottling, Green Leaves on Turquoise
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Dish, the center with tortoiseshell mottling, bordered with green-glazed acanthus leaves on a turquoise-glazed ground, the inner and outer border rims glazed in...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Impressionist Flowers Box
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Impressionist Flowers Box.
Category
1880s French Romantic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Majolica Compote with Pansies and Scalloped Edge from the 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French majolica compote from the 19th century with pansies and scalloped edge. Born in France during the 19th century, this compote features a décor of delicate purple pansies ador...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large French Majolica Palissy Fishs Vase Saint Honore Circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica Palissy Fishs Vase signed Saint Honore Circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Turn of the Century Italian Majolica Harlequins
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of turn of the century Italian Majolica porcelain male and female
harlequin figures each wearing a top hat, striped pants and a red shirt.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Italian Three Dimensional Majolica Platter with Sea Life
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage glazed terra cotta platter with three dimensional SeaLife. Very whimsical & colorful.
Category
20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Iron, Majolica & Glass Chandelier for oil and candles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Iron, Majolica & Glass Chandelier for Oil & Candles.
France, circa 1880.
Dimensions: Height 47" Diameter 32"
CW5026
Category
1880s French Neoclassical Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Iron
Set of Two Majolica Jugs, Nimy Faiences Imperiale Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
A set of 1851-1898 Belgium majolica pitchers, pottery jugs with pewter top.White hand painted cherubs sitting in a painting impression and accesso...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$317 Sale Price / item
70% Off
Large Vintage Majolica Pottery Teapot Purple Grape Bunches
Located in Charleston, SC
Majolica Teapot has crazed ceramic background, berry / grapes with vines. The design surrounds the spout. Vines continue around the handle. Hand-paint...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Brown Westhead Moore and Co. Majolica Belted Suitcase Box and Cover
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore Co. Majolica box and cover which features a suitcase (perhaps), with two belt straps either side of a twisted rope handle. Coloration: cobalt blue, brown, ochre,...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
George Jones Blossom Teapot And Cover
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica teapot which features apple leaves and blossom. Colouration: turquoise, brown, green, are predominant. English diamo...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Wedgwood Majolica Shell-Form Spoon Warmer, Circa 1872
By Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
Wedgwood Majolica shell-form spoon warmer,
circa 1872.
The warmer is naturalistically modeled as a large shell in sky blue and amaranth.
Marks: Script in red M2954 and M below also...
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Wine Ewer Designed by Hugues Protât, English, circa 1875
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Minton Majolica Wine Ewer Designed by Hugues Protât (active 1835-90), English, ca. 1875, the body molded as a wine barrel with grape vines to the center, surmounted by four Bacchanalian cherubs, with a Renaissance-style shaped and scrolled spout; the entire piece from the pedestal to the spout is entwined with purple-glazed grapes and green leaves with tendrils, the handle formed by overlapping vines; the reverse with impressed marks, 'MINTONS' and design number '900,' which corresponds to 'Barrel Jug with Cupids (M)' as recorded in the Minton Majolica Ornamental Shape and Design books and partially reprinted in Bergesen.
BOOK REFERENCES:
Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 181. Minton Ornamental Shapes (i.e., design numbers) listed in Appendix D, pp. 180-182.
Joan Jones, MINTON: THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION. Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press, 1993, p. 348.
Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, Volume Two, fig. 12.63. Full-page color photo of this actual piece. The author incorrectly dates the production of this example as 1863, but as it is impressed 'MINTONS,' it would have to be later than 1873 when the 'S' was added Minton.
Victoria Cecil, MINTON MAJOLICA, Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 48, cat. No. 17.
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 41.
The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue for the International Exhibition 1862...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Italian Barbotine Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Barbotine Mirror
This exquisite 19th-century Italian mirror showcases the finest craftsmanship of the Art Nou...
Category
19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Ceramic Majolica Italian Grey Hound Midcentury
Located in Rochester, NY
Majolica Italian grey hound. Mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Hippolyte Hautin Boulenger & Cie, Choisy-le-Roi Majolica Pitcher
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique French Hippolyte Hautin Boulenger & Cie, Choisy-le-Roi blue green glazed pitcher depicting two lovely song birds on cherry tree branche...
Category
1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Faience Vase from Montigny
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful antique majolica urn was sculpted in Montigny sur Loing, France, circa 1880. Tall and round in shape, the ceramic vessel features a tall, elegant form with a flared rim...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Asparagus Server
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Holdcroft Majolica asparagus drainer which features asparagus tips bound together, sat on a rectangular tray. The tray with floral handles. Colorati...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
"Fausse" Pair of 19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Fruit Wall Platters
By Longchamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Hang this fausse pair of uniquely large, colorful Majolica plates on your kitchen wall or display them on a shelf. Sculpted in France circa 1880 in the manner of Longchamp, and hand ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Rare Vintage Italian Majolica Ceramic Fig-Shaped Pitcher or Jug, 1960s
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Stunning and rare vintage Italian fig-shaped pitcher, crafted in multicolor glazed ceramic from the 1950s-60s. This eye-catching piece features soft, attractive hues that bring a liv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Carlo Zauli Italian Modern Signed And Archived Archaic Vase
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Roma, IT
Archaic vase by Carlo Zauli 1953
Polychrome majolica Faenza
Vase in polychrome majolica, pear-shaped with an asymmetrical line and abstract-geometric decorations with relief borders....
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
A Minton Majolica Ale Jug with Five Revelers in Medieval Dress, dated 1862
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
An Early Minton Majolica 'Tavern' Ale Jug, formed as a tapering medieval flagon, the figures molded in high relief and applied, depicting a man and woman dancing, a seated figure wit...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Circa 1900 Monkey Majolica Pitcher
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A funky monkey majolica pitcher after a Sarregemines piece, c.1900. This is a Sarregemines color & glaze; possibly a later mass production.
8 1/4"h., 4 3/4"w., 6"d.
Whitehall Antiqu...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$110 Sale Price
38% Off
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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