Majolica Furniture
to
739
1,079
612
1,604
110
6
298
226
152
58
40
17
15
14
13
12
2
2
1
1
1
32
884
688
116
262
302
29
122
11
43
44
8
65
33
6
10
4
1,723
355,015
295,272
224,928
150,451
1,561
778
348
230
208
1,720
1,672
1,707
74
71
63
60
60
Material: Majolica
Antique 19th Century French Majolica Floral Plate
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique French majolica floral plate, circa 1890. This beautiful French country style plate has hand painted pink flowers and leaves on a ligh...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Variety of Flamingo Majolica Tiles, Handmade in Italy
Located in Rijssen, NL
Gorgeous handpainted tiles with 3 different images of a pink flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas). The tiles are hand painted and handmade in Italy...
Category
2010s European Other Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Rare Circular George Jones Majolica Squirrel Nut Dish
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica nut dish which features a squirrel sitting on a branch, holding a nut. Surrounded by acorns and oak leaves. Pink ground version. Colouration: green, pink, brown...
Category
1860s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Brown Rabbit Tureen Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica rabbit tureen signed Caugant, circa 1940.
Category
1950s French Country Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$336 Sale Price
20% Off
French Digoin & Sarreguemines Majolica Oyster Plate, Circa 1930
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique French Digoin & Sarreguemines majolica oyster plate, circa 1930. Maker's mark on reverse. It displays beautifully and would also be perfect for serving. We have tw...
Category
1930s French Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Majolica Saint Clément Snail Plate, 1960s
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare majolica snail plate by Saint-Clément. I've never seen one is this colour ! This beautiful plate can be used to store your rings or earrings, for example.
Category
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Majolica Morning Glory Vase Jerome Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Majolica morning glory vases Jerome Massier, circa 1900.
The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. They produced an incredible whole...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$1,840 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French 19th Century Majolica Cache-Pot Jardinière with Blue and Purple Colors
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
A French Majolica cachepot or jardinière from the 19th century, with Born in France during the politically dynamic 19th century, this charming cachepot features an blue colored inter...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Pink and Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien.
Category
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$544 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Gio Ponti rare model Le Mie Terre vase manufactured by Richard-Ginori
Located in Skokie, IL
Gio Ponti rare large vase designed in 1929-30. Glazed maiolica. Painted designer's and manufacturer's marks.
This exquisite piece showcases the artistry of glazed maiolica, combinin...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$7,125 Sale Price
38% Off
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
$133 Sale Price
70% Off
English Majolica Swan & Fishs Pitcher, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual English Majolica Swan & Fishs Pitcher, circa 1890.
The handle of the pitcher is a swan and the pitcher is decorated with fishs
Height / 8.8 inches.
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of 2 fishs, seaweeds, shells, onion , oyster.
Nautical style.
10 inches diameter
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Pears Wall Platter Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Pear Wall Platter Longchamp.
11.8 inches diameter.
The manufacture of Longchamp produced this fruits platters with various fruits in four different sizes. Refer...
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Pansy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950.
8.3 inches diameter.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Oversize 19th Century Majolica Palissy Wall Snake Platter
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Oversize French Majolica Palissy platter with a large snake , roses , 2 lizards , bugs , leaves and crawfish.
Unique piece.
Diameter / 21 inches , Depth / 4.5 inches.
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Petite Italian Majolica Lemons & Oranges Topiary Basket
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely petite Mid Century Italian majolica lemons and oranges topiary. Marked "Italy" on reverse. Brighten up your kitchen or dining room with this beautiful hand painted arrangeme...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Majolica Large Palissy Fish Dish, Longchamp Maker.
By Longchamp
Located in Downingtown, PA
Aquatic Drama: Longchamp's Grande Majolica Grotto Platter
Object: Large French Majolica C Dish, "The Grand Riverbank"
Maker: Longchamp Pottery, France
Date: Circa 1880
Medium: Eart...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Majolica Cabbage Leaf Soup Tureen With Lid and Underplate
Located in Bradenton, FL
20th Century Faiancas Belo Portuguese Majolica Cabbage Leaf Soup Tureen with Lid and Underplate. Features a charming and sculptural cabbage-form ceramic soup tureen with matching lid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Rustic Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique Ginori Istoriato Style Italian Maiolica Pottery Pilgrim Flask & Stopper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine antique Maiolica pilgrim flask & stopper by Ginori.
Decorated in the Urbino istoriato style with polychrome cherubs to the front and a lan...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Théodore Deck Attributed French Ormolu Mounted Majolica Tazza
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and unusual French ormolu mounted majolica tazza molded with figures set within an abstract design border attributed to Theodore Deck (1823-1891) and believed to date ...
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Majolica Ceramic Winking Cat Kitten Figurine, Italy 1950s-1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage ceramic sculpture features tabby cat or kitten, resting on the pillow with its head slightly lifted and turned to a side. The figurine is decorated with majolica glaze with h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Italian Castelli Maiolica Istoriato Charger of Poseidon-Neptune
Located in Sharon, CT
A very large 18" diameter Castelli Maiolica Charger depicting Poseidon-Neptune. Circa 1740-1760.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica White Swan Jardinière Jerome Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica white swan jardinière signed Jerome Massier Vallauris, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
English Victorian Water Lily Jardinière, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian Water Lily Jardinière, circa 1880.
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare French Majolica Artichoke Plate Longchamp, circa 1890
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Rare French Majolica artichoke plate signed Longchamp, circa 1890.
4 plates are available.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$256 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Antique English "Adams & Bromley" Porcelain Fish-Heads Oyster Plate, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare Antique English "Adams & Bromley" Majolica Porcelain Fish-Heads with Large Cracker Well Design Oyster Plate, Circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
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
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Orchies Majolica Purple Chrysanthemum Daisy Plate, Circa 1890
By Orchies
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique 19th-Century French majolica purple chrsanthemum or daisy flower plate, attributed to Orchies, circa 1890. Unmarked. It displays beautifully and would be lovely adde...
Category
1890s French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Hand-Painted Barbotine Faience Wall Plate Stamped Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Add some color to your kitchen wall or dining room shelf with this beautiful antique Majolica wall platter. Crafted in France, circa 1880, the plate ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French Majolica Oyster Aqua Turquoise Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French aqua turquoise Majolica oyster plate signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1900.
6 shells and space for the lemon on the center.
Category
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$184 Sale Price
20% Off
Oval Majolica Palissy Fish Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Oval Majolica Palissy Fish Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
Fishs, lemon,starfish,shells,seaweeds.
From Provence.
Length / 11.5 inches on 7.8 inches,...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
French Saint Clément Majolica Green & Yellow Lemon Wedge Oyster Plate, c. 1920
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique French majolica oyster plate made at the St. Clement faience factory in France, circa 1920-1930. Maker's mark on reverse. This gorgeous oyster plate has six wells wi...
Category
1920s French Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Morning Glory Vase Jerome Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica morning glory vase Jerome Massier, circa 1900.
The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. They produ...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Ceramic Plate by Ruscha, Van Gogh Style Flowers Decor, Germany 1950s
Located in Valencia, VC
Large West Germany Ruscha Art Pottery Plate, 1950s
A stunning vintage ceramic plate by Ruscha, West Germany, handcrafted circa the 1950s. This exceptional piece features a relief-gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica
$213 Sale Price
60% Off
French Majolica White Flowers Jardinière, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica White Flowers Jardinière, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Vallauris Blue White Ceramic Fat Lava Round Bowl / Ashtray, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
French mid-century Vallauris ashtray / bowl, Glazed Ceramic
Beautiful fat lava glazed ceramic ashtray in dark blue and soft blue hues and white accents. Manufactured by Vallauris. France, 1950s.
This cool ashtray was handcrafted in France at the Mid-20th century period. Its design in shades of blue and white fat lava ceramic on a cobalt blue background . It has four cigarrette or cigars holders.
Highly decorative piece!
This colorful piece will be the perfect gift for smokers. Also useful as jewelry bowl , decorative bowl or vide-poche.
Overall Measures: 19 cm diameter x 9 cm height (7,48 in diameter x 3,54 in height).
Vallauris Ceramic Round Bowl // Glazed Ceramic Fat Lava Bowl...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Royal Worcester Majolica Floral Basket
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Royal Worcester Majolica basket which features pink flowers and green leaves, which are hand painted and overglazed. Green branch molded handl...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique Majolica Fielding Bamboo Basketweave Hummingbird Butterfly Pitcher Jug
By Simon Fielding
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique English Aesthetic movement Majolica pitcher or jug featuring a bamboo and basketweave design with hummingbirds, butterfly and flowers, turquoise interior. British Registrati...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$420 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century English Majolica Oyster Plate
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique 19th-Century English majolica oyster plate, circa 1870-1890. This fine quality oyster plate has six wells with lovely soft shades of turquoise, blue, and lilac. It...
Category
Late 19th Century English Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Italian Majolica Incised and Painted Ewer Fish Motif
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A truly whimsical and wonderful piece of Italian Majolica that is incredibly well crafted. It is incised and appears almost enameled. It is signed or inscribed by the artist on the b...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Majolica Trompe l'Oeil Centerpiece Fruit Basket pottery ceramic 1950s
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
A delightful large XL Mid-century majolica centerpiece trompe l'oeil of mixed fruits.
Fully hand-crafted and painted
Design in the style of: Joseph Saissi, Menton, Palissy ware, Long...
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
Three Beautiful 19th Century Majolica Portrait Plates by Villeroy & Boch Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
19th century majolica plates by Villeroy & Boch in unusual color combination of olive green and majolica pink with relief design on front. Nice addition to your table or just to disp...
Category
19th Century German Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Italian Pug Dog Ceramic Statue Figurine Vintage, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1980s Italian Majolica ceramic dog statue figurine. Nice addition to your room or entry hall. Made of Majolica ceramic, hand painted. ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique Belgian Wasmuel Majolica Bird With Cherries Plate, Circa 1890
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique Belgian majolica crested bird in a cherry tree plate, Wasmuel, circa 1890. This lovely hand painted plate has brilliant vibrant colors and exquisite detail.
DIMEN...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Urn Vase Flower Decor, Italy 1950s-1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage pottery vase features urn shaped body with twin handles framing the wide rim, decorated with majolica glaze in organic, earthy brown palette. The abstract floral decor is ver...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Life-Size Italian Bulldog Terracotta Pug Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Add a touch of charm to your home with this exquisite ceramic Terracotta Pug or French Bulldog sculpture. This piece captures the playful spirit of the beloved breed with intricate d...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Late 17th-Early 18th Century Italian Majolica Bowl
Located in Hudson, NY
This good sized bowl is a great example of the majolica wares produced in Italy throughout the 15th, 16th, 17, and 18th centuries. Humble and simple but highly decorative and enterta...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Majolica Cylinder Vase Blue Prezzemolo Decor
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage majolica ceramic vase features streamlined cylinder shape and festive "Prezzemolo", or Parsley, decor in blue colorway. The decor consists of abstract geomentic shapes in blu...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$288 Sale Price
20% Off
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
French Saint Clément Majolica Blue Green & Yellow Lemon Wedge Oyster Plate 1920s
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique French majolica trompe l'oeil oyster plate made at the famous St. Clement faience factory in the East of France, circa 1920-1930. Maker's mark on reverse. This gorge...
Category
1920s French Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Oyster Flowers Plate Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica oyster plate with flowers circa 1890 signed Longchamp.
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$264 Sale Price
20% Off
SAINT-CLEMENT French Art Deco Ceramic Parrot Pitcher, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Mid-century ceramic parrot pitcher by SAINT-CLEMENT, France, 1920s. It was around 1920 that the Faïencerie Saint-Clément began producing pitchers in the shape of animal. It w...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, 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...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century English Majolica Oyster Plate Signed Minton
By Minton
Located in Winter Park, FL
A good English Majolica plate, dated 1885 and marked Minton, with turquoise and cobalt blue oyster plate with a central well surrounded by small ochre flowers. Six small and one larg...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large 19th Century Majolica Lemons Wall Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th Century Majolica Lemons Wall Platter from the South of France.
Diameter / 13.3 inches.
Category
1890s Finnish Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Large Italian Majolica Ceramic Sitting Cat Kitten Figurine
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large ceramic sculpture features tabby cat or kitten, sitting with its head turned to a side. The figurine is decorated with majolica glaze with hand-painted black markings on white...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Italian Majolica Fruit Cornucopia Arrangements Centerpieces
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely pair of vintage Mid Century Italian majolica fruit cornucopia, or horn of plenty, arrangements. Marked "Italy" on reverse. Brighten up ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Vintage Mottahedeh Majolica Artichoke Centerpiece
By Mottahedeh
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The vintage majolica centerpiece features a finely detailed pyramid of artichokes in woven basket, artfully painted in soft shades of green; the basket is done in monochromatic white glaze, creating a reserved, natural color palette of white and tone-on-tone green. The Artichoke Centerpiece was one of the first decorative objects Mottahedeh made in Italy, probably in collaboration with Basso, an Italian manufacturer.
The centerpiece offers a touch of historical elegance and whimsical charm to any space. It can be used in a multiple ways, such as dining room centerpiece, console table accent, shelf or fireplace mantel decoration...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
$360 Sale Price
20% 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.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Antique Hara
Antique Hindu Sculpture
Antique Horse Sleigh
Antique Indian Blanket Chest
Antique Iron Window Grates
Antique Japanese Doll
Antique Marble Lion
Antique Meissen Clocks
Antique Mill Stone
Antique Ming Horses
Antique Nautical Table
Antique Norwegian Cabinet
Antique Pairpoint Silver
Antique Pine Blanket Box
Antique Puppet
Antique Ribbon Case
Antique Sea Chest
Antique Sea Shell Art