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Material: Majolica
Alfred Renoleau Majolica Palissy Lobster Platter
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Alfred Renoleau French Palissy Majolica platter which features a lobster, a frog and shellfish. Colouration: green, blue, ochre, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for th...
Category
1890s French Other Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Seaweeds Oyster Plate Keller and Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate attributed to Keller Et Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1890.
Reference / page 98 "Collecting oyster plates" of Jeffrey B. Snyder.
Category
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French Majolica Brown Hen Tureen Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
Rustic French Majolica Brown Hen Tureen circa 1950 signed Caugant.
Category
1950s French Country Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Midcentury Ceramic Fish Plates Wall Composition / Wall Decoration
By Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, Waechtersbach Ceramics, Shorter & Son Ltd 1, Vallauris, Gil Vargas Segovia
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of Midcentury multi color fish Plates and Platters as Wall Decoration
A funny collection of eleven european glazed ceramic, porcelain and...
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain, Terracotta
$5,188 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Palissy Tobacco Jar Thomas Sergent
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy tobacco jar attributed to Thomas Sergent, circa 1880 unsigned.
Naturalistic movement of the end of 19th century.
The jar have the shape of a trunk with a bir...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
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
French Sarreguemines Majolica Cobalt Blue & Gilt Oval Centerpiece Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique Neoclassical style French Sarreguemines cobalt blue majolica oval centerpiece bowl, circa 1900. Maker's mark on reverse. This stylish chic bowl is decorated with g...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Talavera Mural Azulejo Tile Folk Contemporary Mexican Ceramic Blue White Mosaic
By Cesar
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This contemporary azulejo tile forms a mosaic perfect for kitchen decorations or any exterior space. Made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico, but this time with a contemporary touch. This wall decoration can be arranged to fit specific spaces or simply hanged as a painting on the wall.
The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques.
One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar learned his art in the workshop of the Uriarte family, an excellent workshop where his grandfather worked. In his creations he uses the black and white mud that is obtained from the nearby hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, and colors of mineral origin that he creates in his workshop with recipes from his grandfather.
All the pieces are modeled in a traditional way and go through a production process that usually takes from one to two months, between drying, burning, and painting.
Being surrounded by a living tradition, Cesar Torres Jr., learned from his father since childhood. Architect by profession, Cesar Jr. has come to revolutionize and modernize with new designs and ideas of the current world, nevertheless always respecting the tradition of the processes and materials that make Talavera a Creole art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Spanish Colonial Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
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
19th Century Victorian Majolica Strawberry Server George Jones
By George Jones
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Victorian Strawberry Server George Jones.
with water lilies.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, 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
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
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
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
Antique Wilhelm Schiller Majolica Planter, 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An antique ormolu-mounted Majolica twin handled planter or centre piece attributed to Wilhelm Schiller. The Majolica planter is of wide rounded form with a raised ornate rim and with...
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
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 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
French Majolica Lobster Platter Choisy Le Roi Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Lobster ,Shrimp and frog Platter HB Choisy Le Roi Circa 1930.
The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end of 19th century, t...
Category
1930s French Country Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Majolica Oyster Plate Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica oyster plate with seaweeds Salins (East of France) circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Palissy Portuguese Lobster Wall Platter, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese lobster platter, circa 1940.
Decorated with mussels and shells,
9.5 inches Diameter.
Category
1940s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Large French Majolica Flamingo Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Exceptional 19th Century Large French Majolica Flamingo Platter or Charger.
15.7 diameter.
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Snail Platter Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Snail Platter attributed to Luneville.
Diameter / 11.3 inches .
one chip on the back, hairline ( picture )
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Vase with Floral and Foliage Motifs
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
19th Century Majolica Vase with Floral and Foliage Motifs
Description:
This is a majolica vase dating from the 19th century, made in glazed ceramic with a rich and earthy brown tone...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Vallauris Unglazed Fat Lava Ceramic Flower Shaped Bowl / Ashtray, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
French Mid-Century Vallauris ashtray / bowl in unglazed fat lava ceramic.
Beautiful fat lava ceramic flower shaped bowl in white and brown ceramic with turquoise green, orange and ye...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$1,056 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Majolica Bird Wishing Well Flower Holder Cache Pot Jerome Massier
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Majolica Bird Wishing Well Flower Holder Cache Pot Jerome Massier.
Direct from France, a rare and unique French majolica piece that features a multitude of birds arou...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
English Majolica Pink Geranium Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
English Majolica Pink Geranium Plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Rare 19th Century Majolica Strawberries Wall Platter Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Very Rare Colorful 19th Century French Majolica strawberries wall platter signed Longchamp terre de fer. The fruits are in high relief with the leaves and branches.
11.5 inches diame...
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Alzata in Maiolica Italiana dipinta con Madonna con Bambino Ocra e Celeste 1700
Located in Milano, MI
Alzata in Maiolica italiana dipinta in policromia agli inizi 1700 con piano perfettamente piatto con bordo rialzato decorato con l’assunzione della Madonna Incoronata raffigurata co...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair Of Hispano Moresque Pottery Vases
Located in Essex, MA
Likely Portugese heavily potted with copper and cream tones. Globular form with small loop ring handles and Alhambresque palette decoration. Conforming raised foot.
Category
Mid-19th Century Portuguese Renaissance Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$4,800 / set
19th Century Rare Small Majolica Plum Platter Perret Gentil Menton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Rare Small Majolica Plum Platter signed Perret Gentil Menton.
French Riviera.
5.5 inches diameter.
Category
1890s Finnish Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Wilhelm Schiller Majolica Owl Figural Lamp
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Schiller Majolica lamp base and burner which features an owl perched on a branch above rocks and foliage. The owl has original glass eyes. Colouration: brown, green, grey, are predom...
Category
1880s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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
Majolica Duck Tureen Sarreguemines, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large fine Majolica duck tureen signed Sarreguemines, circa 1880.
The base imitate the water of the pond.
Category
1880s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
French White Terracotta Majolica Rabbit Bavent, circa 1890
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Small French white terracotta Majolica rabbit Bavent, circa 1890.
(Normandy).
Measures: Length / 8 inches, height / 6 ...
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Terracotta, Majolica
Rare Majolica Lemons Applique Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica lemons applique signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
The Massier family produced several examples of wall decorations as animals, flowers more rarely fruits.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Late 19th Century Majolica Plate with Publican Portrait, by J. Maresch Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A large Austrian majolica plate, circa 1880-1890s. The plate represent a publican on a green background surrounded by grapes and leaves with a...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Late Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century French Orchies Majolica Pig Pitcher
By Orchies
Located in Pearland, TX
A charming French majolica barbotine pig pitcher by Orchies, circa 1880. Maker's mark on reverse. This highly collectible pitcher, titled "Cochon au Jambon" (pig with ham), is depict...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Delphin Massier Art Nouveau Majolica Figural Egret Planter, Vallauris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Delphin Massier Art Nouveau Majolica figural egret planter, Vallauris, circa 1900.
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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
French Majolica Oyster Plate Bavent, circa 1920
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica oyster plate signed TN Bavent, circa 1920.
Vibrant emerauld green colors.
Diameter / 10.5 inches.
Rustic style.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Portuguese Palissy Lobster Platter Aires C. Leal, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Portuguese Palissy lobster platter, circa 1940.
A large red lobster who lay down on a blue/green background , ursin , shells , seaweeds and ...
Category
1940s Portuguese Rustic Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Rare 19th Century Majolica Strawberries Wall Platter Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Colorful 19th century French Majolica strawberries wall platter signed Longchamp terre de fer. The fruits are in high relief with the leaves and branches.
Diameter / 11.5 inches...
Category
1890s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Rare Majolica Jardinière Squash, Grape and Leaves Wilhelm Schiller & Son
Located in Austin, TX
Rare and unique 19th century Majolica jardinière with squash, grape and leaves signed Ws & S (Wilhelm Schiller & Son).
Category
1880s Czech Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Chocolate Oyster Plate Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica chocolate oyster plate with green seaweeds Luneville.
Reference: Page 43 "Oyster plates" of J. Karsnitz.
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Friedgard Glatzle for Karlsruhe Majolika Craquelure Vase West German Pottery 195
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage majolica vase features graphic craquelure glaze in dark grey on off-white background. Transparent glaze was used for inner surfaces of the vase, allowing a glimpse at the cl...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Majolica Cylinder Vase Blue Prezzemolo Decor
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
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
George Jones Majolica Maple Leaf and Ferns Plate on a Brown Ground, ca. 1870
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Maple Leaf and Ferns Plate, English, ca. 1870, the relief molded dish with a central green-glazed maple leaf with ferns on a brown ground, the rim banded in yellow ocher, the reverse glazed in green and brown tortoiseshell mottling, with painted design number to the thumbprint reserve, '2584,' which corresponds to the entry, 'Plate, 'large maple leaf with ferns round' as recorded in the George Jones Majolica Pattern Books partially preserved in the Wedgwood Archives, Victoria and Albert Museum, and reprinted in Cluett.
BOOK REFERENCES :
Robert Cluett, GEORGE JONES CERAMICS 1861-1951. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1998, p. 270. (George Jones Majolica Pattern Numbers, pp. 269--270).
Nicholas M. Dawes, MAJOLICA. New York: Crown Publishers, 199, p. 121, Figure 211.
Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 75.
Leslie Bockol, VICTORIAN MAJOLICA. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1996, p. 79.
Jeffrey B. Snyder...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Platter Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Platter Server signed Luneville.
Category
1890s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Dinner set for 6 (12 pieces) Hand Painted Italian Faience Garofano Faenza
Located in London, GB
Hand painted dinner ware set with Garofano pattern (6 covers - 12 pieces: 6 soup bowls and 6 plates) hand-painted majolica from Faenza, Italy .
Created and decorated entirely by hand by master craftsmen from Faenza, Italy.
The set can be fully customised in terms of number of place settings and additional bespoke elements that can be added to complement the set: side dishes, serving plates, trays and many more.
Faenza, located between the Adriatic Sea and Bologna, is known as the “City of Ceramics.” The term faience is a French version of the town’s name.
Faience (majolica) production occurred in Faenza during the Middle Ages. In the 1500s, a week-long fair took place where local ceramic manufacturers set up stalls.
Faenza majolica was highly regarded among the wealthy, many of whom commissioned ceramic mastesr to create pieces featuring heraldry, hunting, and mythological designs. During the Renaissance, Faenza became well known for its “beautiful lady” plates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Revival Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Faience
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
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian Historism Majolica Pedestal Bowl / Centerpiece Knights Dragons
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This antique Historism centerpiece / pedestal bowl is made of polychrom glazed majolica and features four cartouches decorated with high relief knight helmets and dragons. The manufa...
Category
1880s German Rococo Revival Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$662 Sale Price
20% Off
Cunha Palissy Majolica Crab Wallpocket
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jose A Cunha Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall pocket which features a crab on cabbage leaves. Colouration: green, pink, are predominant. The piece bears m...
Category
1890s Portuguese Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Talavera Decorative Lavabo Sink Folk Art Mexican Ceramic Blue White
By Cesar
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Elegant white and blue sink lavabo made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico.
The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques.
One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Spanish Colonial Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of fish, seaweeds and shells.
Nautical style.
Measure: 9.3" diameter.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Victorian George Jones Majolica Rustic Blossom Pitcher
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica jug/pitcher which features pink and white blossom (hawthorn or mayflower), and green leaves on brown, bark effect ground and a rustic branch...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Rare 19th Century Majolica Rose Cache Pot Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Rare French Majolica pink rose cache pot jardinière Delphin Massier, circa 1880.
The Massier family are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. They produced an...
Category
1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Vallauris Ceramic Majolica Candle Holder/ Candlestick, 1960s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Glazed Ceramic Candle Holder by Vallauris, France, 1950-1960s
Beautiful candle holder for two candles in fat lava glazed ceramic.
Nice colors: Shades of brown with white and red acc...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Green Majolica Oyster Marcel Guillot, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica oyster signed Marcel Guillot, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Vallauris Majolica Ceramic Large Wall Plate Trompe L'oeil Seafood Motif
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Majolica glazed ceramic trompe l'oeil plate attributed to Vallauris. France, 1960s.
This large plate has a black background and a colorful trompe l'oeil decoration comp...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
Palissy Ware Majolica Ewer, Portuguese, Manuel Mafra, Caldas da Rainha
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Palissy Ware Majolica Ewer, Portuguese, circa 1880 by Manuel Mafra, Caldas da Rainha.
For over 28 years we have been among the Nation’s preeminent specialists in Fine antique Majolica.
Book Reference:
Marshall P. Katz, Portuguese Palissy Ware...
Category
1880s Portuguese Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique and Vintage Majolica Platters, Pottery and Other Furniture and Decor
The popularity of Victorian majolica, the gaily colored, metallic-oxide-glazed earthenware, has ebbed and flowed for more than a century. Right now, antique and vintage majolica plates, pitchers, decorative objects and other pieces appear to be having a moment — again.
Starting in the 1850s, people in the U.S. and the U.K. embraced these affordable housewares with unusual polychrome palettes (turquoise and pink) and whimsical forms (candlesticks shaped like dolphins). By the 1870s, majolica was being mass-produced for an ever-expanding middle class in countries like England, France, Sweden, Hungary and Portugal. Majolica was Art for Everyman. Its popularity coincided with interest in exotic Japonisme and scientific studies by the likes of Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin and John James Audobon.
Despite a similarity in name, Victorian majolica is significantly different in subject matter and form from its Italian forebear, Renaissance maiolica. That earlier earthenware bore gaily painted religious and mythological scenes, and unlike majolica, with its lively contours, was not molded or three dimensional.
What was the attraction of majolica for the 19th-century collector? “Imagine what it looked like in a Victorian interior, with dark woods, heavy drapes and upholstered chairs and sofas,” says Susan Weber, founder of the Bard Graduate Center in New York. “Majolica is robust and extremely tactile. With its naturalistic shapes, colorful glazes and often humorous themes, it appealed to the growing consumer society.”
In England, manufacturers like Minton began to produce decorative, relief-molded majolica tiles for the interiors of taverns, train stations, even the famous Queen’s Dairy at Frogmore, on the grounds of Windsor Castle. In 19th-century France, Sèvres and smaller ceramics firms began to reinterpret the snake-decorated platters made by Bernard Palissy, a 16th-century self-taught French potter. The result was a type of majolica called Palissy ware, which, like the originals, was festooned with odd creatures (lobsters, lizards and snakes) modeled by hand.
The late Moroccan-born, Paris-based decorator Alberto Pinto often placed Palissy ware in his clients’ living rooms, posing individual pieces on brackets against a background of stamped, gilded leather. Pinto, in turn, influenced such contemporary decorators as Harry Heissmann of New York. After 1900, people got swept up in the romanticism of Art Nouveau and ceased buying majolica. The 1970s saw a revival of interest, and in 1982, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York, organized “English Majolica,” an exhibition featuring 75 examples from Minton, Wedgwood and George Jones, among other makers.
On 1stDibs, find antique and vintage majolica tea sets, vases, candlesticks, tureens and other furniture and decorative objects.
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