French Pottery Majolica Rabbit Pâté Tureen Caugant, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Pottery Majolica Rabbit Pa^te´ Tureen signed Caugant, circa 1950.
1950s French Rustic Vintage Majolica Furniture
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
French Pottery Majolica Rabbit Pâté Tureen Caugant, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Pottery Majolica Rabbit Pa^te´ Tureen signed Caugant, circa 1950.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
19th Century French Ceramic Barbotine Wall Platter with Apples Signed Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a kitchen wall with this colorful, antique Majolica plate! Sculpted in France, circa 1880, the large platter is round in shape, and features hand painted motifs with three ...
Ceramic, Majolica
Vintage Aegitna Vallauris Ceramic Vase, Honey Yellow, France, 1930s- 1950s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage ceramic vase features minimal cylindrical form with flared rim, decorated in honey yellow faience or barbotine glaze; the tone-on-tone color variations from the dripping gla...
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery, Stoneware
$386Sale Price|20% Off
Sculptural Vallauris Ceramic Vide-Poche, Fat Lava Glaze, France, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Valencia, VC
Beautiful Sculptural Vallauris Ceramic Vide-Poche, 1950s A striking sculptural ceramic vide-poche (trinket dish) from Vallauris, South France, dating to the 1950s. This handmade pie...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Faience, Majolica
George Jones Majolica Lobster Dish
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica dish with cover which features a three piece set, with a lid, dish and undertray. A lobster sits on the lid, with seaweed on a basketweave ground to the dish an...
Majolica
Spanish Rectangular Mirror with Leaves Frame in Green Ceramic, 1960
By Hispania CH
Located in Barcelona, ES
Green Glazed Ceramic Foliage Mirror by CH Hispania ____________________________________________________________ Eye-catching Mid-Century Modern rectangular green ceramic mirror with ...
Ceramic, Majolica
Italian Whippet Greyhound Terracotta Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An outstanding Italian Greyhound statue in glazed and hand painted terracotta. Perfectly placed on a pedestal stylized as a cushion, lifelike ...
Majolica, Terracotta
George Jones Majolica Plate, Grapevine Pattern, English, Circa 1865
By George Jones
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century English George Jones Majolica glazed ceramic plate with grapevine pattern in green and brown, center medallion and ochre banded rim. Mottled color on reverse side with...
Majolica
17th Century Dutch Delft Tile with Decoration of a Bird
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Gouda Workshop of W. J. Oliviers Verswaen (De Swaen) Circa 1625 - 1650 A polychrome Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a starling identifiable by its spotted bo...
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Leaves and Pink Flowers Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning colors for this Majolica plates signed Choisy le roi, circa 1890. Decorated with leaves, ferns, pink flowers and Greek border.
Majolica
Jerome Massier Majolica Frog with Wheelbarrow
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jerome Massier French Majolica posy holder which features a frog pushing a wheelbarrow. Colouration: green, brown, yellow, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Jero...
Majolica
Austrian Ugly Devil Face Jug Pitcher, Vintage Austria Earthenware Folk Art
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Decorate a shelf or kitchen counter with this elegant and characterful antique jug or pitcher. Created by an artisan in Carinthia, Austria, this distinctive piece features a sculptur...
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique English Majolica Planter or Jardiniere with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique planter is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1890 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The planter is composed of Maj...
Majolica
French Majolica Parrots & Bamboo Plate Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Parrots & Bamboo Plate signed Salins, circa 1890.
Ceramic, Majolica
Art Nouveau Majolica Vide-Poche with Fish Decoration, France, 1920s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
A charming Art Nouveau-style glazed ceramic catch-all, featuring two small dishes joined by a naturalistic sculpture of two fish. Crafted in majolica (barbotine), it displays delicat...
Majolica
Italian Art Deco Tea Set by Richard Ginori in White and Tiffany Green Majolica
By Giovanni Gariboldi, Richard Ginori
Located in Roma, IT
A set made in Italy by the historic ceramic and porcelain company Richard Ginori, founded in Tuscany in Sesto Fiorentino in 1896, and currently owned by the luxury brand Gucci (Kerin...
Majolica
Exceptional Art Nouveau Barbotine Majolica Jardiniere Flowerpot Thistle Motif
By Gustave De Bruyn, Fives-Lille
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A highly decorative and vividly colored Art Nouveau Majolica jardinière or flowerpot, dating from circa 1900. This exuberant barbotine piece features an ornate relief design dominate...
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Peacock Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate with a peacock signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi, circa 1890. The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the end of 19th cen...
Majolica, Ceramic
$2,224Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 11 French Majolica Asparagus Plates by Sarreguemines, 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A striking set of 11 antique French majolica asparagus plates, crafted by the renowned Sarreguemines pottery in the late 19th century. Each plate is molded in a stylized scallop shel...
Faience, Majolica, Paint
French Majolica Chesnut Leaf Plate , circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica chesnut leaf plate circa 1890.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
French Majolica Vase with Fishs and Shells, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica vase with fishs and shells, circa 1880. Bamboo handles.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Sarreguemines Fruit Pitcher, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica fruit pitcher (cherries, strawberries, white currants, plums) signed Sarreguemines, circa 1930.
Majolica
Antique 19th Century English Majolica Floral Leaf Handled Platter
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique 19th-Century English majolica flowers and leaves plate, platter, or handled dish. This lovely platter is decorated with floral and leaf motifs on a fence and trellis...
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...
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
19th Century Large French Majolica Flamingo Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Exceptional 19th Century Large French Majolica Flamingo Platter or Charger. 15.7 diameter.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Hector Guimard for Faïencerie de Bruyn Faience (glazed earthenware
By Hector Guimard, Bernard De Bruyne
Located in Verviers, BE
HECTOR GUIMARD, RARE LARGE CERAMIC, DE BRUYN ED., CIRCA 1900 In the 18th century, Jean Bernard De Bruyn already ran a pottery in Louvain, Belgium. After his death in 1805, his son M...
Majolica, Faience
19th Century Majolica Oyster Flowers Plate Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica oyster plate with flowers circa 1890 signed Longchamp.
Ceramic, Majolica
Rare 19th Century Majolica Birds & Roses Wall Pocket Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica birds and roses wall pocket signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890. The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. The Massier f...
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century English Majolica Herons & Bamboo Pitcher Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century English Majolica pitcher by Joseph Holdcroft with birds on a cobalt background surrounded by bamboo.
Majolica, Ceramic
Vallauris Yellow White Brown Ceramic Fat Lava Round Bowl / Ashtray, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
French Mid-Century Vallauris ashtray / bowl in glazed ceramic. Beautiful fat lava glazed ceramic ashtray in yellow, amber, white and brown colors. Manufactured by Vallauris. France, ...
Ceramic, Majolica
17th Century Dutch Delft Tile with Decoration of a VOC ship in the Storm
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Circa 1630 – 1660 A finely painted blue and white Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a Dutch East India Trading Company (VOC) ship. This ship is sailing in very...
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Erphila Art Pottery Art Deco Cubist Ceramic Vase, Germany 1920s
By Erphila
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Antique or vintage art pottery vase features tapered body with elongated cylindrical neck, decorated with wide band of abstract graphic motifs in Cubist style with Art Deco influence...
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Majolica Flowers Oyster Plate Longchamp, circa 1900
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate with different flowers on each shells, circa 1900 signed Longchamp. Hairline.
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Fish Wall Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica fish platter. Decorated with fishes, seaweed, garlic, circa 1950.
Majolica
Pair of Monumental Italian Majolica Portrait Busts, Early 20th Century
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A commanding and decoratively rich pair of hand-modeled and hand-painted majolica portrait busts depicting a male and female figure in period costume, each resting on a turned socle ...
Majolica, Terracotta
Bitossi for Peasant Village Large Shell-shaped Bowl, Red Glaze Italy Mid Century
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Shell-shaped ceramic bowl is glazed in red with complex variations in glaze color accentuating the intricate shape of the bowl. The bowl is signed on the bottom with "Italy 68105 ...
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
19th Century Majolica Porcelain Palissy Fish Wall Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century porcelain Palissy platter with fishs, eel, shells , crawfish and ivy leaves.
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
Portuguese Oversized Glazed Ceramic Gurgle Fish Jug Pitcher, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oversized Mid-Century Modernist glazed ceramic gurgling fish water jug / pitcher. Portugal, 1940s-1950s Eye-catching hand painted XXL size fish glug jug ...
Majolica, Ceramic
Blue Ceramic Majolica Vase Vessel Decorative Butterflies Hand Painted Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Of extraordinary beauty and unique charm, the blue butterfly has always been considered the bearer of wishes. According to ancient beliefs it has the power to make dreams come true. ...
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Majolica Flowers Oyster Plate Longchamp, circa 1900
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate with different flowers on each shells, circa 1900 signed Longchamp.
Ceramic, Majolica
$2,320Sale Price|51% Off
Early Italian Polychrome Majolica Albarello, Late 17th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian Polychrome Majolica Albarello, Late 17th Century.
Majolica
French Majolica Oyster Plate Russian Imperial Eagle, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica oyster plate called Russian imperial eagle, circa 1890. Reference / page 132 "Oyster Plates" of Jeffrey B. Snyder.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century French Onnaing Majolica Pig Waiter Pitcher
By Onnaing
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique French majolica barbotine pig waiter pitcher by Onnaing, circa 1880. This delightful pitcher is designed as the "maitre d'hotel" or butler pig ready to serve, hand p...
Ceramic, Majolica
Minton Majolica Twin Handled Game Pie Dish & Cover
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and impressive antique English majolica pottery game pie dish and cover by renowned and sought after maker Minton and dated 1867. The earthenware dish stands raised on four...
Earthenware, 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 ...
Majolica
Set of two vases, barbotine, majolica, circa 1910, Art Nouveau, France
By Barbotine
Located in Wien, AT
Set of two handled vases, made of majolica, famous Barbotine, manufactured around 1910 in France. These particularly attractive vases are of exceptional quality and wonderful decor....
Majolica
Set of 10 Vintage Sarreguemines Majolica Asparagus Plates
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A set of 10 vintage Sarreguemines Majolica asparagus serving plates, from the beginning of the 20th century. Each of these fine earthenware plates has two raised, decorated dividers,...
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Platter Salins
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Asparagus handled platter Salins, in a shape of basket Trompe l'oeil.
Ceramic, Majolica
Rare Majolica Orchid Jardiniere Delphin Massier, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica Orchid Jardiniere attributed to Delphin Massier, circa 1890. Measures: W / 17 inches , H / 8.3 inches. The Massier family are known f...
Ceramic, Majolica
$2,315Sale Price / set|20% Off
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...
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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...
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Majolica Pear Plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica pear plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1920.
Ceramic, Majolica
Set of 2 majolica plates, early 20th century and an earthenware dish, France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
A decorative set comprising two early 20th-century majolica-style earthenware plates and a glazed terracotta platter. The plates feature rich polychromy and hand-painted decoration: ...
Earthenware, Majolica
19th Century Swedish Rörstrand Majolica Turquoise Chestnut Leaf Plate
By Rörstrand
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique 19th-Century Swedish chestnut leaf majolica dessert plate produced by the renowned Rörstrand company, one of Sweden's oldest ceramic factories, circa 1880. Impressed...
Majolica
17th Century Dutch Delft sea creature Tile with Decoration of Merman
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Circa 1640 – 1670 A finely painted blue and white Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a Merman. Sea creatures where quite popular in the 17th century, supporting...
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Palissy Fishs Wall Platter by Victor Barbizet
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Austin, TX
Large Palissy fishs wall platter on a blue background with bugs, butterfly, lizard, crawfish, shells, leaves as ferns. The School of Paris is composed by makers as Victor Barbizet, F...
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
French 1880s Barbotine Majolica Basket with High Relief Colorful Flowers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French majolica basket from the late 19th century with high relief floral barbotine décor. Created in France during the last quarter of the 19th century, this majolica features a b...
Majolica
Large School of Paris Palissy Majolica Wall Platter With Snake And Fish
By Francois Maurice
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
School of Paris French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features fish (a carp, a pike), a snake, a frog, langoustines, insects and shells. Rippled water-effect ground. Colouration...
Majolica
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...
Majolica
Antique Majolica Tobacco Jar Munich Child in Hofbrauhaus Keg, Germany 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for an antique figural tobacco jar featuring the Munich Child on a keg from Munich's famous Hofbrauhaus. The jar reads "Tabak" (german fo...
Majolica
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.