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Material: Majolica
Majolica "Cockerel & Monkey" Teapot by Minton
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
"Cockerel & Monkey Minton Majolica Teapot the protrusive cockerel head with forming the spout, a smiling, like if he was riding the cockerel, is...
Category
Late 20th Century English Victorian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$696 Sale Price
25% Off
Small Majolica Pink Wild Rose Wall Pocket, Delphin Massier, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica pink wild rose wall pocket signed Delphin Massier, circa 1880
Category
1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Rare Belgium Majolica Asparagus Plate Wasmuel, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare belgium Majolica asparagus plate Wasmuel, circa 1880.
Napkin trompe l'oeil.
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French Oval Majolica Ducklings Platter Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French oval Majolica ducklings and kingfisher platter signed Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, 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
Game Pie Dish Majolica Minton Victorian Mid-19th Century
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
Majolica oval game terrine, featuring a palette of green, blue, brown, and ochre. Adorned with a woven basket encircled by an oak leaf garland, the lid showcases a prominent relief d...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Life-Size Italian Boxer Dog Terracotta Ceramic Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s Italian Boxer Majolica dog statue figurine. Nice addition to your room or entry hall. It is approx. 28.75" high, 18.5" wide and 8 inches deep. Made of Majolica ce...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
19th Century, Victorian Kate Greenway Platter Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century wedgwood yellow bonnet and floral kate greenway platter with bow feet.
Measures: 13.2 by 11 inches.
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Cherries Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1870
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica cherries plate signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870.
Geometric pattern on the border.
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Hand Painted Yellow Ceramic Vase by Bottega Vignoli Italy Contemporary Majolica
Located in London, GB
Gio' Vase - Hommage to Gio Ponti, 2024 - Hand-painted majolica, fired in full fire-reduction
Dimensions: 28 cm diameter x 36 cm height
Unique piece
Bottega Vignoli is a brand of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica
French Majolica Frog Wall Pocket Jerome Massier Fils Vallauris, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Frog Wall Pocket Jerome Massier Fils Vallauris, circa 1900.
The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. The Massier family produced d...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Majolica Bud Vase with 5 Stepped Cylinders, Italy 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Modernist majolica bud vase features a complex sculptural shape with 5 stepped cylinders; minimal form of the piece is accentuated by the monochroma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Majolica Asparagus Plates Wicker Style Set of 4 Manufactured by Orchies France
By Orchies
Located in Paris, FR
This 19th-century Majolica asparagus hand-painted plate was made in France. Asparagus plate in barbotine - slip decorated with colored asparagus in the middle part, wicker style text...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Italian Majolica Pig Pitcher Signed and Numbered
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully crafted Italian Majolica Pig Pitcher. The piece is a wonderful and warm addition to any kitchen or bar area. While very decorative...
Category
20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Vintage French White Majolica Gien Oyster Plate
By Gien
Located in Pearland, TX
An elegant white French Gien oyster plate, fluted at the edges, circa 1940. Maker's mark on reverse. It would look fabulous displayed or for serving....
Category
20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Large Antique Majolica Planter Made Circa 1880 Turquoise Ground & Green Leaves
By Minton
Located in Katonah, NY
This exquisite 19th-century majolica jardiniere and underplate by Minton was handpainted in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, around 1880. This jardiniere measures an impressive 17" across the handles
it is adorned with a delightful design of green oak leaves and light brown acorns that stand out beautifully against the beautiful turquoise background.
The handles, in the shape of twisting oak branches...
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French 19th Century Majolica Porcelain Yellow Glazed Basket with Six Egg Cups
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French yellow glazed majolica porcelain basket from the 19th century, with a set of six egg cups and pink ribbons. Created in France during the 19th century, this majolica porcelai...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
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.
Category
Early 1900s French Romantic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Rooster Glazed Ceramic Pitcher, Ukraine, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching black and amber Majolica ceramic rooster jug / pitcher, Ukraine, 1950s-1960s.
A cool accent to any kitchen or to be user as serving pitcher. Lovely as a part of a cerami...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ukrainian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Sun Plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica sun plate signed Villeroy & Boch, circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
19th Century French Painted Porcelain Barbotine Jardiniere with Floral Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful and colorful Majolica cache pot was crafted in France, circa 1880. A Classic example of French barbotine artistry, the sculptural porcelain piece is oval in shape with...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
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,...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Strawberries Plate Luneville, circa 1880
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica strawberries plate circa 1880 Luneville.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Large Amphora Vase Majolica Figurative Subject Crocodile Hunt Rubens Policrome
Located in Recanati, IT
Majestic majolica Amphora vase, with a height of 183 cm (72 in) and a diameter of 52 cm (20,5 in): a unique piece, entirely handmade and hand-painted in Gubbio, Central Italy, in 1995. Its surface is decorated with a splendid and detailed reproduction of the famous "The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt", painted by Peter Paul Ruben's (1615).
The body of the vase shows remarkable technical capabilities, given its size and complexity. The amphora is divided into three parts: the base, the central body and the neck. The rarity of majolica artworks of this size lies in the technical difficulty of managing the entire creation process given the large size, both for the making of the terracotta artifact and the subsequent decorating phase. During the first firing of the clay biscuit the risk of breakage is very high and also during the second firing of the color majolica hides many pitfalls, this explains the rarity of artworks of this size, the difficulty of the decorations and consequently their value.
Description of the reproduction painted :
Peter Paul Rubens created the canvas oil painting entitled The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt between 1615–16. The hunt takes place on the banks of the Nile, as indicated by a palm tree in the background. As hippopotami and crocodiles were considered dangerous nuisances, their destruction was a duty performed by noblemen. The hunting party comprises three men in orientalizing costume—mounted on Arabian horses, who hunt with lance and sword—and two valets clad in roughly-hewn jerkins—one of whom has been killed by one of the beasts. The enraged hippopotamus tramples the crocodile, as both are attacked by the hunters and hounds...
Category
1990s Italian Baroque Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
English Victorian Majolica Game Pie Dish Made by Minton & Co.
By Minton
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A majolica game pie dish made by Minton & Co. in 1874. The dish takes the form of a wicker basket and is covered with oak leaves, acorns, vines,...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
19th Century Majolica Grapes Wall Platter Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Colorful 19th century French Majolica grapes wall platter signed Longchamp terre de fer. The fruits are in high relief with the leaves and branches.
The ma...
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Reticulated Plate Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Austin, TX
Victorian Majolica reticulated plate signed Wedgwood.
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Exceptional French Art Nouveau Barbotine Majolica Planter Jardiniere Green Man
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This cachepot is crafted from high-quality ceramic, typically Majolica or Barbotine, known for its vibrant, glossy glaze. The glaze gives the piece a lustrous sheen and adds depth an...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$663 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-19th Century Minton Victorian Majolica Game Pie Dish
By Minton
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A majolica game pie dish made by Minton & Co. in 1864. The dish takes the form of a wicker basket and is covered with oak leaves, acorns, vines,...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
Majolica Wall fountain with basin, decorative wall element and bronze lion spout
Located in München, Bavaria
This is a handcrafted and hand painted wall fountain in Nymphenburg Majolica. The fountain consists of the basin, decorative wall element and bronze lion head spicket. We are happy t...
Category
2010s German Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century French Barbotine Covered Bowl with Bird and Bird Nest Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 19th century petite French faience bowl adorned with a bird and bird nest barbotine décor. This French pottery features a green colored body, decorated with exquisite colorful flow...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Polychrome Italian Albarello Jar with Foliate Decorations, Late 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
Hand-painted in Italy during the late 1800s, this polychrome albarello jar has a green ground beneath numerous foliate rinceaux in orange and white. T...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Paint
19th Century French Barbotine Ceramic Hounds & Boar Cache Pot from Sarreguemines
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a hunting lodge or ranch with this colorful antique planter. Crafted in Sarreguemines, France circa 1880, the elegant Majolica planter stands on paw feet, and is dressed wit...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Pink Flowers Pitcher Onnaing, circa 1900
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica pitcher with pink flowers on a green background signed Onnaing, circa 1900.
A excellent example of the Art Nouveau period.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Vintage French Christine Viennet Hand Crafted "Trompe L'Oeil" Fruit Plate
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a kitchen wall with this elegant and "One-of-a-Kind" hand crafted barbotine "Trompe L'Oeil" decorative plate. Crafted in southern France, and very realistic, the ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Faience, Majolica, Porcelain
Majolica Parrots Double Vase Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Colorful Majolica double vase with two parrots, the vase are decorated with painted pink flowers signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
English Victorian Majolica Water Lily Jardinière, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian Majolica Water Lily Jardinière with the underplate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique Majolica Wardle Bamboo Basketweave Dogwood Flower Pitcher Jug 7"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Majolica pitcher or jug featuring a chinoiserie bamboo and basketweave design with dogwood flower. Marked on base. Attributed to Wardle Pottery.
Dimensions:
5.25" x 4.25" ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$500 Sale Price
20% Off
Rooster Green Glazed Ceramic Pitcher, Spain, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching green and brown Majolica ceramic rooster jug / pitcher, Spain, 1950s.
Andalusian ceramic decorative rooster shaped jug in shades ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Lladró Sauce Tureen in Glazed Ceramic, Fish and Lemon Design, 1960s
By Hispania CH
Located in Barcelona, ES
A beautiful hand-painted Majolica glazed ceramic fish shaped sauce boat with half lemon on the top. By Hispania CH Lladró.Spain, 1960-1970s
Manufactured by Hispania CH and marked on ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
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
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French 1950s Bird Tiles Trinket Box in Ceramic and Wood
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern hinged wooden box with colorful birds ceramic tiles top, France 1950s.
This exquisite vintage rectangular box is all constructed in wood. Beautiful hand-painted ti...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Wood, Majolica, Ceramic
Barbizet Palissy Majolica Palissy Fish Platter
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Barbizet (attributed) French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features fish (including a pike), a snake, a lizard, a frog, insects, shellfish and leaves. Colouration: blue, green,...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Italian Majolica Charger
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century hand painted Italian charger featuring three cherubs interacting with another lying on a bed of wheat stalks under a scenic skyscape. Beau...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Palissy Snake & Lizard Candelstick Thomas Sergent
Located in Austin, TX
French Palissy candlestick signed Thomas Sergent, circa 1880.
Trompe l'oeil wood with leaves decorated with snake and lizard.
Thomas Victor Sergent was an active member of the School...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Pottery Majolica Tureen circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Pottery Majolica Tureen circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Rustic Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Italian Midcentury Modern Pottery Lemonade Set by Cas Vietri ICS Kowaliska Style
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Mid-Century Modern pottery lemonade set by CAS Vietri Italy set consisting of a pitcher, 6 beakers and a matching coffee mug. All pieces are decorated with hand painted scenes of rural life reminding of designs by Irene Kowaliska...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$567 Sale Price
20% Off
Alvino Bagni for Raymor Italy 1960s Sea Garden Table Lamp Majolica & Walnut
By Raymor, Alvino Bagni
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Stunning sculptural table lamp features majolica ceramic body, created by Alvino Bagni for Raymor in 1960s as a part of his Sea Garden series, and solid carved walnut top. Sea Garde...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Majolica Basketweave Dogwood Flower Creamer Pitcher Jug 6"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Majolica creamer pitcher or jug featuring a yellow and brown basketweave motif with dogwood flower accents, twisted handle and acanthus spout.
Dimensions:
5" x 4" x 5.5" (Wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$196 Sale Price
20% Off
French Majolica Roses Plate Saint Amand, circa 1890
By Saint Amand
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica roses plate signed Saint Amand, circa 1890.
Very rare aqua background.
Large size 8.8 inches.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
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
Italian Vintage Red Tomato Tureen in Majolica Ceramic, 70s
Located in Roma, IT
I offer for sale an extremely decorative and fun element to set your table.
Produced in Italy between the 1970s and 1980s, this soup tureen is attributable to a successful series tha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique Majolica Turquoise Blue French Barbotine Dog Rose Flower Pitcher Jug 10"
Located in Dayton, OH
A very large and impressive antique Majolica French Barbotine pitcher / jug / carafe featuring a turquoise blue field with lavender purple dog rose flower blossoms with a twig / bran...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Parakeets Plate Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate two parakeets on a blue background with oranges signed Salins, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Fortunata Tuscany, Italy Majolica Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Savannah, GA
A large majolica sculptural centerpiece bowl by Fortunata of Tuscany, Italy with applied lobster and sea life.
20 ¾ inches wide by 18 inches deep by 6 ⅝ inches tall
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
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
Pair Large Green and Blue Majolica Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair large green and blue majolica apothecary jar vases. Italian cylindrical ribbed and slightly concave tin glaze earthenware jars by the famed Ca...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$8,800 / set
Extremely Rare Rotterdammer Tile with Two Men in a Boat, Early 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
An extremely rare, so-called, Rotterdammer tile, with the decoration of a sailboat.
Country: The Netherlands
Place: Rotterdam
Date: circa 1615 - 1620
Workshop: Claes Wijtmans
This tile comes from one of the most rare and sought after tile series...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
A George Jones Majolica Server with Mounted Thrush, English, ca. 1872
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A George Jones Majolica Tray, the shaped dish with relief-molded leaves and ferns, with branches laden with orange blossoms, surmounted with a single naturalistically molded and glaz...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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
$432 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.
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