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Material: 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
Glazed Ceramic Melon Server Set, Italy 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Desserts serving set melon design: 6 plates + 1 tureen, Italy, 1960s.
One of a kind set of 6 Majolica ceramic melon slice shaped dishes and a large melon tureen,
The melon shaped cer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery, Ceramic
$2,850 / set
French Choisy-le-Roi 19th Century Majolica Strawberry Plates with Foliage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Five French Choisy-le-Roi Majolica strawberry plates from the second half of the 19th century, priced and sold individually. Charming our eyes with their lovely decor, each of these ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Faience, Majolica
18th-19th Century Spanish Colonial Majolica Pottery Angel Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Guatemalan majolica pottery vase, with hand painted floral design on front. Two angels adorn the upper rim, appearing at the top of each side peering out over their angel win...
Category
19th Century Guatemalan Spanish Colonial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Portuguese Cunha Palissy Majolica Anthropomorphic Lizard Monk Jug
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jose A Cunha Portuguese Palissy Majolica jug/pitcher which features a lizard dressed as a monk, prayer hands and singing. The tail forms the handle. Colouration: brown, green, yellow...
Category
1890s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$1,997 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Minton Majolica Lily Pad and Flower Jug/Pitcher
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features flowering lilies and lily pads. Colouration: green, white, dark pink, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Minton pottery...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$1,181 Sale Price
20% Off
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
19th Century Italian Majolica Fountain Body/Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful antique Italian Majolica vase dates to the 1800s. This type of pottery was first produced during the Italian Renaissance, and it often depicted historical and mythologi...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
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
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Asparagus Plate with Mums Keller & Guerin Saint Clement
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Art Nouveau asparagus plate with mums signed Keller et Guerin Saint Clement.
9 inches diameter.
Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th Century a...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$184 Sale Price
20% Off
French Majolica Oyster Plate Bavent, circa 1920
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica oyster plate signed TN Bavent, circa 1920.
Diameter / 10.5 inches.
Rustic style.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Art Nouveau AMC Wasmuel Set of Faience Pitcher and 6 Glasses, Belguim
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare set of a pitcher and 6 glasses or cups was created in characteristic Belgian Art Nouveau style with the use of warm, earthy tones and varied glaze finish on lightly textured sh...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Plate with Cabbage Leaves Creil & Montereau
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual 19th century majolica asparagus plates with large green cabbages leaves on a yellow background (usually on blue background), very colorful plates...
Category
1880s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand-Painted Italian Majolica Vase from Orvieto, Signed “NP”, 1960s
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A beautifully hand-painted majolica amphora from Orvieto, dating to the 1960s and signed “NP / Orvieto” on the underside. Richly decorated with vibrant arabesque motifs and warm, sat...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Frog with Mandolin Massier, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Art Nouveau green Majolica frog who playing mandolin unsigned Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1900.
The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings. The Massi...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Byzantium Moon Jar Hand Painted Ceramic Italy Contemporary Maiolica
Located in London, GB
Byzantium moon jar, 2024, hand-painted maiolica fired with full reduction firing
40 cm diameter, unique piece.
Winner of the Best Object Ceramic & Glass at LAPADA Art & Antiques Fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Parakeets Garniture Set Vases & Jardinière Sarreguemines, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Parakeets Garniture set with 2 vases and a jardinière planter signed Sarreguemines, circa 1880.
Model 7122.
Measures: Jardinière / Height 6.2", length 11" on 6".
Vases / ...
Category
1880s European Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$1,280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Delphin Massier Majolica Cockerel/Rooster Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Delphin Massier Majolica figural vase which features a cockerel/rooster stood in front of a vase, which is modelled in the form of corn. Colouration: yellow, pink, teal blue, are pre...
Category
1890s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Rooster Large Spill Vase Signed Louis Carrier-Belleuse, French, ca 1890
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Majolica Cockerel Spill Vase by Choisy-le-Roi, naturalistically modeled and glazed as a crowing rooster on a molded barnyard base, the rectangular vase formed by simulated stacked st...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique Arsenal Wardle Majolica Nautical Ocean Coral Shell Sea Pitcher Jug 8"
Located in Dayton, OH
Large antique Arsenal Pottery after Wardle Majolica nautical Ocean pitcher / jug / carafe featuring a coral seashell and seaweed theme.
Dimensions:
8" x 7" x 8" (Width x Depth x Hei...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Victorian Server with Coral & Seaweed Handle George Jones
By George Jones
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Victorian Server with Coral & Seaweed Handle George Jones.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century French Palissy Majolica Platter with Snake, Frog, and Shells
By Bernard Palissy
Located in Dallas, TX
Alive with texture, color, and movement, this early 20th-century French Palissy-style majolica platter brings the natural world to life in vivid relief. At the center, a coiled snake winds through a vibrant marsh, surrounded by frogs, newts, snails, and scattered shells. Glossy glazes in deep green, golden ochre, and cobalt blue add a sense of depth and dampness, while the high-relief modeling invites both touch and close inspection.
Evoking the spirit of Bernard Palissy and the rustic naturalism of 19th-century revivalists, this hand-modeled ceramic piece is more than a decorative dish, it’s a sculptural landscape. The reverse reveals a warm, mottled terracotta finish, grounding the piece in its artisanal origins.
Whether placed on a console, set into a cabinet, or mounted on a wall, this antique French platter...
Category
Early 20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Large Griffen, Smith&Hill Etruscan Majolica Pitcher Shell Seaweed Pattern, 10ins
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Gorgeous Majolica by Griffen, Smith & Hill Etruscan Majolica large pitcher in shell and seaweed pattern. This pitcher is an unusually sought after s...
Category
1880s American Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Rare 19th Century Majolica Oyster Fish Heads Plate Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th Century Pink Majolica Oyster Fish Heads Plate Wedgwood.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Hen & Chicks Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate with hen & chicks 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 c...
Category
1890s French Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$232 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Oval Majolica Palissy Fish Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French val Majolica Palissy wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
2 fishes , tomato ,oyster, seaweeds
From Provence.
Length / 11.8 by 8.5 inches, height / 2.3 inches.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
English Majolica Vine & Strawberries Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
English Majolica vine & strawberries plate, circa 1880.
Very rare color.
Hairline.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare English Majolica Turkey Jardiniere circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Unusual English Victorian jardinière cache pot on a cobalt background, one side with a turkey , one with a heron , one with an emu , between a palm tree and a tree with ...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica George Jones Fox Serving Tray circa 1869
By George Jones
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant pink Majolica serving dish decorated with a three green vine leaves, the handle formed as a fox peering into the bowl with its tail appearing on the mottled underside signed ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$2,240 Sale Price
22% Off
Italian Majolica Pharmacy Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 18th century Italian Majolica Polychrome Pharmacy Jar or Albarello, dated 1777. These jars were use in apothecaries to hold medicinal herbs, powders...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Cheetah Cub Figurine in Majolica Pottery by Ronzan Italy, 1950's
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice expressive Ronzan Italian majolica cheetah cub figurine.
Signed to the base in black script: RONZAN MADE IN ITALY 1571/A.
Dating from arou...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
Majolica Pitcher circa 1900 red reen and Beige Colors France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Designed with large green leaves and Red flowers. The top neck with handle circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Art Deco Tea Set by Richard Ginori in White and Tiffany Green Majolica
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...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Plate with Pumpkin & Snail Onnaing, circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate with pumpkin & snail Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
$176 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Majolica Ceramic Dresser Box with Lid, Teal Blue White, Italy 1950s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large round dresser or trinket box with lid features graphic decor with stylized leaves and scrolls motifs on the sides and the lid. The handle is sculpted in shape of a large knot o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Majolica
$280 Sale Price
34% Off
19th Century German Majolica Swan Plate circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century German Majolica Swan and cygnets Plate Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Country Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$224 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Faience Winter Scene Platter Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Faience Winter Scene Platter signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy Le Roi.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Elephant Tobacco Jar Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica tobacco jar Onnaing, circa 1890.
The two handles are elephants heads, decorated with corn, the handle of the jat is a corn.
Usually in ...
Category
1890s French Majolica Pottery Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Elephant Tobacco Jar Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica tobacco jar signed Onnaing, circa 1890.
The two handles are elephants heads, decorated with corn, the handle of the jar is a corn.
Category
1890s French Majolica Pottery Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Vietnamese Bowl with Dragon and Clouds Pattern Decor 1900 Vietnam
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Decorative Bowl. withblue Dragon and Clouds, circa 1900.
it has been made in vietnam.
Category
Early 1900s Vietnamese Chinese Export Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
Wonderful Large Tuscan Round Plate (Siena) from the 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Wonderful Large Tuscan Round Plate (Siena) from the 18th Century
decorated with a battle scene.
Marked Siena with the date 1527 on the wing.
Italian majolica. .
Diameter: 45 cm.
good...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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, lemon, starfish, shells, crab, oyster.
Nautical style.
Measure: 9.3 diameter.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Monumental Renaissance Style Majolica Grapes Blue Vase
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French monumental Majolica blue vase with large grapes leaves and fruit stand two large trompe l'oeil rings on the two sides.
This vase...
Category
1880s French Renaissance Revival Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Faience, Ceramic, Majolica
$2,240 Sale Price
50% Off
Pair of Mid-Century French Majolica Lidded Pastry or Cheese Domes with Trays
Located in Dallas, TX
This rare matching pair of two-piece Majolica-style pastry or cheese domes was crafted in France circa 1960. Each barbotine ceramic set includes a circular platter with a ribbed edge...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Majolica Furniture
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Set of Six '6' French Faience Asparagus Plates by Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Pembroke, MA
Set of very decorative, late 19th century blue-green French Majolica asparagus plates, hand-painted in white, green and purple, showing four asparagus spears in relief, and with fluted rims. The underside is stamped "Depose K G Luneville...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Green Majolica Tureen with Grapes, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century green Majolica tureen with grapes.
East of France.
Measures: height / 6.5 diameter / 6" by 5"
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Shell Dish Keller & Guerin Saint Clement Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Shell Dish Keller & Guerin Saint Clement Circa 1900.
Decorated with a flower.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$88 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
$655 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Ceramic Blue Fish Plates and Platter Serving Set, 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching set of 6 small fish plates and a large fish tray in blue and grey glazed ceramic, Spain, 1960s.
This Midcentury ceramics serving set can be used to serve desserts, salad...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
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.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Cherries Basket Sarreguemines, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Trompe l'oeil basket with cherries handle signed Sarreguemines, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Country Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$437 Sale Price
30% Off
Minton Majolica Blackberry Jug
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features a blackberry bush bearing fruit. Barrel effect ground. Brown ground version. Colouration: brown, green, blue, are predominant. Marks includ...
Category
1850s Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$1,336 Sale Price
20% Off
French Majolica Grapes Basket Sarreguemines, circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica grapes basket signed Sarreguemines, circa 1920.
Category
1920s French Country Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$384 Sale Price
20% Off
Large French Majolica Vase with Flowers Edouard Gilles, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica vase with flowers signed Edouard Gilles, circa 1880.
Painted flowers, impressionist period..
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Majolica Furniture
Materials
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
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Fish Sealife Oysters Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife oysters platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of seaweeds, starfish , oysters , mussel
Nautical style.
8.3 inches diameter
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Majolica Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$464 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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