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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Rococo
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 Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Ancient Italian Maiolica Tureen, Rubati Manufacture, Milan, circa 1770-1780
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen
Pasquale Rubati Manufacture
Milan, circa 1770 - 1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 6.69 in x 11,02 x 8.26 (17 x 28 x ...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Small Maiolica Flower Pots, Ferretti Manufacture, Lodi, circa 1770-1780
By Antonio Ferretti
Located in Milano, IT
Two maiolica flower pots
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, Circa 1770 - 1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire)
The...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Italian Coffee Pot, Coppellotti Manufacture, Lodi, Circa 1740
By Antonio Maria Coppellotti
Located in Milano, IT
Coffee pot
Antonio Maria Coppellotti Manufacture
Lodi, Circa 1740
High fire polychrome maiolica
It measures: 7.87 in x 6,49 x 5.11 (20 cm x 16,5 x 13); weight 1.23 lb (561 g)
...
Category
1730s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Potiche in Ceramic, 19th Century
Located in Monza, IT
Potiche in ceramic, 19th century
Elegant vase in ceramic with a triangular base, faceted, richly decorated with floral motifs, and depicting Bacchus crowned by grapes at the three c...
Category
19th Century Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Castelli Majolica Bases, circa 1800
By Castelli
Located in CH
Italian Castelli majolica bases, Circa 1800.
This pair of bases for large vases are a typical example of the high quality manufacturing of the Caste...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Maiolica Ancient Sugar Bowl, Lodi, 1770-1780
By Antonio Ferretti
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica sugar bowl
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, Circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 3.54 x 4.52 x 3.54 in (9 x 11,5 x 9 cm)
Weight: 0.394 lb (0.179 kg)
State of conservation: small and slight chips on the edges.
The small sugar bowl has a swollen and ribbed body resting on a flat base. The cap-shaped lid follows the rib of the container and is topped with a small knob in the shape of a two-colored fruit.
The sugar bowl is painted “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) with the characteristic floral motif of bunches and isolated semis.
An example which closely corresponds to this one is kept at the Civic Museum in Lodi (G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia, Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137).
This decorative style represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and later introduced by Antonio Ferretti to Italy. The production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple.
The Ferretti family started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725.
The forefather Simpliciano started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces starting from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59).
In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory.
In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, was able to commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables, both with or without contour lines, as well as in purple or green monochrome. After efforts to introduce more industrial production techniques to the sector succeeded, even the Ferretti manufacture, in the last decade of the eighteenth century, started heading towards decline despite its attempts to adapt production to neoclassical tastes.
In 1796 the Napoleonic battle for the conquest of the Lodi bridge over the Adda definitively compromised the furnaces. Production resumed, albeit in a rather stunted manner, until Antonio's death on 29 December 1810. (M. L. Gelmini, pp. 28-30, 38, 43 sgg., 130-136 (for Simpliciano); pp. 31 sgg., 45-47, 142-192 (for Antonio).
Bibliography
G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi Milano e Pavia Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137;
C. Baroni, Storia delle ceramiche nel Lodigiano, in Archivio storico per la città e i comuni del circondario e della diocesi di Lodi, XXXIV (1915), pp. 118, 124, 142; XXXV (1916), pp. 5-8;
C. Baroni, La maiolica antica di Lodi, in Archivio storico lombardo, LVIII (1931), pp. 453-455;
L. Ciboldi, La maiolica lodigiana, in Archivio storico lodigiano, LXXX (1953), pp. 25 sgg.;
S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, pp. 17 sgg.;
A. Novasconi - S. Ferrari - S. Corvi, La ceramica lodigiana, Lodi 1964, ad Indicem; Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia (catal.), Milano 1964, p. 17;
O. Ferrari - G. Scavizzi, Maioliche italiane del Seicento e del Settecento, Milano 1965, pp. 26 sgg.;
G. C. Sciolla, Lodi. Museo civico, Bologna 1977, pp. 69-85 passim; G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981;
M. Vitali, in Storia dell'arte ceramica...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Rococo Handmade and Hand Painted Flower Spray Vase, France 1880s
Located in Verviers, BE
with rococo panel and hand-painted flower spray in the oriental style (c 1880)
Handmade and hand-glazed in brilliant coloured Emameld flowers details.
...
Category
1880s French Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Ancient Italian Assortment Coffe Pot and Cups, Lodi, Circa 1765-1770
By Antonio Ferretti
Located in Milano, IT
A coffee pot and two cups with saucers
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, Circa 1765-1770
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
They measure:
coffee pot: 9....
Category
1760s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
18th Century, Italian Maiolica Flower Pot, Pasquale Rubati, Milan, 1770 circa
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna”
decorated with trompe l’oeil
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, 1770 circa
It measures: 4.7 in (cm 12) X 5 in (...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Large Pair of Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and Blue Ceramic Vases
Located in London, GB
The two vases are of large, ovoid form, and feature fluted bodies which are crafted in ceramic with a mottled blue colouring. The vases are mounted with twin gilt bronze scrolling ha...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Maiolica Cup Ferretti Lodi, circa 1770 - 1780
By Antonio Ferretti
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica puerperal cup
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, Circa 1770 - 1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures: 4.3 x 6.8 x 5.3 in (11 x 17,5 x 13,5 cm)
Weight: 0.78 lb (358 g)
State of conservation: some closed pass-through fêlures on the cup, barely visible on the outside. Some use chips on the edge of the lid, two of which are more marked.
From about the mid-sixteenth century, the puerperal soup tureen or puerperal cup became one of the most popular wedding gifts in central Italy. As an auspicious symbol, it replaced the birth table (“desco da parto”) which, on the occasion of high-ranking marriages, from the thirteenth century, had been painted by famous artists, especially in Tuscany.
In France this same tureen is called "écuelle de mariée", as it is given to spouses as a sign of fertility.
During the eighteenth century this custom spread even outside Italy to all social levels. Depending on availability and rank, it was made of different materials: precious metals, maiolica, porcelain, glass, pewter, etc.
Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, the custom of this symbolic homage gradually disappeared, although famous designers such as Gio Ponti and Giuseppe Gariboldi, even as recently as the 1940s, revisited a model of a small puerperal soup bowl for the Ginori and, also in Italy in 1940, in a national competition for young potters, one of the themes of the test was indeed a modern model of a puerperal cup as an auspicious gift.
This particular cup was also called a "service cup" or "puerperal vase" or "stuffed cup" - the windows were sealed with straw to prevent drafts of air for women in labor.
In the eighteenth century the line of the puerpera cup was simplified, so much so that it took the form of a small tureen with two handles - the typical broth cup...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Maiolica Coffee Set “Barbotine” Decoration Milan, 1770- 1780
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Coffee assortment with “barbotine” decoration
Manufacture of Pasquale Rubati or Felice Clerici
Milan, 1770- 1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Maiolica Cup, Rubati Manufacture, Milan, Circa 1770 - 1780
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Sick cup
Pasquale Rubati Manufacture
Milan, Circa 1770 - 1780
Maiolica decorated in polychrome “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire)
It measures: h 2.36 x 7.4 x 7.87 (h 6 x 19 x 20 cm)
...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Maiolica Oval Tray, Felice Clerici Manufactory, Milan, Circa 1770-1780
By Felice Clerici
Located in Milano, IT
Small oval tray
Felice Clerici Manufactory 1745-1780
Milan, Circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome.
Dimensions: 10.82 x 8.66 in (27.5 x 22 cm); weight 0.4...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Maiolica Dishes with flowers, Lombard Manufacture, 1770-1780 Circa
Located in Milano, IT
Assortment of dishes
Lombard manufacture
1770 – 1780 Circa
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
Two large dishes: diameter 14.76 in (37.5 cm); weight 4.5...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Dutch Delft, ceramic Plaque with a Courteous Scene, circa 1760
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
The octagonal plaque is painted in blue with a courteous scene. A young man offers a flower to a young lady accompanied by her chaperon, against a background of trees and shrubbery. ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Late 18th Century Blue And White Glazed Faience Charger, circa 1770, Denmark
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A large Danish (or Northern German) faience charger from circa 1780 in blue and white flower decor.
The decoration is inspired by, or actually exact copies of the contemporary Chine...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Maiolica Italian Pitcher Ferretti Manufacture, Lodi Circa 1770 - 1780
By Antonio Ferretti
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica pitcher
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 8.66 x 8.66 x 4.33 in (22 x 22 x 11 ...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Italian Maiolica Ancient Tureen, Lodi, 1770-1780
By Antonio Ferretti
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
It measures 9.05 x 12.59 x 9.05 in (23 x 32 x 23 cm)
...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Antique Italian Maiolica Coolers Pasquale Rubati Manufacture Milan, 1770 Circa
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Assortment of bottle and glass coolers in Maiolica.
Pasquale Rubati manufacture
Milan, circa 1770
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire)
a - Bottle cooler
5.91 in x 5.91 in diameter (15 x 15 cm )
Weight: 1.86 lb (845 g)
b - Bottle cooler
6.89 x 7.87 in diameter (17,5 x 20 cm)
Weight: 2.09 lb (948 g)
c - Pair of glass-cooler vases
3.94 x 3.94 in diameter (10 x 10 cm)
Weight: 1.43 lb (650 g)
Good state of conservation:
a - some chipping from use on the edge;
a - two fêlures covered on the edge;
c - one has deep chippings on the edge and the other a subtle fêlure.
Two Majolica factories were active in Milan in the 18th century. The first, starting from 1745, was owned by Felice Clerici; the other one by Pasquale Rubati from 1756. Rubati was in competition with Felice, whose worker he had been prior to opening his own workshop. On his death in 1796, the business was continued for a few more years by his son Carlo.
Recent studies have recognized Pasquale Rubati's contribution as the creator of "Strasbourg-style" decorations with their particularly joyful depictions. This style had previously been attributed to the Lodi manufacturers. These works here, however, are a clear example of this production.
The Majolica containers have different sizes, a cylindrical shape and rest on a low foot ring. The two largest are completed by handles in the shape of a zoomorphic mask with wide open jaws, while the smaller ones have handles applied with an anthropomorphic mask.
All the works are characterized by elegant floral decoration.
The two twin glass coolers show bunches of flowers centered around a main corolla, a rose or a peony paired...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Pair of Italian Maiolica Tureens, Ferretti Manufacture, Lodi Circa 1770 - 1780
By Antonio Ferretti
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of maiolica tureens
Antonio Ferretti Manufacture
Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire).
a – 8.66 x 11.02 x 7.48 in (22 x 28 x 19...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Rococo Italian Maiolica Flower Pot Pasquale Rubati, Milano, 1770 circa
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna” with support feet
decorated with little bunches of flowers
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, circa 1770
5.5 in X ...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Pair of Italian Maiolica Dishes Milano, circa 1770
By Felice Clerici
Located in Milano, IT
Two maiolica dishes, "Famille Rose" decoration
Felice Clerici Factory
Milan, 1770-1780
9.13 in (23.2 cm) each in diameter
lb 1.32 (kg 0.6)
State of conservation: perfect, except for...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
18th Century Italian Maiolica Dish Milano, circa 1770
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica dish, "Famille Rose" and gold decoration
Felice Clerici factory
Milan, 1770-1780
8.93 in (22.27 cm) in diameter
lb 0.66 (kg 0.3)
State of conservation: perfect, except for ...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Maiolica Plates Pasquale Rubati, Milan Circa 1770-1780
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Five oval maiolica dishes with pierced edge
Manufacture of Pasquale Rubati
Milan, 1770-1780
Three small oval dishes 10.23 in x 7.67 in (26 cm x 19.5 cm)
Two large oval dishes 10.82 in x 8.85 in (27.5 x 22.5 cm)
lb 3.5 (kg 1.8)
State of conservation: intact
The five dishes of different sizes have an oval shape, a mixtilinear edge and a molded polylobed shape with a surface enriched with a relief weave motif extending to the brim and forming a perforated basket...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Pair of Ancient Italian Maiolica Flower Pots Milan, Rubati Factory, 1770 circa
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna”
decorated with trompe l’oeil
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, circa 1770
Measures: each 4.7 in (cm 12) x 5 in (c...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Maiolica Flower Pot Pasquale Rubati Factory, Milan Circa 1770
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna” decorated with tulip
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, circa 1770.
Measures: 4.7 in x 4.7 in x 8.6 in
12 cm x 12...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Italian Maiolica Rose Dishes by Pasquale Rubati Milano, 1780 circa
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Assortment of 12 elements with polychrome and gold decoration
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, circa 1770- 1790.
Two oval trays 10.62 in x 8.58 in (27 x 21.8 cm)
Two dishes with perf...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Italian Maiolica Service Pasquale Rubati Milano with Green Flowers, circa 1780
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Assortment of 21 maiolica service elements
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, 1780 circa
a. Four large oval dishes or fish dishes 10.43 in x 21.25 in (26.5 c...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Italian Maiolica Flower Pot Garlands of Flowers, P. Rubati, Milano, 1770 circa
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna”
decorated with garlands of flowers
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, circa 1770
Measures: 4.7 in x 5 in x 8.8 in
...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Ancient Italian Maiolica Flower Pots, Pasquale Rubati Factory, Milan 1770 circa
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna”
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, 1770 Circa
They measure: height 6.2 in x 8.66 x 5.31 (15,8 cm x 22 x 13,5)
Weigh...
Category
1770s Italian Rococo Antique Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
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