Art Deco elephants. Various makers, both amusing.
Category: Ceramics
Porcelain with young women draped over it for life. Austrian. Ernst Wahliss. Living from 1837 to 1900, Wahliss started out in sales for a porcelain factory, Founding his own ceramics firm in what is now Czechoslovakia, he launched a store called “Wahliss” in Vienna and exported porcelain across Europe while being Vienna’s leading porcelain dealer.
Majolica ware with a bird motif. Delphin Massier, makers. Starting in 1860 in Vallauris, France, their work has very vibrant colors due to their mastery of copper oxide flambé glazing. All of these taken from the website of Galerie Vauclair in Paris.
Art Nouveau era majolica glazed ceramics. Various makers and countries. All in wonderful colors.
More beautiful design sketches from the archives of Minton and Company located in Stokes-on-Trent, England. Minton having been in operation from 1793 to 2005.
Antique spill vases. Spills were twists of paper that you would use to light your pipe or melt sealing wax back before there were matches. Every home needed two or three. Different materials and designs.
Animal design faience art pottery so your home can look like a menagerie. Burmantofts Pottery, maker. Burmantofts created art pottery in Leeds, England between 1880 and 1904.
A little something to keep the perfume in if you don’t like the bottle it comes in. Jacob Petit, maker. Born in 1796 he started out working for Sèvres before starting out on his own.
Pastille burners. Mostly antique. So much more fun than air fresheners but they do the same thing, burning pellets to scent up your house and cover up the cabbage smell coming out from the kitchen.
Art glass vases, these all being Art Déco and made by Degué who used a sandblasting method to decorate monochromatic vessels with graphic devices and designs. French, made in Paris.
