Tag: majolica

Have a luncheon table that looks like a vegetable garden with porcelain that looks like asparagus. Various makers.

Barbotine majolica covered asparagus server with matching platter, the server bottom having holes to allow excess water to drain onto the platter by design, providing drip free serving. Cream with green and eggplant highlights. ca. 1880s. French. Ceramic. Keller and Guerin, makers. Image © 2024 Chairish, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.chairish.com/product/8492400/19th-century-french-barbotine-covered-asparagus-server-with-matching-platter-by-keller-guerin?epik=dj0yJnU9S0dNZENCdWVXLW9WYURpY2J1b0RXaExLSi1Tb3RRQUYmcD0wJ

Majolica ceramic two piece asparagus serving set, a divided handled platter and footed sauce boat, both pieces molded as ribboned and bent asparagus spears. Art Nouveau/Jugendstil, made in the early 1900s. Made in Bohemia in what is now the Czech Republic but was then part of Austria-Hungary. Julius Dressler, maker. Marked with the Tower stamp used by Julius Dressler in the early 1900s. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2024. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/serving-pieces/julius-dressler-majolica-asparagus-serving-set-two-pieces/id-f_3748632/
Barbotine majolica asparagus pitcher with a turquoise glazed interior modeled as a bundle of white and green asparagus with purple spear tips, tied at the center and bottom with a red ribbon. The handle resembles a bent asparagus spear. Mid 20th c. French. Maker not known but inscribed Made in France to the base. Image © 2024 BLACK-EYED SUSANS BOUTIQUE LLC. Fair use license. via https://black-eyedsusansantiques.com/product/mid-century-french-barbotine-asparagus-pitcher/
Minton majolica asparagus cradle naturalistically modelled as a bundle of asparagus fixed to an aesthetic movement base. ca. 1870-1871. Ceramic. Made in England by Minton. Maker’s marks: impressed Minton and year code for 1871, with registration diamond for 25 February 1870. Image © Premier Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.premierantiques.co.uk/rare-minton-majolica-aesthetic-movement-asparagus-cradle-c1871-2739-p.asp

Pair of covered tobacco jars, shaped like a bunch of asparagus with naturalistic polychrome decoration. ca. 17655-1765. French. Soft-porcelain, ceramic. Mennecy Manufacture, maker. Maker’s marks: marked D.V. in relief. Image © Christie’s 2025. Fair use license. https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/collections-provenant-des-familles-cosse-brissac-dormesson-la-bedoyere/paire-de-pots-tabac-couverts-en-porcelaine-tendre-10/273816?ldp_breadcrumb=back

Jugendstil/Art Nouveau Majolica porcelain centerpieces made by Eichwald of Bohemia in what is now Czechoslovakia. Lovely colors.

Oval Majolica ceramic centerpiece with the bowl adorned with small rose blossoms on two sides which sits on a great shaped base with two white blossoms and red accents. ca. 1910. Bohemian. Eichwald, maker. Maker’s marks: Impressed “Eichwald and the Model Number 3013 on the bottom. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/centerpieces/ceramic-centerpiece-eichwald-bohemia-circa-1910/id-f_13097751/
Large Majolica centerpiece with the top bowl surrounded by berries and leaves set on a gray background and floating on three beige columns. ca. 1910. Bohemian, assumed on the basis of various attributes to be Eichwald. Model number “4538” impressed on the bottom. Image © 2019 Vinterior Group Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.vinterior.co/home-decor/accessories/other-objects/majolica-centerpiece-by-eichwald-bohemia-circa-1910
Majolica ceramic garniture with two vases and a centerpiece or jardinière in white, blue and dark petrol tones. ca. 1915. Bohemian. Eichwald, maker. Maker’s marks: Each piece marked “EICHWALD”, the centerpiece showing the model number “4353” and both vases being model number “986/4.” Image © 2019 Vinterior Group Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.vinterior.co/art/ceramics/art-nouveau-ceramic-garniture-by-eichwald-bohemia-circa-1915

Majolica ceramic animals. French. Jerome Massier, creator. Living from 1850 to 1916, he worked under the name of Jerome Massier Fils in the Messier family firm in the south of France where they started producing majolica in the 1860s.

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Grasshopper jardinière. Majolica ceramic. ca. 1890. French. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/building-garden/planters-jardinieres/19th-century-majolica-grasshopper-jardiniere-jerome-massier/id-f_16159681/?gclid=CjwKCAjw97P5BRBQEiwAGflV6X5C2GtnB3B4tUDazfyaB_uwfBOSC3oqSNKDes3vQBb9SkxbUlt8EBoCskQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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Frog playing guitar sitting on a chair. Majolica ceramic. 1910. French. Marked on the underside. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/animal-sculptures/rare-majolica-frog-sitting-on-chair-jerome-massier-circa-1910/id-f_12543841/?gclid=CjwKCAjw97P5BRBQEiwAGflV6cXNwIg7DB7x-tgqeUSsMGZgyjzUNVdJpkTQrRxdfXPxCcEo0Z4J3RoCj6EQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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Swan jardinière. Majolica ceramic. ca. 1890. French. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/building-garden/planters-jardinieres/majolica-yellow-swan-jardiniere-jerome-massier-circa-1890/id-f_19163002/?gclid=CjwKCAjw97P5BRBQEiwAGflV6QRyKJSGS-dCp5cD9M-S0fY1-FImJyVhOSzSyoRtdwLR8HKWAMjbQxoCoEkQAvD_BwE&

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Planter in the form of chirping finches atop a grassy water tank. Majolica ceramic. ca. 1800. French. Maker’s marks: marked “Jerome Massier Fils” on the underside. Image © Jesse Davis Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.jessedavisantiques.co.uk/en-GB/majolica/jerome-massier-bird-motif-majolica-planter/prod_10398#.Xy1WjyhKjqU

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.

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Flamingo motif column vase. ca. 1890-1900. Image © Copyright – GALERIE VAUCLAIR. Fair use license. via http://galerie-vauclair.fr/GV/portfolio-item/flamingo-column-delphin-massier/?lang=en

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Parrot and grasshopper on a bamboo branch. ca. 1880. Signed on the underside. Image © Copyright – GALERIE VAUCLAIR. Fair use license. via http://galerie-vauclair.fr/GV/portfolio-item/parrot-and-grasshopper-delphin-massier/?lang=en

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Raging parrot. ca. 1890. French. Signed on the underside. Image © Copyright – GALERIE VAUCLAIR. Fair use license. via http://galerie-vauclair.fr/GV/portfolio-item/raging-parrot-delphin-massier/?lang=en