French 1850s Barbotine Majolica Jardinière by Thomas Sargent with Floral Décor

A French 19th century jardinière basket from the School of Fontainebleau with high relief floral barbotine décor. Born in France during the 19th century, this exquisite jardinière fe...

A French Majolica asparagus serving platter from the mid-19th century with turquoise, purple, green and yellow accents. Created in France during the 1850s, this Majolica platter feat...

This elegant colorful hand painted Majolica planter was sculpted in Montigny sur Loing, France, circa 1860. The ceramic jardinière with root shape handles features high relief soft pink, blue and beige rose flowers with pale green leaves, and brown and grey background. The ceramic vase is in good condition commensurate with age and use (minor chips on few petals). Impressionist ceramics term generally applies to "paint the slip" or "batch gouache". At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the towns of Montigny-sur-Loing and Marlotte are many artists living places like Jean-Baptiste Corot, Eugène Thirion (1839-1910), Adrien Schulz (1851-1931), Numa Gillet (1868-1940) and Lucien Cahen-Michel (1888-1980), all attracted by the quality of the landscape and the light. When Eugene Schopin founded in 1872 a ceramics factory, he worked with the painters to create a range of designs inspired by Impressionism and decorated according to new public demands. Several ceramic factories will develop around this Impressionist movement. The most famous, such as Georges Delvaux (1834-1909), Albert Boué (1862-1918) and Charles Alphonse Petit (1862-1927), will produce until 1922. Other manufacturers, such as Theodore Lefront...

This elegant antique Majolica vase was sculpted in France, circa 1950. This colorful cachepot has a traditional hand painted decor embellished with high relief flowers and leaves in ...