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Auction House:
Shapiro Auctioneers
Number of lots recorded:15
Lots with images:15
Prices available:15
Category:
Majolica, unmarked and minor makers
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Venetian Majolica vase or 'Vaso a Palla' 16th/17th century, of globular form, painted with a portrait of a bearded man, the reverse with a lady wearing a French hood, on a blue ground with scrolling foliage and flowers. Height 37 cm ***
*** Tall Majolica heron vase, c. 1900, in the manner of Joseph Holdcroft, modelled as a heron standing amongst aquatic plants, raised on a naturalistic rocky base, height 94 cm ***
*** Spanish Majolica wash basin, 18th / 19th century, tin glazed earthenware bowl decorated with a hound in a wooded landscape, diameter 58 cm ***
*** Collection of Majolica leaf dessert plates, comprising sixteen leaf form plates, eight dinner plates, and eight small leaf dishes (32), width 26 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney ***
*** Majolica covered tureen, in the form of a melon with snail finial, under plate restored (A/F), height 12.5 cm, width 21 cm, depth 17 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Judy Cuppaidge ***
*** Portuguese Majolica figural decanter, c. 1880, modelled as a bull in bright yellow, green and brown drip glaze, on a stepped rectangular base, impressed 'M. Mafra Caldas Portugal' to the underside, height 36 cm, width 38 cm ***
*** Italian Majolica pottery urn, decorated with all over geometric cube pattern, height 65 cm ***
*** Dolce & Gabbana, Miss Sicily satchel, multi-colour majolica print canvas with leather trim, adjustable shoulder strap, fabric internal with zip compartment, silver tone hardware, labelled 'Dolce & Gabanna Sicily made in Italy', height 35 cm, length 35 cm ***
*** Italian Majolica pottery twin handled urn, decorated with all over pattern of fruit, height 70 cm ***
*** French Majolica water pitcher in the form of a pig dressed as a waiter, underside impressed 'Frie Onnaing 737 made in France', height 26 cm. Provenance: Orlando Brown Collection, Mosman ***
*** Two Italian Majolica Bowls, wheel-thrown terracotta, tin glaze with oxide decoration of leaves (2), diameter 29 cm, 31 cm. Provenance: Collection of an Artist, Sydney ***
*** 19th century English majolica jug, twig handle with cobalt blue body, stamped 'Made in England'. Height 22 cm ***
*** Florenz wall pocket carved body to simulate wooden log, with applied gum nut and gum leaves, majolica glaze, back incised 'Florenz 94', length 19 cm ***
*** Hugo Lonitz (German), Majolica figural twin-handled urn, 19th century, glazed in polychrome enamels with ram's heads to either side and swags of fruits and flowers against a cobalt blue ground, with winged caryatid handles, impressed twin fish mark to… ***
*** Spanish Majolica twin handled vase, 19th century, with quatrefoil rim and polychrome tin glazed decoration, height 27 cm ***