A terracotta Floortile in very good, clean condition. This tile comes from a Cistercian monastery in southern Germany and dates from the 15th century. For more information, see: Ornamentierte Bodenfli[...]
16th century German stoneware pitcher with an annotation 1594, decorated with molded medallions containing coats of arms and guild symbols. Very good condition, one chip on the upper part.
Azulejo tile made using the arista technique between 1475 and 1500, Toledo, Spain. This type of motif corresponds to the pieces that completed the design of the azulejo panel. They constitute the fini[...]
A rare early floortile. Another slightly different one can be found in
the collection of de Benoit Fay-‘’ Le monde carre’’.
What did the fish symbolize in medieval times?
With the spread of Chris[...]
"A Bright Yellow 'Fleur-de-Lis' FloorTile, 14th Century" This is one of the earliest colored floor tiles with a fleur-de-lis motif. What does the fleur-de-lis motif represent? The fleur-de-lis, or lil[...]
Hispano-Moorish Escudilla, 16th/17th century. Decorated with radiating panels in opaque luster and zigzag patterns. Moulded handles. Hispano-Moorish. Diameter: 18.0 cm. Condition: restored at the base[...]
Decorative painted ceramic dish – Signed A. Del Bianco, Gubbio (Italy) A very beautiful decorative Italian ceramic dish, finely hand-painted, depicting a pastoral scene with a young woman seated in a [...]
Large antique glazed earthenware vase of fine decorative quality, featuring an elegant, bulbous shape with two side handles. It is adorned with a rich, hand-painted decoration in cobalt blue and ochre[...]
A unique piece! Appeldorn Castle was located between Calcar and Xanten (Germany). The fingerprints were made just before firing. At the time, it was a ruined castle. It has since been restored. Dimens[...]
Sicily (Burgio) Cylindrical Albarello with polychrome decoration of a cross and letter in a medallion. Period: late 16th or early 17th century. Condition: old restoration on half of the neck, two smal[...]
Small celadon stoneware bowl, pale green with a slightly bluish tint. Dimensions: 6.3 cm in diameter, 2.7 cm high, weighing 47.09 grams. In excellent condition, without chips or cracks. Dating: Probab[...]
Montelupo majolica albarello, cylindrical in shape, polychrome decorated with motifs known as Persian palmettes or stylized pine cones and fillets on the neck and base. Period: Early 17th century. Con[...]
A terracotta floortile in very good, clean condition. This tile comes from a Cistercian monastery in southern Germany and dates from the 15th century. For more information, see: Ornamented Floor Tiles[...]
Medieval floor tile from the Gravensteen Castle – Ghent, 14th–15th century
Rare red earthenware floor tile decorated with a heraldic lion, incised and inlaid with yellow slip under a transparent lead[...]
Slightly trapezoidal in shape, this substantial fountain body is inspired by Gothic reliquaries. It features an architectural relief decoration with a roof serving as a lid. Four arcades, where draped[...]
HAUTE EPOQUE / ITALIAN MAJOLICADERUTA, ITALYLate 16th to early 17th ctyPair of plain fire (in blue, ochre cameo, fading green, and manganese) majolica / ceramic large salt cellars or spice holders wit[...]
Heraldic tile by Juan de Torres. Manises (Valencia), 15th century. Decorated in the characteristic blue of the famous Valencian pottery. 13 x 13 centimeters.
Lovely ceramic vase, Incised signature: Desmant, Subles, In good condition, patina of time. A micro chip on one handle, almost imperceptible, Double-sided: Harold on one side and Animal on the other, [...]
An antique, thick decorative tile from Italy. Featuring a beautifully colored caricatured figure, possibly a pope or churchman, 17th century. In excellent condition with very slight wear (small scratc[...]
A rare and fully handmade stoneware beer jug attributed to Raeren, a historic pottery center in present-day Belgium. Dating from around 1680 to 1720, this jug is a striking example of post-Renaissance[...]
These three ceramics, not identified by a mark, share the same stylistic elements and are of Italian manufacture, probably Umbrian or Tuscan, from the first half of the 20th century. They consist of a[...]
VASE of spheroidal shape with straight neck in glazed earthenware with engraved decoration called "sgraffiato" of three friezes of stylized foliage with engobe and partial glaze, beige, ochre and gree[...]
Rectangular majolica tile with polychrome decoration of a 3/4-length young woman holding a parrot.Handwritten number on the reverse.Two holes on the reverse.
set of four High period terracotta paving stones or tiles forming a fleur-de-lis decoration. The sides are well beveled as was customary at that time. 15th century. Each tile measures approximately: 1[...]
These are the first encaustic tiles made in Flanders (Belgium). The original 14th century floor with such tiles is still present in the old church of Wenduine (Belgium). Specimens were also found duri[...]
Haute Epoque
Lovely small primitive Spanish ceramic hollow cup with 2 handles.
Plain ivory color
15th century
Dimensions:
15cm diameter and 5.5cm height
Very good condition (a few small [...]
Stoneware jug with cobalt and manganese decor, typical of Westerwald production in the second half of the 17th century.
Height: 16.1 cm.
Good condition, slight chips on the neck. No restaurat[...]
Lot of four Hispano-Moorish ceramics including:
A large dish decorated with a fantastic bird - Diam: 39.5cm
fractured and glued back together (see photos)
A vase with two handles decorated with a b[...]
Very beautiful Limoges porcelain vase decorated with a military figure, probably a seated musketeer quenching his thirst. On the back of the vase, a cartouche decorated with a fortified castle. Gold h[...]
Ceramic plaque representing the famous sculpture by B. Cellini "Perseus holding the head of Medusa" in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Presented in its gilded wooden frame. In a perfect stat[...]
Old dish Majolica portrait of a man in profile In very good condition, mark on the back, three small chips on the heel Diameter 32.5 cm Height at the heel 4.5 cm
Two small charming sandstones from "Raeren", a pitcher decorated with crosspieces excised on the upper part of the body and vertical grooves incised on the lower part. The other being a very sober lit[...]
Iznik siliceous ceramic dish with full polychrome decoration on a white background of a "saz" palm in the center surrounded by roses, tulips, carnations and rose hips. On the wing waves and black rock[...]
Pair of German stove tiles from the Renaissance period. They represent a couple. The man in military clothing with his index finger raised. The woman has her hand on her heart.
Very beautiful tondo / Round enameled ceramic plaque, Metallic patina in shades of green, Decor of two putti, one dozing, and the other pulling a sheet, At the foot an owl with outstretched wings, In [...]
Large decorative dish in Gien earthenware, Italian Renaissance model with motifs of grotesques, chimeras, cherubs and arabesques, on a midnight blue background. This earthenware is presented on a waxe[...]
We offer you a beautiful and rare fragment of a frame of monumental size in glazed ceramic from the Della Robbia workshop, most likely it was made during the activity of Giovanni della Robbia (1469-15[...]
Southern / Habsburg Netherlands or Low Countries (Belgium)AntwerpGuido AndriesWorkshop Den SalmCirca 1530 – 1540A very rare, early, and thick set of polychrome majolica paving tiles of the type of the[...]
Beautiful dish, of superb quality, in English terra cotta from the end of the 19th century. Pretty renaissance decor decorated with griffins, dragons....
Large sandstone sculpture by Roger Guérin in Bouffioulx, Belgian ceramist 1896/1954, representing the Virgin Mary. Very good condition Debossed mark Height 42.5 cm Width 20.5 cm Depth 8 cm weight 4,10[...]
Large and sumptuous Hispanic ceramic plate with golden highlights from Manises. of those called "nipples" for their central piston 16th century Piece of large apparatus and delicate plant and atauric [...]
Round Italian earthenware dish from Urbania (?) with polychrome “a istoriato” decoration in the center of Judith holding the head of Holofernes*, the body of the latter resting in a tent on the left. [...]
Magnifique jardinière ancienne en faience décorée renaissance de la manufacture Richard Ginori aux environs de 1880. Cette jardinière fait partie des plus belles pièces typiques de cette fabrique répu[...]
Superb ceramic cup on heel, following Bernard Palissy and Renaissance St Porchaire production
Late 19th century.
Note specially the relief given to repeated honeycomb motifs, and the very great [...]
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