Appraisal of Continental Majolica Plates, c. 1900

Watch David Rago's appraisal of Continental Majolica Butterfly plates, ca. 1900, from a Pittsburgh episode of PBS' Antiques Roadshow.

See the video!

Majolica on Masterpiece Theater - Downton Abbey Series

Look what we spotted in the 2012 run of Masterpiece Theater's "Downton Abbey".

The year was 1916, and the servants were just at the end of their lunch in the servant's area. Carson was seated and Daisy was cleaning up the table. In her right hand is an English Pineapple Majolica Sardine Dish!

Great work Masterpiece Theater.

HADA Antiques Show & Sale, March 2 - 4

HADA 2012 Spring Antiques Show & Sale March 2 - 4
Friday and Saturday: 11am - 7pm
Sunday: 11am - 5pm

George R. Brown Convention Center - Hall B, Houston, TX

Celebrate America’s oldest association of antiques dealers, Houston Antiques Dealers Association that was established in 1964. Support a beloved Houston tradition that gives back to the community. Shop one of the most recognized antique shows in the country and discover extraordinary treasures from museum-worthy furniture to brilliant objects of arts.

MIS Member Linda Ketterling will be showing over 200 pieces of majolica, including several rare woodland pieces by Hugo Lonitz, at the Spring HADA antiques show at the George Brown Convention Center on March 2-4, 2012. Please go to http://www.hadaantiques.com/ for more info or contact Linda at LK424@aol.com for a discount admission card.

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MIS Members Jean Alonso Defrocourt & Philippe Meunier will also be showing at the Spring 2012 HADA Show along with their wonderful painting of Benard Palissy.

Glazed and Confused: Etruscan Majolica: Fact and Fiction

Glazed and Confused: Etruscan Majolica: Fact and Fiction is always a great site. If you have a chance run over to "To Glazed and Cofused" and see Jimbo's comments about the web article "Etruscan majolica Potteries Historic Phoenixville Ties"

See his insite of "Facts and Fictions"

Society members & majolica enthusiasts,

The first ever Joan Stacke Graham Lecture has been scheduled for April 24, 2012. Attached is the contact information and address. This lecture is a joint project by the Bard Graduate Center and the Majolica International Society.

Please save the date!

Strawser Majolica Auction, April 13 - 14, 2012

This extremely rare George Jones majolica comport has just been discovered and will be a part of our April 13 - 14, 2012 Spring Majolica Auction.

Majolica Auctions will be traveling along the east coast south to Florida, west to Texas, north to Missouri and back to Indiana picking up Majolica, Oyster Plates and other Antiques the first 2 weeks of February.

Contact Michael as soon as possible to schedule your appointment for him to pickup your items for the upcoming auctions.

Contact Michael at 260-854-2859 or email michael@strawserauctions.com

Etruscan Majolica Pottery's Historical Phoenixville Ties

In the late 19th century, Phoenixville was known far and wide for more than just iron. Here are the people and the stories behind its illustrious pottery past.

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Wedgwood Museum Saved!

It was announced just before Christmas that a judge at the High Court in Birmingham gave a verdict saying that the collection in the Wedgwood Museum, valued at £18 million, could be sold to help cover a £134 million pension deficit stemming back to the 2009 collapse of the Waterford Wedgwood pottery firm. This led to an outcry from the family, the local member of parliament, curators and ordinary Potteries folk, horrified by the idea that their region, which has already lost its pottery, coal and steel industries, could lose its proud heritage too. Experts believe any sale would undoubtedly see the collection broken up with the best items sold abroad.

Happily on Christmas Eve, the Daily Telegraph was able to report that billionaire John Caudwell, who was born into a working class family in Stoke on Trent in the 1950s and who made his fortune from selling his home-grown mobile phone company, had stepped forward offering to keep the collection intact, in place and open to the public.

Obviously there are many formalities to be gone through, but it looks as though the Wedgwood Museum has been saved.

More from the Telegraph

Sarreguemines majolica figure of Lorenzo de Medici - December 4th

Rare large antique Sarreguemines majolica figure of Lorenzo de Medici
Auction Date: 04 December 2011, 11:00 AEST
Rare large antique Sarreguemines majolica figure of Lorenzo de Medici 90cm high. Circa 1880. Impressed to the back Sarreguemines.

Special Estate Auction at Vickers & Hoad - Lot 35
Estimated Price: AUD 1,500 – AUD 2,500

Location: 89 Anzac Parade, Kensington, Sydney, Australia 2033
Phone: +61 (2)9663 2889
Fax: +61 (2)9663 3884
Email: info@vickhoad.com
Sydney, Australia


Viewing Notes:
2nd December 10am to 5pm.
3rd December 10am to 5pm.
4th December 10am to 11am.

Christies, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, Sale # 2486

Christies Auctions of New York at Rockefeller Plaza is having a November 22, 2011
Sale # 2486.

500 Years Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Several lots are Majolica and or Palissy items (lots 244 thru 254, documented on catalogue pages 178 thru 183).

Special attention will be drawned to this wonderful lot number 248. A large Hugo Lonitz Hawk, from the late 19th Century. The hawk is modeled perched on a rocky outcropping applied with ferns and branches, one talon raised, its eyes glass, on an entwined branch base.

23¾ in. (60.3 cm.) high
estimated at: $3,000 - $5,000 USD

Youngest Majolica Dealer - Baltimore Summer Antique Show

Hi Majolica International Society,

We have returned to Ireland, from the Baltimore Summer Antique Show despite many flight and train cancellations.

Our daughters, Maeve & Lizzie helped Martine and I for the first time at a show. We all had a ball.

Earthquakes and hurricanes didn’t put off the youngest Majolica dealers on the block and although Baltimore was in lock down, the collectors who got to the show made the show successful.

Many thanks to all of them, Nic Boston

23rd Annual MAJOLICA HEAVEN

October 30, 2011, at 10:30AM - The Majolica International Society will open the doors to convention-goers for its 23rd annual MAJOLICA HEAVEN - Exhibition and Sale.

One hour later, at 11:30AM the doors will be open FREE to the general public.

The Convention and MAJOLICA HEAVEN headquarters are at the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel, 220 South 17th St, Philadelphia PA 19103-6179, USA.This Victorian Majolica and Palissy ware exhibit and sale is presented by the foremost majolica dealers from around the world.

- Lisa Gaffney with Terramare
- Linda Ketterling with Linda Ketterling Antiques
- Jean Alonso Defrocourt and Philippe Meunier with Majolica and Barbotines
- Carmen Pattinson with Moorland Antiques
- David and Ben Tulk with Madelena Antiques
- Charles Washburne with Charles L. Washburne Antiques

See you there!

Special “Cinepuces” Event Friday - October 14, 7 p.m.

Aidjolate Antiquités, Laurence and Denis Vauclair are glad to invite you to the private soiree for the special “Cinepuces” event “Paul Bert & Serpette markets are making movies” on Friday October 14. from 7 p.m.

On this occasion, the French decorator Alain Tchilinguirian (Coco before Chanel, 2009) has decorated the Aidjolate stand in the style of the Visconti’s movie The Leopard.
Second Empire style, winter garden, majolica and Palissy’s followers are magnified in this amazing decoration.
Where? Marché Paul Bert, Allée 6, Stand 79.
See the program of this special event and the soiree on Aidjolate’s blog: http://aidjolate.blogspot.com/
For invitation, please ask us by e-mail at aidjolate@free.fr

Majolica Auction on Friday and Saturday, October 28 & 29, 2011

Michael Strawser will be conducting his semi-annual Majolica Auction on Friday and Saturday, October 28 & 29, 2011 at the Alderfer Auction Facility in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. The auction includes many rare and unusual majolica pieces by George Jones, Minton, Holdcroft, Hugo Lonitz and many other makers.

Majolica for the beginning collector to the very advanced. Visit Michael's website http://www.majolicaauctions.com/ then click on "Online Auctions" to view the entire catalog for both days.

ARTstor - New collection agreement: Majolica International Society

ARTstor is collaborating with the Majolica International Society to share 1,000 images of Majolica pottery from the collections of its members into the ARTstor Digital Library.

Majolica is a variety of brightly painted, tin-glazed pottery made of soft earthenware. It was first introduced to Italy in the 14th century by merchants from Majorca, and the tradition was revived by British porcelain factory Minton & Co. and French ceramic chemist Leon Arnoux, who presented Majolica at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London in 1851, where it was greatly admired by Queen Victoria and the general public.

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