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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Scottish farmer finds unusual pottery in Errol soil

The discovery of pottery shards could add a new dimension to Errol's history.

Read the rest of the story at The Courier.CO.UK

Majolica and Oyster Plate Auction

Strawser was happy with the sale overall. "Ninety-eight percent of the lots offered sold, which was great," he pointed out. Some lots exceeded Strawser's expectations. "The clamshell tureen was a nice surprise," Strawser said. Some fell short. "I had expected the Massier jardinière would have done better. Still, many of the lots sold well above our estimates, so we were very pleased," he added.

Strawser's next majolica event will be held in conjunction with the Majolica International Society's annual convention in Philadelphia. The convention begins October 27, 2011. Strawser's sale will be held at the Alderfer auction facility on October 28 and 29. "The best of the best collectors will be attending the convention and will be at the auction," Strawser said. "We expect to see great pieces going up for bids, as consignors are eager to get their items in front of this kind of audience."

For more information, call Strawser Auction Group at (260) 854-2859 or visit (www.strawserauctions.com).
Read the entire article at Maine Antiques Digest Web Site.

Christine VIENNET: from July 21 to September 04

The Dock South Gallery will receive a distinguished ceramist, Christine Viennet

Christine VIENNET: from July 21 to September 04

The aquatic world is her world, a world of tentacles that twisted, globular eyes fixing on us.

The hands of this talented ceramicist creates oceans of sea creatures, all output of its imaginative creator. 
Christine Viennet was born in Norway in 1947. After a passage to the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Oslo, she worked in two large ceramic Norwegians, Rolf Hansen and Bente von Krogh. Passionate about the work of the French Renaissance ceramics, Bernard Palissy, she creates with exuberance, vases, dishes, basins, sculptures of amphibians, reptiles, faunas and floras.

Today, it is committed in the novel creation of sculptures modelled in clay, stoneware and porcelain. There are abundant species in the colours light and varied under different enamels and glazes, a marine sanctuary having already conquered from major museums and international collectors.

This beautiful collection will be accompanied by the works of her husband Jean Viennet's pastels, drawings and crayons. In to this universe figurative and surprising menu: scallops, prawns, lobsters, dream bubble and Angel of Bouzigues.

Information:
Gallery DOCK SUD
2 quai Aspirant Herber
34200 SETE

Phone: 04.67.74.00.77

http://www.raissac.com

Skinner’s July 9th sale in Boston featuring Fine Ceramics - Minton Prometheus Bound vase and cover

Several lots of majolica will be at auction in the European Furniture & Decorative Arts Auction on 07/09/2011 10:00 AM.

Lot No. 80: Minton Majolica Prometheus Bound Vase and Cover, England, 19th century, designed by Victor Etienne Simyan.
Polychrome enamel decorated, the cover modeled with a eagle attacking a chain bound scantily draped male figure, the vase with bearded male figures chained to either side of scrolled handles adorned with helmet and shields, no visible factory mark, overall ht. 48 1/2 in.
Estimate:$5,000-7,000
Condition requests can be obtained via email or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000).

Additional items at auction:
http://www.skinnerinc.com

Happy Birthday Majolica - 160 Years

Can you believe that Google decided to recognize the 160 Birthday of the "World's Fair" with the great Google graphic below?

May 1, 2011, was the 160th Anniversary of the “World’s Fair”; or specifically The Great Exhibition of 1851, in Hyde Park, London.

Victorian Majolica was introduced to the world at the Great Exhibition 1851 by Herbert Minton, of Stoke-on-Trent, England.

A world's fair is a gathering of people from many parts of ...the world, at which they demonstrate their products and their arts, and promote their homelands. The modern string of world's fairs began in the middle of the nineteenth century, when the industrial revolution was unfolding.

The poet Tennyson referred to the Great Exhibition of 1851 as "the world's great fair," and the exhibition was popularly and widely referred to as "the world's fair." Since then every such event has been similarly described.

Happy 160th birthday "Victorian Majolica".

Strawser's Majolica Auction - October 29th & 30th

Two day Majolica Auction with George Jones, Minton, Holdcroft, Wedgwood, Etruscan and many other pieces of majolica. Michael Strawser will offer the private collection of Marla Chaiken and another prominent mid-west collection of Staffordshire which includes many rare Staffordshire figures such as pair of wash basket spaniels, pair of zebras, pair of cows with calves and much more.

Two day live on-site auction begins:
Friday, October 29, 2010 at 3:00 PM EDT
Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 9:00 AM EDT

Location:
501 Hatfield Road, Alderfer Auction Center, Hatfield, PA 19440

Ph: 260-854-2859
info@strawserauctions.com

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Sotheby's Auction - Majolica, October 22, 2010

About two dozen lots of fantastic majolica items are at auction on Friday October 22, 2010 auction is in New York City. Items from the Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Merians collection are included in the auction. One item from the Merians collection includes a rare Mintons 'RABBIT AND DUCK HEADS' Game Pie Tureen, Cover and Liner. Dated 1876.

Estimated: 30,000 — 50,000 USD
Measurements: Length 18 inches
Description: Attributed to Paul Comolera, the elliptical tureen of waisted form, glazed in ochre and cobalt and raised on a fixed basketweave stand with green rope-twist handles, the cover modeled with two hares' heads and two male mallards' heads, the ears of the hares joining to form the handle impressed MINTONS, date code and shape number 1990.

VISIT: Sotheby's


















Christina Prescott-Walker, Senior Vice President
Department Director - Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art
Tel: 212 606 7332
christina.prescott-walker@sothebys.com

Heritage Auction Galleries - Majolica at Auction November 9, 2010

About seven pieces of nice majolica is part of the Decorative Arts & Design. An tortoise cuspidor, attributed to George Jones & Sons, Stroke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, circa 1870.
Unmarked and 5 x 7 x 10 inches (12.7 x 17.8 x 25.4 cm)
The tortoise form cuspidor with light blue to interior surfaces.
Attributed to George Jones & Sons: .
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000.

Visit: Heritage Auction Galleries , Dallas Texas, 800-872-6467, NickD@HA.com

Dallas Auction Gallery - Fine & Decorative Arts, October 20

Dallas Auction Gallery has about 18 lots of majolica including this monumental Minton floor jardiniere. The rim encircled by a pond of lily flowers and pads, supported by three fantastically molded egrets flanked by three melusines. Provenance: Marilyn G. Karmason Collection

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Contact:Phone - 214.653.3900
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Address:Dallas Auction Gallery
2235 Monitor Street
Dallas, TX 75207

Peacock UPDATE:

SOLD at auction on September 23, 2010. Price Realized £109,250 or $171,413. Price includes buyer's premium.

A strong price compared to a past result of 1998, when Christie's west London, offered an example of the Minton peacock with a £15,000 to £20,000 estimate and it made £95,000.

More on this RARE BIRD! One has roosted at the Walker gallery in Liverpool since 1891. Visit this story.

Ceramicists Christine Viennet new book - Bernard Palissy and his followers from the XVIth century to this day

The most famous of all ceramicists? Most certainly. But there is more to it. He remains a great name in French history for having been a model of perseverance and a passionate searcher and artist who burnt his furniture in order to reach the necessary temperature to fire his ceramics : a scene immortalized for generations in French school books and narrated by Palissy himself in his “Discours admirables”.

It is first of all, this strong and creative personality that captured Christine Viennet’s interest and the reason of her studies of Palissy. His tribute to nature, his enthusiasm and curiosity, led to the invention of his naturalistic ceramic style and has marked ceramic history.

In her book, Christine Viennet shows a thorough knowledge of the works of this multitalented man and of his followers from the XVIth century to the present days, with 300 pictures of a stunning collection of plates, vases, ewers… and notably fine pieces from the XVIth to the XXIst century.

Ordering a copy of the book is as simple as visiting the MIS Bookstore.