Ceramics

Minton made a Stump

The Victorian majolica was introduced by Minton Ltd at the Great Exhibition of London in 1851. This innovation is the result of an Anglo-French collaboration between potter Herbert Minton and chemi...

Tagged: Minton

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 30.

Picasso and Madoura 1 Reply

Artistic ceramics is a tradition at Vallauris. We shall certainly discuss later in this group the Massier family. In 1946, at the annual exhibition in the village, Picasso stops at the Madoura tabl...

Tagged: Picasso, Madoura

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul 23.

Charles Catteau for Boch Keramis 2 Replies

Charles Catteau was one of the best potters of the Art Déco period. He did all his work in the service of the Manufacture Boch Frères Keramis in La Louvière, Belgium. His vast output includes no le...

Tagged: Catteau

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Wouter Jacobs Jun 11.

Saint-Porchaire Wares 1 Reply

Saint-Porchaire is a small town in Poitou, which seems to have forgotten its greatest glory. That center which pioneered the French faience is not mentioned as such in the French Wikipedia. During...

Tagged: SaintPorchaire

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki May 22.

The "Bizarre" Workshop of Clarice Cliff 1 Reply

The ceramics of Clarice Cliff are "bizarre." It is her wording, and this name became generic in her works, and also in her team. This English artist produced vases of rare and flamboyant colors, i...

Tagged: Cliff

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Mar 19.

When Chantilly imitated Arita 1 Reply

The beginning of the eighteenth century lived an intense mutual curiosity between Western Europe, particularly France and Holland, and the Far East: China and Japan. The world of art keeps many wit...

Tagged: Arita, Chantilly

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Feb 27.

2009 Auctions

AUCTION HOUSES referred below : Bonhams Site Press Chayette et Cheval Drouot-Presse Christie's Site Press Dorotheum Site Press Pescheteau-Badin Site Drouot-Presse Pierre Bergé et Associés Site Pre...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Feb 1.

2008 Auction History

All Results in BOLD By Bonhams in London on December 10 at Lot 14, a marriage dish in English Delft is estimated £ 40 K. (SOLD 45 K£ before fees) This is not the same as the example sold 550 K € ...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 24, 2008.

A Marriage Dish in English Delft 1 Reply

A beautiful English dish invites us to remember the time of Cromwell revolution and of the civil wars that have bloodied that country. It is dated around 1650, ie just after the execution of Charle...

Tagged: Southwark, Delft

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 11, 2008.

A pair of Meissen porcelain swans 1 Reply

On October 2 in Paris, Sotheby's will sell a large collection of French furniture and works of art. This gives me an opportunity to present a pair of swans in Meissen porcelain. This source is alw...

Tagged: Meissen, Kaendler

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct. 3, 2008.

A Scottish Pig 1 Reply

Press releases are made to be copied. So I cannot resist the pleasure to forward this one, found at Bonhams. No additional comment needed. Enjoy ! "Forty years after a large 19th century ‘Wemyss W...

Tagged: Wemyss

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Aug. 30, 2008.

The first soft paste porcelains of Rouen 1 Reply

We are around 1690. The porcelain of China fascinates Europeans and generates the experiments of the manufacturers. Almost a century after the achievements of Medici workshops, soft paste technique...

Tagged: porcelain, Rouen

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun. 19, 2008.

Down by the Loire river 1 Reply

The sale of a homogeneous collection is a good opportunity to compare objects between them and try to identify on which characteristics some of them are more expensive than others. The sale devote...

Tagged: nevers, faïence, loire

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun. 16, 2008.