The colorfully decorated earthenware known as Maj olica has been around since the ninth century.English potter Herbert Minton’s innovative new process to make the potterv revived interest in Maj olica in the 1 850s and collectors have been seeking unusual pieces of it ever since.Here are hundreds of outstanding examples from the 1 9th and 20th centuries,covering everything from asparagus plates to wall pockets.
It Was a Very Good Year
Other Majolica Makers
How to Use This Book
Pricing
Words of Thanks
Reproductions
Majolica Assortments
Asparagus Plates and Accessories
Banks
Baskets
Bottles
Bowls
Busts and Figures
Butter Pats
Cachepots
Cake Stands
Candleholder
Centerpiece
Cheese Keepers
Comports (compotes)
Creamers and Sugars.
Cups and Saucers
Dishes (Assorted)
Eggcups and Holders
Ewers
Humidors
Inkwells
Jardinieres
Jugs
Match Boxes and Strikers
Mugs
Oyster Plates and Accessories
Pitchers
Place Card Holders
Planters
Plates
Platters
Plaques
Punch Bowls
Salts
Sardine Boxes
Sauce Dishes
Servers
Shelves
Spooners
Teapots
Tea Sets
Tiles
Toothpick Holders
Trays
Tureens
Umbrella Stands
Vases and Flower Holders
Wall Pockets
Other Pieces
Resources
Bibliography