Ceramic Nautical Objects

English Majolica shell butter pat signed Wedgwood, circa 1880.  

English Majolica shell butter pat signed Wedgwood, circa 1880.  

19th century Majolica nautical planter cachepot signed Onnaing, the feets are dolphins and the front is decorated with boats on the sea, the handles are anchors.

French Majolica shell & crab teapot circa 1950.

3-441 Folk Art maritime ships paintings on a crock pot with wood lid. At one point converted to a lamp then undone.

This is a wonderful vintage sculpture, unsigned in mint condition. Very unique and stylish, a wonderful centerpiece or focal point decor.

English Majolica shell butter pat signed Wedgwood, circa 1880.  

19th century Majolica nautical planter cachepot signed Onnaing, the feets are dolphins and the front is decorated with boats on the sea, the handles are anchors.

Coral majolica shell dish platter signed Sarreguemines, circa 1880.

Wedgwood pottery large painted plaque, The Sailor's Farewell, circa 1820. The large polychrome circular painted plaque depicts a scene known as "The Sailor's Farewell". The plaq...

19th century, large Majolica Nautical jardinière signed Onnaing, the feets are dolphins and the front is decorated with boats on the sea, the handles are anchors.

Tile Painting of Santa Anna Harbor, circa 19th Century. The painting is a beautiful rendition of the harbor on a rectangular lucite background. There are fi...

English pottery creamware plate of an American ship, circa 1785-1800. The circular creamware plate with a slight well is decorated with a black and w...

A remarkable Wedgwood & Co. creamware bowl with a printed British ship in the interior with hand colouring to flag and hull. The exterior with scenes of the Birth of Venus after Francois Boucher (now in the Wallace Collection) and of Neptune on his sea-chariot pulled by sea horses with a triton preceding him blowing on a conch. There is also a print of a man and women dancing as a fiddler plays. In the final panel there is also a printed poem within a rococo frame which reads: He haftes unto his native Shore, Where dwells fweet joy and reft His lovely Sufan's fmiles implore To crown and make him blest; Now all his tiols and dangers blesft; And Sufan's love remains; The honest Tar is bleft at laft, Her fmiles reward his pains This is the last stanza of a poem called the Dauntless Sailor. The song is found in The Columbian Songster Being a Large Collection of Fashionable Songs for Gentlemen and Ladies in a Series of Numbers, printed by Nathaniel Heaton. Mark: Impressed Wedgwood & Co. Provenance: Jonathan Horne, London with price tag of $2,175.00 (old label on base) Reference: A Celebration of the Sea, Rina Prentice, Page 107, 167 for a Liverpool creamware...

Piero Fornasetti's whimsical and colourful Conchiglie (seashell) pattern features a different sea creature filling the center well of each plate, surrounded by assorted sea animals, shells, mollusks and fishes. While many of the creatures are realistically rendered, there are a few fantastic animals as well. Marks: all but one on Eschenbach, Bavaria blanks, Fornasetti mark, one with foil label of Florida decorator Anita Kott reading Made in Italy/Expressly for/ Anita Kott. Mrs. Kott pioneered the concept of modern home accessories and design in South Florida. She opened her first store at the Gateway Shopping Center in the 1950s, and a second, The Table Setting, on Las Olas Boulevard in 1972. Each of the nine...