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A 17th century maiolica albarello pharmaceutical drug jar, painted in tones of blue with bands of fluting, and inscribed in manganese, 18cm high, marked GM, c.1680; another (2)

A large Italian Maiolica tin glazed earthenware charger, with a large all-over scene, titled to the reverse 'The Trojan Chief Was Laid on Tyber's Banks, Oppressed with Grief and Found in Filemt Slumber, Late Relief Then, Thro the Shadows of the Poplar Wood, Erofe the Father of the Roman Flood' (sic), initialled 'JRC' and dated 1888, with various impressed marks and also titled/coded colour swatches to the back, diameter 52.5cm. CONDITION REPORT Star hairline crack to the base, age related surface scratches, large areas of the under rim has been restored

LISA KATZENSTEIN (born 1956); 'Physalis', a tin glazed maiolica leaning vase, painted signature dated 2009, height 25cm. (D) Provenance: Purchased from Lund Gallery, Easingwold, 2009.Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration. This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org

An Italian maiolica plate, c.1760, painted in polychrome enamels with a bird perched on the side of a flowering branch, another in flight above, beside a tall vase of flowers, the rim with a narrow floral and trellis panel border, 23.3cm. Paper label for the Mary & Peter White Collection.

A Savona maiolica plate, late 17th/early 18th century, painted in blue with a central putto carrying a tray of fruit within stylized floral sprays, large lantern mark to the underside, a little rim chipping, 31.7cm.

A large study collection of Dutch and English delftware fragments, 17th and 18th centuries, including a number of charger centres decorated in blue and in polychrome enamels with tulips, pomegranates, animals, flowers and geometric designs, some fragments of early faïence and maiolica, together with a copy of the Northern Ceramic Society Journal Volume 30, 2014, in which some of the fragments are illustrated, and two copies of the journal of the Netherlands Friends of Ceramics Association. (A lot) Provenance: The Dr John Black Collection.

A Savona maiolica albarello, late 17th century, the dumbbell form painted with figures walking, running and riding through a European landscape, above and below a scroll inscribed ' Conf: Hamec', the shoulder bearing the initials 'F.R', lighthouse mark, some chipping to the footrim, 20.6cm. Hamech's Confection was a purgative preparation reputedly named after an Arab physician. Among other ingredients it contained rhubarb, senna leaves, agaric and colocynth.

An Italian maiolica armorial albarello, c.1720, probably Naples, of dumbbell form, the narrow waist inscribed in blue with 'BENEDETTA. LAX', on a scroll amidst leafy branches, above a shield decorated in polychrome enamels, containing a tree and the initials 'D I', a repaired rim chip, 20cm. Benedicta (Benedetta) laxativa is a laxative electuary made from turpeth root and other ingredients.

A Sicilian maiolica albarello, 17th/18th century, the slender waisted form painted with the profile portrait of a soldier wearing a peaked helmet, in blue on a yellow panel reserved on a ground of fruiting branches, a repaired chip to the footrim, 25.8cm.

A Montelupo maiolica albarello, c.1550-80, painted in blue, green, yellow and ochre, with St Paul within a leaf and flower garland above a banner inscribed 'Si: Acetoso', the interior with a buff lead glaze, 17.4cm. This jar would have contained dried sorrel, which had a variety of uses including reducing swelling, treating bacterial infections and as a diuretic.

A Sicilian maiolica albarello, 17th/18th century, the slender waisted form painted with a portrait of a saint, standing with hands clasped and a large halo behind his head, reserved on a yellow panel on a ground of fruiting branches, some chipping, 26.5cm.

A Caltagirone maiolica albarello, c.1680, painted in blue, green, yellow and manganese with a continuous flower garland between horizontal bands of scrolling foliage, a rim crack, 19cm.

A large Caltagirone maiolica albarello, c.1660-80, the tall cylindrical form painted in yellow, ochre and green with scrolling flowering branches reserved on a blue ground between concentric bands of varying thickness, a rim crack, some glaze loss, 26.5cm.

A large Seville maiolica jug, c.1770-80, the ovoid body painted with a figure on horseback blowing a bugle, a long-tailed bird in the horse's path, flanked by large stylized floral sprays in ochre, yellow, green, blue and manganese, damages, 35.5cm.

An Italian maiolica syrup or wet drug jar, c.1700, the ovoid body titled 'UNG to BASILICO' in manganese on a blue band beneath a small landscape panel, within a large bead border in shades of blue, yellow, ochre and manganese, applied to the reverse with a double strap coiled handle, some glaze wear and chipping, 21cm.

A North Italian maiolica charger, c.1720, boldly enamelled with a putto carrying fruit and standing on the back of a large dog, the rim with a fabric swag design in shades of blue, yellow and ochre, raised on a low circular foot, 32cm.

A rare Montelupo maiolica charger, late 17th century, painted with a woman standing and winding yarn from a drop spindle, reserved on a deep yellow ground, some rim sections broken out and restored, 31.8cm.

An Antonibon (Nove) maiolica coffee pot and cover, c.1775, the heavily moulded form painted with flower sprays in a limited polychrome palette, and a faïence plate painted with flowering branches in a similar palette, the plate with an incised collector's mark 'B3', 22.5cm. (3)

Nine Italian maiolica plates, late 18th/early 19th century, each painted with a spray of flowers and smaller scattered single stems within shaped green and pink borders, 24.2cm max. (9)

An Italian Umbrian maiolica broad-rimmed bowl, probably Deruta: with wide upturned rim, painted to the deep narrow well with a classical motif of two flaming torches linked by ribbons and inscribed to either side 'VIVA' and 'FVIT' within bold concentric diaper bands in blue, yellow and ochre, the underside with stylised petals, circa 1510-20, 29cm [minor rim chips, some glaze losses and wear to rim and underside]. *Notes Literature Julia E.Poole 'Italian maiolica and incised slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge' page 183 pl.256 for a discussion of the 'petal-back' group of Deruta wares.Bernard Rackham 'Italian Maiolica' page 18 pl.35a&b.

An Italian Deruta gold lustred maiolica high-footed bowl: decorated in blue and gold lustre with the monogram 'IHS' within a sunburst, possibly representing the badge of St.Bernadino, the rim with a band of stylised foliage within arched borders, the exterior with a diaper flowerhead design and a further sun-ray band to the underside, circa 1520-40, 24cm diameter, 15cm high [minor glaze wear to rim, restored section to rim and foot].*Notes Literature Julia E.Poole 'Italian maiolica and incised slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge' pages 169/70 no.240/1.*Notes See Sotheby's 7th October 1992 'Early English and Continental Pottery from the John Philip Kassebaum Collection' lot 167 [no.89] for a similarly decorated dish.

A pair of early 20th century Dresden porcelain figures, the gentleman in standing pose, in blue jacket, purple boots with basket in hand on naturalistic base with C-scrolling gilt decoration, his companion in a purple bonnet and floral dress with basket of flowers in hand, on gilt heightened C-scroll base, having printed mark verso, height 15cm; together with a pair of continental maiolica glazed figures, and a Staffordshire flat back figure (5)

A pair of maiolica apothecary vases,17th century style, Sicilian, converted to table lamps,50cm high including light fittings (2)Condition report: Firing flaws.Drilled.Shades not included.

ALFRED GEORGE STEVENS (1817-1875) CARYATIDS FOR THE BOY STOVE, CIRCA 1855 patinated bronze, registration marks for March 1851, 36cm high, with later painted wood mount 56cm high; together with TWO LIONS, bronzed metal, each raised on a painted metal plinth, 37cm highProvenance: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan CollectionFootnote: Note: This pair of caryatids would have formed part of a bronze, lacquered brass and steel fireplace known as the 'Boy' stove, designed by Stevens for Hoole & Co., Sheffield and first exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851. The original plaster for one of the figures, and design drawings for the stove, are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. 4029-1853). Alfred Stevens, active as a sculptor, designer, and painter, rejected traditional distinctions between fine art and design. As chief designer for Hoole & Co., he produced award-winning designs for metalwork, maiolica, terracotta ornaments and chimneypieces. Decorations for the dining-room at Dorchester House, London, and the monument to the Duke of Wellington for St Paul's Cathedral, London are amongst his most celebrated works.

An ormolu-mounted Italian maiolica vase converted into a lamp, possibly Cantagalli, with spherical body and tubular neck, decorated with ornamental acanthus scrolls, cherubs and shells on a deep blue ground, vase 30 cm high, with mounted and fittings 57 cm highLocation:

An Italian Maiolica vase, of recent manufacture, in the 17th century style, depicting Salome holding the head of John the Baptist, 45cm highCondition report: Chips to the rim and foot rim. Losses to the glaze.

A collection of five early 20th century maiolica tin glazed pottery plates. Each having individual hand painted figural decoration featuring Maltese dolphins, crests and jewels. All pieces having shaped scalloped edges. Some chips to the plates. Measures 15cm in diameter. 

An Urbino maiolica charger, painted with two Roman centurions, 40cm diameter. 

An Italian maiolica charger, 32.5cm diameter.  

NO RESERVE Ceramics.- Rackham (Bernard) Victoria & Albert Museum: Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, 2 vol., second impression, 1977; Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery & Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, Woodbridge, & Cambridge, 1987-35 § Earle (Alice Morse) China Collecting in America, 1892 § Litchfield (F.) Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Collectors, lacking front free endpaper, 1900 § Tudor-Craig (Sir Algernon) Armorial Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century, limited edition, staining to upper cover, 1925 § Garnier (Édouard) The Soft Porcelain of Sèvres, facsimile reprint, 1988, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first with slip-case, vol.1 of the second and the last with dust-jackets, some rubbed; and c.65 others, mostly ceramics, v.s. (c.70)

Pair of French faience plates, painted in a predominantly green palette, with jardinieres of flowers, diameter 22cm; another faience plate; and a pair of maiolica plates.

Late 19th Century Italian maiolica shallow dish, possibly Castelli, decorated with a family of three figures outside a cottage, with saddled donkey, unmarked, 34cm diameterCondition report: Typical flaking to yellow rim. Glaze pops and other firing imperfections

20th Century Italian maiolica charger, decorated with four figures, two with wings, one holding a pitchfork, another seated playing a lyre and holding a smouldering torch, within blue-ground border of masks and foliate scroll terms, unmarked, 45.5cm diameterCondition report: Glaze flaws and runs, over-glazed rim fault at 1 o'clock, late in date and heavy pottery.

20th Century Italian maiolica dish, decorated with a female sculptor watched by a putto, within mask and foliate scroll border, 31cm diameter

Early 20th Century Italian maiolica charger, in the Urbino tradition and decorated with classical style figures and a putto, unmarked, 52cm diameterCondition report: A couple of production flaws to rim at 12 and 5 o'clock. Glaze crazing. Radial crack at 2 o'clock.

Large 20th Century maiolica charger, decorated in the istoriato tradition with a scene of female harvesters, within blue-ground border of masks and grotteschi, 47cm diameterCondition report: Several production rim flaws, light radial hairline, loss to foot rim.

Large Italian Castelli-style maiolica charger, circa 1900, the centre painted with five cherubs or amorini in a coastal landscape, one blowing a horn, another holding a scroll, the border with grotteschi and mask heads, 58cm diameterCondition report: Old chip to top edge of rim at approximately 7 o'clock measuring 12mm in diameter, otherwise minor potting flaws and a little wear commensurate with age.

20th Century Italian maiolica dish, painted with Saint George on horseback slaying the dragon, impressed 'swan' mark, 28cm diameter

Paar monumentale Majolika-Vasen240 x 100 cm. Italien, 20. Jahrhundert.Majolika, gegossen, polychrom staffiert und glasiert. Über quadratischer Basis mit Perlbandekor und Blütenbouquet, die gefußte ovoide Vase mit Lanzettblättern und umlaufender klassizistischer Flusslandschaft mit Ruinendekor und Figurenstaffage. Akanthushandhaben in Eisenrot, gekehlter Hals mit Akanthusblattrelief und Deckel mit Zapfenknauf. (1302074) (13)A pair of monumental maiolica vases240 x 100 cm.Italy, 20th century.

ANGELO MINGHETTI (Bologna 1822 -1885) "Busto di Maria in preghiera", Bologna, XIX secolo/XX secolo. Scultura in maiolica smaltata. Cm 20x15x10,5. Sotto la base reca firma A. Minghetti, Bologna, Italia.

ANGELO MINGHETTI (Bologna 1822 -1885) "Volto di Maria in preghiera", Bologna, XIX secolo/XX secolo. Scultura in maiolica smaltata. Cm 13x14x8,5. Sotto la base reca monogramma A.M.

Lotto composto da brocca e catino in maiolica bianca. XVIII secolo. Brocca di cm 25x23x12,5 e catino di cm 7x39x27,5. (difetti e rotture)

MAP, Pesaro. Servizio da tè in maiolica dipinta, composto da 11 elementi: otto tazze, una teiera, una lattiera e una zuccheriera. Rispettivamente di cm 4,5x12x9,5; cm 18x26x16; cm 12x18x12 e cm 11,5x17,5x11.

PIETRO MELANDRI (Faenza 1885 - 1976) "Bagnante". Importante scultura in maiolica policroma a lustro. Cm 63x18x15. Opera firmata alla base Melandri.

An Italian porcelain group of a dancing couple, 31cm, and an Italian maiolica figure of a lady

Nine reference books re. porcelain including: English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th Century, Creamware, Rockingham Pottery, Italian Maiolica and others.

An 18th/ 19th century Italian maiolica ‘GOMEDERA’ albarello, 22.5cm

Italian maiolica blue and white vase, Cantagalli, modelled with fish to the shoulder, 96cm; and a maiolica style tazza, 15.5cm diam.

Pair of French faience plates, painted in a predominantly green palette, with jardinieres of flowers, diameter 22cm; another faience plate; and a pair of maiolica plates.

An Italian porcelain group of a dancing couple, 31cm, and an Italian maiolica figure of a lady

An Italian maiolica twin-handled vase, 19th century, of baluster shape, applied with serpent handles and painted with armorials and grotesques against a white ground, marked "I.T." to the base. Height 46cm

An interesting large Italian maiolica tile, early 19th c., painted in polychrome with St. George and the dragon and inscription commemorating the restoration of the kiln of Chefurano in March 1(8)13: part of the inscription lost, some damage, 9" x 11".

A Dutch tile, 17th century, painted in underglaze blue, ochre and green with three central tulips within stylized detail to the corners, 13cm x 13cm, framed, a similar tile with geometric decoration, a medieval encaustic tile, 14.7cm x 14.7cm, a maiolica dish and a Delft jar and cover (faults and restoration).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

A large Italian maiolica twin snake handled vase, probably Cantagalli, late 19th/early 20th century, the rounded body painted with a continuous scene of classical figures, including Diana with Cupid to one side and a Bacchic scene to the other, the handles with mask terminals, indistinct blue painted mark to base, height 67cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

Two Cantagalli maiolica candlesticks, late 19th century, each modelled as a winged mythical creature wearing armour, supported on a fish above a circular base with foliate detail, the sconces modelled as upturned helmets, blue painted marks to bases, height 36cm (some restoration), together with a Cantagalli lustre ewer in the form of a dolphin, height 26cm (repaired).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

Italian maiolica charger, circa 1900 in the manner of Rubboli (Gualdo Tadino), decorated in blue, yellow and manganese lustre with a pseudo classical scene of revelry at a horse parade, within Renaissance style border of mythical beasts, landscapes vignettes, urns and scrollwork, 38cm diameter, (a/f)Condition report: Radfial cracks as per images, one triangular section restuck - though not very noticeable from front.

Italian maiolica dish, probably Florence, circa 1900, decorated with a scene of the Muse of Poetry after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), the original fresco on the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican Museum, two putti holding tablets 'Numine Afflatur' (Inspired by the Spirit), underglaze blue initials (probably I. T.) verso, 34cm diameterCondition report: Production flaws (glaze losses) and post-production flakes verso, including largest loss 4cm wide around 7 o'clock, which appear to be a firing fault.

Unusual Italian maiolica dish, possibly Castelli, early 20th Century, depicting a maiden at sea, supported by a mermaid and attendants, within yellow, green and blue foliate border, unmarked, 42cm diameter, (a/f)Condition report: Stabilised crack at 12 o'clock, plus large reattached section and further cracking between 5-7 o'clock. Rim fritting, glaze pops, pock marks etc, sold as seen.

Maiolica plate painted with Cupid drawing his bow before a mountainous landscape, together with a smaller similarly decorated dish with shaped rim, 21cm diameter and smaller

Italian maiolica charger, Aiuto Morroni, (1879-1954), Gualdo Tadino (Umbria), decorated in blue and gilt lustre with a scene from 'Muzio Scevola' within Renaissance style border of mythical beasts, inscibed verso 'Muzio Scevola, A. Morroni, Gualdo Tadino', 43cm diameterMuzeo Scevola is an early 18th Century three-part work composed in London by Amadei, Bononcini and George Frideric Handel, circa 1720. The young Roman soldier Muzio disguises himself as an Etruscan to assassinate King Porsena. When the King makes a speech to his troops, Muzio kills another man in error. Muzio is held but proudly proclaims that he is as ready to die and, to demonstrate this, thrusts his right hand into the fire, hence "Scevola" (left-handed). Porsena recognises his bravery and releases him.Condition report: Crack at 7 o'clock noticeable mainly to reverse