When I hear the phrase "Think Pink", the very first thing that comes to mind is the opening number in the movie "Funny Face" where Kaye Thompson proclaims:
Red is dead, blue is through, green's obscene, and brown's taboo!"
It's the first line to a raucous musical number where Thompson, playing a Diana Vreeland type character decides the fashion for the coming season, and the color for that fashion is pink!
She could just as well have been speaking about Victorian majolica. Pink is so strongly associated with majolica that the color "majolica pink" has come to describe that vibrant lavender-pink hybrid that we all know so well.
Pink was used as a lining color by most of the English and American majolica manufacturers and as result is probably the most common of all majolica colors. Pink as a ground color wasn't quite as common though George Jones, Holdcroft, Minton, Wedgwood and the Etruscan Works all used it. Sometimes it was closer to dusty rose, sometimes a vibrant magenta and other times closer to lavender -- regardless it was all gorgeous!
What better way to start a new Spring week then to kick back and immerse ourselves in that loveliest of all majolica colors, pink!
George Jones majolica grape leaf and fern plate
George Jones majolica daisy jardiniere and stand
Minton majolica oyster plate
George Jones majolica chestnut plate
Schramberg majolica lily of the valley plate
George Jones majolica chestnut
George Jones majolica dove center
George Jones majolica sardine box
George Jones majolica ribbon jardiniere
Etruscan Majolica Shell teapot
Etruscan Majolica bamboo syrup
Shorter & Boulton majolica fan dish
Wedgwood majolica dolphin oyster plate
Etruscan Majolica Shell mustache cup and saucer
Etruscan Majolica Shell cake plate
Etruscan Majolica sunflower syrup
Wardle majolica pedestal
Minton majolica jardiniere
George Jones majolica butter pat
Etruscan Majolica butter pat
Zolnay majolica strawberry server
Strawberry server attributed to Adams & Bromley
Holdcroft majolica fern and grape leaf platter
George Jones majolica oyster plate
Etruscan Majolica sunflower pitcher
Majolica banana leaf pitcher
Etruscan Majolica bird spooner
Etruscan Majolica grape plate
George Jones majolica plate
Wedgwood majolica jardiniere and stand
George Jones majolica foliage bowl
George Jones majolica jardiniere
Holdcroft majolica oyster plate
George Jones majolica basket
George Jones majolica wheat and acanthus jug
George Jones majolica iris jug
George Jones majolica apple blossom mug
Shorter & Boulton majolica fan ice cream plate
George Jones majolica wild rose graduated pitchers
George Jones majolica strawberry plate
Etruscan Majolica oyster plate
George Jones majolica strawberry server
Minton majolica strawberry jardiniere and stand
Shorter & Boulton majolica fan butter pat
George Jones fence cheese dome
George Jones acanthus Stilton cheese dome
George Jones majolica game dish
Adams & Bromley five well oyster plate
Wardle majolica Shell bowl
George Jones palm and grape plate
Holdcroft majolica shell butter pat
George Jones majolica fox grape dish
Holdcroft majolica oyster plate
Delphin Massier majolica card holder
Delphin Massier majolica basket
Etruscan Majolica maple leaf plate
Forester majolica rope and acanthus cheese dome
Bernard Bloch majolica jardiniere
Holdcroft majolica game pitchers
Pink majolica is one of the most sought after colors available so expect to pay a premium for it... but isn't it worth it?
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