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Friday, November 19, 2010

Thanksgiving Themed Majolica

Thanksgiving is a great time of year to treat your guests to some of the wonderful serving pieces made in majolica. In addition to that, there are wonderful majolica items made with turkeys to charm the family.
Royal Dux majolica umbrella stand or floor vase

Lonitz turkey majolica planter

Lonitz majolica turkey

English majolica turkey jardiniere
French majolica egg cup
Portuguese majolica turkey toothpick
Belgian majolica smoke stand
Elias Caldas Portugal turkey figure
School of Tours majolica humidor

Victor Barbizet, School of Tours majolica turkey humidor

Gustavsberg majolica turkey platter

Villeroy & Boch majolica turkey plate

What could be more appropriate for Thanksgiving than bread plates inscribed "Eat thy Bread With Thankfulness?"

Adams & Bromley majolica geranium bread platter
Adams & Bromley geranium majolica bread platter
Adams & Bromley majolica fish bread platter
Adams & Co. majolica bread platter
Eat They Bread With Thankfulness majolica platter

Eat Thy Bread With Thankfulness majolica platter

Holdcroft majolica bread tray

Eat They Bread With Joy and Thankfulness majolica platter

And some pumpkin tureens by Sarreguemines to hold the soup.

Sarreguemines majolica pumpkin tureen

Sarreguemines majolica pumpkin jar

To carry the Thanksgiving theme further you can include some Native American majolica items in honor of the first Thanksgiving.
Austrian majolica humidor
Continental tobacco humidor
Indian majolica smoke stand

Continental majolica plaque
Austrian majolica humidor
Continental majolica humidor

Continental majolica smoke stand

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