Glazed and Confused: February 2015

Friday, February 27, 2015

National Trust Homes of Great Britain, revisited

It's been a couple of years since we last checked on the National Trust Homes of Great Britain Web site. We though it was about time to check back to see if there have been any updates.
Well, indeed there have been! So many new pieces of majolica in National Trust homes have been identified, we thought we'd share some of them with you.

From Tyntesfield, a Victorian Gothic Revival house in Bristol, North Summerset we find these gorgeous Minton jardinières.

From Speke Hall in Merseyside comes this lovely George Jones server and Holdcroft vase

From Greenway, Devon Souh West, the holiday home of author Agatha Cristie, this George Jones terrine

From Mount Stewart, County Down Northern Island, we see this asparagus plate and Minton charger.

From Tatton Park Cheshire, North West we have these Minton jardinières and ewer

From Standen House and Garden, West Sussex, this unusual checkerboard

From Calke Abbey, Derbyshire a pair of George Jones jardinières, a Minton garden seat, a Minton oyster server and a lion footed jardinière

From Snowshill Manor and garden this wonderful Mafra tea ware

To visit some of these wonderful estates and for more information on the National Trust Homes go to their Web site.

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Majolica Jardinieres and Cachepots

From Wikipedia: Jardinière is a French word, from the feminine form of "gardener"; A flower box, a receptacle (usually a ceramic pot or urn) or more rarely a stand upon which, or into which, plants may be placed. (The French themselves refer to tabletop versions of such receptacles as cachepots.) Jardinières tend to be highly decorative and are sometimes used as garden accent elements for large plants and for raised culinary and herb gardens.

The history of majolica jardinières and cachepots goes back to the origin of the pottery itself. There are probably more majolica designs for jardinières than any other majolica form. Majolica was ideal for use in solariums and greenhouses. Its use has continued many years after majolica has ceased to be popular for other uses. Even today you can go into Walmart or Home Depot and buy a flower pot in the contemporary equivalent of a majolica ceramic glaze.

Lets take a look at some Victorian examples:
From Minton...

Tole and majolica tile jardiniere attributed to Minton

Image from the Minton pattern books

Minton majolica jardiniere designed by Baron Carlo Marochetti

Minton majolica jardiniere designed by architect Gottfried Semper

Minton majolica jardiniere designed by Christopher Dresser

Minton majolica cistern or jardiniere designed by Baron Carlo Marochetti

Minton Thorwaldsen jardiniere

From George Jones...

George Jones majolica Stephanotis oval flower pot

George Jones majolica Stephanotis round flower pot

Made by both George Jones and Holdcroft

The Massier family...

Wedgwood..

Wedgwood majolica Luther jardiniere

Wedgwood majolica Old English jardiniere

Wedgwood Lion's Head jardiniere

Wedgwood majolica Lowell jardiniere

For Wedgwood by Christopher Dresser

Wedgwood Kate Greenaway jardiniere

Wedgwood Grosvenor jardiniere

Wedgwood majolica Fan jardiniere

Wedgwood majolica aesthetic jardiniere

Forester, Holdcroft, Dressler and Adams & Co....

Forester jardiniere and pedestal

Forester

Forester majolica dragon heads jardiniere

Holdcroft majolica fish jardiniere

Holdcroft

Holdcroft majolica parrot jardiniere

Holdcroft garland jardiniere

Holdcroft majolica peacock jardiniere

Holdcroft

Holdcroft majolica swan jardiniere

Holdcroft majolica bird and ivy jardiniere

Holdcroft majolica square jardiniere

Holdcroft majolica floral jardiniere

Holdcroft majolica morning glory jardiniere

Holdcroft majolica ram's head jardiniere

Holdcroft majolica water lily jardiniere

Bretby majolica jardiniere and pedestal

Julius Dressler

Adams & Company

Adams & Bromley

Schiller, Copeland, Lonitz, Théodore Deck, Royal Art Pottery, and Brown, Westhead Moore...

Schiller & Son

Copeland

Copeland majolica primrose jardiniere

Copeland

Copeland square majolica jardiniere

Copeland majolica jardiniere

Royal Art Pottery New Leaf jardiniere and pedestal

Royal Worcester

Skey Wilnecoate Ware

Lonitz

Théodore Deck

Royal Dux…

Onnaing, Orchies, Sergent, Poet Laval, Thulin and Sarreguemines...

Orchies catalog page showing some of their jardinieres.

Onnaing catalog page showing some of their jardinieres

Onnaing

French majolica jardiniere

Poet Laval floral jardiniere

Thulin majolica jardiniere

Onnaing majolica jardiniere

Orchies

Sarreguemines

Orchies catalog page

Sergent majolica jardiniere

... and Griffen Smith & Company.

There are so many more designs that we couldn't possibly post them all. Still, this gives an idea of the width and breadth of the patterns produced as jardinières.

This post has been updated since it was first published.

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