French Antique Majolica Pastry Stand. This is a Beautiful Old piece of Majolica with a Pretty Green Leaf and Pink Floral Design.
This Pastry Plate Measures Approx: 9" Diameter X 3 3/4" Tall
There is Slight Crackling in the glaze, to be expected with this old Ceramic. No Chips or Cracks. In Good Condition.
Herbert Minton, the English ceramist, is credited with coining the phrase Majolica. Exhibiting his new line of ceramics at The Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, he called his colorful pieces Palissy ware, an homage to the 16th century Frenchman Bernard Palissy, whose high relief, vividly colored lead glazed pieces inspired Minton’s French born art director Léon Arnoux. The word majolica was also used to describe Minton’s collection of ceramics, since it resembled the tin-glazed 16th-century Spanish and Italian earthenware of the same name. Minton’s work quickly became known by aficionados as Majolica. A soft paste earthenware that was fired to biscuit stage, majolica was coated with opaque lead or tin glaze which was allowed to dry. The piece was then hand painted with colorful metal oxide glazes, and fired again, creating the glossy lustrous glazed finish for which majolica is most admired.
