Art Pottery

Portrait Plate

Deruta Style Renaissance Umberto Woman Portrait 14″ Plate Majolica Made in Italy $149.90

Antique Victoria Carlsbad Austria Small Portrait Plate – Louis XIV 1891 – 1918 $7.99

MINIATURE GERMAN PORTRAIT PLATE Bareuther Waldsassen Bavaria Germany Poodle Dog $9.99

Antique Handpainted Portrait Plate, Young Woman, Scallop Edge, Pale Green/Brown $32.00

Whimsical German Fairy Portrait Cake Plate with handles & green border $49.99

Exquisite Bavarian Portrait Cake Plate with handles featuring maiden & cherub $29.99

Pair Bavarian Portrait Cake Plates with handles featuring maiden & cherub $39.99

TWO Hand Painted Italian Porcelain PORTRAIT PLAQUE PLATE VAN DYCK SIGNED GINORI $115.00

Deruta Italy Italian Pottery RENAISSANCE WOMAN PORTRAIT 14″ Ceramic Plate NEW! $54.95

JAEGER & CO LOUISE BAVARIA GHB & Co Antique Porcelain PORTRAIT PLATE BAVARIA $9.99

R C CROWN BAVARIA MONBIJOU PORTRAIT PLATE $10.99

Antique Austrian Victorian Lady PORTRAIT Plate Charger 11 3/4”DIA. $120.00

HIPPOLYTE HAUTIN & BOULANGER CHOISY LE ROI French Faience PORTRAIT Charger Plate $399.00

ANTIQUE GERMANY VILLEROY BOCH PORTRAIT Majolica Plate $165.00

Signed 1967 N Carolina Stoneware Plate Angel Portrait $18.99

Josef Kuba Porzellan Pink and Gold Trim Flower Seller Portrait Plate Bavaria $17.95

Pretty/Old Majolica Villeroy & Boch Plate with a Lady Portrait $69.00

Pretty/Old Majolica Villeroy & Boch Plate with a Lady Portrait $89.00

Deruta Italian Pottery Large 15 1/2″ NEW PLATE,RENAISSANCE WOMAN PORTRAIT $79.00

Sevres 9.1/2″ Plate with Raised Gold trim and Lady’s Portrait by K. Petit $99.00

Captivating Vienna Majolica Portrait Plate Young Lady with Haunting Expression $250.00

BELGIUM DELFT Pottery Blue TRANSFERWARE CHARGER Plate Plaque PORTRAIT OLD WOMAN $69.95

Vintage Bavaria Girl Portrait Plate, Germany ca.1930′s-1950′s $0.99

Antique Royal VIENNA AUSTRIAN “BEEHIVE” MARK GILDED PORCELAIN PORTRAIT PLATE $239.99

Vintage 10″ Victoria Portrait Plate Austria $10.00

Vintage 9-1/4″ Victoria Portrait Plate Austria $10.00

Antique 19thC Copeland Pre Spode Handpainted Portrait Miniature Plate Child 1870 $54.89

Dip A Mano Deruta Portrait Italy Plate 12″ $49.95

Vintage East End Pottery: Porcelain Plate, Portrait, #1062 $16.99

DERUTA Italy Ceramic PORTRAIT PLATE New $59.99

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Special Fornasetti Plates for Valentines Day

Fornasetti‘s work, fusing Surrealism and Neo Classicism, is enjoying a major revival, and his black, white and gold plates depicting portraits of the enigmatic, saucer eyed, alabaster skinned 19th century beauty Lina Cavalieri, are a captivating example of his work. Perfect as a gift for connoisseurs of design or dinner party hosts who enjoy making a splash.

Roughly translating as Variations on a Theme, each piece of china is decorated with an image of a beautiful 19th century woman, Lina Cavalieri that he had once seen in a magazine. So haunted was Fornasetti by her image that he created over five hundred variations on her face. Some are more straightforward depictions, others individual features and some are very much in the Surrealist mould.

Piero Fornasetti was given a scholarship in 1930 to study painting at the Milan Accademia di Belle Arti but was expelled in 1932. After that, Piero Fornasetti continued to paint in Milan and also dabbled in sculpture, crafts, and interior decoration. Piero Fornasetti was influenced by both Surrealism and pittura metafisica but developed a highly distinctive, eclectic style informed by his enthusiasm for the great art of Italy’s past. In crafts design, Piero Fornasetti did not confine himself to the Novecento motifs that were inspired by Neo Classicism; instead he added Early Renaissance ornament and representational motifs to the repertoire with which he embellished textiles, furniture, Porcelain Plates, vessels, and similar objects. The work Piero Fornasetti showed at the 1933 Milan Triennale included painted silk scarves, which attracted the notice of designer Gio Ponti.

In subsequent years, Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti collaborated on numerous projects. In 1950 Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti designed the interior of the Casino in San Remo. In 1952 Ponti and Fornasetti created the memorable interiors of the great transatlantic liner “Andrea Doria”. For the “Architettura” line in furniture designed by Gio Ponti, Piero Fornasetti created architectural motifs as decoration. In 1951 Piero Fornasetti and Gio Ponti showed this furniture at the Milan Triennale. Piero Fornasetti also designed furniture himself, decorating it with trompe-l’oeil paintings of musical instruments or large suns. The woman’s face he used to decorate the “Tema e Variazioni” series became Piero Fornasetti’s signature ornament. In 1970 Piero Fornasetti opened a shop in Milan, where aficionados of his playful, imaginative designs can still acquire them.

This collection only has 36 motifs, are 9 inches in diameter 24kt gold thin border and was a license in which the designs were produced by Rosenthal in Germany. This past year we had thousands of emails to purchase the Rosenthal Fornasetti Julia series which is no longer in production. eTableTop is now offering the very last of the US inventory we purchased as an exclusive offer to our customers. These items will be sold in a first come, first serve basis. Please purchase on online www.etabletop.com

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Painting portraits on ceramic mugs?

I had the idea for Christmas gifts to make drawings with ink on plain white mugs and/or plates. I’m not sure how to go about doing this though. Is there a special kind of mug I need to buy, or will any regular white mug from the store work? Does it have to be unglazed or something? What kind of ink or paint is best to use? How can I make sure it doesn’t wash off? Can anyone help me out?

You’re going to need an unglazed, first fired clay mug. Then you’re going to need lead free acrylic glazes and brushes to apply them.

They’re not ink nor paint.

After you do your design, you’re going to need to glaze it with a clear glaze and have it fired again.

There are a few stores that offer this commercially, one is called Color Me Mine. You might want to look them up and see if there are any CMM stores near you or any that are similar. They provide everything to you for a base fee.

Best wishes, and it’s a great idea. =)

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