Lot Details
Lot 166
Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Cobalt-Blue Ground Umbrella or Stick Stand
Circa 1880
Of canted triangular form, two sides molded and applied with fruiting lychee branches and large banana palm leaves, the rim and foot trimmed as bark, impressed J. Holdcroft and 4. Height 22 1/2 inches.
Literature:
KL000783. Marilyn Karmason with Joan Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 2002, p. 107. Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 183, fig. 22.23.
Exhibited:
'English Majolica' Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 19 January - 11 April 1982 (letter and photograph). 'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-930; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.178; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 October 2022-29 January 2023.
Reference:
New Orleans Museum of Art, Grotesqueries: form, fantasy and function in 19th century European ceramics: the collection of Brooke Hayward Duchin Collection, pp. 17 and 44, cat. no. 102 (turquoise).
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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