Sand Variety of Majolica Pottery

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Another type of majolica that we haven't talked much about is sand majolica. This is you can literally see the sand that is applied to the base of the piece of the majolica. It's very distinct and very different you can find this in all kinds of forms, in forms of animals and people and candle sticks, vases, pitchers, bowls, is one of those types of majolica samples. Sand majolica was not really recognized as real majolica for a very long period of time. People did not feel that the quality or the retail value was the same, it's gaining more popularity today. I happen to buy a number of pieces from a collection, there's a woman in our area who sold over thousand pieces of this she collected all her life. It went to auction half of I think about 400 pieces went to a museum and the rest of the pieces went to auction. And for the most part the very common pieces didn't bring a lot of money it's a kind of majolica that you either like or you hate. This usually has a high relief on it you can see the flowers here there's usually damage I mean 70% of the time you see damage, in the flowers and in the three dimensional relief. So you can see it here there's damage to the leaf here and here on the stems so this takes away from the piece. A lot of chipping on the top and edges this little piece right here will be about $15, it's not very expensive. For the age it's about the same age but it doesn't hold the value the same way the other majolica does. Here's another example of high relief vase not a functional vase with a very small top but roses and petals. And you can see that there's damage on the petals the same pretty much standard sand majolica, sand relief on a piece all the way around. They made it in vases and pitchers and a huge array of different choices that you can find but you'll find that this sand majolica is less expensive and more damaged, you'll find more damages on these pieces. So something to consider when you're starting a collection the sand majolica is not going to hold the same retail value as the rest of this majolica as you see on the table. So something to consider when collecting majolica.

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