antique French faience majolica floral decorated hand painted tulip stem vase wall pocket

Antique Majolica or French faience stem vase or wall pocket with hand-painted decoration.
This piece is thickly potted and glazed, it is difficult to date or ascribe a maker as it is unmarked.
These items were made in a similar style from the seventeenth century in the low countries, when tulips were a valuable and fashionable commodity, but I think it is likely that this is a late nineteenth or early twentieth century version. The top has one large semi circular aperture and then a number of pierced holes for adding individual bloom stems.
The tinglaze is thickly applied to a terracotta soft pale yellowy biscuit base, and the design is hand painted in broad brush strokes.
The motif is roses and other flowers, and additionally pattern has been added in reddish pink and cobalt blue to the rim, lozenge border and base.
At the back the piece is undecorated, it has two holes pierced through to allow hanging on the wall from a nail or string, or it can be used as a vase on a surface.
This is a very stylish large piece of French faience. Size approx width 18cm, depth 10.5cm and height 11cm.
There are a few nibbles to the glaze and body, as is usual in faience pieces of some age. See photos for condition.


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