Oct 04, 2024Curated AuctionsAN ITALIAN MAIOLICA FRUIT BOWL TOGHETHER WITH A BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIERE£40
Oct 10, 2024Hubbard Burdett LLCSet of Three Majolica Fitz and Floyd Wall Plates with Fruit Motif$5(1 bid)
Oct 12, 2024Austin Auction Gallery(7) ITALIAN MAJOLICA VASES, FAIENCE SALAD PLATES, & BAVARIAN BOWL$50
Final sale of the Flower majolica collection heads to Strawser August 20WOLCOTTVILLE, IN — Property lawyer Edward Flower (1929-2022) and his wife Marilyn (1930-2017) were inveterate collectors: first it was American impressionism, then artist-signed prints and British art pottery, and lastly, majolica. Beginning their collection of 19th-century tin-glazed earthenwares in the 1990s, and buying heavily after retirement in the early 2000s, their holdings ultimately included more […]
Second tranche of the Flower majolica collection delivered stunning results at StrawserKULPSVILLE, Penn. – A Copeland vase produced to mark 100 years of American Independence was among the highlights of the second tranche of the Flower collection of majolica. This model, first shown at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and then exclusively distributed by the New York retailers J.M. Shaw & Co., took $15,000 ($18,600 with […]
Second sale of the Flower majolica collection blooms at Strawser March 16KULPSVILLE, Penn. — The second of three auctions dedicated to the remarkable majolica collection of Edward Flower (1929-2022) and his wife Marilyn (1930-2017) will be held by specialists Strawser Auction Group on Saturday, March 16. The Flowers began collecting majolica relatively late in life, in the late 1990s, but the bug bit them hard. Across […]
The unparalleled Flower Majolica collection excelled at StrawserKULPSVILLE, Penn. — As a dealer since the age of 19, London-based Nick Boston has helped build some of the greatest majolica collections. But few collections of 19th-century tin-glazed earthenwares are as large or as varied in scope as that assembled by the property lawyer Edward Flower (1929-2022) and his wife Marilyn (1930-2017). “Their ‘way’ […]