Decorative Arts

This portion of the collection focuses on European ceramics from the 15th to the 19th century, English silver (primarily Georgian), 18th and 19th Century American silver, and a unique collection of hand-painted 19th Century wallpaper designs from Paris. Highlights from this collection include Italian majolica from the 15th and 16th Centuries, French faience from the 17th and 18th Centuries, and over 60 pieces of English Georgian silver. We have recently begun to expand this collection into the 20th Century with the acquisition of a Picasso ceramic plate and a Tiffany lamp.

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	Pioux, Lamorna Colony (Italian) Plate with the Fall of Manna, Late 16th Century Tin-glazed majolica, 9" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.1 Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	Patanazzi Workshop (Italian) Plate, ca. 1579 Majolica, 9" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.2 Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	French Nevers Faience Plate, 17th Century Earthenware; faience, 9 1/4" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.3 Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	Spanish Faience Soup Plate, 17th Century Earthenware; faience, 9" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.4.2 Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	French Niderviller Faience Patch Box, ca. 1745 Earthenware; faience, 1 1/2" h. x 3" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.5 Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	French Rouen Faience Patch Box, 18th Century Earthenware; faience, 2" x 1 3/4" x 1 1/2" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.6 Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	French Rouen Faience Syrup Pitcher, 18th Century Earthenware; faience, 7 3/8" h. x 2 3/4" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.7 Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	Veuve Perrin Factory (French) Marseille Faience Patch Box, 18th Century Earthenware; faience, 4" x 4" x 1 3/4" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.8 Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	French Marseille Faience Covered Milk Pitcher, 18th Century Earthenware; faience, 9 1/8" h. x 3" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.9(a&b) Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	Joseph Olerys (French) Moustiers Teapot with Grotesque Décor, Late 18th Century Earthenware, 5 ½" h. x 2 ½" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.12 (a&b) Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	Joseph Olerys (French) Moustiers Faience Covered Urn, ca. 1760 Earthenware; faience, 7 1/2" h. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1975.2.14(a&b) Gift of Dr. Jane Carver Holmes
	Parke, Casper & Co. (American) Teapot with Sphinx Finial and Deer Head Crested Feet, ca. 1888 Silver plate, 7 1/2" h. x 9 3/4" w. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #1978.24

	Pablo Picasso  (Spanish, b. 1881, Malaga, Spain, d. 1973, Mougins, France) Tete de Chevre de Profil, ca. 1950 Ceramic, 10" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #2001.11.12 Gift of the Estate of Earleen G. Field
	Tim Ludwig (American, b. 1944, Niagara Falls, NY) Naked Ladies, 2003 Low-fire earthenware with mason stains and slips, 17" h. x 14" dia. Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #2003.10.1 2003 Mayfaire by-the-Lake Purchase Award through the General Acquisition Fund
	Rasa and Juozes Saldaitis (American, Rasa b. 1965, Lithuania; Juozes b. 1959, Lithuania) Black and White Swans, 2003 Ceramic, 17" x 22" x 4" Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection #2003.11 2003 Mayfaire by-the-Lake Purchase Award through funds donated by Norma Canelas and William Roth
	Peter Voulkos (American, 1924 - 2002) Shallow, Freeform Bowl, 1952 Ceramic; Stoneware, 3 1/2" x 16" diameter PMoA #2006.13 Purchase through the Art Resource Trust

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