Vintage Mid Century Portuguese Ceramic Majolicaware Cabbage Leaf Bowl Complete with Five Pieces of Fruit by Bordallo Pinheiro, Circa 1950s - Kitschtastic!!!

Still trying to downsize ahead of a potential house move. I’ve quite a few eclectic pieces which will be going as they are not really part of my main collections but were just items that I was attracted to. They still bring me joy, but something needs to go!!!

I’m keeping most of my Portuguese cabbage-ware, but here is a set I am willing to part with for the right price!

For Sale here is a Vintage Ceramic Portuguese Majolicaware Cabbage Leaf Bowl by Bordallo Pinheiro Complete with Five Pieces of Ceramic Portuguese Majolicaware Fruit by the Same Maker, Circa 1950’s - Kitschtastic!!!

Bordallo Pinheiro is the most famous Portuguese Majolicaware producer and operates in a factory located in Caldas da Rainha, where the company's headquarters are also located.
In 1884 Bordallo began his ceramics production at the Fábrica de Faianças in Caldas, revealing pieces of great technical, artistic and creative quality, developing azulejos (blue tiles), panels, pots, table centerpieces, vase busts, fountain basins, pitchers, plates, perfume bottles, vases and gigantic animals, etc. The company continues to this day and is famous for all types of majolicaware especially it's green Cabbage-ware.

I love these pieces, they are so kitsch and fun, but I just don’t have the space at the moment to keep them.

Included are the following:
A Cabbageware bowl
An Orange (full sized)
A Lemon (full sized)
Two Apples (full sized, different colours)
A Banana (fun-sized!)

Price is for all six items together, and I would prefer them to stay together, as they have always been! The fruit are rare enough these days, and hard to find loose online. I could only find one set for over £50 sterling for 8 pieces (but no bowl).

The cabbage leaf bowl and four of the fruits are all in excellent vintage condition, with no chips, cracks, possibly just some minor age-related crazing. One of the apples has a long fine crack which has been stabilised. The bowl measures 9 inches/ 23 cm in diameter and stands about 3 inches/ 7.5 cm tall. The fruit are all realistically sized, except the banana which I would consider “fun-sized”!

The bowl is backstamped with the Bordallo Pinheiro Portugal backstamp. The fruit all had the gold foil stickers, but these have been removed by me except for one which I have left on, to show the maker.

A great conversation piece to have on the dining table or kitchen island, especially in a retro kitsch setting, or among a collection of further majolica and cabbage-ware items.

They can be styled so many different ways, with the fruit in or out of the bowl. I have used the bowl when all of my cabbageware is used at parties.

A perfect present for the collector of Portuguese Majolica.

I also have a massive Majolica Fruit Topiary Tower by Secla, Portugal, or sale which you can see in some of the photos. You will see it in one of my other ads.

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