Decorative Pieces

A piece by Manuel Gustavo Bordallo Pinheiro, who continued his father’s, Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro, work, using naturalist elements in a more stylized decoration.

Piece by Manuel Gustavo Bordallo Pinheiro, follower of the work of his father, Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro, using the frog as a decorative element on a frieze.

Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro produces a remarkable production of blue tiles for the interior and exterior coating treated as decorative elements of great importance. Of the tiles with relief, either with patterns or figures, it is important to highlight the originality and quality of the glazes applied manually. The small butterfly tile (C. 1905), a representation of the naturalism by Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro, with an Art Nouveau inspiration, after the artist’s participation in the decoration of the Portugal Pavilion at the Paris Universal Exhibition, in 1889, being most recently used as a box lid.

Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro produces a remarkable production of blue tiles for the interior and exterior coating treated as decorative elements of great importance. Of the tiles with relief, either with patterns or figures, it is important to highlight the originality and quality of the glazes applied manually. This blue tile (1884 – 1905) is a representation of the naturalism by Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro, being most recently used as a box lid.

Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro produces a remarkable production of blue tiles for the interior and exterior coating treated as decorative elements of great importance. Of the tiles with relief, either with patterns or figures, it is important to highlight the originality and quality of the glazes applied manually. This grasshopper tile is a representation of the naturalism by Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro, with an Art Nouveau inspiration, being most recently used as a box lid.

Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro produces a remarkable production of blue tiles for the interior and exterior coating treated as decorative elements of great importance. Of the tiles with relief, either with patterns or figures, it is important to highlight the originality and quality of the glazes applied manually. The blue tile of the big frog (1884 – 1905) is a representation of naturalism and Art Nouveau by Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro, being most recently used as a box lid.

A model by Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro with a decoration depicting a water pound, vegetation and dragonfly in relief. Hand painted with the original techniques, thus bearing the artistic production stamp of the Fábrica Bordalo Pinheiro.

A piece by Manuel Gustavo Bordallo Pinheiro, who continued his father’s, Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro, work, using naturalist elements in a more stylized decoration.

Smaller replica of a large vase of the Manuel Gustavo C. factory, 1916, using two frogs as decoration in the vase belly.

Smaller replica of a large vase of the Manuel Gustavo C. factory, 1916, using two frogs as decoration in the vase belly.

Smaller replica of a large vase of the Manuel Gustavo C. factory, 1916, using two frogs as decoration in the vase belly.