Italian Ceramics

Madonna Guido Andlovitz Verbano 1930 White Porcelain Perfette condizioni

We present this stunning large vase, made in Faenza, Italy, dating back to the 1950s. The vase is crafted from polychrome glazed ceramic. The eye-catching, classically painted decora...

We are pleased to offer for sale a handcrafted ceramic appetizer tray produced between the 1950s and 1960s by the renowned ceramic manufacturer Rometti. The historic Rometti workshop, founded in the late 1920s, is a cornerstone of Italian ceramic art. It has created true works of art while also producing tableware with the same care and mastery. Rometti is particularly known for its Futurist ceramics designed by Dante Baldelli and Corrado Cagl—pieces that earned numerous accolades, including the gold medal at the International Exhibition in Nice and several awards at the Triennale di Milano. Over the years, Rometti has collaborated with major figures of Italian design such as Leoncillo Leonardi, Ambrogio Pozzi, Liliane Lijn, Sergio Fiorentino...

Two Italian URBINO Maiolica "Istoriatio" hand painted dishes Marked in reverse in Italian : Roman's helping a wounded enemy horatti & Curiati . Roman champions in battle Note: pl...

This striking Bitossi ceramic vase exemplifies the iconic design language of the Italian atelier, featuring the signature Rimini Blue combined with a vibrant, sunny yellow in a beaut...

A golden porcelain bottle with the application of hand-modeled white flowers in relief this beautiful piece was designed by the Italian master Gio Ponti and manufactured by Richard Ginori Pittoria di Doccia between 1923 and 1938. This porcelain bottle was originally presented at the 1935 Paris exhibition L'art italien des XIX et XX siècles. The manufacturer brand 'Richard Ginori Pittoria di Doccia' is visible under the base. The design of this piece was documented in the Gio Ponti catalog shaped in close collaboration with the Gio Ponti Archives and its founder Salvatore Licitra, edited by Taschen. The history of the Ginori Manufactory began in Doccia, just a stone's throw away from Florence, when in 1735 Marquis Carlo Andrea Ginori started a porcelain factory which was destined to become a worldwide icon of style. The eighteenth-century is a key century for the development of porcelain in Europe, in this period the first manufactures are born, fed by new styles and international trends. In stately homes, palaces and courtyards, the precious porcelain of the Doccia Manufactory is synonymous with elegance and refinement. The passage from the nineteenth, the century of reason to that of feeling marks a new chapter in the development of artistic taste and the manufacture of porcelain. Florence becomes the scene of a controversy between the academic supporters of the Beautiful ideal and the naturalists promulgators of the beautiful natural Since 1806 the direction of the Manifattura passed to Leopoldo Carlo Ginori Lisci who initiates a process of profound renewal. In 1986 The Manifattura expanded and the Richard Ginori Ceramic Company is born. The tradition of master craftsmen meets new technologies and the creations are perfected thanks to the use of new patents From 1923 to 1933 the artistic direction of the Manifattura was entrusted to Gio Ponti. The master is responsible for introducing highly innovative elements with sensitivity and respect for the taste for the ancient, and for the oriental culture. In 1925 at the Universal Exposition in Paris, the Manifattura and its artistic director were awarded the assignment to both of a Grand Prix. The Manufactory was renewed by relying on the experience of the greatest Italian designers of the time: Franco Albini, Franca Helg, Antonio Piva, Sergio Asti, Achille Castiglioni, Gabriele Devecchi, Candido Fior...

A hand thrown antique ceramic storage pot from Naples, Italy which would have originally been used for storage of foods such as fruits and olives. It has a lovely thick hand-touched ...

Great sample of one most important designers of the 20th century, Glazed ceramic, Gio Ponti, made for Richard Ginori and marked S Christoforo, Milano.

Pucci ceramics is a famous Italian ceramics manufacturer located in the town of Umbertide in the region of Umbria, Italy. The company was founded in 1949 by the Pucci family and has ...

Unique Sergio Asti architectural sculpture. Patinaed reflective glaze over ceramic. Hand signed on underside, Sergio Asti, 1971.

A stunning form and decor, decorated using the sgraffito technique with dancing girls motifs, highlighted details with glossy glaze. A great addition to any collection of Italian, Eu...

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The company was founded in 1884 in Laveno, a town located on the shores of Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy. Verbano ceramics are known for their high quality and intricate designs. Many of their products feature hand painted details, vibrant colors, and traditional Italian patterns...

REDUCED FROM $150....Ernestine ceramics bowls are a must for a garden lunch or brunch. The shape of the bowls is superb, with their double outer edge and wide flat shoulder rim terminating in a sharp edge bowl. The decorations are a work of art with fluidity and lovely color palette. The flowers depicted are Morning Glory pattern # 934, Violets #727 and Pansies on the rim with Wild Roses in the center #871. All three are signed Ernestine ITALY...

Ernestine Italian ceramic jug in Majolica 1960 with lemon.

Elevate your table with The Sultan's Garden plate, a harmonious blend of artistry and elegance. The hand-painted border frames a delicate floral design, created with a hand-applied d...

Wonderful and unique wood & vinegar ceramic set with tray in a vibrant purple and orange color combination. This delightful set was produced by Ceramiche Franco Pozzi in Italy during...

A pair of Italian free form dishes from 1950's signed Man. Hand painted glazed ceramic. They can be used as a dish or tray or as wall decoration.

This ceramic plate was painted by Sandro Cherchi for Ceramiche S. Giorgio in the 1957. Edition number 105, signed at the bottom.

Splendid laveno ceramic tureen, design antonia campi for richard ginori "margherita" antique pink color, measuring 32 cm in diameter by 17.5 cm i...

Italian ceramic, perfect condition, produced in 1960s. We have also another big cats for sale, check our products. Only one unique piece available.

Vase with stand by Giorgio Spertini, SCI Laveno Italy, 1900-1908 Perfect condiction.

Pair of Large Plates Gaetano Battaglia 19th century made of earthenware decorated with mythological scenes Italy (Naples) Diameter 50 cm good cond...

Mid Century studio pottery donkey and cart figure / bowl - hand modelled and painted with vibrant multi-color glazes over a cream base - signed & numbe...

Large scale Italian abstract Italian modernist vase created by Marcello Fantoni of Florence, Italy. Vase measures 13 1/4“ in height by 5” square and is signed Fantoni, Italy on the ...

Beautiful, old English sheepdog hand-painted porcelain figurine made by Capodimonte, Italy. Handmade and hand painted. Original manufacturer label/certificate. Measure: 30 cm (18,9 i...

Life size Shepherd in very good vintage condition made in Italy 1950s.

ceramic panel composed of four iconic and famous "triennial" tiles also known as "four times curved," designed in the 1960s by Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli for Ceramiche Marazzi. T...

Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’. The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality. A constant...

VASE “SCARF” Author: Decorative Glassworks "Makora", Krosno Year of creation: 2nd half 20th century Information: laminated glass, hand-formed, mass decoration with a crack motif. h...

Black ceramic Art Nouveau style jardinière with green distressed finish. Inside is flamed glaze and outside is natural finish. Minor chipping/scuffs. (See pics). Signed Italy.

Painted ceramic, very good original vintage condition. No damages or cracks. Beautiful and unique decorative sculpture. Mini White Dalmatian Dog Sculpture was produced in Italy. Only...

Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’. The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality. A constant...

Set of 4 vintage Gucci ceramic ashtrays in the motif of poker cards, can also be used as vide poche, change tray, or pocket emptier / Made in Italy Origi...

Stunning, big Mid-Century glazed ceramic vase. A beautiful masterpiece of Italian designer Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello Ceramiche d’Arte. These vases all are unique. It’s produced b...

Majolica Lily of the Valley Tumbler, Set of 4, Handmade in Italy for The Mane Lion The Mane Lion was born in 1979 in the heart of Philadelphia's fabled Ma...

Vintage glass in good original condition. Very nice color. Only one unique piece. Crystal glass.  

Painted ceramic, very good original vintage condition. No damages or cracks. Beautiful and unique decorative mini sculpture. Mini White Dalmatian Dog Sculpture was produced in Italy....

Acquareccia plate Patanazzi workshop Urbino, last quarter of the 16th century It measures diameter 17.12 in; foot diameter 11.53 in; height 1.88 in (43.5 cm; 29.3 cm; 4.8 cm). Weight State of conservation: wear and a few small minimal detachments of enamel, chipping on the raised areas, peeling of enamel at the brim on the back. This large, shallow basin is equipped with a wide and convex well. It is umbonate with a contoured center. The brim, short and flat, is enclosed in a double rounded and barely raised edge. The basin has a flat base without rims; it has a slightly concave center in correspondence to the well. The shape takes inspiration from the basins associated with the metal forged amphora pourers that traditionally adorned the credenza. These were used from the Middle Ages to wash hands during banquets. Two or three people washed their hands in the same basin and it was considered an honor to wash one’s hands with an illustrious person. The decoration is arranged in concentric bands with, in the center of the umbo, an unidentified shield on a blue background: an oval banded in gold with a blue head, a gold star and a field with a burning pitcher. Rings of faux pods separate the center from a series of grotesque motifs of small birds and masks. These go around the basin and are, in fact, faithfully repeated on the brim. The main decoration develops inside the flounce of the basin, which sees alternating symmetrical figures of winged harpies and chimeras. The ornamentation, outlined in orange, green and blue, stands out against the white enamel background. This decorative style, defined since the Renaissance as “grottesche” or “raffaellesche”, refers to the decorations introduced after the discovery of the paintings of the Domus Aurea towards the end of the fifteenth century. The discovery of Nero's palace, buried inside Colle Oppio by damnatio memoriae, occurred by chance when a young Roman, in 1480, fell into a large crack which had opened in the ground on the hill, thus finding himself in a cave with walls covered with painted figures. The great artists present in the papal city, including Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Raffaello, immediately visited these caves. The decorations found there soon became a decorative subject of immense success: the term grotesque , with the meaning of “unusual,” “caricatured,” or “monstrous,” was later commented by Vasari in 1550 as “una spezie di pittura licenziose e ridicole molto”( “a very licentious and ridiculous kind of painting”). The decorations “a grottesche” also widely circulated in ceramic factories, through the use of engravings, variously interpreted according to the creativity of the artists or the requests of the client. Our basin is reflected in similar artifacts produced at the end of the sixteenth century by the factories of the Urbino district. See the series of basins preserved in the main French museums, among which the closest in morphology is that of the Campana collection of the Louvre (Inv. OA1496); this however has a more complex figure decoration, while the decoration of our specimen is sober and with a watercolor style. The style, sure in its execution, approaches decorative results still close to the works produced around the middle of the sixteenth century by the Fontana workshop. The decoration is closely linked to their taste, which later finds its natural outlet, through the work of Antonio, also in the Patanazzi workshop. Studies show the contiguity between the two workshops due to the kinship and collaboration between the masters Orazio Fontana and Antonio Patanazzi, both trained in the workshop of Guido Fontana il Durantino. It is therefore almost natural that their works, often created according to similar typologies and under the aegis of the same commissions, are not always easily distinguishable, so much so that the presence of historiated or “grottesche” works by Orazio is documented and preserved in Antonio Patanazzi's workshop. Given that the studies have always emphasized the collaboration between several hands in the context of the shops, it is known that the most ancient “grottesche” works thus far known, can be dated from 1560, when the Fontana shop created the so-called Servizio Spagnolo (Spanish Service) and how, from that moment on, this ornamentation became one of the most requested by high-ranking clients. We remember the works created for the Granduchi di Toscana, when Flaminio Fontana along with his uncle Orazio supplied ceramics to Florence, and, later, other commissions of considerable importance: those for the service of the Duchi d’Este or for the Messina Farmacia of Roccavaldina, associated with the Patanazzi workshop when, now after 1580, Antonio Patanazzi began to sign his own work. Thus, in our basin, the presence of masks hanging from garlands, a theme of more ancient memory, is associated in the work with more advanced stylistic motifs, such as the hatching of the chimeras and harpies. These are found here on the front with the wings painted in two ornate ways. In addition, the theme of the birds on the edge completes the decoration along the thin brim and can be seen as representing an early style typical of the Urbino district during a period of activity and collaboration between the two workshops. Later, a more “doll-like” decorative choice, typical of the end of the century and the beginning of the seventeenth century, characterized the period of the Patanazzi workshop under the direction of Francesco. Bibliography: Philippe Morel, Il funzionamento simbolico e la critica delle grottesche nella seconda metà del Cinquecento, in: Marcello Fagiolo, (a cura di), Roma e...

Stunning and vibrant, 30 cm high, vase with sgrafitto and hand-painted colored glossy pattern of houses. On the base is painted Italy and 4641. Fratelli Fanciullacci Pottery: during...

Italian Mid-Century horizontal plaque featuring 5 small ceramic panels mounted on a rectangular wooden board.

Marcello Fantoni Unusual Modernist Ceramic Wall Plate, Italy 1950s

Stunning and vibrant bowl with sgrafitto and hand-painted colored glossy pattern of a stylised woman on the front. On the back a cherry tree and on the base is painted Italy 5068. F...

A stylish Art Deco yellow, brown and green ceramic biscuit box hand-crafted and painted in Faenza, signed on the bottom. The biscuit box has the d...

This is a Naples (Capodimonte) Porcelain Lidded Tankard with deep relief body, which we date to the early 19th Century and made in Naples, Italy. The tankard is hand made with deep ...

Stoneware vase with green-gray background glaze and patterns primarily in browns and yellows. Zauli Faenza Reference number AG001160CZ from the general archive of the artist Claudio ...

Vintage checkers game by the Italian designer Ennio Lucini for Gabbianelli in green and white ceramic. Made in Italy in the 1970s.

Stunning and vibrant, vase with sgrafitto and hand-painted colored glossy pattern. On the base is painted Italy 8614. Fratelli Fanciullacci Pottery: during the first half of the 20t...

Nice vase from Bitossi by Aldo Londi. The pattern is Stambecchi or Caprone (goat), designed by Aldo Londi. A sgraffito and glazed pattern of goats in grey, brown and orange on a brus...

A refined set of six vintage VIETRI glazed ceramic salad plates, exemplifying the brand’s celebrated Italian craftsmanship and artisanal approach to ceramic design. Each plate is fin...

Italian handmade ceramic vases in linen, dark bronze and light brown by Rina Menardi. Available in different colors. Priced individually. Measures: Small $745 (Diameter 4.25", hei...

Cantagalli Maiolica Plate with Heraldic Emblem Cantagalli Factory, Florence, Late 19th Century Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); polychrome decoration This large maiolica plate was...

This striking sculpture is part of the Anatomica series by Vito Nesta, featuring decorative objects with simple and essential anatomical shapes characterized by bold, contrasting col...

Set of three large Italian Majolica plaques. Each of them painted with a different scenery. Italy, 18th century. Dimensions: Plaque with grouping Il...

Marco Zanini for Hollywood collection by Flavia Montelupo, ceramic years 80. Measure h 4 inches x diam 5".

Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Ceramic Ashtray Signed Large Rimini blue Mid-Century Modern ashtray. It has 3 cigar or cigarette holders and it is made in blue glazed terracotta ceram...

Elegant ceramic vase produced by Società Italiana Ceramica (SIC), Italy, circa 1950s. The vase is defined by a strong, well-balanced architectural form, combining a clean cylindrical...

Ico E Luisa Parisi Impronta - Vaso Bocca For Cassina The vases and pin trays in the Impronta ceramics collection grew out of the creative talent of Ico and Luisa Parisi. Conceived ...

Late 1950’s - early 1960’s Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Candle Holder for Bitossi, Italy. Numbered on base: 9850 Designer: Aldo Londi, Italy Producer: Bi...

Beautiful and rare ivory-coloured ceramic centrepiece baskets. Italy, Art Deco period. It features a refined embroidery pattern all around, while the upper part features an elegant f...