Italy - Bowls and Baskets

Antique wooden and mother-of-pearl English tray, with a particular ancient manufacturing technique. Very elegant and rare, to be appreciated. ref. O/1048

Midcentury beautiful oval bowl or centerpiece in bamboo, rattan and brass with handle. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Made of rattan and bamboo, this charming piece is in the typical ...

21st century Karim Rashid Kount vase Murano glass various colors. Kount is composed of discrete elements, a bowl and a vase, that can combine to form a stunning centrepiece. Used si...

Linae medium vase, Murano glass, designed by Federico Peri, 21st century. The Linae vase, circular pots with a blunt rim are made in solid color and thick blown Murano glass, are av...

Made in Italy by Rometti, 1960s. This catchall / vide-poche / decorative plate is made in glazed ceramic with serigraphy, which was painted with gold. It has a shiny finish, slightl...

"Mosaico" crystal centerpiece by Roberto Sambonet for Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat.

Made in Italy, 1980s. This catchall / vide-poche / decorative plate is made in glazed earthenware. It is signed by Pino Castagna. This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show sl...

Linae large vase, Crystal colour, Murano glass, designed by Federico Peri, 21st century. The Linae vases — circular pots with a blunt rim are made in solid colour and thick blown Mu...

Made in Italy, 1970s. This bowl or vide-poche is made in Murano glass and features gold fleck inclusion. It may show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considere...

Sculptural pagoda shaped stacked brass trays / vide poche attributed to Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy 1970s Set of 4 brass ashtrays / vide poche H 17 cm x 34 cm diam. Conditions: ver...

Kastle large bowl, Murano glass, by Karim Rashid, 21st century. Karim Rashid has conceived for Purho a mini collection of bowls and vases characte...

Linae small vase, Murano glass, designed by Federico Peri, 21st century. The Linae vases — circular pots with a blunt rim are made in solid colour and thick blown Murano glass — are...

Rush and rattan basket with pivotable handle. Ideal as a magazine rack or fruit basket. Light oxidation and patina. height: cm 18- 42.5.

Ercole Moretti plates are a masterpiece of artistic craftsmanship and exclusive design, perfect as a luxury gift idea. This plate is handmade with a technique called "millefiori murr...

American antique ceramic glass ornamental aquarium Weller Loranger, early 1900s Ornamental ceramic aquarium and glass bowl. The main ceramic structure represents a kingfisher with ch...

21st century Karim Rashid centerpiece Kount large vase Murano glass various colors. Kount is composed of discrete elements, a bowl and a vase, that can combine to form a stunning ce...

Made in Italy, 1970s. The tag refers to La Rinascente, a historic luxury department store based in Piazza Duomo in Milan: the most important Italian architects and designers worked ...

Studio Del Campo copper tray enamels in green.  Del Campo, Torino, circa 1970.   Signed to underside: [Del Campo]  16.5 x 16.5 x 4 cm Conditions: excellent, no chips.

Vintage high tray for fruit, or comfortable little table near an armchair - from Dulang (Indonesia). Very interesting! O/2685.

Ravello is a minimal bathroom collection ideal for any setting. The rigid cylindrical main volumes are rendered softer by the smooth decorative rounded edges, while the finest Italia...

Made in Italy, circa 1970s. A highly decorative royal blue glass and metal plated ice bucket or wine cooler or bowl in the manner of Mauro Manetti. It might show slight traces of us...

Sculptural Yellow Glass - Modern Ashtray - Murano Glass Mid-Century Modern decorative bowl / vide poche in yellow Murano glass, beautiful hue of color and timeless shape. Perfect fo...

Made in Italy, 1950s. This catchall / vide-poche / decorative plate is made in hand-enameled copper and features splendid colors It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show sligh...

The Nereide 45 round basket by STUDIOPEPE features a distinctive lattice design with diamond-shaped cutouts that cast dynamic patterns of light and shadow. Its round medium size make...

Il set comprendente svuota tasche e posacenere di Grand Tour by Vito Nesta è un binomio vincente per ogni tipo di ambiente. Ottimi in ingresso, su un tavolino in salotto, una mensola...

The combination of sophisticated design and craftsmanship brings to life the Ercole Moretti bowls, an elegant and luxurious gift idea. This oval bowl is handmade with a technique cal...

Murano Glass - Table Decorative - Sculptural Accent Iridescent Uranium technique Many are the different types of glass created by master makers on the Venetian island of Murano. Fr...

Hollywood regency burl wood and metal tray designed by Tommaso Barbi Italy, 1970s H 2 cm 37 x 37 cm Conditions: excellent consistent...

Remarkable ceramic plate by Tasca. Asymmetrical clear decoration on dark background.

Ted Muehling for Nymphenburg porcelain volute bowl. The bowl features a white bisque exterior & glazed interior. It measures approximately 7 1/2? x 4? & 2 1/2" in height. Nymphe...

An icon of postmodern Italian design, this catchall/ashtray was conceived in the 1980s by Luigi Serafini for the Memphis Extrà line. Hand-crafted in Murano, it measures 25 × 20 × 2.5...

Made in Italy, 1960s. This catchall is in lacquered copper and shows a geometrical design with autumn color shades. It is a vintage item therefore it might show slight traces of use...

Beautiful 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern basket or container, perfect in any interior next to a sofa or in a bedroom as pillow or blanket storage as well as in any bathroom as bath...

Space age stacked black glazed ceramic ashtrays / vide poche / centerpiece Italy 1970s Set of 3 ashtrays / vide poche / centerpiece H 8.5 cm - 33 cm diam. Conditions: excellent c...

Red enamelled aluminium stackable tray / centerpiece designed by Gianfranco Frattini Manufactured by Progetti, Italy, 1970s. Manufacturer's label on the base Measures: Heigh...

Set consisting of seven bowls made of polychrome glazed ceramic dating back to the seventies by the Italian artist Alessio TASCA: - six small bowls characterized by warm colors in...

Stainless steel centerpiece by Gian Casè for Robots. Origami style folded metal sheet, kept in tension by a top metal ring.

Murano glass centerpiece by Barbini. Imposing thick glass lens shaped piece with hammered surface

Red enameled copper centerpiece bowl, made by Studio Del Campo in the 1960s Ø cm 25 h cm 5.5 Studio Del Campo is a historic Turin-based company specializing in the production of en...

Stunning sculptural ceramic catchall in a delightful soft green and teal glaze. This unique piece was produced by Vibi Torino in Italy during the 1970s and is signed on the bottom. ...

The elegant and modern paper basket in stainless steel, is manufactured in Italy and designed by Richard Hutten. The metal mesh becomes a decorative pattern and the basket could be p...

Kachnar II fruit holder designed by Singh Mann and produced by Driade in 1994. With an all-silver brass frame, this Bowl is characterized by its botanical shape, composed of intertwi...

Vide-poche/decorative object, signed under the base. produced in Italy in the 1960s. The pocket emptier was made of transparent massive Murano glass with a circular body. With a ligh...

Maiolica sugar bowl Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1770-1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). It measures 3.54 x 4.52 x 3.54 in (9 x 11,5 x 9 cm) Weight: 0.394 lb (0.179 kg) State of conservation: small and slight chips on the edges. The small sugar bowl has a swollen and ribbed body resting on a flat base. The cap-shaped lid follows the rib of the container and is topped with a small knob in the shape of a two-colored fruit. The sugar bowl is painted “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) with the characteristic floral motif of bunches and isolated semis. An example which closely corresponds to this one is kept at the Civic Museum in Lodi (G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia, Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137). This decorative style represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and later introduced by Antonio Ferretti to Italy. The production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple. The Ferretti family started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725. The forefather Simpliciano started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces starting from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59). In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory. In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, was able to commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables, both with or without contour lines, as well as in purple or green monochrome. After efforts to introduce more industrial production techniques to the sector succeeded, even the Ferretti manufacture, in the last decade of the eighteenth century, started heading towards decline despite its attempts to adapt production to neoclassical tastes. In 1796 the Napoleonic battle for the conquest of the Lodi bridge over the Adda definitively compromised the furnaces. Production resumed, albeit in a rather stunted manner, until Antonio's death on 29 December 1810. (M. L. Gelmini, pp. 28-30, 38, 43 sgg., 130-136 (for Simpliciano); pp. 31 sgg., 45-47, 142-192 (for Antonio). Bibliography G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi Milano e Pavia Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137; C. Baroni, Storia delle ceramiche nel Lodigiano, in Archivio storico per la città e i comuni del circondario e della diocesi di Lodi, XXXIV (1915), pp. 118, 124, 142; XXXV (1916), pp. 5-8; C. Baroni, La maiolica antica di Lodi, in Archivio storico lombardo, LVIII (1931), pp. 453-455; L. Ciboldi, La maiolica lodigiana, in Archivio storico lodigiano, LXXX (1953), pp. 25 sgg.; S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, pp. 17 sgg.; A. Novasconi - S. Ferrari - S. Corvi, La ceramica lodigiana, Lodi 1964, ad Indicem; Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia (catal.), Milano 1964, p. 17; O. Ferrari - G. Scavizzi, Maioliche italiane del Seicento e del Settecento, Milano 1965, pp. 26 sgg.; G. C. Sciolla, Lodi. Museo civico, Bologna 1977, pp. 69-85 passim; G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981; M. Vitali, in Storia dell'arte ceramica...

Remarkable wood centerpiece with different veneers. Signed on bottom.

The term "Murano glass" is used to address glass artifacts produced on the small island of Murano, just a mile away from Venice, Italy. This specific glass, whidely regarded as the f...

Beautiful 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern vase, perfect in any room, next to a sofa or in a bedroom and bathroom to give a special accent. This charming piece is in the typical styl...

Affascinante piatto/posacenere in ceramica degli anni ’70 con decoro Op-Art a cerchi concentrici nei toni bruno, arancio, giallo, bianco e nero. La forma ribassata con ampio bordo st...

Archimede Seguso 1940s swan-shaped murano glass bowl with gold dust.

Piatto Calendario in ceramica di Fornasetti, realizzato per l'anno 1995 Ø cm 24 I piatti calendario Fornasetti sono oggetti da collezione in porcellana decorata, prodotti in edizio...

Beautiful and well preserved, this Murano valet tray / vide poche will add a nice touch to your coffee table, sideboard or console. Perfect to keep your keys and everyday carries in ...

Is a centerpiece, is a fruit holder, Is a single piece of glass, cast, hand embroidered, It's an invention, it's a sculpture, takes the light and...

The Apollo sport ball is crafted with intricately woven leather strips, offering both durability and refined aesthetics. Designed to be deflated for easy transport, it serves as a ve...

Beautiful roundbowl or ashtray in black marble and white veins designed by Sergio Asti for Up&Up.

Moretti's Ercole bowls are a masterpiece of artistic craftsmanship and exclusive design, perfect as a luxury gift idea. This oval bowl is handmade with a technique called "millefiori...

In Japanese, "kai" means "shell," a word that well represents the identity of this design dish created by designer Shinobu Ito. It is worked with the "millefiori murrine glass" techn...

Designer Shinobu Ito is the artist who envisioned these designer plates. In Japanese, "kai" means "shell," a word that well represents its identity. It is worked with the "millefiori...

Vintage Space Age vase/centerpiece, manufactured in stainless steel and clear thick glass. Its dimension make it perfect - as pictured - to be used as a fruit bowl. The metal is pr...

Spring, with its light wind, scatters murrine on the plate as if it were a dance of flowers. Designed by Paolo Cappello, this dish uses the "millefiori murrine glass" technique, whic...

Hand embossed solid brass bowl Italy 1970s