Bitossi Pottery
Italian
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of the famed Italian company Bitossi Ceramiche embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in Bitossi pottery that includes artisanal vintage vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass.
Bitossi was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical cats, owls, horses and other animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.”
But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. After hiring Sottsass to design ceramics for his New York imports company, Raymor, American entrepreneur Irving Richards connected the Milanese design polymath to Londi, who introduced Sottsass to ceramics in the 1950s.
During that decade, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis postmodern design collective in Milan, Sottsass used the Bitossi kilns to create timeless works that manifest both primitive forms and modern geometries. In later decades, Bitossi would welcome new generations of designers, which have included such names as Ginevra Bocini and Karim Rashid.
While always looking forward, Bitossi is firm in their belief that mastery of craft is the first step towards beautiful design. As you will see from the works offered on these pages, that is a winning philosophy.
Find a collection of vintage Bitossi decorative objects, lighting and serveware on 1stDibs.
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Creator: Bitossi
Bitossi by Aldo Londi, Italy, circa 1970
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
An Aldo Londi designed owl in sky blue with exposed clay body to the base. Dome shaped top. Has its paper 'Made in Italy' label to the base.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
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Pottery
Huge Italian Vintage Ceramic Rhimini Blue Vase Aldo Londi for Bitossi, C. 1960
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful and rare tall 30cm/12" embossed vase in vibrant 'Rhimini' blue and turquoise by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, circa 1968. A great piece of vintage, mid-century handmade Italian p...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Pottery
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Ceramic, Clay
Italian Vintage Ceramic Rhimini Blue Vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, circa 1960
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful tall embossed vase in vibrant 'Rhimini' blue and turquoise by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, circa 1968. A great. piece of vintage, mid-century handmade Italian pottery.
Shape...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Pottery
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Ceramic, Clay
Italian Bitossi Ceramic Vase
By Bitossi
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Black and white Italian vase by Bitossi 1960s. the Art Lava technique create a super beautiful texture.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
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Ceramic
Bitossi Italian Mid-Century Art Pottery Textured Lamp Base
By Bitossi
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish mid-century art pottery lamp base by renowned Italian makers Bitossi and dating from around 1960. The hand-crafted lamp base is of...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Pottery
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Stoneware
Mid-Century Bitossi Vase
By Bitossi
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Nice Bitossi vase with vibrant colors.
The Bitossi family was documented in the territory of Montelupo Fiorentino as far back as 1536. Over the centurie...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
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Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi Cavalero Italy c1968
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A brilliant depiction of a lance wielding Middle Ages knight on horseback with round shield. A naive, rustic style in muted ochre and green glazes. In wonderful condition it still re...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
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Pottery
Bitossi Lamp
By Bitossi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A large pottery lamp by Bitossi. Great pattern and coloring. Signed on the base made in Italy. The base we had remade and painted brown while the wiring is new as well. The pottery h...
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20th Century Italian Bitossi Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Horse, Italy, circa 1968
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A deep 'Rimini Blu' glazed horse by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Brilliant glaze with streaks of green over the highly detailed trappings.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
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Pottery
Bitossi Aldo Londi Italy Scavo Fish, circa 1968
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large Aldo Londi designed fish from the Pesci series 'Scavo'. With sgraffito lines decoration on an unglazed body, circa 1968. Remnants of the Raymor label are on the base.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Bitossi, Londi Designed Lion Series 'Pietra', circa 1964, Italy
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
Aldo Londi designed bronze finish lion called 'Pietra', early 1960s. This was also made as a lamp base and finished with different glazes. The 'bronze' finish as here is very rare. S...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
Materials
Pottery
1950s Stylized Italian Pottery Bird Vases, a Pair
By Bitossi, Raymor, Aldo Londi, Alvino Bagni
Located in Garnerville, NY
A fine pair of handmade Bitossi art pottery stylized bird vases. Great muted color palette of an olive green, black and white glazes. The finger print by the bird's eye is truly rema...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, White, Brown, Abstract, Signed
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter box, ceramic abstract ridges, signed. Small scale lidded box decorated with an abstract pattern of incised relief or carved rid...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi, Londi Designed 'Rimini Blu' Bull Bookends, circa 1965, Italy
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
Stylised 'Rimini Blu' pattern bull book-ends, powerful, impressive and different.
In excellent condition and marked underneath.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
Materials
Pottery
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Aldo Londi Terracotta Ceramic Rimini Blue Vase for Bitossi, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning sphere-shaped terracotta ceramic Rimini blue vase for Bitossi. This magnificent set was designed by Aldo Londi in Italy during 1960s.
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Bitossi Sahara Aldo Londi Cer Paoli Glazed Ceramic Vases, Italy, 1960s
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By Fratelli Fanciullacci
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
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Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Ceramic Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rare design by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Rimini Blue ceramic footed vase with geometric motifs, Italy, 1960s
This stunning glazed ceramic vase has a pattern with circles in dark blue with rhombus inside in shades of green / turquoise color accented by decorative flowers.
Excellent vintage condition.
This piece is perfect as a gift idea and it could placed alone or with other 'Rimini Blu'Bitossi pieces creating a set. Display it in a cabinet or on a console table, with flowers or just as a cool decorative vase.
Measures: 22 cm height x 18 cm diameter (8,66 in height X 7,08 in diameter )
More Bitossi Aldo Londi pieces are avaliable at our 1stdibs marketplace.
About Bitossi (Manufacturer)
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass.
The company was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.”
But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. Starting in the 1950s, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis Postmodern design...
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Pottery
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Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Ceramic Vase, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
'Rimini blu' glazed ceramic vase designed by Aldo Londi for by Bitossi. Italy, 1960s.
This eye-catching vase is made of blue glazed ceramic with engraved patterns surrounding the central part. Its gorgeous shades of blue and the geometric design of the patterns make this vase a highly decorative piece from the Mid-Century Modern period.
To create a set.
Measures: 15,5 cm H x 9 cm diameter
About Bitossi (Manufacturer)
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Pottery
Materials
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Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic XL Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
A giant sized handmade Rimini blue ceramic vase designed by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi. Italy, 1960s.
Blue glazed ceramic with engraved patterns adorning the top of the ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Pottery
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Italian Vintage Ceramic Blue Bull Sculpture by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, c. 1970
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful large bull animal sculpture in vibrant 'Rimini' blue and turquoise with embossed pattern by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, circa 1970s. A great piece of vintage, mid-century handm...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Pottery
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Ceramic, Clay
H 5.91 in W 10.83 in D 3.75 in
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, White, Brown, Abstract, Signed
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter box, ceramic abstract ridges, signed. Small scale lidded box decorated with an abstract pattern of incised relief or carved rid...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
Materials
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Bitossi Aldo Londi Vintage Car Cylinder Vase, Italy, c1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A bright blue cylinder vase decorated with 3 different vintage cars. The cars outlines are deeply incised and coloured with various coloured glazes. It retains part of its Rosenthal ...
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Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Elephant Italy C.1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A lovely Aldo Londi designed Rimini blue elephant with a bright blue glaze in excellent condition. Remnants of original paper label to the underside. C.1...
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Italian Ceramic Rhimini Blue Vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, circa 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful midcentury vintage Italian made embossed ceramic jug, vase or pitcher in vibrant blue and turquoise by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, circa 1965. A beautiful original piece of Ita...
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Aldo Londi for Bitossi Face Vase
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pottery face vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, retailed by Goodfriend. Marked on the base Italy with the numbers 95/3XX indicating Goodfriend. A lovely piece, very different from the...
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Bitossi 'Rimini Blu' Horse Bookends by Aldo Londi, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi designed several figural bookends for Bitossi. This is a fine example in the rich "Rimini Blu" glaze.
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Bitossi Aldo Londi Horse Italy, circa 1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large Aldo Londi designed horse for Bitossi in a sky blue glaze with good detail to the saddle and other trappings.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
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Bitossi Aldo Londi Yellow Owl Vase, Italy, circa 1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
Nicely detailed owl vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, marked to the base, and with typical circle stamping pattern to the sides.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Bitossi Aldo Londi Italy 2 Faced Cat, circa 1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A whimsical 'Rimini Blu' 2 faced cat in perfect condition. Typical Aldo Londi design in a vibrant glaze.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
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Bitossi Aldo Londi Yellow Owl Italy, circa 1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A yellow owl designed by Aldo Londi in the 1960s with impressed stylized flower motifs around the bottom.
Retains the Rosenthal Netter label inside the base.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
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Bitossi Box Ceramic White Brown Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box ceramic white brown signed. White glaze lidded box with brown piping on both the lid and the box. Signed on underside of the box: 530/20 W Ital...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Pottery
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Ceramic
Bitossi pottery for sale on 1stDibs.
Bitossi pottery are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Bitossi pottery, although blue editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original pottery by Bitossi were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider pottery by Aldo Londi, Guido Gambone, and Piero Fornasetti. Prices for Bitossi pottery can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $275 and can go as high as $2,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $995.
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Questions About Bitossi Pottery
- How do you identify a Bitossi?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024To identify a Bitossi, look for the maker's markings on the bottom and other inconspicuous areas. Beginning in the 1950s, Bitossi typically marked its pottery with a handwritten style number and the words "Made in Italy" or "Italy." After the 1970s, the Italian company started to imprint its name on its pieces. However, some Bitossi pottery is unmarked. As a result, you may want to consult a certified appraiser or a knowledgeable dealer for assistance with identification. On 1stDibs, explore a diverse assortment of Bitossi pottery.
- What is Bitossi's style?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024Bitossi's style has changed over the course of its more than 100-year history. However, the brand is most famous for its mid-century modern pieces made during the 1950s and ’60s. Bitossi ceramics also reflect the hallmarks of Scandinavian modern style. Explore a wide range of Bitossi pottery from some of the world's top sellers on 1stDibs.
- Is all Bitossi signed?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022No, not all Bitossi is signed. A small number bear no marks at all. Most have either a hand-applied signature or a stamp that says "Italy" or "Made in Italy." You'll find a collection of expertly vetted Bitossi decorative objects and lighting on 1stDibs.
- Is Flavia the same as Bitossi?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024No, Flavia and Bitossi are not exactly the same. The company Gruppo Colorobbia produces both Flavia and Bitossi pottery. Beginning in 1976, the Flavia collection featured more decorative art pieces than the Bitossi line. In 1994, Gruppo Colorobbia began calling everything Bitossi. However, you can find some select pottery that bears both the Flavia and Bitossi names. Explore a wide range of Bitossi pieces on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024The history of Bitossi pottery began in 1926, when Guido Bitossi founded his shop in Montelupo Fiorentino, near Florence, Italy. He descended from a long line of artisans, including painters, sculptors and potters. His son Londi became the creative director of Bitossi in 1946 and was responsible for introducing the colorful glazes that Bitossi has become famous for during his 50-year tenure. During the 1950s, Ettore Sottsass began to design unique pieces for Bitossi, and his geometric bowls and vases redefined the art form of pottery and set major trends during the mid-century period. After Londi Bitossi stepped down, a new generation of the family took over, with Guido's granddaughter Cinzia Bitossi serving as artistic director and his great-granddaughter Ginevra Bocin acting as CEO. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Bitossi pottery.