Marcello Fantoni Early Ceramic Vase

A charming ceramic vase by C.A.S. Vietri, Italy, ca'1950's.

A charming ceramic pot by Weller, signed on the bottom, with handles. Beautiful decoration and yellow glaze.

A pair of unusual lamps by Marcello Fantoni, circa 1960s. Signed on the bottom. Original walnut bases. The lamps are large scale-48"H to the top of the original shades. Ceramic base...

Unusual and charming fish vessel ca' 1950's.

Table lamp by Marcello Fantoni. Heavily textured lava glaze with light blue, light green, and cream colors. Overall Dimensions 24” tall 15” wide Ceramic Portion 13” tall 6” wide ...

Two classic Alvino Bagni for Raymor circa 1960s jug form vases. One is blue-green, the other is yellow-orange-green. Over 12" high these are very substantial and heavy! Can be sold i...

Monumental ceramic vase by Marcello Fantoni signed and numbered for Raymor ,tall and fluted at crème top with black glaze dripping down over a ...

Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) sculptor, ceramicist, metalworker, multi-media artist and designer Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni began studying ceramic art at age 12 at the Art Institute of Florence with ceramicist Carlo Guerrini, artistic director of the famed Cantagalli Factory. He continued years of training in ceramics and the arts, including sculpture with Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti, and figurative art with Gianni Vagnetti, graduating as a maestro of art in 1934. After a stint as art director for a ceramics factory in Perugia, in 1936 he opened the Fantoni Ceramic Studio in Florence. Here he produced ceramic series as well as unique pieces, sculptures and furnishings. In 1937 Fantoni’s pieces were exhibited in the Florence National Arts and Crafts Exhibit where their unique combination of rustic forms decorated with African and marine motifs and painted figures garnered considerable acclaim. By the start of World War II Fantoni’s melding of ancient Italian pottery techniques with decidedly Modernist elements had won him artistic and commercial success both in Italy and abroad. Having participated in the resistance, after the War Fantoni worked for the 500-year old Maiolica factory in Deruta, Umbria, renowned for its signature tin-glazed pottery. In the 1950s he refocused on his Florence studio, dedicating himself to larger sculptural pieces...

Tall slender vase by Marcello Fantoni with applied enamel and various geometric shapes and colors, early factory mark, Italy.

A cylindrical vase by Marcello Fantoni. It is ceramic partially enveloped in leather. The leather creates a reveal for a stylish woman to appear looking out directly at the viewer....

Fantoni Monumental vase, Italy, 1959. Glazed earthenware Glazed signature and date to underside: [Fantoni 1959].  

Italian artist Marcello Fantoni ceramic vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1970s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a personal friend of Marcel...