Ceramic Owl by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, Italy, 1960's
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic owl by Aldo Londi as part of the Blue Rimini collection for Bitossi, Italy, 1960's.
Ceramic
Bitossi Rimini Blue Ceramic Owl Sculpture by Aldo Londi, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Bitossi Ceramic Sculpture by Aldo Londi, Rimini Blu, Italy, 1960s An exceptional Mid-Century Italian ceramic sculpture by Bitossi, designed by Aldo Londi in the 1960s. This rare piec...
Ceramic
Italian “Rimini Blue” Ceramic Owl Vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Rare large Italian “Rimini Blue” ceramic owl vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. In beautiful original condition.
Ceramic
Monumental Aldo Londi for Bitossi Mid Century Italian Ceramic Owl Vase
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Monumental Aldo Londi for Bitossi Mid Century Italian Ceramic Owl Vase. Bright blues and green color combination.
Ceramic
Grouping of Five Italian Ceramic Owls by Ado Londi for Bitossi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1960’s Rare grouping of five Italian “ Rimini Blue” ceramic owls by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. They are in beautiful vintage condition.
Ceramic
$205 / item
Blu Owl Figurine by Aldo Londi
By Bitossi
Located in Milan, IT
A refined owl figurine from the Rimini Blu collection, shaped in refractory white clay with a pressed form. The surface is decorated with distinctive manually incised patterns using ...
Ceramic
MCM Bitossi Yellow Owl Vase & Candle Holder by Aldo Londi for Rosenthal Netter
By Aldo Londi, Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare pair of MCM Bitossi stoneware yellow owls by Aldo Londi for Rosenthal Netter, circa 1960s.
Stoneware
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Ceramic Mid-Century Silver Owl Sculpture, Italy, 1960s.
By Bitossi, Raymor, Guido Gambone, Aldo Londi
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful incised Mid-Century ceramic sculpture of an owl with amazing silver glaze. Designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, Italy, 1960s.
Ceramic, Earthenware
Mid-Century Italian Pottery Owl Sculpture by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1960s
By Aldo Londi
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Italian Pottery Owl Sculpture by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1960s, in Very Good conditions.
Ceramic
Unavailable
H 6.3 in Dm 6.3 in
Ceramic Owl Sculpture in Silver Glaze by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1960s Italy
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Noorderwijk, BE
A handmade ceramic owl designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi in the 1960s.
Ceramic
Two Owls from Rimini Blue Series
By Bitossi
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Two blue-enameled ceramics in the shape of owls from the Aldo Londi‘s “Rimini blue” series by Bitossi.
Ceramic
Sold
H 12.25 in W 5 in D 5 in
Bitossi Pottery Londi Rimini Yellow Owl Figure Candle Italian Raymor Ceramic
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Vintage Bitossi owl figure with rimini wings and borders on a yellow and orange ground, circa 1960's.
Pottery
Vintage Bitossi for Raymor Carved Owl Figure
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Vintage Bitossi pottery owl glazed to striking effect in platinum and gold luster.
Pottery
Set of Five Italian Ceramic Owls Candleholders by Bitossi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare set of five Italian ceramic owls by Aldo Londi for Bitossi imported by Rosenthal & Netter.
Ceramic
Italian Ceramic and Nickel Owl Table Lamp by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare Italian ceramic “Rimini Blue” owl table lamp designed in the 1960s by Aldo Londi for Bitossi.
Nickel
Set of Seven Italian Ceramic ‘Rimini Blue’ Owl Candle Holders by Bitossi
By Bitossi, Rosenthal Netter, Aldo Londi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spectacular collection of seven Italian ‘Rimini Blue’ ceramic owl candle holders and vases designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi in the 1960’s.
Ceramic
Rosenthal Netter Bitossi Pottery Owl Pillar Candle Holder by Raymor
By Raymor, Aldo Londi, Rosenthal Netter
Located in Topeka, KS
Iconic Mid-Century Modern Italian Bitossi pottery owl candleholder by Rosenthal Netter for Raymor.
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Yellow Owl
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
1960s yellow owl designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi.
Pottery
Bitossi Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Owl Sculpture
By Bitossi
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern blue ceramic stylized owl sculpture made by Bitossi in the mid-20th century.
Ceramic
Italian Ceramic Owl in the Style of Bitossi Raymor
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A bold and large Italian Ceramic Owl in the Style (and likely by) Bitossi / Raymor.
Ceramic
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Ceramic Owl Rosenthal Netter
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Aldo Londi for Bitossi yellow owl vase. Imported by Rosenthal Netter.
Ceramic
Set of Six Italian Ceramic Owls Candleholders by Bitossi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare set of six Italian ceramic owls by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, imported by Rosenthal & Netter. five of the owls are candleholder and one is a vase.
Ceramic
Owl from Rimini Blue Series, Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Roma, IT
Owl from Rimini Blue series is a beautiful ceramic decorative object, realized by Aldo Londi for Bitossi during the 1960s.
Ceramic
Sold
H 5.52 in W 3.35 in D 2.56 in
Rimini Blu Ceramic Owl by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Ceramics, Italy, c. 1960
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in London, GB
A very cute mid century ‘Rimini Blu’ ceramic owl by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Ceramics, made in Italy, c. 1960.
Ceramic
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Pottery Owl
By Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
1960s Aldo Londi for Bitossi blue pottery owl distributed by Rosenthal Netter.
Pottery
Vintage Flavia Montelupo Rimini Unglazed Ceramic Owl Italy
By Flavia Montelupo, Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in San Diego, CA
This vintage Flavia Montelupo Ceramic owl is a beautiful addition to any collection. Made in Italy by Aldo Londi (Bitossi), this unglazed figurine showcases the intricate details of ...
Ceramic
Bitossi Ceramic Owl by Aldo Londi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Bastrop, TX
The famed Italian ceramics company, Bitossi embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramich...
Ceramic
Pair of Owls and Plate by Bitossi for Raymor
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a pair of gold ceramic owls with a matching plate. They were designed by Bitossi for Raymor in the 1960's, Made in Italy.
Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi Yellow Owl, Italy, circa 1965
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A striking yellow owl designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi in the mid-1960s.
Pottery
Bitossi Aldo Londi Yellow Owl Italy, circa 1968
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
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.
Pottery
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.
Pottery
Bitossi 'Rimini Blue' Owl, Aldo Londi, Italy, circa 1965
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
An Aldo Londi designed Rimini blue owl with its head turned to the left and large dark blue eyes surrounded by green sgraffito lines, circa 1965.
Pottery
Bitossi Large Yellow Votif Owl, Aldo Londi, Italy, circa 1965
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large Aldo Londi designed yellow owl votif, circa 1965.
Pottery
Ceramic Owl by Aldo Londi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Madrid, Madrid
A Blue-enameled ceramic in the shape of an owl from the Bitossi's "Rimini blue" serie's by Aldo Londi.
Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi Owl Italy, circa 1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large Aldo Londi designed Owl ['Gufo'] slip-cast vase, designed in 1963 with mottled glazes, impressed star motifs and dots and scraffito lines. The base with a Rosenthal-Netter pa...
Pottery
Bitossi Aldo Londi Owl, Italy, circa 1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large Aldo Londi designed owl ['Gufo'] slip-cast vase, designed in 1963 with mottled glazes, impressed star motifs and dots and scraffito lines. The base with a Rosenthal-Netter pa...
Pottery
Glazed ‘Owl’ Bitossi for Raymor Pottery Vase in Blue and Green
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in Houston, TX
Offered is a Mid-Century Modern Italian figural owl head on glazed ceramic body pottery vase by Bitossi for Raymor.
Clay, Paint
Bitossi Aldo Londi Blue Spagnolo Owl, Italy, circa 1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A brilliant bright blue owl with the impressed pattern from the Spagnolo series. In brilliant condition.
Pottery
Bitossi Londi Designed Red and Black Owl, Italy, circa 1968
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A bright glossy red and black glazed owl designed by Aldo Londi in brilliant condition.
Pottery
Aldo Londi Italian Ceramic Owl for Bitossi imported by Rosenthal and Netter
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Denver, CO
A hand-thrown ceramic owl (candle votive) designed by iconic Italian ceramicist Aldo Londi for Bitossi Ceramics, imported to the USA by Rosenthal and Netter in the 1950s.
Pottery
Vintage Mid Century Modern Italian Baldelli Ceramics Cat Coin Collector.
Located in Seattle, WA
Circa 1960s , this Coin collector has a Hand painted face and speckled mustard yellow glaze. Painted black on the bottom with Italy Mark. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pic...
Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blue Glazed Fish Sculpture Figurine, Italy, 1950s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful, decorative midcentury Rimini blue glazed fish sculpture. Designed by Aldo Londi, manufactured by Bitossi Ceramiche / Italy in the 1950s. Handcrafted with hand carved geo...
Ceramic, Stoneware, Terracotta
Mid-Century Bitossi Stambecchi by Aldo Londi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
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...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Owl Sculpture on Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage ceramic owl sculpture on stand with glass eyes.
Cast Stone
Lovely 1960s Bitossi Ceramic Lamp by Aldo Londi in Famous "Rimini Blue"
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in London, GB
A lovely 1960s Bitossi ceramic lamp by Aldo Londi in his famous "Rimini Blue" colour. Re wired with new brass fittings and PAT tested, with new bespoke shade.
Brass
Aldo Londi Terracotta Ceramic Rimini Blue Vase for Bitossi, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
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. This fantastic piece is wonderful th...
Ceramic, Terracotta
Aldo Londi for Raymor Rimini Blue Pottery Tripod Occasional Table, 1950s
By Bitossi, Rosenthal Netter, Aldo Londi
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Aldo Londi for Bitossi incised blue & green Tripod Side Table for Raymor. Featuring a handcrafted imprinted, lipped circular glazed ceramic surface with incised decorative accents, i...
Iron
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Orange and Matte Brown, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, orange and matte brown, signed. Small scale box having a raw clay lid hash mark incising and decorated with an orange glazed pill pattern. Signed on the undersi...
Ceramic
$455
H 10.63 in W 9.45 in D 4.34 in
Ceramic sculpture "Pavoncella" design Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1960 Rimini blue
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in taranto, IT
Ceramic sculpture "Pavoncella," from the RIMINI BLUE series, made by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, in a special glaze blue color, which gives the strong expressiveness of this collection....
Ceramic
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Geometric, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Geometric, Signed. Medium scale rounded vase with footed base, decorated with a gold diamond pattern over a Rimini blue glaze. Signed with illegibl...
Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic XL Vase, Italy 1960
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
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 ...
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
Hand carved wooden owl statue
Located in TILBURG, NL
Colorfull hand carved wooden owl. Handmade in Belgium by l'Eau Vive. The base/body is painted in shiny black with strong shiny blue and green in the face and wings, hatched with gold...
Wood, Paint
$1,950
H 2.25 in W 8 in D 4 in
Ceramic Box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, Orange with Gold Decoration, C 1960
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Decorative ceramic box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, circa 1960. Signed at the bottom, 79/11, Italy. Organic designs on the lid with gold decorations.
Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic XL Jug Vase
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unusual Mid-Century Modern blue glazed ceramic (Rimini Blu) large jug/ ball shaped pitcher, Italy, 1950-1960s. Designed by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi. Handcrafted in Ital...
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
$2,310 / set
H 10.04 in Dm 4.53 in
Bitossi Sahara Aldo Londi Cer Paoli Glazed Ceramic Vases, Italy, 1960s
By Bruno Paoli, Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of two Bitossi Aldo Londi for Cer Paoli Sahara range ceramic vases. Italy, 1960s. Ceramiche Paoli "Cer Paoli" was created at the end of the Second World War by Bruno Paoli. The C...
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
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 w...
Ceramic
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.
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.