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Bitossi Furniture

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
Fish Plate by Aldo Londi
By Bitossi
Located in Milan, IT
This striking decorative plate in white clay was designed by Aldo Londi in 1959 and is part of a limited edition of 199 pieces. The decorations on the top of the plate are a multitud...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bitossi Furniture

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Ceramic

Midcentury Aldo Londi Blue Ceramic Italian Centerpiece for Bitossi, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Roma, IT
Midcentury round blue and brown ceramic centrepiece. Aldo Londi designed this fantastic piece in Italy during the 1960s for Bitossi. This fantastic item is magnificent because the...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Furniture

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Ceramic

1980s Postmodern White Ceramic Pitcher by Marco Zanini for Bitossi
By Bitossi, Marco Zanini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning postmodern ceramic pitcher from the Hollywood collection designed by Marco Zanini for Flavia Montelupo/Bitossi. The white body, rounded pink handle...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Bitossi Furniture

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Ceramic

1980s Postmodern Ceramic Tea or Coffee Pot by Marco Zanini for Bitossi
By Bitossi, Marco Zanini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning postmodern ceramic tea or coffee pot from the Hollywood collection designed by Marco Zanini for Flavia Montelupo/Bitossi. White body, rounded pink handle, and stacked teal top...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Bitossi Furniture

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Ceramic

60s Italian Modern Aldo Londi Ashtray & Cigarette Holder by Bitossi Raymor
By Raymor, Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderful combo of Ashtray and Cigarette Holder designed by Aldo Londi and produced by Bitossi for the retailer/importer Raymor.  The hand painted and decorated portion of the pieces...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

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Ceramic, Pottery

Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Blue, Green, White Stripes, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, blue, green, white stripes, signed. Small scale colorful lidded box decorated with a tight hard edge pattern of blue, green and white stripes...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

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Ceramic

Aldo Londi for Bitossi Green Glazed Textural Hallmarked Ceramic Italian Vintage
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in North Miami, FL
This unusual and rare vintage Italian Aldo Londi for Bitossi ceramic is of a woman. We have called it the lady in the car or house. The glazed green has incised textural raised desig...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Fan-14 Gray Bowl by Formafantasma
By Bitossi, Formafantasma
Located in Milan, IT
Defined by unadorned sophistication, this exquisite ceramic bowl is brimming with contemporary allure delving into the most authentic nature of forms and materials. The cylindrical s...
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2010s Italian Bitossi Furniture

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Ceramic

Bitossi Raymor Postmodern Catch-it-all Ceramic Bowl in Glossy Finish
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in San Diego, CA
Versatile catch-it-all ceramic bowl made in Italy, circa 1980's black glossy finish with green decorative lines, great condition no chips or cracks signed Italy at the bottom.
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bitossi Furniture

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Ceramic

Tall Aldo Londi for Bitossi Patchwork Vase
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Garnerville, NY
Tall and elegant geometric patchwork decorated vase in black, gray, white and yellow glazes. Fully signed on bottom, B 105, Italy (Italy). Aldo Londi for Bitossi, circa 1950-1960. Go...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

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Ceramic, Pottery

Fan-10 White Bowl by Formafantasma
By Formafantasma, Bitossi
Located in Milan, IT
Matching contemporary taste for unadorned elegance, this cylindrical bowl by duo Formafantasma in matte white ceramic was showcased at the 2019 Milan Design...
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2010s Italian Modern Bitossi Furniture

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Ceramic

Bitossi Aldo Londi purple ram Italy, circa 1968
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A small Aldo Londi designed ram for Bitossi with a frothy purple glaze over a manganese brown gloss body. Unmarked.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Pottery

Bitossi Bowl, Ceramic, White, Gold Spikes, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi bowl, white ceramic, gold spikes, signed. Hard to find medium scale bowl, glazed in white with applied gold spikes. Signed on the underside: 95/269 ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Bitossi for Raymor Chunky and Oversized Ashtray/ Cachepot
By Bitossi, Raymor
Located in East Hampton, NY
Wonderful rich blue base and grayish white top glazed ceramic ashtray. So many beautiful details to this large round bowl.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Bitossi for Raymor Box, Ceramic, Fused Glass, White, Orange, Blue, Signed
By Bitossi, Raymor
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Raymor Box, ceramic and fused glass, white, orange and blue, signed. Small scale white glazed box with a lid decorated in an abstract pattern of...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Navy Blue, Green, White, Plaid
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter box, ceramic, navy blue, green, and white, plaid. Small scale lidded ceramic box with navy, white and green glazed top and white glazed bottom. Tiny glaze miss on edge of one side of the lid. Minute wear to inner box (photo 12) and two old touch-ups to corners of the bottom box. Remnants of a paper Rosenthal...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Bitossi Bowl, Ceramic and Fused Glass, White, Red, and Blue, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi bowl, ceramic and fused glass, white, red and blue, signed. Medium scale white glazed rectangular low bowl with fused glass mosaic interior pattern of light and dark blues, r...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Bitossi Ceramic Lamps Gold Glaze, Italy, 1970
By Bergboms, Bitossi
Located in Bronx, NY
Bitossi lamps Italy, 1970 gold glaze, extremely elegant, these were produced by Bitossi the Italian ceramic manufacturer in the early 1970s as a limited edition made for the Swedish ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Furniture

Bitossi Raymor Box, Ceramic, Metallic Chrome Silver, Black, Iridescent, Signed
By Bitossi, Raymor
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Raymor box, ceramic, metallic chrome silver and black, signed. Small scale lidded box with a top glazed in metallic chrome silver and black. The...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

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 Furniture

Materials

Pottery

Bitossi Gold and Off-White Glazed Table Lamps, 1960s
By Bitossi, Bergboms
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pair of matte gold glazed ceramic lamps with a "birch tree" off-white glazed center. Marked, see picture. Height, without shade: 45 cm Height, including shade: 60 cm Diameter, ...
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1960s Italian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Bitossi Gold and Off White Glazed Lamps
By Bergboms, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Pair of matte gold glazed ceramic lamps with a "birch tree" off white glazed center. Rewired for use in the USA. Brass necks and hardware.
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20th Century Italian Scandinavian Modern Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Brass

Bitossi Studio Pottery Ashtray
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stoneware ashtray with lava glaze by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, c.1960s, Italy. The ashtray features a geometric pattern on the center of the ashtray in blue, yellow and red tones. Mar...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Stoneware

Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Brown, White, Ridges, Signed
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter box, ceramic, brown, white, ridges, signed. Small scale lidded box glazed in matte chocolate brown and white with deep ridges. ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bitossi Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

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Aldo Londi for Bitossi Lava Ceramic Centerpiece, Italy 1960s
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Bitossi Arabesque Ceramic Vase by Aldo Londi, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
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Bitossi Arabesque Ceramic Vase by Aldo Londi, Italy, 1960s
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Bitossi furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Bitossi furniture 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 furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 604 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 32 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Bitossi were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Aldo Londi, Vico Magistretti, and Carlo Nason. Prices for Bitossi furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $166 and can go as high as $14,850, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,541.
Questions About Bitossi Furniture
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    No, 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024
    No, 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 13, 2024
    To 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024
    The 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.

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