Giovanni Gariboldi Sculptures

"Crouching Deer" fawn green sculpture figure designed by Giovanni Gariboldi (1908 - 1971) Richard Ginori - San Cristoforo, Italy, 1940s. Cast ceramic sculpture with marbled green g...

GIOVANNI GARIBOLDI - RICHARD GINORI - Ceramic horse from the 1940s. Mark on the underside of the base: SAN CRISTOFORO - RICHARD GINORI, along with a graphic symbol. Published in the...

GIOVANNI GARIBOLDI - Richard GINORI - SAN CRISTOFORO. Polychrome CERAMICS from the 1940s - Original mark and graphic symbol with the signature of the artist, GIOVANNI GARIBOLDI.

In the 1920s Gio Ponti, who defined 20th century Italian design, was the art director of Richard-Ginori, a venerable porcelain company established in the 18th century. When Ponti moved on in 1930, his protégé Giovanni Gariboldi, who also designed furniture and interiors, filled the vacated position. It would seem that Gariboldi found his model for these shell-shaped dishes in nature, but this is not the case. Rather, he channeled the essence of “shellness," and endowed his design with the faux verisimilitude of delicate ribbing along the scalloped edge. Yet he had them glazed in improbable candy-like pastel colors of pink, yellow, and blue. Originally used principally as ashtrays, no doubt, they could also be put to use as serving dishes for nuts and candies, or as decorative tabletop objects...

John GARIBOLDI • Richard GINORI - San CRISTOFORO CERAMICS: 1940s IN PERFECT CONDITION.

Super decorative extra large electric insulator TOTEM designed by Giovanni Gariboldi and manufactured by Richard Ginori, Italy 1950. This insulator...