Giovanni Gariboldi Serving Pieces

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...

Ceramic vase designed by Giovanni Gariboldi in the 1930's for Richard Ginori, San Cristoforo, Italy. Bulbous white ceramic vase with a small opening and gold gilding. Richard - Gino...

Serving set of covered sugar bowl, creamer, and small syrup pitcher or ewer was made by Dixon Art Studio in 22k Weeping Gold technique. Weeping Gold proc...

Preowned grand baroque silverplate wallace creamer and sugar bowl Grande Baroque. silverplate sugar and creamer set by Wallace. Made between 1900-1940.Crafted from high-quality silve...

Beautiful Tea service, deisgner Giovanni Gariboldi and produced by Richard Ginori. Composedof 6 cups with saucer, 1 teapot, 1 sugar bowl and 1 milk jug. Ceramic material colored in l...

Vintage Croatian shepherd hand carved olive wood sculpture creamer and sugar bowl set. Solid olive wood, with gracefully curved handles and tradition...

Fantastic modernist cream and sugar bowl designed by Vivanna Torun for Dansk Designs. Great sculptural design. Silver plated and hard to find acce...

These sugar bowls are a little collection of interesting Italian porcelain pieces coming from the historical Richard Ginori factory, Doccia, Italy One of them, has the tulip decor, ...

Beautiful Danish modern umber, warm caramel and milky white glass sugar bowl and creamer set. Designed by Michael Bang for Danish Holmegaard...

Midcentury Ceramic Plate realized by Richard Ginori manufacture in Italy in the mid-20th Century. Marked on rear. Very good condition.

This fine and elegant sugar bowl in neoclassical style is a piece handmade by the well known Italian factory Richard Ginori in Doccia. The set is composed by three pieces: the sugar ...

Exquisite Richard Ginori Italian porcelain cup and saucer, hand-painted with delicate floral motifs. A timeless example of Ginori’s craftsmanship, blending elegance and heritage from...