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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

A set made in Italy by the historic ceramic and porcelain company Richard Ginori, founded in Tuscany in Sesto Fiorentino in 1896, and currently owned by the luxury brand Gucci (Kerin...

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...

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, ...

This fine and elegant covered cup in Baroque style, is a piece hand made by the well known Italian factory Richard Ginori in Doccia. The set is composed by two pieces: the cup and th...

A pair of silver-plated alpacca vessels designed by Gio Ponti for Fratelli Calderoni, comprising a footed covered sugar bowl and creamer with hinged lid. Both pieces rest on pedesta...