Marcello Fantoni Platters and Serveware

Italian artist Marcello Fantoni ceramic vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1970s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a personal friend of Marcel...

International Silver Co "Early American" 4133 Oval Meat Cutlery Serving Platter. Item features a scalloped edge and original hallmark. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 1.5" H...

A massive tin glazed earthenware platter from the Deruta region of Italy. The plater depicts a bacchanalian scene and dates to the early part of the 20th Century. The platter is sign...

Mid-century Marcello Fantoni brutalist hammered metal torch cut bowl. Stamped twice "Fantoni Firenze, Italy," 1950s.

Mid-century Marcello Fantoni Brutalist hammered metal torch cut shallow bowl… Stamped twice “Fantoni Firenze Italy,” 1950s.

Marcello Fantoni bowl decorated with a still life of Italian vases Decorated with rich applied enamel, signed on the front lower right and on the ...

Fabulous survivor from 100 years ago in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Some crazing and a little discoloration. No chips or cracks.

A cylindrical vase by Marcello Fantoni. It is ceramic partially enveloped in leather. The leather creates a reveal for a stylish woman to appear looking out directly at the viewer....

Tall slender vase by Marcello Fantoni with applied enamel and various geometric shapes and colors, early factory mark, Italy.

Marcello Fantoni Unusual Modernist Ceramic Wall Plate, Italy 1950s

J & G Meakin Hanley England Richmond white round serving platter with floral patter. No mark on back.

Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) sculptor, ceramicist, metalworker, multi-media artist and designer Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni began studying ceramic art at age 12 at the Art Institute of Florence with ceramicist Carlo Guerrini, artistic director of the famed Cantagalli Factory. He continued years of training in ceramics and the arts, including sculpture with Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti, and figurative art with Gianni Vagnetti, graduating as a maestro of art in 1934. After a stint as art director for a ceramics factory in Perugia, in 1936 he opened the Fantoni Ceramic Studio in Florence. Here he produced ceramic series as well as unique pieces, sculptures and furnishings. In 1937 Fantoni’s pieces were exhibited in the Florence National Arts and Crafts Exhibit where their unique combination of rustic forms decorated with African and marine motifs and painted figures garnered considerable acclaim. By the start of World War II Fantoni’s melding of ancient Italian pottery techniques with decidedly Modernist elements had won him artistic and commercial success both in Italy and abroad. Having participated in the resistance, after the War Fantoni worked for the 500-year old Maiolica factory in Deruta, Umbria, renowned for its signature tin-glazed pottery. In the 1950s he refocused on his Florence studio, dedicating himself to larger sculptural pieces...