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Marcello Fantoni early cubist vase, Italy 1950s Fully signed

Tim Keenan ceramic bowl, 2021.

Inspired by Mid-Century Modern design, this bowl is wheel thrown and hand pierced stoneware with satin glaze that breaks from blue to green to grey. Small holes are created when the ...

Glass green bowl. Made in Poland. Very good condition, no damage. Dimensions: height 6.5 cm / diameter 22.5 cm.

Realised circa 1970 Elegant stoneware ceramic bowl Blue and green ceramic glazed colors Original perfect conditions Measures: Height 6cm, large 12cm.

Rare and lovely opalescent art glass bowl by Orrefors / Made in Sweden, circa 1960s Engraved and numbered "Orrefors Pu 3070/2" on base Measures: width 3.75 inches, depth 2.75 inches,...

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

A stylish and scarce early Art Deco Poole art pottery bowl with integral stand made by Carter Stabler Adams and dating from around 1920, The earth...

Mid-century ceramic bowl made around 1960. with some nice blue color and a abstract drawing in the middle.

A beautiful ceramic serving bowl, dish or vide-poche wrapped and bound in a reddish brown stained leather, made in Italy, circa late 1950s-early 1960s, in the style of Marcello Fantoni. Featuring a wonderful artistic design of fishes. Would be perfect for serving nuts or other little bar snacks...

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...

Heavy metal bowl, 5.5 lbs. Structurally sound. Measures: 10.25 x 3.25 inches.