Mid-Century Modern Rare Fantoni Raymor Ceramic Horse Table Sculpture Italy 1950s

For your consideration is an outstanding, small, glossy ceramic bowl, made in Italy, by Fausto Melotti with his insignia, circa 1956. In excellent condition. The dimensions are 5.5" ...

For your consideration is a beautiful, ceramic small bowl, made in Sweden, signed on the base by Berndt Friberg, circa the 1960s. In excellent condition. The dimensions are 6.5" Diam...

For your consideration is a stunning, slim, ceramic vase, with a gray hare's fur glaze, made in Sweden, signed on the base by Berndt Friberg, circa the 1960s. In excellent condition....

For your consideration is a gorgeous, ceramic vase, with a gray hare's glaze, made in Sweden, signed on the base by Berndt Friberg, circa the 1960s. In excellent condition. The dimen...

For your consideration is a regal looking, ceramic monkey table sculpture, made in Italy in the 1960s. In excellent vintage condition. The dimensions are 8.5" W x 6" D x 14.5" H.  

For your consideration is an ornate magazine rack, made of brass, with two smoked glass panels and an opal handle, by Lacca for Fontana Arte, circa the 1950s. In good vintage conditi...

Marcello Fantoni Ceramic wall plaque, Depicting a Knight on a horse. Signed Fantoni. Italy 1950s

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...

Marcello Fantoni Unusual Modernist Ceramic Wall Plate, Italy 1950s

A superb Fantoni decanter with its original stopper, fully signed on the base and superbly decorated with 1 flute playing satyr and 2 dancing satyrs on a mottled purple background. T...

1950s Aldo Londi Ceramic Bitossi pendant lamp for Italian Raymor. This rare and sculptural Italian ceramic lamp is executed with multi colored glazed horizontal stripes and geometric circular perforations. Only one available in this coloration. Another similar lamps...

Marcello Fantoni for Raymor ceramic shelf hanging person. Glazed Ceramic. Cat pictured sold separately.