Italian Ceramic Vase or Bottle by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor

Italian ceramic vase for Raymor, most likely by Fantoni considering the amount of design work he did for Raymor and a faint trace of his signature on the base. Pale watery blue and...

An iconic bottle form by the French ceramic artists Jacques and Dani Ruelland. An aubergine glaze. Signature is obscured by the glaze. Literature: Pierre Staudenmeyer, La Ce´ramiq...

An iconic bottle form by the French ceramic artists Jacques and Dani Ruelland. A pale mauve glaze. Signed. Literature: Pierre Staudenmeyer, La Ce´ramique Francaise des Anne´es 50, P...

An iconic bottle form by the French ceramic artists Jacques and Dani Ruelland. A pale gray body with a shadow of a stripe with cream white band and then shifting to the palest of gra...

Jacques Blin French ceramic artist white ceramic vase, pitcher or sculpture reminiscent of a bird. Similar ceramic piece pictured on p 32 of Jacques Blin, Cerami...

Black and gray iconic mottled glaze vase by Carlo Zauli. The black potion of the glaze is composed of both matte and glossy glaze. The vase, the archetype of every ceramist, is c...

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...

Monumental ceramic vase by Marcello Fantoni signed and numbered for Raymor ,tall and fluted at crème top with black glaze dripping down over a ...

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

A fantastic studio vase by Marcello Fantoni, Italian, (born 1915).

Italian artist Marcello Fantoni cylindrical ceramic bottle vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1960s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a person...

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