Marcello Fantoni Tall Ceramic Vase

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Powder compact in silvered bronze with incised mother-of-pearl top. Signed.

Pair of rectangular low tables consisting of ten interlocking Lucite “puzzle” pieces. American, circa 1970.

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

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

Ceramic vase by Marcello Fantoni. Signed and with original label. Biography Marcello Fantoni was born in Florence on October 1, 1915. Growing up, he became passionate about art, and...

A ceramic vase designed and produced by Marcello Fantoni in 1983. Signed. Biography: Marcello Fantoni was born in Florence on October 1, 1915. Growing up, he became passionate about...

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...

Colourful ceramic dripping vase by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor Signed "Fantoni Italy for Raymor" and bearing the sticker Raymor.