1950s Vases

Signed Marcello Fantoni Italian glazed ceramic vase encased in Leather with Cubist warrior figure.

Gorgeous large ceramic vase in beautiful colors and glaze made by Italian Marcello Fantoni, Florence, Italy, during the 1960s. The vase is signed with his typical signature "Fantoni"...

Marcello Fantoni and Gian Paolo blown glass and fused metal vase, having an organic form executed in blueglass with cold painted metal accents.

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...

Tall yellow round vase by Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) – Florence, Italy Signed to the base Fantoni, dated 1972. Provenance: sourced directly from the Fantoni family

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....

Italian ceramic vase by Marcello Fantoni. Green and mustard glaze on bulbous form.

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

Italian artist Marcello Fantoni's Small Ceramic Vases are being offered as a collection. These pieces were acquired directly from the artist by the...

The vintage ceramic jug vase by Marcello Fantoni from the 1960s is an exceptional and artistic piece that exemplifies the mastery of Italian cerami...

By Marcello Fantoni, a beautiful vase with two figures outlined in rough fat lava with sgraffito and filled with glossy, multicolored glazes.

Glazed ceramic vase.