1950s Ceramics

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

San Polo Italian ceramic decorative wall plate, 1950s.

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 empty Pockets/ wall plate luster - worked ceramic 1950 Italy.

Hand painted Naif fish design terracotta wall plate Beautiful mid-20th century terracotta plate with hand painted naif fish decoration....

Fantastic coloring in the drip glaze, lively vibrant yellows and greens. Vase is terracotta and approx. 11 inches x 6.25 x 6. In excellent original condition. Beautiful addition to a...

Italian modern vase created by Marcello Fantoni, circa 1960's. Vase measures 10.5" by 4" and is signed Fantoni, Italy on the bottom. In very good vintage 1960's condition.

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 ...

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...

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