Plate of Salvatore Meli, Self Portrait, Italy, 1960

"I was born in Budapest, I live in Budapest, I work in Budapest. I like to exhibit everywhere, this is the best game of my life'. I work with the traditional disc, so I knead and ...

The girl's gentle features, while knowing nothing about her, convey a sense of familiar empathy.   

Portrait of a child with a hypnotic gaze. The signature of the work's author is not legible, but to assess its value, one need only stare.

Guido Borgianni was born in New York on June 11, 1915, to Florentine Roberto Borgianni, a leather merchant, and Sara Herreshoff, who belonged to one of the wealthiest families in the United States and became a legend in the construction of the racing boats that also participated in and won the America's Cup. Guido was not even a year old when, once his parents' marriage had foundered, his father brought him back to Florence. Of Guido Borgianni's extraordinary gifts as a draftsman and painter, Galileo Chini, his neighbor, noticed, and he worked to see that talent refined. Thus Borgianni attended the Academy of Fine Arts under Felice Carena, a strict teacher but one who knew how to appreciate the qualities of his pupils. In the first part of his life he signed his works in black. Then, when he became a pointillist, he began to use red. Among his great admirers were Alessandro Parronchi and Oskar Kokoschka, who was captivated by Borgianni's paintings during his Florentine stay in 1949. Soffici, Saetti, Malaparte, Montale, Pratolini, and Cesare Zavattini, the screenwriter of Vittorio De Sica and Italian neorealism, all liked him very much, finding him "as beautiful as a Corot." In 1946 he exhibited at the Quadriennale in Rome. After his marriage to Simonetta Avila in 1954, his activities were enlivened by travel: in 1955 to Venice, in 1957 to Paris, from 1958 to 1962 around Italy, in 1964 to Spain, in 1971 to New York and Barbados Islands. In 1950 he was awarded a prize at the Mostra Nazionale del Fiorino in Florence, and in 1956 he was appointed Academician of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence. In 1957 he was awarded First Prize at the Portrait Exhibition at Dante's House in Florence. Upon his death, deep condolences were expressed by the president of the Florence City...

Copy made in the early 19th century of the famous painting by Nicolas Fouché Troyes 1653 - 1733 Paris exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest   

The sconces and chandeliers were located in the hall of a big hotel on the Amalfi Coast. Each individual sconce is composed by 29 large leaves in...

De Simone ceramic plate, Italy, 1970s, measure diameter 44 cm. The brand was born in the 1960s from the creative flair of the Palermo nobleman Giovanni De Simone and soon established...

Italian Ceramics signed Laura Faenza , set of the 12 zodiac signs wall decoration 1960's Each is about 30 cm x 20 cm (each with hooks to fix on wall) Very nice condition (a few chi...

Pair of Italian ceramic plates with painted men.

Set of 4 faux marble printed plates from the 1980's. Manufactured by Ancora, these were samples, never used and have holes for wall mounting as well. 1980's Italy.

Delightful small hexagonal ceramic plate by DeSimone of Italy Creatively decorated with a hand painted woman in a grape hat and edged with a sea green stippled rim Circa 1960's Signe...

A Pair of 19th Century Vienna Hand Painted Porcelain Portrait Plates Depicting Two Renaissance Women Austria, Circa 1890 Unmarke...