Set of Three Unique Pieces Hand Painted Sicilian Terracotta Decorative Spheres

Three spheres made in Sicily, in the small town of Caltagirone, world famous for handcrafted ceramics. They are especially made for our store and are unique pieces. Measures: Diamete...

Three Sicilian vases named Alberello totally hand painted made exclusively for our shop. They are unique pieces signed on the bottom Antiques fuori le mura. It's a revisiting of antique pharmacy vases...

Three hand painted terracotta vases made in caltagirone, small town in Sicily famous for hand crafted ceramics, they are unique pieces especially made for our shop and signed on the ...

Three terracotta vases made in Sicily, they are unique pieces especially made for our shop and signed on the bottom. In the past, the Albarello vase was made to contain medical herbs, they are hand painted with an Art Deco decoration...

A set of three ceramic pieces designed and manufactured in Sesto Fiorentino by Italo Casini. This set exudes timeless elegance and artistic flair. The black, blue, and gold set compr...

The 1970s pair of hand-painted ceramic vases by Ceramique de Bruxelles is a stunning example of mid-century modern design. Ceramique de Bruxelles was a Belgian ceramics...

Decorate a kitchen counter or shelf with this colorful set of antique canisters. Created in France circa 1950 and octagonal in shape, the hand painted...

Signed and dated 1928, this exceptional Tuscan urn is hand painted with art nouveau figures, birds and motifs on three sides and on the other inscribed in L...

Vintage Vietri Hand-painted Topiary Decorative Plates, Made in Italy, Set of 4 Offered for sale is a set of four ceramic mid-century hand-painted topiary theme wall hanging plates...

19th Century Spanish set of three hand-painted framed tiles. With musical instrument themes Measurement with frame: 51x19x3cm

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Three delightful and colorful round ceramic wall plates; they were created completely by hand between 1965 and 1968 by a small artisan workshop in Deruta (Perugia, Italy) respecting ancient traditions and raw materials; clay, enamel, colors, water, fire and the hands of the artist: these are the simple elements that lead to the creation of a ceramic article; on the back they have two holes so they can be hung on the wall; they represent characters in Renaissance clothing, each in a different pose: the first is a swordsman who wields a special weapon of the time the "side sword" with S-shaped guard and a dagger with guard very elaborate, useful to trap the blade of the opponent; the "spada da lato" (side sword) is that elegant and handy sword that, from the second half of the fifteenth century and throughout the sixteenth century, is worn on the belt by nobles or rich, a weapon designed for self-defense or to be used in a duel; In fact the second plate represents just a duel in which the two contenders always use "swords side", the one on the left also has a small shield and the one on the right wields an effective and perfidiously fast double-edged dagger; In the third plate is painted a "naccarino" who plays a cylindrical drum (similar to those spread by the Lanzichenecchi from the fifteenth-sixteenth century) held on the side and beaten with two sticks, the "naccarini" were players of small instruments whose presence was required every time you had to give particular solemnity to a public event. We don't know why the people of Deruta began to work the terracotta and to produce vases and manufactured articles in ceramics but we know with all certainty that already in the Middle Ages the city was known for the production of ceramics of high quality, the first written sources make to date the ceramics of Deruta (Perugia) to 1282. In the Renaissance, they were active to Deruta more than fifty furnaces with which they collaborated artists like the Perugino, the Pinturicchio, and Luca Signorelli. The mastery of the artisans and artists of Deruta ceramics...

Wonderful set of handapainted ceramic starter plates Pomegranate shaped these items are made in Italy and will bring a tropical touch on your table.