Wood Grouse, Ceramic, Italy 1930s Lenci Felice Tosalli

Pair of parade plates in ceramic decorated with grotesques and medallions on the brim. In the biblical scene cable.

Specchio con doppia anta con chiusura a battente in legno laccato e decori. Buone condizioni.

Decorated white porcelain tea service. Paintings are attributed to Giò Ponti, director and designer of Richard Ginori at the time. Manufacturing brand under the base. Teas service made of teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug, 12 small plates...

Glazed ceramic vase with relief decoration at the base. Maker's brand under the base.

Cabinet with hinged doors and exposed drawers; lacquered wood and chromed aluminum coating.

Pair of carved corner pilasters holding a porcelain collection; supported by three carved feet, they develop on the entire surface a carving with leafy curls and flowers that act as ...

Lenci “Avvocatino” ceramic, 1930, Italy.

Lenci.

Lenci elephant couple ceramic, 1950, Italy.

Lenci Skier ceramic 1940 Italy.

LENCI “Donna Sarda”Ceramic 1940 Italy

In 1919, Helen Konig and her husband Enrico Scavini, founded in Turin, Italy, a small artisan factory of wooden toys and doll furniture. After a few months of activity, they put into production a series of felt dolls that were soon a great commercial success and the company "Lenci" hired hundreds of employees. In 1925 the company participates with its dolls at the Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris where it wins three Grand Prix, seven diplomas of honor, six gold medals and three silver ones. Around 1928, "Lenci" decided to undertake the production of ceramics and in the same year he presented his first creations at the International Exhibition of Turin, immediately gaining great success and the praise of Giò Ponti. Although the production is centered on multiples, made by casting but always individually decorated, thanks to the collaboration of about twenty great artists the creations of "Lenci" cross the boundaries of craftsmanship to achieve plastic and chromatic results of art sculpture. Production ceased permanently in 1964, but Lenci is still present in the Italian houses as part of the present that remembers a wonderful past, made of Sunday lunches and grandparents. Here this wonderful example of "Abyssinian Mother" designed by Abele Jacopi...