A Set of Eight Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Musicalia Coasters

Piero Fornasetti set of six strumenti musicali plates 1950s-1960s. The plates each depict a different selection of stringed instruments including guitars and lutes on a faux bois...

Piero Fornasetti Complete Set of Eight Ceramic Coasters, Il Mondo Alla Rovecia Pattern, (“The topsy-turvy world”), After opera by Antonio Salieri, 1950-60s The set of whimsical pottery barware pottery coasters represent different scenes from an Opera, Il Mondo Alla Rovecia with the roles of each character reversed. There is the bottom section of the gold cardboard box. Dimensions: 4 1/8 inches diameter x 1 1/8 inches high (10.48cm diameter) With Antonio Salieri’s star on the wane, Il mondo alla rovescia (“The topsy-turvy world”) was coolly received by the Viennese in January 1795 and quickly fell into near-oblivion for over two centuries. It is an amusing comedy from an experienced master of opera buffa. The mildly risqué action is set on a mythical island where women, Amazon-like, rule the roost and men are reduced to drooling subservience. The status quo is challenged with the arrival of two shipwrecked aristocrats, a Count and a Marquise, and a European vessel intent on their rescue – although, in keeping with contemporary taste. F Murray...

Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Coasters with Hearts and Sayings about Love, With Original Red Box, 1950s-early 60s. Each of the eight coasters has a central white heart on a gold ground. ...

Piero Fornasetti Capricorn Zodiaci Porcelain Plate, Made for Crinos, #9 in Series, Titled "Gli Zodiaci Farmacopei", The Zodiac Pharmacopoeia. 1960...

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Piero Fornasetti set of eight Monkeys ceramic coasters, From the "Ne sont tous chevaliers qui sur cheval montent" series Italy 1950s Original box.

Set of seven black and white Fornasetti coasters featuring a snail, piggy bank, dog, hen, turtle, duck, and an ant.

Fornasetti Milano "Musicalia" Gilt Coasters Set of 4, Italy for Bonwit Teller Offered for sale is a set of four Mid-century Modern Fornasetti Milano "Musicalia" coasters made in Ita...