San Marino/Ceramica di Milano/Bertoncello/Italian Studio Pottery/Ceramics

What a fabulous piece of 1950s Italian pottery - a small leaf-shaped trinket/bon-bon dish decorated with a stylish black and white design.  It's virtually impossible to pin these types of Italian pottery down to a particular factory - marked simply to the base with '507 ITALY'.  

SIZE:  Length  6in/15cm

CONDITION:  Lovely original undamaged condition.

I adore mid-20th century Italian pottery - especially the production from Ceramica di Milano and I think it's obvious why, they're so decorative.  We've sold various vases and pots from them over the years - always featuring charming illustrations of very pretty and typically 1960s girls - often surrounded by sponged borders in pastel colours (pale blue, lilac or pink usually).  This is quite a large pot - circular with a decorated lid with a pink border that would have been made to sit on a lady's dressing table - perhaps to hold loose powder and a puff or to put jewellery and small trinkets in.  It would make a charming and original gift.  Fully marked to the base.

SIZE:  Height:  6cm   Lid Diameter:  16cm

CONDITION:  Lovely original undamaged condition.

I adore mid-20th century Italian pottery - especially the production from Ceramica di Milano and I think it's obvious why, they're so decorative.  This little pot has an unusual shaped lid and would have been made to hold loose powder and a small powder puff on a lady's dressing table - probably as part of a set.  It would make a charming and original gift.  Fully marked to the base.

SIZE:  Height:  8.5cm   Base Diameter:  8cm

CONDITION:  As one would expect with items of this vintage, there are a few signs of use - mainly two chips (nicks?) to the edge of the lid but absolutely no damage elsewhere - the pot base is pristine.  Does not, in my opinion, detract from the decorative appeal and the damage can be position to the back out of view.  It has however been well reflected in the asking price.

I adore mid-20th century Italian pottery - especially the production from Ceramica di Milano and I think it's obvious why, they're so decorative.  This little pot (and I mean little - it's tiny) takes a slightly triangular form and would have been made to hold trinkets or keepsakes on a lady's dressing table - probably as part of a set.  It would make a charming and original gift.  Fully marked to the base.

SIZE:  Height:  3.5cm  

CONDITION:  As one would expect with items of this vintage, there are a few signs of use - mainly a tiny nick to the edge of the lid but no damage elsewhere - the pot base is pristine.  Does not, in my opinion, detract from the decorative appeal however it has been reflected in the asking price.

I adore mid-20th century Italian pottery - especially the production from Ceramica di Milano and I think it's obvious why, they're so decorative.  This vase is doubly brilliant - in both the shape and the decoration (isn't the girl in spectacles fabulous?).  Quite unusual this one I think.  Designed to hold two individual flower stems.  It would make a charming and unique gift.  Fully marked to the base.

SIZE:  Height:  16cm  

CONDITION:  As one would expect with items of this vintage, there are a few signs of use - mainly one chip to the inside edge of the lower branch which can be seen clearly in the extra photographs provided.  There is no damage at all elsewhere on the vase that I can see - the rim of the taller branch is blemish free.  It doesn't, in my opinion, detract from the highly unique and decorative appeal of this particular item, however it has been reflected in the asking price.

I adore mid-20th century Italian pottery - especially the production from Ceramica di Milano and I think it's obvious why.  We've sold various vases and pots from them over the years - always featuring charming illustrations of very pretty and typically 1960s girls - often surrounded by sponged grounds in pastel colours (pale blue, lilac or pink usually).  This is a rectangular shaped lidded pot decorated with a very unusual design of a dark-skinned girl with purple flowers and a pale blue sponged ground to the lid.  Made to sit on a lady's dressing table to put jewellery and small trinkets in.  It would make a charming and original gift.  Fully marked to the base.

SIZE:  Width x Length   8.5cm x  12cm 

CONDITION:  Lovely original undamaged condition.

I adore mid-20th century Italian pottery - especially this kind of production more usually associated with Ceramica di Milano (this is by Ceramica Lombarda).  We've sold various items from them over the years - always featuring charming illustrations of very pretty and typically 1960s girls - often surrounded by sponged grounds in pastel colours.  This is a large lidded pot decorated not only to the lid but more unusually with a different girl design around the outside of the base (these are more often than not left plain white).  Made to sit on a lady's dressing table to put jewellery and small trinkets in.  It would make a charming and original gift.  Fully marked to the base.

SIZE:  Height  6cm   Lid Diameter  12cm 

CONDITION:  Fabulous original undamaged condition.

This is a great piece of pottery - obviously Italian, from the 1960s and similar to the production from the Republic of San Marino although not from that region I suspect.  I haven't yet been able to pin this type of pottery down to a maker or region - sometimes it's mistaken for the work of Fantoni, some pieces have even had his 'signature' added at a later stage - however, that's merely wishful thinking at best - they're not by Fantoni.  This one takes a fabulously curvy form, is decorated with a groovy girl and the base is covered in a dark leather (a fairly customary feature for this type of pottery).  

SIZE:  Length  7.5in/19.5cm

CONDITION:  Good original/used condition - there are a few nibbles to the edge in places and the leather backing is rather scruffy however this has been reflected well in the asking price.