Arnaldo Pomodoro Dish - Italy Mid-20th Century

Italy, Early XX Century

Majolica plate with polychrome Raphaelesque decoration, featuring a large fruit vase in the center supported by a column with a cartouche and surrounded by mythological figures. The plate bears a handwritten date on the back placing it 1920 and two handwritten letters "G and P" likely the initials of the unidentified ceramist. Central Italy, Tuscany-Marche area.

Italy, 1980s-1990s

Piero Fornasetti plate for Rosenthal Themes and Variations number 27. Original box.

Germany, XX Century

A set of four Meissen porcelain plates with the "onion pattern". The "Zwiebelmuster" or "Onion Blue" commonly known to us as the "Onion Pattern" has become a symbol of the Meissen Manufactory over the centuries. It is painted in cobalt blue underglaze and depicts highly stylized flowers, trees, and fruit. The oldest piece made in Meissen with this pattern, inspired by a Chinese design from the Kangxi period, dates to 1739 and was painted directly by Hoeroldt. It features stylized peonies, Japanese peaches, asters, and pomegranates sinuously arranged around a bamboo stalk. Each of these elements has a specific meaning in Eastern symbolism. They represent: longevity (the bamboo), good fortune (the peony), cheerfulness (the aster), immortality (the peach), and fertility (the pomegranate).

Italy, 1990s

Piero Fornasetti plate, calendar series, year 1998. Ed. 226/750.

Europe, XVIII-XIX Century

A group of earthenware plates with a strong vitreous component. The rim is engraved with basket motifs and plant racemes.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Polychrome majolica plate depicting a fisherman reeling in a hooked fish. The scene is completed by a rock with trees and a lighthouse in the background. The plate features a slightly outlined rim that blends seamlessly into the landscape.

Denmark, XX Century

Group of twelve white porcelain plates with decorations in various shades of blue. The plates are from different years and the decorations feature different scenes. Manufacturer's mark under the base.

Italy, 1970s

Group of three Murano glass plates of different sizes with gold leaf inclusions. Under the base they bear the writing "Suzuki" to indicate the Milanese dealer "Suzuki Art Decoration".

Italy, Early XX Century

Pair of polychrome majolica plates. Noble portraits on the hollow, brim with alternating leaf decoration. Ochre plate edge. Underglaze manufacturer's mark on the back.

Southern Italy Late 18th Century

Polychrome majolica plate decorated with a geometric motif both on the rim and on the bowl.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Oval majolica tray with shaped edge and polychrome Raphaelesque decoration with foliage and fantastic animals. Two dragons facing each other frame the Florentine lily, taking up a motif that is also quite well known in Deruta majolica. The blue mark on the back of the plate traces it back to the Bonato di Angarano manufacture (Archive of ceramic marks letter B).

Italy, Late XVII Century

Majolica plate decorated with great heat in shades of blue.