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His solid, deep-blue, four-meter-long ship has become part of modern glass history. His creations include Château, one of the best-selling ranges of handmade glasses over the years. 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This piece was made in Italy for Saks Fifth Avenue homewares department. 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Vintage, 1960’s, Mid-Century modern covered bowl designed by Aldo Londi while head of design at Bitossi Ceramiche; handcrafted for Rosenthal Netter.  The bowl features colored, carved stripes with a sloped and tapered lid with blue glaze accent at the top handle. The body has striped turquoise blue, navy blue, lime green, and ivory color glazes with a turquoise glazed interior. The exterior top of the lid and the lower portion of the bowl has the Bitossi crusty brown clay design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCirca 1964 - 1967\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStriped Décor Number 46\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaster ceramist Aldo Londi (1911-2003) spent the most of his long and successful career creating exceptional work for Italian ceramics manufactory Bitossi Ceramiche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMade in Italy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarked \"46\/5B, Italy\" on the underside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: Very good vintage condition with moderate chips at top lid handle and minor crack to the glaze on the underside of the lid. 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Like most found items that I offer for sale in my shop, there’s a great person and an extraordinary story behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRABIUSLA, a Swiss ceramics studio was founded by Ursula and Hermann Schneider in 1948.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of Ursula Schneider’s pieces are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Design Zurich and are available to view on its website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBreakfast plate 8” diameter – 1958 - 1978\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCeramics: stoneware, tin glaze, glaze painting (lead glaze)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent condition with no chips or cracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s an article you can read on the internet by Toni Schneider (no relation) titled “A childhood memory, revisited”. It’s an extraordinary story about this ceramic studio in post World War II Zurich Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping included within the Continental US. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Designs \u0026 Finds by Alice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40748557631570,"sku":"RABIUSLA","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0054\/6013\/1955\/files\/PhotoRoom-20230605_185258.png?v=1709139512"},{"product_id":"vintage-bitossi-ceramiche-pottery-1950s-1960s-aldo-londi-liberty-paisley-rimini-blu-bird-dove-mid-century-modern-pottery-rosenthal-netter-original-sticker-made-in-italy","title":"Vintage Bitossi Ceramiche Pottery 1950s – 1960s Aldo Londi Liberty Paisley Prezzemolo Rimini Blu Bird Dove Mid Century Modern Pottery Rosenthal Netter Original Sticker Made in Italy Collectible","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eThe “Blu” glazed “Liberty” paisley design was derived from imported Persian and Indian textiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eDesigned by Aldo Londi in 1957 for Bitossi Ceramiche and produced until 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eMaster ceramist Aldo Londi (1911-2003) spent the most of his long and successful career creating exceptional work for Italian ceramics manufactory Bitossi Ceramiche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eExamples of the Blue\/Green Liberty design can be viewed in Mark Hill’s book titled: Alla Moda Italian Ceramics of the 1950s – 70s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eApproximate Measurements:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eWidth: 9\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eDepth: 4.25\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 346.5pt;\"\u003eHeight: 6.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 346.5pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 346.5pt;\"\u003eMade in Italy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 346.5pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 346.5pt;\"\u003eCondition is excellent with its original Rosental Netter sticker still attached on the bottom that reads: \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCreated in Italy for Rosenthal-Netter Inc\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 346.5pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 346.5pt;\"\u003eImpressed ITALY on bottom and marked with the distinctive hand painted house code 69\/14 B.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 346.5pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 346.5pt;\"\u003eFree shipping within the Contintental US.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Designs \u0026 Finds by Alice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41325448626258,"sku":"BITDOVE","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0054\/6013\/1955\/files\/Photoroom-20250106_133409.png?v=1736368271"},{"product_id":"large-handmade-1960s-alvino-bagni-ashtray-bowl-italian-pottery","title":"Large Handmade 1960s Alvino Bagni Centerpiece Bowl Italian Pottery","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"_Hlk202719559\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eALVINO BAGNI (1919–2009) was born in 1919 in the quiet Tuscan hamlet of Lastra a Signa in the environs of Florence. His boyhood and adolescence were spent without his father, who, as a communist, had been exiled under Italian fascism. The young Bagni took an early interest in pottery, a regionally important industry. He studied the basics of drawing and clay modeling under the tutelage of local sculptor Torello Santini (1875–1946) and, with his referral, took a job in the workshop of Arnaldo Pugi’s ceramics factory in nearby Ponte a Signa. Bagni had a brief stint at Bitossi Ceramiche in nearby Montelupo, where famed ceramist Aldo Londi (1911–2003) took him under his wing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter the Second World War, Pugi helped Bagni finance the opening of a studio of his own in Lastra a Signa, BAGNI CERAMICHE. Several family members were employed there, including wife Gina. (She would continue to work alongside Bagni throughout his career.) An order for 3,500 elephant-head plates bearing the slogan “I like Ike,” manufactured for export during the 1952 US presidential race, got things rolling for the studio. It proved to be a prophetic commission: a large majority of Bagni’s work would be for the US market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDuring the '50s and '60s, Bagni established and nurtured pivotal collaborations with Bitossi and the import companies Rosenthal Netter and Raymor, the latter being a dominant American firm. Such alliances allowed Bagni to open a larger, better-equipped factory where he surrounded himself with highly skilled artists—Enzo Borgini, M. Mannori, Remo Buti, and Michelangelo Santonocito, among them. Bagni produced a stunning variety of designs for Raymor, including some highly individualistic studio pieces. The latter perhaps represent the very best of his work—featuring stripes, geometric patterns, and bold lava-type glazes. Bagni was always experimenting, and he produced some truly radical glaze and color combinations. A case in point is the Sea Garden décor, an unusual mix of turquoise, blue, green, yellow, browns, and blacks. Bagni often incorporated rings or other small metal pieces within his ceramic designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBy 1980, BAGNI CERAMICHE had nearly 100 employees and was internationally renowned for high-quality, artistic productions as well as its innovative methods. As the world increasingly opened up to global competition, however, the company found itself in financial straits. Married as it was to an \"artisanal\" approach, it struggled to withstand the downward pressure on prices. Despite Bagni's noble efforts to save his factory and employees, BAGNI CERAMICHE closed for good in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA beautifully handmade bowl or ashtray from the studio of Italian master potter Alvino Bagni. 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