Elegant, hand-painted porcelain plates were popularly produced as decorative fine arts during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book has over 675 beautiful full color images display lovely portraits, romantic landscapes and city scenes, still-life paintings, and floral arrangements. The engaging text provides concise histories of the factories, decorating studios, the artisans with the marks employed by each, an extensive bibliography, and an index. This book will be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates hand painted pottery.
In keeping with the fine tradition of hand-thrown Italian pottery, the slip trailing technique in a scroll design adds an extra dimension. Handcrafted in Italy using the same technique passed down through generations, this yellow decorative vase is a perfect European home accent for your home. Antique distressing gives this decorative handmade vase a rustic look. Measures 13.5 inches high and 15.5 inches wide.
AVP-DVD-0799 – Join a Husband and wife video team as they tour a portion of central Italy and the Amalfi Coast.
This collection of fifteen vignettes opens with a drive along the Amalfi Coast where you experience this narrow winding Italian road. Then visit the towns of Sorrento, Amalfi, Gaeta, Sermonetta, and the Catanei castle, the Island of Capri and the Zxel Munthe Museum.
Additional locations include La Reggia, the famous 1,200 room palace and 300 acre park in Caserta an antique winery in Vittoria, hand painted ceramics in Vietri, a private museum in Ravello and more.
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Named for the Renaissance painter Raffael, Raffaellesco is one of the most popular and enduring Italian ceramic designs. The central motif of the Raffaellesco pattern is a stylized dragon which was thought to bring good luck and fair wind to seagoing merchants. You will notice the puffs of wind exhaling from Raffaellesco’s mouth. Our Raffaellesco collection is hand painted in a small family studio in Deruta, Umbria.
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Find out How famous Hand-painted Italian ceramics are made!
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