Alvino Bagni Anthropologie line tall vase Alvino Bagni Anthropologie line tall vase
Circa: 1980
Manufacturer: Alvino Bagni, Italy  

Italian sgrafitto banded 7 1/2 This great example of Mid Century Italian pottery is signed on the white base ITALY and 30/2-A. Horizontal bands of turquoise, white, gold triangles over teal are criss-crossed by vertically sgrafitto incised lines. It's a great Eames era 1950s - 1960s look. The inside is glazed in a beautiful robin egg blue glaze.
Manufacturer: Italy, Bitossi, Raymor  

Bitossi Italy large 12 inch Diamond vase This elegant vase is typical of the work of Bitossi – or more precisely the artistic wing of Bitossi called Flavia - where Aldo Londi, was Art Director from 1946. Based in Montelupo, Tuscany, Bitossi exported pieces from Italy under both the Raymor and Rosenthal Netter labels.

This is a striking Bitossi Italy vase using a chocolate brown, orange, and yellow combination of colors in a high gloss glazed vase. This combination of colors was used extensively by the Rosenthal-Netter line popular in the 1950s-1960s from Bitossi. The vase stands 12 inches tall and is 5 1/2 inches in diameter at the base. A very large striking piece which weighs almost 5 pounds!

The middle of the vase is decorated with a series of triangles over what I believe was a base white glaze. The triangles are outlined in the chocolate brown glaze. It is in excellent vintage condition and would display well on a Eames McCobb era credenza! There is small glaze skip on the top rim but I believe this happened in its manufacture.

It is signed on the bottom 941'A and the famous conjoined IT Italy mark. It most likely carried either a Raymor or Rosenthal-Netter paper label.

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Circa: 1950-1970
Manufacturer: Bitossi, Flavia, Aldo Londi, Montelupo, Italy  

Bitossi Moderna Marocco Aldo Londi vase This is a striking Bitossi Italy Rosenthal-Netter large vase designed by Aldo Londi in 1974. The vase stands 10 inches tall x 7 1/2 inches wide at its widest point and a circumference of 23 inches. This vase is part of the Rosenthal-Netter line of imported Italian pottery and ceramics.

The pattern on this Aldo Londi creation is called Moderna Marocco which is the Italian word for Modern Morrocan. According to Mark Hall in his recent book on Italian Mid-century pottery, this line was inspired by the blossoming studio pottery movement of the 1970s. As Hill states, high quality designs such as this took longer to apply and were more expensive, making them rare today. Unusually, this design does not include sgraffito or impressed elements.

Excellent condition. When tapped, it rings solidly. Original Rosenthal-Netter paper label with the words Made in Italy stamped on one side and the numbers 266/2. I have two other pieces from this line with labels. All have the line number of 266/. I have to conclude that the 2 is the shape number and the 266 is the number for Moderna Marocco.

In the Mark Hill book, the 10 inch version of this rare vase on page 72 is valued at 300-500 pounds. My price is a bit more reasonable.

Add it to your Italian Midcentury pottery collection today.
Circa: 1974
Manufacturer: Bitossi, Flavia, Aldo Londi, Montelupo, Italy