The Tradition and History of Italian Ceramic Wares & Pottery Marks

by Bob
(Ashland, Oh. USA)

The Tradition and History of Italian Ceramic Wares & Pottery Marks:- Have had this for a few years. It's 6 1/2" across the top, 1 1/4" tall and 2 1/2" across the bottom. Turquoise with multi colors. Marks on the bottom are l h 7_ l ITALY all in gold. As you can see from the picture the 7 has a line thru it. It also has the hanger built in on the back for hanging on the wall. I think it's handpainted also.

Any help would be appreciated.

Bob.

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Reply by Peter (admin)

To:- The Tradition and History of Italian Ceramic Wares & Pottery Marks

Hi Bob

Thank you for your nice photos. This item looks like typical Italian majolica to me. I am not sufficiently versed in the details of this to know whether you item is modern (anytime from the 1960's onwards) or older - late 19th or early 20th century for example.

Personally, I know and admire Italian ceramics such as Richard Ginori, particularly the art deco designs by Gio Ponti. The there is the Capodimonte style and also the long tradition of ancient localised faience/majolica makers.

Search the following terms also to get an idea of the depth of Italian ceramics - put the following search terms in one at a time:- Deruta Ceramics, Gubbio Ceramics, Montelupo Ceramics, Caltagirone Ceramics, Civita Ceramics, Messina Ceramics etc.


Whereas other leading countries seem to have evolved to concentrate porcelain and fine china production within important regional 'centers', (for example, within the UK important centers for serious industrial scale potting were Staffordshire and Worcestershire, in France; Limoges and Sevres, in Germany; Dresden, Bavaria and Thuringia, and the US; Ohio and New Jersey for example), within Italy, the industry seems to have developed in a more spread out regional basis.

By the way, the above are my own observations, and not based on any facts and figures. From my travels throughout Northern Italy, particularly Emilia Romagna; Parma, Cesena, Forli etc, there seems to always many different local ceramics tradition, mostly in earthenware rather than porcelain in a faience/majolica type (which is where I think your plate fits in) and nowadays, these are often given and received as gifts and souvenirs for visitors.

Anyone needing valuations only, please go to this vintage and antique china values page. You can also take the opportunity to liaise with experts on that page.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Peter (admin

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