Mid 20th Century Genuine Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Flavia Montelupo Italy Dachshund Dog, Rimini Blu For Sale

A VINTAGE Flavia Bitossi dachshund made in Montelupo, Italy in the mid-to-late 1970’s or early 80’s, designed by Aldo...

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Mid 20th Century Genuine Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Flavia Montelupo Italy Dachshund Dog, Rimini Blu

Name: Mid 20th Century Genuine Mid-Century Modern Bitossi Flavia Montelupo Italy Dachshund Dog, Rimini Blu
Brand: Flavia Montelupo
Price: 380 USD
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A VINTAGE Flavia Bitossi dachshund made in Montelupo, Italy in the mid-to-late 1970’s or early 80’s, designed by Aldo Longi. … more A VINTAGE Flavia Bitossi dachshund made in Montelupo, Italy in the mid-to-late 1970’s or early 80’s, designed by Aldo Longi. This is a genuine VINTAGE Bitossi piece made by HAND. The dachshunds are rare and hard to find. There have been recent re-issues of Bitossi pieces beginning in the late 1990’s. The re-issues are nothing like the vintage originals. The new ones look like they’re plaster poured into a mould (they look mass-produced and are). They don’t have the hand-made quality of the vintage pieces. Bitossi pieces captured the attention of the world because of the HAND-MADE craftsmanship and individualistic quality. The re-issues were not made by hand and they are certainly not “retro” either (they are still only about 10 years old!). They are modern re-issues (copies) of the vintage originals (made using modern mass-production techniques).

All the modern re-issues of each animal look exactly the same- the patterns and decoration are identical for each shape. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL VINTAGE BITOSSI PIECE- 100% GUARANTEED HAND-MADE & VINTAGE. Look closely at our photos and the hand-made quality quickly becomes obvious. You can see roughness in the clay where some areas have not been worked so much. Tooling marks are obvious. Some areas are deeply impressed into the clay and others are very close to the surface. The FLAVIA Bitossi pieces were ALL hand-made and hand-decorated by artisans. Wheel thrown, hand-made, hand-decorated pottery is always individualistic and “imperfect” (as you can see in these photos). It is these factors that makes Bitossi so desirable and collectable. (It is more about the HAND-crafted quality.)

The famous Bitossi factory in Italy started marking all their decorative arts pieces with a FLAVIA impression (like this) from 1976 onwards. In the mid-1980’s when mass-produced Chinese décor items flooded worldwide markets, production of decorative arts items at the Bitossi factory slowed. At this time, the output of items in the famous “Rimini Blu” colours reduced dramatically. By the 1990’s the Bitossi factory was producing a lot of other looks and styles. From the 1980’s, Giovanni Masone took over as artistic director and invited various Memphis group artists to collaborate with FLAVIA including Piero Fornasetti. Bitossi / FLAVIA items in the 1990’s were largely in different styles and the production of animals (particularly in the Rimini Blu) virtually stopped (many earlier animals that remained popular for 30-odd years stopped altogether in the 1990’s).

The Bisossi family has manufactured ceramics in Montelupo Florentino, Tuscany, since 1871. Guido Bitossi established Manifacttura Maioliche Artistiche” in 1921. Initially, the company made floor and roof tiles and some everyday household ceramics. Some art pottery also was made.

During the 1950s, Aldo Londi, artistic director, collaborated with designers and the architect Ettore Sottsass to create several art pottery design lines, such as the Rimini, blue line featuring wavy line motifs, and shapes. less

Dimensions: 10ʺW × 2.5ʺD × 3.5ʺH

Styles: Italian; Mid-Century Modern

Brand: Flavia Montelupo

Designer: Aldo Londi

Period: Mid 20th Century

Country of Origin: Italy

Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned

Materials: Clay

Condition: Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections

Color: Blue

Condition Notes: Excellent condition, no damage of any sort. Excellent condition, no damage of any sort. less

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