Italian Futurist Style Palmette Decoration Ceramic Biscuit Jar by Angelo Simonetto for Galvani Pordenone, 1930s

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cast ceramic biscuit jar, clay with added kaolin, also known as soft porcelain, with airbrush decorations featuring stylized … Read more Item description:
cast ceramic biscuit jar, clay with added kaolin, also known as soft porcelain, with airbrush decorations featuring stylized palm trees in a futuristic style and a wicker handle, signed under the base galvani pordenone with catalog number and decoration code, dating back to the early decades of the 1900s. In our opinion, the authorship of this beautiful biscuit tin can certainly be attributed to angelo simonetto, artistic director and leading exponent of the galvani factory, which makes it even more important.

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from a web search, we find that ceramics from the "galvani" factory are offered for sale on leading online platforms or auction houses for a minimum of €200-300 for small plates or simple items, up to €2,000-3,000 for the most beautiful and largest vases. Boxes similar to ours range from a minimum of €400 to around €600.

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the galvani ceramics factory in pordenone was founded in 1811 by giuseppe galvani. From 1823 onwards, the hard earthenware products leaving the galvani factory were marked with the graphic symbol of an anchor. In 1836, the factory became the property of giuseppe's nephew, andrea, and in 1855 it was inherited by his brothers giuseppe and giorgio, who were the first to use the cockerel symbol as a trademark. In 1885, giorgio's eldest son luciano became the owner of the company. In 1911, management of the factory passed to andrea galvani, who changed the company name to "società anonima andrea galvani" and the graphic symbol to a stylized cockerel, or a rooster's head, combined with a g. In 1921, the factory was destroyed by a major fire and rebuilt in a modern style, allowing for a wider and more diverse range of products to be manufactured. In recent years, the company has collaborated with teonesto deabate, eugenio polesello, and gino rossi. Starting in the early 1920s, under the artistic direction of angelo simonetto, and later in the 1930s with the collaboration of armando pizzinato and roberto rosati, the factory abandoned traditional production and began to create modernist works, often decorated with airbrush designs using stencils. During these years, a ceramics school was active on the premises of the factory, among whose students was loris dell'anese. Among the collaborators of these years, outside the factory, who created models for production, we remember anselmo bucci from faenza. In 1925, teonesto deabate left the company to move, a few months later, to "lenci." in 1929, the company, which stood out for its interesting attempts at stylistic and chromatic renewal, produced a table service designed by giacomo balla. In 1930, thanks to a family inheritance, the factory became the sole property of andrea galvani. In the same year, anselmo bucci supplied some models to the factory. In 1933, s.a. Galvani of pordenone successfully presented a number of interesting earthenware vases at the fifth triennial exhibition in milan. In 1938, the painter and sculptor ruffo giuntini began working with the company, continuing until 1942 and leaving a profound mark of renewal on its production. In 1939, pino galvani took over the management of the factory and maintained the decorative themes typical of the factory's 20th-century style until the mid-1940s. In 1942, galvani was present at the venice biennale. After world war ii, due to a lack of artistic and technological renewal, galvani's production took on a more commercial orientation that did not find much success on the market. In 1969, the factory, still active but now in sharp decline, was downsized and moved to villanovia. During these years, galvani collaborated with clarimbaldo tognana. In 1973, the company became the property of ugo orlandi, who, in turn, sold it to "tognana ceramiche" in 1979. In 1983, galvani closed, only to reopen under enrico and giorgio galvani as a small ceramics workshop employing just two workers until its final closure in 2000.

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