Italian Futuristic Glazed Ceramic Bon Bon Holder by Nicolaj Diulgheroff for MGA of Albisola, 1920s

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box, candy dish with lid and chestnut-shaped knob, in glazed and vitrified ceramic, made by nicolaj diulgheroff for … Read more Item description:
box, candy dish with lid and chestnut-shaped knob, in glazed and vitrified ceramic, made by nicolaj diulgheroff for the italian manufacturer mga "mazzotti giuseppe albisola" in futurist style, signed mga under the base. Datable to the early decades of the 1900s. The box is made of clay worked by hand on a potter's wheel, glazed with thick, heavy glazes, vitrified in some places and opaque in others, entirely "scratched" by hand with transverse lines made with gouges by the artist before firing. Finally, it should be noted that diulgheroff usually signed his pieces only with the initials mga without adding his name.

useful information for evaluating the object:
from internet research, we find that mga's futurist ceramics are offered at a minimum of €200-300 up to several thousand euros depending on the size and complexity of the workmanship and beauty of the decoration, and also depending on the artist who created them. They are all ceramics, however, of great value and highly sought after by collectors. Diulgheroff's ceramics are among the most sought-after and highest-priced, along with those by manlio trucco, tullio d'albisola, and romeo bevilacqua.

information about the artist and/or manufacturer:
the mga factory was founded in 1903 by giuseppe mazzotti. It boasts collaborations with many important artists, including, around the end of the 1920s, nicolaj diulgheroff, who, in our opinion, should be credited with the creation of this small work of art. Nicolaj diulgheroff, a bulgarian painter, designer, and architect, mainly associated with futurism, moved permanently to italy in 1926. During this period, he began his collaboration with mga, for which he produced small masterpieces. In 1929, he exhibited at the galleria pesaro in milan, the futurist exhibition in mantua, the i sindacale in turin, and the international exhibitions in barcelona and paris. He participated in all the venice biennales from 1930 to 1938. In 1931, he was present at the second exhibition of italian rational architecture in rome, the second futurist exhibition held at the galleria pesaro in milan, and the permanente in milan. In 1933, he participated in the fifth triennale in milan, and in 1935, he participated in the second quadriennale in rome. In 1932, he graduated in architecture from the accademia albertina and, at the invitation of tullio and torido mazzotti, designed the new "m.g.a" ceramics factory in albisola, which he called a "futurist workshop," completed in 1934. At the end of the 1930s, despite having long been interested in the rationalist outcomes of his art, he created several ceramics in the futurist style for the mazzotti factory. He exhibited again at the first aeropainting exhibition in rome and at the futurist painting and aeropainting exhibition in trieste. After the second world war, his works were included in numerous historical exhibitions dedicated to abstract art and futurism and, from 1972 onwards, he devoted himself mainly to painting.
he died in turin in 1982.


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