Vintage Fratelli Fanciullacci Sea Shell Pitcher

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This sculptural ceramic vessel feels like it has been lifted directly from a tidal pool or an ancient reef. Its … Read more This sculptural ceramic vessel feels like it has been lifted directly from a tidal pool or an ancient reef. Its form echoes a classical pitcher, but the surface is entirely transformed into an organic, marine landscape. The body is encrusted with small, star-shaped protrusions in deep coral red, scattered rhythmically across a mottled shell-like glaze that shifts between pearl, stone, and iridescent undertones.

Bright yellow, flower-like elements punctuate the surface, adding bursts of color that resemble sea anemones or barnacles in bloom. The rim is finished with a thick, undulating turquoise edge, suggesting the movement of water or the lip of a shell worn smooth by waves. The handle curves heavily and organically, textured and irregular, as if grown rather than shaped, and is adorned with additional yellow accents.

The vessel rises from a pedestal base that resembles coral or rock formations, grounding the piece while reinforcing its underwater narrative. Overall, the object feels both ancient and fantastical—part artifact, part sea creature—blurring the line between functional form and sculptural fantasy. It carries a sense of coastal mythology, as though it once belonged to a forgotten ocean civilization See less