1960s Italian Hammered Brass Planter Stamped Egidio Casagrande

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Italian Hammered Brass Planter Stamped Egidio Casagrande.
Offered is a beautiful large Italian Hollywood Regency style hand hammered brass planter, … Read more Italian Hammered Brass Planter Stamped Egidio Casagrande.
Offered is a beautiful large Italian Hollywood Regency style hand hammered brass planter, cachepot or jardiniere stamped Egidio Casagrande. Perfect for your orchids, blooming or house plant.
Casagrande operated a metalworking business in Borgo Valsugana, specializing in the hand manufacture of copper vases and decorative items. His workshop, which opened in the late 1930s, produced a wide range of copper and brass work, including plates and panels depicting rural life scenes, religious art, amphorae, vases, planters, clocks, weathervanes, mirrors, jewelry, and crucifixes.

From 1955 to 1960, Casagrande employed 120 workers and shipped products globally, making it one of the major employers in the Valsugana region. The facility utilized traditional Trentino metalworking techniques combined with modern production methods, with pieces marked "E. Casagrande Italy Borgo Valsugana" and individual production numbers. The workshop trained numerous apprentices in copper and brassworking techniques, serving as a center for preserving regional metalworking traditions. The business continued until 1986, when it closed due to changing market conditions and competition from industrial production. See less