1950s Vintage Italian Mediterranean Boho Chic Bitossi Seta Ashtray Catchall, Aldo Londi Attributed

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The Italian ceramics shop Bitossi was founded in 1921 in Montelupo Fioentino, Italy in the Tuscany region. Designer Aldo Londi … Read more The Italian ceramics shop Bitossi was founded in 1921 in Montelupo Fioentino, Italy in the Tuscany region. Designer Aldo Londi joined the firm as Art Director in 1946. He quickly built the Bitossi brand into one of the most influential shops in Italian pottery. Much of its success and reputation is because of Londi’s guidance and strong design styles. This included the highly sought after Seta collection. Seta is Italian for “silk” and was named because of the incised sgraffito lines that give the pieces a woven, textile-like texture on the surface. This rectangular ashtray-catchall with a cigarette troth in one corner, is from the original Seta collection with deep contrasting colors of Saffron, Dark Gray, Violet and a teal-tinted greige. It’s finished with a matte glaze on the top side and gold gild-like overlay. The under side is a purple glossy glaze. Later Londi added other color combinations to the Seta line because it was so widely popular. At the time of listing we also offered a pitcher-vase and a decanter in the same Seta pattern and color combination in our shop.

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