Still life painting with wooden frame

Made in the 1960s at the Merlin art furniture workshop, using traditional techniques of carving and decoration.

Description
Vintage hand-painted plate showing the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice

: Splendid vintage decorative plate in hand-painted Italian ceramic, a genuine witness to the craft and painting excellence of the twentieth century. The work, signed by the artist A. Stocco, shows with extraordinary delicacy the celebrated church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, one of the best-loved architectural masterpieces of the Serenissima. The glazed ceramic brings out the brilliance of the colours and gives depth to the image, while the artist's signature confirms its authenticity and its artistic worth.

Colour: hand-painted vintage plate

in which Stocco loves strong contrasts of colour and plays with the light of sunset on the face of the basilica and the glare of the sun on the water of the lagoon; with a few brushstrokes he makes the image vibrate and renders the effect of the imposing basilica rising into the blue of the sky.

Features

• A work able to become the focal point of a room, best set off with indirect light and kept out of direct sunlight. The plate, fitted with a hanger, can be shown on a wall as a refined work of art or set on a stand as an elegant furnishing piece. Perfect for rooms in the traditional taste or for collectors of signed ceramics, it is a timeless tribute to the beauty of Venice and to the tradition of Italian hand-painted ceramics.
• Measurements: we have a single piece
• Very old original print with gilded frame Vintage cast iron hand-crank coffee grinder – period industrial charm
• Charming vintage hand-crank coffee grinder, made in solid cast iron with a natural wooden base. A piece that keeps the genuine charm of the kitchen tools of another age. The metal crank and the antiqued finishes give it a lived-in look, full of character.
• Wide painting of a Veneto landscape, marked by a lyrical composition and a refined handling of light. In the foreground, trees moved by the wind are rendered with a soft brushwork that suggests movement and depth. The trunks lead the eye towards watercourses and stretches of lake, where the light is gently reflected.
• classical and vintage rooms collections of antiques

Colours:
Refined still life showing fruit, flowers and household objects set on a wooden table.

• The cast iron body is solid and strong. The details recall the industrial style of the early twentieth century.
• The wooden base, smoothed and finished by hand, adds warmth and balance to the design.
• The grinder works. The manual mechanism grinds the beans easily, bringing out their natural aroma.

A piece that joins beauty, tradition and the culture of coffee.

Solid cast iron
Natural wooden base