Vintage Italian ceramic wall plate, hand-painted

Description

Elegant vintage wall plate in Italian ceramic, made and decorated entirely by hand in the Italian ceramic craft tradition. A decorative object of genuine charm, perfect for furnishing classical, shabby chic, country or vintage rooms with style.

The plate has a luminous white ground enriched by a delicate floral decoration in blue and yellow tones, hand-painted with great care for detail. The soft brushwork and the harmonious shading give elegance and lightness, making this decorative plate a refined and timeless furnishing piece.

On the back is the writing “Caltagirone”, a detail that suggests a possible origin in the celebrated Sicilian ceramic tradition of Caltagirone, known the world over for its hand-decorated art ceramics.

This collector's plate in Italian ceramic is ideal both as a wall decoration and as a striking piece to stand or to use as a centrepiece.

Features

• Type: vintage decorative wall plate
• Material: Italian ceramic
• Workmanship: hand-painted and hand-decorated
• Colour: white ground with blue and yellow floral decoration
• Style: vintage, shabby chic, country, classical
• Presumed origin: ceramic tradition of Caltagirone, Merlin industrial design collection, made in Italy, 1970s
• Use: wall decoration or centrepiece
• Measurements: 36×36 cm
• Pieces available: 1 (one-off piece)

Use and placing

Perfect for decorating a kitchen, sitting room, dining room, entrance hall or business premises. It fits easily into rustic, classical or modern furnishings, adding an artistic, Mediterranean touch.

Colour

White ground with blue and yellow floral decoration.

Period and production

1950s (about), Italian handwork with hand decoration.