Description: THIS SET OF SEVEN (7) RARE VINTAGE 1950'S MID CENTURY MODERNIST ERNESTINE CANNON SALERNO ITALY ART POTTERY HAND PAINTED LEMON SHAPED DECORATIVE CERAMIC PLATES. SIX (6) PLATES AND ONE (1) PLATTER. THIS IS A SPECIAL AND UNIQUE SET TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY OTHER ERNESTINE SALERNO LEMON PLATES LIKE IT. THESE PLATES ARE MADE IN SALERNO ITALY IN THE 1950'S BY ERNESTINE CANNON OF CERAMIC ART POTTERY. THE PLATES FEATURE BEAUTIFUL HAND PAINTED DECORATIVE DESIGN IN THE SHAPE OF A LEMON, EACH PLATE UNIQUE, ON A NATURAL OFF WHITE CREAM BASE. THESE RARE VINTAGE MID CENTURY MODERNIST ITALIAN ART POTTERY HAND PAINTED CERAMIC PLATES EACH MEASURE APPROXIMATELY 12" X 8 3/8" H. THE PLATTER MEASURES. EACH PLATE IS SIGNED ON THE UNDERSIDE BOTTOM. THIS SET OF PLATTER PLUS 6 PLATES IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND POSSIBLY LIGHT SIGNS OF USE. MY GREAT UNCLE MAY HAVE USED THESE A COUPLE OF TIMES IN HOSTING. THERE ARE LIKELY SOME NATURAL IMPERFECTIONS GIVE THEY ARE EACH HANDMADE AND HAND PAINTED. EACH PLATE IS ALSO WITH VARIABLE COLORING WHICH SEEMS TO MAKE THE SET MORE REALISTIC. THERE ARE TWO PLATES WITH SMALL IMPERFECTIONS/REPAIRS ON THE RIM (SEE LAST FOUR PHOTOS). NOT VERY NOTICEABLE WITHOUT CLOSEUP AND APPEAR WELL DONE. HISTORY:ERNESTINE VIRDEN-CANNON ( 1904 - 1969 ) WAS AN AMERICAN BORN CERAMICIST AND DESIGNER OF DINNERWARE WHOSE BUSINESS, " ERNESTINE " WAS BASED IN SALERNO ITALY WHERE SHE LIVED FOR MOST OF HER WORKING LIFE. CANNON LIVED IN SALERNO DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, IN 1948 SHE ESTABLISHED HER BUSINESS TO CREATE JOBS IN RESPONSE TO THE POST WAR POVERTY SHE SAW THERE. ERNESTINE'S DESIGNS WERE EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTED BY FISHER, BRUCE & CO., BRINGING INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TO HER WORK, AND LEADING TO ITS SALE THROUGH SUCH LUXURY DEPARTMENT STORES SUCH AS NIEMAN MARCUS. THE AWARD WINNING CREATIVE DESIGNS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR BRINGING NEW LIFE TO THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY OF ITALY, AND ARE NOW INCLUDED IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. BECAUSE EACH PIECE OF ERNESTINE CERAMICS WERE PAINTED BY HAND THEIR PRODUCTION WAS VERY LIMITED. THE REFINED DESIGN DINNERWARE CONQUERED THE STORE WINDOWS OF NEW YORK AND IN EUROPE, ROYAL FAMILIES HOUSES, ACTORS, ARTISTS, AND INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITIES BECAME DEVOTED CLIENTELE.
Price: 350 USD
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-08-31T00:21:33.000Z
Shipping Cost: 140 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Pattern: Lemons
Color: Yellow
Material: Ceramic
Set Includes: Plate Set, Platter
Vintage: Yes
Brand: Ernestine Salerno
Type: Plates and Platter set
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Features: Hand Painted
Production Style: Art Pottery
Time Period Manufactured: 1950-1959
Production Technique: Pottery
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Backstamp: Painted
Handmade: Yes
