GALVANI Ceramiche - Dinner set for 6 (6) - Porcelain, Gold

Precious table service for 6 people from the famous Italian manufacture Galvani. Finest porcelain, elegant and refined decoration with a 24-carat gold edge and floral decals on the rim. The set consists of 6 flat plates of 19.5 cm. The service is in excellent condition, with no breaks. The Galvani manufacture was founded in Pordenone in 1811 by Giuseppe Galvani. In the beginning the mark was a stylized anchor, then a stylized G; for a short period the inscription GALVANI appeared in a rectangle (1933-34), and when the factory passed into the hands of Andrea Galvani it changed to a rooster, as in this service of dishes. Galvani, unlike other important ceramics factories such as Richard Ginori, Fontebasso, Società Ceramica Laveno, was founded in a modern sense at the beginning of the nineteenth century and, lacking a seventeenth- or eighteenth-century tradition, differentiated itself by targeting a more popular market with earthenware products. The golden period of Galvani is between the two world wars, exhibiting many artistic works in Milan and at the Venice Biennale, mainly devoted to airbrushed decorations typical of Art Deco. The slow decline occurred in the 1950s and 1960s when, due to a lack of artistic and technological renewal, it struggled to establish itself in a market that was increasingly demanding. Galvani came under the ownership of Ugo Orlandi in 1973, who sold it in 1979 to Tognana Ceramiche. In 1983 Galvani was closed. Rare item, very elegant.

Estimate:$1.10

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