Galvani - Coffee service (14) - Porcelain

Hand-painted coffee service for 6 people with a floral motif. The service is produced by the Galvani manufactory of Pordenone and consists of 6 saucers, 6 cups, a sugar bowl and a coffee pot. The service is in generally excellent overall condition but some pieces show craquelure, typical of these earthenware objects. The Galvani manufactory was founded in Pordenone in 1811 by Giuseppe Galvani. At first the brand was a stylized anchor, then a stylized G, for a short period the inscription GALVANI in a rectangle (1933-34) and when the factory passed into the hands of Andrea Galvani it changed to a rooster, as in the case of this dish set. Galvani, unlike other important ceramic factories such as Richard Ginori, Fontebasso, Società Ceramica Laveno, began in modern form at the beginning of the nineteenth century and, lacking a seventeenth- or eighteenth-century tradition, differentiated itself by appealing to a more popular market with earthenware products. The golden age of Galvani is between the two world wars, during which many artistic works were exhibited in Milan and at the Venice Biennale, mainly devoted to airbrushed decors, typical of Art Deco. The slow decline occurs in the 1950s and 1960s when, due to a lack of both artistic and technological renewal, it struggles to establish itself in an increasingly demanding market. Galvani came under the ownership in 1973 of Ugo Orlandi, who sold it in 1979 to Tognana Ceramiche. In 1983 Galvani was closed.

Estimate:£125.38

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