Galvani - Table service for 12 (12) - Ceramic - Fruit dishes

Precious 12-person table service from the famous Italian manufactory Galvani. Finely crafted porcelain, unusual decoration with an elegant relief pattern featuring a floral wreath and pomegranates in green that frame the center of the plate. The set consists of 12 flat plates with a diameter of 16.5 cm. The service is in excellent condition, minor chips on some of the plates shown in the photograph. The Galvani manufactory was founded in Pordenone in 1811 by Giuseppe Galvani. At the beginning the mark 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 service of plates. Galvani, unlike other important ceramic factories such as Richard Ginori, Fontebasso, Società Ceramica Laveno, was born modern at the beginning of the nineteenth century and, lacking a seven‑hundred-year tradition in its past, differentiated itself by targeting a more popular market with earthenware products. The golden age of Galvani is between the two world wars, exhibiting many artistic works in Milan and at the Venice Biennale, mainly dedicating themselves to sprayed decorations, typical of Art Deco. The slow decline occurs in the fifties and sixties, when, due to a lack of both artistic and technological renewal, it struggles to establish itself in an increasingly demanding market. Galvani became the property in 1973 of Ugo Orlandi who sold it in 1979 to Tognana Ceramiche. In 1983 Galvani was closed. A rare, very elegant object.

Estimate:£143.67

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