79.97 USD
Beautiful set of hand decorated floral motif Italian pitcher set made in Bassano Del Grappa Italy. The set includes 3 pitchers cascading in size. The tallest pitcher is 5 1/2 Tall, the medium pitcher is 4 1/4 Tall and the smallest is 3 1/2 Tall. All of the pitchers are in very good condition with wear consistent with age. As with most hand made pieces there are some rough surfaces where the handles meet the pitcher.
The bottom of each pitcher is marked PRODOTTO DI QUALITA GARANTITA PATTO E DECORATO A MANO BASSANO which roughly translates to quality product guaranteed decorated by hand Bassano. This statement is an important piece for aging the pitchers. In Italy almost all pottery is painted by hand as it had been done for hundreds of years. This was due, in great part, not for a desire to keep traditions alive but because Italy was one of the poorest countries in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th century, could not afford the tools and machinery of the Industrial Revolution and so could not, on a whole modernize. After World War II ended there was a growing interest, especially in the U.S. and great Britain, in the art pieces that were rapidly being lost. Suddenly consumers saw handcrafted items as works of individual art and preferred them to the mass produced crowding the shelves of department stores. Thus a new market was born and with it a new slogan Hand Crafted. Italy took great advantage of this changing market and manufacturers of Italian goods labeled their wares with newly minted terms hand crafted, hand decorated, hand painted, hand made etc.
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