MID CENTURY MODERN ERNESTINE SALERNO ITALY ART POTTERY HAND PAINTED PLATES SET For Sale

THIS SET OF EIGHT RARE VINTAGE 1950\'S MID CENTURY MODERNIST ERNESTINE CANNON SALERNO ITALY ART POTTERY HAND PAINTED FERNS DECORATIVE CERAMIC PLATES IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE SET TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION.
THE DINNERWARE PLATES ARE MADE IN SALERNO ITALY IN THE 1950\'S BY ERNESTINE CANNON OF CERAMIC ART POTTERY. THE ROUND PLATES FEATURE BEAUTIFUL MODERNIST STYLE HAND PAINTED DECORATIVE FERNS DESIGN PATTERN DETAILS IN A GORGEOUS VARIEGATED PINK AND BLACK PALETTE ON A NATURAL OFF WHITE IVORY CREAM BASE.
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.
THE RARE VINTAGE MID CENTURY MODERNIST ITALIAN ART POTTERY HAND PAINTED CERAMIC PLATES EACH MEASURE 8 1/2\" DIA X 7/8\" H. THE PLATES ARE EACH SIGNED ON THE UNDERSIDE BOTTOM.
THE SET OF EIGHT PLATES IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING. THERE IS A VERY SMALL CHIP ON THE RIM SIDE OF 1 PLATE. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE. THE SET IS NOW BEING OFFERED HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE.