Tabacco [Tobacco]

Name:

PLAQUE

Tabacco [Tobacco]

circa 1929

Country:

Italy Milan

Accession:

84.7.57

Giò (Giovanni) Ponti Designer Richard-Ginori Maker

Collection:

Object

Decorative Arts and Furniture

Subject:

Advertising , Figurative , Ceramics/Ceramic Design

Inches 18-3/4 11-1/4, Centimeters 47.6 28.6

Credit Line:

The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection

URL:

84.7.57.JPG

Tags:

Decorative Arts and Furniture

Overall white gloss glazed rectangular porcelain tile with hand-painted image of a gentleman sitting on a tree stump smoking a clay pipe with inscription behind him; fitted into brass frame.

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Title : Tabacco [Tobacco]
Artist: Giò (Giovanni) Ponti Designer Richard-Ginori Maker
Accession: 84.7.57
Country: Italy Milan
Date: circa 1929
Dimensions: Inches 18-3/4 11-1/4, Centimeters 47.6 28.6
Collection: Object
Category: Decorative Arts and Furniture
Subject: Advertising , Figurative , Ceramics/Ceramic Design
Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 84.7.57.JPG
Tags: Decorative Arts and Furniture

Description:

Overall white gloss glazed rectangular porcelain tile with hand-painted image of a gentleman sitting on a tree stump smoking a clay pipe with inscription behind him; fitted into brass frame.