Richard Ginori Collector's Series: Set Of Four Plates—gio Ponti's Four Seasons

Limited edition of 1/500.

The original plates were designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Richard Ginori at the Doccia factory in Florence in the 1920s. The “Seasons” theme has always enjoyed considerable artistic success, lending itself to an infinite variety of allegories and combinations.

Ponti himself, asartistic director of the Richard-Ginori factoryfrom 1923 to 1933, addressed this subject, depicting it as pairs of young peasants carrying the symbols of their respective seasons suspended from poles (1927–1928)

Each plate is decorated with a depiction of a season painted in watercolor, then fired and fused to the porcelain. The designs are identical to those of the original series; the new edition was authorized by Gio Ponti himself.

Dimensions:

Diameter: 23 cm
Height: 4.50 cm

Spring (No. 178) Summer (No. 449) ) Fall (No. 306)     Winter (No. 483)

Richard-Ginori, renamed Ginori 1735 as of 2020, is a company founded onOctober 11, 1896result of the merger of the Lombardy-based company Richard Céramique with theManifattura di Docciaowned byMarquis Carlo Ginori ffounded in1737 in the town of Doccia

Richard-Ginori, which was officially declared bankrupt in January 2013, was acquired in May 2013 by the Gucci Group.

Giovanni Ponti, known as Gio (Milan, 1891 – Milan, 1979), is considered one of the masters of Italian architecture; he was also one of the most important designers and essayists of the 20th century