Three Piero Fornasetti Egocentrismo Plates c1960

Description

Heading :  Three Piero Fornasetti Egocentrismo plate
Date : c1960
Marks : Underglaze mark for Hutschenreuther who provided the blanks and an overglaze mark: EGOCENTRISMO FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY.
Origin : Blanks Baveria. decoration Milan
Colour : Monochrome
Pattern : Geometric concentric rings of diamonds. alternating black and white right angled triangles. and rectangles.
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks – light wear to the print
Restoration : None
Dimensions : 26.6cm diameter. 3.3cm height
Weight : 1713 grams

Eric Knowles Comments

Pierro Fornasetti was one of the absolute stars of Italian design in the 20th century. The King of mid-century modern. Gio Ponti. once said of him that “if one day they write my life story. they’ll have to call one of the chapters ‘Passion for Fornasetti’. These plates. part of the Egocentrismo series. have transfer printed Fornasetti designs over blanks by German porcelain manufacturer Hutschenreuther. The design is so popular the Fornasetti still produce a range of wares with these patterns. although they no longer produce plates. or indeed porcelain.