FRATELLI FANCIULLACCI ‘VINE & LEAF’ RELIEF DÉCOR VASE

An outstanding hand-turned and -decorated chamotte pottery vase with a colorful Vine and Leaf relief décor from the studios of Fratelli Fanciullacci of Florence, Italy. Only one of an original matched pair remains available. In excellent condition with the original paper label still affixed to the base. FRATELLI FANCIULLACCI (THE BROS. FANCIULLACCI) had its origin in the environs of Florence, with a family whose ties to the Italian ceramics industry extend back to the 1700s. The Fancullaccis had collaborated with the world-famous Richard-Ginori porcelain company, ever since the 1737 founding of that company's factory in Sesto Fiorentino (a municipality of Florence). Indeed they were so invested in the plant that, when its founder Carlo Ginori died in 1757, they tried to wrest away control from his son Lorenzo, then a minor. The attempted coup was thwarted by Carlo's widow, Mariana Garzoni Venturi, who acted as interim manager until Lorenzo came of age. Arguably the most artistically i