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    Posted 8 years ago

    vetraio50
    (751 items)

    Giovanni De Simone was born in Palermo Italy in 1930. At the age of 8 he left Sicily with his family for North Africa as part of the Italian movement into Abissinia. It was a period where he fell in love with Africa and its magic. But it was also a time when his parents were captured by the English and put in POW camps. At the end of the war he returned to Italy and studied in Rome at the Liceo Tasso. Later he went to the area near Faenza and attended a ceramics school.

    The hexagonal shape is unusual. Perhaps it has references to the African period? De Simone has put his stamp on the form with this colourful flower on the framed orange background.

    The tile came from Vinnies a couple of months ago.

    De Simone is a firm begun by Giovanni De Simone in Palermo Sicily in the early fifties in the area around Piazza Leoni 2 ( the Jewish Quarter of this historic city).

    In the early days the work was mostly home-wares and decorative tiles in the traditional manner.

    But at the end of the fifties they were producing a much more colourful and humourous range of articles characterized by thick glazes.

    Width: 16 cm or 6.3"
    Signed DESIMONE, ITALY, 22.

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    Comments

    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks MELANIEJ & EFESGIRL too !!!!
    2. racer4four racer4four, 8 years ago
      Sunshiney!!!
    3. inky inky, 8 years ago
      Love this kind of artwork..almost childlike ..gorgeous!!
    4. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks KAREN, JSCOTT, HO2CULTCHA 'n INKY too !!!!!
    5. SEAN68 SEAN68, 8 years ago
      Cute!!!!
    6. Ivonne Ivonne, 8 years ago
      Thanks for so educational (as always ) post !
    7. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks SEAN, IVONNE, KIVATINITZ & CAPERKID too !!!!!!!!!
    8. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks KATHERINESCOLLECTIONS !!!!!!
    9. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks ROYCROFTBOOKSFROMME !!!!!
    10. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks SKLO !!!!!!!!
    11. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks MIKELV !!!!!!
    12. AnneLanders AnneLanders, 8 years ago
      I love it Kevin... The colours are beautiful
    13. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks ANNE, RÜCKLCZGLASS & VIOLETORANGE too !!!!
    14. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks MANIKIN !!!!
    15. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks RADEGRUNDER !!!!!!
    16. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks RICK !!!!!!
    17. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks HO2CULTCHA 'n ANNEL too !!!!!!!
    18. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks TREY & HO2CULTCHA !!!!!!!!
    19. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks SCOTTIE !!!!!
    20. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks BRUNSWICK !!!!!!
    21. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks MACDADDYRICO !!!!!
    22. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks ANTIQUEROSE !!!!!!
    23. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks HO2CULTCHA & TEDSTRAUB !!!!!!
    24. Collectomaniac Collectomaniac, 8 years ago
      Artistic plate :) I have some Sergio Sill tucked away somewhere I will post one day.
    25. Collectomaniac Collectomaniac, 8 years ago
      oh, oops, a tile lol. Well, it would do as a plate too I suppose.
    26. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks COLLECTOMANIAC !!!!
    27. melaniej melaniej, 8 years ago
      Kevin just sent you and email ;)
    28. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Thanks so much MElanie .... Nice stuff !!!!
    29. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks KAREN !!! !! !!! !! !!!
    30. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks KATHERINESCOLLECTIONS !!! !! !!! !! !!!
    31. vetraio50 vetraio50, 2 years ago
      Many thanks VCAL !!!!!

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