A glazed earthenware vase by Italian ceramicist Guido Gambone, dating to circa 1950. The vessel is encircled by stylised horses rendered in bold black and turquoise against a loose white ground—an expressive surface treatment characteristic of Gambone’s mid-century output. The repeated equine motif suggests movement and grazing, drawing on classical iconography and the decorative tradition of Southern Italian maiolica.
Born in Montella in 1909, Gambone trained in Vietri and later worked with Ceramica Cantagalli in Florence, known for its maiolica production. In 1950, he established La Faenzerella, a ceramics workshop he ran with his brother Remigio and collaborator Andrea D’Arienzo until 1967. Merging modernist design with folk art sensibilities, Gambone’s work reflects a synthesis of form, colour, and painterly surface. He received the Premio Faenza five times between 1947 and 1960. His ceramics are held in numerous institutional collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche (MIC), Faenza.
Signed to the underside with Gambone’s stylised donkey mark and ‘GAMBONE ITALY’.
Origin: Italian
Period/Style: 20th Century
Date: Circa 1950
Material: Glazed earthenware
Dimensions: 13.5cm height × 17cm width × 17cm depth
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A glazed earthenware vase by Italian ceramicist Guido Gambone, dating to circa 1950. The vessel is encircled by stylised horses rendered in bold black and turquoise against a loose white ground—an expressive surface treatment characteristic of Gambone’s mid-century output. The repeated equine motif suggests movement and grazing, drawing on classical iconography and the decorative tradition of Southern Italian maiolica.
Born in Montella in 1909, Gambone trained in Vietri and later worked with Ceramica Cantagalli in Florence, known for its maiolica production. In 1950, he established La Faenzerella, a ceramics workshop he ran with his brother Remigio and collaborator Andrea D’Arienzo until 1967. Merging modernist design with folk art sensibilities, Gambone’s work reflects a synthesis of form, colour, and painterly surface. He received the Premio Faenza five times between 1947 and 1960. His ceramics are held in numerous institutional collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche (MIC), Faenza.
Signed to the underside with Gambone’s stylised donkey mark and ‘GAMBONE ITALY’.
Origin: Italian
Period/Style: 20th Century
Date: Circa 1950
Material: Glazed earthenware
Dimensions: 13.5cm height × 17cm width × 17cm depth
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