Majolica. Brand: graphic symbol of the manufacturer with castle and “G.Castellini Faenza” in brown. Dimensions: height 5 cm; diameter 44.5 cm. Conservation: excellent

The Renaissance-inspired polychrome decoration sees a bridge in the cavetto that leads to a fortress. On the brim putti and fruit.

50s of the 20th century.

Goffredo Castellini studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and trained as a ceramist at the Faenza factory Faventia Ars, a true hotbed of great ceramists, of which he is co-owner. Here he worked until 1957. He was a talented decorator and in 1942 he took over a ceramic laboratory where, after the war, he created very high quality ceramics in unique pieces inspired especially by the ancient