Ceramica Lenci “bambini”, Italia 1930

Lenci is a company founded in 1919, in Turin, by Enrico Scavini. Initially it was involved in the production of dolls, furniture and furnishings for children, but also of a particular fabric known today as ‘pannolenci’. In 1927, the company added a line of ceramic figures and objects to its production.
The proposed object depicts a little girl holding a doll and a little boy with a teddy bear, sitting close together on a stone wall, probably intent on singing. The pictorial decoration is very concise: flat, even colour fields with small polka dots on a white background in the dress of the little girl and the doll.  The faces, on the contrary, are well detailed: large eyes, emphasised by long eyelashes and red cheeks.
The overall dimensions are 13.8x12.5x5.7 cm, made of ceramic and painted with enamel. The work was confirmed by Stefania Cretella in May 2021. On the bottom there is a sticker bearing: ‘Lenci - Turin - Made in Italy’ and written in pen ‘CR59’. The state of preservation is excellent.