"Beethoven Bust, Sculpture, Manifattura Signa, 1900"
Gracious bust representing Beethoven dated around 1900 in patinated terracotta from the famous Italian manufacture "Signa". Very good conditions.
Measures: 9x7 height 18.5cm
The factory of artistic ceramics "Manifattura di Signa" is founded in Signa, in the province of Florence, in 1895 by Camillo Bondi, in the premises of the factory "Fornaci di Signa", owned by brother Angelo.
In 1900, at the Paris Expo, the factory exhibited a large number of plastic potteries, suitable for decorating exteriors, with a special coating that made them better and more resistant to atmospheric agents.
In 1901, he was present at the Genoa Exhibition and participated in the following years in many exhibitions abroad.
The production, mainly focused on the faithful reproduction of classical and Renaissance models, during the 1920s also includes majolicas of Deco taste.
In 1904, the artistic direction of the company is entrusted to Oreste Calzolari In 1911, the partners Massimo Bondi, Adolfo Lattes and Marco and Giorgio Olivetti enter the company and it is transformed into Società Anonima Cooperativa, name under which it remained active until 1940.
Over the years, he collaborated with important artists and painters.
In the years immediately preceding the Second World War, the company became the property of partners Fantacci and Montecchi and after the war, the ownership passed to Osvaldo Coisson who managed to continue production until 1952.
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