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Gio Ponti

Lidded tobacco jar, model no. 5776 and match holder or jar, model no. 6090

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000‡
£14,190
Lot Details
Painted and glazed porcelain.
1928
Lidded tobacco jar: 16 x 14.5 x 14.5 cm (6 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)
Match holder or jar: 5.5 x 11 x 3.2 cm (2 1/8 x 4 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Manufactured by Richard Ginori, San Cristoforo, Milan, Italy. Underside of tobacco jar with manufacturer's mark RICHARD GINORI/S. CRISTOFORO/MILANO/MADE IN ITALY and painted GioPonti/<1928>. Underside of match holder with manufacturer's mark RICHARD/GINORI, stamped 28=7 and Decorazione Eseguita da Richard-Ginori partially faded. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

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Gio Ponti

Italian | B. 1891 D. 1979
Among the most prolific talents to grace twentieth-century design, Gio Ponti defied categorization. Though trained as an architect, he made major contributions to the decorative arts, designing in such disparate materials as ceramics, glass, wood and metal. A gale force of interdisciplinary creativity, Ponti embraced new materials like plastic and aluminum but employed traditional materials such as marble and wood in original, unconventional ways.In the industrial realm, he designed buildings, cars, machinery and appliances — notably, the La Cornuta espresso machine for La Pavoni — and founded the ADI (Industrial Designer Association). Among the most special works by Gio Ponti are those that he made in collaboration with master craftsmen such as the cabinetmaker Giordano Chiesa, the illustrator Piero Fornasetti and the enamellist Paolo de Poli.
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