GALLERY
Piero Fornasetti, Italy (designer)
‘Melodramma’ (Opera) series decorative dishes, (dishes, ashtrays, wall decorations)
No.2: Pollione (Norma by Vincenzo Bellini)
No.21: Otello (Otello by Giuseppe Verdi)
Produced c. 1960 at the Fornasetti Atelier, Milan, Italy
Porcelain, decorative gilded finish
Each Diam. 13 cm, H 3.5 cm; Wt 420 g
Venesta Plywood Company, Estonia (manufacturer)
‘Isokon Tray’
Produced c. 1935 for the Isokon Furniture Company
Stained birch plywood
L 40.2 cm, W 27.4 cm, H 2.2 cm; Wt 279 g
Robin Day, UK (designer)
‘Tricorne Tray’
Designed 1955, produced by Hille, UK
Formed, beech veneered plywood
Original ‘Hille London’ label to underside
H 4 cm, W 32 cm, D 35.5 cm; Wt 150 g
Robert Welch, UK (designer)
‘Campden’ coffee pot and milk jug
Designed 1957, produced by Old Hall, England
Stainless steel with wooden handles
Makers stamp to undersides
Each H 18 cm, D 9.5 cm; Wt 410 g
