Beautiful little ginger jar made in Italy - Need help to identify

9" tall and about 6 " wide in center. Such a lovely little jar. Cannot find anything on it though. I have tried. Saw a couple but not much. Can't figure who the maker is. Looks like it is hand painted. Does anyone have any ideas about it or has anyone seen a ginger jar before that was made in Italy?

 

Looks similar to the Belle Fiore pattern.

 

Thank You. I will check it out.

 

You may or may not be able to determine the maker of your pretty jar. I think it will depend on whether anyone can read the letters on that bottom stamp. (I sure can't...)

I also think you might be better searching for a "covered urn" or "centerpiece urn", since I don't believe "ginger jars" are really a "thing" in Italy.

There's lots of pottery out there hand painted in this style - splashy florals, with dot-dash painted edges - but most of it seems to go unidentified. Most is simply marked "Italy" or “Dip. a mano” (short for “dipinto a mano”, which is Italian for “painted by hand”.) I've actually seen some listed for sale as "made by DIPAMANO", which, of course, is not correct.

 

Ginger jar is an accepted description in light of the fact that Marco Polo introduced the Asian shape to the Italy. It was most likely made between the end of World War II and the 1970’s. The design is known as Mazzetto di Fiori (Floral Bouquet). The jar was made in the town of Nove, about an hour's drive from Venice. If you do an image search for Nove pottery you will discover that most of it has blue borders consisting of dots and dashes and the central design is usually a floral motif and more commonly displays the Nove Rose. I find that most Italian pottery can be traced to a particular town or region.

 

Thanks, Walter!

 

Hi Walter,
Glad you are back, you have been missed.
greg

 

Welcome back, @Walter Del Pellegrino !

 

Sorry, going through some older post and noticed that I never read this. Thank you so much for your help.

 

Sorry, going through some older post and noticed that I never read this. Thank you so much for your help.

 

Sadly that may have been one of the last things Walter helped with. He just recently passed away and is very missed.

 

Oh, SIS! I'm so sorry - I missed the news.
Don

 

I had no idea, either.

 

Oh no, that is so sad. I am so sorry for the loss of a great person on your site. Sounds like he was very knowledgeable, helpful and friendly.

 

Here is the link to the thread

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/walter-del-pellegrino-is-ill.40332/