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<p>[QUOTE="Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 74257, member: 90"]Several decades ago I had read a small article about the San Zeno pottery (in Pisa). The article claimed the studio was owned by the widow of a ceramics artist in the 1930's. I could never confirm this fact and there was, up until now, nothing that could shed light on this pottery. Over my four decades of collecting Italian pottery I have owned several examples from San Zeno and I love the pieces produced by this studio but all that was known was that it was a short lived studio in the 1930's.</p><p>written in Italian and entitled "LE DONNE NELL’ARTE" (WOMEN IN ART) I have uncovered the history of this fascinating pottery.</p><p>The company was established in 1926 by Laura Rauschi in the her palace on the road, Via San Zeno. The pottery was more a school than a working kiln. The object of the company was to train young women in the ceramic arts. Seventeen ladies were chosen for the first year and each year employment increased. The pottery was officially known as "The Terracotta Artist of San Zeno" and it attempted to copy the 14th and 15th century pottery of Pisa. The pottery closed in 1940.</p><p>So what we have here is not merely a piece of pottery but an an early 20th century example at an attempt to bring women into the modern workplace. It is both an artistic plate and a social statement.</p><p>Walter Del Pellegrino[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 74257, member: 90"]Several decades ago I had read a small article about the San Zeno pottery (in Pisa). The article claimed the studio was owned by the widow of a ceramics artist in the 1930's. I could never confirm this fact and there was, up until now, nothing that could shed light on this pottery. Over my four decades of collecting Italian pottery I have owned several examples from San Zeno and I love the pieces produced by this studio but all that was known was that it was a short lived studio in the 1930's. written in Italian and entitled "LE DONNE NELL’ARTE" (WOMEN IN ART) I have uncovered the history of this fascinating pottery. The company was established in 1926 by Laura Rauschi in the her palace on the road, Via San Zeno. The pottery was more a school than a working kiln. The object of the company was to train young women in the ceramic arts. Seventeen ladies were chosen for the first year and each year employment increased. The pottery was officially known as "The Terracotta Artist of San Zeno" and it attempted to copy the 14th and 15th century pottery of Pisa. The pottery closed in 1940. So what we have here is not merely a piece of pottery but an an early 20th century example at an attempt to bring women into the modern workplace. It is both an artistic plate and a social statement. Walter Del Pellegrino[/QUOTE]
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