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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 252492, member: 90&quot;]The Cantagalli mark, a singing cockerel, is the most faked of all the Italian pottery logos of the 19th and early 20th century. The mark itself is meant to be a play on the family name Canta (Sing) and Galli (Rooster or Cockerel). I was fully prepared to dismiss this piece and declare it a fake but there are some aspects that gives me cause to pause.</p><p>The Chiniosiere pattern was a style that was imported to Europe from China around 1700. The design fell out of popularity about fifty years later. It was made popular again during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s by the Cantagalli factory. Many studio’s copied the style. Below is an article I wrote back in 2009. It highlights a 19th century vase decorated in the same pattern. The use of Magenta against a white ground rather than the traditional blue and white, as copied by the English and French, seems to predominate the Italian interpretation of the Chinese design. So far the piece remains a “maybe”. </p><p>Then there is the matter of the mark. The Cantagalli factory revived itself in 1890 when the brothers Ugo and Romeo inherited the studio. Up until that period the family business was strictly inexpensive tableware (stoviglieri). The brothers wanted to concentrate on exports and decorative ceramic items. In order to comply with English and US customs the country of origin had to appear on the piece. This item is missing that label. It might have been an oversight or the piece was not meant for export, or more likely, it is not a Cantagalli piece. The logo was usually made in a deep purple color but this logo is the same color as the basic design of the plate. In the early years the skilled Cantagalli decorators signed their works with a studio designated number. This piece lacks that detail. </p><p>The shape of the bowl is almost distinctly Italian. I say almost because the shape also seems to dominate the wares from Moustier, France. But still, the bowl is more Italian than anything else.</p><p>Based on all of the above I would suggest that the bowl is late 19th, early 20th century Italian but not attributable to the Cantagalli family.</p><p>Walter</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/two-rare-pieces-from-deruta-explain-why-i-am-a-collector-t36.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/two-rare-pieces-from-deruta-explain-why-i-am-a-collector-t36.html" rel="nofollow">http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/two-rare-pieces-from-deruta-explain-why-i-am-a-collector-t36.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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