![352px-531px-Venice-Travel-Poster.jpg Venice-Travel-Poster with a man steering a Gondola](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/236650155389290729_M8pr7IsM.jpg)
Venice Travel Poster
![475px-316px-Winged_lion-Venice.jpg Golden Winged_lion-Venice](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Winged_lion_West_facade_St_.jpg)
The winged lion has long been the traditional symbol of Venice, ever since the remains of St. Mark were brought to the city in the early 800’s. You can find statues of the lion everywhere in the city, but most noticeably in St. Mark’s Square.
Early history of Venice pottery
Archaelogical excavations have unearthed precious artefacts that date the first appearance of pottery in the Venice lagoon vicinity to the 6th century. Venice was one of the first pottery centres in Italy, the oldest decorated plates found date back to the first half of the 1200’s. The original Venice potteries were concentrated in the area of San Polo and ancient kilns have been found in this location.The first Venetian dishes used two different traditions : Byzantine graffito and Islamic majolica ware.
In 1301 there were already many Venetian potters and they formed a corporation called ” Capitolare dell Arte ” of the ” Scutelari de piera ” This later become known as the Bochaleri and was also traditionally known as the Vasai del Leone ” ( the potters of St. Mark’s Lion ) In the 13th and 14th Centuries, Venetian pottery displayed distinctive geometric plant motifs, either hand painted or scratched using grafitto techniques. At the end of the 1300’s new forms and designs appeared in Venice, such as palmettes, lozenges, birds and animals. Towards the mid 1500’s a more refined style emerged using human figures ( mostly on vases for engagement and wedding gifts ). Also plates decorated with the names and descriptions of local dishes were in vogue. Landscapes and Roman ruins became popular themes in the 16th century for plate decoration.
![peter-lombardo-renaissance-sculpture-475x471 La-Scuola-Grande-San-Giovanni-Evangelista--Venise---This-famous-Venetian-Renaissance-portal-is-the-work-of-Pietro-Lombardo---1478-1481](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/La-Scuola-Grande-San-Giovanni-Evangelista-Venise-This-famous-Venetian-Renaissance-portal-is-the-work-of-Pietro-Lombardo-1478-1481.jpg)
La Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista by Peter Lombardo,Venice
1478 – 1481
The potters that migrated to Venice form Marche and Faenza in the 1400’s brought about a revival of the majolica enamel glazes. Many workshops run by artists flourished producing wall plates and other majolica wares depicting historical figures and scenes. The introduction of majolica wares into the Venetian area brought about remarkable changes in the organization of this industry. Majolica (named after the island of Majorca, from where its technique of production was imported to Italy in the thirteenth century) was a much better material for dinner services and offered greater possibilities for decoration than mezza maiolica.
A severe recession n the 1700’s eventually crippled production. In 1773 there were over 30 active potteries, but this was reduced to a few at the end of the century and the Bochaleri Corporation was abandoned. Some of the pottery manufactures that flourished into the 1800’s were Antonibon, Cozzi, and Fiorina Fabris.
![475px-469px-Museo-Correr,-Venice,-Italy Dish - Museo Correr, Venice, Italy](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Museo-Correr-Venice-Italy.jpg)
Italian majolica plate – Doge Enrico Dandolo crowns Baldwin I (Baudoin), Emperor of Byzantium (1204-1205)
![venini-fazzoletto-vase-475x479 1940s-large-VENINI-FAZZOLETTO-murano-italia-handkerchief-vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1940s-large-VENINI-FAZZOLETTO-murano-italia-handkerchief-vase.jpg)
Murano handkerchief vase – Venini Fazzoletto
1940’s
![moorish-trader-statue-437x657 Venice---Cannaregio---Fondamenta-dei-Mori-by-bautisterias-on-Flickr](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Venice-Cannaregio-Fondamenta-dei-Mori-by-bautisterias-on-Flickr.jpg)
Moorish trader statue in Cannaregio, Venice Italy
bautisterias on Flickr
![deruta-vase-mosaic Vintage-Italian-DERUTA.jpg-475x633](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/3Vintage-Italian-DERUTA-Maj.jpg)
Vintage Italian Majolica Byzantine Portrait & Bird Mosaic Vase
![Mosaic-italian-vase Vintage-Italian-DERUTA.jpg-475x633](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Vintage-Italian-DERUTA-Majo.jpg)
Vintage Italian Majolica Byzantine Portrait & Bird Mosaic Vase
![dolcetti-vase-2-pcs](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dolcetti-vase-2-pcs-.jpg)
Vase and teapot – Dolcetti – ( twicemodern.wordpress.com )
Giacomo Dolcetti was born in Venice in 1893 and he established his ceramics studio there in 1921 which he called “The Potter’s House”.
![469px-600px-Cozzi-pottery-1775 Coffee pot by Cozzi pottery 1775](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Cozzi-pottery-1775.jpg)
Cozzi Pottery coffee pot – Venice
1775
![venice-san-polo-vase Monumental San Polo Ceramic-Vase by Otello Rosa](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/San-Polo-monumental-vase.jpg)
Monumental San Polo Ceramic Vase by Otello Rosa
24.5 inches height, circa 1950
Venice altar
photo – Carla Coulson
![352px-322px-Cantagalli-winged-lion-Italian-pottery.jpg Cantagalli winged lion Italan pottery with a turquoise glaze](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Cantagalli-winged-lion-Ital.jpg)
Cantagalli winged lion – Italan pottery, Venice
![421px-494px-Lilac-Murano-Glass-sculpture.jpg Lilac-Murano-Glass-sculpture](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/An-Unusual-Lilac-Murano-Gla.jpg)
Lilac Africanist Murano Glass sculpture – 60’s
![giacomo-mantegazza-Venetian-canal giacomo-mantegazza-1853-1920-lovers-and-chaperone-meeting-on-the-venetian-canal](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Giacomo-Mantegazza-1853-1920-Lovers-and-chaperone-meeting-on-the-Venetian-canal.jpg)
Giacomo Mantegazza (1853-1920) – Lovers and chaperone meeting on the Venetian canal
![venice-santa-maria-dei-miracoli-one-of-the-earliest-buildings-of-the-renaissance-style-to-be-built-in-venezia-maurizio-fecchio-flickr](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Venice-Santa-Maria-dei-Miracoli-one-of-the-earliest-buildings-of-the-Renaissance-style-to-be-built-in-Venezia-Maurizio-Fecchio-flickr.jpg)
Venice-Santa Maria dei Miracoli
It is one of the earliest buildings of the Renaissance style to be built in Venezia
Maurizio Fecchio – Flickr
![san-polo-vase Venice san-polo-harlequin-vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/San-Polo-Harlequin-vase-.jpg)
San Polo harlequin vase
![397px-437px-venice-italian-pottery.jpg venice-italian-pottery](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/71250772_1298718975_538pxCs.jpg)
17th Century Venezia vessel for herb storage
![475px-337px-Venice-and-its-lagoons.jpg 475px-337px-Venice-and-its-lagoons](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Venice-and-its-lagoons-C.jpg)
The Minuet or Carnivale Scene 1754 – 55
Giandomenico Tiepolo
( Musee Du Louvre )
![saint-marks-facade-495x511 Photos-of-Carnival-of-Venice---Venice---Carmen Piedra](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Photos-of-Carnival-of-Venice-Venice-7248312.jpg)
St. Marks facade
Venice, Italy
![457px-457px-Venetian-lion-ish Ceramic plate - Venetian winged lion in blue and white](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/VenetianSeries1.jpg)
Venetian Lion
Carlos Marchiori
![477px-320px-Italian-Pottery-Painted-Bowl Italian-Pottery-Painted-Bowl](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Italian-Pottery-Painted-Bow.jpg)
Italian Pottery – Painted Bowl, San Polo Venice
![421px-633px-Venetian-jug.jpg 421px-633px-Venetian-jug in blue and turquoise with moorish decorations](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Venetian-jug-391x588.jpg)
Venetian Pitcher
![457px-592px-venetian-goblet-1500 venetian-goblet-1500](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/venetian-goblet-1500.jpg)
Venetian Green Goblet – 1500
( V & A Museum )
![477px-353px-san-polo-dish san polo dish](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sanpoloydish22.jpg)
San Polo dish
![harlequin-sculpture-by-Otello-Rosa 1950's illuminated harlequin sculpture by Otello Rosa for San Polo Venice Italy](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1950s-illuminated-harlequin-sculpture-by-Otello-Rosa-for-San-Polo-Venice-Italy.jpg)
Illuminated harlequin sculpture by Otello Rosa for San Polo
Venice Italy
1950’s
![421px-521px-Owls_Formia_Murano_art_glass.jpg Owls Formia Murano art glass](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Owls_Formia_Murano_art_glas.jpg)
Murano glass owls
![421px-608px-China_murano_glass_vase-2012 murano glass vase 2012](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/China_murano_glass_vase2012.jpg)
Murano glass vase
2012
Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic 1872
( V & A Museum )
![Robert-Frederick-Blum.jpg-496x674 Robert Frederick Blum](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Robert-Frederick-Blum-Amer1.jpg)
Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903) Venice, 1883.
![Rookwood-vase,-Venetian-harbour.jpg-397x684 Rookwood vase - Venetian harbour](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Rookwood-vase-Venetian-har1.jpg)
Rookwood vase, Venetian harbor scene, covered in a beautifully fired high glaze, executed by Carl Schmidt in 1923.
![glass-murano-fish-sculpture-475x475 Murano Glass Fish Sculpture Talisman London](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Murano-Glass-Fish-Sculpture.jpg)
Murano Glass Sculpture
TALISMAN lONDON
Crafted 1970’s Murano bowl
![San-Polo-was-with-figurines San-Polo,-Vase-'comedia-dell-arte',-signed,-Circa-1955-Italy](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/San-Polo-Vase-comedia-dell-arte-signed-Circa-1955-Italy.jpg)
‘Comedia-dell-arte’ vase – San Polo
1955
![RAYMOR-CARVED-BITOSSI-STYLE.jpg-325px-680px Raymor carved Bitossi style vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/RAYMOR-CARVED-BITOSSI-STYLE.jpg)
Raymor carved Bitossi style vase
![venetian-horse-sculptures venice.jpg-412px-616px](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1c836dcd1398c0c37fc68330ef2.jpg)
Horses at St Mark’s Basilica, Venice
![John-Singer-Sargent-venice-painting John Singer Sargent Street In Venice oil painting](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/526_248b023cd06e38159dec2d0a4a921430.jpg)
Street in Venice is an c. 1882 oil on wood painting by the American artist John Singer Sargent. Painted in a post-impressionist manner, it is set in a quiet backstreet off the Calle Larga dei Proverbi, near the Grand Canal in Venice.
![Murano-flame-vase.jpg-475px-581px Murano flame vase Venice contemporary glass sculpture](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/591P_detail_l.jpg)
Murano Glass Flame Shaped Vase by Celotto
![VeniceBienalle.jpg-475px-356px 55th Venice Bienalle 2013](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ki05_Bienalle__2___1507823g.jpg)
55th Venice Bienalle 2013
![Mid-century-Italian-Pedestal-Bowl.jpg-475px-323px Footed Mid century Italian Pedestal Bowl](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Midcentury-Italian-Pedestal.jpg)
Midcentury Italian Pedestal Bowl
![Murano-glass-vase.jpg-439px-765px Murano glass vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Murano-glass-vase-entitled-.jpg)
Murano glass vase entitled VIRGO by Andrea Zilio
![Perelda,-Pollio.jpg-325px-490px Perelda, Pollio glass tumbler](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Perelda-Pollio.jpg)
VASE “Cattedrale” from Perelda of Pollio, 1955
![Philip-Jackson-sculpture.jpg-415x603 Philip-Jackson-sculpture - British](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/3Philip-Jackson-British-b.jpg)
Philip Jackson (British, b. 1944) ‘La Scala’.
![Philip-Jackson-sculpture.jpg-475x635 Philip-Jackson-sculpture](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Philip-Jackson-British-b.jpg)
Philip Jackson (British, b. 1944) ‘Doge’s Gondolier’, c. 1997, bronze, 37 ” height
![carnival-venetian-billboard Venice-strret-billboard.jpg-421x603](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/5672972291_58a258ba68.jpg)
Venice Billboard
![italian-ceramic-lamp.jpg-397x560 Italian ceramic lamp](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/italian-ceramic-lamp.jpg)
Italian turquoise sgraffito ceramic lamp with lion motifs.
![Italian VASE-TESSUTO.jpg-379x553 VASE-TESSUTO by Carlo Scarpa](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/VASE-TESSUTO-by-CARLO-SCARP.jpg)
Vase TESSUTO by Carlo Scarpa, 1951, execution by Venini & Co
![majolica-earthenware-plate-410x430 Majolica earthenware plate](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/majolica-earthenware-plate-.jpg)
Majolica earthenware plate -Venetian noblewoman in purple dress. Giocomo Dolcetti
![Tray-Majolica,-John-Petucco-374x562 Tray Majolica - John Petucco](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Tray-Majolica-John-Petucco.jpg)
Majolica Tray – John Petucco
![venetian-charger characters-of-the-Commedia-dell'Arte](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/characters-of-the-Commedia-dellArte.jpg)
Large dish with characters of the Commedia dell’Arte.
width 47cm
![venetian-inkstand-450x600 Bassano-del-Grappa,1710 ceramic Inkstand](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Bassano-del-Grappa1710.jpg)
Venetian inkstand
1710
![Large-blackamoor-statue Gold and black Venetian-Blackamoor!-Palazzo-Bernardo,-Venice](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Venetian-Blackamoor-Palazzo-Bernardo-Venice.jpg)
Venetian Blackamoor statue – Palazzo Bernardo, Venice
![venice-lion-sculpture-504x320 Venice-Lion_at_the_Arsenal_Nino](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Venice-Lion_at_the_Arsenal_Nino.jpg)
Venice – Lion at the Arsenal
Wikimedia Commons
![venice-san-polo-mermais-374x724 San Polo mermaid sculpture](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/SanPolo1.jpg)
Venice ceramic mermaid sculpture – San Polo
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