Rare Aldo Londi Handcrafted Bitossi Orange Grove Covered Vase

A fine example of Aldo Londi’s mid 20th century design for the serious collector of historic Italian Pottery. See photo of this piece in the original G. Bitossi & Figli catalogue that describes this line called “Orange Grove” as being large-scale pieces in textured orange with lemon yellow tops.  Handcrafted sometime between 1958 and 1965. Marked: 5462 Italy Measures 14” tall A descendant from a long, long line of Tuscan ceramic manufacturers, Guido Bitossi established his own ceramic craft works near Florence, in Montelupo, in 1921. Originally named Manifattura Ceramica Cav. Guido Bitossi & Figli (Ceramaic Manufactory Guido Bitossi & Sons), the company name was later shortened to Bitossi Ceramiche. After World War II, master ceramist Aldo Londi (1911-2003) became the creative director of Bitossi Ceramiche, a position he held for more than fifty years. Londi—who was also from Montelupo—began apprenticing in ceramics at the age of eleven and brought to Bitossi a deep experti