Rimini Blu Handcrafted Covered Box Designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi

A fine example of Aldo Londi’s mid 20th century design for the serious collector of authentic historic Bitossi Italian pottery with an incised abstract motif decoration and the highly sought blue and green glaze that makes the Rimini Blu color.  Circa 1960's. Signed Italy and numbered on base of box. Measures 8” x 4” x 2” Very good condition with some wear; see photos. 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 expertise in tradi