“RIMINI” BLUE ASHTRAY BY ALDO LONDI FOR BITOSSI

An great example of Aldo Londi's Rimini Blue decor applied to a decorative ashtray or vide-poche.  Created for Bitossi Ceramiche and distributed in the United States by Raymor. ALDO LONDI (1911-2003) was one of Italy's most noted master ceramicists who spent most of his long and successful career creating exceptional works of great art and craft for the Italian ceramics manufactory Bitossi Ceramiche. Londi’s hometown just outside of Florence, Montelupo Fiorentino, has been an important center for pottery production since the Renaissance. In 1922, at the age of eleven, Londi started working for Fratelli Fanciullacci, the region’s premier ceramics workshop at the time. Following World War II—upon returning to Italy from South Africa, where he was a prisoner of war—Londi became Bitossi’s Creative Director. He would hold this position for more than 50 years and would design over 1,000 objects—ranging from jugs and vases to clocks and animal figurines. Londi employed his high-level technica