Mazzotti Futurist Candlesticks

Venezia (Stack): 6" x 3.5"ø, Futurista (Tootsie Roll): 8" x 4" øGlazed CeramicITALY Alright, where to begin with this story? Jason visited us in France in August and really wanted to duck over to Albissola to visit Asger Jorn's house (member of the CoBrA art movement), the renowned ceramic factory Mazzotti and another ceramic producer. In the 1930s Albissola was the center of Italian Futurist ceramics, lots of artists were working there- Fontana, Lam, Munari etc- and beautiful things they made indeed, as exemplified by these two stellar candlestick holders, today produced by Mazzotti from the original designs. (Note the unique hand-sponged glazing technique.) Summer is summer and we were lazy so we made it to the sea but not to Albissola. While at the beach, Jason decided to return and visit us in October and we figured, as we have an Italian collection we are working on, why not visit Albissola and all of the above. And so, we picked up Jason in Genoa, spent one night and a day in tha