‘AZZURRO’ DÉCOR FIVE-DISK WALL HANGING BY HANNS WELLING FOR CERAMANO

This stunning, five-disk Azzurro wall hanging was designed in the 1960s by ceramics master Hanns Welling for CERAMANO. The piece is fully intact, with all its original plates suspended along the original rope. The Azzurro décor is comprised of rings of glass frit, in shades ranging from aqua to dark blue, fired on a dark brown hand-thrown clay body. Made entirely by hand, no two Welling wall hangers are identical. Vintage sets like this are difficult to source complete with all their disks, let alone in such good condition with a perfectly aged patina. The plates are all marked, and the center one is inscribed with the name of the décor and the maker as well. Including the rope, the total length is approximately 36"; the disks vary in diameter from 3 ⅝" up to 6 ⅝" and have a thickness of about ¾". This would be an excellent addition to any mid-century modern ceramics collection. CERAMANO was the brainchild of Jakob Schwaderlapp, the founder of Jasba Keramik. He set up the sister compa