THREE SIDED VASE BY GIOVANNI BERTONCELLO

A wonderful three sided vase designed by Roberto Rigon for the Italian ceramics manufacturer Bertoncello Ceramiche D'Arte in the late 60s or early 70s.  the stippled glaze is a speciality of the Bertoncello factory known as 'Screziato Tobacco'. BERTONCELLO CERAMICHE D'ARTE was established as LPB in the town of Schiavon in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy in 1956.  Founded by Giovanni Bertoncello and Messrs. Lini and Pizzato, the firm was renamed soon after when Mr. Lini was replaced by Giovanni's brother, Felice Bertoncello.  (Pizzato was a financial backer.)  Giovanni Bertoncello was the creative force behind the company's early designs.  By the early 1970s, his artistic skill and entrepreneurial spirit led BERTONCELLO CERAMICHE to great successes, both in Italy and on the foreign market.  At the height of operations, it employed some 30 staff members.  The well-known artistic innovator Roberto Rigon collaborated with the company in the development of several popular forms and g