ZACCAGNINI CHINESE STYLE CACHEPOT IN MING BLUE

A chinoiserie style, Ming blue cachepot, with deep, espresso brown and gold accents made by the Società Anonima Ceramiche Zaccagnini (aka ZACCAGNINI) in Florence, Italy. The vessel is elevated on four cabriole legs and adorned with floral decorations in high relief. The top is finished with two convenient handles. It would look great with an ivy inside—or used as a candy dish. ZACCAGNINI was originally founded in Florence in 1905 as Ugo Zaccagnini & Figli (...& Children). Its namesake and founder, Ugo Zaccagnini (1868-1937), was born in Pistoia in Tuscany. He had studied at the Scuola di Disegno Industriale in Sesto Fiorentino and then worked as a plaster modeler for the Richard-Ginori Ceramic Company in Sesto before briefly opening a studio there. That studio closed in 1896 when Zaccagnini entered into partnership with six of the most talented artisans and craftsmen in Florence of the time: Egisto Fantechi, Luigi Ceccherini, Augusto Fantini, Francesco Grassi, Paolo Banchelli,