Designer: Aldo Londi (1911 – 2003)

Item: Rimini Blue Lidded Box Circles Design

Manufactured by: Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter

Country of origin: Italy

Year made: 1950s

Materials: Ceramic, glaze and fused glass

Dimensions: 2” x 8” x 4”

Condition: Excellent.

Description: Here is a harder-to-find Aldo Londi for Bitossi lidded box in his most famous Blue Rimini color glaze, with a modernist design of concentric circles to the lid that also has a very subtle green glaze used. This box was imported to and retailed in the United States by Rosenthal Netter, and retains its identifying sticker and is signed as shown. Finding these boxes with no damage or loss of glaze is hard, so this is a real survivor.

Aldo Londi was a painter, sculptor and ceramicist. He started his career with Cav. G. Bitossi & Figli in 1946 serving as the artistic director from 1946 until 1976 and then staying on for the remainder of his life as a major design contributor. He experimented extensively throughout his life with various glaze techniques and styles and some of his forms and glazes have become iconic Italian modern design classics from the midcentury period