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What do you read exactly?

   How many times we asked ourselves this question while searching for pieces or when archiving them on our website.

“Not sure if it’s a letter U or V? What do you think? It is either from 1951 or 1952, Friberg always uses a letter to indicate the year of creation.”



“Is it a donkey or a horse?  A Donkey for sure, Gambone started signing his pieces with a donkey drawing when he started his studio in the 1950s, this should be from that period.”
 


“This one is not signed, but it must be her because she is the only one to use this specific glaze.” And so on…



A signature on a piece of ceramic or an object can have several roles, to authenticate a piece by attributing it to a specific artist, but also to situate it in time or in the career of the artist. For some, the creation becomes a true work of art only through the signature. For others, a piece acquires the status of a work of art by its shape, its color and its originality. 

We are not here to judge, but to offer the most comprehensive and varied choice. That is why on Archyvio, you will find signed pieces, others unsigned, but mostly pieces that seduced us for their aesthetic quality, their unique color or shape, their particular glaze and their history.

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” Vous n’avez qu’à prendre ce que vous voulez. Pas d’importance, elles ne valent rien, elles ne sont pas signées!”. – Pablo Picasso