ESSEVI, Madonna with Child

Essevi sculpture depicting Madonna with Child

Under base hand-painted underglaze “ESEVI MADE IN ITALY ITALIA TURIN”.

We have other ESSEVI items available in the shop, for more information do not hesitate to contact us.

The “Essevi” factory for the production of artistic ceramics was founded in 1934 by the painter, ceramist and designer Sandro Vacchetti in partnership with the Turin ceramist Nello Franchini, both former employees of the Turin ceramic factory “Lenci”.
The production of the company, which avails itself, among others, of the collaboration of the sculptor Otto Maraini and of Giovanni Grande and his wife Ines Panchieri Grande, often follows the works of the "Lenci" company, of which Vacchetti had been artistic director since its foundation until 1933, and is made up of figures of little women often in fashionable or skimpy clothes.

Bibliography for those wishing to learn more

Maria Grazia Gargiulo, Sandro Vacchetti and ESSEVI, Ceramics of the Italian Twentieth Century, Paparo – Naples 2005

Fulvio Maria Rosso, By virtue of fire. Men and ceramics of the Italian twentieth century, Aosta 1983.

The Lenci ceramics, the secessionist artists, Milan [sa]. «Antiques», 32, 1982.

Ceramiche Lenci ed Essevi 1927-1947, exhibition catalogue, Turin 1982.

Luciano Proverbio, Lenci: ceramics 1919-1937, Turin 1979.

Italian ceramics 1900-1950, Milan 1978

Packaging and transportation will be done professionally.

Other photos will be sent upon request.

The object is available at our shop located in Turin in via Monte di Pietà 23/ì, open regularly 6 days a week.

For more information do not hesitate to contact us.