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Faenza
Ceramiche Lega has made ceramics in Faenza since 1950, when founder Leandro Lega began the workshop, later joined by his daughter Carla in 1975 and now run with her daughter Martina. Pieces are hand-modeled from thin clay sheets using cartoccio and colombino techniques and finished with metallic and iridescent reduction-luster glazes.
Best for Hand-modeled luster-glazed ceramics
Faenza
La Vecchia Faenza has hand-painted maiolica since 1968 under Laura Silvagni, from Via S. Ippolito 23/A in Faenza. Traditional patterns include Garofano, Palmetta Persiana, Melograno, Compendiario, Berrettino, and Alla Raffaellesca.
Best for Hand-painted traditional maiolica patterns
Faenza
Lea Emiliani's Maestri Maiolicari Faentini has hand-painted maiolica since 1978 from Via Granarolo 63 in Faenza, using colors, brushes, glazes, and stenciling (colori, pennelli, smalti, spolveri). Patterns include Garofano di Faenza, Penna di Pavone, Melograno, and Berettino Rinascimentale.
Best for Hand-painted renaissance maiolica patterns
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The three ceramic businesses here make different kinds of work. Ceramiche Lega keeps its shop at Corso Mazzini 74, apart from its workshop on Via Fratelli Rosselli.S1 La Vecchia Faenza sells maiolica hand-painted with the decorations of Faenza’s ceramic tradition, at Via S. Ippolito 23/A.S2 Maestri Maiolicari Faentini paints maiolica that reinterprets historical styles and invites visitors to its workshop at Via Granarolo 63.S3
Ask who painted a piece and which decoration it follows before you buy. If you are building a set, keep the pattern reference so that later pieces can be matched to it.
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