Bitossi

Bitossi Ceramiche has been making Italian ceramics in Montelupo Fiorentino since 1921, with a catalogue defined by the work of Aldo Londi, whose 1950s Rimini Blu range is now considered a mid-century classic. Every piece is still hand-thrown or moulded and glazed in the Tuscan workshop, with colour palettes that have barely changed in 70 years.
  • Bitossi Pangea Heart Dinner Plate Bitossi Pangea Heart Dinner Plate
  • Bitossi Abracadabra Incanto Deep Plate Bitossi Abracadabra Incanto Deep Plate
  • Bitossi Pangea Sun Fruit Plate Bitossi Pangea Sun Fruit Plate
  • Bitossi Pangea Star Little Plate Bitossi Pangea Star Little Plate
  • Bitossi Fabula Fruit Plate Blue Bitossi Fabula Fruit Plate Blue
  • Bitossi Pangea Heart Little Plate Bitossi Pangea Heart Little Plate
  • Bitossi Fabula Dinner Plate Blue Bitossi Fabula Dinner Plate Blue
  • Bitossi Pangea Glass Fruit Plate Bitossi Pangea Glass Fruit Plate
  • Bitossi Pangea Apple Little Plate Bitossi Pangea Apple Little Plate
  • Bitossi Abracadabra Flora Dinner Plate Bitossi Abracadabra Flora Dinner Plate

    Bitossi is a family-run Italian ceramics workshop in Montelupo Fiorentino, near Florence, in continuous operation since 1921. The house is best known for the work of Aldo Londi, whose Rimini Blu collection from the 1950s defined a generation of Italian mid-century ceramics.

    Londi was Bitossi's artistic director from 1946 into the 1990s, and his work, particularly the Rimini Blu glazed animals and vessels, became synonymous with Italian ceramic modernism. Much of the current catalogue draws on his original designs, still produced in the same workshop.

    The vessels are primarily decorative, intended for display rather than daily use, the glazes and forms are crafted for visual weight. Some of the more contemporary pieces can be used as vases or small bowls, with care advice printed per product.

    Every piece is still hand-thrown or moulded in Montelupo, then hand-glazed in the workshop's signature colour palette before firing. Small variations in texture and finish are intrinsic to the process, no two pieces are identical.

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