Details
together with two paperweights and jar with lid, each in the style of Piero Fornasetti
porcelain, lithographically-transferred metal, brass
comprising:
one Biglietti di banca jewel case
one penholder
one Ashtray and cigarette holder
one Calendario bell
one Porte di Milano Cigarette Box
one Casa con Colonne paper basket
two Giornali book ends
two cube-shaped paperweights (Roman Coins and Per favore non toccare)
two insulator paperweights (There is measure in all things and NATO)
one Chiavi pebble paperweight
11316 in. (28.4 cm) high, 1014 in. (26.1 cm) diameter (largest)
Biglietti di banca jewel case with manufacturer's label FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY and [illegible]TAVALORI hand written on base
Chiavi with FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY printed on base
paperweight with pen and ink decoration with manufacturer's label [illegible]ARELLI MILANO on base
Roman Coins paperweight with FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY impressed on felt base
Per favore non toccare paperweight FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY impressed on felt base
There is measure in all things insulator paperweight with FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY impressed on felt base
NATO insulator paperweight with FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY printed on inside
Ashtray and cigarette holder with EXCLUSIVE IN NEW YORK FOR BERGDORF GOODMAN FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY stamped on the base
Jar with lid with fish cypher on base
Penholder with FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY lithographically transfer-printed on edge of pen holder and with manufacturer's label FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY on base
Calendario Bell with FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY F lithographically transfer-printed along inner edge
Giornali Bookends each with manufacturer's label FORNASETTI MILANO on base
Porte di Milano Cigarette Box with manufacturer's label FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY on base
Casa con Colonne paper basket with FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY 7/90 printed inside a pedestal of a column and with manufacturer's label FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY on base
Provenance
Mobili Decorative Arts, Washington DC
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988 (There is measure in all things insulator paperweight, Per favore non toccare paperweight, Bell)

Acquired by the present owner, 1988 (one paperweight)

Acquired by the present owner, 1989 (NATO insulator paperweight, Chiavi pebble paperweight)

Cyril Grizot, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1990 (Penholder, Biglietti di banca jewel case)

Acquired by the present owner, 1991 (Penholder dish)

Acquired by the present owner, 1993 (Porte di Milano Cigarette Box)

Bernd Goeckler, Antiques Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013 (Giornali Bookends)
Literature
P. Maries, Fornasetti Designer of Dreams, Boston, 1991, pp. 150-151, 206, 559-561, 580-581
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