Italian Ceramics - Ceramic glazes, colors and styles give just the right Italian look to your Italian Mediterranean style. Find green, red and yellow Italian ceramics as well as ancient Etruscan style pottery reproductions.
Italian Pottery

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Italian Etruscan Style Ceramics

Origins and Influence
The first instance in which pottery attached itself to a recognized school of art occurred in Italy where the creation of objects for everyday use became a vehicle of artistic expression.

Italian art history begins with the Etruscans. Etruscan civilization was created in the now known Tuscany region of Italy. It isn't known where these peoples came from, but characteristics of their art suggest that the original Etruscans were from a region in Asia Minor. Historians place their origins in Asia Minor because they brought a high level of a Greek-like culture with them to northern Italy.

The Etruscans were an agrarian people, but they also used military tactics to establish governance over the northern regions of the Italian peninsula. The Etruscans were at the height of their power in 500 B.C.
The Etruscans at first imported and copied decorative Greek pottery. They were particularly noted for elaborate painted vessels with incised or relief decoration suggesting metalwork.

Etruscans were experts with the potter's wheel and they used their expertise to create decorative ceramics for daily and religious purposes.

Etruscan pottery themes commonly depict banquets, festivals, warriors and scenes of daily life. Subjects from religion often depict figures dancing or playing musical instruments. Human and animal figures are stylized, heavy, and often outlined in black. Animals frequently embellish the decoration and lend natural harmony to the finished work.
Etruscan Style Pottery
ETRUSCAN REPRODUCTION
Handmade in Italy

LARGE OVERSIZED HANDLED URN
15.5W x 19.5H

$589.00

+(S & H $24.95)


Italian ceramics are favorite decorating accessories when creating an Italian Mediterranean style that looks to the past for inspiration. Since humans first walked the earth thousands of years ago, there has been a need to transport, store and protect food and water. Through archaeology, pottery remnants are unearthed that help shape man's understanding of human development. It is no surprise that storage and carrying vessels are among these ancient relics and that they are often cited as examples of human advancement, evolution and sophistication.
Red Italian Ceramics
Italian Glazing Techniques
The oldest known body of pottery dates from about 10,500 to 400 B.C. in Japan. Chinese potters had developed characteristic techniques by about 5000 B.C. Potters were working in Iran in 5500 B.C., and earthenware pottery vessels were probably being produced even earlier on the Iranian high plateau. Italian ceramic glazing techniques trace their roots back to the Mesopotamia region of Iran.
Over centuries pottery glazing techniques developed in the Iranian region of Mesopotamia, spread across north Africa and were introduced to Europe with the Moorish invasion of Spain in 710 A.D. Morocco controlled Spain until the late 1400's. During the more than 700 year Moorish occupation, pottery painting and glazing techniques were improved and advanced by the Spanish. By the early 1500's Spanish traders began spreading this technology to Italy and other western European countries.
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Using vivid as well as soothing Mediterranean colors, the variety of shapes, colors and finishes found in Italian ceramics offers endless Mediterranean design possibilities.

Imported Italian ceramics are an ideal choice for traditional color and form. Display Italian pottery to create a focal point in your Mediterranean style foyer, kitchen, bedroom or bath.  Our dark red Italian ceramics pictured here are currently ON CLEARANCE.

White Italian Ceramics
White Works Year Round

Major accessory investments hold their place in a decorating theme when seasonal color changes are made to a room's design. Shades of white do not clash as do many shades of red or yellow when the change from fall and holiday decorating is made to a seasonal spring and summer look. White accessories can evoke thoughts of snow-capped mountains in winter months or sun bleached sand on a Carribean beach during the spring and summer decorating season. Shades of white work year round in a well designed interior.

White accessories get full attention in colorful Mediterranean theme rooms. White reflects light and the eye is drawn to light. White enhances the room's appeal by contrasting with dark Mediterranean style furniture and architectural characteristics like dark cabinetry, dark wood plank floors and heavy dark beams.

White Works.

Large Scrolled White Wine Vessel


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15"W x 16"H
Measurements Approximate

$219.00
+(S & H $19.95)
Made in Italy, and inspired by ancient wine vessels, the hand painted, distressed finish of both white wine urns makes these vessels must have decorative objects for the Mediterranean style home. Each rustic finished vessel is handcrafted and no two are the same. NOT FOR FOOD USE
Oversized Vino Rosso Wine Urn

19.5"H x 18"W x 14"deep   Measurements Approximate

$249.00
+(S & H $19.95)
Oversized Wine Urn with Sonoma Grape Garland
Decorating Above Kitchen Cabinets

IMPORTED ITALIAN POTTERY IN CASUAL KITCHEN DECORATING

Consider small framed artwork, old copper cooking utensils, decorative floral, fruits and greenery, iron wall decor, and Italian pottery in your above cabinet displays. Casual kitchen decoration often includes iron wall decor,   large ceramic serving accessories and brightly colored kitchen canisters. On a an open shelf or in the space above kitchen cabinets, group large iron bowls, earthenware vessels and imported Italian urns and pots.
Italian Pottery
Italian Red Pottery
Rose Red Italian Pottery

The first instance in which pottery attached itself to a recognized school of art occurred in Italy where the creation of ceramics for everyday use became a vehicle of artistic expression. Turned by the potters wheel, our collection of rustic rose red pottery easily graces elegant as well as casual Mediterranean interiors.   Handmade in Italy.

NOT FOR FOOD USE

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Italian Rose Red Jug/SET 3
$189.00

+(S & H $14.95)



Italian Rose Red Large Handled Urn
$210.00

+(S & H $14.95)


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Accents of Salado specializes in Mediterranean old world designs in ceramic kitchen canisters, terra cotta urns and vessels, Mediterranean style dinnerware, rustic aged copper containers, Italian/French style bathroom accessories, iron wall decor, large mediterranean theme wall tapestry, Mediterranean style place mats, table runners and bedding, garden architectural pieces and wine/grape theme accessories for the Tuscan, Italian, Spanish and French Country style home.

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