Dimensions:
26 cm diameter
On the reverse side mark in green with eagle "Società Ceramica Italiana Laveno"
Above the mark the cursive inscription "Rapino, Chieti," below "Michele Cascella '50"
Painter and landscape artist Michele Cascella learned decoration on majolica in the village of Rapino in the province of Chieti, where he went with his father Basilio and brothers Tommaso and Giovacchino. Only the latter, fascinated by local productions, will remain in the small town at the foot of the Majella working as a ceramist.
Michele made about 40 drawings in the 1950s called "Italy as seen by Michele Cascella" for the Italian Ceramic Company of Laveno that were used to decorate important tableware.
The bottom plate with mixtilinear brim and decoration in the cavetto of the village of Rapino seen in the distance where the bell tower of the Church of Santo Stefano looms over all the houses
Bibliography:
Musumeci Giuseppe. Paoli Lucia "Laveno and Its Ceramics. Over a Century of History," Marwan, Mesenzana, 2005
