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308 days ago

Exquisite J Santori pottery

Shelley from Westown

This beautifully handcrafted and glazed pot by Joe Santori (see info below) has never even been out of its wrapping. It still has the original card from where it was purchased in Australia.
No chips or markings ........ only a truly exquisite work of art - a privilege to own.
26 h x 15 w

Please message me through Neighbourly or text Shelley 022 302 9407
Proceeds to the Val Deakin Dance Theatre

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***Joe Sartori was production manager at Studio Dybka Tichy in Parramatta, NSW, from 1972-1980.
The studio had been set up by Rudolf Dybka and Vladimir Tichy in late 1969 or 1970. Tichy, who had trained in Prague as a ceramic sculptor and worked in Czech porcelain factories, was head designer.

Under Sartori's direction, the studio produced architectural murals, handmade tiles and a range of distinctive and colourful decorative and functional pottery, mostly supplied to the Grace Brothers and Waltons department stores. When the Studio was taken over by Norbrick in 1980, Sartori moved to Queensland and set up his own pottery there, continuing to make work in a similar style. His signature is an incised or painted JS or J. Sartori.

Price: $80

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