di Donatella Cinelli Colombini

The gothic pottery that are preserved in the museums of Siena and Montalcino tell about a rich and elegant past. In the thirteen and fourteen century the city of the Palio was the financial centre of the part of Europe that   was connected  by the Via Francigena.

THE SIENESE GOTHIC POTTERY BY PAOLA GORELLI

The reproductions of Sienese medieval pottery made by Paola Gorelli are true to the original also in the technique of execution because they are turned and painted by hand by an artist that studied the technique thoroughly, like in the artisan shops of eight hundred years ago. Every piece is slightly different from the other so each one is unique, a fragment of a real tradition.
The Toscana lovers shops in Siena, Bagno Vignoni and Cortona offer the new collection of pottery by Paola Gorelli that painted gothic motives on daily use objects like penholders, tiles and coasters.

THIRTEEN CENTURY POTTERY IN MONTALCIN

After the battle of Montaperti in 1260, the capital of Brunello was a first-class economic centre with tannery tanks and leather production, kilns for ceramics, huge convents and hospitals. Montalcino was in fact the first healthy area beyond the marshes of Maremma infested by malaria. The Republic of Siena built the Palazzo dei Priori right in the city centre in the second half of the 13th century. …

L'articolo Paola Gorelli’s pottery to put history on your table. sembra essere il primo su Cinelli Colombini.