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Piero Fornasetti

Piero Fornasetti Paperweight with "Key to Dreams" design

Documentation

Signed

Origin

Italy

Period

1950-1979

Materials

porcelain

Dimensions

H.	3.75 in;	Diam.	2.5 in;
H.	9.53 cm;	Diam.	6.35 cm;

Condition

Good.

Creation Date

1955-60

Description

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Insulator Paperweight- "The New Key To Dreams",
Late 1950's
(NY9170/ikk)

Dimensions: Height: 3 3/4 inches high x 2 1/2 inches wide

This is a great Fornasetti paperweight from Italian designer Piero Fornasetti's line of ceramic insulators, cleverly repurposed into paperweight pen rests and decorated with wonderfully wry designs. Very slight rubbing to the interior edge of the pen rest on top.

This is the very collectible English-language version of The New [Key] to Dreams, a post-Surrealist legend to dream interpretation. If you dream of a mushroom, it may warn of deception....a butterfly, of wantonness....and so on.

This insulator was probably produced by the Ginori factory for Fornasetti's studio.

Mark: Fornasetti, Milano - Made in Italy.

See: A related paperweight in form and design at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Museum number: C.67-1985
(http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O170023/paperweight-fornasetti-piero/)

Styles / Movements

Collectible Design, Mid Century, Modern

Dealer Reference Number

NY9170/ikk

Incollect Reference Number

404259