View Full Version : Need help identifying these pieces please.
quebecois30
12-01-2009, 10:38 PM
These have been in family forever. Does anyone recognize this artist? Any help would be greatly appreciated! The markings on the bottom say 4810 Italy Paul's.
Walter
12-02-2009, 09:17 PM
Paul's was not an artist but rather an Import company based in New Jersey.
The Arditti family purchased the company from the original owner,Edward Paul in the 1930's.
The company did not begin importing ceramics from Italy until the mid 1950's. Unfortunately one of the company's policy was to make sure that the items they imported did not include the maker's name or logo. Paul's used many different manufacturers and studios in their wholesale line.
Imports of Italian pottery by this company ceased in the late 1980's.
Walter Del Pellegrino, author of Italian Pottery Marks from Cantagalli to Fornasetti and other Italian pottery guides
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