Hand Painted Italy
Hand Painted Italy
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Beautiful Italy Hand Painted Toby Jug-Mans Face $9.13 |
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Masquerade Cat Mask Hand Painted in Italy $15.00 |
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Vint Hand Painted EGG Serving Platter w/ Rooster ITALY $5.95 |
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LULU HAND PAINTED WINE GLASS MEET ME IN VENICE ITALY $44.99 |
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Tiny Flower Basket from Italy Hand Painted 3″ Perfect $10.00 |
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FINE HAND PAINTED ITALY SIGNED & # TALL FOOTED VASE $19.99 |
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Castelli Italy Hand Painted Ceramic Flower Holder Frog $29.99 |
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Beautiful Hand Painted Decorative Ceramic Pitcher-Italy $17.99 |
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Antica Fornace Hand Painted Trivet Made In Italy $5.00 |
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Mallard Duck Figurines Hand Painted Pair Italy $4.99 |
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Lot 2 Vintage ANCORA MADE IN ITALY HAND PAINTED VASES $12.95 |
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Williams Sonoma Hand Painted Dinner Plate Made in Italy $12.00 |
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Saint Teresa The Little Flower Hand Painted in Italy $42.50 |
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Beautiful Hand Painted Ceramic Pitcher- Italy $9.00 |
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MADE IN ITALY OVAL RELISH DISH/TRAY HAND PAINTED $0.99 |
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Beautiful Hand Painted Ceramic Oil&Vinegar- Italy $13.00 |
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Hand Painted Cookie House Cottage Italy Italian CUTE $7.95 |
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Italian Pottery Fall Large 12″ Gourd Hand Painted Italy $9.00 |
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Exquisite Hand Painted Majolica Egg Plate Deruta, Italy $39.98 |
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ARS Italica Lidded Cannister Hand Painted In Italy $22.98 |
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CALECA SORRENTO SOUP PASTA BOWL ITALY HAND PAINTED $16.99 |
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c1880 Hand Painted Maiden of Trastevere Rome Italy $35.00 |
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BEAUTIFUL RUFFLED EDGE HAND PAINTED/ITALY POT $24.99 |
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SMALL BLUE AND WHITE HAND PAINTED VASE FROM ITALY $5.00 |
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The Mane Lion Hand Painted ELEPHANT Plate ITALY $14.99 |
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Vintage MOSAIC ART HAND PAINTED VASE MADE IN ITALY $24.99 |
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CERAMICA HAND PAINTED PITCHER MADE IN ITALY $9.00 |
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Hand Painted Ceramic Vase Painted by artist Italy $12.99 |
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Hand Painted Christmas Tree Relish Nut Candy Dish Italy $7.95 |
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Vintage Hand Painted Milk glass bottle, Italy $9.99 |
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DR SCHOLLS Hand Painted Wood Exercise Sandals 7 Italy $21.00 |
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ITALY Hand Painted Ceramic Olive Oil Bottle Pitcher Jug $9.99 |
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CERAMIC HAND PAINTED ITALY PLANTER POT/WATERING CAN $5.99 |
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VIETRI Italy SOLIMENE Hand Painted FISH Pinch PITCHER $54.95 |
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Beautiful Hand Painted Vase 2 Handled Urn Made in Italy $9.99 |
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Tuscany Hand Painted Oil Painting Tapestry $69.00 Bring the vivid color of Tuscany, Italy to your home with this lovely oil painting on canvas. These oil on canvas tapestry paintings are hand painted on a heavy canvas and hung as an oil tapestry. * Antiqued bronze finish grille, rods, and finals included * Painting size: 30″ x 24″ * Overall size: 38.5″ x 36.5″… |
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Handmade Proverb Plaque From Italy $13.00 Just add wine and hors d’oeuvres to this collection from Vicenza for a lively and stylish get-together. You can pile the olive and grape platters with crackers, cheese and fruit and fill the carafes with wine to satisfy the appetite. The witty saying plates inspire sparkling conversation; with sayings like “Mia moglie ha sempre ragione? (my wife is always right), your guests will never lack for en… |
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5 Fontanini Nativity Grape Press with Bucket 59529 $14.48 Fontanini Accessory’s Bucket and Grape Press…. |
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Imperial Painted Chessmen From Italy $292.99 Hand painted chessmen brass/silver plated. Made in Italy. King Height: 3 1/2″. Base Diameter: 1 1/4″. Chess/Board table should be at least 1/4″ larger than the diameter of the chessmen. RECOMMENDED BELLO GAMES NEW YORK CHESS BOARDS: 00822, 001939B, 00510, 00451B. TABLES: 00400… |
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Cleopatra Queen of the Nile Chessmen from Italy $299.99 Hand painted in Italy. Made of Oxo-Teak (crushed alabaster). King Height: 4 1/2″. Base Diameter: 1 5/8″. Chess board/table should be at least 1/4″ larger than the base diameter of the chessmen. RECOMMENDED BELLO GAMES NEW YORK CHESS BORDS: 00451, 00208, 001939, 00821. TABLES: 00302, 00400… |
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Animal Kingdom Chessmen from Italy $299.00 Hand crafted in Italy of Oxo-Teak (crushed Italian alabaster). Hand painted, by Italian artisans. King Height: 4 3/8″. Base Diameter: 1 9/16″. Chess board/table should be at least 1/4″ larger than the base diameter of the chessmen. RECOMMENDED CHESS BOARDS: 001939, 00451, 00505, 00821, 00208, 00510. TABLES: 00400, 00302… |
Trompe l’oeil, or “trick the eye,” is an art form that is ultra realistic, creating a three dimensional illusion from a two dimensional painting. Think of Wiley Coyote painting a tunnel on a rock for the Roadrunner to smack into. Then imagine a whole little village with that kind of fake stuff everywhere. That’s Ovada. It’s really cool.
We began our walk along the streets of Ovada, a quaint little town between Genoa and Alessandria, with our beautiful friend, Claudia, hostess extraordinaire. She has introduced us to so many of the most wonderful, out of the way Italian treasures and has an incredible knowledge of the specialties of each region she reveals to us. Her passion for her country shines through her eyes and is immensely infectious. She also has a wicked sense of humor, as this narrative will show.
We were under the impression that walking around with food was not cool with the cuisine-serious Italians (gelato being the exception, of course), so we were very excited when Claudia introduced us to farinata. Ovada is known for this street food made of chickpea flour. Farinata is baked in a wood oven in a pan similar to a pizza tin. It is cut into every-which-way slices and handed over wrapped in paper. We waited in quite a line for these crispy on the outside, soft in the middle, straight out of the oven delights. It is pretty heavy, so one order goes a long way.
With farinata in hand, we explored. Ovada is delightful with its distinctive shops housed in brightly colored, window box bedecked buildings. Draping plants and flowers festoon each balcony and little details abound–a crest here, a little mural with an odd color scheme there.
After a few hours of walking, Veronica looked into a shop window that was painted like the interior of a circus tent. The striped canvas and billowing interior was so realistic, it took her breath away. She could almost smell the elephant dung. Excited, she pulled Claudia to the window and pointed to her find. Claudia simply smiled and did a 360 degree point to every single building around us.
It was ALL fake! Yup, every last bit of Ovada is one big optical illusion. Bricks, windows, arches and niches. Fake, fake, fake and, oh yeah, fake. It’s incredible. Claudia just stood there like the cat that ate the canary–if we weren’t so flabbergasted, we would have punched her for letting us walk around like idiots for two hours.
Thank God for the hearty farinata because, armed with this new knowledge, another lap of Ovada was necessary–this time snapping photos every two feet or so. “Oh! Look at this one” (Oh! Guardate questo!) became the phrase of the day.
Claudia, you are forgiven.
David & Veronica, GypsyNester.com
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