Country Waltz - Cantelli

Name: Cantelli "Country Waltz"
 
Type: None
 
Year: 1950s–1970s
 
Set: No
 
Mark: Cantelli - Cantelli (Italy)
 
History: This figurine features a young man in 18th-century-style pastoral attire, posed gracefully with a basket of flowers and dressed in pastel garments. Made of bisque porcelain and painted in soft, muted tones, the piece reflects the romantic Rococo revival style popular in Italian export ceramics during the mid-20th century.
 
 
The silver foil label marked Cantelli identifies the manufacturer, an Italian ceramics producer that focused on decorative figurines and giftware primarily for the tourist and export markets. The handwritten price in Italian Lira (₤120,000) on the base helps place the piece before the adoption of the Euro, most likely in the 1970s–1980s. The hole in the base suggests it may have been part of a lamp or meant to sit on a peg display.
 
 
The absence of a model number and the general style place this within the same category as other mass-market Italian porcelain figurines from Capodimonte-style makers, but with more budget-conscious finishes and less refined modeling.
 
Flaws: None