Ponte Vecchio — ceramic art tile

Ponte Vecchio

Keepsake · 2 in / Glossy / Loose
$22.00
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Ponte Vecchio — ceramic art tile
  • Ponte Vecchio — ceramic art tile
  • Ponte Vecchio — front
  • Ponte Vecchio — scale
  • Ponte Vecchio — gifting
  • Ponte Vecchio — grouping
  • Above the bench, in a warm oak surround.
  • Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.
  • Above the linens, in a slim black surround.
  • On the nightstand, on a light oak stand.
  • On a picture ledge, where the light comes in.
  • Ponte Vecchio — ceramic art tile
  • Ponte Vecchio — front
  • Ponte Vecchio — scale
  • Ponte Vecchio — gifting
  • Ponte Vecchio — grouping
  • Above the bench, in a warm oak surround.
  • Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.
  • Above the linens, in a slim black surround.
  • On the nightstand, on a light oak stand.
  • On a picture ledge, where the light comes in.
Ponte Vecchio

Ponte Vecchio

$22.00
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The oldest bridge in Florence, and the one the war left standing. When the German army pulled back in August 1944 it mined every bridge over the Arno but this one. It crosses the river where the water runs narrowest, lined both sides with goldsmiths' windows the way it has been since 1593, when the Medici cleared out the butchers and the tanners. Above the shops runs the Vasari Corridor, the private passage the dukes used to cross the city unseen. Late in the day the gold catches the river light, and the bridge seems to hold it.

Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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