Vintage ceramic orangeade service from the "Fenice" factory in Albisola

Vintage ceramic orangeade service from the "fenice" factory in albisola (italy) with hand-painted geometric decoration including a pitcher and 6 glasses. Size: Broc h: 18 cm. H lenses: 10.5 cm. The "fenice" manufactory was founded in 1922 by manlio trucco in collaboration with the painter cornelio geranzani, in the premises of the former m.a.s. In via colombo in albisola capo with a team of three people including paolo saltarelli and about thirty decorators. In 1926, he collaborated with arturo martino who produced some statuettes later decorated by trucco himself. Many painters collaborated including adelina zandrino, francesco messina, francesco di cocco, romeo bevilacqua, nanni servettaz, emanuele rambaldi, ceramists domenico giusto, the brothers gagliardo, cirillo, cesare giarrusso, santagata, guido micheletti, immacolata zaffuto, giuseppe giglioli, adolfo lucarini, umberto ghersi, ida ziller and potters carlo giusto and nicola ghersi. In 1933, manlio trucco joined forces with ernesto daglio who in 1936 became the sole owner of the "fenice" and entrusted the artistic direction to romeo bevilacqua. In 1975, enrico daglio sold the company to the spouses rina moliardo and luciano figallo, who continued the activity.