WALNUT BOX - BORDALLO PINHEIRO
Nut box in traditional Portuguese earthenware.
For more than a century, the artisanal manufacturing method of Bordallo Pinheiro has been very little modernized, the traditional ceramic pieces are painted by hand, each piece is unique.
The pieces of the Fábrica de Faianças Artísticas, utilitarian and decorative, remain faithful to the Naturalist vision of their creator, Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro.
- Dimensions: H 116 x W 147 mm
- Material: Hand painted earthenware
- Dishwasher safe
- Handcrafted in Portugal
Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro is one of the most influential figures in 19th-century Portuguese culture, known for his humorous drawings, caricatures, and ceramics.
An artist who depicted a troubling reality of Portuguese life, his work is essential to understanding the political, social, cultural, and ideological world of his time.
His remarkable ceramic work was awarded gold medals at numerous international exhibitions (Madrid, Antwerp, Paris, and St. Louis, USA).
The Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro Museum in Lisbon is dedicated to his life and work.
On June 30, 1884, to perpetuate the memory of their father, a ceramic artisan, Raphael and his brother Feliciano founded La Fábrica de Faianças das Caldas.
In Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro's factory, hundreds of ceramic models of unparalleled creativity were created, based on local traditions, particularly Caldas pottery, adopting flora and fauna as their primary decorative inspiration.
Bordallo also modeled characters based on Portuguese daily life with remarkable critical sense, and in his tiles, he created designs with diverse influences, such as the Renaissance, Naturalism, Art Nouveau, or even Spanish and Arab heritage.
Today, Bordallo Pinheiro plays an essential role in the revitalization of Portuguese ceramics and the artistic heritage of his factory, Fábrica de Faianças Artísticas.
Bordallo Pinheiro remains faithful to the Portuguese tradition through the use of ancestral manufacturing techniques and the naturalist motifs at the origin of the brand's great project.
The brand's utilitarian and decorative pieces continue to fuel our collective imagination and bring Portuguese culture and craftsmanship to the world.