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Manifattura di Francavilla al Mare del XX secolo
20th century Francavilla al Mare manufacture. Dinner service for 12 with mixtilinear borders and "tombolino" decoration by the Bontempo Factory composed of: 14 dinner plates 12 soup plates 5 side dishes 13 fruit/sweet plates 1 large serving platter (diameter 40 cm.) 1 large cake cutting platter 1 oval serving platter he founder, Lorenzo Bontempo, began the business in Rapino, a small town at the foot of Majella, in 1862. Upon his death, the workshop passed to his son Giuseppe and then to his grandson Andrea, who continued to operate in the purely artisanal tradition assisted by his son Amato. The Bontempo manufacture moved from Rapino to Fara Filiorum Petri, and then on to Francavilla al Mare
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Manifattura di Francavilla al Mare del XX secolo
