Vintage porcelain creamer, marked "Diamondstone SCI Laveno, since 1656, Italy"

The creamer is 3.1/4" tall, c.4.1/2" including handle, very good condition.

S.C.I. porcelain company was founded in 1856 by Carlo Caspani, Alessandro Carnelli and Severino Revelli, three employees of the Richard ceramics factory in Milano. They set up the Societa Ceramica C.C.R., making use of an empty building that had been a glass factory near the lake shore. Due the commercial success, the part of the extending manufacturing had to be moved to a new building called "Lago." Here three intermittent reverse-flame kilns were installed in 1871, the first in Italy, to fire the biscuit.

In 1875 the factory was employing 400 manual workers. In 1883 it adopted a new denomination, Societa Ceramica Italiana (with a S.C.I. trade mark) that was to become famous.

In the middle of the twentieth century, Laveno became the center of the Italian tradition in ceramics, like Murano in glass and Faenza in maiolica.

Rates vary per zone/ country, we will adjust shipping costs with the invoice.

US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ---------- $20.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-6 weeks) ---- $29.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $43.50