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Locality: Impruneta
Address: Via di Cappello 31
CAP: 50023
Phone: 055-2011414
Fax: 055-2011414
Email: info@terrecottemital.it
Web site: www.terrecottemital.it
The founder of this family was Anselmo Mariani who owned a brickworks in Ferrone at the end of the XIX century. The MITAL (manifattura Imprunetana Terrecotte Artistiche e Laterizi) was established in 1967 by his son Angiolo who devoted his professional life to artistic handmade terracotta, aside from the usual production of materials for the building industry. This furnace produces artistic objects and traditional handmade materials for the construction of houses and villas and for their external decoration (basins, vases, pitchers, flower boxes) figures and statues of various dimension.
It is an artisan production: the pieces are hand-made, the drying process is natural and the kiln process is in two phases: the first one uses wood and the second combustible oil.
The work area and the loading area of the kiln can be reached directly on the ground floor. In the courtyard in front of the brickworks many products and materials are displayed both old and new. The MITAL still preserves some pieces of great historic value; among them an oil jug and statues from different periods.
Notes:
The furnace joins the Association of Historical and Artistic Furnaces of Impruneta.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Terracotta Furnaces, Orcio pot, Conca vase, Vase, Objects, Statues, Pavement, Handmade, Direct sale, Craftsman |
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