DESCRIPTION The Antico Deruta Butter Dish was handmade, painted and imported from Italy. Rich, subtle, and elegant, the Antico Deruta pattern is characterized by a light gray glaze and a deep blue patterning. Within it, one may easily recognize the classic similarities between the Antico and Ricco designs. The small imperfections such as the difference in color, shape, diameter or small bubbles that form inside, do not constitute a defect but testify that it is actually an artisanal product. Artisan Story Antico Deruta – Antico comes from the Italian adjective in Stilo Antico, which literally means “ancient style”, and describes the Renaissance’s polyphonic or musical quality of artistic composition. Antico is known as the musicians pattern - rich, subtle, and elegant, Antico Deruta dinnerware is characterized by a gray glaze and a deep blue patterning. When you order this hand-painted Classic Deruta Dinnerware you can mix these patterns with each other. Another way to go is to combine the "full designs" dinnerware with their "simplified" versions that you see next to each other in the above photos.
