Italian Antico Deruta Ceramic Motifs

Deruta Antico comes from the Italian adjective in Stilo Antico, which literally means “ancient style”, and describes the Renaissance’s 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. Deruta, a medieval hilltown in Umbria, Italy, is mainly known as a major centre for the production of maiolica (painted tin-glazed earthenware) in the Renaissance and later.