Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
Art of pottery
| On sale | Yes |
| Face value | Complete set 7,25 € |
| Stamp description | pottery, supposedly invented in the Saharan communities and in Japan, from earliest times spread all over the world. The introduction of the lathe allowed this material, composed of various elements and made ductile by water, to be used to produce artistic objects embellished by painting and then by glass painting. Depending on the process, there are various types of ceramics: compact paste, stoneware and porcelain; porous paste, majolica, terracotta, earthenware. The four stamps depict: € 1.10: Monumental inkwell with the Patron Saints of Bologna, Ceramica di Faenza. Museo Civico, Bologna. € 1.15: Madonna and Child called Madonna of the Apple, Luca della Robbia, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. € 2.40: Jug with mouth representing a dolphin. Urbino Ceramics. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. € 2.60: Art Nouveau vase in ceramic and bronze, MIDeC International Museum of Ceramic Design, Laveno Mombello. |
| Date of issue | 20 September 2021. |
| Face values | four stamps (€ 1.10, € 1.15, € 2.40 and € 2.60) for a total of € 7.25. |
| Size | 40 x 52 mm. |
| Perforation | 13 x 13. |
| Print run | five thousand complete sets. |
| Stamp sheet | nine stamps. |
| Printed by | offset. Cartor Security Printing, La Loupe, Francia. |
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