Jafet Torelli
Jafet Torelli (died 1898) was an Italian ceramist and sculptor. He was born and resident in Florence where he mainly completed works in ceramic. Torelli studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence in 1857, at the end of his studies he focused on sculpture, and he won an award for his ingenuity in a bas-relief. From there, he traveled to Paris in 1860, to work with cavaliere Giuseppe Deverà, who later became a professor at the Accademia Albertina of Turin. In 1865, Torelli was hired by the firm of Ginori, as a designer for his ceramic factories, and was prolific in porcelain and maiolica designs, many displayed at the 1867 Universal Exposition of Paris: among a table set, with glasses, plate, and candlesticks, all with figures of gardeners and ornament. Ginori then assigned him to the Doccia Porcelain factory, as head designer and modeller, and manager of the plant. Continuing great models both in pots and in the majolica, he was awarded medal of collaboration at the 1873 Exposition of Vienna. He branched out on his own, opening in 1874 the Porta San Frediano, a factory of terra cotta statuettes, producing of glazed majolica in different genres both