Vintage c. 1970 Fornasetti Conchiglie (Seashell) Plate forget me know The solid orange/red lacquer handle

The solid orange/red lacquer handle at the center of the top makes this box particularly nice

I’m pretty taken with these Syroco (Syracuse Ornamental Company) Ornawood (made from wood pulp) wall plaques

Some staining to lower left corner and along fold lines  and a few small holes as evident

Really quite a beautiful

And what a beauty of an object

Vintage c. 1970 Fornasetti Conchiglie (Seashell) Plate forget me know The solid orange/red lacquer handleA happy surprise to find this one at a shop in coastal New Hampshire the other day where I don't often find much and it was a bit hidden in a far corner, not identified as Fornasetti by the dealer. But Fornasetti it is, stamped on reverse and signed, too one of a set of "Conchiglie" dinner plates Fornasetti produced in the late 1960s early 1970s (there's a set of six on 1st dibs for $1650.) With sprawling starfish at center, and a mussel (complete