Mid-century, Handcrafted Vintage Enamel Dishes by Bovano of Cheshire, CT

Handcrafted Vintage Enamel Dish by Bovano of Cheshire
Mid-century
Copper with vitreous enamel
Blue and green examples: 3.5 inches diameter
Red example: 5.25 inches diameter
Each sold separately

Handcrafted mid-century enamel dishes produced by Bovano of Cheshire, Connecticut, a studio known for its richly colored enamel-on-copper decorative objects. Each dish features a distinct composition combining Abstract Expressionist gesture with Modernist form, balancing painterly movement against controlled geometry.

Bold yet restrained color palettes—saturated blues, greens, and a striking red—are fused into copper through traditional vitreous enameling, creating luminous, glass-like surfaces with subtle variation and depth. The designs read as intimate, functional abstractions: part small-scale sculpture, part decorative object.

Whether displayed individually or grouped, these dishes exemplify the mid-century embrace of craft, color, and modern art translated into the domestic sphere—objects meant to be lived with, handled, and quietly contemplated.