After a careful and passionate work of recovery and restoration of some rooms of the eighteenth-century Palazzo Mancuso, used over time for various purposes, the last being a coal deposit and carpentry workshop, the Alfonso Tafuri Ceramics Museum presents itself as a series of rooms covered by sail vaults and paved with basoli of Vesuvian stone and Ogliara terracotta.
Inside the rooms there is a rich collection of hand-painted terracotta tiles (riggiole) from the 18th-century Naples and the 19th-century Vietri, local and Vietri-produced household pottery and utensils from the 19th century, and older artifacts dating back to the 13th century; also exhibited are tankards, garters, plates and other objects coming from the productions of Giffoni Valle Piana and Cerreto Sannita.
Additionally, one can admire devotional plaques and panels from the 19th century and artifacts from the German period (1920-47) of Vietri ceramics produced by artists such as: Riccardo Doelker, Irene Kowaliska, Guido Gambone, Giovannino Carraro.
The Alfonso Tafuri Collection represents an interesting example of private commitment aimed at the preservation and enhancement of the history of Campanian ceramic art and, in particular, of the relationship that Salerno and Vietri ceramics have had with the city, its habits and tastes, and the religiosity of its inhabitants.
Information about Alfonso Tafuri Ceramics Collection
Larghetto Cassavecchia, 11
84125 Salerno (Salerno)
Phone: 0975861511
Email: museoalfonsotafuri@katamail.com
