After careful and passionate work of recovery and restoration of some ground floors of the eighteenth-century Palazzo Mancuso, used over time for various purposes, the last being a coal depot and carpentry workshop, the Alfonso Tafuri ceramic museum presents itself as a series of rooms covered by sail vaults and paved with Vesuvian stone blocks and terracotta from Ogliara.
Inside the rooms, there is a rich collection of hand-painted terracotta tiles (riggiole) from the Neapolitan eighteenth century and the Vietri nineteenth century, household pottery and utensils of local and Vietri production from the 19th century, and older artifacts dating back to the 13th century; jugs, garters, plates, and other objects from the productions of Giffoni Valle Piana and Cerreto Sannita are also exhibited.
Furthermore, 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 conservation and enhancement of the history of Campanian ceramic art and, in particular, the relationship that Salerno and Vietri ceramics have had with the city, its habits and tastes, and the religiosity of its inhabitants.
Information about the Alfonso Tafuri ceramic collection
Larghetto Cassavecchia, 11
84125 Salerno (Salerno)
Phone: 0975861511
Email: museoalfonsotafuri@katamail.com
