Luxury Design, Past & Present
Set of Piero Fornasetti Opaque White Glass Jars and Covers made for Fiat,
Six Jars with Lorry or Truck motif,
Circa 1960.
The truck or lorry motif glass jars with lids were made for the Fiat Motor Company as promotional pieces- part of a special series made for the anniversary of Fiat Motors in the 1960s with a truck motif and designed to be food containers.
Each jar depicts a different loaded Fiat truck with a sign naming the model. The contents of the supplies carried by the truck are named too depicting the proposed contents of the jars.
1. Autocargo FIAT 683N carrying Caffe (Coffee)
2. Trattore FIAT 690T2 carrying Riso (Rice)
3. Autocargo FIAT 625N carrying Te (Tea)
4. Autocargo FIAT 690N carrying Farina ( Flour)
5. Trattore FIAT 683T carrying Zucchero (Sugar)
6. Autocargo FIAT 693N carrying Sale (Salt)