Artistica's market its products, in a three-tier pricing:
- Retail (Direct Sales to consumers - via Mail Order Catalog and Internet eCommerce),
- Trade (Interior Decorators, Designers and Architects), and
- Wholesale (Exclusively reserved for Stores/Stocking Dealers)
Application and pre-approval required for "Trade" and "Wholesale" pricing.
For more information please go to the B2B Wholesale or Interior Decorators pages.

To serve our Trade and Wholesale customers, Artistica, Inc. operates throughout the entire U.S.A. territory attending trade shows in the Gift, Decorative Accessories and Furniture industries, showing in Permanent Showrooms or Temporary booths in all the major US Fairs.

Selecting the perfect gift has never been faster and easier...
Artistica's Gift Certificates are available via E-Mail or Paper.

Click HERE or call us at (800) 754-5363 to purchase gift certificate.

Because each piece of Majolica and Ceramic is individually crafted, you may notice slight variations in color and size.
Occasionally you will note fingerprints, paint smudges, and looseness of lids.
These variances should not be considered as imperfections, but as evidence of fine, hand-crafted work. CLICK HERE to learn more about Italian Majolica.

We are truly proud of our professional and secure packaging!
After our through product inspection, each item is cleaned and placed in a clear plastic bag. Then is wrapped in "Bubble-Pack" and individually boxed. Larger items are further protected with expandable "Foam-In-Place" by Instapack™.
The "individual" cartons are then placed inside another box for "double-protection" as most delivery carriers require. The packing material are clean and suitable for gift wrapping.

Care and Use of Ceramic Dinnerware

Avoid High Temperatures: Due to its characteristic thickness and earthenware porosity, ceramic dinnerware may be damaged by exposure to extremely hot temperatures. Artistica’s dinnerware (like any other Deruta’s dinnerware product), are “Serving” pieces and they are NOT meant to be used for cooking or re-heating.

Protect Against Chips and Cracks:
Majolica is low-fired earthenware and chips more easily than vitreous-china dinnerware.
Careful hand wash is recommended although Artistica's dinnerware items are electric dish-washing safe.
When using electric dishwashing, it is recommended to place the dishes or ceramic accessories, far apart to avoid touching each other during the high pressure dish-washing cycle.

Characteristics of Majolica and Ceramics:
With repeated use, Majolica has a tendency to "craze" (forming minuscule lines in the glazing). The crazing result is the nature of Majolica, and has no significant effect on the ceramics.
CLICK HERE to learn more about Italian Majolica

Artistica’s dinnerware products are 100% Food Safe:
We independently inspect and test our products for lead content to comply with FDA standards.

Orders are normally processed within 48 hours and shipped from our Miami, FL warehouse.
We maintain quite large inventory at our warehouse, but being our products manufactured in Italy and by several small artisan shops, is practically impossible to maintain a full stock for all items at all times…
Our web site shows product availability, and the inventory data is updated weekly.
Should any product be temporarily out of stock we will contact promptly to arrange later delivery. Larger orders may be shipped in more than one time, unless otherwise instructed.

Although stock availability for each product can be verified on-line, you can also contact our "Customer Service Desk", at (305) 576-2080, we will be able to tell you if the item you interested in is in stock and advise delivery date.

Standard (ground) delivery time, within the USA, is 5 to 10 business days.
Express delivery charges are applicable to air shipment for orders destined to AK, HI and P.Rico.
We ship anywhere…
Call for quote for delivery to International destinations.

Our products are shipped professionally packed in a plain brown or white corrugated carton. For an additional fee of $5.00 you may have your purchase gift wrapped.
A complementary Gift Card will accompany your gift wrapped box along with your personalized "Gift Message".
Do you have a special request? Call us at (800) 754-5363 (M-F 9-6 EST)
or Email:  info@artistica.com.

Every purchase shipped to Florida and Illinois is subject to Sales Tax (7% for Florida and 7.75% for Illinois).
Sales Taxes are automatically added to any order placed on line shipped to Florida or Illinois.
Please add Sales Taxes due in the appropriate box when placing your
order by mail or by fax.

We do accept Visa^®, Master Card^® and American Express^®.
You may also pay with personal or company check or money order.
Wholesale/Dealers accounts may qualify for our Net 30 Days terms.
Minimum purchase amount required and subject to our credit Factoring agency approval. CLICK HERE for more B2B Wholesale Information

We are proud of the fine products we offer and frankly it is our hope that you will find their quality and our service so satisfactory that you will feel it to your best interests to call upon us real often…
Your recommendations for new products or suggestions for improvements are also welcome. We are interested in what pleases you – and what disappoints you – about our products or service. Please, let us know.
Drop us a note by mail or use our convenient on line Suggestion Box page. Thank you!

All Artistica’s products are marked (under-glaze):
“Artistica – Made in Italy”.
Deruta’s dinnerware and tabletop items are marked:
“Artistica – Deruta – Made in Italy”.

We do offer an exclusive Gift and Bridal Registry program both on-line and by catalog.
CLICK HERE to review our current registries.
You can register on-line or simply call us at
(800) 754-5363 and we will work with you as well as send catalogs to whomever you wish.
+We will gladly work with them when they call to select a gift from your registry.

Artistica’s wall plates and wall plaques are shipped “Wall-Hung Ready” with a galvanized steel wire assembled in the rear of the object.
Should you decide to use the item as tabletop centerpiece, we recommend cutting of the wiring to avoid surface damage.

Due to our large volume and continue replenishment of new products and new samples, occasionally we discount selected products from our warehouse as well as from our current catalog collection.
These are brand new products in perfect conditions mostly used for photography purposes only.
Click Here to review our “On-Sale” selection.

To expedite the whole initial process for a new account, we rather ship your first order either pre-paid or better using a Credit Card.
We accept VISA-MC-AMEX.
Be assured that your Credit Card will be charged ONLY the day when we will ship your order. Charge Receipt will be attached with your invoice.

Should you decide to apply for NET 30 DAYS TERMS:
Please be advised that we do factor* our credit sales account receivable,
and we are able to offer NET 30 DAYS terms to those customers that
meet the following criteria:

  - Your business must have been active for at least 2 Years,  and most important
  - Your business credit line MUST be approved for by our Factor (Lyon Capital Corp.), this may take about two weeks.

A listing with a good credit rating by Duns & Bradstreet and/or Lyon will certainly help but if your business is relatively new, and not listed yet with neither one of them, someone from Lyon Capital will contact you to obtain information about your company in order to create a profile and eventually a Credit Rating for your business.

When contacted by Credit Services/Lyon Capital, we encourage you to supply all the information they will ask you about your business; this will help them to better evaluate your business leading to a more accurate credit rating for your company.

The Lyon Credit Services/Lyon Capital rating will them been available to any other manufacturer that will inquire about your company and this certainly will ease the approval of your business for any other vendor you may purchase on terms in the future.

*Often we receive inquiries about the "Factoring" service... Here is basically how it works: You place your order with us... We ship your order... You call us for any "Customer-Service" matter, BUT your Invoice will indicate to pay someone else: Lyon Capital.
You pay them... They pay us...
You pay on time... They give you a better Credit Rating that will help you to get approved with future orders with us or other suppliers.

CREDIT CARD:
Just supply your credit card number and expiration date within your order.
MINIMUM ORDER: $1,000.00 (No minimum on any following re-order).
We Welcome VISA - MASTER CARD - AMEX

Be assured that your Credit Card will be charged ONLY the day when we will ship your order. Charge Receipt will be mailed to you along with the invoice.

NET 30 DAYS - CREDIT TERMS:
MINIMUM ORDER: $ 1,000.00 (No minimum on any following re-order).

WHOLESALE Minimum Order

How is my WHOLESALE order shipped?

HOW LONG WILL TAKE TO RECEIVE MY ORDER?

In stock products are shipped within 48 hours.
Orders placed for "Express Delivery" have priority and are customarily shipped the same day or within 24 hours.
Please consider that, although we carry a large stock of our products, we catalog over 1,600 items, and all our products are hand made "one-by-one" by small workshops, as result it is practically impossible to keep in stock all items at all times!...
In any event, should an item be not available, an out of stock message (in color red) will appear next to the product advising of the possible delay.
Furthermore, it is our policy to immediately ship the available items therefore we will Back-Order the missing products that will be shipped within a few weeks, upon the arrival of the merchandise.
Please, let us know should you need a single and complete shipment and do not hesitate to contact our "Customer Service Desk", at 1-800-754-5363
for any further assistance.

Majolica (mâ-jol`ë-ka)-n.A kind of enameled Italian pottery richly decorated in colors.
Majolica, spelled “Maiolica” in Italian, is the word generally used for the enameled pottery that has been made in Italy since Renaissance times. The term refers to carefully chosen clay wares coated with a solution of white glaze, and also denotes the process of painting on the glaze before it is fired into a hard shiny surface.
The name majolica is derived from the island of Majorca, the headquarters of trading vessels sailing between Spanish and Italian ports. The tin-oxide-glazed, Majolica pottery of Italy, reached a summit of artistic quality during the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
The molded or thrown clay piece is given a first, or "bisque" firing, and then covered with an opaque lead and tin-oxide glaze. (Leadless glazes are the standard for contemporary majolica potters.)
Decorations are hand painted on the dry glaze, and a second firing fuses both glaze and decoration to an even, glossy surface. This direct painting technique led to vigorous designs and novel imagery, producing some of the most delightful and artistically satisfying creations in European ceramic history.
CLICK HERE to learn more about Italian Majolica

The Making of Majolica

The creation of Majolica is a complex event, involving skillful master artisans who understand the content of the quality raw materials used in their work.

From small, simply decorated dishes to large "Orcio" urns in the 16th Century style, every successful piece is the product of a "Five-Step" process.

The finished product emerges from this final firing, its brilliant colors safely protected by a robust and uniform glaze. It is a Majolica piece! - a prestigious name earned with this centuries-old process!
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Expand or Set up your own e-Commerce web site!
Register to become an Artistica's "eDealer" to sell the exclusive Artistica's products On-Line!
You sell them!... We ship it!...
CLICK HERE for more information.