Founded in 1727, Manifattura Antonibon is Italy’s oldest continuously operating ceramics factory—a living archive of Italian decorative arts. Its historic complex brings together active workshops, an 18th-century printing press with original matrices, timber wood-sheds, a monumental 19th-century circular kiln, and a 16th-century manor house now reimagined as an exhibition space.

Granted exclusive privileges by the Venetian Senate in 1732—including tax exemptions and a flagship presence in Venice—the Antonibon family established the manufactory as the premier ceramic powerhouse of the Serenissima, excelling in majolica alongside porcelain (from 1762) and English-style earthenware (from 1786). Acquired in 1907 by lawyer Lodovico Barettoni, the manufactory remains under the Barettoni family’s stewardship today, preserving nearly three centuries of unbroken material mastery.