Richard Ginori GIO PONTI MATT 1923 ORCINO VASE

Richard Ginori GIO PONTI MATT 1923 ORCINO VASE

Entirely hand-decorated, the new Stuoia 1923 collection is narrated through furnishing objects: orcino vase and cup.
The decoration of the Stuoia 1923 collection is characterised by a composition of interwoven vertical yellow bands and horizontal green bands, divided lengthwise by black and orange lines on a black background, which envelop the porcelain.

Richard-Ginori is a company founded in 1737 as the Manifattura di Doccia by Marquis Carlo Ginori in Doccia (Florence). It is world-famous for its porcelain, the production of which is still located in Sesto Fiorentino, despite the merger with the industrial group of the Milanese Augusto Richard, owner of other factories, which took place in 1896, hence the current name.

Of historical and artistic importance is the relative Richard-Ginori Museum of the Doccia Factory, adjacent to the current factory, which displays the production of the factory since its foundation.

On October 11, 1896, the Richard Ceramic Company merged with the Manifattura dei Marchesi Ginori: it united the Doccia factory and the six shops in Florence, Bologna, Turin, Rome and Naples. The famous Richard-Ginori ceramics company is born.
In the very same year of the merger he produces a commemorative service for the Casa Ricordi, immediately after the first performance of Puccini’s Bohème in February 1896.

Richard’s entry into Doccia introduces many mechanical innovations in the workshops and enhances lithographic decalcomania to reduce the heavy expense of hand decoration.

In the period 1923-1930 Gio Ponti works as art director at the Richard-Ginori Ceramic Manufactory, renewing its product range.

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