Founded at Doccia in 1735, the manufactory’s long history spans sculptural porcelain, tableware and Gio Ponti’s optical designs. The present name Ginori 1735 dates from the 2020 re-identification of Richard Ginori.
Doccia, the manufactory’s point of origin
The name Ginori 1735 points to the beginning of the Doccia manufactory. In 1735, Carlo Andrea Ginori began making porcelain at his family estate in Doccia, near Florence. The manufactory later operated under the name Richard Ginori before adopting Ginori 1735 as its new identity in 2020.1
From sculptural porcelain to the table
Ginori’s account of its eighteenth-century history places Doccia among the important European centres for porcelain sculpture. The same chronology dates the stoia motif, inspired by woven cloth, to 1779; gold decoration followed later. The sequence shows the manufactory working across both sculptural objects and tableware, with pattern and surface carrying their own history.1
How hard-paste porcelain takes shape
Hard-paste porcelain combines kaolin, feldspar and quartz. For slip-cast forms, the manufactory pours the liquid ceramic mixture into a plaster mould. As the plaster absorbs water, a solid layer builds along the mould walls. The mould is then opened and the raw piece is removed and finished before glazing and firing.2
The essentials
- Founded
- 1735, Sesto Fiorentino
- Headquarters
- Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Official site
- ginori1735.com
