Richard Ginori ''Greca verde Oro'' - Coffee service - Porcelain

The espresso service is produced by the Italian company Richard Ginori in its Doccia factories, located near Florence. This set is from the Antico Doccia Corona model and includes:

- 6 espresso cups
- 6 saucers
- 1 milk jug
- 1 sugar bowl

It is a set of rare beauty that represents the flagship of Richard Ginori's production.

The Ginori Porcelain Manufactory in Doccia distinguished itself as one of the most eminent porcelain factories in Europe. Its founding dates back to 1737, thanks to the initiative of the Marquis Carlo Ginori, at his villa in Doccia, now part of Sesto Fiorentino. The ownership and management of the manufactory remained in the hands of Carlo Ginori’s descendants until 1896, when it merged with the Società Ceramica Richard of Milan.

The artistic evolution of the Doccia Manufactory appears particularly complex and reflects the different historical and cultural events that characterized Tuscany for about one hundred and fifty years, from the decline of the last Medici to the period when Florence became the capital.

In the early years, the Ginori manufactory at Doccia, similar to the Viennese Du Paquier manufactory, did not consistently adopt a mark, unlike Meißen. However, there were some attempts in this direction. Examples of such attempts include the use of the dome of the Florence Cathedral, a symbol already associated with Medici porcelain, and the eight-point star. The latter element represents the three stars of the Ginori family crest, united with the dome. Although these initiatives suggest an intention to introduce a mark, there is no conclusive evidence proving the Marquis Carlo and his successor Lorenzo’s will.

Under Lorenzo Ginori’s leadership and on Saint Laurent’s advice, the idea of placing a mark on products from the Doccia ovens was considered several times. This was to avoid counterfeit porcelain sold in Naples, often decorated crudely, and to distinguish their products from those of competitors, a common practice among many manufactories of the time.

It was only with Carlo Leopoldo Ginori’s management that a more defined mark was adopted: the incused asterisk, documented from 1780, probably a simplification of the three stars of the family crest. During the same period, the asterisk also appears painted in gold or red over the glaze, up to the first half of the nineteenth century, alternating with painted numerals or incuse letters such as P (first quality) and F. Subsequently, and mainly on tin-glazed earthenware, the mark “GINORI” was stamped until about 1840, while on porcelain the crowned N appeared, thanks to the acquisition of models from the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea and the right to reproduce its mark. In the second half of the nineteenth century, between 1850 and 1890, we find a G impressed within a vertical lozenge or the inscription Ginori painted inside an oval. In the last decades, variants “Manifattura Ginori” in an oval centered by a star were introduced, painted in black, blue, green, and red.

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