Illustration taken from "Rate List of Maiolica and Porcelain Signs for Civic Indications and Numbering"
Richard-Ginori
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Manifattura Ginori di Doccia had begun producing affordable blue-printed ceramics dedicated to various everyday activities, for commercial enterprises and domestic life. In the same years as the 1861 National Exhibition in Florence, the factory manufactured all types of porcelain, including signs for street names and house numbers, of which the first examples began to appear on city streets.
The manufactory also offered plaques in more economical majolica variants, round or rectangular in shape, with rounded or squared corners, decorated with a simple double blue border and toponymy written in block letters. The products could be ordered in different sizes and dimensions. This type of street sign, with a clear and legible appearance, was very popular in Sesto Fiorentino, but also in Florence and many other locations throughout Tuscany and across the entire Italian national territory.
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In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Manifattura Ginori di Doccia had begun producing affordable blue-printed ceramics dedicated to various everyday activities, for commercial enterprises and domestic life. In the same years as the 1861 National Exhibition in Florence, the factory manufactured all types of porcelain, including signs for street names and house numbers, of which the first examples began to appear on city streets.
The manufactory also offered plaques in more economical majolica variants, round or rectangular in shape, with rounded or squared corners, decorated with a simple double blue border and toponymy written in block letters. The products could be ordered in different sizes and dimensions. This type of street sign, with a clear and legible appearance, was very popular in Sesto Fiorentino, but also in Florence and many other locations throughout Tuscany and across the entire Italian national territory.
