The striking elegance and craftsmanship associated with vintage Richard Ginori porcelain and ceramics are hallmarks of the distinguished Italian manufacturer's deep heritage. Over nearly 300 years, the company has established a legacy of enduring design — its exquisite handmade serving pieces, tea sets, tableware, vases and more are coveted all over the world.
Richard Ginori traces its long history back to the village of Doccia, Italy, where marchese Carlo Ginori opened the Doccia Porcelain Manufactory in 1735. The factory employed talented Viennese painters and modelers, and although it took time for Carlo to perfect his models and molds, the company eventually became known for its impeccable white porcelain, inspired by Ginori's love of white gold. By 1779, the factory’s refined porcelain decorated palaces and stately residences.
In 1896, the factory expanded and merged with the Società Ceramic Richard of Milan. The new company was named Richard Ginori, and the early 20th century marked a period of artistic revival for the manufacturer.
In 1923, the influential Italian architect, publisher and furniture designer Gio Ponti was appointed as the company's artistic director (a role he held until 1933). He was still a young man at the time, but the now-celebrated polymath was fearless in his efforts to innovate at Richard Ginori — he introduced a contemporary spirit at the manufacturer and integrated ancient Roman art and other neoclassical elements into his richly ornate designs for decorative objects and ceramic vessels. At the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris — the design fair that brought the Art Deco style into the world — both Richard Ginori and its bold artistic director won a Grand Prix.
In the decades that followed, offerings at the storied porcelain manufacturer showed an adoption of the modern style that had taken shape in furniture design and decorative arts during the mid-20th century. In 1954, the company was renamed Ginori 1735, a reference to its inaugural year. Over time, Richard Ginori has partnered with numerous renowned designers such as Giovanni Gariboldi, Antonio Piva, Franco Albini and Aldo Rossi. In 2013, Gucci purchased the Ginori 1735 brand and factory.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of vintage Richard Ginori serveware and decorative objects.
Gio Ponti Ceramic Sculpture" Il Pellegrino Stanco" for Richard Ginori, Milano
By Richard Ginori, Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great sample of one most important designers of the 20th century, Glazed ceramic, Gio Ponti, made for Richard Ginori and marked S Christoforo, Milano.
Ceramic
Pair of Antique Caramogi or "Mansion Dwarfs" by Richard Ginori
By Richard Ginori, Jacques Callot
Located in San Diego, CA
Excellent pair of Caramogi or "mansion dwarfs" attributed to Jacques Callot for Richard Ginori, circa mid 1800s. The polychrome, hard-paste porcelain couple are hand-painted and in ...
Porcelain
$217Sale Price|25% Off
Vintage Capodimonte Porcelain Decorative Item by Ginori, Rococo Style, Italy
By Richard Ginori
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s. These two 18th century figures are made in Capodimonte porcelain. This statue might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in...
Porcelain
Vintage Ginori Porcelain Sculptures by Richard Ginori, Italy, 1950s
By Richard Ginori
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of Ginori Porcelain is an original decorative object realized by Richard Ginori in the middle of the XX Century. Colored porcelain. Marked on the base. Made in Italy. ...
Porcelain
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.5 in W 4.5 in D 3.25 in
Art Deco Figurine of 'Mata Hari' by Capodimonte / Naples Porcelain Company
By Capodimonte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco Figurine of 'Mata Hari' by Capodimonte / Naples Porcelain Company Italy, circa 1925 An exceptional work, displaying grace and movement, subtly hand- painted. The seductive turban and gold earring wearing dancer draped in a White and Iron-Red Moon and Star motif garment, on a tasseled pillow. Hence our Mata Hari, attribution/suggestion. The name Mata Hari, is a Malay expression for the sun. Literally meaning “eye of the day"/ dawn of the day' This exquisite figure, depicts the The dancer (Mata Hari ?) as the sun-wearing the moon and stars. Marked with the variation Blue underglaze Crown & N. In remarkable well cared for condition, some minor wear to the gilt. The figurine stands...
Porcelain
Richard Ginori Giovanni Gariboldi Ceramic, 1950, Italy
By Richard Ginori
Located in Milano, IT
Richard Ginori Giovanni Gariboldi ceramic, 1950, Italy.
Ceramic
Italy Richard Ginori Early 18th Century Porcelain Vase
By Richard Ginori
Located in Brescia, IT
This elegant vase was produced by Richard Ginori porcelain manufacturer in Doccia, Italy, in the 1730 Not easy to find this model so fine and elegant with its country flowers in pin...
Porcelain
$2,506Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.82 in W 13 in D 8.67 in
Porcelain Group, "The noble rococo game of chess", German Manufacturer
Located in Berlin, DE
Large, decorative porcelain group, "The noble game of chess". German porcelain manufacturer. Undamaged.
Porcelain
Set of 12 Porcelain Shells by Giovanni Garibaldi for Richard-Ginori
By Giovanni Gariboldi
Located in New York, NY
In the 1920s Gio Ponti, who defined 20th century Italian design, was the art director of Richard-Ginori, a venerable porcelain company established in the 18th century. When Ponti moved on in 1930, his protégé Giovanni Gariboldi, who also designed furniture and interiors, filled the vacated position. It would seem that Gariboldi found his model for these shell-shaped dishes in nature, but this is not the case. Rather, he channeled the essence of “shellness," and endowed his design with the faux verisimilitude of delicate ribbing along the scalloped edge. Yet he had them glazed in improbable candy-like pastel colors of pink, yellow, and blue. Originally used principally as ashtrays, no doubt, they could also be put to use as serving dishes for nuts and candies, or as decorative tabletop objects...
Porcelain
RICHARD GINORI 1735 Mytheresa Porcelain Box
By Richard Ginori
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Richard Ginori 1735 Corona Storica porcelain box with images of Paris, Santorini, Geneva, Hollywood and Barcelona / Made in Italy Original mark on the base / comes in original b...
Porcelain
$603
H 21.66 in W 17.72 in D 1.58 in
original "diamond" ceramic tiles by Gio Ponti for Joo Milano 1960s
By Gio Ponti
Located in taranto, IT
Wall panel composed of a very rare group of 6 ceramic tiles designed in 1960 by Gio Ponti for Joo Ceramiche Milano, "diamond" model, fire-red in white aluminum frame. The whole panel...
Aluminum
$664Sale Price|85% Off
H 5 in W 6.25 in D 13.25 in
Italian Renaissance Raffaellesco Grotteschi Majolica Compote by Richard Ginori
By Gio Ponti, Mottahedeh, Chelsea House, Richard Ginori, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Miami, FL
Outstanding Richard Ginori porcelain centerpiece compote, circa 19th Century. This rare and whimsical antique compote is hand painted with a "Bacchanalian" motif and a polychrome gla...
Porcelain
Ceramic tile by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori 1960s with frame
By Richard Ginori, Gio Ponti
Located in taranto, IT
very rare ceramic tile , produced by Richard Ginori in 1965, designed by Gio Ponti. Published in the most important books concerning postwar Italian Ceramic production, displayed in ...
Aluminum
$1,740 / item
H 6.89 in W 6.89 in D 0.99 in
Gio Ponti 'Vendemmia' series two tiles for Richard Ginori, Italy, 1920s
By Richard Ginori, Gio Ponti
Located in Milan, IT
Gio Ponti two 'Vendemmia' series tiles in frames for Richard Ginori, Italy, 1920s Fully marked.
Ceramic, Wood
Early Meissen Porcelain, Singerie Style Monkey Musician Figurine
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An early Meissen Porcelain Singerie style Monkey Musician Figurine. Dressed in full male noble attire and wig the monkey merrily plays the trumpet assu...
Porcelain
$3,750
H 8.67 in Dm 5.91 in
Giovanni Gariboldi Ceramic Vase for Richard Ginori San Cristoforo, Italy 1930s
By Giovanni Gariboldi, Richard Ginori
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Ceramic vase designed by Giovanni Gariboldi in the 1930's for Richard Ginori, San Cristoforo, Italy. Bulbous white ceramic vase with a small opening and gold gilding. Richard - Gino...
Metal, Brass
Ginori Porcelain Figurine Trio with Floral Baskets
By Richard Ginori
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A beautiful set of three vintage porcelain figurines by Ginori, featuring two women carrying baskets of flowers and a man leaning against a tree stump. Each figure is crafted with at...
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Pair of Hand- Painted Majolica Italian Statues by Ginori
By Richard Ginori
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Pair of Majolica statue in the shape of a boy and a woman with basket designed by Urbano Lucchesi for Ginori Doccia factory (Florence), around 1888-1889....
Ceramic
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H 18.9 in W 5.52 in D 3.75 in
Gio Ponti Set of Three Hands in Aluminium Casting for Richard Ginori
By Gio Ponti, Richard Ginori
Located in Milano, IT
Handmade moulds in aluminium casting from 1950s. The composition is of three hand moulds, all of them Medium size. The moulds are the structure that G...
Aluminum
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H 20.87 in W 5.12 in D 3.15 in
Hand Midcentury Mould in Aluminium Casting by Richard Ginori, 1950
By Richard Ginori
Located in Milano, IT
Handmade moulds in aluminium casting. Composition composed of three hand moulds, High, Medium, Small. Hands are numbered (numbering is its measure sin...
Aluminum
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H 12.21 in W 14.57 in D 7.09 in
"Matrona Distesa" Porcelain by Gio Ponti for Pittoria di Doccia, 1920s
By Richard Ginori, Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Extraordinary "Matrona Distesa" (lying matron) Celadon glazed porcelain designed by Gio Ponti for Pittoria di Doccia (Richard Ginori's branch) in th...
Celadon