The most complete directory of quality Tuscan Terracotta
Marrangoni Pottery has a wide and extenside catalog of handcrafted garden terracotta
produced in Toscany, Italy.
Marrangoni has been a well known name
in the terracotta industry for 150 years, with more than 40 years experience in exporting. If you are looking for a high quality
pots with a rare design, made with ancient and traditional Tuscan craftmanship,
you will definitely find them in this catalog. We work with the best quality clays in the world, the
famous Impruneta Clay (Terra di Impruneta)
and the high quality and less expensive
Siena Clay (Terra di Siena), as well as materials that give the terracotta
a high frost resistant characteristic.
We offer a wide range of Garden Pots, that are easily accessible, with just a few clicks you can easily select the pots you want. You can choose between
round,
squares,
smooth,
garland,
baccellato,
lined,
jars,
bowls,
rectangle planters
in
classic,
tuscan
or
modern,
in different sizes, colours and materials.
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The terracotta
is a hard and resistant material achieved by a firing process at about 1000°
centigrade of a mixture made of clay and inert material, usually sandstone. It's known throughout
the world and can be produced in raw materials such as bricks for houses, but also other items,
thanks to the easily malleable nature of the clay.
In Tuscany, in the area of Florence
and Siena,
the craft of garden pottery has been developed over the centuries and is famous throughout the world
for its elegant and refined desing and also for the quality of the clay.
Tuscan terracotta has always been available only as a red or rose color up until a few years ago. This beautiful rich red color is attributed to the ingredient iron oxide that also provides quality and strength. Only history buffs would know of another blackened, burnished looking terracotta that is made by the ancient Etruscan technique called bucchero. This variety was not as popular as the red terracotta for garden pots, but in the last two decades more and more people have researched different choices available and experimented with shapes, colors and different finishes.
