Italian Pottery

Both Leoncini's shop and show-room are in San Gimignano ( Siena ) , the famous city of the towers, in the heart of Tuscany, Italy.

In the 16th century The Spezieria di Santa Fina was opened (today part of the Archeological Museum of San Gimignano), an old chemist shop, with ointments and medicines kept in pharmacy pots.

Since then, many things have changed and in many cases terracotta has been substituted by pottery and the pharmacy pots embellished with more and more ornamental and elaborate hand-painted designs.

You can reach San Gimignano from Florence and Siena with the Superstrada FI-SI and exit at Poggibonsi. From Poggibonsi follow the signs to San Gimignano.