Late medieval and early modern cities are often depicted as cradles of artistic creativity and
hotbeds of new material culture. Cities in renaissance Italy and in seventeenth and …

This article addresses early modern guild-based hallmarks from the perspective of modern
branding. Although guilds could have firm-like functions and create 'brand names', collective …

This article aims to analyse the practices of branding adopted in the European pre-modern
economy in order to communicate information about the product to the consumer. It …

Neste trabalho procurou-se investigar a produção, o uso e a circulação dos objectos em
vidro, em Portugal, entre a Idade Média tardia e o início da época moderna, tendo, como …

Utilising archival materials relating to an Italian pottery manufacturer, Manifattura Ginori, this
paper examines the development of the company's accounting system during the 19th …

Technological knowledge and decorative styles had an impact that is particularly noteworthy
in western European and East Asian countries. In the West, the cultural influence of Chinese …

In the last two decades, the humanities and social sciences have confronted themselves
with the need to account for the increasing mobility of people and goods. 1 In 2017 …

Questo saggio indaga quali diritti di proprietà i fabbricanti privilegiati di ceramiche della
Repubblica di Venezia fossero in grado di esercitare su beni e servizi utilizzati nel corso del …

L'article revient sur l'opposition, affirmée à la fois dans les discours économiques de
l'époque moderne et dans l'historiographie, entre privilèges d'entreprise et marché. La …

By definition, imported goods break established patterns of regional trade. Imported goods
differ from their local counterparts in the following aspects: distance from the production …