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Being in the market for a LM "lion"portafilter of late I got to wondering where the word Marzocco comes from and what it means. For those of you as ignorant as I was, I have found out this much:
A Marzocco is a stone lion with one paw resting on a shield, which has become the emblem of the city of Florence, Italy. The most famous being Donatellos Marzocco c.1419, Bargello National Museum, Florence
Donatellos Marzocco, the heraldic lion of Florence
"The origin of the word Marzocco is very obscure; some philologists trace it to the East. In Florence it has always been applied to a seated lion, one of whose paws rests on a shield, which bears the popular device of the giglio, or lily."
Replica of Donatellos Marzocco in Piazza della Signoria, Florence
"Giuseppe Bambi adopted the symbol of the "Marzocco" for his company, a seated lion with the crest of the Florentine Lily, the synonym of victory and conquest, and called his company La Marzocco."
So there you go, now you know.
A Marzocco is a stone lion with one paw resting on a shield, which has become the emblem of the city of Florence, Italy. The most famous being Donatellos Marzocco c.1419, Bargello National Museum, Florence
Donatellos Marzocco, the heraldic lion of Florence
"The origin of the word Marzocco is very obscure; some philologists trace it to the East. In Florence it has always been applied to a seated lion, one of whose paws rests on a shield, which bears the popular device of the giglio, or lily."
Replica of Donatellos Marzocco in Piazza della Signoria, Florence
"Giuseppe Bambi adopted the symbol of the "Marzocco" for his company, a seated lion with the crest of the Florentine Lily, the synonym of victory and conquest, and called his company La Marzocco."
So there you go, now you know.
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