WRITING’S ON THE WALL

FROM five star hotels to celebrities and sporting trophies to staircases, you’ll see the name David Marshall cropping up everywhere.

And that’s all round the world, with hundreds of his stunning, original items having sold in America to Germany and Denmark to Scotland.

Whether it is a bottle rack or a candelabra you’re looking for, or a picture frame or chimney accessory, his gallery in Benahavis stocks the lot.

But where you will most likely see it is on signs for shops, hotels or private homes.

The sand-casted brass and aluminum nameplates can be seen all along the Costa del Sol.

“We’ve been working with hotels like Finca Cortesin for years, not to mention Zagaleta country club,” explains gallery manager Kristi Marshall, 49, who today runs her father’s business.

“We work a lot with architects and do a lot of bespoke home signs,” adds the mother-of-two.

“We also work for Eva Longoria’s Global Gift foundation and do trophies for golf tournaments.” She explains that each item is created in a sandbox, via an ancient Romanian method at foundries in Malaga and Sevilla.