INDEX: Polish Pottery Pride Retail Display

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BACKSTORY: Bolesławiec pottery (English: BOLE-swavietz, Polish: [bɔlɛ’swav^jɛt͡s]), also referred to as Polish pottery,^[1] is the collective term for fine pottery and stoneware produced in the town of Bolesławiec, in south-western Poland. The ceramics are characterized by an indigo blue polka dot pattern on a white background or vice-versa.

The art originated in the late Middle Ages, but it fully developed in the 19th century and has continued ever since.^[2] The scope of the stoneware ranges from teapots and jugs to plates, platters and candelabra. The pottery is collectively known as “Polish stoneware”, as it became one of Poland’s unofficial cultural symbols.^[3]

For centuries one of the premier art forms in Central Europehas been the pottery and ceramics created in the Silesiaregion. The durable and functional creamy white and blue stoneware pieces are unique and easily identifiable. Ceramics and pottery are a definitive part of the identity of the city of Bolesławiec (Bunzlau). The town itself is often called Miasto Ceramiki (Town of Ceramics).^[4] The town is known for the ceramics and it is one of its defining features. The ceramics there have been produced for over a thousand years.

The ceramics works are referred to as Bolesławiec pottery, or they are sometimes called by their German name: Bunzlau pottery or Bunzlauer pottery.^[5] There has recently been a resurgence in the popularity of Bolesławiec ceramic art in the United States.^[6]

The geography lends itself to ceramic work as the area is rich in natural clay deposits; the clay is still excavated today.^[7] The clay is plentiful and of extremely high quality. It has a high feldspar and silicon content, and is classified as stoneware after firing. It is fired at extremely high temperatures, around 1100-1300 degrees Celsius. The clay is brown to grey in color, and rough in texture compared to finer claybodies such as porcelain.^[8] Stoneware is sturdy and vitreous to semi-vitreous and porous when fired. Glaze can be applied and the piece can be re-fired to create a watertight surface. There is also a unique clay slip associated with the Bolesławiec supply base, the application of which results in a glossy, brown surface.^[1]^[4]

(SOURCE: Wikipedia)

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