The next century of ceramics.

  The Boleslawiec ceramics was frequently presented at international exhibitions, where it won awards and distinctions. It was even apprecitated on the order side of the Antlantic.

  On the initiative of the town in 1897 was established Professional School of Ceramics in Boleslawiec. The first headmaster of the school was dr. Wilhelm Pukall, a renowned craftsman, the technical director of the Royal Manufacture of Porcelain in Berlin. Thanks to innovative works of the school, the practical technical values of improvements and new methods of work were appreciated as well as artistic efforts to refine the form and discover a new expression for the decoration based on local traditions. Wholesale Pottery It should be observed, that if Boleslawiec was called "town of good clay" it could be largely attributed to the local school.

  In the second half of 19th century, next to brown - glazed pitchers appeared white vessels covered with a colorful decoration rendered initially with a sponge, then with a rubber stamp. Among the designs there were circles, dots, scales, clover leaves.

  The history of Boleslawiec has been closely tied up with the pottery craft for over 350 years. The region of the town and neighborhood in the basin of the rivers Bobr and Kwisa abounds in rich sources of clay which lends itself very well to production of pottery in the temperature 1280-1300 C. There are also different types of clay used for glazing, which result in a brown, slightly glassy surface. It is the so called clay glaze, typical of earthenware products made in Boleslawiec.