Store with history
Portuguese Ceramics has its deepest roots in megalithic cultures. Our pottery has traces of Roman, Arab, Visigoth and Celtic ancestors. At the beginning of the 16th century, documentary evidence of the existence of our glazed ceramics began to appear, more specifically Portuguese faience.
In the middle of the 17th century we witnessed the appearance of highly designed ware, with many small figures, landscapes, fauna, flora, constructions and decorations of the Chinese type. These were yet another ornamental motif which came to be known as "child's drawing".
But it was not only European faience which was influenced by Chinese porcelain motifs. In turn, Chinese porcelain started to be influenced not only by Portuguese ceramics, but also by other types of ceramics distributed by Portuguese ships to distant lands.
Mas não foram só as faianças europeias as influenciadas pelos motivos das porcelanas chinesas. Também e, por sua vez, as de origem chinesa começaram a ser influenciadas pela cerâmica não só portuguesa, mas também pelas de outras origens distribuídas pelas naus de Portugal para essas longínquas paragens.
Indo-Portuguese art was also created, which has much to do with our centuries-long stay in India. There is, in fact, an integration of oriental arts in Portuguese art.
We can thus say that the Portuguese were the precursors of the oriental influence in European art in ceramics.
Before the oriental influence dominated the Portuguese 17th century faience, we cultivated a taste for Italian majolica, known as "Pisa ware" or "Venice ware", ports from which this art was exported.
In the 18th century, with the intervention of the Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese faience experienced a new momentum. Perhaps due to this impulse, various artists decided to develop their art in Portugal, among them Domingos Vandelli who, enchanted with the clays of the region, set up a factory in which he invented a new type of faience. The famous Coimbra faience. It is differentiated by its fineness allied to delicate painting and the tones of green-pebble and light yellow.
Another of these artists was Brioso, he was known for his glazing and pieces decorated only in blue, "ton sur ton".
After the disappearance of these great artists, the popular pottery of Coimbra has remained very productive in all kinds of crockery until today.
When talking about Coimbra ware we can’t forget Conimbriga ware, as both are worked with a clay paste from the region and only with manual decoration.
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Praça da República 37, 2710-616
Sintra, Portugal
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Phone: +351 219 248 245
Email: sales@sintrabazar.com
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Monday - Sunday 10:00am - 19:00pm