About Our Polish Pottery
What To Expect • What Makes It Special • How Is It Made • About Painting and Stamping • Hints
Also see our Pottery FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
What To Expect From Our Polish Pottery
We receive containers monthly from Poland. The decorations vary in each container. Most products are available from our standard stock.
Close inspection of each piece is mandatory before it leaves our facility in Connecticut to ensure the superior quality you expect.
There will always be slight variations in decoration and color, and no two pieces are exactly alike. This is truly what make this an artform and a collectible.
Working closely with the factory to develop new shapes and complementary decorations, we are able to maintain the integrity of the original product. Therefore what you purchase from us is an authentic reproduction of an original design.
The Zanger Company offers hundreds of shapes in hundres of decorations. The combination of color palettes and shapes create an eclectic environment in your home, so representative of old world Europe. The decorations offer repetitive patterns which complement one another. A beautiful table is presented as a result of this mix and match technique.
What makes Polish pottery special?
- Dishwasher, microwave and oven-safe
- Highest quality stoneware exported from Poland
- Lead and Cadmium free paints and glazes
- High density, highly durable stoneware. Resists chips and breakage
- High-fired (2000º F) ceramic retains heat and cold for extended
periods
- Individually handmade and hand painted
- Every piece is artist initialed (signature pieces are artist signed)
How
is it made?
- Clay is extracted from a natural resource in Poland
- Bowls and plates are hand thrown; all other pieces are cast from molds
- Stamped with hand carved natural sea sponges extracted from the Mediterranean
Sea
- Stamping complemented by hand painting
- Stamp and paint colors are mixed and created on site
- Pieces are high-fired at 2000º F
- Lead and Cadmium free paints and glazes
More about Painting and Stamping
- The "eyespot" pattern, a reoccuring theme throughout these
decorations, was inspired by the peacock feather
- Old world stamping techniques are still used at the factory
- Before the acceptance of using sea sponges for stamping, stamps were
originally carved from potatoes
Pottery Hints
Stoneware serves as a wonderful unit for storage.
Fruit and other food groups remain fresher for extended periods when
stored in our pottery.
When using in the oven, our pottery provides
an even heat distribution for cooking and baking. In addition, foods
retain moisture when prepared in our pottery.
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