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Folk pottery from Chalupki


Title: Folk pottery from Chalupki
Category: Glass, ceramic and pottery
Country: Poland, Swietokrzyskie, Chalupki
Period: XX Century
Provided by: AGH
Source: https://www.morawica.pl/asp/pl_start.asp?typ=14&su...
Photo Gallery: https://www.morawica.pl/asp/pl_start.asp?typ=14&menu=131&str...

Description:

Chalupki is a small village located in the Swietokrzyskie region. The village is famous not only in Poland but also across Europe for its traditional of pottery. The beginnings of pottery in Chalupki dates back to the sixteenth century. In the year 1.935 there were as many as 69 pottery workshops, but 40 years later - only 40 workshops. The skills and pottery tradition are handed down from generation to generation. Usually whole families were engaged in this extremely rare craft.

 


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