Talavera de la Reina pottery is a traditional type of
faience
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, or
tin-glazed earthenware
Tin-glazed pottery is earthenware covered in lead glaze with added tin oxide which is white, shiny and opaque (see tin-glazing for the chemistry); usually this provides a background for brightly painted decoration. It has been important in Is ...
made in
Talavera de la Reina,
Toledo (
Spain
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). The area has a long history of
pottery
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, and dishes, jars,
ceramics and other objects have been found in recent archaeological excavations. Some of the materials discovered date back to the
Roman Empire
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.
Arabs brought to the city new techniques, including a new kind of kiln for firing pottery. During that era, many of the pieces included abstract motifs as prescribed by Muslim religious restrictions. In the fifteenth century, Jan Floris brought new styles from Holland. He founded a factory which started the pottery tradition of the city.
[Natacha Seseña: ''Cacharrería popular. La alfarería de basto en España''; 1997, Alianza Editorial. ; p. 238.]
Ceramics of Talavera have been used to make fountains; examples exist in
Cuba
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and
Brazil
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. Tiles for buildings have been made; some are in
,
Tokyo
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and
Paris
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. Its presence in royal palaces and museums all over the world testify to its quality.
There are different styles of Talavera de la Reina Pottery:
* Baroque
* Renaissance
* Bird collections
* House collections
* Religious collections
* Hunting scenes
Workshops in the town keep up the tradition pottery, including Ruiz de Luna and Emilio Niveiro.
Colonial Mexican
Talavera pottery
Talavera pottery (Spanish: Talavera poblana) is a Mexican and Spanish pottery tradition from Talavera de la Reina, in Spain. The Mexican pottery is a type of majolica (faience) or tin-glazed earthenware, with a white base glaze typical of the ty ...
comes from and is named after the Talavera de la Reina pottery.
Notable historical azulejos
*
Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa: azulejos
*
Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha: Former sights
Gallery
Image:Fuenteranas.jpg, Frog fountain in Prados Gardens, Talavera de la Reina.
Image:Ceramica Talavera fuente decorada ni.jpg, Ceramics from Talavera de la Reina, Toledo (Spain). Museum of Valladolid in the Fabio Nelli Palace.
Image:Talaveramenhires.JPG, Talavera menhirs.
References
{{commons category, Ceramics from Talavera de la Reina
Spanish pottery
Azulejos in Spain
Talavera de la Reina
History of ceramics