These pictures are on display at Celetna Crystal on Celetna Street. When I asked the salesperson about them she shrugged and said "too old fashioned." Say it ain't so! It's classic folk pottery. So who knows anything about these beautiful things?
Are they Moravian?
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Maybe you mean this: http://www.tupeska-keramika.unas.cz/
-"Tupeská keramika", "Typický tupeský dekor"
(it was easy I googled "moravská keramika" :-)and this was the first tip )
sarka
Very pretty, yes. Have you tried Googling it? I expect like everything else, there is a trend and fashion in traditional pottery as well.
While living in Ramallah, Palestine, I bought traditional Armenian bowls and dishes. Many Armenians live (fled to)the area in the last century.
Then we moved to Armenia, along with our dishes, and nobody recognized them as Armenian.
Later I found out they resembled some Turkish patterns, and realized they were "Western Armenian" which means from "Eastern Turkey" where many ethnic Armenians used to live. The country of Armenia today is what used to be a Soviet republic, and the two Armenians have lived a separate existence.
It's an interesting world!
They come from the Chod region of West Bohemia in the vicinity of the picturesque town of Domažlice. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/113923/Chodsko. The ones displayed probably come from the village of Klenčí, where there are ceramics workshops.
Yes! This is it! What does tupeský translate as? Google doesn't translate it. I have such helpful readers. Thanks everyone for your help. And keep coming back with your comments!
According to information on their website the name tupeská keramika is derived from Tupesy which is a village (near Uherské Hradiště)where this decor originates and where the sellers and producers live
Šárka
It also looks similar to some of the pottery here in Spain as well. Beautiful, of course!
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