Made in Portugal" Ceramics de Coimbra " Hand Painted Decorative Plate

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These ceramics are hand made and painted in Coimbra , Condeixa - a-Nova and Conímbriga . Types of stoneware : century . XV , Islamic trend; century . XVII , scenes of hunting and fishing soft colors ; century . XVIII , yellow birds , scales and Delft . Was in the century. XX that started to make quality reproductions of our century earthenware . XVII , which reproduced Ming earthenware. Nowadays the decor of this type of ceramics are still done manually , the decore are feathers , plumes of rare birds , peacock tails , flowers , human figures , etc. .The city of Coimbra and its municipality , located in the central region of Portugal , producing pottery for many centuries , even having the oldest ( 1145 ) written record concerning the national ceramics. It is also in this city of Coimbra that there is documentary evidence of the sixteenth century , who approve and regulate so-called " malegueiros " , by which the craftsmen who were known coziam parts twice . Nowadays painted earthenware this region , and that is usually called " washer Coimbra " is unique in Portugal and is the Eastern tradition and the influence of Arabic style, inspired by the important Roman ruins are nearby and where it was also seeking artistic inspiration . The decorations are distinguished by the following names : "drawing kid blue" , " kid drawing color " read more