Szczecin goods

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Szczecin ware is pottery that was produced in Pomerania from the 18th to the 20th century and traded in particular via Szczecin . Other names for this ceramic style are Pomeranian Ware , Stettiner Zeug , Stettiner Gut and Stettiner gods .

The pottery can be classified as an upscale type of folk crockery. The dishes - plates, jugs and bowls - had a mostly white or gray-white tin glaze on the inside. The underside remained unglazed. For the painting, motifs from the plant kingdom, animal representations and buildings were used, people were only rarely shown. The goods were only burned once.

The manufacturers of this pottery were spread all over Pomerania . In his detailed description of the current state of the Royal Prussian Duchy of Western and Western Pomerania (1779/1784) , Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann lists more than 50 pottery workshops in Western Pomerania and Western Pomerania . In his day there were also the pottery workshops in Swedish Pomerania , including in Stralsund and in Bergen on Rügen . The goods were traded at fairs and pottery markets, especially in Szczecin , and also exported to Denmark and Sweden via the Baltic Sea .

Already in the middle of the 18th century, the Szczecin goods found competition from foreign goods, especially from England, as well as higher quality products from local faience manufacturers , for example the Stralsund faience factory founded in 1755 . In the 19th century, the Szczecin goods were still bought by the poorer population. Most recently, only individual pieces were made for enthusiasts in the 1930s. In addition to Stettin, Stolp was one of the last production locations .

Today, Szczecin goods are exhibited in museums, including the Pomeranian State Museum . In 1990/91 the Pomeranian Foundation held an exhibition “Stettiner Keramik und Stralsund Faience” in Kiel .

literature

  • Claudia Hoffmann, Manfred Schneider: Stettin goods. A pottery from the 18th to the 20th century in the southern Baltic region. Contributions to the 2nd scientific colloquium, Stralsund, December 18, 1997. Kulturhistorisches Museum der Hansestadt, Stralsund 1999, ISBN 3-9805660-2-1 .
  • Gottfried Loeck: The underrated charm of Pomeranian craftsmanship. "Stettiner gods" - a down-to-earth ceramic from the 18th to 20th centuries. In: Pomerania. Journal of Culture and History. Issue 1/2012, ISSN  0032-4167 , pp. 4–8.