Pottery, Ceramics, Porcelain, And Other Clayware

Hungary
Herende Porcelain
February 12, 2003
The Herend Porcelain Manufactory is a Hungarian manufacturing company, specializing in luxury hand painted and gilded porcelain. Founded in 1826, it is based in the town of Herend near the city of Veszprém.
The stamp set features a Frankenthal coffee set, a platter with floral designa, a vase with decorative handles, and shell-shaped tableware.

Porcelain jugs, designed by Pentti Rahikainen (1928- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by Finland on November 23, 1973 to commemorate the centenary of the Arabia porcelain company and the Finnish porcelain industry, Scott No. 541, Facit No. 744, plus a URL link to a history of Arabia: http://www.arabia.fi/en/Arabia-Story/History

- nethryk

Panama
Tourism
February 27, 2008
Set of six, one stamp shows pottery from Barriles, an Aguas Buenas Period (300-900 A.D.) archaeological site.

Romania
Romanian Traditions - Corund Ceramics
December 20, 2013
Corund is a commune in Harghita County, Romania, with a long tradition of pottery craftsmanship. The stamp set illustrates Corund ceramic tableware decorated in a specific cobalt blue chromatics with floral and zoomorphic motifs.

Berlin (Germany)
Berlin Porcelain
October 29, 1974
The stamps feature figurines of Venus, Astronomy, Justice designed by Friedrich Elias Meyer (1724 - 1785) of Berlin.

Paraguay 2016 College of Accounting Centennial.

Poland
Porcelain and Stoneware
January 20, 1982
Stoneware Plate, W#322;oc#322;awek (1890)
Plate and Mug, Korzec (1790)
Soup Tureen and Gravy Dish, Baranówka (1830)
Salt and Pepper Dish, Horodnica (1844)
Stoneware Jug, Lubartów (1840)
Stoneware Figurine, Bia#322;a Podlaska (1740)

Here is quite a nice one from Dahomey (present-day Benin) portraying a native potter.



I'm also quite partial to this one, which features a detail from the Archaic Greek vase sculpted and painted by Exekias illustrating Ajax and Achilles playing a game...

DDR (Germany)
The 300th Birthday of Johann Friedrich Böttger
January 26, 1982
Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682 – 1719) was a German alchemist. He is credited with being the first European to create hard-paste porcelain in 1708. The Meissen factory, established 1710, was the first to produce porcelain in Europe in large quantities.
The stamps feature a Meissen teapot (1715), a vase (1715), a figurine Oberon (1969), and a vase 91979).

Spain
Spanish Ceramics
March 20, 1987
Manises (XV Century)
Sargadelos (XX Century)
Buen Retiro (XVIII Century)
Salvatierra de los Barros (XX Century)
Talavera (XVIII Century)
Granada (XVIII - XIX Century)

Republic of China (Taiwan)
Chinese Porcelain - Ching Dynasty
March 20, 1972
Vase in the shape of gourd with decoration (1723-1735 A.D.)
Hexagonal covered jar with decoration of landscape (1662-1722 A.D.)
Watering pot with decoration of chrysanthemum petals (1723-1735 A.D.)
Flat vase with five openings decorated with clouds and dragon (1736-1795 A.D.)
Covered jar with decoration of children playing (1736-1795 A.D.)

Hungary
Stamp Day
October 18, 1985
Haban Ceramics
The Haban ethnic group found refuge in Upper Hungary in the 16th - 17th Centuries. Many of them were skilled potters. The Haban ceramics contain decoration elements from the Netherlands combined with the Hungarian ornamentation of the period.

Switzerland
Social Welfare semipostal
May 24, 1984
Ceramic tile stoves
Stans (1566)
Winterthur (1646)
Riaz (1768)
Geneva (ca. 1770)

New Zealand
Royal Doulton Ceramics
January 20, 1993
Royal Doulton was an English company producing tableware and collectables, dating from 1815. The stamp set commemorates the 1992-93 CourierPost Royal Doulton Ceramics Exhibition in New Zealand.
45c: Character Jug - Old Charley 1934
80c: Bunnykins Plate 'The Proposal'
90c: 'Maori Art' Tea Ware 1907
$1.00: Handpainted Plate 'Ophelia'
$1.50: Burslem Figurine 'St George'
$1.80: Saltglazed Stoneware Vase

Indonesia
Indonesia - Pakistan Economic and Cultural Cooperation Organization
May 19, 1994
The stamp set shows Hala Pottery and Lombok Pottery.