Boleslawiec Poland 14” Baking Pottery Dish

Boleslawiec Poland 14” Baking Pottery Dish with blue dots and fir trees. Gently preowned Boleslawiec Poland 14” Baking Pottery Dish painted with traditional blue and brown patterns of polka dots and fir trees. Used only for serving, the baking dish is free from chips and cracks. This fine pottery and stoneware is produced in the town of Bolesławiec, in south-western Poland. The ceramics are characterized by an indigo blue polka dot pattern on a white background or vice versa. The art originated in the late Middle Ages, but it fully developed in the 19th century and has continued ever since. The scope of the stoneware ranges from teapots and jugs to plates, platters and candelabra. The pottery is collectively known as "Polish stoneware", as it became one of Poland's unofficial cultural symbols.