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Porches Pottery is a producer of hand-painted pottery in the town of Porches, in the Algarve region of Portugal. The pottery style was founded in 1968 by artists Patrick Swift and Lima de Freitas , in order to revive a traditional Algarve pottery industry.
This category is for Portuguese items with a European Union Protected designation of origin (PDO), a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG), or a Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC), in Portugal.
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The Festa dos Tabuleiros (Festival of the Trays) or Festa do Divino Espírito Santo (Feast of the Holy Spirit), takes place every four years in July in Tomar, Portugal.This festival is an ancient tradition and the most important celebrated in the city, attracting people from all over the world.
Talavera de la Reina pottery is a traditional type of faience, or tin-glazed earthenware made in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo . The area has a long history of pottery , and dishes, jars, ceramics and other objects have been found in recent archaeological excavations.
A number of food and drink products from Portugal have been granted Protected Geographical Status under European Union law and UK law through the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) or Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) [1] regimes. The legislation is designed to protect regional foods and came ...
Most traditional Indian pottery vessels are large pots or jars for storage, or small cups or lamps, occasionally treated as disposable. In contrast there are long traditions of sculpted figures, often rather large, in terracotta; this continues with the Bankura horses in Panchmura, West Bengal .
Pottery pieces for sale at a roadside stand on the highway between Mexico City and Acapulco. The creation of pottery is one of the oldest crafts of the state and is one of the most widely practiced. Many are utilitarian items such as water coolers, utensils, plates, bowls, candle holders but decorative pieces such as animal and human figures.