When I visited my sister who was living in Germany at the time, she was fascinated with Polish Pottery. This is a ceramic pottery that is made in Poland and features white and cobalt blue in the most basic patterns and other colors in more ornate designs.
Four of us hopped into a giant van and headed from Germany to Poland to buy pottery. At that time Poland had not been opened to western visitors for very long. Armed guards waved us over to the currency exchange. You couldn't bring any Polish money in to or out of the country. We brought lunch with us because you couldn't leave your vehicle alone even if you could find a place available to eat lunch.
My sister was usually the first out of the van to go scoop up the individualized pieces of pottery. The best were those labeled 1 (you could also find 2 and 3 which were lesser quality and less expensive). We also looked for hand painted pieces that were signed by the painter who painted them. At that time you could buy a lot of pottery for very reasonable prices.
I have cheese keepers, butter dishes, baking pans, plates (these were the hardest to find), bowls, and a lot of other items. They are great to put in the oven or to take to events. Now you can buy it on QVC where they call it Polish Stoneware. There are also various stores that carry it, so I have added to my collection since my one trip to Poland. This is the first collection I ever started by going to Poland!
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