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1982

The tradition of ceramic production in Nieborów estates returns in 1982, on the centenary of the establishment of the first Factory. In the factory building, untouched by the turmoil of history, already belonging to the Museum in Nieborów and Arkadia, a ceramic workshop is established, managed by Teresa Szałowska, and later - Krystyna Marek Andrzejewska, producing copies of old vessels and products of a decorative and souvenir nature. Ceramic open-air events are also held.

Stanisław Jagmin, a sculptor and ceramicist, successfully, albeit briefly, reactivated the manufactory, producing unglazed ceramics using Celtic and Old Slavic motifs, but also the then prevailing Art Nouveau design. The culmination of his work was the exhibition of Nieborów products opened in June 1906 in the venerable building of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

1903

1897

Prosperity did not last long, however, and in 1897 the factory, already taken over by Thiele, was finally closed.

Majolika Nieborów - Majolika Lizard
Majolika Nieborów, dog fo as a ceramic censer

1884

The factory quickly gains a buzz, culminating in the opening of a large exhibition of Nieborów products in the Hotel Europejski in Warsaw in June. The main warehouse is built at 5 Berga Street (currently Traugutta), and representative offices are opened in Kiev and St. Petersburg.

1885

The "Catalogue of Artistic Majolica Products from the Factory of Prince Michał Radziwiłł in Nieborów" lists nearly 200 different products.

1881

In the buildings of the former brewery belonging to the palace complex of the Nieborów Radziwiłł line of the Three Trumpets coat of arms, Prince Michał Piotr – a positivist, philanthropist and patron of the arts, following the example of his Nieświeski ancestors, opens a farfurnia, or "Artistic Faience and Stove Tile Factory", managed by an experienced ceramicist brought from Nevers – Stanisław Thiele. The plant uses local raw materials, employs students of the Warsaw "Gerson school", local craftsmen and natural talents from the surrounding villages. It draws inspiration from the decorative motifs of old Italian, French and Dutch factories, and also reaches for national and patriotic themes. The Prince himself is also involved in the design and decoration of individual buildings. The factory specializes in majolica products. Clay forms are covered with dense, opaque tin enamel decorated with overglaze paints, which after firing merge into a uniformly smooth surface. The items produced are marked with the factory mark MPR (Michał Piotr Radziwiłł), later also ST (Stanisław Thiele).

Michael Piotr Radziwill

2017

The patronage over the studio is taken over by the Trzy Trąby foundation. In the hands of the successors of the tradition of the first Nieborów manufactory, objects made using the majolica technique are created, with a unique aesthetic, combining elements of Nieborów ornamentation and design with modern trends in applied art. Designs, castings, firing, hand glazing and decoration are performed with meticulousness and exceptional care, equal to the mastery of their predecessors. Each of the products - dishes, trinkets, tiles - is stamped with the factory mark of the first manufactory (MPR with a princely mitre est. 1881) with the note Majolika Nieborów and signed with the initials of the creators. One of the first works is 60 plates decorating the walls of the restaurant hall of today's Hotel Europejski.

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