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Gouda is a style of Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 pottery
Pottery

Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. Major types of pottery include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The places where such wares are made are called potteries....
 named after the city of Gouda
Gouda

Gouda is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Gouda, which was granted City rights in the Netherlands in 1272, is famous for its Gouda cheese, smoking pipes and its 15th century city hall....
. Gouda pottery gained worldwide prominence in the early 20th century and remains highly desirable to collectors today.

Gouda pottery is diverse and visually distinctive in appearance, typically illustrated with colourful and highly decorated Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international Art movement and style of art, architecture and applied art?especially the decorative arts?that peaked in popularity at Fin de si?cle of the 20th century ....
 or Art Deco
Art Deco

Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film....
 designs.








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Gouda is a style of Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 pottery
Pottery

Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. Major types of pottery include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The places where such wares are made are called potteries....
 named after the city of Gouda
Gouda

Gouda is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Gouda, which was granted City rights in the Netherlands in 1272, is famous for its Gouda cheese, smoking pipes and its 15th century city hall....
. Gouda pottery gained worldwide prominence in the early 20th century and remains highly desirable to collectors today.

Gouda pottery is diverse and visually distinctive in appearance, typically illustrated with colourful and highly decorated Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international Art movement and style of art, architecture and applied art?especially the decorative arts?that peaked in popularity at Fin de si?cle of the 20th century ....
 or Art Deco
Art Deco

Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film....
 designs.

See also


  • Boerenbont
    Boerenbont

    Boerenbont is a traditional pattern used on pottery from the Netherlands. Translated from Dutch language, "Boer" means farmer and "bont" refers to a mixture of colors....
  • Delftware
    Delftware

    File:Delft_vases_1725_1760.jpgDelftware, or Delft pottery, denotes blue and white pottery made in and around Delft in the Netherlands and the tin-glazing pottery made in the Netherlands from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries....
  • Earthenware
    Earthenware

    Earthenware is a common ceramic material, which is used extensively for pottery tableware and decorative objects. Although body formulations vary tremendously between countries, and even between individual makers, a generic composition is 25% ball clay, 28% kaolin, 32% quartz, and 15% feldspar....


External links


A website for all Gouda pottery collectors is Gouda-Design at http://www.goudadesign.co.uk

A website for Gouda pottery collectors or the Regina factory is http://www.reginapottery.com