What is going on at the Harlinger Pottery & Tile Factory ...
Current reports from the Harlingen pottery and tile factory about Harlingen activities and other relevant information.
Geese are pretty cheeky birds!
Geese are pretty cheeky birds! They will step into your kitchen with their dirty feet! Fortunately, these are beautifully depicted on tile pictures and you don’t have to clean the floor!...
16 June 2021/0
Frisian horses
Frisian horses have been used as workhorses since the Middle Ages. During the week they plowed the land and on Sunday they were dressed up for the carriage to go to church. This custom...
28 May 2021/0
Children’s play
Playing outside is something we have known since the beginning of mankind. Many games, which can be found on artisan tiles, even existed in ancient Greece. We know this through finds, such as...
21 May 2021/0
Ascension Day
Around the religious period Easter, Ascension and Pentecost we want you to enjoy all the beauty that has appeared on tiles & tableaus about these phenomena. Emerged from our historical...
12 May 2021/0Castle Nyborg
The production of the floor tiles for Nyborg Castle in Denmark is progressing steadily! All 26,000 tiles have now been made by hand, custom-made from clay. We are fully in the glaze- and baking...
7 May 2021/0
Fresh fish
In addition to many historical pieces, we also manufacture many realistic and current tile pictures. See the results here of the “fresh fish” coming out of our Kilns! From precise restoration...
3 May 2021/0
Oh Oh how beautiful spring will be!
Currently there are such beautiful birds coming out of our Kilns, we wouldn’t want to keep it from you. Plates, dishes, tiles, painted tiles, whether aged or not, but always 100% handmade!...
16 April 2021/0
M.S. Willem de Vlamingh is getting used to the sea!
As promised, the following message is about the beautiful tiling that we were allowed to make for the new ships of Rederij Doeksen. Enjoy the following tile pictures and discover all the...
12 March 2021/0
Quality control floor tiles Casle Nyborg
As you may have read in recent reports about our beautiful restoration project of Nyborg Castle in Denmark, many thousands of glazed and baked floor tiles are now leaving our kilns. Before they...
8 March 2021/0
Special piece of customization!
This tableau with a village view tells a beautiful story: A couple moved into a new home about 9 and 17 km away from their previous residence. Their new home has been documented in this village...
26 February 2021/0
Every bird sings as it is beaked
Slowly we awake from hibernation and long for spring. We made a small selection of the many bird designs we have in our collection. We do not only paint these on tiles, but also on beautiful...
18 February 2021/0
Exotic from Friesland!
Exotic from Friesland! Around 1515 Albrecht Dürer made the 1st representation of a Java rhino, without actually seeing it! Now we have manufactured the 1st Java rhino in Majolica! Based...
5 February 2021/0
Special glazed floor tiles Castle Nyborg
The production of special glazed floor tiles for the restoration of Nyborg Castle in Denmark, is progressing steadily. In addition to the enormous production in clay, we are now also in the...
28 January 2021/0
Majolica optima forma!
Nowadays we make an enormous diversity of ceramic creations. How beautiful is it when you have a customer now and then who would like to return to 17th century motifs in original colors. Here was...
21 January 2021/0
Stretch tiles with Californian Poppies!
Something different! We have made this special tiling on request for a poppy lover. In this case, the desire was to create a California piece. We have produced a main panel and various...
14 January 2021/0
As promised!
Last picture made by: Joachim de Ruijter Here are the second round photos, of the beautiful tile pictures of the Twin ships (Willem Barentsz and Willem de Vlaming) by Doeksen! A photo of the end...
8 January 2021/0
Did you hear it?
The story about the 2 new ferries from Doeksen, the 2 Twin ships: The Willem Barentsz and Willem de Vlaming? After a long and arduous adventure, it finally arrived in Harlingen in 2019....
4 January 2021/0
Custom made
The client’s wish was to match the colors of the paintwork to the curtains that were already bought. This is the true strength of manual craft: as a flexible organization we can easily meet...
14 December 2020/0
In the media!
Following up on previous reports about the Nyborg Castle project, we would like to draw your attention to the beautiful item Omrop Fryslân made about us last Friday (4-12-2020). We would like to...
7 December 2020/0
“Work in Progress:” Nyborg!
The huge job for Nyborg Castle is progressing steadily: Many thousands of floor tiles have now been completely formed by hand in Medieval sizes. In the meantime, we are also busy with glazing and...
30 November 2020/0
PhD in Maritime Archeology
You may have recently had a nice broadcast about the special history of the former Zuiderzee at the name of seen the current Noordoost Polder? If not, check here. There, the doctorate Yftinus van...
26 November 2020/0
look for the differences
3 replicas of unique tile tableau “De Wolkammerij” A while ago a special tile picture was discussed during the program “Between Art & Kitsch”. It was a high-quality and flawless...
18 November 2020/0
