Soup Kitchen – Polish Pottery

The “Soup Kitchen – Polish Pottery” category includes everything you need for preparing, serving, and savoring soups and stews. Each item is handcrafted by Ceramika Artystyczna in Bolesławiec, Poland, in the classic Bunzlauer style – known for its durability, beauty, and timeless patterns.

This collection brings together all relevant ceramic forms in carefully organized subcategories. You'll find deep plates for broths or creamy soups, variously sized soup bowls, lidded and open soup cups with handles for smaller portions, and traditional soup terrines in several volumes for family meals or festive occasions. Also included are large bowls for preparing or presenting stews and brothy dishes, as well as smaller dishes for garnishes, bread, or sides.

Spoonful by spoonful, soup connects generations, cultures, and cuisines. It is one of the oldest and most humble forms of nourishment. Long before written recipes, people made soup using little more than fire, water, vegetables, bones, and grains. In nearly every European culture, soup became a cornerstone of daily meals – affordable, nourishing, and endlessly adaptable.

Every EU country has its own beloved soups. In Germany, potato soup and lentil stew are staples. France is known for its rich onion soup and the fish-based bouillabaisse. Italy offers hearty minestrone and ribollita. Spain has both cold and warm classics like gazpacho and garlic soup. In Poland, barszcz (beet soup) and żurek (sour rye soup) are essential. Hungary’s spicy goulash soup is both famous and satisfying, and Portugal’s caldo verde with potatoes, cabbage, and sausage warms hearts everywhere. Greece is home to avgolemono, a bright, lemony rice soup.

Northern Europe brings its own flavors. Sweden’s yellow pea soup is served with mustard, Finland enjoys creamy salmon soup, and Denmark’s classic chicken soup is served with dumplings. Ireland loves its thick potato soup and Irish stew, while even smaller countries like Malta and Luxembourg preserve traditional soup recipes that are part of their cultural identity.

And yet, all these soups have one thing in common: they deserve to be served in the right vessel. A creamy tomato bisque looks more inviting in a hand-painted deep plate. A hearty stew feels comforting when ladled from a Bunzlauer terrine. And sipping broth from a ceramic cup warms the soul as well as the body.

The Soup Kitchen collection from Ceramika Artystyczna brings together function, heritage, and beauty. Each piece is made by hand – painted with love and built to last. With this collection, soup becomes more than a meal. It becomes a tradition. A story. A moment of comfort, shared across generations.