![In Switzerland, crockery was often painted and decorated by hand, as here around 1940.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/keramik-titel-300x225.jpg)
Langenthal is in the Czech Republic
Pottery was being made in what is now Switzerland as long ago as 3800 BC. Now, there’s no longer any industrial production in this country. But some big names have remained.
![Bronze Age vessel in the shape of a bird.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/bronzezeit-300x281.jpg)
From one-of-a-kind creation to mass-produced article
From middle-class stodginess to trendy ceramic treasure
![Langenthal soup tureen from 1930.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/langenthal-300x226.jpg)
![Rössler bowl from the 1960s.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/roessler-300x214.jpg)
Solothurn cheerfulness on the dining table
![Soup tureen from Matzendorf, around 1800.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/solothurn-300x221.jpg)
![Soup tureen from Kilchberg-Schooren, 1775.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/kilchberg-300x269.jpg)
Tableware and stove tiles
![Ink set made from clay, Andreas Lötscher, 1813.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/tintengeschirr-300x226.jpg)
![Bowl by Andreas Lötscher, 1808.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/loetscher-300x226.jpg)
Pottery styles go walkabout
![Bowl from Baylon, early 19th century.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/baylon-300x200.jpg)
![Soup tureen from Heimberg, around 1800.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/heimberg-300x226.jpg)