México Curios - Talavera

Talavera

The Talavera in Tijuana, over the centuries the decoration was not only personal tastes but likes and social attitudes. Shapes, proportions, decorations and age were becoming elitist Forced requirements of cherished minority whim.

However, the diffusion of the crockery, with its utilitarian nature and the freshness and spontaneity of its decoration not only spread across the board, but in terms of its owners, reached all social categories. Plates, platters, tureens, pitchers with or without handles, pots, vases, water basins, sinks, religious images, human and animal, apothecary jars, etc., ie all kinds of everyday items.