Doklady hrnčířské výroby v Brně
Evidence of pottery production in Brno – conlusions

Author(s): Hana Jordánková, Antonín Zůbek, Lenka Sedláčková
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Visual Arts, Local History / Microhistory, 15th Century, History of Art
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Brno; archeological excavations; pottery; stove making production; 15th century;
Summary/Abstract: Archaeological contexts and finds which evidence the pottery-making and stove-making production are always welcome because they provide a great deal of new information on local production. Even though Brno counts among towns which have been archaeologically investigated over a long period of time, only two sites were detected, so far, that can be associated with the activity of potters and stove builders. In the 1960s, Vladimír Nekuda uncovered a workshop in the area of what is now the capuchin monastery in the south-western part of the town. The workshop was operated here in the last quarter of the 15th and at the beginning of the 16th century. The 2015–2016 excavations in the north-western part of the historical town core of Brno between the Veselá and Besední Streets have yielded relics of two pottery kilns and plenty of production waste, which can be associated with a workshop that was probably operated here in the last third of the 15th century.

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