Tableware of Germany

Bamberg

A Bamberg ceramics studio producing handcrafted contemporary tableware and pottery. The independent maker is rooted in the city.

Best for Handmade contemporary ceramics

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Ehrenstraße 73, Belgian Quarter / Online

Motel a Miio Pottery is a Cologne house for handmade ceramics, Portuguese-inspired pottery, colourful tableware. Founded in 2016; Made in Portugal.

Best for Handmade ceramics, Portuguese-inspired pottery, colourful tableware

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Darmstadt-Arheilgen

Silke Sannemann hand-builds functional ceramics with plaster moulds rather than a wheel, deliberately keeping edges and irregularities so no two pieces match. She inherited the Greinstraße workshop from her mother and welcomes visitors by appointment.

Best for Hand-built stoneware tableware

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Klausenerstraße, Erfurt

Porcelain artist Claudia Bock hand-forms and paints tableware and giftware at her Erfurt studio on Klausenerstraße. Each cup, plate and ornament is made in limited numbers, often with fine painted detail.

Best for Hand-painted porcelain and gifts

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Erfurt

Loopkeramik is an Erfurt studio producing wheel-thrown and hand-built tableware in muted glazes for everyday use. Mugs, bowls and vases are made in small runs and sold directly from the atelier.

Best for Wheel-thrown mugs, bowls, and vases in muted glazes from an Erfurt studio

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Erfurt

The Töpfermühle combines a working ceramics studio with a supply shop for potters, stocking clays, glazes and tools. Its own handmade tableware and decorative pieces are fired and sold on the premises in Erfurt.

Best for Handmade ceramics and pottery supplies

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Munich

A historic interiors store selling fabrics, furniture, tableware and made-to-measure furnishings. The family business maintains an in-house carpentry and upholstery tradition.

Best for Made-to-measure furnishings and fabrics from an in-house carpentry and upholstery tradition

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Marburg / Germany

Annegret Witzlau's ceramics atelier in Marburg-Wehrda produces and sells handmade pottery, from lettered pots and tableware to communion sets and garden pieces. The open workshop welcomes visitors on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and also runs throwing courses and modelling workshops.

Best for Annegret Witzlau's ceramics atelier in Marburg-Wehrda produces and sells handmade pottery

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Passau / Germany

In a workshop in Passau's old town, master potter Auer throws, glazes and twice-fires dishwasher- and frost-proof tableware and garden ceramics. The studio keeps regular opening hours for visitors and also sells through its Etsy shop.

Best for Pottery, ceramics, tableware, garden ceramics

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Charlottenburg

Founded in 1763 as the Prussian royal porcelain works, KPM still hand-forms and hand-paints its tableware and figures at the Charlottenburg manufactory on Wegelystrasse. Patterns such as Kurland and Urbino carry the cobalt-blue sceptre mark that has signed each piece for more than 260 years.

Best for Hand-painted Berlin porcelain

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Meissen / Germany / Online

Europe's first porcelain manufactory, founded in 1710 in Meissen after Johann Friedrich Böttger cracked the formula for hard-paste porcelain, still hand-paints its tableware, figurines, and art objects on-site in Saxony. Its crossed-swords mark, adopted in the 1720s, is among the world's longest continuously used trademark for porcelain.

Best for Hand-painted porcelain tableware and collectible figurines

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Selb / Germany / Online

German porcelain and tableware manufacturer since 1879 — collaborations with Bauhaus masters, contemporary designers, and Michelin-starred restaurants.

Best for Designer porcelain and luxury tableware

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Marburg / Online

Toepferei Wirth, run by Eva Kleiner, is a pottery making everyday ceramics including coffee and tea services, tableware, storage jars and children's sets. Its online shop sells the range across categories and the workshop also appears at pottery and Christmas markets.

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Mettlach / Germany / Online

German ceramics house since 1748 — from fine dinnerware to bathroom ceramics.

Best for Classic European dinnerware and ceramics

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