Haban Ceramics
The Habans were a Protestant denomination that emerged in the sixteenth century. They were anabaptists, for whom baptism was a sacrament for adults rather than children. For their radical beliefs, they were expelled from Swiss and German lands, and some of them migrated to Moravia and Hungary in the middle of the 16th century, and to Transylvania after 1621. The Habans practised crafts to a very high standard, most notably in pottery. They particularly used the faience technique, and produced many masterpieces for their aristocratic patrons. The Museum of Applied Arts has one of the largest and most valuable collections of Haban ceramics in the world, with more than 400 pieces from between 1600 and 1760, the classic period of Haban ceramics.
