New lease of life for Portugal's booming ceramics bastion

[Article] Ignoring temporary walls which point to ongoing large-scale expansion, workers burn the midnight oil at Portugal's byword for ceramic creativity to meet orders from around the globe. For more than 130 years, Bordallo Pinheiro has been producing all manner of artistic glazed pottery, and business is booming again a decade after the company almost went to the wall.

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Cabbage leaf plates, dog-headed jugs, strawberry-shaped bowls... welcome to the world of late Portuguese ceramist Bordallo Pinheiro. 
His distinctive designs are reproduction at this factory in Caldas da Rainha.
Their popularity among Millenials is revitalising the 19th century artist's legacy.
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This article was published Friday, 7 December, 2018 by AFP (290 words)
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