Pottery urns have been used around the world for thousands of years. Beautiful and durable urns were sensitively made by skilled craftsmen who took great care in their craft.

It was during the Neolithic period in history that pottery urns were first used, in Germany, Hungary, Great Britain, Greece, Syria and Palestine. During the Bronze age, about 1400 B.C., urns became widely used. Cremation and the use of pottery urns spread from India to much of Eastern Asia, including Korea and Japan.

Handmade pottery urns have also been extensively used in South, Central and North America. In many societies around the world, the use of pottery urns has been reserved for the wealthy and most honoured in society.

Through the ages, skilled craftspeople have taken great care to produce beautiful, durable urns to honour special people. Today the tradition continues…