The development of the potters' workshops in the 14th century can be associated with the rich resources of clay in the Boleslawiec region. In 1511 the local potters established their own Guild. Between the 17th and the 19th centuries the main products were hand-rolled pots with white ornamentation (dates and initials were put on the lid). The oldest example of such a pot can be found in the Ceramics Museum and dates from 1749.

Apart from pots, they also produced coffee and tea cups, vases, plates, butter dishes and tobacco containers. The remarkable achievement of the local potters was making a giant pot that was 2.5 metres (8 foot) tall and 3.24 metres (10' 6") in diameter. It was made by Johann Gottlieb Joppe, the master of pottery crafts.

By the middle of the 19th century a new way of ornamentation had appeared - the so-called "stamp ornamentation" - and it is preserved to our times. In 1897 the School of Ceramics was founded in Bunzlau. Its headmaster was a technical manager of the Royal Porcelain Manufacture in Berlin, Dr Wilhelm Pukal. The greatest influence of the school can be noticed in Julius Paul's workshop. He produced white pots with stamped and sprayed ornaments.