Talavera´s pottery is known since the middle of XVI th century, before this, its production for domestic use had a traditional shape and the techniques which belonged to Toledo´s pottery included in Mudejar´s style. Talavera´s pottery in times of Charles V is Mudejar as in thickness as in decoration and chromaticism as well; however, in times of Philip the Second it turned into renaissance pottery.
Philip the Second, after his trip around The Netherlands, wanted his palaces to be decorated in Flemish style; he rebuilt the traditional ceilings using slate instead of gables, the “royal orchards” became “gardens”. He brought workers from Flandes in order to succeed, among them, Jan Floris.
It is well-known that Philip th second was very interested in Talavera, so Jan Floris comes under the king´s mandate in order to do his work; besides, he is supposed to cose this town so that Jerónimo Montero, a Sevillian potter, could do his artits´´proofs, on November the 21st 1566, this artits introduces a new kind of pottery,called “esponjada”. Philip II´s interest in Talavera´s pottery gives a boost to Talavera´s pottery.
Talavera´s pottery is classified as renaissance or Italian-Flemish. From Italy, Urbino and Faenza areas, the reinassance technique go to Amberes and finally to Talavera by Jan Floris. The influence of both Italian and Niculoso el Pisano (who worked in Seville) pottery, enrich the chromaticism and the themes of Talavera´s pottery. Jan Floris learnt the pottery technique at Guido de Andies´workshop. His arrival to Spain is dated, more or less, in 1558, settling in Plasencia. He remains in this town till on September the 3rd, just when he was ordered to tile for Madrid´s Alcazar. He went on tiling in talavera till his death date in 1567
Talaveran potrees worked out a way of satisfying the tile´s demand (for royal works) and learn the new techniques and drawings. It could be said that reinassance pottery begins in talavera as decorative pottery or tiles, when it comes to manufacturing, table pottery or china, it is made like potrees used to do, Mudejar, but Talaveran potters gradually added to china new decorative techniques.