The iconic Hungarian art pottery of Zsolnay : For 158 years, the iconic Hungarian company of Zsolnay has been producing innovative and high quality ceramic wares. What started as a small family ceramics workshop in Pécs in 1853 had grown into a modern factory by the 1880's, thanks to Vilmos Zsolnay's long decades of painstaking and dedicated experimentation. Founding father Miklós Zsolnay originally established the first manufacturing shop of ceramics for his son Ignác. In 1863 the younger son Vilmos took control and expanded into a factory production. The Zsolnay Porcelain Manufactory The factory's first major success was reached at the