The Bordalo Room

Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro was the most wickedly talented hand in 19th-century Portugal — caricaturist, ceramicist, satirist, and the man who gave the country its immortal everyman, Zé Povinho. In 1884 he founded the Fábrica de Faianças in Caldas da Rainha, filling Portugal with irreverent, gloriously glazed ceramics. Zé Povinho has been raising his fist at authority for over 150 years. The studio still operates. The tradition is unbroken. This room carries his spirit.