In 1883 a ceramics school opened in Modra, founded by a Lutheran pastor, to teach the old faience technique as a trade a young person could actually live on. A workshop grew out of the school, and out of the workshop came the pattern the town is known by: white glaze painted in yellow, blue and green with flowers, ears of wheat and birds. It was a deliberate act of rescue — the craft was dying out in the villages and was put back on its feet in a classroom. Everything sold as Modra majolika today descends from that school.V roku 1883 otvorili v Modre keramickú školu, ktorú založil evanjelický farár, aby sa starej fajansovej technike učilo ako remeslu, z ktorého sa dá žiť. Zo školy vyrástla dielňa a z dielne vzor, podľa ktorého mesto poznať: biela glazúra pomaľovaná žltou, modrou a zelenou, s kvetmi, klasmi a vtákmi. Bol to vedomý záchranný čin — remeslo po dedinách dohorievalo a postavili ho na nohy v učebni. Všetko, čo sa dnes predáva ako modranská majolika, pochádza z tejto školy.
