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Greeks were the first ever people to make extensive use of mould apart from developing natural use of painted decoration. During the golden age of Greece, ceramic pottery was way too different from pottery practiced in other corners of the place. However every piece that was developed showed an exclusive signature of the person who made it. The best examples of early Greek pottery often bear the marks of two master craftsmen which means many pieces were developed by not just one but two potters as well.

The time around 1000 B.C. witnessed a tremendous upheaval in artistry of Greek culture. The most popular form during that period was the geometric style of linear decoration which showed repeated rows of figures, lozenges, circles, triangles and zigzags. These primarily consisted of Grecian ceramics which indeed made Greece the cynosure of art and culture at that time. What made Greek Ceramic pottery so popular and in demand were its local designs as it preserved the originality of the works produced by them. The largest pottery ware was that of Athens, popularly addressed as Diplynware after the cemetery at the city gate, and it is this place where the largest vases in the world of pottery ware have been found. Other designs displayed on sepulchral jars showed pictures of funerals, corpses, and processions of chariots. The stylized human and animal figures were mainly drawn in stark, dramatic and black silhouette doing various activities such as hunting, dancing, cooking etc.

The next major significant development took place in Italy because soon after Greece fell in the invading hands of Rome. In the times that followed, nuances of Greek art were very prominently seen in all forms of Roman artistry because a large number of craftsmen were imported either as colonists or as slaves. The only difference between Italian and Greek pottery can only be seen in the type of clay employed.