It was also a notable centre of the making of brightly coloured English delftware pottery. The collection includes delftware, paintings and furniture. The interior is sumptuously decorated with wood panelling and tiles of Delftware. Important regional styles in Europe include&colon; Hispano-Moresque, maiolica, Delftware, and English Delftware. The designated collections include&colon; geology, Eastern art, and Bristol's history, including English delftware. Among those were a Jew's harp, tobacco pipes, beads, Rhenish stoneware, and Delftware. Examples included Delftware or Chinese calligraphy, meant to symbolize those countries. It is a precursor to blue pottery glazes, famously in the case of Delftware. Chinese and Japanese potters made porcelain versions of Delftware for export to Europe. This ranges from Delftware to giant doll-houses from the 17th century. The palace features a carved wooden ceiling, oak wainscoting, built-in metal plates and Delftware. The name is derived from the Dutch pottery Delftware, also known simply as "Delft Blue". Delftware ranged from simple household items to fancy artwork. Delftware became popular, was widely exported in Europe and reached China and Japan. Some regard Delftware from about 1750 onwards as artistically inferior.