Hunting for wild animals was a highly prestigious pastime in aristocratic circles in the Middle Ages. Its attractiveness inspired various art disciplines, and in the 15th century it also extended to relief decoration of tile stoves. This is evidenced by the finds of tiles with genre scenes from the Cvilín castle, near Krnov and from the town of Opava where a pottery workshop specialising in stove goods was located in Krnovská Street, in the former Jaktařské předměstí suburb. The local origin of the tile series was also indicated by the petrographic analysis of the ceramic material and by some identical specimens from both sites. In the Opava region, this has been the only archeologically excavated ceramic production centre so far.