The fourth Europa Postmediaevalis conference, entitled Patterns and Inspirations, took place in Warsaw, Poland, in the spring of 2024. The result is this book, containing 27 contributions from a total of eleven European countries. The book is divided into three thematic sections, all of which focus on post-medieval pottery. The editors believe that the diversity and quality of the contributions may answer the question raised in the last paper: does the archaeological study of pottery bring relevant information regarding the human past?