Bear Tobacco Tin
Bear Tobacco Tin
Producer
Frankovič Ján
SKU
26518760
Technics
pottery
Material
clay
Craft
clay craft, jug making
Size
dóza: height = 43.0 cm
About product
Jar in the shape of a sitting bear, holding a vessel in its front paws, made of red clay, thrown on the wheel with hand-finished details (face, paws), composed of two parts (body and head). Fur created by pressing clay through a thin canvas on the head and back. Fur, eyes, and snout dark brown, transparent colorless glaze. Used for tobacco.
Member of the old pottery family from Bardejov, the fourteenth and last representative. He inherited from his father, who was the last master potter in Bardejov, the production legacy of the old craft along with written and other historical monuments...
