Egg-shaped container for sewing needles in the form of a hen
Egg-shaped container for sewing needles in the form of a hen
Producer
Kováčiková-Horová Júlia
SKU
26518217
Techniques
pottery
Material
clay
Craft
clay craft, jug making
Dimensions
dóza na špáratká – sliepka: width = 6.0 cm; dóza na špáratká: height = 4.5 cm
About product
Chicken-shaped egg box, made of red clay, hollow body with holes for inserting toothpicks, modeled head with beak, base. Color: white dots on a dark brown and red background (covering the entire body and head). Unmarked.
The name of the sculptor Julie Kováčiková-Horová remains alive in the awareness of visual artists, museum professionals, ethnographers, and in broader academic and cultural circles, primarily due to her creative activity in the traditional pottery center in eastern Slovakia, in Pozdišovce