Milk jug Gemer
Milk jug Gemer
Producer
Maco Juraj
SKU
0410700548
Time frame
2006
Material
clay
Craft
clay craft, jug making
Color
colour combination, natural
Size
height 15 cm
About product
Tall jug for milk of cylindrical shape, commonly called a “milk pot”. Made according to traditional models of pottery production from the Gemer region. Hand-turned on a potter’s wheel from white clay. In the section below the neck, it is decorated with a painted stripe decoration, composed of lines and swirls of different thicknesses, made from dark brown and reddish-brown clay. The decoration is dominated by a thick band of reddish-brown line, with a broken ornament running through it. Glazed on the inside with a transparent glaze, the neck and handle glazed on the outside with a green glaze. The larger part of the vessel from the outside is unglazed.
He learned the craft of Slovak folk majolica in Modra, actively starting production in 1985
