Milk pitcher
Milk pitcher
Producer
Kováč Ján
SKU
26516429
Techniques
pottery
Material
clay
Craft
clay craft, jug making
Dimensions
mliečnik: diameter = 10.0 cm; mliečnik: diameter = 10.5 cm; mliečnik: diameter = 15.5 cm; mliečnik: height = 25.5 cm
About product
Milk jug made of pale clay, thrown on the wheel. Bulging at the bottom third of the height, narrowing conically upwards, handle emerging just below the rim. Decor: wide wave pattern interrupted by lines along the edge. Color: brown decoration, inside and on the rim colorless glaze. Number 2 painted on the top of the handle.
In the past, Gemer had the highest concentration of pottery workshops and the most distinctive type of pottery products among Slovak pottery centers. Alongside agricultural work, almost every village in the area engaged in pottery production, involving...
