Water jug
Water jug
Producer
Kováč Ján
SKU
26518781
Technics
pottery
Material
clay
Craft
clay craft, jug making
Size
About product
Pitcher made of white clay, thrown on the wheel. Spherical body, narrow neck, with a handle and a spout, the handle emerges from the neck wall. Decoration: a geometric ornament of lines and waves around the entire height of the walls. Color: brown base, white, red, green, blue decoration. Colorless glaze. Inscription “Made by Blacksmith John from Šivetice, 1959.”
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...
