Begovácz Rózsa – Burján István – Vándor Andrea: Folk Art in Baranya County (Pécs, 2008)

Folk Pottery

Pécsvárad, similarly to other villages of the region. Pottery in Pécsvárad was made widely known by its tin glazed crockery, which was of an excellent quality, decorated with blue, yellow, green patterns on a white backgound. Earthenware souvenirs flasks, toys, pitchers for holy water - known as 'Gyűd pottery' sold at parish feasts were made in Siklós. A potters' guild had been working in the town since 1776. In the end of the 19

th century 29 potters were still working in Siklós, in the 30s of the 20

t

h century there were only two of them, Sebestyén Haász and