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

Folk Pottery

Mihály Petrovics. Most Siklós pieces in the museum's collection were drawn from Sebestyén Gerencsér's (formerly Haász) pottery. Sebestyén Gerencsér attained the title 'Master of Folk Art' in 1953. In Mohács pitcher-makers and potters working in the same guild in 1718 were separated by the beginning of the 19

th century: masters in the pitcher-makers' guild made glazeless pitchers and jugs burnt black besides glazed ones. Black colour was gained through a special method, that is, the reductory baking of red clay. Characteristic types of upright vessels are large pitchers (bellied pitchers of big size with a small bottom, two handles, hoops imprinted with fingers), harem pitchers, crowned pitchers, water jugs. Hundred thousands of pitchers were shipped to Turkey on the Danube. Mohács crockery was popular in Hungary and abroad. Patterns