Szabó Sarolta (szerk.): Hagyomány és változás a népi kultúrában.(Jósa András Múzeum Kiadványai 58. Nyíregyháza, 2005)
NÉPRAJZ - Füvessy Anikó: Nyúzó Gáspár (1839-1910), a tiszafüredi fazekasság egyik meghatározó egyénisége
was not only more expensive than the earlier types, but required higher skills as well from the potters. In the mid-19th century, many of the craftsmen - including the potters - of the small provincial town on Tisza River, in the middle of the Great Plains of Hungary, were famous in an area of about 40-50 km. The outstanding representatives of pottery trade carried on the best traditions of lead-glazed potterware of the 17th and 18th centuries. Their popular products included the Hussar-shaped wine vessel, the traditional ("Miska") pitcher, the small flat pocket flask for brandy. Eustom-made items made to order often had short poems as dedications on them. By the last third of the 19th century Tiszafüred was the second largest centre of pottery trade in the Plains. During that time, there were 14-15 pottery workshops, with a combined annual turnout of 80-100 thousand items. The study analyses the career of one of the outstanding craftsmen of this period of prosperity: Gáspár Nyúzó (1839-1910). His works, identifiable by signature or style are presented. Nyúzó began to produce unmistakable works when he was only 16. The characteristic patterns and other hallmarks of the Nyúzó-worskhop are discussed. Nyúzó' s sons and apprentices carried on the designs and patterns that were soon widely popular patterns. As a result, Gáspár Nyúzó became a prominent craftsman of Tiszafüred in the second half of the 19th century, and his work seriously influenced the style of the other potters of the town. His skill as a businessman helped him to emerge from the average carftsmen of the town, and Gáspár Nyúzó became a respected citizen of his community. He was able to afford to buy a piece of land and leave his prospering pottery workshop to his son when he was not yet fifty. From that time on, he devoted himself to land cultivation.
