In Front Of The Fireplace - Red

2 Corund ceramic cups

1 placemat

1 „Tea from pasture flowers”

1 mint honey

Wrapping:plywood, jute cloth, wooden wool, wheat ears, tricolor cord, wax seal, packthread, handwritten business card with information about Romania and famous Romanians.

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Delivery in 7 - 10 days in Europe

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279,00 lei

  • Romanian
  • English
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  • Romanian Recipes, Wines and Customs, Radu Anton Roman, Editura Paideia
  • Romanian Folk Culture, Nicolae Constantinescu, Editura Paideia
  • Povestea iei / Embroidered Peasant Blouse, Doina Berchină, Editura Paideia
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  • The Eternity of the Romanian Village, text: Mariana Pascaru, photo: Florin Andreescu, Editura AdLibri
  • Rural Fortresses and Fortified Churches, text: Mariana Pascaru, photo: Florin Andreescu, Editura AdLibri
  • UNESCO Monuments, text: Mariana Pascaru, photo: Florin Andreescu, Editura AdLibri

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Height 100
Width 300
Depth 200
Weight 2000

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Corund ceramic cups

Made by the Varga family in Corund Village, Harghita County. Corund pottery is one of the most popular ceramics in Romania.

The clay is extracted from the Săcădat brook, which runs on the western side of the village. It is ground or kneaded to prevent impurities, until the clay becomes a smooth paste; then it is cut into strips and molded on the potter's wheel. Once molded, the pots are left to dry. Afterwards, the clay pots are immersed in kaolin to obtain the white color, and once again they are dried. Later on, the black ornaments are applied by hand, using a cow horn bugle that has a goose feather on the top, through which the color is dripping. The pots are once again dried and the color painting follows: red made of clay rich in iron oxide, brown and black made of a special clay found after rain, green made of the scum produced by the copper wire burnt in the oven, yellow obtained from...