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Collection of Pottery

The Collection of Pottery preserves numerous objects from various pottery centers, made using different techniques, but also preserves some of the tools used in this work. According to the production technique, pottery products can be divided into two main groups: products made on a hand-operated and foot-powered potter’s wheel. Products made on a hand-operated potter's wheel belong to the Adriatic and Dinaric regions. The most famous pottery centers of the hand-operated wheel are Rakalj in southeastern Istria, Kaluđerovac near Gospić in Lika, Potravlje near Sinj in Dalmatian Hinterland, and Veli Iž on the island of Iž near Zadar. Each of them has its own specificities visible on the objects preserved in the museum collection. Another group of pottery products is made on the foot-powered wheel characteristic of the Pannonian region. The most famous center of the pottery craft was and remains the area around Ivanec, in the region of Hrvatsko Zagorje, the villages of Jerovec, Bedenec and Dubravec, and Globočec near Marija Bistrica. In Slavonia, famous centers were Cernik, Feričanci and Orahovica near Našice, and Rastoki near Jastrebarsko. In addition to products made on the potter's wheel, there are also objects shaped using molds, and the Collection contains the only example of so-called female pottery from Croatia, konavoska crempica - a flat, round bread tray that is placed under the bell.  Numerous pottery products from other European countries such as Italy, Spain, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovenia, and others have also been collected.  The role of the museum continues by collecting, processing and presenting the products and the art of making this valuable craft with a long tradition.

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