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Flask

A stoneware flask with a squat belly and a slender, narrow neck. The spout has a small mouth. The neck is joined to the middle of the belly by a ribbon handle. The lower part of the vessel is covered with a white opaque glaze, the upper part with a brown glaze; at the junction of the colours there is a circumferential groove. The interior of the flask is covered with a white glaze. The item is not marked. It was made at the stoneware factory in Łowicz, owned by the Wekstein family with Jewish roots. The factory operated between 1875 and 1939. Initially, production was supervised by specialists brought from Bunzlau (today's Bolesławiec), who trained local workers in the production of stoneware. In the interwar period, the Wekstein factory was one of the largest of its kind in Europe and periodically employed between 70 and 200 people. Its products were very successful in the Kingdom and abroad, and were awarded at exhibitions

The flask comes from the collection of the Museum of Antiquities and Historical Memorabilia of Władysław Tarczyński in Łowicz, the first museum institution in Łowicz, founded in the early 20th century

(M. Wojtylak, Saga rodu Weksteinów [in:] "Łowiczanin. Kwartalnik Historyczny" 2015, no. 1 (48), pp. I–III). References: Wojtylak M., Saga rodu Weksteinów, [in:] "Łowiczanin, Kwartalnik Historyczny", 2015, No. 1 (48), pp. I-III.

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Information about the object
Author / creator
Fabryka Naczyń Kamionkowych Weksteina (Łowicz; ?-?)
Object type
vessel
Time of creation / dating
beginning of the 20th century
Place of creation
Łowicz (Łódzkie Province)
Technique
ceramic
Material
stoneware
glazing
Keywords
Copyright status
the object is not protected by copyright law
Owner
Łowicz Museum
Identification number
Art.-249-MŁ