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The Ethnology Notebooks. 2025. № 4 (184), 800—820

UDK738.3:745] (477.8‒89Гуц)

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/

THE COLLECTION OF HUTSUL OF THE 19th c. EARTHENWARE IN THE DZIEDUSYCKI MUSEUM: ITS FORMATION, CERAMIC CENTRES, REPRESENTATIVES, SHAPE AND DECOR

IVASHKIV Halyna

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-6735
  • Doctor of Sciences in Art Criticism,
  • Senior Scholar at the Ethnology Institute
  • at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
  • Folk Art Department
  • at the Museum of Ethnography, Arts and Crafts,
  • 15 Svoboda Ave., 79000, Lviv, Ukraine,
  • Contacts: e-mail: halynaivashkiv@ukr.net

Abstract. The given article analyzes major processes of formation and artistic peculiarities of the collection of Hutsul earthenware of the 19th c. in one of the biggest museums of Halychyna region at that time, namely the Dzieduszycki Museum. The paper accentuates unique features of the collection as for the authors, in particular the names of renowned potters from Kosiv (e. g. Ivan and Mykhailo Baraniuk, Oleksa Bakhmatiuk) and Pistyn (Petro Koshak), as well as highlights fundamental shapes and décor of the earthenware.

We believe two earthenware icons of 1811 by Matviy Kovalskyi with bust-length images of the Virgin with the Child and Saint Nicholas represent the oldest items. The images have very distinct facial features and the attributes that correspond to the iconographic manner of that time (i.e. oil icons painted on wood or canvas as well as icons on glass). Rare ceramic items also include an earthenware altar cross by Petro Koshak. It consists of two parts — the stand and the cross itself. Other pieces of church furnishing — candlesticks and lampstands by O. Bakhmatiuk and P. Koshak — are also artistically accomplished. The majolica tableware of both closed (jugs, «vodopiycha» cups round pots, O-shaped and flat jars) and open types (bowls, soup plates, and plates) is likewise distinguished by its vivid decorative features. 

A small but important part of the collection includes terracotta and smoked pottery from the 19th c. It is notable for shapes traditional for Kosiv and Pistyn (globular pots and bowl-like vessels, jars, cups, three-legged pots with a lug or handle, colanders, flowerpots, etc.), decorated with scratching, burnishing, or ochre painting.

To this day, Hutsul earthenware from the Dzieduszycki Museum has been featured in numerous monographs, albums, and scholarly-artistic studies, mostly without reference to their provenance. The aim of this article is to verify the unique ceramic items that have been collected and preserved in this museum for future generations. The source base for addressing these issues includes the museum’s collection of Hutsul earthenware from the 19th c., the inventory books of the Museum of Ethnography, Arts and Crafts (MEC), archival documents from the Ethnology Institute at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and specialized publications, , especially the museum catalogue of the Ethnographic department (1899).

Keywords: the Dzieduszycki Museum, Hutsul earthenware, formation of the collection, ceramic centres, potters’ names, artistic peculiarities of the works.

Received 30.07.2025

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