Hungarian ash tray
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1981.118.001
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Hungarian porcelain, hand painted with floral patterns, in multi colors. Gold gilt rim. Pottery stamp reads Kalocsa, Hungary, hand painted, 0048. Museum card states it is a candy dish, but research shows it is an ashtray. The Kalocsa Porcelain Manufacture has been producing high-quality, richly decorated, hand-painted porcelain products since 1971 preserving the several hundred years old traditions and colourful folklore of the Kalocsa-region that is so beautifully combined with the art of porcelain painting.