Romfilatelia, the company specialized in editing and trading Romanian postage stamps, introduces into circulation the postage stamp issue ROMANIAN POTTERY - Pots and
Cups). Pottery has been practiced as early as ancient times, a fact supported by such evidence as the beautiful ceramic vessels from the Neolithic period, an epoch when a remarkable civilization was developed on the Romanian territory.
Being a handicraft reserved almost exclusively to men (the women possibly helping only with the decorations), pottery requires force, skill and special knowledge. Pottery is primarily influenced by domestic household needs. Ceramics has been and is still used for decoration purposes, in building activities (for example in stove plates) or tied to certain ceremonies.
The country household contains a wide variety of clay recipients – pots, jar vessels, mugs, cups, bowls, platters, milk pots, high volume pots in which food was cooked for religious holidays, flower pots, stew and frying pans, cake trays, candlesticks, statuettes, flutes, toys, etc. In the country cuisine, the black as well as the red non-glazed ceramics are used for utilitarian purposes, to prepare, preserve or ship food.
Enameled pots, abundantly garnished and lively colored, used for their practicality, are very often also used in interior decorations. Hanging on the beam or on the walls, ceramic items combined with furniture, painted fabric and icons will result in a remarkable decoration specific to a country household.
On the stamp with the face value of Lei 1.40 we find a pot handcrafted in Horezu (Valcea).
On the stamp with the face value of Lei 1.80 we find a cup made in Baia Mare
(Maramures).
On the stamp with the face value of Lei 2.90 we find a cup made in Oboga (Olt).
On the stamp with the face value of Lei 7.70 we find a pot handcrafted in Baia Mare
(Maramures).
