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September 3, 2014
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  1. Editor permalink
    September 4, 2014

    The shape, texture and decoration of this earthenware artifact is similar to the style of 20th c. earthenware of Southern Romania. These were manufactured for and sold at annual fairs in Bucharest in the 1950s and 60s and bought by families to give them as alms on All Saints Days and offered to the poor after funeral services:

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/costi-londra/384449794/in/photolist-DXd94-DXe3L-zfZCZ-zfZCS-AjBSp-zhWTk-AjBSn-zhWTA-AjBSq-zD9Hp-DXdJ9-DXd91-EbUCz-EbUCB-DXd8J-EbTSe-EbTSp-EbUcH-EbTSt-zYpwJ-EbUcz-zVYmt-zgCZb-DXdHW-DXd98-DXdJi-DXdJt-DXdHY-EbUCD-EbUiN-DXdJr-EbUcv-EbUcD-zVYmz-EbUcB-AjBSm-EbUj9-EbTSx-EbUj1-EbUj5-EbUiS-8s39wh-DG5jU-AjBSr-zWCdr-xR1Un-zNgDW-xR1Vj-At5rC-At5rz

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