For retro enthusiasts, it's a must-have basic equipment. It's impossible not to love this little retro Tófej vase. Black stripes run across a glazed orange background. For us, it's like a pre-explosion orange with abstract lightning bolts :)
Regarding the production of that particular orange color, which is so characteristic of Tófej ceramics, and the bluish, grayish glaze also produced there, chemical engineer Mária Czugh recalled the following:
The orange color of Tófej is a very special frit recipe, and due to the unstable lead chromate content, depending on the application and firing conditions, it can result in a homogeneous red or crystalline red color. Depending on the firing atmosphere, a chrome-green color may also appear. (...) The bluish, grayish, and graphite colors are also characteristic, indicating the use of copper oxide and cobalt oxide as coloring agents.
According to Mária Czugh, the products manufactured here found buyers exclusively within the country, in AMFORA-ÜVÉRT stores.
Forrás:https://regikeramiak.blog.hu/2018/01/05/orsegi_tradicionalis_keramiatol_a_kadar-korszak_modernitasaig
