Beer jug, decorated with dancing figures. Produced by Irene and Azriel Awret. Safed [1950s].
Painted glazed clay. Stamped; "Awret Safed".
Irene Awret (maiden name Spicker, born in Berlin in 1921) and Azriel Awret (born in Lodz 1910) met in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium during World War II when both were employed by the Germans in the "Artist Workshop" (Malerstube) in the internment camp established in that city. The couple immigrated to Israel in 1949 and settled their home and workshop in Safed.
Height: 14 cm. Diameter of base: 10 cm.