Hutsul Mountain Ceramics of the 19th Century — Complete Family Collection from Kosiv
The museum received 48 items of authentic Kosiv ceramics of the 19th century — the complete family collection of the Shkribliak family, a Hutsul dynasty preserved for five generations.
In November 2025 the Ivan Honchar Ukrainian Centre for Folk Culture received in its collection forty-eight items of authentic 19th-century Kosiv ceramics. The transfer was made by descendants of the Shkribliak family — a Hutsul pottery dynasty from Kosiv in Prykarpattia, which preserved the family collection over five generations. The set includes: plates with characteristic Kosiv painting, bowls, jugs for honey and butter, festive vessels for wedding rites.
19th-century Hutsul mountain ceramics from Kosiv is one of the most recognisable schools of Ukrainian pottery, defined by relief green painting on a yellow-brown angobe background. The ornamentation combines geometric patterns, floral motifs, zoomorphic images (deer, fish, tree of life), as well as anthropomorphic everyday-life scenes. The special value of the Shkribliak collection is the presence of a full cycle of workshops (everyday pottery + festive + ritual), which allows reconstruction of the real functional palette of a 19th-century Hutsul family. A separate exhibition of the new acquisition opens in January 2026.
