La colección de tinajas de Alfonso Romero: una colección única [Alfonso Romero s collection of earthenware jars: a unique collection]

• Published in: Cerámica (Spain) no. 87; pp. 90 - 93
• Main Author: Sempere, Emili
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 01.01.2003
• ISSN: 0210-010X

Discusses the private collection of large earthenware storage vessels belonging to the Spanish collector Alfonso Romero Vidal. The author outlines the history and value of the jars, which were used throughout the Iberian peninsula for storing fresh water, wine, oil and food, explains that Romero Vidal built up his collection over a period of 20 years, and notes that he currently has around 700 jars from the late Middle Ages to the early 20th century. She explores the diverse shapes and sizes of the pieces, observes that the collection also includes utensils produced by the jar makers, and comments on the book La Tinajería Tradicional en la Cerámica Española by Romero Vidal and Santiago Cabase Calpe (1999).