### wine dish (bokay) A slim, one-loop, pear-shaped earthen wine dish. It had a low bulge and a narrow neck, which widens at the top. Its vertical loop starts from the side, lower than the edge. Its bottom is narrow, sometimes it had a small support. The edge is round, there is no pouring lip on it. It is usually glazed. Lead-glazed bokays were made in the Hungarian potter centres of Transylvania. The word "bokay" comes from the Italian word "bocal" meaning jug. (For example, in Kalocsaszeg it is called "kancsó" = jug.) The same name refers to glazed stove tiles. In Transylvania in the 16th century the glazed tiles of the principal's house in Gyulafehérvár and Gyalu, that is the 'bokays' were ordered from Constantinople. TI