Table centrepiece - With figures of musicians sitting under a fruit tree

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 2245.a-b
Manufacturer: Holics Faience Manufactory
Place of production: Holics (Holíč)
Inscription: alján szürkével: H / 2
Materials: faience
Techniques: painted with polychrome glazes; tin-glazed; with cast and shaped parts
Dimensions:
height: 27 cm
diameter: 24 cm
The round base in marbled with green and red it secures a tree trunk with a slot on top. The pierced foliage is enriched with pears among the leaves it forms a basket and can be jointed to the slot of the trunk. There are four musicians sitting in a circle below the tree: two boys with mandolins and two girls with flutes. The figures can be lifted off the base and are dressed in contemporary clothes. Marked in grey on the bottom: H. with a Z below.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.99. (Weiner Piroska)
  • szerző: Kybalova Jana: Holitscher Fayence. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München, 1970. - Nr. 67.
  • Kiss Ákos: Barokk fajanszművészet Magyarországon. Holics és Tata. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1966. - Nr. 23.