Coffeepot with lid
| Accession Nr.: | 2411.a-b |
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| Manufacturer: | Holics Faience Manufactory |
| Date of production: |
ca. 1770
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| Place of production: | Holics (Holíč) |
| Inscription: | alján szürkével: H |
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| Materials: | faience |
| Techniques: | gilded; polychrome painting |
| Dimensions: |
height: 23 cm
opening diameter: 6,5 x 7 cm
base diameter: 7 x 8 cm
height: 7 cm
diameter: 4,5 cm
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The pear-shaped body is fluted, has a lip, a jointed handle and a gold rim. Its domed cover ends in a finial. On one side is a winged putto playing on the drums, while the other side is decorated with a putto with butterfly wings, playing the trumpet. Both figures are placed on a base with rocaille and plant decoration, painted in manganese. One side of the cover shows a harlequin figure, the other a running dog. The parts of the bodies are shaded in light iron-red. Marked on the bottom of the pot, with and H in grey.
Literature
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.103. (Weiner Piroska)
- Kiss Ákos: Barokk fajanszművészet Magyarországon. Holics és Tata. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1966. - Nr. 11.
