Dessert plate (part of a service)

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 78.68.2.1-2
Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain Factory
Date of production:
ca. 1860
Inscription: alján masszába nyomva: Herend; kékkel bélyegzett koronás magyar címer
Materials: porcelain
Techniques: polychrome enamel painting
Dimensions:
diameter: 18,7 cm
height: 2 cm
The medium-sized plate also has a large, deep surface and a broad rim, which is lined with Chinese motifs painted in gold, enriched with scattered rabbits, dishes, flowers in polychrome colours. The surface shows a Chinese genre: a female figure sitting on a bench, holding a paper scroll, tables, vases and two children playing to the right, on the ground. Marked on the bottom, with the blue Herend escutcheon from 1850-60.

Literature

  • a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 191.