Emlékpohár - with sights of Budapest

Metalwork Collection

Accession Nr.: 88.50.1
Date of production:
(presumably)
Place of production: Budapest (presumably)
Materials: pewter
Techniques: relief decoration
Dimensions:
height: 9,5 cm
base diameter: 6,1 cm
The upwardly widening, cylindrical beaker has a plain foot and rim. The whole surface is decorated with sights of Budapest in cartouches, depicting the Parliament building, the Castle, the Petőfi statue and the Chain Bridge. The front is inscribed with Budapesti emlék 896-1896 (Budapest souvenir), with the coat of arms of Buda and Pest below. Stamped on the foot with törv. védve (registered).

Literature

  • a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 566. (Békési Éva)