Goblet - For Count Tivadar Andrássy's erstwhile Buda palace dining room

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 23403
Artist/Maker:
Rippl-Rónai, József (1861 - 1927)(presumably)
Manufacturer: Zsolnay factory (Pécs)
Date of production:
1898
Place of production: Pécs
Inscription: a talpon masszába nyomva: ZSOLNAY PÉCS 2
( méretszám ) M, bekarcolt 5112 ( fazonszám )
szabálytalan pontokból álló körben márkajelzés ( Á. 3, 2
cm ) ZSOLNAY PÉCS, öttorony
Materials: porcelain-faience
Techniques: eosin-glazed; hand-shaped; labrador eosin glaze; thrown
Dimensions:
height: 23,3 cm
opening diameter: 9,5 cm
base diameter: 9 cm
This is a variant of Cat. No. 9.73, in a larger size. The goblet is wheelthrown and spontaneously handshaped from a sand-glass-like, cylindrical body. The round, straight foot supports a softly bent body, creating four dents and four upwardly curving ribs. The twisted neck is surmounted by a wavy cup with five dents and a delicate, splaying, wavy top rim. The glaze is marbled with blue, green and gold, with a slight purple iridescent effect. The Zsolnay collection of the Janus Pannonius Museum has two similar goblets with another glaze patter, Inv.Nos. 51.4816.1 and 51.4852.1. The Zsolnay factory exhibited a whole series of chalices at the 1898 Christmas exhibition. A contemporary critic remarked their about these pieces: "...there are some exhibited pieces without any kind of ornamentation, creating effect only with the intentionally spotted, marbled glaze."

Literature

  • Szerk.: Csenkey Éva, Gálos Miklós: Tiffany & Gallé e i maestri dell'art nouveau nella collezione del Museo di Arti Applicate di Budapest. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2013. - Nr. 2.2.
  • Csenkey Éva, Hárs Éva, Weiler Árpád: Zsolnay. A gyűjtők könyve. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 2003. - Nr. 54.
  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 9.74. (Csenkey Éva)