Ice pail - With 'deutsche Blumen' decoration

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 60.761.1
Manufacturer: Holics faience manufactory
Date of production:
ca. 1760
Place of production: Holics (Holíč)
Inscription: alján feketével: HH
Materials: faience
Techniques: polychrome painting; tin-glazed
Dimensions:
height: 20 cm
base diameter: 16,2x14 cm
opening diameter: 23x19,5 cm
The prismatic octagonal body with a wavy rim stands on an oval base. There are green handles, forming branches, on two sides their foliage spreads onto the body of the dish. One side is decorated with a bunch of roses, the other with a purple flower. The surface of the dish and the rim have scattered bunches of flowers painted in purple, green, blue, yellow and iron-red. Marked on the bottom: HH in black.

Literature

  • Balla Gabriella: Holics, Tata és Buda kerámiaművészete. A Kárpát-medence kerámiaművészete. Novella, Budapest, 2009. - Nr. 146. (analógia)
  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.92. (Weiner Piroska)