Pendant - Part of a necklace

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.628.1
Artist/Maker:
Apáti Abt, Sándor (1870 - 1916) / designer
Manufacturer: Zsolnay factory (Pécs)
Date of production:
1902
Place of production: Pécs
Inscription: jelzetlen
Materials: porcelain-faience
Techniques: partially with polished relief gliding; translucent seladon glaze
Dimensions:
height: 3,3 cm
width: 2,8 cm
Pendant: A rectangular shape with cut corners. The light green glaze is decorated with a flat relief in a stylized floral ornaments contoured with gold: the bust of a naked female figure, turning to the right. The border is enriched with four small hearts at the bottom, and three holes in a plait, for the pendent beads. The reverse is covered with brown eozin glaze, depicting a stylized floral ornament: four tulip heads on bent stems. The description of the pattern can be found in the “Jewellery” pattern book of the Zsolnay factory (JPM Archives Inv.No. 1432-81), under No. 14. B/l.

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