Bottle with stopper (part of a service)

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 69.75.1.1-2
Manufacturer: Sepsibükszád Glass Factory
Date of production:
ca. 1820
Place of production: Transylvania; Sepsibükszád (Bixad)
Materials: colourless glass
Techniques: blown; faceted; gilded; grinded
Dimensions:
height: 29 cm
base diameter: 12,5 cm
opening diameter: 5 cm
The bottle, with a long neck and an exceedingly splayed top rim, narrows towards the neck and is faceted into twelve sides. The insides of the glasses are cylindrical, while their outsides are prismatic, with faceted decoration: a checkered field, divided into square fields like a chess-board, with alternating fields of matt faceting and gilt flowers and stars. The top rim is gilt there is a stylised line of leaves above the checkered field. The decoration of the bottle is similar at the neck, the bottom of the faceted fields are framed with a wavy line of gold. The top rim is faceted into twelve sides and gilt.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: A klasszicizmustól a biedermeierig. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 2.123. (Varga Vera)