Paperweight
| Accession Nr.: | 74.272.1 |
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| Artist/Maker: |
Willaschek, Valentin / modell |
| Manufacturer: | Iron Foundry of Munkács |
| Date of production: |
ca. 1840
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| Place of production: | Munkács (Mukacseve) |
| Inscription: | a talpazata felső részén kurzív írással: Munkáts |
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| Materials: | cast iron |
| Dimensions: |
height: 9,2 cm
length: 18,5 cm
width: 8,8 cm
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The two shorter sides of the prismatic plinth of a jointed rim close in a semicircle. The figure of the decoration is a lying hound, crossing its front legs and raising its head, with a belt on its neck.
The first pieces of this type were made in the 1820 s in the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry in Berlin, following the model of Friedrich Riese, a German sculptor. It was first cast in Munkacs in the early 1840's, during the activity of V. Willaschek. V. Willaschek produced a model similar to Riese's, except for the posture of the dog's feet. The top of the plinth is marked in cursives: MUNKATS. Several variants are knwon, in various private collections.
Literature
- Szerk.: Péter Márta: A klasszicizmustól a biedermeierig. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 3.82. (Pusztai László)
- szerző: Pusztai László: Magyar öntöttvasművesség. Műszaki Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1978. - 156. kép
- szerző: Schmitz Hermann: Berliner Eisenkunstguß. München, 1917. - 32. t. 1. kép
