Spice canister
| Accession Nr.: | 15768 |
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| Date of production: |
ca. 1600
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| Place of production: | Kreussen (Bavaria) |
| Materials: | stoneware |
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| Techniques: | moulded decoration; salt glazed |
| Dimensions: |
height: 24 cm
opening diameter: 5,2 cm
base diameter: 9,5 cm
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Shape of a prism, with curving corners, on a round base. The herms on the edges join the oval chain decoration of the bowl. These oval fields contain scenes, set among stylized floral decoration with mask. On opposite sides are Pyramus and Thisbe, while the remaining surfaces depict a Pope with Mary and Child, and the Annunciation.
Literature
- Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 222.
- Pekár Zsuzsa: Creussener Gefässe im Museum für Kunstgewerbe. Ars Decorativa, 8. (1984). 1984. - 29-55.
