Standing cup with cover

Metalwork Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.1248.1-2
Date of production:
second half of the 19th cent.
Place of production: Germany (presumably)
Inscription: a kehely peremszegélyén beütve: 1872 után használt
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Materials: silver
Techniques: cast; chased; chiselled; gilded
Dimensions:
height: 27,2 cm
base diameter: 9,7 cm
opening diameter: 8,9 cm
height: 9 cm
diameter: 9,7 cm
The domed rim of the round foot is decorated with Neo-Renaissance acanthus leaves and flowers. The conical, rising centre of the foot shows pierced acanthus leaves, enclosing four oval medallions of a wreathed female portrait. The stem has a bun-shaped, pierced node the cup is splaying, slim and horn-shaped. The whole surface is decorated with acanthus leaves and bunches of fruits against a punched base, enriched with two oval cartouches, which depict a female head with meander headdress and a crowned and bearded male portrait, both shown in profile. The top rim is plain. The rim of the detachable cover is lined with string of pearls and surmounted by a jointed, domed cover that is ornamented in a similar way. There is a figure in a feathered hat standing at the top in the centre, holding a plate in his hand.

Literature

  • a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 389. (Békési Éva)