Sweetmeat stand - With lambrequin decoration

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 2077.1.1-5
Manufacturer: Holics faience manufactory
Place of production: Holics (Holíč)
Inscription: alján zölddel: HA
Materials: faience
Techniques: painted with green; tin-glazed
Dimensions:
height: 22 cm
opening diameter: 19 cm
base diameter: 26 cm

Emperor Francis I. of Lorraine had bought the land, where he soon built the first Hungarian faience manufacture that he established, from the Czobor family in 1736. The manufactory of Holics produced a significant amount of vessels, mostly tableware, by 1743 its shapes and ornaments followed European, mostly French faience examples.
The stand for delicacies that might have served as a table decoration is a very dynamic statuette. Its base is sectioned its stand is decorated with plastic leaves, ribs and pearls. Its shallow bowls carried various delicacies on three levels. The edges of the shell-shaped bowls feature lambrequin decorations, a frequent decoration on Rouen faience objects.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Pataki Judit: Az idő sodrában. Az Iparművészeti Múzeum gyűjteményeinek története. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2006. - Nr. 54. (Balla Gabriella)
  • Kiss Ákos: Barokk fajanszművészet Magyarországon. Holics és Tata. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1966. - Nr. 6.