Table centrepiece - With figures of musicians sitting under a fruit tree
| Accession Nr.: | 2245.a-b |
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| Manufacturer: | Holics Faience Manufactory |
| Place of production: | Holics (Holíč) |
| Inscription: | alján szürkével: H / 2 |
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| Materials: | faience |
| Techniques: | painted with polychrome glazes; tin-glazed; with cast and shaped parts |
| Dimensions: |
height: 27 cm
diameter: 24 cm
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The round base in marbled with green and red it secures a tree trunk with a slot on top. The pierced foliage is enriched with pears among the leaves it forms a basket and can be jointed to the slot of the trunk. There are four musicians sitting in a circle below the tree: two boys with mandolins and two girls with flutes. The figures can be lifted off the base and are dressed in contemporary clothes. Marked in grey on the bottom: H. with a Z below.
Literature
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.99. (Weiner Piroska)
- szerző: Kybalova Jana: Holitscher Fayence. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München, 1970. - Nr. 67.
- Kiss Ákos: Barokk fajanszművészet Magyarországon. Holics és Tata. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1966. - Nr. 23.
