Footed sugar dish

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 16514
Date of production:
ca. 1820
Place of production: Bohemia
Materials: colourless lead glass
Techniques: gilded; grinded
Dimensions:
height: 11,5 cm
diameter: 14,3 cm
The round foot of a zigzag faceted rim holds the short stem, faceted into eight sides. The hemi-spherical bowl narrows excessively at the neck and ends in a splayed broad top rim. The bottom of the foot is faceted in a star motif the surface is partly faceted, partly decorated with fluted cameo faceting. The horizontal stripe of a faceted net pattern is topped by two lines. The whole surface of the broad top rim is gilt on the inside.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: A klasszicizmustól a biedermeierig. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 3.38. (Varga Vera)