Talpas gyümölcsös csésze

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 56.56.1
Date of production:
ca. 1730
Place of production: Bohemia
Materials: colourless glass
Techniques: blown; engraved decoration
Dimensions:
height: 8,7 cm
base diameter: 6,9 cm
opening diameter: 7,2 x 10,9 cm

The octagonal stem and a faceted node emerge from a round foot, which is divided by four curves. The edge of the boat-shaped bowl is of irregular lobes there are four three-lobed decorating motifs on the bottom. The middle part of the bowl is decorated with a riverside scene and trees, a castle on a cliff and the allegories of summer and autumn. Its bent-in rim shows small, polished ornaments of olivine faceting, surmounted by a basket of flowers.

Earlier the cup was considered a German piece from the first half of the 18th century, the current view however is that it was made in Bohemia, at the beginning of the 18th century.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.173. (Katona Imre)
  • Szerk.: Miklós Pál: Üveggyűjtemény. Az Iparművészeti Múzeum gyűjteményei. Magyar Helikon, Budapest, 1979. - 209-232:222. (Katona Imre)