Small footed bowl

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 4595
Artist/Maker:
Gallé, Émile (1846 - 1904)
Date of production:
ca. 1885
Inscription: benyomva a rocaille-ok alatt: E. Gallé / FAYENCERIE
DE / NANCY felirattal
Materials: hard earthenware
Techniques: etched with fluoride acid; polychrome glaze
Dimensions:
diameter: 16 cm
height: 6 cm
base diameter: 7 cm
The bowl of a short foot shapes a section of a ball. The surface is decorated with ochre, brown, green and blue coulee glaze imitating rays. Outside, the stylised floral ornaments are etched with fluoric acid («ox-blood glaze»).

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 2.30. (Balla Gabriella)