Tea canister

Metalwork Collection

Accession Nr.: 16610
Date of production:
first half of the 18th century
Place of production: Austria (presumably)
Inscription: talpán álló angyalfigura, X... SA (?) mesterjegy
Materials: pewter
Techniques: engraved decoration
Dimensions:
height: 11,4 cm
length: 10 cm
width: 4,5 cm
The body, jointed at the bottom, forms a cupboard its sides are decorated with two small and two larger relief arabesques, engraved. The jointed cover opens in the middle, and has arabesque decoration. The marks impressed at the bottom are faded and illegible.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.81. (Békési Éva)