Teacup and saucer - With birds and butterflies
| Accession Nr.: | 4549.a-b |
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| Artist/Maker: |
Leroy, Désiré (1840 - 1908) / pattern design and painter |
| Inscription: | talpán masszába nyomva: MINTONS; arannyal bélyegzett gyári jelzés, három visszahajló tollat összefogó szalag, PARIS EXHIBITION 1878 - MINTONS felirattal |
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| Materials: | frit porcelain |
| Techniques: | cast; gilded; so-called pâte-sur-pâte technique; thrown with a model |
| Dimensions: |
height: 5,4 cm
base diameter: 4,3 cm
diameter: 13,7 cm
height: 2,6 cm
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The cup is hemispherical the rim of the saucer rises high in a curve. Both are decorated with delicate motifs, spatially arranged. The surface of the saucer shows a rosette covered with gold leaves, surrounded by rickrack motifs, which is repeated on the inner rim of the cup. The pictures are taken from Nature and painted with pâte-sur-pâte technique. The modest wild flowers, the small bush, the flying and resting birds and butterflies give a delicate, slightly sentimental atmosphere to this light, elaborate and elegant piece.
Literature
- a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 172. (Csenkey Éva)
