Tea cup and saucer

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 57.434.1.1-2
Date of production:
ca. 1900
Inscription: nincs
Materials: porcelain
Techniques: gilded; matt-painted over glaze; moulded decoration
Dimensions:
height: 6,3 cm
opening diameter: 9 cm
base diameter: 5 cm
The cup is flower-shaped, with six greenish sepals at the bottom and six frilled, purple and yellow petals at the top rim. The handle has a broken curve, bent back at the bottom. The saucer has a frilled rim, imitating a flower blossom of six petals. The rims and the handle are enriched with gilding.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 8.25. (Balla Gabriella)