Tureen with lid - With 'deutsche Blumen' decoration

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 1920.a-b
Manufacturer: Holics faience manufactory
Date of production:
second half of the 18th cent.
Place of production: Holics (Holíč)
Inscription: alján szürkével: HP
Materials: faience
Techniques: polychrome painting
Dimensions:
height: 18 cm
opening diameter: 23 cm
base diameter: 15,5 cm
width: 26 cm
The hemispherical, ribbed bowl has two standing stirrup handles. The finial of the domed, ribbed cover of a wavy rim forms a polychrome fruit in relief with leaves. The bowl is painted with a bunch of roses. Both the cover and the bowl are decorated with small scattered flowers in purple, green, blue, yellow and iron-red. The finial is yellow, shaded with purple, while the leaves of the fruit are green, shaded with black. Marked HP on the bottom, in grey.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.115.