Vase - Decorated in Hungarian style

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 86.189.1
Manufacturer: Drasche Porcelain Factory
Date of production:
ca. 1910
Place of production: Budapest;
Inscription: alján a masszából kidomborodó kerek márkajelzés,
benne benyomva: negyedkör formájú D, két kalapács,
DRASCHE BUDAPEST körirattal; masszába nyomott
5352 5 (forma- és méretszám?)
Materials: faience fine
Techniques: gilded; painted with polychrome glazes; thrown
Dimensions:
height: 27,5 cm
opening diameter: 9 cm
base diameter: 9,5 cm
The straight, round foot supports a slightly bulging body with a straight, round top rim. The surface is decorated with a symmetrically arranged, repeated pattern of stylized Hungarian motifs. In the oval white field on the two sides there is a flower stem, springing from the bottom heart shape, flanked by a crane figure with its head bend back, on each side. The motifs are painted in brown, ochre, purple, light and strong green and blue, the domed glazes separated with golden contours. The oval fields almost touch each other on the side, with symmetrically arranged, lighter flowers and leaves, against a yellowish-green base. The emphatic decorativeness of this simple-shaped vase is due to the colourful, rich, stiff ornaments over the light base.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 9.135 (Csenkey Éva)