Pilgrim's flask - With Hungarian style decoration
| Accession Nr.: | 22348 |
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| Manufacturer: | Ignác Fischer Ceramic Factory (Budapest) |
| Date of production: |
ca. 1890
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| Place of production: | Budapest |
| Inscription: | alján kékkel bélyegezve: Fischer I. Budapest |
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| Materials: | hard earthenware |
| Techniques: | assembled from thrown parts; contoured with gold; painted under transparent glaze |
| Dimensions: |
height: 39 cm
opening diameter: 4 cm
base diameter: 12,5 cm
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The drum-shaped body stands on a protruding, flat foot and is equipped with a cylindrical spout and cap. The foot is pierced under the body, to hold the suspenders. For the same purpose, there are two special hooks applied to the top part of the body. The edge of the foot, the handles and the top rim are brown, the body is white, decorated with Hungarian flower motifs of varied colours, enframed by gold.
Literature
- Szerk.: Dózsa Katalin: Az áttörés kora. I-II. Bécs és Budapest a historizmus és az avantgárd között (1873-1920). Budapesti Történeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2004. - Nr. 1.2.43.
- a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 244. (Katona Imre)
