MONUMENTAL PILGRIM FLASK
Creator(s): Zsolnay (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The round jug has a tall narrow neck with a stopper. The stopper has a round knob at the end. On each side are two rectangular handles. The background is cream with a round medallion on both the front and back. They are decorated with sprays of flowers and leaves in rose and dark blue. The medallion has an elaborate border which is repeated on the stopper. It sits on four short curved outsplayed feet.
- Object name:
- MONUMENTAL PILGRIM FLASK
- Made from:
- Porcelain faience
- Made in:
- Pécs, Hungary
- Date made:
- 1875-1895
- Size:
- 74.3 × 50.8 cm (29 1/4 × 20 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 27.37.1-2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK in overglaze red: MADE IN HUNGARY; impressed and in underglaze blue: ZSOLNAY PECS; some numbers impressed; the mark of the company (5 churches); also JF M
- Credit line:
- Gift of General Foods, 1978