Prékopa Ágnes (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 32. (Budapest, 2018)

Piroska NOVÁK: On the porcelain designer career of Éva Ambrus

3. Éva Ambrus: Coffee set, prototype, 1969,

Museum of Applied Arts, inv. no.: 2017.44.1-3.1-2. Photo: Krisztina Friedrich

factories—-had developed an unfavourable standing in the Alföld Porcelain Factory. As a result, she was allowed to design only single pieces and patterns. The sets she designed in her first years of work were produced only as prototypes but were never manufactured.15 (Fig. 2-4.)

Éva Ambrus experienced a breakthrough in 1972, when she entered the Varia tableware competition organized jointly by the Fine Ceramics Industrial Works and the Council of Applied Arts.16 The competition, which had several categories, required participants to design table services whose pieces could be purchased individually—in other words, could be ‘mixed and matched’. The other requirement was that the designs be compatible with Alföld Por4. Eva Ambrus: Vase and bonbonniere with lid, prototypes, 1969-1970, Museum of Applied Arts, inv. no.: 2017.46.1-2.1-2. Photo: Krisztina Friedrich

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