Vezető a Déri Múzeum kiállításaihoz (Debrecen, 1978)

English Summary

and decay in craft of tin casting. The earliest entries about the craft of tin casting remained from XVI. century in Hungary. In Transylvania Nagyszeben, Brassó, Kolozsvár, Segesvár were famous cities, in Upper Hungary Kassa, Eperjes, Lőcse and Pozsony were the most important trades. In Transdanubia in Pest, Buda, Győr and Sopron worked tin-founders. Besides in Debrecen and Miskolc archivalias certify the activity of tin-founders. The exhibited objects are mostly works of highland and Transylvanian masters. The church objects being in the first gallery from XVII

—XVIII. century show renascence influences. The dishes and plates being on the wall are from XVIII century. Their typical horned, flower delineation archivalias the survival of renascence style in decorations of trade vessels. In the second glass-case are to be seen vessels of use. These are mostly from XVIII

—XIX century and they show characteristics of the rococo and classicism. The goldsmith's craft has only few representation in Déri collection. The most projecting object is a covered, silver cup from the end of XVII. century, it was presented to castellon Ádám Péchy by II. Ferenc Rákóczi. In the XVII. century the decorative girdles were ornate belongings of the wearing. The processional cross exhibited among the ecclesiological objects is a goldsmith's work from XIV. century. This had great importance in series of liturgical relics, they were raised befor believers singing and prayering in the procession. By far beautiful goldsmith's work is the cross having a foat made from yellow brass duorated with blue and green enamelled flowers and plant motif. Inside of this boxwood carving in the so-called athos style is to be seen. It is a Serbian work from second part of the XVII. century. The priestly garb, the so-called dalmatic was made from rose-red colour brocade with gold lace. Before it Corpus Christi wory statue having on its waist opulently gathered kerchief which was bound up with double string was made in Spain in XVIII. century, the black Corpus made of wood is a Hungarian work from XVII. century. The little wory madonna was made in Germany in XVII. century. The bells were certain belongings of churchs. In Hungary they went in general use in XI. century. The earliest founded bell will have been made about 1200. Also from the next centuries we have only few bells. Probably at the beginning of XVI. century still the church of the least important villages had bells. Howerer the appearance of Turkish, the continuous warring had as a result the declaine of bell-founding, in addition the number of bells were decreasing quickly. After the expelling of Turks in the end of XVII century and in XVIII century almost in all important places of the country appeared the bell-founders. Beside the works made by professional masters remained also little inferior bells made by bunglings. While in nothern and southern part of the country the bell-founders made the bells in their shop, in eastern part worked itinarant masters who made the bells locally. 420