Vadas József (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 12. (Budapest, 1992)

Új szerzemények 1991

Átmérő: 8,8 x 5,1 cm Magasság: 3 cm Nyújtott, ovális fonna hullámos peremszéllel és oldalakkal, zsanéros fedéllel. Teljes felületén ugyanaz a gazdagon díszített ábrázolás ismétlődik, oszlopcsarnok előtt kél puttófigurával. Aljának külső peremén három beütött ötvösjegy: ovális keretben D S meserjegy, unikornist ábrázoló elmosódott városjegy és 1807-ből származó, briinni felülbélyegzési jegy. A korábban védett tárgyat Dr. Szilvási Jolántól vásárolta meg az Iparművészed Múzeum, ltsz. 91.154. (Békési Éva) DEPARTMENT OF METALWORK 17. Sweetmeat bowl Tiffany Company, New York, 1930-1940 Silver Height: 11.1 cm, Top diameter: 18.7 cm The deep, splaying bowl is supported by three voluted feet that end in palmettes. The only decoration of the bowl are the repeated lobe motifs lining the edge. Marked on the bottom of the bowl: TIFFANY et Co MAKERS STERLING SILVER 24077. There is an engraved inscription above the mark: GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The bowl was presented by George Bush to Bruno F. Straub in 1990, when the latter was the chairman of the Presidential Council. It was made at the Tiffany Company, which was founded by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), the famous American glass factory owner, a designer, a painter and goldsmith, and an important master of Art Nouveau decorative arts. The Tiffany Company is a true follower of his traditions, making noble dishes almost exclusively for representative orders. Inv.No. 91.30. 18. Washbasin Károly Laky, Pest, 1865 Silver, gilt inside, chased and engraved. Length: 35.4 cm, Width: 28 cm, Height: 8.5 cm A fluted, rectangular basin with rounded comers. The middles of the sides are decorated widi relief-chased, lambrequin-like motifs, which runs along the border. The surface of die basin shows a cartouche with engraved, handwritten P.T. initials. Marked on one of the longer sides with the impressed L.K. maker's mark and the towm mark of Pest (on the marks see Kőszeghy, 1936 Nos. 436,526.). The object was donated to die Budapest Museum of Applied