Goose Girl
Vase
1899 (made)
1899 (made)
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Earthenware 'Goose girl' vase with enamelled decoration.
Object details
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| Title | Goose Girl (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, with enamelled decoration |
| Brief description | Earthenware 'Goose girl' vase designed by Sandor Apati Abt and made by the Zsolnay Ceramic Works, Hungary, 1899. |
| Physical description | Earthenware 'Goose girl' vase with enamelled decoration. |
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| Gallery label | VASE
1349-1900
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'
Vilmós (Wilhelm) Zsolnay (1828-1900) developed a small ceramics factory at Pécs (Fünfkirchen) into a vast industrialised concern between 1855 and 1900. It began by making stonewares in local Hungarian styles. Its economically produced decorative wares were popular at the international exhibitions of the 1870s. Technical experiments led to the mastery of a wide range of glazes, including lustres (as here) copied from Italian Renaissance maiolica. This vase, purchased from the factory's Paris outlet, depicts the Little Goose Girl, from the fairy-tale made popular by the brothers Grimm.(1987-2006) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
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| Accession number | 1349-1900 |
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| Record created | January 2, 2004 |
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