Dish (one of a pair)
Gilded flowers and foliage within boldly-conceived rims frame a high-embossed, gilded fruit arrangement in the center of each hexagonal dish. The fact that the engraved coat of arms, with a laurel wreath and an inscription, are squeezed between two of the large flowers indicates that they may have been added at a later date. These dishes were possibly made as stock pieces rather than for a special commission.
Literature
European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby’s, Geneva, May 12, 1983, p. 45, no. 105.
Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 69, no. 47.
Exhibited
Régi ezüstkiállításának leíró lajstroma. Exh. cat. by Károly Csányi. Országos Magyar Iparművészeti Múzeum. Museum of Applied Arts. Budapest, 1927, p. 16, no. 83.
References
For an example of a hexagonal dish in serpentine, see Gert-Dieter Ulferts, Sächsischer Serpentin: Sammlung Jahn. Berlin, 2000, pp. 58-9, no. 30.
[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]
Literature
European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby’s, Geneva, May 12, 1983, p. 45, no. 105.
Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 69, no. 47.
Exhibited
Régi ezüstkiállításának leíró lajstroma. Exh. cat. by Károly Csányi. Országos Magyar Iparművészeti Múzeum. Museum of Applied Arts. Budapest, 1927, p. 16, no. 83.
References
For an example of a hexagonal dish in serpentine, see Gert-Dieter Ulferts, Sächsischer Serpentin: Sammlung Jahn. Berlin, 2000, pp. 58-9, no. 30.
[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]
Artwork Details
- Title: Dish (one of a pair)
- Date: mid-17th century
- Culture: Hungarian, possibly Transylvania
- Medium: Silver, partly gilded
- Dimensions: Overall: 9 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (25.2 x 25.2 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: Gift of The Salgo Trust for Education, New York, in memory of Nicolas M. Salgo, 2010
- Object Number: 2010.110.31
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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