Designs for a Majolica Vase (recto); Salt- and Peppercellar, Serving Spoon and Mustard Pot (verso)
Double-sided printed page, from the 12th volume of a German trade journal of decorative arts titled "Gewerbehalle: Organ für den Fortlichritt in allen Zweigen der Kunstindustrie" (The Workshop: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Progress of the Oseful Arts), containing a design for a majolica vase on the recto and designs for a salt- and peppercellar, a serving spoon, and a mustard pot on the verso, all of neoclassical style. The vase is made up of a bowl with scrolling motifs and granules, standing on a small vase with stylized acanthus leaves, wand two half-human figures made up of young male bodies from the hips up, holding festoons of stylized acanthus leaves on the shoulders, and the lower parts of their bodies made up of scrolls with stylized acanthus leaves, all standing on a circular base. The saltcellar is made up of two small cups formed around a central stand with a grotesque figure, decorated to the sides by C-curves and thin, fantastic, dragon-like shapes, which hold the cups where the salt and pepper would go on the sides. The spoon is decorated with semi-abstract acanthus leaves. The mustard pot is also decorated with stylized acanthus leaves, and stands upon a circular base held by half-human figures and festoons that match those in the design for a vase in the recto.
Artwork Details
- Title: Designs for a Majolica Vase (recto); Salt- and Peppercellar, Serving Spoon and Mustard Pot (verso)
- Artist: Anonymous, German, 19th century
- Editor: Julius Schnorr (German, 19th century)
- Publisher: Johann Christoph Engelhorn (German, 1818–97)
- Published in: Leipzig
- Date: 1870
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (34 × 24.8 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Object Number: Ref.Ornament.17
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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