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Pewter inkwell
Maurice Maignanca. 1899
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
The splaying jar stands on an irregular, pentagonal base. There is a bust of a naked female figure with spread arms, between two pansy stems. Her face is enframed by pansy blossoms. In front of her, the glass ink-well is hidden under a folding cover.
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Details
- Title: Pewter inkwell
- Creator: Maurice Maignan
- Creator Lifespan: 1845-1908
- Date Created: ca. 1899
- Location: György Ráth Villa, 1068 Budapest, Városligeti av. 12.
- Location Created: Paris
- Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: SIOT DECAUVILLE PARIS FONDEUR, H 659, M. MAIGNAN
- Physical Dimensions: 17.8 x 20 cm
- Rights: Museum of Applied Arts Budapest, 2021, CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- External Link: 49. (inv.no.), Siot-Decauville Co. (Paris), inkwells from the collection of the Museum of Appiled Arts, Budapest
- Medium: glass, copper, pewter
- Art Movement: Art Nouveau
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