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Item # 4691. A large Secession Style Vase. Size: 24.75" x 8.5" x 8". Fine white earthenware, pressed, hand shaped design; brilliant green Eosin glazed leaves and chestnuts against a red marbled and mottled high fired red glaze. Marked impressed on the base: " 6443" and the letter "M"; round raised Zsolnay factory mark of the era. C. 1901. The high relief decoration showing chestnut branches, leaved and nuts is extremely well formed. Mack designed a series of similiar forms using this motif. This form was exhibited in Turin, Italy in 1902. Condition: tiny edge flakes to relief decorations. In the book "Zsolnay Art Pottery The Guygyi Collection" a similar form is pictured on page 157. figure # 325. P.O.R.
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"Zsolnay Ceramics Collecting a Culture" with price guide: "This beautifully illustrated guide to Zsolnay ceramics, featuring over 400 color photographs, covers the three main periods of Zsolnay production, including 1868 to 1897-Folklorism, Historicism & Victorian Eclecticism; 1897 to 1920-Art Nouveau (Secession in Central European terms) and Art Deco (Second Secession); 1920 to the present-Modernism. An entire chapter; fully illustrated is also dedicated to Zsolnay marks to help collectors identity their pieces." This book is 191 pages and is a large format hard cover. The over 400 color photos detail Zsolnay by size, form number, date of production and current market value. Price: $49.95 + shipping.
The Drawing Room and The Zsolnay Store is located at 152-154 Spring Street, Newport, Rhode Island 02840.We are open daily from 11 am to 5 pm and by appointment. If you have an interest in an item listed in this document or wish to purchase an item, please call us at 1-401-841-5060. The Partnership of Gacher and Santi has been in business for over 30 years. We have been located in Newport since 1985.
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If you have an interest in knowing more about Zsolnay, check our Ephemera Link: we stock two excellent publications on the subject of Zsolnay. If you wish an evaluation about a Zsolnay item in your collection, just send us a photo with notations of size, condition and marks along with a self addressed stamped envelope and we would be glad to help you. And . . . of course we are always interested in purchasing fine examples of Zsolnay ceramics.
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