Böres, Franz Art Nouveau Jewelry Casket
The rectangular body has a hinged top and a curved handle on the sides and on the top. The edges and the rims are covered with a continuous silver ornamentation, the other surfaces are decorated with applied, stylised tendrils and plants in a symmetrical arrangement.
Similar box in The Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest :
A similarly shaped and decorated but smaller piece is published - with the same identification - by the auction catalogue of the Viennese Dorotheum: Uhren und Antiquitäten. Auktion im Palais Dorotheum am 24 Oktober 1994 Wien, 1994. Nr. 131/ b.
ca. 1910
Materials: wood, silvermounted with silver
Company brand stamped on the bottom and on the metal "JC"
Workshop : Erhard & Söhne Cie
Dimensions:
height: 14,5 cm
width: 14 cm
length: 23 cm
Literature
- A mi szecessziónk. A kiállított műtárgyak jegyzéke. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2018. - Nr. 11.
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 7.23 (Békési Éva)
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