Museum quality original piece from circa 1893 to 1910.
This comes from the estate of a family I know who has passed this piece down for generations. It has never been offered for sale before this.
It's in amazing condition as seen. I've shown every many angles. The marks on the bottom are an exact match for Zsolnay, with the Five Pillar columns, the "5745", and artist initials.
These oftem are missing the stopper, so to have the original one with it here, makes it the more stunning.
Measures 9 1/4" high, 7" wide and 3" deep. 2" stopper top when placed on top, brings the height to 10 1/4".
Bright original colors and bold symmetry on both the pattern and shape of the flask. Lots of museum examples and other galleries online of similar design. Please search my main image to learn more aboout the scarcity in such excellent condition. There are no repairs or cracks.
Similar Zsolnay flasks are selling for up to $60,000 right now.
Established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, Zsolnay began as a small business producing basic stoneware and earthenware. Ten years later Miklós’ son, Vilmos, joined the company and led it to worldwide recognition at international exhibitions including the 1878 World Fair in Paris, where they received a Grand Prix for their ceramics and glazes.
Zsolnay reached even greater heights after 1893 when they introduced their now-famous “eosin” glaze. Named after the Greek goddess of dawn, Eos, this lustrous and iridescent glaze can appear to be enamel, metal, or even glass and the colors morph depending on the angle, strength, and type of light applied to the surface. In the last decade of the 19th century, riding a high of economic prosperity and political stability in Hungary, the firm hired many Art Nouveau and Jugendstil artists to create spectacular sculptural and painterly vases and vessels.
Prefer local pickup in the Los Angeles area, but am willing to hand deliver to the buyer in the United States for a nominal fee to safeguard it in transit. Insurance will be extra and paid by buyer.
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